Luke….
1:1Since many have undertaken to set in
order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among
us, 1:2even as
those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word
delivered them to us, 1:3it
seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately
from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus; 1:4that you might
know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed. 1:5There was in the days of Herod, the king
of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of
Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 1:6They were both
righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and
ordinances of the Lord. 1:7But
they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well
advanced in years. 1:8Now
it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of
his division, 1:9according
to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of
the Lord and burn incense. 1:10The
whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. 1:11An angel of the Lord appeared to him,
standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 1:12Zacharias was troubled when he saw
him, and fear fell upon him. 1:13But
the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request
has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall
call his name John. 1:14You
will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth. 1:15For he will be
great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink.
He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. 1:16He will turn
many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God. 1:17He will go before him in the spirit
and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and
the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared
for the Lord." 1:18Zacharias said to the angel, "How
can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in
years." 1:19The angel answered him, "I am
Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and
to bring you this good news. 1:20Behold,
you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things
will happen, because you didn't believe my words, which will be fulfilled in
their proper time." 1:21The people were waiting for Zacharias,
and they marveled that he delayed in the temple. 1:22When he came out, he could not speak
to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He
continued making signs to them, and remained mute. 1:23It happened, when the days of his
service were fulfilled, he departed to his house. 1:24After these days Elizabeth, his wife,
conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying, 1:25"Thus has the Lord done to me in
the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men." 1:26Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel
was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 1:27to a virgin pledged to be married to
a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was
Mary. 1:28Having
come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you highly favored one! The
Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!" 1:29But when she saw him, she was greatly
troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.
1:30The angel
said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 1:31Behold, you
will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name
'Jesus.' 1:32He
will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will
give him the throne of his father, David, 1:33and he will reign over the house of
Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom." 1:34Mary said to the angel, "How can
this be, seeing I am a virgin?" 1:35The angel answered her, "The Holy
Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of
God. 1:36Behold,
Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this
is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 1:37For everything spoken by God is
possible." 1:38Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of
the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her. 1:39Mary arose in
those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah, 1:40and entered
into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. 1:41It happened, when Elizabeth heard
Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb,
and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 1:42She called out with a loud voice, and
said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your
womb! 1:43Why am
I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 1:44For behold, when the voice of your
greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy! 1:45Blessed is she
who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been
spoken to her from the Lord!" 1:46Mary said, "My soul magnifies
the Lord. For behold, from now on,
all generations will call me blessed. 1:51He has shown strength with his arm. 1:52He has put down princes from their
thrones. 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things. 1:54He has given help to Israel, his
servant, that he might remember mercy, 1:56Mary stayed with her about three months,
and then returned to her house. 1:57Now
the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought
forth a son. 1:58Her
neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy
towards her, and they rejoiced with her. 1:59It happened on the eighth day, that
they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias,
after the name of the father. 1:60His
mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John." 1:61They said to her, "There is no one
among your relatives who is called by this name." 1:62They made signs to his father, what
he would have him called. 1:63He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote,
"His name is John." They all marveled. 1:64His mouth was
opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God. 1:65Fear came on
all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout
all the hill country of Judea. 1:66All
who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this
child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him. 1:67His father, Zacharias, was filled
with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, 1:68"Blessed be the Lord, the God of
Israel, 1:69And has raised up a horn of salvation
for us in the house of his servant David 1:72To show mercy towards our fathers, 1:73The oath which he spoke to Abraham,
our father, 1:76And you, child, will be called a
prophet of the Most High, 1:78Because of the tender mercy of our
God, 1:80The child was growing, and becoming strong
in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to
Israel. 2:1Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all
the world should be enrolled. 2:2This
was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 2:3All went to
enroll themselves, everyone to his own city. 2:4Joseph also went up from Galilee, out
of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called
Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David; 2:5to enroll himself with Mary, who was
pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant. 2:6It happened, while they were there, that
the day had come that she should give birth. 2:7She brought forth her firstborn son,
and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough,
because there was no room for them in the inn. 2:8There were shepherds in the same
country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock. 2:9Behold, an angel
of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and
they were terrified. 2:10The
angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news
of great joy which will be to all the people. 2:11For there is born to you, this day,
in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 2:12This is the sign to you: you will
find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough." 2:13Suddenly, there
was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
2:14"Glory to God in the highest, 2:15It happened, when the angels went away
from them into the sky, that the shepherds said one to another, "Let's
go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord
has made known to us." 2:16They
came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in
the feeding trough. 2:17When
they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about
this child. 2:18All
who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the
shepherds. 2:19But
Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart. 2:20The shepherds returned, glorifying
and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it
was told them. 2:21When eight days were fulfilled for the
circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the
angel before he was conceived in the womb. 2:22When the days of their purification
according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to
Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord 2:23(as it is written in the law of the
Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the
Lord"), 2:24and
to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord,
"A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons." 2:25Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem
whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the
consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. 2:26It had been revealed to him by the
Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 2:27He came in the
Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that
they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law, 2:28then he
received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said, 2:29"Now you are releasing your
servant, Master, 2:30For my eyes have seen your salvation, 2:32A light for revelation to the
Gentiles, 2:33Joseph and his mother were marveling at
the things which were spoken concerning him, 2:34and Simeon blessed them, and said to
Mary, his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the
rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against. 2:35Yes, a sword
will pierce through your own soul, that the thoughts of many hearts may be
revealed." 2:36There was one Anna, a prophetess, the
daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having
lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, 2:37and she had been a widow for about
eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with
fastings and petitions night and day. 2:38Coming up at that very hour, she gave
thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for
redemption in Jerusalem. 2:39When they had accomplished all things
that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to
their own city, Nazareth. 2:40The
child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with
wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. 2:41His parents went every year to
Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover. 2:42When he was twelve years old, they went
up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast, 2:43and when they had fulfilled the days,
as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and
his mother didn't know it, 2:44but
supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and they
looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances. 2:45When they didn't find him, they
returned to Jerusalem, looking for him. 2:46It happened after three days they
found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening
to them, and asking them questions. 2:47All who heard him were amazed at his
understanding and his answers. 2:48When
they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, "Son,
why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously
looking for you." 2:49He said to them, "Why
were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's
house?" 2:50They
didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them. 2:51And he went down with them, and came
to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in
her heart. 2:52And
Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of
Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being
tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea
and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 3:2in the high priesthood of Annas and
Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the
wilderness. 3:3He
came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance
for remission of sins. 3:4As
it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one
crying in the wilderness, Make his paths straight. Every mountain and hill
will be brought low. 3:6All flesh will see God's
salvation.'" 3:7He said therefore to the multitudes who
went out to be baptized by him, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you
to flee from the wrath to come? 3:8Bring
forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't begin to say among
yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father;' for I tell you that God is able
to raise up children to Abraham from these stones! 3:9Even now the axe also lies at the root
of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut
down, and thrown into the fire." 3:10The multitudes asked him, "What then
must we do?" 3:11He answered them, "He who has two
coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do
likewise." 3:12Tax collectors also came to be baptized,
and they said to him, "Teacher, what must we do?" 3:13He said to them, "Collect no more
than that which is appointed to you." 3:14Soldiers also asked him, saying,
"What about us? What must we do?" He said to them, "Extort
from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with
your wages." 3:15As the people were in expectation, and all
men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the
Christ, 3:16John
answered them all, "I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is
mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He
will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire, 3:17whose fan is in his hand, and he will
thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his
barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." 3:18Then with many other exhortations he preached
good news to the people, 3:19but
Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother's wife, and
for all the evil things which Herod had done, 3:20added this also to them all, that he
shut up John in prison. 3:21Now
it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized,
and was praying. The sky was opened, 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended in a
bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying
"You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased." 3:23Jesus himself, when he began to teach,
was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the
son of Heli, 3:24the
son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the
son of Joseph, 3:25the
son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the
son of Naggai, 3:26the
son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Joseph,
the son of Judah, 3:27the
son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,
the son of Neri, 3:28the
son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son
of Er, 3:29the
son of Josa, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the
son of Levi, 3:30the
son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son
of Eliakim, 3:31the
son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the
son of David, 3:32the
son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of
Nahshon, 3:33the
son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Joram,
the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 3:34the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac,
the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 3:35the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the
son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah 3:36the son of Cainan, the son of
Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 3:37the son of Methuselah, the son of
Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 3:38the son of
Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. 4:1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned
from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness 4:2for forty days, being tempted by the
devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he
was hungry. 4:3The
devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to
become bread." 4:4Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word of God.'" 4:5The devil, leading him up on a high
mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 4:6The devil said to
him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has
been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want. 4:7If you therefore will worship before
me, it will all be yours." 4:8Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written, 'You shall
worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'" 4:9He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on
the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God,
cast yourself down from here, 4:10for
it is written, 'He will give his angels
charge concerning you, to guard you;' 4:11and, 'On their hands they will
bear you up, 4:12Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your
God.'" 4:13When the devil had completed every
temptation, he departed from him until another time. 4:14Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit
into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area. 4:15He taught in
their synagogues, being glorified by all. 4:16He came to Nazareth, where he had been
brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath
day, and stood up to read. 4:17The
book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found
the place where it was written, 4:18"The
Spirit of the Lord is on me, He has sent me
to heal the brokenhearted, 4:20He closed the book, gave it back to the
attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on
him. 4:21He began
to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been
fulfilled in your hearing." 4:22All testified about him, and wondered at
the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said,
"Isn't this Joseph's son?" 4:23He said to them, "Doubtless
you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have
heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"
4:24He said, "Most assuredly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable
in his hometown. 4:25But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in
the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when
a great famine came over all the land. 4:26Elijah was
sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman
who was a widow. 4:27There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the
prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian."
4:28They were all filled with wrath in the
synagogue, as they heard these things. 4:29They rose up, threw him out of the
city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that
they might throw him off the cliff. 4:30But he, passing through the midst of
them, went his way. 4:31He came down to Capernaum, a city of
Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day, 4:32and they were astonished at his
teaching, for his word was with authority. 4:33In the synagogue there was a man who
had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 4:34saying,
"Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of
Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One
of God!" 4:35Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the
demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him
no harm. 4:36Amazement came on all, and they spoke
together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with
authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"
4:37News about
him went out into every place of the surrounding region. 4:38He rose up from the synagogue, and
entered into Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a great
fever, and they begged him for her. 4:39He stood over her, and rebuked the
fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them. 4:40When the sun
was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to
him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. 4:41Demons also
came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son
of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to speak, because they knew
that he was the Christ. 4:42When it was day, he departed and went
into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to
him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn't go away from them. 4:43But he said to
them, "I must preach the good news of the
Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been
sent." 4:44He
was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee. 5:1Now it happened, while the multitude
pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he
was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. 5:2He saw two boats standing by the lake,
but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 5:3He entered into
one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from
the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. 5:4When he had finished speaking, he said
to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down
your nets for a catch." 5:5Simon answered him, "Master, we
worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the
net." 5:6When
they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was
breaking. 5:7They
beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help
them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to sink. 5:8But Simon Peter,
when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for
I am a sinful man, Lord." 5:9For
he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had
caught; 5:10and
so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching
people alive." 5:11When they had brought their boats to
land, they left everything, and followed him. 5:12It happened, while he was in one of
the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he
fell on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can
make me clean." 5:13He stretched out his hand, and touched
him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean."
Immediately the leprosy left
him. 5:14He
charged him to tell no one, "But go your way,
and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to
what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them." 5:15But the report concerning him spread
much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by
him of their infirmities. 5:16But
he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed. 5:17It happened on one of those days, that he
was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by,
who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power
of the Lord was with him to heal them. 5:18Behold, men brought a paralyzed man
on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus. 5:19Not finding a way to bring him in
because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down
through the tiles with his cot into the midst before Jesus. 5:20Seeing their faith, he said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you." 5:21The scribes and the Pharisees began to
reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive
sins, but God alone?" 5:22But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts,
answered them, "Why are you reasoning so in your
hearts? 5:23Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to
say, 'Arise and walk?' 5:24But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on
earth to forgive sins" (he said to the paralyzed man), "I tell you, arise, and take up your cot, and go to
your house." 5:25Immediately he rose up before them, and
took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying
God. 5:26Amazement
took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying,
"We have seen strange things today." 5:27After these things he went out, and saw a
tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me!" 5:28He left everything, and rose up and
followed him. 5:29Levi
made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax
collectors and others who were reclining with them. 5:30Their scribes and the Pharisees
murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with
the tax collectors and sinners?" 5:31Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician,
but those who are sick do. 5:32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance." 5:33They said to him, "Why do John's
disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees,
but yours eat and drink?" 5:34He said to them, "Can
you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with
them? 5:35But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken
away from them. Then they will fast in those days." 5:36He also told a
parable to them. "No one puts a piece from a new
garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece
from the new will not match the old. 5:37No one puts
new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and
it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 5:38But new wine
must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved. 5:39No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for
he says, 'The old is better.'" 6:1Now it happened on the second Sabbath
after the first, that he was going through the grain
fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in
their hands. 6:2But
some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not
lawful to do on the Sabbath day?" 6:3Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did when he was hungry,
he, and those who were with him; 6:4how he entered
into the house of God, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to
those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests
alone?" 6:5He
said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the
Sabbath." 6:6It also happened on another Sabbath that
he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his
right hand was withered. 6:7The
scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the
Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him. 6:8But he knew their thoughts; and he
said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise
up, and stand in the middle." He arose and stood. 6:9Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath
to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to
kill?" 6:10He
looked around at them all, and said to the man, "Stretch
out your hand." He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the
other. 6:11But
they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might
do to Jesus. 6:12It happened in these days,
that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night
in prayer to God. 6:13When
it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he
also named apostles: 6:14Simon,
whom he also named Peter; Andrew, his brother; James; John; Philip;
Bartholomew; 6:15Matthew;
Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot; 6:16Judas the son
of James; and Judas Iscariot, who also became a traitor. 6:17He came down with them, and stood on
a level place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people
from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came
to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; 6:18as well as those who were troubled by
unclean spirits, and they were being healed. 6:19All the multitude sought to touch him,
for power came out from him and healed them all. 6:20He lifted up his eyes to his disciples,
and said, "Blessed
are you who are poor, 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, Blessed are you
who weep now, 6:22Blessed are you when men shall
hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name
as evil, for the Son of Man's sake. 6:24"But woe to you who are
rich! 6:25Woe to you, you who are full
now! Woe to you who
laugh now! 6:26Woe,* when* men speak well of you! 6:27"But I tell you who hear:
love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 6:28bless those who curse you, and
pray for those who mistreat you. 6:29To him who strikes you on the
cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don't
withhold your coat also. 6:30Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him
who takes away your goods to give them back again. 6:31"As you would like people
to do to you, do exactly so to them. 6:32If you love those who love you,
what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 6:33If you do good
to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do
the same. 6:34If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is
that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much. 6:35But love your enemies, and do
good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and
you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful
and evil. 6:36Therefore be merciful, 6:37Don't judge, Don't condemn, Set free, 6:38"Give, and it will be
given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over,
will be given to you.
For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you." 6:39He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall
into a pit? 6:40A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he
is fully trained will be like his teacher. 6:41Why do you
see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the
beam that is in your own eye? 6:42Or how can
you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in
your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You
hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see
clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye. 6:43For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit;
nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit. 6:44For each tree
is known by its own fruit. For people don't gather figs from thorns, nor do they
gather grapes from a bramble bush. 6:45The good man
out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the
evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil,
for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks. 6:46"Why do you call me,
'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say? 6:47Everyone who comes to me, and
hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like. 6:48He is like a man building a
house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood
arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because
it was founded on the rock. 6:49But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man
who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream
broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great." 7:1After he had finished speaking in the
hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum. 7:2A certain centurion's servant, who was
dear to him, was sick and at the point of death. 7:3When he heard about Jesus, he sent to
him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant. 7:4When they came to
Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for you to do
this for him, 7:5for
he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us." 7:6Jesus went with them. When he was now
not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him,
"Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under
my roof. 7:7Therefore
I didn't even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my
servant will be healed. 7:8For
I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell
this one, 'Go!' and he goes; and to another, 'Come!' and he comes; and to my
servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." 7:9When Jesus heard these things, he
marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no,
not in Israel." 7:10Those
who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been
sick was well. 7:11It happened soon afterwards, that he went
to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude,
went with him. 7:12Now
when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was
carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of
the city were with her. 7:13When
the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry." 7:14He came near and touched the coffin,
and the bearers stood still. He said, "Young
man, I tell you, arise!" 7:15He who was dead sat up, and began to
speak. And he gave him to his mother. 7:16Fear took hold of all, and they glorified
God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God
has visited his people!" 7:17This
report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, and in all the
surrounding region. 7:18The disciples of John told him about all
these things. 7:19John,
calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying,
"Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?" 7:20When the men
had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you,
saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for
another?'" 7:21In that hour he cured many of diseases
and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were
blind he gave sight. 7:22Jesus
answered them, "Go and tell John the things
which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame
walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the
poor have good news preached to them. 7:23Blessed is he
who is not offended by me." 7:24When John's messengers had departed, he
began to tell the multitudes about John, "What
did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 7:25But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft
clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are
in kings' courts. 7:26But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you,
and much more than a prophet. 7:27This is he of
whom it is written, 'Behold, I send
my messenger before your face, 7:28"For I tell you, among
those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the
Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he." 7:29When all the people and the tax
collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized
with John's baptism. 7:30But
the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized
by him themselves. 7:31But the Lord said, "To what then will I liken the people of this
generation? What are they like? 7:32They are like
children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We
piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.' 7:33For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor
drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.' 7:34The Son of
Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man, and
a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' 7:35Wisdom is
justified by all her children." 7:36One of the Pharisees invited him to eat
with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table. 7:37Behold, a woman
in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the
Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment. 7:38Standing behind at his feet weeping,
she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of
her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 7:39Now when the
Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if
he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is
who touches him, that she is a sinner." 7:40Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you." He said, "Teacher, say
on." 7:41"A certain lender had two
debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 7:42When they couldn't pay, he
forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?" 7:43Simon answered, "He, I suppose, to
whom he forgave the most." He said to him, "You have judged correctly." 7:44Turning to the
woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman?
I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has
wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. 7:45You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has
not ceased to kiss my feet. 7:46You didn't anoint my head
with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. 7:47Therefore I
tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to
whom little is forgiven, the same loves little." 7:48He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." 7:49Those who sat at the table with him began
to say to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?" 7:50He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace." 8:1It happened soon afterwards, that he went
about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of
the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve, 8:2and certain women who had been healed
of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom
seven demons had gone out; 8:3and
Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others; who
ministered to them
from their possessions. 8:4When
a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to
him, he spoke by a parable. 8:5"The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed,
some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of
the sky devoured it. 8:6Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it
withered away, because it had no moisture. 8:7Other fell
amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it. 8:8Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought
forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he
called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him
hear!" 8:9Then his disciples asked him, "What
does this parable mean?" 8:10He said, "To
you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest
in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
8:11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 8:12Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil
comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe
and be saved. 8:13Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the
word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall
away in time of temptation. 8:14That which fell among the
thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are
choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to
maturity. 8:15That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and
good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit
with patience. 8:16"No one, when he has lit a
lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a
stand, that those who enter in may see the light. 8:17For nothing is hidden, that
will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to
light. 8:18Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be
given; and whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which
he thinks he has." 8:19His mother and brothers came to him, and
they could not come near him for the crowd. 8:20It was told him by some saying,
"Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you."
8:21But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word
of God, and do it." 8:22Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his
disciples, and he said to them, "Let's go over
to the other side of the lake." So they launched out. 8:23But as they
sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were
taking on dangerous amounts of water. 8:24They came to him, and awoke him,
saying, "Master, master, we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked the
wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm. 8:25He said to
them, "Where is your faith?" Being
afraid they marveled, saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he
commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?" 8:26They arrived at
the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. 8:27When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man
out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes,
and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs. 8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and
fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do
with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment
me!" 8:29For
Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the
unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound
with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon
into the desert. 8:30Jesus asked him, "What
is your name?" He said, "Legion," for
many demons had entered into him. 8:31They
begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss. 8:32Now there was
there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that
he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them. 8:33The demons came out from the man, and
entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake,
and were drowned. 8:34When
those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city
and in the country. 8:35People went out to see what had happened.
They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting
at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 8:36Those who saw
it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed. 8:37All the people
of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them,
for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned. 8:38But the man
from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but
Jesus sent him away, saying, 8:39"Return to your house, and declare what great things
God has done for you." He went his way, proclaiming throughout
the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him. 8:40It happened, when Jesus returned, that
the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. 8:41Behold, there came a man named Jairus,
and he was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus' feet, and begged
him to come into his house, 8:42for
he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as
he went, the multitudes pressed against him. 8:43A woman who had a flow of blood for
twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be
healed by any, 8:44came
behind him, and touched the fringe of his cloak, and immediately the flow of
her blood stopped. 8:45Jesus
said, "Who touched me?" When all denied it, Peter and
those with him said, "Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, and
you say, 'Who touched me?'" 8:46But Jesus said, "Someone
did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone out of me." 8:47When the woman
saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him
declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had
touched him, and how she was healed immediately. 8:48He said to her, "Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in
peace." 8:49While he still spoke, one from the ruler
of the synagogue's house came, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead.
Don't trouble the Teacher." 8:50But Jesus hearing it, answered him, "Don't be afraid. Only believe, and she will be
healed." 8:51When he came to the house, he didn't
allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child,
and her mother. 8:52All
were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't
weep. She isn't dead, but sleeping." 8:53They were ridiculing him, knowing that
she was dead. 8:54But
he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child, arise!" 8:55Her spirit returned, and she rose up
immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat. 8:56Her parents
were amazed, but he charged them to tell no one what had been done. 9:1He called the twelve together,
and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. 9:2He sent them forth
to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 9:3He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey--neither staffs, nor
wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece. 9:4Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from
there. 9:5As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that
city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against
them." 9:6They departed, and went throughout the
villages, preaching the Gospel, and healing everywhere. 9:7Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all
that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some
that John had risen from the dead, 9:8and
by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets
had risen again. 9:9Herod
said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such
things?" He sought to see him. 9:10The apostles, when they had returned,
told him what things they had done. He took them, and withdrew apart
to a deserted place of a city called Bethsaida. 9:11But the multitudes, perceiving it,
followed him. He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God, and
he cured those who needed healing. 9:12The day began to wear away; and the twelve came,
and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding
villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted
place." 9:13But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more
than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these
people." 9:14For
they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty
each." 9:15They
did so, and made them all sit down. 9:16He took the five loaves and the two
fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave
them to the disciples to set before the multitude. 9:17They ate, and were all filled. They
gathered up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over. 9:18It happened, as he was praying alone,
that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who
do the multitudes say that I am?" 9:19They answered, "'John the Baptizer,'
but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen
again." 9:20He said to them, "But
who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ
of God." 9:21But he warned them, and commanded them to
tell this to no one, 9:22saying,
"The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be
rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the
third day be raised up." 9:23He said to all, "If
anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,* and follow me. 9:24For whoever desires
to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake,
the same will save it. 9:25For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world,
and loses or forfeits his own self? 9:26For whoever
will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed,
when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy
angels. 9:27But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand
here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of
God." 9:28It happened about eight days after these sayings, that he took with him Peter, John, and James, and
went up onto the mountain to pray. 9:29As he was praying, the appearance of his face was
altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling. 9:30Behold, two men were talking with
him, who were Moses and Elijah, 9:31who
appeared in glory, and spoke of his departure, which he
was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 9:32Now Peter and those who were with him
were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory,
and the two men who stood with him. 9:33It happened, as they were parting
from him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be
here. Let's make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for
Elijah," not knowing what he said. 9:34While he said these things, a cloud came
and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud. 9:35A voice came
out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!" 9:36When the voice
came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days
any of the things which they had seen. 9:37It happened on the next day, when they had
come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met him. 9:38Behold, a man from the crowd called
out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only
child. 9:39Behold,
a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he
foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely. 9:40I begged your disciples to cast it
out, and they couldn't." 9:41Jesus answered, "Faithless
and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you?
Bring your son here." 9:42While he was still coming, the demon
threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean
spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. 9:43They were all astonished at the
majesty of God. But while all were marveling at
all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples, 9:44"Let
these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into
the hands of men." 9:45But
they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they
should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying. 9:46There arose an argument among them about
which of them was the greatest. 9:47Jesus,
perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by
his side, 9:48and
said to them, "Whoever receives this little
child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great." 9:49John answered, "Master, we saw
someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he
doesn't follow with us." 9:50Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against us is for
us." 9:51It came to pass, when the days were near
that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem, 9:52and sent
messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the
Samaritans, so as to prepare for him. 9:53They didn't receive him, because he
was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem. 9:54When his disciples, James and John,
saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down
from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?" 9:55But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind of spirit you are. 9:56For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's lives, but
to save them." They went to another village. 9:57As they went on
the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you
go, Lord." 9:58Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have
nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." 9:59He said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, allow
me first to go and bury my father." 9:60But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and
announce the Kingdom of God." 9:61Another also said, "I want to follow
you, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those who are at my
house." 9:62But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking
back, is fit for the Kingdom of God." 10:1Now after these things, the Lord also
appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into
every city and place, where he was about to come. 10:2Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are
few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers
into his harvest. 10:3Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
10:4Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on
the way. 10:5Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this
house.' 10:6If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him;
but if not, it will return to you. 10:7Remain in
that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is
worthy of his wages. Don't go from house to house. 10:8Into whatever
city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.
10:9Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom
of God has come near to you.' 10:10But into
whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into the streets
of it and say, 10:11'Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe
off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the
Kingdom of God has come near to you.' 10:12I tell you,
it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city. 10:13"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe
to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon
which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in
sackcloth and ashes. 10:14But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon
in the judgment than for you. 10:15You, Capernaum, who are exalted
to heaven, will be brought down to Hades. 10:16Whoever listens to you listens
to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who
sent me." 10:17The seventy returned with joy, saying,
"Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" 10:18He said to them, "I
saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven. 10:19Behold, I
give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power
of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you. 10:20Nevertheless,
don't rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that
your names are written in heaven." 10:21In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the
Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank you, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and
understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it
was well-pleasing in your sight." 10:22Turning to the disciples, he said, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No
one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except
the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him." 10:23Turning to the disciples, he said
privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see the
things that you see, 10:24for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see
the things which you see, and didn't see them, and to hear the things which
you hear, and didn't hear them." 10:25Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and
tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal
life?" 10:26He said to him, "What
is written in the law? How do you read it?" 10:27He answered, "You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your
strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." 10:28He said to him, "You
have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."
10:29But he, desiring to justify himself,
asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?" 10:30Jesus answered, "A
certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among
robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half
dead. 10:31By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he
saw him, he passed by on the other side. 10:32In the same
way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the
other side. 10:33But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was.
When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, 10:34came to him,
and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own
animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 10:35On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii,
and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you
spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.' 10:36Now which of
these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the
robbers?" 10:37He said, "He who showed mercy on
him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." 10:38It happened as they went on their way, he
entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him
into her house. 10:39She
had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. 10:40But Martha
was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said,
"Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her
therefore to help me." 10:41Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about
many things, 10:42but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which
will not be taken away from her." 11:1It happened, that when he finished
praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord,
teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples." 11:2He said to them, "When
you pray, say, 'Our Father in
heaven, May your Kingdom
come. 11:3Give us day by day our daily
bread. 11:4Forgive us
our sins, Bring us not
into temptation, 11:5He said to them, "Which
of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, 'Friend, lend me
three loaves of bread, 11:6for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I
have nothing to set before him,' 11:7and he from
within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my
children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'? 11:8I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him
because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and
give him as many as he needs. 11:9"I tell you, keep asking,
and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and
it will be opened to you. 11:10For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks
finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. 11:11"Which of you fathers, if
your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he
won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? 11:12Or if he asks for an egg, he
won't give him a scorpion, will he? 11:13If you then, being evil, know
how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly
Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?" 11:14He was casting out a demon, and it was
mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the
multitudes marveled. 11:15But
some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the
demons." 11:16Others,
testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven. 11:17But he, knowing their thoughts, said
to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself
is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls. 11:18If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his
kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. 11:19But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your
children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges. 11:20But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the
Kingdom of God has come to you. 11:21"When the strong man,
fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. 11:22But when someone stronger
attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he
trusted, and divides his spoils. 11:23"He that is not with me is
against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters. 11:24The unclean spirit, when he has
gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding
none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.' 11:25When he returns, he finds it
swept and put in order. 11:26Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more
evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that
man becomes worse than the first."
11:27It came to pass, as he said these things,
a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him,
"Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed
you!" 11:28But he said, "On
the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."
11:29When the multitudes were gathering
together to him, he began to say, "This is an
evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the
sign of Jonah, the prophet. 11:30For even as
Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this
generation. 11:31The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with
the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends
of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than
Solomon is here. 11:32The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this
generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah,
and behold, one greater than Jonah is here. 11:33"No man, when he has lit a
lamp, puts it in a cellar, nor under a basket, but on a stand, that those who
enter in may see the light. 11:34The lamp of the body is the
eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light;
but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness. 11:35Therefore see whether the light
that is in you isn't darkness. 11:36If therefore your whole body is
full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when
the lamp with its bright shining gives you light." 11:37Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked
him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table. 11:38When the Pharisee saw it, he
marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner. 11:39The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and
of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. 11:40You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make the
inside also? 11:41But give for gifts to the needy those things which are
within, and behold, all things will be clean to you. 11:42But woe to
you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass
justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have
left the other undone. 11:43Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the
synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces. 11:44Woe to you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the
men who walk over them don't know it." 11:45One of the lawyers answered him,
"Teacher, in saying this you insult us also." 11:46He said, "Woe
to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to
carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those
burdens. 11:47Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and
your fathers killed them. 11:48So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers.
For they killed them, and you build their tombs. 11:49Therefore
also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and
some of them they will kill and persecute, 11:50that the blood
of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be
required of this generation; 11:51from the
blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and
the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation. 11:52Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge.
You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you
hindered." 11:53As he said these things to them, the
scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things
out of him; 11:54lying
in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that
they might accuse him. 12:1Meanwhile, when a multitude of many
thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other,
he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware
of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 12:2But there is
nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be
known. 12:3Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be
heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers
will be proclaimed on the housetops. 12:4"I tell you, my friends,
don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that
they can do. 12:5But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he
has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I
tell you, fear him. 12:6"Aren't five sparrows sold
for two assaria
coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God. 12:7But the very hairs of your head
are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many
sparrows. 12:8"I tell you, everyone who
confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the
angels of God; 12:9but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the
presence of the angels of God. 12:10Everyone who speaks a word
against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the
Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. 12:11When they bring you before the
synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you
will answer, or what you will say; 12:12for the Holy Spirit will teach
you in that same hour what you must say." 12:13One of the multitude said to him,
"Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." 12:14But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over
you?" 12:15He
said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from
covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things
which he possesses." 12:16He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth
abundantly. 12:17He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do,
because I don't have room to store my crops?' 12:18He said,
'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones,
and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 12:19I will tell
my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your
ease, eat, drink, be merry."' 12:20"But God said to him, 'You
foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have
prepared--whose will they be?' 12:21So is he who lays up treasure for
himself, and is not rich toward God." 12:22He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life,
what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear. 12:23Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
12:24Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they
have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you
than birds! 12:25Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his
height? 12:26If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why
are you anxious about the rest? 12:27Consider the
lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you,
even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 12:28But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field,
which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he
clothe you, O you of little faith? 12:29Don't seek
what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious. 12:30For the nations of the world seek after all of these
things, but your Father knows that you need these things. 12:31But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added
to you. 12:32Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good
pleasure to give you the Kingdom. 12:33Sell that
which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which
don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief
approaches, neither moth destroys. 12:34For where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 12:35"Let your loins be girded
and your lamps burning. 12:36Be like men watching for their lord, when he
returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may
immediately open to him. 12:37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will
find watching when he comes. Most assuredly I tell you, that he will dress
himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them. 12:38They will be blessed if he
comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so. 12:39But know this, that if the
master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would
have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into. 12:40Therefore be ready also, for
the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him." 12:41Peter said to him, "Lord, are you
telling this parable to us, or to everybody?" 12:42The Lord said, "Who
then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his
household, to give them their portion of food at the right times? 12:43Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so
when he comes. 12:44Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he
has. 12:45But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his
coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat
and drink, and to be drunken, 12:46then the
lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in
an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion
with the unfaithful. 12:47That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare,
nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes, 12:48but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes,
will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much
be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked. 12:49"I came to throw fire on
the earth. I wish it were already kindled. 12:50But I have a baptism to be
baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! 12:51Do you think that I have come
to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division. 12:52For from now on, there will be
five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. 12:53They will be divided, father
against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter
against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and
daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." 12:54He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west,
immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens. 12:55When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a
scorching heat,' and it happens. 12:56You
hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the
sky, but how is it that you don't interpret this time? 12:57Why don't
you judge for yourselves what is right? 12:58For when you
are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the
way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the
judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. 12:59I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until
you have paid the very last penny."
13:1Now there were some present at the same
time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with
their sacrifices. 13:2Jesus
answered them, "Do you think that these
Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they
suffered such things? 13:3I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish
in the same way. 13:4Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and
killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who
dwell in Jerusalem? 13:5I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish
in the same way." 13:6He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard,
and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. 13:7He said to
the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on
this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?' 13:8He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I
dig around it, and fertilize it. 13:9If it bears
fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'" 13:10He was teaching in one of the synagogues
on the Sabbath day. 13:11Behold,
there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was
bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up. 13:12When Jesus saw her, he called her,
and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your
infirmity." 13:13He
laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified
God. 13:14The ruler of the synagogue, being
indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude,
"There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those
days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!" 13:15Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox
or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water? 13:16Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom
Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the
Sabbath day?" 13:17As he said these things, all his
adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the
glorious things that were done by him. 13:18He said, "What
is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it? 13:19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and
put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the
sky lodged in its branches." 13:20Again he said, "To what
shall I compare the Kingdom of God? 13:21It is like yeast, which a woman
took and hid in three
measures of flour, until it was all leavened." 13:22He went on his way through cities and
villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem. 13:23One said to him, "Lord, are
they few who are saved?" He said to them, 13:24"Strive
to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in,
and will not be able. 13:25When once the master of the house has risen up, and has
shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door,
saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't
know you or where you come from.' 13:26Then you
will begin to say, 'We ate and drink in your presence, and you taught in our
streets.' 13:27He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from.
Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.' 13:28There will
be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all
the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside. 13:29They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and
will sit down in the Kingdom of God. 13:30Behold,
there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are
first who will be last." 13:31On that same day, some Pharisees came,
saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill
you." 13:32He said to them, "Go
and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and
tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission. 13:33Nevertheless
I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can't be that
a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.' 13:34"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who
are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a
hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused! 13:35Behold, your house is left to
you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me, until you say, 'Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord!'" 14:1It happened, when he went into the house
of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they
were watching him. 14:2Behold,
a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him. 14:3Jesus, answering, spoke to the
lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to
heal on the Sabbath?" 14:4But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and
let him go. 14:5He
answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately
pull him out on a Sabbath day?" 14:6They couldn't answer him regarding these
things. 14:7He spoke a parable to those who were
invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them, 14:8"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast,
don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you
might be invited by him, 14:9and he who invited both of you would come and tell you,
'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the
lowest place. 14:10But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place,
so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up
higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table
with you. 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and
whoever humbles himself will be exalted." 14:12He also said to the one who had invited
him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't
call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors,
or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back. 14:13But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the
lame, or the blind; 14:14and you will be blessed, because they don't have the
resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the
righteous." 14:15When one of those who sat at the table
with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will
feast in the Kingdom of God!" 14:16But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited
many people. 14:17He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who
were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.' 14:18They all as
one began to make excuses. "The first said
to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me
excused.' 14:19"Another said, 'I have
bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me
excused.' 14:20"Another said, 'I have
married a wife, and therefore I can't come.' 14:21"That servant came, and
told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said
to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and
bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.' 14:22"The servant said, 'Lord,
it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.' 14:23"The lord said to the
servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in,
that my house may be filled. 14:24For I tell you that none of
those men who were invited will taste of my supper.'" 14:25Now great multitudes were going with him.
He turned and said to them, 14:26"If anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own
father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life
also, he can't be my disciple. 14:27Whoever
doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple. 14:28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first
sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? 14:29Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able
to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him, 14:30saying,
'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.' 14:31Or what
king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first
and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes
against him with twenty thousand? 14:32Or else,
while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for
conditions of peace. 14:33So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that
he has, he can't be my disciple. 14:34Salt is
good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
14:35It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It
is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear." 15:1Now all the tax collectors and sinners
were coming close to him to hear him. 15:2The Pharisees and the scribes murmured,
saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them." 15:3He told them this parable. 15:4"Which
of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't
leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost,
until he found it? 15:5When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders,
rejoicing. 15:6When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his
neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which
was lost!' 15:7I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven
over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need
no repentance. 15:8Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if
she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek
diligently until she found it? 15:9When she has
found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with
me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.' 15:10Even so, I
tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner
repenting." 15:11He said, "A
certain man had two sons. 15:12The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my
share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them. 15:13Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this
together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with
riotous living. 15:14When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in
that country, and he began to be in need. 15:15He went and
joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into
his fields to feed pigs. 15:16He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs
ate, but no one gave him any. 15:17But when he came
to himself he said, 'How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough
to spare, and I'm dying with hunger! 15:18I will get
up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and in your sight. 15:19I am no more
worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants."' 15:20"He arose, and came to his
father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved
with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 15:21The son said to him, 'Father, I
have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be
called your son.' 15:22"But the father said to
his servants, 'Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his
hand, and shoes on his feet. 15:23Bring the fattened calf, kill
it, and let us eat, and celebrate; 15:24for this, my son, was dead, and
is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate. 15:25"Now his elder son was in
the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 15:26He called one of the servants
to him, and asked what was going on. 15:27He said to him, 'Your brother
has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has
received him back safe and healthy.' 15:28But he was angry, and would not
go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him. 15:29But he answered his father,
'Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a
commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that
I might celebrate with my friends. 15:30But when this, your son, came,
who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf
for him.' 15:31"He said to him, 'Son, you
are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. 15:32But it was appropriate to
celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again.
He was lost, and is found.'"
16:1He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An
accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions. 16:2He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear
about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be
manager.' 16:3"The manager said within
himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management
position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg. 16:4I know what I will do, so that
when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.' 16:5Calling each one of his lord's
debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?' 16:6He said, 'A hundred batos of
oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
16:7Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors of
wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.' 16:8"His lord commended the
dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world
are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light. 16:9I tell you, make for yourselves
friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may
receive you into the eternal tents. 16:10He who is faithful in a very
little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also
dishonest in much. 16:11If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon,
who will commit to your trust the true riches? 16:12If you have not been faithful
in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? 16:13No servant can serve two
masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will
hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon." 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money,
also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him. 16:15He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of
men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an
abomination in the sight of God. 16:16The law and
the prophets were until John. From that time the Gospel of the Kingdom of God
is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 16:17But it is
easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen
in the law to fall. 16:18Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another,
commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits
adultery. 16:19"Now there was a certain
rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every
day. 16:20A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of
sores, 16:21and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich
man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 16:22It happened that the beggar
died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich
man also died, and was buried. 16:23In Hades, he lifted up his
eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom. 16:24He cried and said, 'Father
Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his
finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.' 16:25"But Abraham said, 'Son,
remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus,
in like manner, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in
anguish. 16:26Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed,
that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may
cross over from there to us.' 16:27"He said, 'I ask you
therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house; 16:28for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won't also
come into this place of torment.' 16:29"But Abraham said to him,
'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.' 16:30"He said, 'No, father
Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' 16:31"He said to him, 'If they
don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one
rises from the dead.'" 17:1He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling
should come, but woe to him through whom they come! 17:2It would be
better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown
into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to
stumble. 17:3Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him.
If he repents, forgive him. 17:4If he sins against you
seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you
shall forgive him." 17:5The apostles said to the Lord,
"Increase our faith." 17:6The Lord said, "If
you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore
tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. 17:7But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or
keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come
immediately and sit down at the table,' 17:8and will not
rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me,
while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'? 17:9Does he thank that servant because he did the things that
were commanded? I think not. 17:10Even so you
also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are
unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'" 17:11It happened as he was on his way to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the borders of
Samaria and Galilee. 17:12As
he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood
at a distance. 17:13They
lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" 17:14When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests."
It happened that as they went, they were cleansed. 17:15One of them, when he saw that he was
healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice. 17:16He fell on his face at Jesus' feet,
giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan. 17:17Jesus answered, "Weren't the ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 17:18Were there none found who returned to give glory to God,
except this stranger?" 17:19Then he said to him, "Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed
you." 17:20Being asked by the Pharisees when the
Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The
Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation; 17:21neither will
they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, the Kingdom of God is
within you." 17:22He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one
of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 17:23They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't
go away, nor follow after them, 17:24for as the
lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the
other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day. 17:25But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by
this generation. 17:26As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also
in the days of the Son of Man. 17:27They ate,
they drank, they married, they were given in
marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came,
and destroyed them all. 17:28Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate,
they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 17:29but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire
and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all. 17:30It will be
the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed. 17:31In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods
in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the
field likewise not turn back. 17:32Remember
Lot's wife! 17:33Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses
his life preserves it. 17:34I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one
bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left. 17:35There will be two grinding grain together. One will be
taken, and the other will be left." 17:36* 17:37They answering, asked him, "Where,
Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be
gathered together." 18:1He also spoke a parable to them that they
must always pray, and not give up, 18:2saying, "There was a
judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man. 18:3A widow was in that city, and she often came to him,
saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!' 18:4He wouldn't
for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God,
nor respect man, 18:5yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or
else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'" 18:6The Lord said, "Listen
to what the unrighteous judge says. 18:7Won't God
avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he
exercises patience with them? 18:8I tell you
that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes,
will he find faith on the earth?" 18:9He spoke also this parable to certain
people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all
others. 18:10"Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a
Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. 18:11The Pharisee
stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you,
that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous,
adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 18:12I fast twice
a week. I give tithes of all that I get.' 18:13But the tax
collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but
beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' 18:14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified
rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but
he who humbles himself will be exalted." 18:15They were also bringing their babies to
him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked
them. 18:16Jesus
summoned them, saying, "Allow the little
children to come to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs
to such as these. 18:17Most assuredly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the
Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
18:18A certain ruler asked him, saying,
"Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 18:19Jesus asked him, "Why
do you call me good? No one is good, except one--God. 18:20You know the
commandments: 'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,' 'Don't steal,' 'Don't
give false testimony,' 'Honor your father and your mother.'" 18:21He said, "I have observed all these
things from my youth up." 18:22When Jesus heard these things, he said to
him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that
you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven.
Come, follow me." 18:23But when he heard these things, he became
very sad, for he was very rich. 18:24Jesus, seeing that he became very sad,
said, "How hard it is for those who have riches
to enter into the Kingdom of God! 18:25For it is
easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to
enter into the Kingdom of God." 18:26Those who heard it said, "Then who
can be saved?" 18:27But he said, "The
things which are impossible with men are possible with God." 18:28Peter said, "Look, we have left
everything, and followed you." 18:29He said to them, "Most
assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or
brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake, 18:30who will not receive many times more in this time, and in
the world to come, eternal life." 18:31He took the twelve aside, and said to
them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are
written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed. 18:32For he will
be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit
on. 18:33They
will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again." 18:34They understood none of these things.
This saying was hidden from them, and they didn't understand the things that
were said. 18:35It
happened, as he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road,
begging. 18:36Hearing
a multitude going by, he asked what this meant. 18:37They told him that Jesus of Nazareth
was passing by. 18:38He
cried out, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!" 18:39Those who led
the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more,
"You son of David, have mercy on me!" 18:40Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be
brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him, 18:41"What
do you want me to do?" He said, "Lord, that I may see again." 18:42Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you."
18:43Immediately he received his sight, and
followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God. 19:1He entered and was passing through
Jericho. 19:2There
was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 19:3He was trying
to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of the crowd, because he was
short. 19:4He
ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to
pass that way. 19:5When
Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay
at your house." 19:6He
hurried, came down, and received him joyfully. 19:7When they saw it, they all murmured,
saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner." 19:8Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord,
"Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the
poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times
as much." 19:9Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation
has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and
to save that which was lost." 19:11As they heard these things, he went on
and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the
Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately. 19:12He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive
for himself a kingdom, and to return. 19:13He called
ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and
told them, 'Conduct business until I come.' 19:14But his
citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We don't want this
man to reign over us.' 19:15"It happened when he had
come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these
servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might
know what they had gained by conducting business. 19:16The first came before him,
saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.' 19:17"He said to him, 'Well
done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you
shall have authority over ten cities.' 19:18"The second came, saying,
'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.' 19:19"So he said to him, 'And
you are to be over five cities.' 19:20Another came, saying, 'Lord,
behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief, 19:21for I feared you, because you
are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap
that which you didn't sow.' 19:22"He said to him, 'Out of
your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant!
You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down,
and reaping that which I didn't sow. 19:23Then why didn't you deposit my
money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?' 19:24He said to those who stood by,
'Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.' 19:25"They said to him, 'Lord,
he has ten minas!' 19:26'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but
from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from
him. 19:27But bring those enemies of mine who didn't want me to reign over
them here, and kill them before me.'" 19:28Having
said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 19:29It happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage and
Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
19:30saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side, in
which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat.
Untie it, and bring it. 19:31If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him:
'The Lord needs it.'" 19:32Those who were sent went away, and found
things just as he had told them. 19:33As
they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them, "Why are you
untying the colt?" 19:34They
said, "The Lord needs it." 19:35They brought it to Jesus. They threw
their cloaks on the colt, and set Jesus on them. 19:36As he went, they spread their cloaks
in the way. 19:37As
he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole
multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice
for all the mighty works which they had seen, 19:38saying, "Blessed is the King
who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the
highest!" 19:39Some of the Pharisees from the multitude
said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!" 19:40He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry
out." 19:41When he drew near, he saw the city and
wept over it, 19:42saying,
"If you, even you, had known today the things
which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes. 19:43For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw
up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side, 19:44and will dash you and your children within you to the
ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn't
know the time of your visitation." 19:45He entered into the temple, and began to
drive out those who bought and sold in it, 19:46saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but
you have made it a 'den of robbers'!" 19:47He was teaching daily in the temple, but
the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought
to destroy him. 19:48They
couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word
that he said. 20:1It happened on one of those days, as he
was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Gospel, that the *priests
and scribes came to him with the elders. 20:2They asked him, "Tell us: by
what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this
authority?" 20:3He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me: 20:4the baptism
of John, was it from heaven, or from men?" 20:5They reasoned with themselves, saying,
"If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?' 20:6But if we say,
'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John
was a prophet." 20:7They
answered that they didn't know where it was from. 20:8Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these
things." 20:9He began to tell the people this parable.
"A *man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers,
and went into another country for a long time. 20:10At the
proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the
fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty. 20:11He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and
treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. 20:12He sent yet
a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out. 20:13The lord of
the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be
that seeing him, they will respect him.' 20:14"But when the farmers saw
him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's
kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.' 20:15They threw him out of the
vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to
them? 20:16He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard
to others." When they heard it, they said,
"May it never be!" 20:17But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, 'The stone which
the builders rejected, 20:18"Everyone who falls on
that stone will be broken to pieces, 20:19The chief priests and the scribes sought
to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew
He had spoken this parable against them. 20:20They watched him, and sent out
spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something
he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. 20:21They asked
him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't
partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. 20:22Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to
Caesar, or not?" 20:23But he perceived their craftiness, and
said to them, "Why do you test me? 20:24Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on
it?" They answered,
"Caesar's." 20:25He said to them, "Then
give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are
God's." 20:26They weren't able to trap him in his
words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent. 20:27Some of the
Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection. 20:28They asked
him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies having a
wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up
children for his brother. 20:29There
were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless. 20:30The second
took her as wife, and he died childless. 20:31The third took her, and likewise the
seven all left no children, and died. 20:32Afterward the woman also died. 20:33Therefore in
the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a
wife." 20:34Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry, and are given in
marriage. 20:35But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age
and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.
20:36For they can't die any more, for they are like the angels,
and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. 20:37But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the
bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob.' 20:38Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for
all are alive to him." 20:39Some of the scribes answered,
"Teacher, you speak well." 20:40They didn't dare to ask him any more
questions. 20:41He said to them, "Why
do they say that the Christ is David's son? 20:42David
himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said
to my Lord, 20:44"David therefore calls him
Lord, so how is he his son?"
20:45In the hearing of all the people, he said
to his disciples, 20:46"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long
robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the
synagogues, and the best places at feasts; 20:47who devour
widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive
greater condemnation." 21:1He looked up, and saw the rich people who
were putting their gifts into the treasury. 21:2He saw a certain poor widow casting
in two small brass
coins. 21:3He
said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in
more than all of them, 21:4for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance,
but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."
21:5As some were talking about the temple and
how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said, 21:6"As for
these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be
left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down." 21:7They asked him, "Teacher, so when
will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to
happen?" 21:8He said, "Watch
out that you don't get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I
AM,' and, 'The time is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them. 21:9When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified,
for these things must happen first, but the end won't come immediately."
21:10Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom. 21:11There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in
various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven. 21:12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on
you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons,
bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake. 21:13It will turn out as a testimony for you. 21:14Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate
beforehand how to answer, 21:15for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your
adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict. 21:16You will be handed over even by parents, brothers,
relatives, and friends. Some of you they will cause to be put to death. 21:17You will be hated by all men for my name's sake. 21:18And not a hair of your head will perish. 21:19By your endurance you will win
your lives. 21:20"But when you see
Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand. 21:21Then let those who are in Judea
flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let
those who are in the country not enter therein. 21:22For these are days of
vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 21:23Woe to those who are pregnant
and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great
distress in the land, and wrath to this people. 21:24They will fall by the edge of
the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be
trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
21:25There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth
anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves; 21:26men fainting for fear, and for
expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of
the heavens will be shaken. 21:27Then they will see the Son of
Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 21:28But when these things begin to
happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is
near." 21:29He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees. 21:30When they are already budding, you see it and know by your
own selves that the summer is already near. 21:31Even so you
also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is
near. 21:32Most assuredly I tell you, this generation will not pass
away until all things are accomplished. 21:33Heaven and
earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away. 21:34"So be careful, or your
hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this
life, and that day will come on you suddenly. 21:35For it will come like a snare
on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth. 21:36Therefore be watchful all the
time, asking that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that
will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man." 21:37Every day Jesus was teaching in the
temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain
that is called Olivet. 21:38All
the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him. 22:1Now the feast of unleavened bread, which
is called the Passover, drew near. 22:2The chief priests and the scribes sought how they
might put him to death, for they feared the people. 22:3Satan entered into Judas, who was
surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered with the twelve. 22:4He went away, and talked with the
chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them. 22:5They were glad,
and agreed to give him money. 22:6He
consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of
the multitude. 22:7The
day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed. 22:8He sent Peter
and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover
for us, that we may eat." 22:9They said to him, "Where do you want
us to prepare?" 22:10He said to them, "Behold,
when you have entered into the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will
meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters. 22:11Tell the
master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room,
where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"' 22:12He will show
you a large, furnished upper room. Make preparations there." 22:13They went, found things as he had told
them, and they prepared the Passover. 22:14When the hour had come, he sat down
with the twelve apostles. 22:15He
said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat
this Passover with you before I suffer, 22:16for I tell
you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until it is fulfilled in the
Kingdom of God." 22:17He
received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, "Take this, and share it among yourselves, 22:18for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the
fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes." 22:19He took bread, and when he had given
thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, "This
is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me." 22:20Likewise, he
took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is
the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. 22:21But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on
the table. 22:22The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but
woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!" 22:23They began to question among themselves,
which of them it was who would do this thing. 22:24There arose also a contention among
them, which of them was considered to be greatest. 22:25He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and
those who have authority over them are called 'benefactors.' 22:26But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you,
let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves. 22:27For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who
serves? Isn't it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst of you as
one who serves. 22:28But you are those who have continued with me in my trials. 22:29I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on
me, 22:30that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You
will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." 22:31The Lord said, "Simon,
Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat, 22:32but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn't fail. You,
when once you have turned again, establish your brothers."
22:33He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to
go with you both to prison and to death!" 22:34He said, "I
tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today until you deny that
you know me three times." 22:35He said to them, "When
I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack
anything?" They said, "Nothing." 22:36Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and
likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.
22:37For I tell you that this which is written must still be
fulfilled in me: 'He was counted with the lawless.' For that which concerns
me has an end." 22:38They said, "Lord, behold, here are
two swords." He said to them, "That is enough." 22:39He came out, and went, as his custom was,
to the Mount of Olives. His disciples also followed him. 22:40When he was at the place, he said to
them, "Pray that you don't enter into
temptation." 22:41He was withdrawn from them about a
stone's throw, and he knelt down and prayed, 22:42saying, "Father,
if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but
yours, be done." 22:43An angel from heaven appeared to him,
strengthening him. 22:44Being
in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood
falling down on the ground. 22:45When he rose up from his prayer, he came
to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of grief, 22:46and said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not
enter into temptation." 22:47While he was still speaking, behold, a
multitude, and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them.
He came near to Jesus to kiss him. 22:48But Jesus said to him, "Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a
kiss?" 22:49When those who were around him saw what
was about to happen, they said to him, "Lord, shall we strike with the
sword?" 22:50A
certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his
right ear. 22:51But Jesus answered, "Let me at least do this"--and he touched
his ear, and healed him. 22:52Jesus
said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come
against him, "Have you come out as against a
robber, with swords and clubs? 22:53When I was
with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch out your hands against me.
But this is your hour, and the power of darkness." 22:54They seized him, and led him away, and
brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed from a distance.
22:55When they
had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and had sat down together,
Peter sat among them. 22:56A
certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at
him, said, "This man also was with him." 22:57He denied Jesus, saying, "Woman, I don't
know him." 22:58After a little while someone else saw
him, and said, "You also are one of them!" But Peter answered, "Man, I
am not!" 22:59After about one hour passed, another
confidently affirmed, saying, "Truly this man also was with him, for he
is a Galilean!" 22:60But Peter said, "Man, I don't know
what you are talking about!" Immediately, while he was still speaking, a
rooster crowed. 22:61The
Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the Lord's word, how
he said to him, "Before the rooster crows you
will deny me three times." 22:62He went out, and wept bitterly. 22:63The men who held Jesus mocked him and
beat him. 22:64Having
blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, "Prophesy!
Who is the one who struck you?" 22:65They spoke many other things against
him, insulting him. 22:66As soon as it was day, the assembly of
the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and
scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying, 22:67"If
you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you won't believe, 22:68and if I ask, you will in no way answer me or let me go. 22:69From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right
hand of the power of God." 22:70They all said, "Are you then the Son
of God?" He said to them, "You say it, because I AM." 22:71They said, "Why do we need any more
witness? For we ourselves have heard from his own
mouth!" 23:1The whole company of them rose up and
brought him before Pilate. 23:2They
began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation,
forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a
king." 23:3Pilate asked him, "Are you the King
of the Jews?" He answered him, "So you say." 23:4Pilate said to the chief priests and the
multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man." 23:5But they insisted, saying, "He stirs
up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to
this place." 23:6But
when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean. 23:7When he found
out that he was in Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also
in Jerusalem during those days. 23:8Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was
exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he
had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him. 23:9He questioned
him with many words, but he gave no answers. 23:10The chief priests and the scribes
stood, vehemently accusing him. 23:11Herod
with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious
clothing, they sent him back to Pilate. 23:12Herod and Pilate became friends with
each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other. 23:13Pilate called together the chief priests
and the rulers and the people, 23:14and
said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the
people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a
charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him. 23:15Neither has
Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done
by him. 23:16I
will therefore chastise him and release him." 23:17Now he had to release one prisoner to
them at the feast. 23:18But
they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us
Barabbas!" -- 23:19one
who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder. 23:20Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting
to release Jesus, 23:21but
they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!" 23:22He said to them the third time,
"Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him.
I will therefore chastise him and release him." 23:23But they were urgent with loud
voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the
chief priests prevailed. 23:24Pilate
decreed that what they asked for should be done. 23:25He released him who had been thrown
into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he
delivered Jesus up to their will. 23:26When they led him away, they grabbed one
Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry
it after Jesus. 23:27A
great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned
and lamented him. 23:28But
Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of
Jerusalem, don't weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 23:29For behold, the days are coming in which they will say,
'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that
never nursed.' 23:30Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!'
and tell the hills, 'Cover us.' 23:31For if they
do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?"
23:32There were also others, two criminals,
led with him to be put to death. 23:33When
they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there
with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left. 23:34Jesus said, "Father,
forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among
them, they cast lots. 23:35The
people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying,
"He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God,
his chosen one!" 23:36The soldiers also mocked him, coming to
him and offering him vinegar, 23:37and
saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" 23:38An inscription was also written over him
in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE
JEWS." 23:39One of the criminals who was hanged
insulted him, saying, "If you are the Christ, save yourself and
us!" 23:40But the other answered, and rebuking him
said, "Don't you even fear God, seeing you are under the same
condemnation? 23:41And
we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man
has done nothing wrong." 23:42He
said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom."
23:43Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in
Paradise." 23:44It was now about the sixth hour,
and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. 23:45The sun was
darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two. 23:46Jesus, crying with a loud voice,
said, "Father, into your hands I commit my
spirit!" Having said this, he breathed his last. 23:47When the centurion saw what was done, he
glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man." 23:48All the
multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were
done, returned home beating their breasts. 23:49All his acquaintances, and the women
who followed with him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these
things. 23:50Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a
member of the council, a good and righteous man 23:51(he had not consented to their
counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting
for the Kingdom of God: 23:52this
man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. 23:53He took it down, and wrapped it in a
linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had
ever been laid. 23:54It
was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near. 23:55The women,
who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and saw the tomb, and
how his body was laid. 23:56They
returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested
according to the commandment. 24:1But on the first day of the week, at
early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which
they had prepared. 24:2They
found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 24:3They entered in, and didn't find the
Lord Jesus' body. 24:4It
happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood
by them in dazzling clothing. 24:5Becoming
terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, "Why do
you seek the living among the dead? 24:6He isn't here, but is risen. Remember
what he told you when he was still in Galilee, 24:7saying that the Son of Man must be
delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third
day rise again?" 24:8They remembered his words, 24:9returned from the tomb, and told all
these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. 24:10Now they were Mary Magdalene,
Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. The other women with them told these
things to the apostles. 24:11These
words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn't believe them. 24:12But Peter got
up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of linen
lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what had
happened. 24:13Behold, two of them were going that very
day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from
Jerusalem. 24:14They
talked with each other about all of these things which had happened. 24:15It happened,
while they talked and questioned together, that Jesus himself came near, and
went with them. 24:16But
their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 24:17He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and are
sad?" 24:18One of them, named Cleopas, answered him,
"Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things
which have happened there in these days?" 24:19He said to them, "What
things?" They said to him, "The
things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and
word before God and all the people; 24:20and how the chief priests and our
rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 24:21But we were
hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it
is now the third day since these things happened. 24:22Also, certain women of our company
amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb; 24:23and when they didn't find his body,
they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he
was alive. 24:24Some
of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they
didn't see him." 24:25He said to them, "Foolish
men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 24:26Didn't the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter
into his glory?" 24:27Beginning
from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the
Scriptures the things concerning himself. 24:28They drew near to the village, where
they were going, and he acted like he would go further. 24:29They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day
is almost over." He went in to stay with them. 24:30It happened,
that when he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave
thanks. Breaking it, he gave to them. 24:31Their eyes were opened, and they
recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight. 24:32They said one to another,
"Weren't our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the
way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?" 24:33They rose up that very hour,
returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who
were with them, 24:34saying,
"The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" 24:35They related
the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in
the breaking of the bread. 24:36As they said these things, Jesus himself
stood among them, and said to them, "Peace be to
you." 24:37But they were terrified and filled with
fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. 24:38He said to them, "Why
are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts? 24:39See my hands
and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn't have
flesh and bones, as you see that I have." 24:40When he had said this, he showed
them his hands and his feet. 24:41While
they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?" 24:42They gave him a piece of a broiled fish
and some honeycomb. 24:43He
took them, and ate in front of them. 24:44He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you,
that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the
psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled." 24:45Then he opened their minds, that they
might understand the Scriptures. 24:46He
said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it
was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third
day, 24:47and that repentance and remission of sins should be
preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 24:48You are witnesses of these things. 24:49Behold, I
send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem
until you are clothed with power from on high." 24:50He led them out as far as Bethany, and he
lifted up his hands, and blessed them. 24:51It happened, while he blessed them, that he withdrew from them, and was carried up into
heaven. 24:52They
worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 24:53and were continually in the temple,
praising and blessing God. Amen. Notes: [1] back to 2:26
"Christ" (Greek) and "Messiah" (Hebrew) both mean
"Anointed One" [2] back to 3:19 TR
reads "brother Philip's instead of brother's" [3] back to 3:33 TR
omits "the son of Joram" [4] back to 6:26 TR
adds "to you" [5] back to 6:26 TR
adds "all" [6] back to 6:38
literally, into your bosom. [7] back to 7:31 So
reads TR. MT omits "But the Lord said," [8] back to 8:3 TR
reads "him" instead of "them" [9] back to 9:1 TR
reads "his twelve disciples" instead of "the twelve" [10] back to 9:23 TR,
NU add "daily" [11] back to 9:31
Literally, "exodus" [12] back to 10:1
literally, "before his face" [13] back
to 10:15 Hades is the lower realm of the dead, or Hell. [14] back to 12:5 or,
Hell [15] back
to 12:6 An assarion was a small copper coin worth about an hour's wages
for an agricultural laborer. [16] back
to 12:59 Literally, lepton. A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin
worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion.
Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker's daily wages. [17] back
to 13:21 literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more
than a bushel [18] back to 14:5 TR
reads "donkey" instead of "son" [19] back
to 15:8 A drachma coin was worth about 2 days wages for an agricultural
laborer. [20] back
to 16:6 100 batos is about 395 litres, 104 U. S. gallons, or 87 imperial
gallons. [21] back
to 16:7 100 cors = about 3,910 litres or 600 bushels. [22] back
to 16:13 "Mammon" refers to riches or a false god of wealth. [23] back
to 17:36 Some Greek manuscripts add: "Two will be in the field, the
one taken, and the other left." [24] back
to 19:13 10 minas was more than 3 year's wages for an agricultural
laborer. [25] back to 19:29
TR, NU read "Bethpage" instead of "Bethsphage" [26] back to 20:1 TR adds
"chief" [27] back to 20:9 NU
(in brackets) and TR add "certain" [28] back
to 21:2 literally, "two lepta." 2 lepta was about 1% of a day's
wages for an agricultural laborer. [29] back
to 22:32 The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly
translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings." [30] back
to 23:44 Time was counted from sunrise, so the sixth hour was about noon. [31] back to 23:44
3:00 PM [32] back
to 24:13 60 stadia = about 11 kilometers or about 7 miles. To
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