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No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in +any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, +recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without written +permission of the author, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a +review. + + +Contact Information: +clontzjm@hotmail.com + + +Foreword + + This book is based on an ancient manuscript known as MS Pepys 2498 of +which one copy is known to exist and is kept at Cambridge University Library +in England. The original source of MS Pepys 2498 (referred to as the Pepys +Gospel or the Pepys Gospel Harmony) is unknown but some scholars have +theorized that it may be as old as Christianity itself. + + One of the more interesting conclusions concerning Jesus based on the +Pepys Gospel Harmony (PGH) sequence is that Jesus was a North Palestinian +Essene associated with the Damascus Covenant found at Qumran in Palestine and +Genizah in Egypt. Furthermore, it has been proposed that Jesus held the +office of Messiah defined in the Damascus Covenant and His goal as well as +that of the other Damascus Covenant Essenes was to convert the Pharisaical +Jews of Judea which they viewed as the lost sheep of Israel to the Essene +sect of Judaism. The sequence of events in the gospels as depicted in the PGH +shows John the Baptist and Jesus converting Judean Jews through baptism in +the wilderness of Judea. Jesus has an altercation at the temple in Jerusalem +and John is arrested. After John's arrest, Jesus heads north all the way to +Capernaum where he gathers followers numbering in the thousands. After John's +death, Jesus makes a final journey to Jerusalem and once more he and his +followers from Northern Palestine convert Judean Jews. The Pharisaical +leaders of the Judean Jews plot to kill Jesus and put an end to His teaching. + Thus, the PGH sequence of the canonical gospels depicts what some +scholars believe to have been a sectarian struggle between the Essenes who +adhered to the Damascus Covenant in Northern Palestine and the Pharisaical +Jews in Judea for religious leadership of all Israelites. The Pharisaical +Jews in Judea were looking for a Messiah to vanquish their enemies, Rome and +the Herodians, and therefore rejected Jesus as their Messiah. Whereas, the +Essenes were looking for a Messiah to vanquish their enemies, death, poverty, +disease and infirmity, and therefore hailed Jesus as their Messiah. + +Below are some important academic notes concerning the PGH sequence of the +gospels: + + The PGH mentions the city of Gerasa which was an ancient city in +Palestine which was destroyed by the 10th Roman legion Firensis in AD 70. +Only the very oldest existing manuscripts of the canonical gospels mention +the city of Gerasa while later manuscripts refer to the area as the land of +the Gerasenes. Thus the author of the original source of the PGH may have +lived prior to AD 70. + + The sequence of the PGH also parallels many aspects of the theoretical +"Q" text. The Greek texts of Matthew and Luke in some areas are letter for +letter matches which have led some scholars to theorize that at one time a +single text "Q" was formed from an early form of Matthew and of Luke and then +later portions of our modern forms of Matthew and Luke were copied from this +single gospel text. Additionally, in the modern text of Luke the "Parable of +the Lamp" occurs in both Chapter 8 and Chapter 11. It has been theorized that +an early text that contained Luke had only one "Parable of the Lamp" and that +the parable was either cut in half or duplicated in our modern texts. The PGH +sequence combines portions of Luke Ch. 8 and 11 and only has a single account +of the "Parable of the Lamp" just as some scholars have theorized would've +existed in the single gospel forerunner of the modern text of Luke. + + Scholars have also theorized that the "Q" text would've been +constructed into categories and composed of lists such as a list of parables. +This idea was formulated in part based on the gospel of Thomas found at Nag +Hammadi. The PGH does form the gospel account into categories or groupings +and there are two major groupings of parables in its sequence just as +theorized for the "Q" text. + + The event sequence of the PGH also enhances the account of the four +gospels. The sequence produces cause and effect relationships between events +and the interactions of various individuals with each other and with Jesus. +For instance, The PGH sequence contains both Mary Magdalene's conversion and +subsequent discipleship (this is in the modern gospel texts but is somewhat +obscured due to their non-chronological sequence). Thus Mary Magdalene plays +a major role in the account of Jesus which is implied by many ancient sources +such as the gospel of Thomas but not highlighted by the canonical gospels in +their present sequence. The same is true for the significance of John the +Baptist in Jesus' ministry. In the PGH sequence, John the Baptist is +portrayed as an important ally of Jesus' ministry and his arrest and later +death are both pivotal moments in Jesus ministry as portrayed by the PGH +sequence. The importance of John the Baptist in the ministry of Jesus is +implied by many ancient sources and that importance is vividly depicted in +Jesus' ministry using the PGH sequence of the canonical gospels. + + Moreover, the PGH is the only manuscript in existence which depicts an +error free chronological sequence for the events in the life of Jesus as +portrayed in the four canonical gospels. The four canonical gospels make no +claim to being written in chronological sequence. There are +historical/traditional accounts that indicate that the four canonical gospels +were not written in chronological order. For instance, Papias (AD 135) +indicated that Mark was not in any particular order. An engineered +reconstruction of the chronological order of the gospels indicates that while +several sequences are possible -- the sequence of the modern gospels is not +in chronological order. For instance, the passage in Mark 3:13-19 not only +precedes the passage in Mark 3:20-31 by over a dozen events but in fact +several passages in Mark actually occur between Mark 3:13-19 and Mark 3:20- +31. + + Also, while there have been many modern attempts to reconstruct the +sequence of the events of Jesus life as narrated in the four canonical +gospels none of these reconstructions has as many parallels to the +theoretical "Q" text as the PGH. Furthermore the theory for the "Q" text was +first proposed in the 1800's and the PGH manuscript predates the "Q" text +theory by 400 years. Thus the best candidate to date for the "Q" text +sequence is the PGH manuscript. + + More importantly, the best manuscript for a chronological depiction of +the actual sequence of events in the life of Jesus is The Pepys Gospel +Harmony MS 2498. + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Acknowledgements + +The biblical text for this book is from The Common Edition of the New +Testament by T. E. Clontz and I would like to thank my brother for allowing +me to use his book. + +Many of the section headings for this book come from The Pepysian Gospel +Harmony, 1922 Oxford edition; Margery Goates, Editor. I am also deeply +indebted to Margery Goates for her invaluable analytical summary of the Pepys +Gospel Harmony. Her analytical summary of the entire work showing the +parallel passages from the canonical gospels made this book possible. + +I would also like to thank Yuri Kuchinsky -- author of The Magdalene Gospel +and the moderator for loisy@yahoogroups.com, an email group devoted in part +to discussing the Pepys Gospel Harmony. Yuri's herculean efforts in +maintaining a web site for the Pepys Gospel Harmony first brought my +attention to the existence of this priceless manuscript and the marvels of +its contents. + +And finally, I would like to thank the unknown author of the Pepysian Gospel +Harmony MS 2498 for bringing me joy. + + + +About the Author + +J. Clontz is an award winning writer and speaker who has been published in +Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Clontz is listed in +Marquis Who's Who in America and A Directory of American Poets and Fiction +Writers. + +Previous publications include: +C. S. Lewis's Grief After the Death of Joy, 1998 +Women and the Cross, 1997 +Karl Barth's Moment, 1997 +New Psalms, 1996 +Karl Barth's Pontius Pilate, 1996 + + + + +Table of Contents + + +Part 1 - IN THE BEGINNING + +1.10 The Gospel + LK 1:1-4 +1.20 God Became Man in Jesus Christ + JN 1:1-18 +2.10 Gabriel appears to Zechariah + LK 1:5-25 +2.20 Gabriel visits the Virgin Mary + LK 1:26-38 +2.30 Mary Visits Elizabeth + LK 1:39-56 +2.50 Joseph is Reassured in a Dream + MT1:18-25A +2.60 The Birth of John the Baptist + LK 1:57-80 +3.10 Joseph and Mary go to Bethlehem, Jesus is born, Angels Appear to the + Shepherds + LK 2:1-21 +3.20 The Genealogy of Jesus Christ + MT 1:1-17 +3.30 The Visit of the Magi + MT 2:1-12 +4.10 Simeon and Anna's blessings + LK 2:22-39 +5.10 The Flight into Egypt + MT 2:13b-23 +5.20 Jesus Grows in Stature + LK 2:40 +6.10 Jesus among the Teachers + LK 2:41-52 + + +Part 2 - BAPTISM + +7.10 John the Baptist Preaches Repentance +MT 3:1-17 +MK 1:1-11 +LK 3:1-18, 21-22 +JN 1:19-28 +8.10 The Fasting and Temptation of Jesus +MT 4:1-11 +MK 1:12-13 +LK 4:1-13 +8.20 The Genealogy of Jesus Christ + LK 3:23-38 +9.10 John the Baptist's Witness - Behold the Lamb of God! + JN 1:29b-51 +10.10 The Marriage Feast in Cana of Galilee + JN 2:1-12 +11.10 The Purging of the Temple + JN 2:13-25 +11.20 Spiritual Rebirth - Nicodemus, a Ruler of the Jews + JN 3:1-21 +12.10 John's Further Witness to Jesus - He must Increase...I must +Decrease + JN 3:22-36 +13.10 The Imprisonment of John the Baptist + LK 3:19-20 +13.20 Jesus Leaves Judea for Galilee after John's Arrest +MT 4:12 +JN 4:1-3 +13.30 Passing through Samaria, Jesus Converts the Woman at the Well and + many Other Samaritans + JN 4:4-42 +13.50 Beginning of the Ministry of Jesus in Galilee +MK 1:14 +LK 4:14-15 +JN 4:43-45 +14.10 Healing of the Official's Son in Galilee + JN 4:46-54 +15.10 Miraculous Draught of Fishes - the Call of Peter, James and John + LK 5:1-11 +16.10 Jesus Returns to Nazareth + LK 4:16-30 +16.20 Jesus Leaves Nazareth +MT 4:13-17 +MK 1:15 +LK 4:31a +17.10 The Second Call of Andrew, Peter, James and John +MT 4:18-22 +MK 1:16-20 +18.10 Jesus Casts out a Demon +MK 1:21-28 +LK 4:31b-37 +18.20 Cure of Simon's Wife's Mother and Other Sick People +MT 8:14-17 +MK 1:29-38 +LK 4:38-43 +18.40 Preaching throughout all of Galilee +MT 4:23-25 +MK 1:39 +LK 4:44 +19.20 Jesus Crosses the Lake with his Disciples and Calms a Storm +MT 8:18-27 +MK 4:35-41 +LK 8:22-25 +18.40 Jesus Cures the Demoniacs +MT 8:28-34 +MK 5:1-20 +LK 8:26-40 +20.10 Jesus Heals a Paralytic let Down Through the Roof +MT 9:1-8 +MK 2:1-12 +LK 5:17-26 +20.20 The Call of Matthew +MT 9:9-13 +MK 2:13-17 +LK 5:27-32 +20.30 Jesus answers Objections as to his not Fasting +MT 9:14-17 +MK 2:18-22 +LK 5:33-39 +21.10 Jesus Raises Jairus' daughter and heals a Woman with an issue of +Blood +MT 9:18-26 +MK 5:21-43 + LK 8:40-56 +22.10 Jesus heals two blind men and Casts out a Demon + MT 9:27-34 +23.10 Jesus Preaches to, and is Rejected by, his own Countrymen + MK 6:1-6a +24.10 Preaching and Healing in Galilee + MK 6:6b +24.20 The Calling of the Twelve Apostles + MK 3:13-19a + + +Part 3 - SERMON ON THE MOUNT + +24.30 The Sermon on the Mount + MT 5:1-16 +25.10 A Level Place + LK 6:17-26 +25.20 The Law and the Prophets + MT 5:17-20 +25.30 You Shall not Kill + MT 5:21-26 +25.31 You Shall not Commit Adultery + MT 5:27-32 +25.32 You Shall not Swear Falsely + MT 5:33-37 +25.33 Do Not Resist One Who is Evil + MT 5:38-42 +25.34 Love Your Enemies +MT 5:43-48 +LK 6:27-36 +25.35 When You Give Alms + MT 6:1-4 +25.36 When you Pray + MT 6:5-15 +25.37 When you Fast + MT 6:16-18 +25.38 Do not Lay up for Yourselves Treasures on Earth + MT 6:19-24 +25.39 Do not be Anxious About Your Life + MT 6:25-34 +25.40 Judge Not +MT 7:1-5 +LK 6:37-42 +25.41 Do not Give Dogs What is Holy + MT 7:6 +25.42 Ask and it Will be Given to You + MT 7:7-12 +25.43 Enter by the Narrow Gate + MT 7:13-14 +25.44 You Shall Know Them by Their Fruits +MT 7:15-27 +LK 6:43-49 +25.44 Conclusion of the Sermons + MT 7:28-29 +26.10 A Leper is Healed Near Capernaum +MT 8:1-4 +MK 1:40-45 +LK 5:12-16 + + +Part 4 - AFTER THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT + +27.10 The Healing of the Centurion's Servant +MT 8:5-13 +LK 7:1-10 +28.10 Jesus Charges the Twelve Apostles and Sends Them Forth +MT 9:35-11:1 +MK 6:7-13 +LK 9:1-6 +29.10 The Widow's Son Raised From the Dead at Nain + LK 7:11-17 +30.10 John the Baptist (in prison) Sends Doubting Disciples to Jesus +MT 11:2-19 +LK 7:18-35 +31.10 The Anointing of Jesus Feet in the House of Simon the Pharisee + LK 7:36-8:3 +32.10 Jesus Charges the Seventy Disciples and Sends Them Forth +MT 11:20-24 +LK 10:1-16 +33.10 The Return of the Disciples from Their Mission +MT 11:25-30 +LK 10:17-24 + + +Part 5 - AFTER THE RETURN OF THE SEVENTY DISCIPLES + +34.10 The Parable of the Good Samaritan + LK 10:25-37 +35.10 Mary and Martha + LK 10:38-42 +36.10 Jesus Teaches the Disciples How to Pray + (The Parable of the Importunate Friend) +LK 11:1-13 +37.10 The Disciples Pluck Ears of Corn on the Sabbath +MT 12:1-8 +MK 2:23-28 +LK 6:1-5 +38.10 The Healing of a Paralyzed Hand on the Sabbath +MT 12:9-14 +MK 3:1-5 +LK 6:6-10 +39.10 A Hostile Council of Pharisees - Jesus Withdraws +MT 12:14-21 +MK 3:6-12 +LK 6:11 +40.10 Jesus Heals and the Pharisees Seek a Sign +MT 12:22-45 +MK 3:20-31 +LK 11:14-32 +40.20 The Brethren of Christ +MT 12:46-50 +MK 3:31-35 +LK 8:19-21 +41.10 Woe to the Pharisees + LK 11:37-54 +42.10 The Parable of the Rich Man + LK 12:1-59 +43.10 The Parable of the Fig Tree + LK 13:1-9 +44.10 Jesus Heals a Woman on the Sabbath + LK 13:10-17 + + +Part 6 - PARABLE OF THE SOWER AND OTHER PARABLES + +45.10 The Parable of the Sower +MT 13:1-9 +MK 4:1-9 +LK 8:4-8 +45.11 The Secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven +MT 13:10-17 +MK 4:10-12 +LK 8:9-10 +45.12 The Parable of the Sower Explained +MT 13:18-23 +MK 4:13-20 +LK 4:11-15 +45.13 The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds + MT 13:24-30 +45.14 The Parable of the Lamp +MK 4:21-25 +LK 8:16-18 +LK 11:33-36 +45.141 The Parable of the Scattered Seed + MK 4:26-29 +45.15 The Parable of the Mustard Seed +MT 13:31-32 +MK 4:30-32 +LK 13:18-19 +45.16 The Parable of the Leaven +MT 13:33 +LK 13:20-21 +45.17 He Did Not Speak Without a Parable +MT 13:34-35 +MK 4:33-34 +45.18 The Explanation of the Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds +MT 13:36-43 +45.19 Parable of the Treasure Hidden in a Field + MT 13:44 +45.191 Parable of the Pearl of Great Price + MT 13:45-46 +45.192 Parable of the Fishing Net + MT 13:47-50 +45.193 Parable of the Householder + MT 13:51-52 +46.10 Jesus Preaches to and is Rejected by his own Countrymen + MT 13:53-58 + +Part 7 - TWO FEASTS IN JERUSALEM AND TWO FEEDINGS OF MULTITUDES + +47.10 Jesus goes to a Feast in Jerusalem. + He Cures an Infirm man by the Cisterns with the Five Porches. + The Jews Seek to Kill Jesus. + JN 5:1-47 +48.10 Herodias Dances Before Herod. +MT 14:3-11 +MK 6:17-28 +48.20 The Apostles Return and Jesus Withdraws with them to a Desert +Place. +MT 14:12-13a +MK6:29-32 +LK 9:10 +JN 6:1,3 +49.10 The People Follow and Jesus Comes Down From the Mountain to + Meet Them. + The Feeding of the Five Thousand. + At Night Jesus Walks upon the Lake. +MT 14:13b-33 +MK 6:33-52 +LK 9:11-17 +JN 6:2,4-21 +50.10 Healing in Gennesaret +MT 14:34-36 +MK 6:53-56 +49.20 The Miraculously fed Multitude Seek Him at Capernaum. + Peter's Confession. +JN 6:22-47 +51.10 Jesus Teaches the Real Causes of Defilement and Discourses on + Pharisaic Traditions +MT 15:1-20 +MK 7:1-23 +52.10 Jesus Heals the Canaanite's Daughter +MT 15:21-28 +MK 7:24-30 +53.10 Jesus Heals a Deaf and Dumb Man and Works Other Miracles +MT 15:29-31 +MK 7:31-37 +54.10 The Feeding of the Four Thousand +MT 15:32-39a +MK 8:1-10 +55.10 The Pharisees Ask for a Sign +MT 16:1-4 +MK 8:11-12 +56.10 Jesus Warns the Disciples of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and +Herodians +MT 16:5-12 +MK 8:13-21 +57.10 Jesus Heals a Blind man at Bethsaida + MK 8:22-26 +58.10 Herod's Fear of Jesus +MT 14:1-2 +MK 6:14-16 +LK 9:7-9 +59.10 Jesus Goes to the Feast Secretly. + He Teaches in the Temple. + Officers are Sent to Arrest Him. + An Adulteress is Brought Before Jesus. + A Blind Man is Restored to Sight. + Jesus Claims to be the Son of God. + JN 7:1 - 10:21 +59.20 The Evils of the Pharisees +MT 23:1-39 +MK 12:38-40 +LK 20:45-47 +60.10 Jesus Questions His Disciples. Peter's Confession. + Jesus Warns His Disciples of His Coming Passion +MT 16:13-28 +MK 8:27 - 9:1 +LK 9:18-27 + + +Part 8 - THE TRANSFIGURATION + +61.10 The Transfiguration. + Jesus Casts a Deaf and Dumb Spirit out of a Child. +MT 17:1-21 +MK 9:2-29 +LK 9:28-43a +62.10 Jesus a Second Time Predicts His Death and Resurrection +MT 17:22-23 +MK 9:30-32 +LK 9:43b-45 +63.10 Jesus Pays the Tribute Money + MT 17:24-27 +63.20 Jesus Teaches Humility +MT 18:1-5 +MK 9:33-37 +LK 9:46-48 +63.30 Jesus Warns His Disciples against Spiritual Exclusiveness +MK 9:38-41 +LK 9:49-50 +63.30 Temptation to Sin +MT 18:6-20 +MK 9:42-50 +63.40 Exhortation to Forgiveness + MT 18:21-35 +64.10 The Samaritans Refuse to Receive Jesus. + James and John are angry concerning this and Jesus RebukesThem. +MT 19:1 +MK 10:1a +LK 9:51-55 +64.20 Crowds Follow Jesus +MT 19:2 +MK 10:1b +LK 9:56-62 + + +Part 9 - PARABLES AND HEALINGS + +64.20 Discourse on who shall be Saved + LK 13:22-33 +65.10 Jesus Heals a Man of Dropsy on the Sabbath + LK 14:1-6 +65.20 Parable of the Great Supper + LK 14:7-24 +66.10 The Price of Discipleship + LK 14:25-35 +67.10 The Lost Sheep Parable + LK 15:1-7 +67.20 The Parable of the Lost Silver + LK 15:8-10 +67.30 The Parable of the Prodigal Son + LK 15:11-32 +68.10 The Parable of the Unjust Steward + LK 16:1-18 +68:20 The Parable of Lazarus After Death + LK 16:19-31 +69.10 Discourse on Forgiveness, Faith and Humility + LK 17:1-10 +70.10 The Cleansing of the Ten Lepers + LK 17:11-19 +71.10 Jesus Foretells His Sufferings and His Second Coming + LK 17:20-37 +71.20 The Parable of the Unrighteous Judge + LK 18:1-8 +71.20 The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican + LK 18:9-14 + + +Part 10 - LAZARUS RAISED + +72.10 Jesus Discourses on Marriage and Divorce +MT 19:3-12 +MK 10:2-12 +73.10 Jesus Blesses Little Children +MT 19:13-15 +MK 10:13-16 +LK 18:15-17 +74.10 The Rich Young Ruler +MT 19:16-30 +MK 10:17-31 +LK 18:18-30 +74.20 The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard + MT 20:1-16 +75.10 Jesus a Third Time Foretells His Death and Resurrection +MT 20:17-19 +MK 10:32-34 +LK 18:31-34 +75.10 Jesus Answer to the Ambitious Request of James and John +MT 20:20-28 +MK 10:35-45 +76.10 Jesus Heals Bartimaeus, a Blind Man, as He Enters Jericho +MK 10:46-52 +LK 18:35-43 +77.10 Jesus and Zacchaeus + LK 19:1-10 +77.20 The Parable of the Ten Pounds + LK 19:11-27 +78.10 Jesus Heals Two Blind Man as He Leaves Jericho + MT 20:29-34 +79.10 I and the Father are One + JN 10:22-42 +80.10 Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead + JN 11:1-57 + + +Part 11 - PALM SUNDAY + +81.10 Mary Anoints Jesus for His Burial +MT 26:6-13 +MK 14:3-9 +JN 12:1-8 +81:20 Public Excitement with Regard to Jesus and Lazarus + JN 12:9-11 +81:30 Jesus Makes His Triumphal Entrance into Jerusalem +MT 21:1-11 +MK 11:1-10 +LK 19:29-44 +JN 12:12-19 +82.10 The Second Purging of the Temple +MT 21:12-13 +MK 11:15-18 +LK 19:45-48 +82.20 The Children in the Temple Praise Jesus who at evening goes to +Bethany +MT 21:14-17 +MK 11:11 +83.10 The Withering of the Barren Fig Tree +MT 21:18-22 +MK 11:13-14, 20b-26 +84.10 The Authority of Jesus is Questioned +MT 21:23-27 +MK 11:27-33 +LK 20:1-8 +85.10 The Parable of the Two Sons + MT 21:28-32 +85.20 The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen and the Vineyard +MT 21:33-41 +MK 12:1-9 +LK 20:9-16 +85.30 Jesus the Corner Stone +MT 21:42-44 +MK 12:10-11 +LK 20:17-18 +85.40 The Parable of the King's Feast + MT 22:1-14 +85.50 Anger and Fear of the Pharisees +MT 21:45-46 +MK 12:12 +LK 20:19 +85.60 Goodwill of the People + LK 21:37-38 +86.10 Question of Tribute to Caesar +MT 22:15-22 +MK 12:13-17 +LK 20:20-26 +87.10 Jesus Silences the Sadducees +MT 22:23-33 +MK 12:18-27 +LK 20:27-40 +88.10 The Two Greatest Commandments +MT 22:34-40 +MK 12:28-34 +89.10 Christ the Son and also the Lord of David +MT 22:41-46 +MK 12:35-37 +LK 20:41-44 +90.10 Jesus Condemns the Hypocrisy of the Scribes and Pharisees. + He Laments over Jerusalem. +MT 23:1-39 +MK 12:38-40 +LK 20:45-47 +91.10 The Widow's Coin +MK 12:41-44 +LK 21:1-4 +92.10 Jesus Foretells His Death on the Cross + JN 12:20-50 +93.10 Jesus Foretells the Destruction of the Temple and the Signs of +the + Day of Judgment. +MT 24:1-51 +MK 13:1-37 +LK 21:5-36 +93.20 The Parables of the ten Virgins and the Five Talents. + Separation of the Good and Evil at the Judgment. + MT 25:1-46 + +Part 12 - TREACHERY + +94.10 The Jews in Authority seek to Destroy Jesus Privately + MT 26:1-5 +94.20 They Conspire with Judas Iscariot +MT 26:14-16 +MK 14:10-11 +LK 22:3-6 +95.10 The Disciples Prepare the Passover +MT 26:17-19 +MK 14:12-16 +LK 22:7-13 +95.20 Jesus Foretells the Treachery of Judas +MT 26:20-29 +MK 14:17-25 +LK 22:14-23 +95.40 Jesus Reproves the Ambition of the Apostles, + Foretells Peter's Denials, Gives Warning of coming Privation and Peril + LK 22:24-38 +95.50 Jesus Washes the Feet of His Disciples + JN 13:1b-20 +95.60 Jesus Gives the Sop to Judas, who then goes out. + Exhortation to love one another. + Jesus a Second Time Foretells Peter's Denials + JN 13:21-38 +95.70 The Holy Ghost is Promised. Jesus Prays for His Disciples + JN 14:1-17:26 +96.10 Jesus Warns His Disciples that they will Forsake Him. + He Foretells Peter's Denials a Third Time. +MT 26:30-35 +MK 14:26-31 +96.20 The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane +MT 26:36-46 +MK 14:32-42 +LK 22:39-46 +JN 18:1-2 +96.30 Jesus Betrayed by Judas Iscariot and Arrested. + The Disciples Desert Him. +MT 26:47-56 +MK 14:43-52 +LK 22:47-53 +JN 18:3-12 +96.40 Jesus is Brought Before Annas +MT 26:57 +MK 14:53 +LK 22:54 +JN 18:13-14 +96.50 The Denials of Peter +MT 26:58, 69-75 +MK 14:54, 66-72 +LK 22:55-62 +JN 18:15-27 +96.60 Jesus is Arraigned Before Caiaphas, Condemned and Mocked +MT 26:59-68 +MK 14:55-65 +LK 22:63-65 +97.10 Jesus Condemned Before Caiaphas and led to Pilate +MT 27:1-2 +MK 15:1 +LK 17:66-18:1 +JN 18:28 +97.20 The Jews Accuse Jesus of Sedition +LK 23:2 +JN 18:29-33a +97.30 The Remorse and Suicide of Judas Iscariot +MT 27:3-10 +Acts 1:18b + + +Part 13 - TRIAL BEFORE PILATE + +98.10 Trial Before Pilate +MT 27:11-14 +MK 15:2-5 +LK 23:3-7 +JN 18:33b-38 +98.20 Trial Before Herod + LK 23:8-12 +98.30 Barabbas Preferred Before Jesus +MT 27:15-18, 20-23 +MK 15:6-14 +LK 23:13-23 +JN 18:39-40 +98.40 Jesus Mocked as a King +MT 27:27-30 +JN 19:2-3 +98.50 Pilate Yields + JN 19:4-15 +98.60 The Warning of Pilate's Wife + MT 27:19 +98.70 Pilate Washes His Hands +MT 27:24-26 +MK 15:15 +LK 23:24-25 +98.80 Jesus Mocked Again + MK 15:16-19 +98.90 Jesus Led Forth to Crucifixion +MT 27:31-32 +MK 15:20-21 +LK 23:26-32 +JN 19:16-17a +99.10 Jesus Crucified with the Two Thieves. + Pilate's Superscription. + The Casting of Lots. + Jesus Commends His Mother to John. + The Mockery. + The Conversion of One of the Thieves. Darkness. +MT 27:33-45 +MK 15:22-33 +LK 23:33-45a +JN 19:17b-27 +100.10 Jesus Dies +MT 27:46-50 +MK 15:34-37 +LK 23:46 +JN 19:28-30 +100.20 Portents. The Centurion's Witness. The Crowd of Onlookers. +MT 27:51-56 +MK 15:38-41 +LK 23:45b, 47-49 +101.10 The Side of Jesus is Pierced with a Spear + JN 19:31-37 +101.20 A Nobleman (Joseph of Arimathea) Begs for the Body of Jesus and + lays it in a new Tomb in a Garden nearby. +MT 27:57-60 +MK 15:42-46 +LK 23:50-54 +JN 19:38-42 +101.30 The Faithful Women Prepare a Rich Ointment to Embalm the Body + of Jesus. +MT 27:61 +MK 15:47 +LK 23:55-56 +101.40 The Chief Priests are Suspicious. They Seal the Sepulchre. + MT 27:62-66 + + +Part 14 - THE TOMB + +102.10 The Two Marys Buy Spice + MK 16:1 +102.20 They Visit the Sepulchre +MT 28:1 +MK 16:2 +LK 24:1 +102.30 Many Dead are Seen to be Alive Again + MT 27:52-53 +102.40 The Grave Opened by Angels + MT 28:2-4 +102.50 The Women Find the Stone Rolled away. +MK 16:3-4 +LK 24:2 +JN 20:1 +103.10 Peter and John, on Hearing Mary Magdalene's Report of the Empty Tomb, + Investigate for Themselves. + JN 20:2-10 +103.20 The Women at the Tomb See an Angel who Announces the Resurrection. +MT 28:5-7 +MK 16:5-7 +LK 24:3 +103.30 Then Two Angels Greet the Women + LK 24:4-8 +103.40 They go to Tell the Disciples +MT 28:8 +MK 16:8 +103.50 Two Angels, and then Jesus Himself, appear to Mary Magdalene + as she Weeps at the Tomb +MK 16:9 +JN 20:11-17 +104.10 Jesus Appears to the Other Women as they go to Announce the + Resurrection + MT 28:9-10 +105.10 The Jewish Authorities Bribe the Guard to Declare that Jesus' + Disciples Stole His Body + MT 28:11-15 +106.10 The Women Tell the Disciples that Jesus had Risen: They Disbelieve. +MK 16:10-11 +LK 24:9-11 +JN 20:18 + +Part 15 - THE RESURRECTION + +107.10 The Appearance of Jesus to Peter + LK 24:12, 34 + 1 Corinthians 15:5a +108.10 Jesus Appears to Two Disciples Journeying to Emmaus +MK 16:12-13a +LK 24:13-35 +108.20 The Disciples at Jerusalem still Unbelieving + MK 16:13b +109.10 Suddenly Jesus Appears to Them, Thomas only being Absent +MK 16:14 +LK 24:36-49 +JN 20:19-25 +110.10 Jesus Appears to the Disciples Thomas Being Present. + JN 20:26-30 +110.20 Jesus Appears to Five Hundred + 1 Corinthians 15:6 +111.10 Jesus Appears to the Disciples in Galilee + MT 28:16-20 +112.10 Jesus Appears to His Disciples at the Sea of Tiberias + JN 21:1-23 +113.10 Jesus Appears to the Disciples in the Upper Room and Discourses + on the Power of Faith + MK 16:14-18 +113.20 Jesus bids them Remain at Jerusalem until the Coming of the Holy + Ghost + Acts 1:4-5 +113.30 The Future Witness of the Disciples to Jesus Christ + Acts 1:6-8 +113.40 Jesus Ascends into Heaven +LK 24.50-51 +Acts 1:9-11 +113.50 The Disciples Return to Jerusalem +MK 16:19 +LK 24:52 +Acts 1:12-14 +113.60 The Coming of the Holy Ghost + Acts 2:1-47 +113.70 The Disciples Praise God Continually + LK 24:53 +113.80 They Preach Everywhere + MK 16:20 +114.10 Conclusion + Acts 1:1-3 +114.20 Epilogue + JN 21:25 + + + + + J. Clontz + God's Children + +We are not cast on the ground, + that have been recognized by so great highness. +We are not the offspring of mortality, + afterward to be dissolved by time. +We are not a product of motion, + made to be again destroyed by itself. +We are not things of earthly birth, + ending again therein. + +We belong to a greatness unto which we aspire, + of which we are the property, + and peradventure to a greatness + that hath mercy upon us. + +We belong to the Light, + by whom we have left the darkness; +To the Eternal, + by whom we have escaped the bonds of the temporal. + + + + + + +Part 1 - IN THE BEGINNING + +1.10 The Gospel + +LK 1:1-4 + + 1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the +things which have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were +delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and +ministers of the word, 3 it seemed good to me also, having carefully +investigated all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly +account, most excellent Theophilus, 4 so that you may know the +certainty of the things which you have been taught. + +1.20 God Became Man in Jesus Christ + +JN 1:1-18 + + 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and +the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 All things were +made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made. 4 In +him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in +the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. + 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came +for a witness, to bear witness of the light, that all might believe +through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness of the +light. 9 The true light that gives light to every man was coming into +the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, +and the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own did +not receive him. 12 But to all who received him, to those who believed +in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-13 who were +born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, +but of God. + 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen +his glory, the glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of +grace and truth. 15 John bore witness of him and cried out, saying, +"This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, +for he was before me.'" 16 And from his fullness have we all received, +grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and +truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; God the +only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known. + + +2.10 Gabriel appears to Zechariah + +LK 1:5-25 + + 5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named +Zechariah, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife of the +daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both +righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of +the Lord blameless. 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was +barren, and they were both well advanced in years. 8 Now while he was +serving as priest before God when his division was on duty, 9 according +to the custom of the priesthood, it fell to him by lot to enter the +temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And the whole multitude of the +people were praying outside at the hour of incense. 11 Then an angel of +the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of +incense. 12 And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell +upon him. 13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, +for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, +and you shall call his name John. 14 And you will have joy and +gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. 15 For he will be great +in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong +drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his +mother's womb. 16 And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the +Lord their God. 17 And he 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." 18 And Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know +this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years." 19 +And the angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence +of God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good +news. 20 And behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the +day that these things come to pass, because you did not believe my +words, which will be fulfilled in their time." 21 And the people were +waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the +temple. 22 But when he came out, he could not speak to them; and they +perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he made signs to +them and remained speechless. 23 And when his time of service was +completed, he went to his home. 24 After these days his wife Elizabeth +conceived, and for five months she hid herself, saying, 25 "Thus the +Lord has done to me, in the days when he looked on me, to take away my +reproach among people." + + + +2.20 Gabriel visits the Virgin Mary + + LK 1:26-38 + + 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a +city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose +name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 28 +The angel went to her and said, "Hail, O highly favored one, the Lord +is with you!" 29 But she was greatly troubled at his saying, and +considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. 30 And the +angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor +with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, +and you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be +called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give him the +throne of his father David. 33 And he will reign over the house of +Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end." 34 And Mary +said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?" 35 And the +angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power +of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the Holy One to be born +will be called the Son of God. 36 And behold, your relative Elizabeth +in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month +with her who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing will be +impossible." 38 Then Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; +let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from +her. + +2.30 Mary Visits Elizabeth + +LK 1:39-56 + + 39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill +country, to a city of Judah, 40 and she entered the house of Zechariah +and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of +Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the +Holy Spirit. 42 And she exclaimed with a loud voice, "Blessed are you +among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 But why is this +granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For +behold, as soon as the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe +in my womb leaped for joy. 45 And blessed is she who believed that +there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord." + 46 And Mary said: +47 "My soul magnifies the Lord, + and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, +48 for he has regarded the lowly state of his servant; + for behold, henceforth all generations + will call me blessed. +49 For he who is mighty has done great things for me, + and holy is his name. +50 And his mercy is on those who fear him + from generation to generation. +51 He has shown strength with his arm; + he has scattered the proud + in the imagination of their hearts. +52 He has put down the mighty from their thrones, + and exalted the lowly. +53 He has filled the hungry with good things, + and the rich he has sent empty away. +54 He has helped his servant Israel, + in remembrance of his mercy, +55 as he spoke to our fathers, + to Abraham and to his seed forever." + 56 And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to +her home. + +2.50 Joseph is Reassured in a Dream + +MT1:18-25A + + 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way: when his +mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was +found to be with child of the Holy Spirit. 19 Then Joseph her husband, +being a just man, and not wanting to put her to public shame, was +resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered this, behold, +an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son +of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife, for that which is +conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will give birth to a +son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people +from their sins." 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had +spoken by the prophet: +23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, + and they shall call his name Immanuel," +which means, "God with us." 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as +the angel of the Lord commanded him and took his wife, 25 but did not +know her until she had borne a son. + + + +2.60 The Birth of John the Baptist + +LK 1:57-80 + + 57 Now the time came for Elizabeth to be delivered, and she gave +birth to a son. 58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had +shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. 59 On the eighth +day they came to circumcise the child; and they would have named him +Zechariah after his father, 60 but his mother said, "No; he shall be +called John." 61 They said to her, "There is no one among your +relatives who is called by that name." 62 And they made signs to his +father, inquiring what he would have him called. 63 And he asked for a +writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." And they all marveled. +64 And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he +spoke, praising God. 65 And fear came on all their neighbors. And all +these things were discussed throughout all the hill country of Judea; +66 and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, "What +then will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him. + 67 Now his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit, and +prophesied, saying: +68 "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, + for he has visited and redeemed his people, +69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us + in the house of his servant David, +70 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, +71 that we should be saved from our enemies + and from the hand of all who hate us, +72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers + and to remember his holy covenant, +73 the oath which he swore to our father Abraham: +74 to grant us that we, + being delivered from the hand of our enemies, + might serve him without fear, +75 in holiness and righteousness before him + all the days of our life. +76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; + for you will go on before the Lord to prepare his ways, +77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people + in the forgiveness of their sins, +78 through the tender mercy of our God, + with which the sunrise from on high will visit us; +79 to give light to those who sit in darkness + and in the shadow of death, + to guide our feet into the way of peace." + 80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in +the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Israel. + +3.10 Joseph and Mary go to Bethlehem, Jesus is born, Angels Appear to the + Shepherds + +LK 2:1-21 + + 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a +census should be taken of all the world. 2 This was the first census +that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went +to be registered, everyone to his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up +from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of +David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and +lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who +was with child. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to +be delivered. 7 And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped +him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no +room for them in the inn. + 8 And in that region there were shepherds living out in the +fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the +Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and +they were filled with fear. 10 Then the angel said to them, "Do not be +afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to +all the people. 11 For to you is born this day in the city of David a +Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign to you: you +will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger." 13 +And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host +praising God and saying, +14 "Glory to God in the highest, + and on earth peace among men + with whom he is pleased!" + 15 When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the +shepherds said to one another, "Let us go over to Bethlehem and see +this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us." 16 +And they went with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying +in a manger. 17 Now when they had seen him, they made widely known the +saying which had been told them concerning this child. 18 And all who +heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. 19 But Mary kept +all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 Then the shepherds +returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had +heard and seen, as it had been told them. + 21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, +he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was +conceived in the womb. + +3.20 The Genealogy of Jesus Christ + +MT 1:1-17 + + 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, +the son of Abraham: + 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and +Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of +Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the +father of Ram, 4 Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of +Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 Salmon the father of Boaz +by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of +Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of King David. + David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 Solomon +the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the +father of Asa, 8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father +of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 Uzziah the father of +Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 +Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, and Amon +the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his +brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. + 12 And after the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of +Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 Zerubbabel the +father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of +Azor, 14 Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim +the father of Eliud, 15 Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father +of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of +Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called +Christ. + 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen +generations, and from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen +generations, and from the exile to Babylon to the Christ fourteen +generations. + +3.30 The Visit of the Magi + +MT 2:1-12 + + 1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of +Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 +saying, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have +seen his star in the East and have come to worship him." 3 When Herod +the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And +when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people +together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 So +they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the +prophet: +6 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, + are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; + for out of you shall come a ruler + who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'" + 7 Then Herod called the wise men secretly and determined from +them what time the star had appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem +and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child, and when you +have found him, bring back word to me, so that I too may come and +worship him." 9 When they had heard the king they went their way; and +behold, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, +until it came to rest over the place where the child was. 10 When they +saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 11 On coming +into the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they fell +down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented +him with gifts of gold, and of frankincense, and of myrrh. 12 And being +warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own +country by another way. + +4.10 Simeon and Anna's blessings + +LK 2:22-39 + + 22 And when the time of their purification according to the law +of Moses was completed, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him +to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male +who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"), 24 and to offer +a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, "a pair +of turtledoves, or two young pigeons." + 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and +this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of +Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed +to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had +seen the Lord's Christ. 27 So he came by the Spirit into the temple. +And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for him +according to the custom of the law, 28 he took him up in his arms and +blessed God, and said: +29 "Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, + according to your word; +30 for my eyes have seen your salvation +31 which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, +32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, + and for glory to your people Israel." +33 And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. +34 Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this +child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a +sign that will be spoken against 35 (and a sword will pierce through +your own soul also), so that the thoughts of many hearts may be +revealed." + 36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of +the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with her +husband seven years from her virginity, 37 and as a widow till she was +eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, but worshipped with +fasting and prayer night and day. 38 And coming up at that very hour +she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all who were looking for +the redemption of Jerusalem. + 39 And when they had performed everything according to the law of +the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth. + +5.10 The Flight into Egypt + +MT 2:13b-23 + + 13 Behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and +said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and stay +there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to +destroy him." 14 When he rose, he took the young child and his mother +by night and departed for Egypt, 15 and remained there until the death +of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, +"Out of Egypt have I called my son." + 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise +men, was in a furious rage, and he sent and killed all the male +children in Bethlehem and in all its region who were two years old or +under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. +17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: +18 "A voice was heard in Ramah, + lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, + Rachel weeping for her children, + refusing to be comforted, because they are no more." + 19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in +a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 saying, "Rise, take the young child and +his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the +young child's life are dead." 21 And he rose and took the child and his +mother, and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that +Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was +afraid to go there. And being warned in a dream, he withdrew to the +district of Galilee, 23 and he went and dwelt in a city called +Nazareth, that what was spoken by the Prophets might be fulfilled, "He +shall be called a Nazarene." + +5.20 Jesus Grows in Stature + +LK 2:40 + + 40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with +wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. + +6.0 Jesus among the Teachers + +LK 2:41-52 + + 41 His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the +Passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to the +Feast, according to the custom. 43 And when the feast was over, as they +were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents +did not know it, 44 but supposing him to be in the company, they went a +day's journey, and they sought him among their relatives and +acquaintances. 45 And when they did not find him, they returned to +Jerusalem, seeking him. 46 After three days they found him in the +temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them +questions. 47 And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding +and his answers. 48 And when they saw him they were astonished; and his +mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your +father and I have been looking for you anxiously." 49 And he said to +them, "Why did you seek me? Did you not know that I must be in my +Father's house?" 50 But they did not understand the saying which he +spoke to them. 51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and +was obedient to them, but his mother kept all these things in her +heart. 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with +God and men. + +Part 2 - BAPTISM + +7.10 John the Baptist Preaches Repentance + +MT 3:1-17 + + 1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the +wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven +is at hand." 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah +when he said, + "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: + Prepare the way of the Lord, + make his paths straight." +4 Now John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather belt around +his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem +and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan went out to him, 6 +and +confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. + 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for +baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee +from the wrath to come? 8 Bear fruit worthy of repentance, 9 and do not +think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I +tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these +stones. 10 Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every +tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown +into the fire. 11 I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who +is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to +carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His +winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor +and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with +unquenchable fire." + 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be +baptized by him. 14 But John tried to prevent him, saying, "I need to +be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" 15 But Jesus answered him, +"Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all +righteousness." Then he consented. 16 And when Jesus was baptized, he +went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened +and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on +him. 17 And behold, a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved +Son, with whom I am well pleased." + +MK 1:1-11 + + 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. + + 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: + "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, + who will prepare your way"; +3 "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: + 'Prepare the way of the Lord; + make his paths straight.'" +4 John came baptizing in the wilderness, and preaching a baptism of +repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the land of Judea, +and the people from Jerusalem, went out to him and they were all +baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. 6 Now John +was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leather belt around his +waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying, +"After me comes One who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals +I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I have baptized you with +water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." + 9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was +baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And immediately coming up out of the +water, he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him +like a dove. 11 And a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son, +with whom I am well pleased." + + LK 3:1-18, 21-22 + + 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, +Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of +Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of +Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 during the high +priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of +Zechariah in the wilderness. 3 And he went into all the region around +the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of +sins. 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the +prophet, + "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: + 'Prepare the way of the Lord, + make his paths straight. +5 Every valley shall be filled + and every mountain and hill brought low; + the crooked places shall be made straight + and the rough ways smooth; +6 and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'" + 7 Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by +him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to +come? 8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to +say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that +God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 9 And +even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees; every tree therefore +that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire." 10 +And the multitudes asked him, "What then shall we do?" 11 And he +answered them, "He who has two tunics, let him share with him who has +none; and he who has food, let him do likewise." 12 Tax collectors also +came to be baptized, and said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?" 13 +And he said to them, "Collect no more than is appointed you." 14 +Likewise the soldiers asked him, "And what shall we do?" So he said to +them, "Rob no one by violence or accuse falsely, and be content with +your wages." + 15 As the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in +their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ, 16 +John answered them all, "I baptize you with water; but one mightier +than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. +He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 17 His +winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor, and to +gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with +unquenchable fire." 18 And with many other exhortations he preached +good news to the people. + 21 And when all the people were being baptized, Jesus was also +baptized. And as he was praying, the heaven was opened 22 and the Holy +Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon him, and a voice came +from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased." + +JN 1:19-28 + +19 Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and +Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" 20 He confessed, he +did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." 21 And they asked +him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the +prophet?" And he answered, "No." 22 Then they said to him, "Who are +you? Give us an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about +yourself?" 23 He said, + "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, + 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' +as the prophet Isaiah said." 24 Now they had been sent from the +Pharisees. 25 They asked him, "Then why do you baptize, if you are not +the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?" 26 John answered them, "I +baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not +know. 27 It is he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am +not worthy to untie." 28 This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, +where John was baptizing. + +8.10 The Fasting and Temptation of Jesus + +MT 4:1-11 + + 1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be +tempted by the devil. 2 And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and +afterward he was hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to him, "If +you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of +bread." 4 But he answered, "It is written, + 'Man shall not live by bread alone, + but by every word that proceeds + from the mouth of God.'" +5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle +of the temple, 6 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw +yourself down. For it is written, + 'He will give his angels charge of you,' + and 'In their hands they will bear you up, + lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" +7 Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not tempt the +Lord your God.'" 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, +and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory. 9 And he +said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and +worship me." 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Away, Satan! for it is +written, + 'You shall worship the Lord your God + and him only shall you serve.'" + 11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and +ministered to him. + +MK 1:12-13 + + 12 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13 +And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was +with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. + +LK 4:1-13 + + 1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and +was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 being tempted for forty +days by the devil. In those days he ate nothing, and when they had +ended, he was hungry. 3 And the devil said to him, "If you are the Son +of God, command this stone to become bread." 4 But Jesus answered him, +"It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'" 5 Then the devil +took him up to a high place, and showed him all the kingdoms of the +world in a moment of time. 6 And he said to him, "To you I will give +all this authority and their glory; for it has been delivered to me, +and I give it to whom I will. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it shall +all be yours." 8 And Jesus answered him, "It is written, + 'You shall worship the Lord your God, + and him only shall you serve.'" +9 He took him to Jerusalem, set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and +said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here; +10 for it is written: + 'He will give his angels charge of you, + to guard you,' +11 and, + 'In their hands they will bear you up, + lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" +12 And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord +your God.'" 13 When the devil had ended every temptation, he departed +from him until an opportune time. + +8.20 The Genealogy of Jesus Christ + +LK 3:23-38 + + 23 Now Jesus himself, when he began his ministry, was about +thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son +of Heli, 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the +son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 25 the son of Mattathias, the son of +Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, 26 the son +of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, +the son of Joda, 27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of +Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 28 the son of +Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son +of Er, 29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the +son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30 the son of Simeon, the son of +Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 31 the +son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, +the son of David, 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of +Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, 33 the son of Amminadab, +the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, +34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of +Terah, the son of Nahor, 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son +of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan, the +son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, +37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son +of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, 38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, +the son of Adam, the son of God. + +9.10 John the Baptist's Witness - Behold the Lamb of God! + +JN 1:29b-51 + + 29 John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb +of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I +said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.' +31 I myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing with water, +that he might be revealed to Israel." 32 And John bore witness, "I saw +the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. 33 I +did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, +'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who +baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' 34 And I have seen and testified that +this is the Son of God." + 35 Again the next day John was standing with two of his +disciples. 36 And he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, +the Lamb of God!" 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they +followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to +them, "What do you seek?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which means +Teacher), "where are you staying?" 39 He said to them, "Come and see." +They came and saw where he was staying; and they stayed with him that +day, for it was about the tenth hour. 40 One of the two who heard John +speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He first +found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the +Messiah" (which means the Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus +looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John. You shall be called +Cephas" (which means Peter). + 43 The next day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee. And he found +Philip and said to him, "Follow me." 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, +the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to +him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and also the +prophets, wrote - Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." 46 And +Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip +said to him, "Come and see." 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, +and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!" +48 Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, +"Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw +you." 49 Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You +are the King of Israel!" 50 Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, +I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater +things than these." 51 And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, +you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and +descending upon the Son of Man." + +10.10 The Marriage Feast in Cana of Galilee + +JN 2:1-12 + + 1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and +the mother of Jesus was there. 2 And Jesus and his disciples had also +been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, the mother of +Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." 4 Jesus said to her, "Woman, +what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come." 5 His mother +said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you." 6 Now six stone jars +were standing there, according to the manner for purification of the +Jews, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to them, +"Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. 8 He +said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the master of the +feast." So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast had tasted the +water that was made wine, and did not know where it had come from +(though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the +feast called the bridegroom. 10 And he said to him, "Every man sets out +the good wine first; and when the guests have drunk freely, then the +poor wine; but you have kept the good wine until now." 11 This, the +first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his +glory; and his disciples believed in him. + 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and +his brothers and his disciples; and there they stayed for a few days. + +11.10 The Purging of the Temple + +JN 2:13-25 + + 13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to +Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and +sheep and doves, and the money-changers at their business. 15 And he +made a whip of cords, and drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out +of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and +overturned their tables. 16 And he said to those who sold doves, "Take +these things away! You shall not make my Father's house a house of +merchandise!" 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal +for your house will consume me." 18 Then the Jews said to him, "What +sign do you show to us, since you do this?" 19 Jesus answered them, +"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." 20 The +Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and +will you raise it up in three days?" 21 But he was speaking of the +temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his +disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the +scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken. + 23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many +believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did. 24 But Jesus +did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men, 25 and he had +no need for anyone to bear witness of man, for he knew what was in man. + +11.20 Spiritual Rebirth - Nicodemus, a Ruler of the Jews + +JN 3:1-21 + + 1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler +of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, +we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these +signs that you do unless God is with him." 3 Jesus answered him, +"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see +the kingdom of God." 4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born +when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and +be born?" 5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is +born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 +That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the +Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born +again.' 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, +but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with +everyone who is born of the Spirit." 9 Nicodemus said to him, "How can +this be?" 10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and +yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, +we speak of what we know, and testify to what we have seen; but you do +not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you +do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 +No one has ascended into heaven, but he who came from heaven - the Son +of Man. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so +must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may +have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only +Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal +life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the +world, but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He who +believes in him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is +condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only +Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into +the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their +deeds were evil. 20 For every one who does evil hates the light, and +does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he +who does the truth comes to the light, that it may be clearly seen that +his deeds have been done in God." + +12.10 John's Further Witness to Jesus - He must Increase...I must +Decrease + +JN 3:22-36 + + 22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the land of +Judea, and there he remained with them and baptized. 23 Now John also +was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; +and people came and were baptized. 24 For John had not yet been put in +prison. 25 Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and +a Jew over purifying. 26 And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, +he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified- +behold, he is baptizing, and all are going to him." 27 John answered, +"A man can receive only what is given to him from heaven. 28 You +yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but I +have been sent before him. 29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; +but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices +greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine +is now full. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease. + 31 "He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth +belongs to the earth, and of the earth he speaks. He who comes from +heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard; yet +no one receives his testimony. 33 He who has received his testimony has +certified that God is true. 34 For he whom God has sent speaks the +words of God, for God gives the Spirit without measure. 35 The Father +loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. 36 He who +believes in the Son has eternal life; he who does not obey the Son +shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him." + +13.10 The Imprisonment of John the Baptist + +LK 3:19-20 + + 19 But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him concerning +Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the other evil things Herod +had done, 20 added this to them all, that he shut up John in prison. + +13.20 Jesus Leaves Judea for Galilee after John's Arrest + +MT 4:12 + + 12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he +withdrew to Galilee. + +JN 4:1-3 + + 1 Now when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus +was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus +himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and +departed again to Galilee. + +13.30 Passing through Samaria, Jesus Converts the Woman at the Well and + many Other Samaritans + +JN 4:4-42 + + 4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a city of +Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave +to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, wearied as he +was from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth +hour. + 7 There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, +"Give me a drink." 8 For his disciples had gone away into the city to +buy food. 9 Then the woman of Samaria said to him, "How is it that you, +being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no +dealings with Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift +of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you +would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." 11 The +woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is +deep. Where do you get that living water? 12 Are you greater than our +father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well +as his sons and his cattle?" 13 Jesus answered her, "Everyone who +drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the +water that I shall give him will never thirst. The water that I shall +give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal +life." 15 The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may +not thirst, nor come here to draw." + 16 Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." 17 +The woman answered, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are +right in saying, 'I have no husband'; 18 for you have had five +husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you +have said truly." 19 The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you +are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews +say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." 21 +Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither +on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You +worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is +from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true +worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the +Father seeks to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship +him must worship in spirit and truth." 25 The woman said to him, "I +know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When he comes, he +will tell us all things." 26 Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am +he." + 27 Just then his disciples came. And they marveled that he was +talking with a woman, but no one said, "What do you wish?" or, "Why are +you talking with her?" 28 Then the woman left her water jar, and went +away into the city, and said to the people, 29 "Come, see a man who +told me all that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?" 30 They went +out of the city and came to him. + 31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, saying, "Rabbi, eat." 32 +But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." 33 +So the disciples said to one another, "Has any one brought him food?" +34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, +and to finish his work. 35 Do you not say, 'There are yet four months +and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and +look at the fields! They are already white for harvest. 36 And he who +reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower +and reaper may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying is true, 'One +sows and another reaps.' 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have +not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their +labor." + 39 Many of the Samaritans from that city believed in him because +of the woman's testimony, "He told me all that I ever did." 40 So when +the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them; and he +stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of his word. +42 They said to the woman, "We no longer believe just because of what +you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man is +indeed the Savior of the world." + +13.50 Beginning of the Ministry of Jesus in Galilee + +MK 1:14 + + 14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, +preaching the gospel of God. + +LK 4:14-15 + + 14 Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and +news of him went out through all the surrounding country. 15 And he +taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. + +JN 4:43-45 + + 43 After the two days he departed to Galilee. 44 For Jesus +himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So +when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all +that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone to +the feast. + +14.10 Healing of the Official's Son in Galilee + +JN 4:46-54 + + 46 So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the +water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was sick. +47 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to +him and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the +point of death. 48 Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and +wonders, you will never believe." 49 The official said to him, "Sir, +come down before my child dies." 50 Jesus said to him, "Go; your son +will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went +his way. + +15.10 Miraculous Draught of Fishes - the Call of Peter, James and John + +LK 5:1-11 + + 1 Now as the people pressed around him to hear the word of God, +he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. 2 And he saw two boats by +the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their +nets. 3 Then he got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked +him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the +people from the boat. 4 When he had finished speaking, he said to +Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch." 5 +And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and caught nothing! +But at your word I will let down the nets." 6 And when they had done +this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets were breaking. +7 So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help +them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to +sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, +"Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!" 9 For he and all who +were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had +taken; 10 and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who +were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid. +From now on you will catch men." 11 So when they had brought their +boats to land, they left everything and +followed him + +The Pepys Gospel Harmony adds: +[for a while. And then they returned again to their affairs, until +such time as when Jesus would call them again .] + +16.10 Jesus Returns to Nazareth + +LK 4:16-30 + + 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as +his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and +stood up to read. 17 And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to +him. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written: +18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, + because he has anointed me + to preach the good news to the poor. + He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives + and recovery of sight to the blind, + to set at liberty those who are oppressed, +19 to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." +20 Then he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat +down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 And he +began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your +hearing." 2 And all spoke well of him, and wondered at the gracious +words which proceeded out of his mouth; and they said, "Is not this +Joseph's son?" 23 He said to them, "Surely you will quote this proverb +to me: 'Physician, heal yourself! Do here also in your own country what +we have heard that you did in Capernaum.'" 24 Then he said, "Truly, I +say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country. 25 But I tell +you truly, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when +the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a +great famine throughout all the land; 26 but Elijah was sent to none of +them except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a +widow. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the +prophet Elisha; and not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the +Syrian." 28 When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with +wrath. 29 And they rose up and cast him out of the city, and led him to +the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might +throw him down the cliff. 30 But passing through the midst of them, he +went his way. + +16.20 Jesus Leaves Nazareth + +MT 4:13-17 + + 13 And leaving Nazareth, he went and dwelt in Capernaum, which is +by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 that what was +spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: +15 "The land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, + the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, + Galilee of the Gentiles- +16 the people who sat in darkness + have seen a great light, + and on those who sat in the region and shadow of death + light has dawned." + 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the +kingdom of heaven is at hand." + +MK 1:15 + + 15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is +at and; repent, and believe in the gospel." + +LK 4:31a + +31 Then he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. + +17.10 The Second Call of Andrew, Peter, James and John + +MT 4:18-22 + + 18 As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two +brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a +net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, +"Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." 20 Immediately they +left their nets and followed him. 21 Going on from there, he saw two +other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the +boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And he called them, +22 and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed +him. + +MK 1:16-20 + + 16 And as he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and +Andrew his brother casting a net into the Sea; for they were fishermen. +17 And Jesus said to them, "Come follow me, and I will make you become +fishers of men." 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed +him. 19 When he had gone a little farther from there, he saw James the +son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending +their +nets. 20 And immediately he called them; and they left their father +Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and followed him. + +18.10 Jesus Casts out a Demon + +MK 1:21-28 + + 21 And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath +he entered the synagogue and taught. 22 And they were astonished at his +teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the +scribes. 23 Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean +spirit. And he cried out, 24 saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do +with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you +are-the Holy One of God!" 25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, +and come out of him!" 26 And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and +crying with a loud voice, came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, +so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new +teaching! With authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they +obey him." 28 And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the +surrounding region of Galilee. + +LK 4:31b-37 + + 31 and he was teaching them on the Sabbath. 32 And they were +astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority. 33 And in +the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon. +And he cried out with a loud voice, 34 "Ha! What have you to do with +us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are- +the Holy One of God!" 35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and +come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, +he came out of him without doing him any harm. 36 And they were all +amazed and said to one another, "What is this word? For with authority +and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!" 37 And +the report about him went out into every place in the surrounding +region. + +18.20 Cure of Simon's Wife's Mother and Other Sick People + +MT 8:14-17 + + 14 When Jesus come into Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law +lying sick with a fever. 15 He touched her hand, and the fever left +her, and she rose and served him. 16 When evening had come, they +brought to him many who were demon-possessed. And he cast out the +spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick. 17 This was to +fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: + "He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases." + +MK 1:29-38 + + 29 As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and +John, and entered the house of Simon and Andrew. 30 Now Simon's mother- +in-law lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. +31 So he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and +immediately the fever left her. And she served them. 32 Now at evening, +when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick and those +who were demon-possessed. 33 And the whole city was gathered together +at the door. 34 And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, +and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, +because they knew him. + 35 Now in the morning, a long while before daylight, he rose and +went out to a solitary place, and there he prayed. 36 And Simon and +those who were with him searched for him, 37 and when they found him, +they said to him, "Everyone is looking for you." 38 And he said to +them, "Let us go on to the next towns, so I may preach there also; for +that is why I have come." + +LK 4:38-43 + + 38 And he arose and left the synagogue, and entered Simon's +house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they +made request of him on her behalf. 39 So he stood over her and rebuked +the fever, and it left her. And immediately she rose and served them. +40 When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with +various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every +one of them and healed them. 41 And demons also came out of many, +crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them, and would not +allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ. + 42 Now when it was day, he departed and went into a deserted +place. And the people sought him and came to him, and tried to keep him +from leaving them; 43 but he said to them, "I must preach the good news +of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because I was sent for +this purpose." + +18.40 Preaching throughout all of Galilee + +MT 4:23-25 + + 23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their +synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every +disease and every sickness among the people. 24 Then his fame spread +throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all sick people who were +afflicted with various diseases and pains, and those who were demon- +possessed, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them. 25 Great +crowds followed him-from Galilee, and from the Decapolis, Jerusalem, +Judea, and beyond the Jordan. + +MK 1:39 + + 39 And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their +synagogues and casting out demons. + +LK 4:44 + + 44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee. + +19.20 Jesus Crosses the Lake with his Disciples and Calms a Storm + +MT 8:18-27 + + 18 Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave orders to +go over to the other side. 19 Then a certain scribe came and said to +him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go." 20 And Jesus said to +him, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of +Man has nowhere to lay his head." 21 Another of the disciples said to +him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." 22 But Jesus said to +him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead." + 23 And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. 24 +And behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was +covered with the waves. But he was asleep. 25 The disciples went and +woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!" 26 And he said to +them, "Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?" Then he rose and +rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. 27 And the +men marveled, saying, "What sort of man is this, that even the winds +and the sea obey him?" + +MK 4:35-41 + + 35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us +go over to the other side." 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him +along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with +him. 37 And a great storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so +that it was already filling. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on a +cushion. And they woke him and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care +if we perish?" 39 Then he rose and rebuked the wind, and said to the +sea, "Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. +40 He said to them, "Why are you so afraid? Have you no faith?" 41 And +they were filled with awe, and said to one another, "Who is this? Even +the wind and the sea obey him!" + +LK 8:22-25 + + 22 One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to +them, "Let us go over to the other side of the lake." So they set out. +23 As they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the +lake, and they were filling with water, and were in danger. 24 And they +went and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" Then he +awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; and they ceased, and +there was a calm. 25 He said to them, "Where is your faith?" And they +were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, "Who then is +this, that he commands even the winds and water, and they obey him?" + +18.40 Jesus Cures the Demoniacs + +MT 8:28-34 + + 28 When he had come to the other side, to the country of the +Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, +exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way. 29 And behold, +they cried out, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you +come here to torment us before the time?" 30 Now a herd of many swine +was feeding at some distance from them. 31 And the demons begged him, +"If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine." 32 And he +said to them, "Go." So they came out and went into the swine; and +behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and +perished in the water. 33 Then those who kept them fled, and they went +away into the city and told everything, including what had happened to +the demon-possessed men. 34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet +Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region. + +MK 5:1-20 + + 1 They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the +Gerasenes. 2 And when he had come out of the boat, there met him out of +the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 who lived among the tombs; +and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain, 4 for he had +often been bound with shackles and chains. But the chains he wrenched +apart, and the shackles he broke in pieces; and no one had the strength +to subdue him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he +was always crying out, and cutting himself with stones. 6 And when he +saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and worshipped him. 7 And crying out +with a loud voice, he said, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of +the Most High God? I implore you by God, do not torment me." 8 For he +had said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!" 9 Then +Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he replied, "My name is +Legion, for we are many." 10 And he begged him eagerly not to send them +out of the country. + 11 Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside. +12 So all the demons begged him, "Send us to the swine, that we may +enter them." 13 So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits +came out, and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering about two +thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in +the sea. 14 So those who fed the swine fled, and told it in the city +and in the country. And people went out to see what it was that had +happened. 15 And they came to Jesus, and saw the man who had been +possessed sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the man who had +had the legion; and they were afraid. 16 And those who had seen it told +the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the +swine. 17 Then they began to plead with Jesus to depart from their +region. 18 And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been +demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him. 19 Jesus did not +let him, but said, "Go home to your friends and tell them how much the +Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you." 20 And he went +away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for +him; and all men marveled. + +LK 8:26-40 + + 26 Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is +opposite Galilee. 27 When he stepped out on land, there met him a man +from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, +and he lived not in a house but in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he +cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "What +have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do +not torment me!" 29 For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out +of the man. For many times it had seized him, and he was kept under +guard, bound with chains and shackles; and he broke the bonds and was +driven by the demon into the wilderness. 30 Jesus asked him, "What is +your name?" And he said, "Legion"; because many demons had entered him. +31 And they begged him repeatedly not to command them to go into the +Abyss. + 32 Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; +and they begged him to let them enter them. So he gave them permission. +33 Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the +herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. 34 When +those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in +the city and in the country. 35 Then people went out to see what had +happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the +demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right +mind; and they were afraid. 36 Those who had seen it told them how he +who had been demon-possessed was healed. 37 Then all the people of the +surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for +they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. +38 The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with +him; but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 "Return to your home, and tell +how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming +throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. + 40 Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were +all waiting for him. + +20.10 Jesus Heals a Paralytic let Down Through the Roof + +MT 9:1-8 + + 1 And getting into a boat, he crossed over and came to his own +city. 2 And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. +And when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, +my son; your sins are forgiven." 3 And behold, some of the scribes said +to themselves, "This man is blaspheming!" 4 But Jesus, knowing their +thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? 5 For which is +easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'? 6 +But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to +forgive sins"-he then said to the paralytic-"Rise, take up your bed and +go home." 7 And he rose and went home. 8 When the crowds saw it, they +were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to +men. + +MK 2:1-12 + + 1 And when he entered Capernaum after some days, it was heard +that he was home. 2 And many gathered together, so that there was no +longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And he preached +the word to them. 3 Then they came to him, bringing a paralytic carried +by four men. 4 And when they could not get near him because of the +crowd, they made an opening in the roof above him; and when they had +broken through, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was +lying. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, +your sins are forgiven." 6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, +reasoning in their hearts, 7 "Why does this man speak like this? He is +blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 8 And immediately, +when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they reasoned thus within +themselves, he said to them, "Why do you reason about these things in +your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are +forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your pallet and walk'? 10 But that +you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive +sins"-he said to the paralytic, 11 "I say to you, rise, take up your +pallet and go home." 12 And he rose, and immediately took up the pallet +and went out in the sight of them all; so that they were all amazed and +glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!" + +LK 5:17-26 + + 17 One day as he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers +of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and +Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present for him +to heal. 18 Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, +and they sought to bring him in and lay him before Jesus. 19 When they +could not find a way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went +up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the +midst before Jesus. 20 When he saw their faith he said, "Man, your sins +are forgiven you." 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to +reason, saying, "Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive +sins but God alone?" 22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he +answered them, "Why are you reasoning in your hearts? 23 Which is +easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Rise up and +walk'? 24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on +earth to forgive sins"-he said to the man who was paralyzed- "I say to +you, rise, take up your bed and go home." 25 Immediately he rose up +before them, took up what he had been lying on, and went home, +glorifying God. 26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and +were filled with awe, saying, "We have seen strange things today." + +20.20 The Call of Matthew + +MT 9:9-13 + + 9 As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew +sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose +and followed him. 10 And as Jesus sat at table in the house, behold, +many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with him and his +disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his +disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" +12 But when Jesus heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need +of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 But go and learn what this +means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call +the righteous, but sinners." + +MK 2:13-17 + + 13 Then he went out again beside the sea; and all the crowd came +to him, and he taught them. 14 As he passed by, he saw Levi the son of +Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." So +he rose and followed him. 15 And as he sat at table in Levi's house, +many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his +disciples; for there were many who followed him. 16 And the scribes of +the Pharisees, when they saw him eating with sinners and tax +collectors, said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors +and sinners?" 17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who +are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not +come to call the righteous, but sinners." + +LK 5:27-32 + + 27 After this he went out, and saw a tax collector, named Levi, +sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, "Follow me." 28 And he +left everything, rose up and followed him. 29 Then Levi made him a +great feast in his house; and there were a great number of tax +collectors and others sitting at table with them. 30 And the Pharisees +and their scribes complained against his disciples, saying, "Why do you +eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" 31 And Jesus answered +them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who +are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to +repentance." + +20.30 Jesus answers Objections as to his not Fasting + +MT 9:14-17 + + 14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and +the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" 15 And Jesus said +to them, "Can the guests of the bridegroom mourn as long as he is with +them? The days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from +them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth +on an old garment, for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the +tear is made worse. 17 Neither do they put new wine into old wineskins; +if they do, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are +ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and so both are +preserved." + +MK 2:18-22 + + 18 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And +people came and said to him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples +of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" 19 And Jesus +said to them, "Can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with +them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. +20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from +them, and then they will fast in that day. + 21 "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; if +he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and the tear is +made worse. 22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, +the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the wineskins +are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins." + +LK 5:33-39 + + 33 They said to him, "The disciples of John fast often and offer +prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and +drink." 34 And Jesus said to them, "Can you make the guests of the +bridegroom fast while he is with them? 35 But the days will come when +the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in +those days." 36 He told them a parable also: "No one tears a piece from +a new garment and puts it on an old one; if he does, he will tear the +new garment, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 37 And +no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the new wine will +burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. +38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins. 39 And no one after +drinking old wine desires the new; for he says, 'The old is better.'" + +21.10 Jesus Raises Jairus' daughter and heals a Woman with an issue of +Blood + +MT 9:18-26 + + 18 While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came +and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and +lay your hand on her and she will live." 19 So Jesus rose and followed +him, and so did his disciples. 20 And behold, a woman who had suffered +from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the +fringe of his garment. 21 For she said to herself, "If I only touch his +garment, I shall be made well." 22 Jesus turned, and when he saw her he +said, "Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well." And the +woman was made well from that moment. 23 When Jesus came to the ruler's +house, and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd, 24 he said, +"Depart; for the girl is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at +him. 25 But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took +her by the hand, and the girl arose. 26 And the report of this went +through all that region. + +MK 5:21-43 + + 21 And when Jesus had crossed over again by the boat to the other +side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. 22 Then +came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name. And seeing +him, he fell at his feet, 23 and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, +"My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands +on her, so that she may be healed, and live." 24 So Jesus went with +him. + And a great crowd followed him and thronged around him. 25 And +there was a woman who had endured a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 +and she had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that +she owned, and was no better but rather grew worse. 27 When she heard +about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his +garment. 28 For she said, "If I touch even his clothes, I shall be made +well." 29 And immediately the bleeding stopped; and she felt in her +body that she was healed of her disease. 30 And Jesus, immediately +knowing in himself that power had gone out from him, turned around in +the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?" 31 And his disciples said +to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, 'Who +touched me?'" 32 And he looked around to see who had done it. 33 But +the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before +him in fear and trembling and told him the whole truth. 34 And he said +to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be +healed of your disease." + 35 While he was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the +synagogue's house who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the +Teacher any further?" 36 But ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the +ruler of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid; only believe." 37 And he +allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John the brother +of James. 38 When they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, +he saw a tumult, and people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 And when he +came in, he said to them, "Why make this commotion and weep? The child +is not dead, but sleeping." 40 And they laughed at him. But after he +put them all outside, he took the child's father and mother and those +who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41 He took her by +the hand and said to her, "Talitha cumi!" which means, "Little girl, I +say to you, arise." 42 Immediately the girl stood up and walked (she +was twelve years of age). And they were overcome with great amazement. +43 He strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them +to give her something to eat. + +LK 8:40-56 + + 40 Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were +all waiting for him. 41 And behold, there came a man named Jairus, who +was a ruler of the synagogue; and he fell at Jesus' feet and begged him +to come to his house, 42 for he had an only daughter, about twelve +years of age, and she was dying. + But as he went, the people pressed round him. 43 And a woman who +had a flow of blood for twelve years and could not be healed by anyone, +44 came up behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; and +immediately her flow of blood stopped. 45 And Jesus said, "Who touched +me?" When all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the multitudes surround +you and press upon you!" 46 But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; for I +know that power has gone out from me." 47 When the woman saw that she +was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him +declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and +how she had been immediately healed. 48 And he said to her, "Daughter, +your faith has made you well; go in peace." + 49 While he was still speaking, someone came from the ruler of +the synagogue's house and said, "Your daughter is dead; do not trouble +the Teacher any more." 50 But Jesus on hearing this answered him, "Do +not be afraid; only believe, and she will be well." 51 When he came +into the house he permitted no one to go in with him except Peter, +James, and John, and the father and mother of the girl. 52 Now all were +wailing and mourning for her; but he said, "Do not weep; she is not +dead, but sleeping." 53 And they laughed at him, knowing that she was +dead. 54 But he took her by the hand and called, saying, "Child, +arise." 55 Then her spirit returned, and she got up at once. And he +directed that something should be given her to eat. 56 And her parents +were astonished, but he charged them to tell no one what had happened. + +22.10 Jesus heals two blind men and Casts out a Demon + +MT 9:27-34 + + 27 And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, +crying out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David." 28 When he had entered +the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, "Do you +believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord." 29 +Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done +to you." 30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, +"See that no one knows it." 31 But they went out and spread the news +about him all over that region. + 32 As they were going out, behold, a mute and demon-possessed man +was brought to him. 33 And when the demon had been cast out, the mute +man spoke; and the crowds marveled, saying, "Never was anything like +this seen in Israel." 34 But the Pharisees said, "He casts out demons +by the prince of demons." + +23.10 Jesus Preaches to, and is Rejected by, his own Countrymen + +MK 6:1-6a + + 1 He went away from there and came to his own country, and his +disciples followed him. 2 And when the Sabbath had come, he began to +teach in the synagogue. And many who heard him were astonished, saying, +"Where did this man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is +given to him, that such mighty works are performed by his hands! 3 Is +not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses +and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters here with us?" And they took +offense at him. 4 But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without +honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his +own house." 5 Now he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid +his hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 And he marveled +because of their unbelief. + +24.10 Preaching and Healing in Galilee + +MK 6:6b + + 6 Then he went around the villages teaching. + +24.20 The Calling of the Twelve Apostles + +MK 3:13-19a + + 13 And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those he +himself wanted. And they came to him. 14 Then he appointed twelve, that +they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach, 15 +and to have authority to cast out the demons: 16 Simon, to whom he gave +the name Peter; 17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of +James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder"; +18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of +Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot; 19 and Judas Iscariot, who +betrayed him. + +LK 6:12-16 + + 12 In those days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all +night he continued in prayer to God. 13 And when it was day, he called +his disciples to himself; and from them he chose twelve, whom he also +named apostles: 14 Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, +James and John, Philip, and Bartholomew, 15 Matthew, and Thomas, James +the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, 16 Judas the +son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. + +Part 3 - SERMON ON THE MOUNT + +24.30 The Sermon on the Mount + +MT 5:1-16 + + 1 Seeing the crowds, he went up on a mountain, and when he sat +down his disciples came to him. 2 And he opened his mouth and taught +them, saying: +3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, + for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. +4 Blessed are those who mourn, + for they shall be comforted. +5 Blessed are the meek, + for they shall inherit the earth. +6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, + for they shall be filled. +7 Blessed are the merciful, + for they shall obtain mercy. +8 Blessed are the pure in heart, + for they shall see God. +9 Blessed are the peacemakers, + for they shall be called sons of God. +10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, + for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. +11 Blessed are you when they revile you and persecute you, and say +all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake. 12 Rejoice and be +glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the +prophets who were before you. + 13 "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its +taste, how shall it be made salty again? It is no longer good for +anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. 14 +You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. +15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, +and it gives light to all in the house. 16 Let your light so shine +before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father +in heaven. + +25.10 A Level Place + +LK 6:17-26 + + 17 And he came down with them and stood on a level place with a +crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea +and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to +hear him and be healed of their diseases, 18 and those who were +troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all the crowd sought +to touch him, for power came from him and healed them all. + 20 He lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: + "Blessed are you poor, + for yours is the kingdom of God. +21 Blessed are you who hunger now, + for you shall be satisfied. + Blessed are you who weep now, + for you shall laugh. +22 Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and +revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. +23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is +great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets. +24 But woe to you who are rich, + for you have received your consolation. +25 Woe to you who are full now, + for you shall hunger. + Woe to you who laugh now, + for you shall mourn and weep. +26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so did their fathers +to the false prophets. + +25.20 The Law and the Prophets + +MT 5:17-20 + + 17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the +Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For +truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not +a dot, will by any means pass from the Law until all is accomplished. +19 Whoever then breaks one of the least of these commandments and +teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he +who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of +heaven. 20 For I tell you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that +of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of +heaven. + +25.30 You Shall not Kill + +MT 5:21-26 + + 21 "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall +not murder, and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.' 22 But I +say to you that anyone who is angry with his brother shall be subject +to judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca,' shall be +answerable to the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in +danger of the fire of hell. 23 Therefore, if you are offering your gift +at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against +you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go. First be +reconciled to your brother; and then come and offer your gift. 25 Agree +with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him to +court, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you +over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. 26 Truly, I say to +you, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny. + +25.31 You Shall not Commit Adultery + +MT 5:27-32 + + 27 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit +adultery.' 28 But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman +lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If +your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away. It is +better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to +be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut +it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your +members than for your whole body to go into hell. + 31 "It has also been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him +give her a certificate of divorce.' 32 But I say to you that every one +who +divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, causes her to +become an adulteress; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits +adultery. + +25.32 You Shall not Swear Falsely + +MT 5:33-37 + + 33 "Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You +shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.' 34 +But I say to you, do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is +God's throne; 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by +Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36 And do not swear by +your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 Simply +let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything more than this +comes from evil. + +25.33 Do Not Resist One Who is Evil + +MT 5:38-42 + + 38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a +tooth for a tooth.' 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. +But if someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other +also. 40 And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him +have your cloak as well. 41 And if someone forces you to go one mile, +go with him two miles. 42 Give to him who asks you, and from him who +wants to borrow from you do not turn away. + +25.34 Love Your Enemies + +MT 5:43-48 + + 43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your +neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I say to you, love your enemies +and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your +Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the +good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if you love +those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax +collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brethren, what +more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? +48 You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. + +LK 6:27-36 + + 27 "But I say to you who hear: love your enemies, do good to +those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who +mistreat you. 29 To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the +other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold +your tunic. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you, and from him who takes +away your goods do not ask them back. 31 And as you wish that men would +do to you, do so to them. 32 If you love those who love you, what +credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 +And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to +you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from +whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even +sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much back. 35 But love your +enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your +reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For he is +kind to the ungrateful and evil. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is +merciful. + +25.35 When You Give Alms + +MT 6:1-4 + + 1 "Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before +men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your +Father in heaven. + 2 "Thus, when you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before +you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that +they +may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their +reward. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand +know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your charitable deed may +be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. + +25.36 When you Pray + +MT 6:5-15 + + 5 "And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For +they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, +that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received +their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, shut the door and +pray to your Father, who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in +secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not use empty +repetitions as the Gentiles do. For they think that they will be heard +for their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what +you need before you ask him. 9 Pray, then, in this way: + Our Father in heaven, + hallowed be your name. +10 Your kingdom come, + your will be done + on earth as it is in heaven. +11 Give us this day our daily bread. +12 And forgive us our debts, + as we also have forgiven our debtors. +13 And lead us not into temptation, + but deliver us from evil.' +14 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will +also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, +neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. + +25.37 When you Fast + +MT 6:16-18 + + 16 "And when you fast, do not look gloomy, like the hypocrites, +for they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be +fasting. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17 But +when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so that you do +not appear to be fasting to men, but to your Father who is in secret; +and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. + +25.38 Do not Lay up for Yourselves Treasures on Earth + +MT 6:19-24 + + 19 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth +and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up +for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust +destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your +treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22 The lamp of the body is +the eye. So if your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. +23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If +then the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! 24 No +one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the +other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You +cannot serve God and mammon. + +25.39 Do not be Anxious About Your Life + +MT 6:25-34 + + 25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you +will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put +on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 +Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into +barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more +value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his +span of life? 28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the +lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet +I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one +of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today +is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe +you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What +shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32 +For the Gentiles seek after all these things; and your heavenly Father +knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his +righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you as well. 34 +Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about +itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. + +25.40 Judge Not + +MT 7:1-5 + + 1 "Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the same +judgment you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you +use, it will be measured to you. 3 And why do you look at the speck in +your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or +how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your +eye,' when there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first +take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to +remove the speck from your brother's eye. + +LK 6:37-42 + + 37 "Judge not, and you will not be judged. Condemn not, and you +will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and +it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together +and running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you +use, it will be measured back to you." 39 He also told them a parable: +"Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? +40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully +trained will be like his teacher. 41 And why do you look at the speck +in your brother's eye, but do not notice the plank in your own eye? 42 +Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck +that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the plank that is in +your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the plank from out of your own +eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in +your brother's eye. + +25.41 Do not Give Dogs What is Holy + +MT 7:6 + + 6 Do not give what is holy to the dogs; do not throw your pearls +before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and +tear you in pieces. + +25.42 Ask and it Will be Given to You + +MT 7:7-12 + + 7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; +knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, +and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or +what man of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? +10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, +who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much +more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who +ask him! 12 So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do also to +them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. + +25.43 Enter by the Narrow Gate + +MT 7:13-14 + + 13 "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way +is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. +14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and +few are those who find it. + +25.44 You Shall Know Them by Their Fruits + +MT 7:15-27 + + 15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's +clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them +by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from +thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree +bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad +tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is +cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus you will know them by their +fruits. + + + 21 "Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the +kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in +heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not +prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many +mighty works in your name?' 23 And then will I declare to them, 'I +never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers!' + 24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does +them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And +the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon +that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the +rock. 26 And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do +them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; 27 +and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat +against that house, and it fell. And great was its fall." + +LK 6:43-49 + + 43 "For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear +good fruit. 44 For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not +gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush. +45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth +good, and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings +forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. + 46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? +47 Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will +show you what he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who dug +deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the +stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it was +well built. 49 But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who +built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the +stream broke, and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was +great." + +25.44 Conclusion of the Sermons + +MT 7:28-29 + + 28 And when Jesus had finished these sayings, the crowds were +astonished at his teaching, 29 for he taught them as one who had +authority, and not as their scribes. + +26.10 A Leper is Healed Near Capernaum + +MT 8:1-4 + + 1 When he came down from the mountain, great crowds +followed him. 2 And behold, a leper came and knelt before him, saying, +"Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." 3 Then Jesus put out +his hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be clean." +Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus said to him, "See +that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and +offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them." + +MK 1:40-45 + + 40 Then a leper came to him, imploring him, kneeling down to him +and saying to him, "If you are willing, you can make me clean." 41 And +Jesus, moved with compassion, put out his hand and touched him, and +said to him, "I am willing; be clean." 42 And immediately the leprosy +left him, and he was made clean. 43 And he strictly warned him and sent +him away at once, 44 and he said to him, "See that you say nothing to +anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your +cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them." 45 But he went +out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that +Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was outside in the +deserted places; and people came to him from every quarter. + +LK 5:12-16 + + 12 While he was in one of the cities, a man who was full of +leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and begged him, "Lord, if +you +are willing, you can make me clean." 13 And he stretched out his hand, +and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be clean." And immediately the +leprosy left him. 14 And he charged him to tell no one, "But go and +show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing as +a +testimony to them, just as Moses commanded."15 But the report went +around concerning him all the more; and great multitudes came together +to hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 16 But he often +withdrew to the wilderness and prayed. + +Part 4 - AFTER THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT + +27.10 The Healing of the Centurion's Servant + +MT 8:5-13 + + 5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, +asking for help, 6 and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at +home, in terrible distress." 7 And Jesus said to him, "I will come and +heal him." 8 But the centurion answered him, "Lord, I am not worthy to +have you come under my roof. But only say the word, and my servant will +be healed. 9 For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under +me. And I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' +and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." 10 When +Jesus heard him, he marveled, and said to those who followed him, +"Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith. +11 I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down +with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the +sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There +will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." 13 Then to the centurion Jesus +said, "Go; be it done for you as you have believed." And his servant +was healed at that very hour. + +LK 7:1-10 + + 1 When he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the +people, he entered Capernaum. 2 A centurion's servant, who was dear to +him, was sick and ready to die. 3 When he heard of Jesus, he sent to +him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4 And +when they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, "He is +worthy to have you do this for him, 5 for he loves our nation, and has +built us our synagogue." 6 And Jesus went with them. When he was not +far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, +"Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come +under my roof. 7 Therefore I did not even consider myself worthy to +come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8 For I +am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, +'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my +servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." 9 When Jesus heard this, he +marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that followed him, "I +tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel." 10 And +when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the +servant well. + +28.10 Jesus Charges the Twelve Apostles and Sends Them Forth + +MT 9:35-11:1 + + 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in +their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing +every disease and every sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had +compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like +sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, "The +harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38 Therefore pray the +Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." +10 + 1 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them +authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every +disease and every sickness. 2 The names of the twelve apostles are +these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James +the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; +Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and +Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. + 5 These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them: "Do not go +among the Gentiles, or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 But go +rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And preach as you +go, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' 8 Heal the sick, +cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have +received, freely give. 9 Take no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your +belts, 10 nor bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a +staff; for the worker is worthy of his food. 11 Now whatever village or +town you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there until you +go out. 12 As you enter the house, give it your greeting. 13 And if the +house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, +let your peace return to you. 14 And if any one will not receive you or +listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave +that house or town. 15 Truly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable +on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that +town. + 16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. +Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 17 But beware of +men, for they will deliver you up to councils and flog you in their +synagogues. 18 You will be brought before governors and kings for my +sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they +deliver you up, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are +to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour; 20 +for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking +through you. 21 Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a +father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have +them put to death. 22 And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. +But he who endures to the end will be saved. 23 When they persecute you +in one city, flee to another. For truly, I say to you, you will not +have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes. + 24 "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his +master. 25 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and +the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the +house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household! + 26 "So do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will +not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 27 What I tell you +in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your +ear, proclaim on the housetops. 28 And do not fear those who kill the +body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear him who can destroy both +soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And +not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father's will. +30 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not, +therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. + 32 "Therefore whoever acknowledges me before men, him I will also +acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever denies me +before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven. + 34 "Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did +not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man +'against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter- +in-law against her mother-in-law; 36 and a man's enemies will be those +of his own household.' 37 He who loves father or mother more than me is +not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not +worthy of me; 38 and he who does not take his cross and follow me is +not worthy of me. 39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who +loses his life for my sake will find it. + 40 "He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me +receives him who sent me. 41 He who receives a prophet because he is a +prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a +righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous +man's reward. 42 And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a +cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he +shall not lose his reward." +11 + 1 And when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, +he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. + + +MK 6:7-13 + + 7 And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out two +by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. 8 He +commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff-no bag, +no bread, no money in their belts-9 but to wear sandals and not put on +two tunics. 10 And he said to them, "Where you enter a house, stay +there until you leave that place. 11 And if any place will not receive +you and they refuse to hear you, when you leave, shake off the dust +that is on your feet for a testimony against them." 12 So they went out +and preached that people should repent. 13 And they cast out many +demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick and healed them. + +LK 9:1-6 + + 1 Then he called the twelve together and gave them power and +authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. 2 And he sent them out +to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3 And he said to +them, "Take nothing for the journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor +money; and do not have two tunics. 4 Whatever house you enter, stay +there, and from there depart. 5 And wherever they do not receive you, +when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a +testimony against them." 6 So they departed and went through the towns, +preaching the gospel and healing everywhere. + +29.10 The Widow's Son Raised From the Dead at Nain + +LK 7:11-17 + + 11 Soon afterward, he went to a city called Nain, and his +disciples and a large crowd went along with him. 12 As he came near the +gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only +son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city +was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and +said to her, "Do not weep." 14 Then he came and touched the open +coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And he said, "Young man, +I say to you, arise." 15 The dead man sat up, and began to speak. And +he gave him to his mother. 16 Fear seized them all; and they glorified +God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us;" and "God has +visited his people." 17 And this report about him spread throughout all +Judea and all the surrounding country. + +30.10 John the Baptist (in prison) Sends Doubting Disciples to Jesus + +MT 11:2-19 + + 2 Now when John heard in prison about the works of Christ, he +sent word by his disciples 3 and said to him, "Are you the One who is +to come, or shall we look for another?" 4 And Jesus answered them, "Go +and tell John what you hear and see: 5 the blind receive their sight +and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the +dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. 6 And +blessed is he who is not offended because of me." 7 As they went away, +Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go +out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 8 But what +did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Indeed, those +who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. 9 Then what did you go out +to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 For +this is he of whom it is written: + 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, + who will prepare your way before you.' +11 Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen +one greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom +of heaven is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptist +until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and men of +violence take it by force. 13 For all the Prophets and the Law +prophesied until John. 14 And if you are willing to accept it, he is +the Elijah who is to come. 15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear. + 16 "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like +children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions, +17 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; + we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.' +18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a +demon.' 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, +'Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and +sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her deeds." + +LK 7:18-35 + + 18 Then the disciples of John told him about all these things. 19 +And John, calling to him two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord, +saying, "Are you the One who is to come, or shall we look for another?" +20 When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent +us to you, saying, 'Are you the One who is to come, or shall we look +for another?'" 21 At that very hour he cured many of diseases and +afflictions and evil spirits, and to many that were blind he gave +sight. 22 He answered them, "Go and tell John what you have seen and +heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are +cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the +good news preached to them. 23 And blessed is he who is not offended +because of me." 24 When the messengers of John had departed, he began +to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the +wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 25 What then did you go +out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are +gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings' courts. 26 But +what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a +prophet. 27 This is he of whom it is written: + 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, + who will prepare your way before you.' +28 I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than +John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than +he." 29 (And when they heard him, all the people, even the tax +collectors, justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of +John. 30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God +for themselves, not having been baptized by him.) + 31 "To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and +what are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the +marketplace and calling to one another: + 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; + we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.' +33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, +and you say, 'He has a demon.' 34 The Son of Man has come eating and +drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of +tax collectors and sinners!' 35 But wisdom is justified by all her +children." + +31.10 The Anointing of Jesus Feet in the House of Simon the Pharisee + +LK 7:36-8:3 + + 36 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went to +the Pharisee's house, and reclined at the table. 37 And behold, a woman +of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that Jesus was +reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster +flask of perfume, 38 and as she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, +she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair +of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume. +39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to +himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what +sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner." 40 And +Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." And he +said, "Teacher, say it." 41 "A certain creditor had two debtors. One +owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 When they had +nothing with which to pay him back, he freely forgave them both. Now +which of them will love him more?" 43 Simon answered, "I suppose the +one to whom he forgave more." And he said to him, "You have judged +rightly." 44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Do you +see this woman? I entered your house; 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. 45 You gave me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss +my feet from the time I came in. 46 You did not anoint my head with +oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume. 47 Therefore I tell +you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But he +who is forgiven little, loves little." 48 And he said to her, "Your +sins are forgiven." 49 Then those who reclined at the table with him +began to say among themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?" 50 +He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace." +8 + 1 Soon afterward, he went on through every city and village, +preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the +twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been healed of evil +spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons +had come out, 3 and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and +Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their means. + +32.10 Jesus Charges the Seventy Disciples and Sends Them Forth + +MT 11:20-24 + + 20 Then he began to rebuke the cities in which most of his mighty +works had been done, because they did not repent. 21 "Woe to you, +Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were +done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented +long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I tell you, it will be more +tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. +23 And you, Capernaum, + will you be exalted to heaven? + You shall be brought down to Hades. +For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, +it would have remained until this day. 24 But I tell you that it shall +be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for +you." + +LK 10:1-16 + + 1 After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them +ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself +was about to go. 2 And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but +the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send +out laborers into his harvest. 3 Go your way; behold, I send you out as +lambs among wolves. 4 Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no +one on the road. 5 Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this +house.' 6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; +if not, it will return to you. 7 And remain in the same house, eating +and drinking what they give, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not +go from house to house. 8 Whenever you enter a town and they receive +you, eat what is set before you. 9 Heal the sick there and say to them, +'The kingdom of God has come near to you.' 10 But whenever you enter a +town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, 11 'Even +the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off against you. +Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.' 12 I +tell you, it will be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that +town. + 13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the +mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, +they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 +But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than +for you. +15 And you, Capernaum, + will you be exalted to heaven? + You shall be brought down to Hades! + 16 "He who hears you hears me, he who rejects you rejects me, and +he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." + +33.10 The Return of the Disciples from Their Mission + +MT 11:25-30 + + 25 At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of +heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and +intelligent and have revealed them to babes. 26 Yes, Father, for this +was +your good pleasure. + 27 "All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one +knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the +Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28 Come to me, all +you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my + + +yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, +and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my +burden is light." + +LK 10:17-24 + + 17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons +are subject to us in your name." 18 And he said to them, "I saw Satan +fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority +to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the +enemy; and nothing shall hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in +this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names +are written in heaven." + 21 At that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I +thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these +things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Yes, +Father, for so it was your good pleasure. 22 All things have been +delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except +the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom +the Son chooses to reveal him." 23 Then he turned to his disciples and +said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see. 24 For I +tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and +did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it." + + +Part 5 - AFTER THE RETURN OF THE SEVENTY DISCIPLES + +34.10 The Parable of the Good Samaritan + +LK 10:25-37 + + 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, +"Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 26 He said to him, +"What is written in the law? How do you read?" 27 And he answered, +"'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all +your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind'; and +'your neighbor as yourself.'" 28 And he said to him, "You have answered +right; do this, and you will live." 29 But he, wanting to justify +himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30 Jesus said: "A man +was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, +who stripped him of his clothing, beat him, and departed, leaving him +half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when +he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise, a Levite, +when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 +But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was; and when he saw +him, he had compassion. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, +pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought +him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two +denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and +whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' 36 Which +of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell among +the robbers?" 37 He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus +said to him, "Go and do likewise." + +35.10 Mary and Martha + +LK 10:38-42 + + 38 Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a +woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39 And she had a sister +called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his word. 40 +But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and +said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? +Tell her then to help me." 41 But the Lord answered her, "Martha, +Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things; 42 but only one +thing is needed. And Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be +taken away from her." + +36.10 Jesus Teaches the Disciples How to Pray + (The Parable of the Importunate Friend) + +LK 11:1-13 + + 1 He was praying in a certain place, and when he ceased, one of +his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his +disciples." 2 He said to them, "When you pray, say: + 'Father, hallowed be your name. + Your kingdom come. +3 Give us each day our daily bread. +4 And forgive us our sins, + for we ourselves also forgive everyone + who is indebted to us. + And lead us not into temptation.'" + 5 And he said to them, "Which of you who has a friend will go to +him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a +friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set +before him'; 7 and he will answer from within, 'Do not bother me; the +door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up +and give you anything'? 8 I tell you, though he will not get up and +give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he +will rise and give him as much as he needs. 9 So I say to you, ask, and +it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be +opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks +finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 What father among +you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a +serpent? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If +you then, who are 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!" + +37.10 The Disciples Pluck Ears of Corn on the Sabbath + +MT 12:1-8 + + 1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. +And his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck heads of grain and to +eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, "Look, your +disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath." 3 He said +to them, "Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and +those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and ate the +consecrated bread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those +who were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read in +the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the +Sabbath, and are innocent? 6 I tell you that one greater than the +temple is here. 7 And if you had known what this means, 'I desire +mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless. +8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." + +MK 2:23-28 + + 23 One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they +made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. 24 And the +Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on +the Sabbath?" 25 But he said to them, "Have you never read what David +did when he was in need and hungry, he and those who were with him: 26 +how he entered the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high +priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful to eat, +except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?" +27 And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the +Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." + +LK 6:1-5 + + 1 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields, and his +disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their +hands. 2 But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not +lawful to do on the Sabbath?" 3 Jesus answered them, "Have you not read +what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: 4 +how he entered the house of God, took and ate the consecrated bread, +and also gave some to those with him, which is not lawful for any but +the priests to eat?" 5 And he said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of +the Sabbath." + +38.10 The Healing of a Paralyzed Hand on the Sabbath + +MT 12:9-14 + + 9 And he went on from there, and went into their synagogue. 10 +And behold, there was a man with a withered hand. And they asked him, +"Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" so that they might accuse him. +11 He said to them, "What man of you, if he has one sheep and it falls +into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? 12 +Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to +do good on the Sabbath." 13 Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your +hand." And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the +other. + +MK 3:1-5 + + 1 He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a +withered hand. 2 And they watched him closely, to see whether he would +heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said +to the man who had the withered hand, "Come here." 4 Then he said to +them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save +life or to kill?" But they kept silent. 5 And he looked around at them +with anger, grieved at the hardness of their hearts, and said to the +man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was +restored. + +LK 6:6-10 + + 6 On another Sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught, and a +man was there whose right hand was withered. 7 The scribes and the +Pharisees watched him closely, to see whether he would heal on the +Sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him. 8 But he +knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, +"Rise and stand here." And he rose and stood there. 9 Then Jesus said +to them, "I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to +do evil, to save life or to destroy it?" 10 And he looked around at +them all, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did so, and +his hand was restored. + +39.10 A Hostile Council of Pharisees - Jesus Withdraws + +MT 12:14-21 + + 14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, how they +might destroy him. + 15 Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed +him, and he healed them all, 16 and ordered them not to make him known. + 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: +18 "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, + my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased! + I will put my Spirit upon him, + and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. +19 He will not quarrel or cry out; + nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. +20 A bruised reed he will not break, + and a smoldering wick he will not quench, + till he sends forth justice to victory; +21 and in his name will the Gentiles hope." + +MK 3:6-12 + + 6 Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the +Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. + 7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great +multitude from Galilee followed; also from Judea 8 and Jerusalem and +Idumea and beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon, a great +multitude, when they heard how many things he was doing, came to him. 9 +And he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him because of +the crowd, lest they should crush him. 10 For he had healed many, so +that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him. 11 And +whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and +cried out, "You are the Son of God." 12 But he strictly ordered them +not to make him known. + +LK 6:11 + + 11 But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another +what they might do to Jesus. + +40.10 Jesus Heals and the Pharisees Seek a Sign + +MT 12:22-45 + + 22 Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind +and mute, and he healed him, so that the mute man both spoke and saw. +23 And all the people were amazed and said, "Could this be the Son of +David?" 24 But when the Pharisees heard this they said, "It is only by +Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons." +25 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided +against itself is laid waste, and every city or house divided against +itself will not stand. 26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided +against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27 And if I cast out +demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they +shall be your judges. 28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, +then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29 Or how can one enter a +strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the +strong man? And then he will plunder his house. 30 He who is not with +me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters. 31 +Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but +the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who +speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever +speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age +or in the age to come. + 33 "Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the +tree bad, and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 You +brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of +the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good man out of the +good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man +out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I tell you +that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every +careless word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be +justified, and by your words you will be condemned." + 38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, "Teacher, +we want to see a sign from you." 39 But he answered them, "An evil and +adulterous generation seeks for a sign; but no sign will be given to it +except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days +and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will +be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of +Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn +it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater +than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the South will rise at the judgment +with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the +earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than +Solomon is here. + 43 "When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry +places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44 Then he says, 'I will return +to my house from which I came.' And when he comes he finds it empty, +swept, and put in order. 45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other +spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and +the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be +with this wicked generation." + +MK 3:20-31 + + 20 Then he went home; and the crowd came together again, so that +they could not even eat. 21 When his family heard about this, they went +to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind." 22 And +the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by +Beelzebub, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons." 23 So +he called them to himself and said to them in parables: "How can Satan +cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom +cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house +cannot stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is +divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. 27 No one can enter +a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the +strong man. And then he will plunder his house. 28 Truly, I say to you, +all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies +they utter; 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has +forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"-30 because they said, "He +has an unclean +spirit." + +LK 11:14-32 + + 14 Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. So it was, when +the demon had gone out, that the mute man spoke; and the multitudes +marveled. 15 But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebub, +the prince of demons." 16 Others, testing him, sought from him a sign +from heaven. 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them: "Every +kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a house divided +against itself falls. 18 If Satan also is divided against himself, how +will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by +Beelzebub. 19 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your +sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 20 But if I +cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come +upon you. 21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his +goods are in peace. 22 But when one stronger than he attacks him and +overpowers him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted, and +divides his spoils. 23 He who is not with me is against me, and he who +does not gather with me scatters. + 24 "When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry +places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, 'I will return to my +house from which I came.' 25 And when he comes, he finds it swept and +put in order. 26 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits +more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last +state of that man is worse than the first." + 27 As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice +and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts +that nursed you!" 28 But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear +the word of God and keep it!" + 29 When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This is an +evil generation. It seeks a sign, but no sign will be given to it +except the sign of Jonah. 30 For as Jonah became a sign to the +Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation. 31 The +queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this +generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to +hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon +is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this +generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, +and behold, one greater than Jonah is here. + +40.20 The Brethren of Christ + +MT 12:46-50 + + 46 While he was still talking to the people, behold, his mother +and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him. 47 Someone told +him, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak +to you." 48 But he replied to the man who told him, "Who is my mother, +and who are my brothers?" 49 And stretching out his hand toward his +disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever +does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and +mother." + +MK 3:31-35 + + 31 Then his brothers and his mother came. And standing outside +they sent to him, and called him. 32 And a crowd was sitting around +him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside, +asking for you." 33 And he replied, "Who are my mother and my +brothers?" 34 And he looked at those who sat in a circle around him, +and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does the will +of God is my brother, and sister, and mother." + +LK 8:19-21 + + 19 Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could +not reach him because of the crowd. 20 And it was told him, "Your +mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you." 21 +But he said to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the +word of God and do it." + +41.10 Woe to the Pharisees + +LK 11:37-54 + + 37 While he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; +so he went in and sat at table. 38 The Pharisee was surprised to see +that he did not first wash before dinner. 39 But the Lord said to him, +"Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside +you are full of greed and wickedness. 40 You foolish ones! Did not he +who made the outside make the inside also? 41 But give for alms those +things which are within; and behold, everything is clean for you. 42 +But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of +herbs, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have +done, without leaving the others undone. 43 Woe to you Pharisees! For +you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the +marketplaces. 44 Woe to you! For you are like graves which are not +seen, and men walk over them without knowing it." + 45 One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, by saying these +things you reproach us also." 46 And he said, "Woe to you also, +lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves +do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Woe to you! For +you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 +So you witness that you approve of the deeds of your fathers; for they +killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore the wisdom of God +also said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they +will kill and persecute,' 50 that the blood of all the prophets which +was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this +generation, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who +perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it shall +be required of this generation. 52 Woe to you lawyers! For you have +taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and +you hindered those who were entering." 53 As he went away from there, +the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke +him to speak of many things, 54 lying in wait for him, to catch at +something he might say. + +42.10 The Parable of the Rich Man + +LK 12:1-59 + + 1 In the meantime, when so many thousands of the multitude had +gathered together that they trampled one another, he began to say to +his disciples first of all, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, +which is +hypocrisy. 2 There is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, or +hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have said in +the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the +ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops. + 4 "I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the +body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will show +you whom you should fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has power +to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear him! 6 Are not five sparrows +sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 +Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are +of more value than many sparrows. + + + 8 "I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man +will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. 9 But he who denies +me before men will be denied before the angels of God. 10 And everyone +who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but he who +blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. 11 Now when +they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and authorities, do not +worry about how or what you should answer, or what you are to say; 12 +for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to +say." + 13 Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to +divide the inheritance with me." 14 But he said to him, "Man, who made +me a judge or an arbitrator over you?" 15 And he said to them, "Take +heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist +in the abundance of his possessions." 16 And he told them a parable, +saying: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. 17 And +he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store +my crops?' 18 And he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns +and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my +goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up +for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."' 20 But God +said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then +whose will those things be which you have prepared?' 21 So is he who +lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." + 22 Then he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not +worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about your body, what you +will put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than +clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have +neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more +value are you than the birds! 25 And which of you by worrying can add a +single cubit to his span of life? 26 If you then are not able to do +this very little thing, why are you anxious about the rest? 27 Consider +the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, +even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 But +if God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow +is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of +little faith! 29 And do not seek what you will eat or what you will +drink, nor have an anxious mind. 30 For all the nations of the world +seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 +But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well. 32 +Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to +give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide +yourselves purses that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that +does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. 34 For +where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. + 35 "Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning, 36 and be +like men who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding +feast, so that they may open to him immediately when he comes and +knocks. 37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching +when he comes. Truly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have +them sit at table, and will come and serve them. 38 If he comes in the +second watch, or in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those +servants. 39 But know this, that if the owner of the house had known at +what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to +be broken into. 40 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man +is coming at an hour you do not expect." + 41 Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to +all?" 42 And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, +whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion +of food at the proper time? 43 Blessed is that servant whom his master +will find so doing when he comes. 44 Truly, I say to you, he will set +him over all his possessions. 45 But if that servant says to himself, +'My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the menservants +and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master +of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at +an hour he is not aware of, and he will cut him to pieces and assign +him a place with the unbelievers. 47 And that servant who knew his +master's will, and did not ready himself or do according to his will, +shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he who did not know, and +committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. From +everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom +they entrusted much, of him they will ask the more. + 49 "I came to cast fire on the earth, and how I wish it were +already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how +distressed I am until it is accomplished! 51 Do you think that I came +to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 For +from now on there will be five in one house divided: three against two, +and two against three. +53 They will be divided, father against son + and son against father, + mother against daughter + and daughter against mother, + mother-in-law against daughter-in-law + and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law." + 54 He also said to the multitudes, "When you see a cloud rising +in the west, immediately you say, "A shower is coming'; and so it +happens. 55 And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There +will be hot weather'; and there is. 56 You hypocrites! You know how to +interpret the + + +appearance of the earth and the sky; but how is it you do not know how +to interpret this present time? + 57 "And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? 58 As +you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make an effort to settle +with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand +you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. 59 I +tell you, you will not get out till you have paid the very last +copper." + +43.10 The Parable of the Fig Tree + +LK 13:1-9 + + 1 There were some present at that very time who told him about +the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 +And Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse +sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way? 3 +I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. 4 +Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do +you think that they were worse sinners than all the others who dwelt in +Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all +likewise perish." + 6 He told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his +vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 So he said +to the keeper of his vineyard, 'Look, for three years I have come +seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why should +it use up the ground?' 8 And he answered him, 'Sir, let it alone this +year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. 9 And if it bears +fruit next year, fine; but if not, you can cut it down.'" + +44.10 Jesus Heals a Woman on the Sabbath + +LK 13:10-17 + + 10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. +11 And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen +years; she was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12 When +Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, "Woman, you are +freed from your infirmity." 13 And he laid his hands on her, and +immediately she was made straight, and praised God. 14 But the ruler of +the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said +to the people, "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come +on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day." 15 Then the +Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath +untie his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water +it? 16 Then ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has +bound for eighteen years, be loosed on the Sabbath day from this bond?" +17 When he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame; and all +the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him. + + +Part 6 - PARABLE OF THE SOWER AND OTHER PARABLES + +45.10 The Parable of the Sower + +MT 13:1-9 + + 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. 2 +And great crowds gathered around him, so that he got into a boat and +sat there; and the whole crowd stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them +many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow his seed. 4 +And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and +devoured them. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where they did not have +much soil, and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of +soil. 6 But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they +had no root they withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the +thorns grew up and choked them. 8 But other seed fell on good soil and +yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 He who +has ears, let him hear." + +MK 4:1-9 + + 1 Again he began to teach by the sea. and a very large crowd +gathered around him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the +sea; and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2 Then he +taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his teaching: +3 "Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed the seed, some +fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 Some fell on +rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it +sprang up, because it had no depth of soil. 6 But when the sun came up +it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away. 7 Other +seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it +yielded no grain. 8 But other seed fell on good soil and yielded a crop +that sprang up, increased and produced thirtyfold, sixty, and a +hundred." 9 And he said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." + +LK 8:4-8 + + 4 And when a great crowd came together and people from town after +town came to him, he said in a parable: 5 "A sower went out to sow his +seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path; and it was trampled +down, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6 Some fell on the rock; +and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. 7 And +some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. 8 +But others fell on good soil, sprang up, and yielded a crop a +hundredfold." When he had said this he called out, "He who has ears to +hear, let him hear!" + +45.11 The Secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven + +MT 13:10-17 + + 10 The disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them +in parables?" 11 And he answered them, "To you it has been given to +know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been +given. 12 For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he will have +abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken +away from him. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because +seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they +understand. 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: + 'Hearing you will hear and shall not understand; + and seeing you will see and not perceive. +15 For this people's heart has grown dull. + And their ears are hard of hearing, + and their eyes they have closed, + lest they should see with their eyes, + and hear with their ears, + and they understand with their hearts, + and turn so that I should heal them.' +16 But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear. +17 For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous men longed to +see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and +did not hear it. + +MK 4:10-12 + + 10 And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked +him about the parables. 11 And he said to them, "To you has been given +the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those outside everything is in +parables; 12 so that + 'seeing they may see but not perceive, + and hearing may hear but not understand; + lest they should turn again, and be forgiven.'" + +LK 8:9-10 + + 9 When his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10 he +said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of +God; but to others it is given in parables, so that + 'Seeing they may not see, + and hearing they may not understand.' + +45.12 The Parable of the Sower Explained + +MT 13:18-23 + + 18 "Hear then the parable of the sower: 19 when anyone hears the +word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and +snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along +the path. 20 But he who received the seed on rocky places, this is he +who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has +no root in himself, but endures only for a while. And when tribulation +or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away. +22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, +but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the +word, and he becomes unfruitful. 23 But the one who received seed on +the good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed +bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty." + +MK 4:13-20 + + 13 And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How +then will you understand all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. +15 And these are the ones along the path where the word is sown. When +they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was +sown in them. 16 And these likewise are the ones sown on rocky ground +who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; 17 and +they have no root in themselves, but endure for only a time. Then, when +tribulation or ersecution arises on account of the word, immediately +they fall away. 18 And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are +those who hear the word, 19 but the cares of this world, the +deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and +choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 20 But these are the ones +sown on good soil, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit +thirtyfold, sixty, and a hundred." + +LK 4:11-15 + + 11 "Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 The +ones along the path are those who hear; then the devil comes and takes +away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be +saved. 13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the +word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a +while and in time of temptation fall away. 14 And the ones that fell +among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way +they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and +their fruit does not mature. 15 But the ones that fell on the good soil +are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep +it and bear fruit with patience. + +45.13 The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds + +MT 13:24-30 + + 24 Another parable he put forth to them, saying: "The kingdom of +heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men +were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went +away. 26 So when the plants sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds +appeared also. 27 And the servants of the householder came and said to +him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has enemy +has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go +and gather them up?' 29 But he said, 'No, lest while you gather up the +weeds you also root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together +until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers. Gather +the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the +wheat into my barn.'" + +45.14 The Parable of the Lamp + +MK 4:21-25 + +21 And he said to them, "Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or +under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand? 22 For there is +nothing hidden, except to be revealed; nor is anything secret, but that +it should come to light. 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear." + 24 Then he said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With the +measure you use, it will be measured to you; and more will be given +you. 25 For whoever has, to him will more be given; and whoever does +not have, from him even what he has will be taken away." + +LK 8:16-18 + + 16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or +puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, that those who enter +may see the light. 17 For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, +nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light. 18 +Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be +given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be +taken from him." + +LK 11:33-36 + + 33 "No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a secret place or +under +a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light. 34 +Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is good, your whole +body also is full of light. But when it is bad, your body also is full +of +darkness. 35 Therefore be careful that the light in you is not +darkness. 36 +If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will +be +completely lighted, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you +light." + +45.141 The Parable of the Scattered Seed + +MK 4:26-29 + + 26 And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter +seed on the ground, 27 and should sleep by night and rise by day, and +the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. 28 All +by itself the earth produces grain-first the blade, then the head, then +the full kernel in the head. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once he +puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come." + +45.15 The Parable of the Mustard Seed + +MT 13:31-32 + + 31 Another parable he put forth to them, saying: "The kingdom of +heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; +32 it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the +greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air +come and make nests in its branches." + +MK 4:30-32 + + 30 And he said, "With what shall we compare the kingdom of God, +or what parable shall we use for it? 31 It is like a mustard seed +which, when it is sown on the ground, is the smallest of all seeds in +the earth; 32 yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest +of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the +air can make nests in its shade." + +LK 13:18-19 + + 18 Then he said, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what +shall I compare it? 19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and +sowed in his garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of +the air nested in its branches." + +45.16 The Parable of the Leaven + +MT 13:33 + + 33 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like +leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour till it +was all leavened." + +LK 13:20-21 + + 20 And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of +God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures +of flour till it was all leavened." + +45.17 He Did Not Speak Without a Parable + +MT 13:34-35 + + 34 All these things Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables; and +without a parable he did not speak to them. 35 So was fulfilled what +was spoken by the prophet: + "I will open my mouth in parables, + I will utter things hidden + since the foundation of the world." + +MK 4:33-34 + + 33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they +were able to hear it. 34 But without a parable he did not speak to +them. And when they were alone, he explained everything to his own +disciples. + + +45.18 The Explanation of the Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds + +MT 13:36-43 + + 36 Then he left the crowd and went into the house. And his +disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds +of the field." 37 He answered, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of +Man; 38 the field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons +of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39 and the +enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, +and the reapers are angels. 40 Therefore as the weeds are gathered and +burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. 41 The Son of +Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom +everything that causes sin and all who do evil, 42 and will throw them +into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of +teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of +their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. + +45.19 Parable of the Treasure Hidden in a Field + +MT 13:44 + + 44 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a +field, which a man found and hid; and then in his joy over it he goes +and sells all that he has and buys that field. + +45.191 Parable of the Pearl of Great Price + +MT 13:45-46 + + 45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of +fine pearls, 46 who, when he had found one pearl of great value, went +and sold all that he had and bought it. + +45.192 Parable of the Fishing Net + +MT 13:47-50 + + 47 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown +into the sea and gathered fish of every kind; 48 which, when it was +full, they drew it up on the shore; and they sat down and gathered the +good into vessels, but threw the bad away. 49 So it will be at the end +of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the +righteous 50 and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will +be weeping and gnashing of teeth." + +45.193 Parable of the Householder + +MT 13:51-52 + + 51 Jesus asked, "Have you understood all these things?" "Yes," +they said to him. 52 And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who +has been instructed for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who +brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old." + +46.10 Jesus Preaches to and is Rejected by his own Countrymen + +MT 13:53-58 + + 53 When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from +there. 54 And coming to his own country he taught them in their +synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man +get this wisdom and these mighty works? 55 Is this not the carpenter's +son? Is not his mother called Mary? And his brothers James, Joseph, +Simon, and Judas? 56 And are not all his sisters with us? Where then +did this man get all these things?" 57 And they took offense at him. +But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his +own country and in his own house." 58 And he did not do many mighty +works there, because of their unbelief. + +Part 7 - TWO FEASTS IN JERUSALEM AND TWO FEEDINGS OF + MULTITUDES + +47.10 Jesus goes to a Feast in Jerusalem. + He Cures an Infirm man by the Cisterns with the Five Porches. + The Jews Seek to Kill Jesus. + +JN 5:1-47 + + 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to +Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which +is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a +multitude of disabled people, blind, lame, paralyzed. 5 One man who was +there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him +lying there and knew that he had been in this condition for a long +time, he said to him, "Do you want to be made well?" 7 The sick man +answered him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the +water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before +me." 8 Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your bed, and walk." 9 And at +once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. + Now that day was the Sabbath. 10 So the Jews said to the man who +was cured, "It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your +bed." 11 But he answered them, "The man who made me well said to me, +'Take up your bed, and walk.'" 12 They asked him, "Who is the man who +said to you, 'Take up your bed, and walk'?" 13 Now the man who had been +healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a +crowd in that place. 14 Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and +said to him, "See, you are well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse may +happen to you." 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was +Jesus who had made him well. 16 For this reason the Jews persecuted +Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus +answered them, "My Father is working still, and I am working." 18 +Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only +broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was his Father, making +himself equal with God. + 19 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can +do nothing of himself, but only what he sees the Father doing; for +whatever he does, the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son, +and shows him all things that he himself does; and he will show him +greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father +raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to +whom he will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has given all +judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor +the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who +sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and +believes him who sent me, has eternal life; and shall not come into +judgment, but has passed from death to life. 25 Truly, truly, I say to +you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice +of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father +has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in +himself, 27 and has given him authority to execute judgment, because he +is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming +when all who are in the graves will hear his voice 29 and come forth - +those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those +who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment. + 30 "I can do nothing of myself; as I hear, I judge; and my +judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him +who sent me. + 31 "If I bear witness of myself, my testimony is not true. 32 +There is another who bears witness of me, and I know that the testimony +which he bears of me is true. 33 You have sent to John, and he has +borne witness to the truth. 34 Not that the testimony which I receive +is from man; but I say this that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning +and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a time in his +light. 36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; +for the works which the Father has given me to finish, these very works +which I am doing, bear witness of me, that the Father has sent me. 37 +And the Father who sent me has himself testified of me. You have never +heard his voice, nor seen his form. 38 And you do not have his word +abiding in you, for you do not believe him whom he has sent. 39 You +search the Scriptures, because in them you think that you have eternal +life; and these are they that testify of me. 40 Yet you refuse to come +to me that you may have life. + 41 "I do not receive glory from men. 42 But I know you, that you +do not have the love of God in you. 43 I have come in my Father's name, +and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, him you +will receive. 44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one +another, and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God? 45 Do +not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; it is Moses who +accuses you, on whom you set your hope. 46 If you believed Moses, you +would believe me, for he wrote about me. 47 But if you do not believe +his writings, how will you believe my words?" + +48.10 Herodias Dances Before Herod. + +MT 14:3-11 + + 3 For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in +prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, 4 because +John had said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." 5 And +though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because +they held him to be a prophet. 6 But when Herod's birthday was +celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased +Herod, 7 so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she +might ask. 8 Prompted by her mother,she said, "Give me here on a +platter the head of John the Baptist." 9 And the king was sorry; but, +because of his oaths and his guests, he commanded it to be given to +her; 10 so he sent and had John beheaded in prison. 11 And his head was +brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her +mother. + +MK 6:17-28 + + 17 For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested, and bound +him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; +because he had married her. 18 For John had said to Herod, "It is not +lawful for you to have your brother's wife." 19 And Herodias had a +grudge against him, and wanted to kill him. But she could not, 20 for +Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous +and holy man. When he heard him, he was much perplexed; and yet he +heard him gladly. 21 But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday +gave a banquet for his high officers and military commanders and the +leading men of Galilee. 22 And when the daughter of Herodias came in +and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to +the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it to you." 23 +And he vowed to her, "Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half +of my kingdom." 24 So she went out and said to her mother, "What shall +I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist!" 25 Immediately +she came in with haste to the king and asked, saying, "I want you to +give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter." 26 And the +king was exceedingly sorry; but, because of his oaths and his guests, +he did not want to refuse her. 27 And immediately the king sent an +executioner and gave orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded him +in the prison, 28 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the +girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. + +48.20 The Apostles Return and Jesus Withdraws with them to a Desert +Place. + +MT 14:12-13a + + 12 Then his disciples came and took the body and buried it; and +they went and told Jesus. + 13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to +a lonely place by himself. + +MK6:29-32 + + 29 When his disciples heard of it, they came and took his body, +and laid it in a tomb. + 30 The apostles gathered to Jesus, and told him all that they had +done and taught. 31 And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a +lonely place and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, +and they did not even have time to eat. 32 So they went away in the +boat to a lonely place by themselves. + +LK 9:10 + + 10 And when the apostles returned, they told him what they had +done. Then he took them with him and withdrew apart to a city called +Bethsaida. + +JN 6:1,3 + + 1 After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, +which is the Sea of Tiberias. 3 Jesus went up on the mountain, and +there sat down with his disciples. + +49.10 The People Follow and Jesus Comes Down From the Mountain to + Meet Them. + The Feeding of the Five Thousand. + At Night Jesus Walks upon the Lake. + +MT 14:13b-33 + + 13 But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from +the towns. 14 When Jesus went ashore he saw a great throng; and he had +compassion on them, and healed their sick. 15 When it was evening, the +disciples came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's +already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the +villages and buy themselves some food." 16 Jesus said, "They do not +need to go away. You give them something to eat." 17 They said to him, +"We have only five loaves here and two fish." 18 He said, "Bring them +here to me," 19 Then he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the +grass. And taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to +heaven, he blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and +the disciples gave them to the multitudes. 20 And they all ate and were +satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces +that were left over. 21 Now those who ate were about five thousand men, +besides women and children. + 22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go +before him to the other side, while he dismissed the multitudes. 23 And +after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by +himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24 but the boat +by this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten by the +waves; for the wind was against them. 25 And in the fourth watch of the +night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. 26 But when the disciples +saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, "It is a +ghost!" And they cried out for fear. 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to +them, saying, "Take courage! It is I; do not be afraid." 28 And Peter +answered him, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the +water." 29 So he said, "Come". Then Peter got down out of the boat, +walked on the water, and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the +wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save +me!" 31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, and said +to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?" 32 And when they +got into the boat, the wind ceased. 33 Then those who were in the boat +worshipped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God." + +MK 6:33-52 + + 33 But many saw them going, and knew them, and they ran there on +foot from all the towns, and got there ahead of them. 34 When Jesus +went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, +because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began to teach +them many things. 35 When it was late in the day, his disciples came to +him and said, "This is a deserted place, and already the hour is late. +36 Send them away, so they can go to the surrounding country and +villages and buy themselves something to eat." 37 But he answered them, +"You give them something to eat." And they said to him, "Shall we go +and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to +eat?" 38 But he said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and +see." And when they found out they said, "Five, and two fish." 39 Then +he commanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green +grass. 40 So they sat down in groups, of hundreds and fifties. 41 And +taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and +blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set +before the people; and he divided the two fish among them all. 42 And +they all ate and were satisfied. 43 And they took up twelve baskets +full of broken pieces and of the fish. 44 Now those who had eaten the +loaves were about five thousand men. + 45 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go +before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the +crowd. 46 And after he had left them, he went up on the mountain to +pray. 47 When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and +he was alone on land. 48 And he saw the disciples straining at the +oars, for the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the +night he came to them, walking on the sea. He was about to pass by +them, 49 but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a +ghost, and cried out; 50 for they all saw him, and were terrified. But +immediately he spoke to them and said, "Take courage! It is I; do not +be afraid." 51 Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind +ceased. And they were completely amazed, 52 for they had not understood +about the loaves, because their hearts were hardened. + +LK 9:11-17 + +11 But when the crowds learned it, they followed him; and he welcomed +them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who +had need of healing. 12 Now the day began to wear away; and the twelve +came and said to him, "Send the crowd away, to go to the surrounding +villages and country, to lodge and get provisions; for we are here in a +deserted place." 13 But he said to them, "You give them something to +eat." And they said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish- +unless we go and buy food for all these people." 14 For there were +about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, "Make them sit +down in groups of about fifty each." 15 And they did so, and made them +all sit down. 16 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up +to heaven, he blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to +set before the people. 17 They all ate and were satisfied, and they +took up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over. + +JN 6:2,4-21 + + 2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs +which he performed on those who were diseased. 4 Now the Passover, the +feast of the Jews, was near. 5 Then Jesus lifted up his eyes, and +seeing a great multitude coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where +shall we buy bread, that these people may eat?" 6 But this he said to +test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 7 Philip answered him, +"Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each one of them to +have a little." 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, +said to him, 9 "There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two +small fish, but what are they among so many?" 10 Jesus said, "Make the +people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place; so the men sat +down, in number about five thousand. 11 Jesus then took the loaves, and +when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; +so also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 And when they had eaten +their fill, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the fragments left +over, that nothing may be lost." 13 So they gathered them up and filled +twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, left over +by those who had eaten. 14 When the people saw the sign that Jesus did, +they said, "Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world." +15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force +to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself. + 16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 got +into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, +and Jesus had not yet come to them. 18 The sea rose because a strong +wind was blowing. 19 So when they had rowed about three or four miles, +they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they +were afraid. 20 But he said to them, "It is I; do not be afraid." 21 +Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat +was at the land where they were going. + +49.20 Peter's Confession + + JN 6:22-71 + + 22 On the next day the people who remained on the other side of +the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had +not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had +gone +away alone. 23 However, boats from Tiberias came near the place where +they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 So when the +people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they also got +into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. 25 When they found +him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did +you come here?" 26 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, +you seek me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate your +fill of the loaves. 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but +for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will +give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal." 28 Then they +said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?" 29 Jesus +answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom +he has sent." 30 So they said to him, "What sign will you perform then, +that we may see it and believe you? What work will you do? 31 Our +fathers ate the manna in the desert; +as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" 32 Jesus +then +said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave +you +the bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from +heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and +gives life to the world." + 34 Then they said to him, "Lord, give us this bread always." 35 +And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me +shall +never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I +said +to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the +Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will by +no means cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my +own will, but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of +him +who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, +but +raise it up at the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that +every +one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and +I +will raise him up at the last day." + 41 The Jews then began to murmur about him, because he said, +"I am the bread which came down from heaven." 42 They said, "Is not +this +Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he +now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" 43 Jesus answered them, "Do +not murmur among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the +Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. +45 +It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' +Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. 46 Not +that any one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has +seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has +everlasting life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the +manna in +the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread which comes down +from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living +bread +which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live +for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is +my +flesh." + 52 Then the Jews began to argue among themselves, saying, +"How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" 53 So Jesus said to them, +"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man +and +drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and +drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last +day. 55 +For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He who +eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57 As the +living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who +feeds on +me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread which came down from +heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this +bread will live for ever." 59 This he said in the synagogue as he +taught in +Capernaum. + 60 Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is a +hard saying; who can listen to it?" 61 When Jesus knew in himself that +his disciples complained about this, he said to them, "Does this offend +you? 62 What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend to where he +was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits +nothing. +The words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 +But +there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the +beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray him. + 65 And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to +me +unless it has been granted to him by the Father." 66 From this time +many +of his disciples went back and no longer walked with him. 67 Then Jesus +said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?" 68 Simon Peter +answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of +eternal life. 69 And we believe, and have come to know, that you are +the +Holy One of God." 70 Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the +twelve, and one of you is a devil?" 71 He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the +son +of Simon, for it was he who was to betray him, though one of the +twelve. + +50.10 Healing in Gennesaret + +MT 14:34-36 + + 34 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret. +35 And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent to all that +surrounding region and brought to him all who were sick, 36 and begged +him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment; and as many +as touched it were made well. + +MK 6:53-56 + + 53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret +and anchored there. 54 And when they got out of the boat, immediately +the people recognized him, 55 and ran about that whole region, and +began to carry those who were sick around on pallets to wherever they +heard he was. 56 Wherever he entered, into villages, cities, or the +country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that +they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched +him were made well. + +49.20 The Miraculously fed Multitude Seek Him at Capernaum. + Peter's Confession. + +JN 6:22-47 + + 22 On the next day the people who remained on the other side of +the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had +not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had +gone away alone. 23 However, boats from Tiberias came near the place +where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 So when +the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they also +got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. 25 When they +found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when +did you come here?" 26 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to +you, you seek me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate +your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, +but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man +will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal." 28 Then +they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?" 29 +Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him +whom he has sent." 30 So they said to him, "What sign will you perform +then, that we may see it and believe you? What work will you do? 31 Our +fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, 'He gave them +bread from heaven to eat.'" 32 Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, +I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; but +my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God +is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." + 34 Then they said to him, "Lord, give us this bread always." 35 +And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me +shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. 36 +But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All +that the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I +will by no means cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to +do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the +will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has +given me, but raise it up at the last day. 40 For this is the will of +my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should +have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day." + 41 The Jews then began to murmur about him, because he said, "I +am the bread which came down from heaven." 42 They said, "Is not this +Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he +now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" 43 Jesus answered them, "Do +not murmur among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father +who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It +is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' +Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. 46 Not +that any one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has +seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has +everlasting life. + +51.10 Jesus Teaches the Real Causes of Defilement and Discourses on + Pharisaic Traditions + +MT 15:1-20 + + 1 Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to +Jesus and said, 2 "Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of +the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat." 3 He +answered them, "And why do you transgress the commandment of God for +the sake of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, 'Honor your father and +your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to +death.' 5 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, +'Whatever help you might have received from me is a gift to God' 6 he +is not to honor his father with it. Thus you have made the word of God +of no effect for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites! Well did +Isaiah prophesy about you, when he said: +8 'These people honor me with their lips, + but their heart is far from me. +9 In vain do they worship me, + teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.'" + 10 And he called the people to him and said to them, "Hear and +understand: 11 not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what +comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man." 12 Then the disciples came +and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when +they heard this saying?" 13 He answered, "Every plant which my heavenly +Father has not planted will be rooted up. 14 Let them alone; they are +blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into +a pit." 15 But Peter said to him, "Explain the parable to us." 16 So +Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not +yet see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is +eliminated? 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come +from the heart, and they defile a man. 19 For out of the heart come +evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornications, theft, false witness, +slander. 20 These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands +does not defile a man." + +MK 7:1-23 + + 1 Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come +from Jerusalem gathered together to him, 2 they saw some of his +disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. +3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their +hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 When +they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash +themselves. And there are many other traditions which they observe, the +washing of cups and pitchers and copper vessels. ) 5 The Pharisees and +the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the +tradition of the elders, but eat with impure hands?" 6 And he said to +them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites; as it is written: + 'This people honors me with their lips, + but their heart is far from me. +7 In vain they worship me, + teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.' +8 You let go of the commandment of God, and hold on to the tradition of +men." 9 And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the +commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition! 10 For Moses said, +'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or +mother, let him be put to death.' 11 But you say that if a man says to +his +father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from +me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God), 12 then you no longer +let him do anything for his father or mother, 13 thus making void the +word of God through your tradition which you have handed down. And many +such things you do." + 14 And he called all the people to him again, and said to them, +"Hear me, everyone, and understand: 15 there is nothing outside a man +which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out +of a man are what defile him." 17 When he had left the crowd and +entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. 18 So he +said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not see that +whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it does +not enter his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?" (Thus he +declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, "What comes out of a man is +what defiles a man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, come +evil thoughts, fornications, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, +wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All +these evil things come from within, and they defile a man." + +52.10 Jesus Heals the Canaanite's Daughter + +MT 15:21-28 + + 21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the region of +Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came +out and cried to him, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My +daughter is severely demon-possessed." 23 But he did not answer her a +word. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, "Send her away, for +she is crying out after us." 24 He answered, "I was sent only to the +lost sheep of the house of Israel." 25 But she came and knelt before +him, saying, "Lord, help me!" 26 And he answered, "It is not good to +take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 27 "Yes, Lord," +she said, "yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their +masters' table." 28 Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your +faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed +from that very hour. + +MK 7:24-30 + + 24 From there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and +Sidon. And he entered a house, and did not want anyone to know it; yet +he could not be hidden. 25 But a woman whose little daughter was +possessed by an unclean spirit heard about him, and she came and fell +at his feet. 26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth. +And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 And he +said to her, "Let the children first be fed, for it is not right to +take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 28 But she +answered him, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs under the table eat the +children's crumbs." 29 Then he said to her, "For this saying you may go +your way; the demon has left your daughter." 30 She went home, and +found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone. + +53.10 Jesus Heals a Deaf and Dumb Man and Works Other Miracles + +MT 15:29-31 + + 29 And Jesus went on from there and passed along the Sea of +Galilee. And he went up on the mountain, and sat down there. 30 Then +great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the +blind, the mute, and many others; and they laid them down at his feet, +and he healed them. 31 So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute +speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind +seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. + +MK 7:31-37 + + 31 Then he departed from the region of Tyre, and went through +Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis. 32 +Then they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in +his speech, and they begged him to put his hand on him. 33 And he took +him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he +spat and touched his tongue. 34 And looking up to heaven he sighed and +said to him, Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened." 35 And [immediately] his +ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he +spoke plainly. 36 And he commanded them to tell no one; but the more he +charged them, the more widely they proclaimed it. 37 And they were +astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He +even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak." + +54.10 The Feeding of the Four Thousand + +MT 15:32-39a + + 32 Now Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I have +compassion on the multitude, because they have been with me three days +and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, +lest they faint on the way." 33 Then his disciples said to him, "Where +could we get enough bread in the wilderness to feed such a great +crowd?" 34 And Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They +said, "Seven, and a few small fish." 35 He told the crowd to sit down +on the ground. 36 Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and +having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and +the disciples gave them to the crowds. 37 And they all ate and were +satisfied; and they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces +that were left over. 38 Now those who ate were four thousand men, +besides women and children. 39 And he sent away the crowds, got into +the boat, and went to the region of Magadan. + +MK 8:1-10 + + 1 In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they +had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said to +them, 2 "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been +with me three days and have nothing to eat. 3 And if I send them away +hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them +have come a long distance." 4 And his disciples answered him, "How can +one feed these men with bread here in the desert?" 5 And he asked them, +"How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven." 6 So he commanded +the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and +having given thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set +before the people; and they set them before the crowd. 7 They also had +a few small fish; and having blessed them, he commanded that these also +should be set before them. 8 They ate, and were satisfied; and they +took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 9 About four +thousand men were present. And having sent them away, 10 he immediately +got into the boat with his disciples, and went to the region of +Magadan. + + +55.10 The Pharisees Ask for a Sign + +MT 16:1-4 + + 1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they +asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered them, "When it +is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.' 3 +And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and +threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but +you cannot interpret the signs of the times. 4 A wicked and adulterous +generation seeks for a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except +the sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed. + +MK 8:11-12 + + 11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from +him a sign from heaven, to test him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his +spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say +to you, no sign shall be given to this generation." + +56.10 Jesus Warns the Disciples of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and +Herodians + +MT 16:5-12 + + 5 When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten +to take bread. 6 Then Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the +leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees." 7 And they discussed among +themselves, saying, "It is because we have taken no bread." 8 But +Jesus, aware of this, said, "O men of little faith, why do you discuss +among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? 9 Do you not yet +perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and +how many baskets you gathered? 10 Or the seven loaves of the four +thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? 11 How is it that you do +not understand that I did not speak to you about bread? But beware of +the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 12 Then they understood +that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the +teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. + +MK 8:13-21 + + 13 And he left them, and getting into the boat again he departed +to the other side. + 14 Now the disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had +only one loaf with them in the boat. 15 And he cautioned them, saying, +"Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of +Herod." 16 And they discussed it with one another, saying, "It is +because we have no bread." 17 Being aware of it, Jesus said to them, +"Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet +perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? 18 Having eyes do you +not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? 19 +When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets +full of broken pieces did you take up?" They said to him, "Twelve." 20 +"And when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large +baskets full of pieces did you take up?" And they said, "Seven." 21 He +said to them, "Do you not yet understand?" + +57.10 Jesus Heals a Blind man at Bethsaida + +MK 8:22-26 + + 22 And they came to Bethsaida; and some people brought a blind +man to him, and begged him to touch him. 23 So he took the blind man by +the hand and led him out of the village. And when he had spit on his +eyes and put his hands on him, he asked him "Do you see anything?" 24 +And he looked up and said, "I see men; but they look like trees, +walking." 25 Then he put his hands on his eyes again and made him look +up. And he was restored, and saw everything clearly. 26 And he sent him +away to his home, saying, "Do not even go into the village." + +58.10 Herod's Fear of Jesus + +MT 14:1-2 + + 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus, +2 and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist, he has risen +from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him." + +MK 6:14-16 + + 14 King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become well known. +Some said, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is +why these powers are at work in him." 15 But others said, "It is +Elijah." And others said, "It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of +old." 16 But when Herod heard, he said, "This is John, whom I beheaded; +he has been raised from the dead!" + +LK 9:7-9 + + 7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done; and he was +perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from +the dead, 8 by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of +the old prophets had risen again. 9 And Herod said, "John I have +beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?" So he sought +to see him. + +59.10 Jesus Goes to the Feast Secretly. + He Teaches in the Temple. + Officers are Sent to Arrest Him. + An Adulteress is Brought Before Jesus. + A Blind Man is Restored to Sight. + Jesus Claims to be the Son of God. + +JN 7:1 - 10:21 + + 1 After this Jesus went about in Galilee; he would not go about +in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. 2 Now the Jews' feast of +Tabernacles was at hand. 3 So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and +go to Judea, that your disciples may see the works you are doing. 4 For +no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these +things, show yourself to the world." 5 For even his brothers did not +believe in him. 6 Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but +your time is always ready. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me +because I testify of it that its works are evil. 8 You go up to the +feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for my time has not yet +fully come." 9 Having said this, he remained in Galilee. + 10 But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also +went up, not publicly, but in secret. 11 The Jews were looking for him +at the feast, and saying, "Where is he?" 12 And there was much +complaining among the people about him. Some said, "He is a good man"; +others said, "No, on the contrary, he deceives the people." 13 However, +no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews. + 14 Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the +temple and taught. 15 And the Jews marveled, saying, "How did this man +get such learning, having never studied?" 16 Jesus answered them, "My +teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. 17 If anyone is willing to +do his will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether +I speak on my own authority. 18 He who speaks from himself seeks his +own glory; but he who seeks the glory of the One who sent him is true, +and in him there is no falsehood. 19 Did not Moses give you the law? +Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?" 20 The +people answered, "You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill you?" 21 +Jesus answered them, "I did one deed, and you all marvel. 22 Moses +therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from +the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If on the +Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not +be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's +whole body well? 24 Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right +judgment." + 25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, "Is not this the +man whom they seek to kill? 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they +say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that he +is the Christ? 27 But we know where this man is from; when the Christ +comes, no one will know where he is from." 28 Then Jesus cried out, as +he taught in the temple, "You know me, and you know where I am from; +and I have not come on my own, but he who sent me is true, and him you +do not know. 29 But I know him, for I am from him, and he sent me." 30 +Then they sought to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because +his hour had not yet come. 31 And many of the people believed in him, +and they said, "When the Christ comes, will he do more signs than this +man has done?" + 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about +him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to arrest +him. 33 Then Jesus said to them, "I shall be with you a little while +longer, and then I go to him who sent me. 34 You will seek me, and you +will not find me; where I am you cannot come." 35 The Jews said to one +another, "Where does this man intend to go that we shall not find him? +Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the +Greeks? 36 What does he mean when he said, 'You will seek me and you +will not find me,' and, 'Where I am you cannot come'?" + 37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and +cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 He who +believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow +rivers of living water." 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom +those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had +not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. + 40 When they heard these words, some of the people said, "Surely +this is the prophet." 41 Others said, "This is the Christ." But some +said, "Will the Christ come from Galilee? 42 Has not the scripture said +that the Christ comes from David, and from Bethlehem, the town where +David was?" 43 So there was a division among the people because of him. +44 Some of them wanted to seize him, but no one laid hands on him. + 45 The officers then went back to the chief priests and +Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?" 46 The +officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!" 47 The Pharisees +answered them, "Are you deceived, you also? 48 Have any of the rulers +or of the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not +know the law is accursed." 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before, +and who was one of them, said to them, 51 "Does our law judge a man +without first giving him a hearing and learning what he is doing?" 52 +They replied, "Are you from Galilee, too? Search and look, and you will +find that no prophet is to rise out of Galilee." +8 + 53 Then each went to his own house. 1 But Jesus went to the Mount +of Olives. 2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple; all the +people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3 Then the scribes +and the Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery. And when +they had set her in the midst, 4 they said to him, "Teacher, this woman +was caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now in the law Moses commanded us +to stone such. What do you say?" 6 They said this to test him, that +they might have something of which to accuse him. But Jesus bent down +and wrote on the ground with his finger. 7 And when they continued to +ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin +among you be the first to throw a stone at her." 8 And again he stooped +down and wrote on the ground. 9 Then those who heard it went away one +by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last, and Jesus was left +alone, with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus straightened up and +said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11 She +said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, +and sin no more." + 12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the +world. He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the +light of life." 13 The Pharisees then said to him, "You are bearing +witness of yourself; your testimony is not true." 14 Jesus answered, +"Even if I bear witness of myself, my testimony is true, for I know +where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I +come from and where I am going. 15 You judge according to the flesh; I +judge no one. 16 And yet if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am +not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me. 17 In your own law it +is written that the testimony of two men is true. 18 I am One who bears +witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me." 19 +Then they said to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You +know neither me nor my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father +also." 20 These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the +temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come. + 21 Then Jesus said to them again, "I am going away, and you will +seek me, and will die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come." 22 Then +the Jews said, "Will he kill himself, since he says, 'Where I go you +cannot come'?" 23 He said to them, "You are from below; I am from +above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 Therefore I +told to you that you would die in your sins; for if you do not believe +that I am he, you will die in your sins." 25 They said to him, "Who are +you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the +beginning. 26 I have much to say about you and much to judge; but he +who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from +him." 27 They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father. +28 So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you +will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority but +speak just what the Father taught me. 29 And he who sent me is with me; +he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him." 30 +As he spoke these words, many believed in him. + 31 Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you +continue in my word, you are truly my disciples. 32 And you will know +the truth, and the truth will make you free." 33 They answered him, "We +are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. +How can you say, 'You will be made free'?" 34 Jesus answered them, +"Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of +sin. 35 And a slave does not continue in the house forever, but a son +continues forever. 36 So if the Son makes you free, you will be free +indeed. 37 I know that you are Abraham's descendants, yet you seek to +kill me, because my word has no place in you. 38 I speak of what I have +seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your Father." + 39 They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to +them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the things Abraham +did, 40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth +which I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. 41 You do the +deeds of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of +fornication; we have one Father - God." 42 Jesus said to them, "If God +were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came forth +from God; I have not come of my own accord, but he sent me. 43 Why do +you not understand what I say? It is because you are not able to hear +my word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do your +father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not +stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he +speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of +lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which +of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe +me? 47 He who is of God hears the words of God; the reason you do not +hear them is that you are not of God." + 48 The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you +are a Samaritan and have a demon?" 49 Jesus answered, "I do not have a +demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 Yet I do not seek +my own glory; there is One who seeks it and he will be the judge. 51 +Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word he will never see +death." 52 The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! +Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, 'If anyone keeps my +word, he will never taste death.' 53 Are you greater than our father +Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you claim to be?" 54 +Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my +Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is your God. 55 But +you have not known him; I know him. If I said, I do not know him, I +would be a liar like you; but I do know him and keep his word. 56 Your +father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad." 57 The +Jews then said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you +seen Abraham?" 58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, +before Abraham was, I am." + 59 So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, +and went out of the temple. +9 + 1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his +disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that +he was born blind?" 3 Jesus answered, "Neither this man sinned nor his +parents sinned. But that the works of God might be revealed in him, 4 +we must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. Night is +coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the +light of the world." 6 As he said this, he spat on the ground and made +clay of the saliva, and anointed the man's eyes with the clay. 7 And he +said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means, Sent). So +he went and washed, and came back seeing. 8 The neighbors and those who +had seen him before as a beggar, said, "Is not this the man who used to +sit and beg?" 9 Some said, "It is he." Others said, "No, but he is like +him." He said, "I am the man."10 They said to him, "Then how were your +eyes opened?" 11 He answered and said, "A man called Jesus made clay +and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam and +wash.' So I went and washed, and I received sight." 12 They said to +him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know." + 13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been +blind. 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened +his eyes. 15 Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had +received his sight. He said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I +washed, and I see." 16 Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not +from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can +a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among +them. 17 So they again said to the blind man, "What do you say about +him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet." + 18 The Jews did not believe that he had been blind, and had +received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had +received his sight. 19 And they asked them, "Is this your son, who you +say was born blind? How then does he now see?" 20 His parents answered, +"We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21 but how +he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask +him. He is of age; he will speak for himself." 22 His parents said this +because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if +anyone confessed that he was Christ, he would be put out of the +synagogue. 23 Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him." + 24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, +and said to him, "Give God the glory; we know that this man is a +sinner." 25 He answered, "Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know. +One thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see." 26 Then they +said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" 27 He +answered them, "I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do +you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?" +28 Then they reviled him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are +disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this +fellow, we do not know where he comes from." 30 The man answered, "Why, +this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he +opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if +any one is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him. 32 +Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the +eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do +nothing." 34 They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and are +you teaching us?" And they cast him out. + 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and when he found him, +he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" 36 He answered, "Who is +he, sir, that I may believe in him?" 37 Jesus said to him, "You have +seen him, and it is he who speaks with you." 38 Then he said, "Lord, I +believe!" And he worshiped him. 39 Jesus said, "For judgment I have +come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those +who see may become blind." + 40 Then some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this, +and said to him, "Are we blind also?" 41 Jesus said to them, "If you +were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' +your sin remains. +10 + 1 "Truly, truly, I say to you, the man who does not enter the +sheepfold by the door, but climbs in by some other way, he is a thief +and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the +sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and +he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has +brought out all his own, he goes on before them, and the sheep follow +him, for they know his voice. 5 A stranger they will not follow, but +they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers." +6 This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he +was saying to them. + 7 Then Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I +am the door of the sheep. 8 All who ever came before me are thieves and +robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door. If anyone +enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find +pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have +come that they may have life, and have it abundantly. 11 I am the good +shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 But he +who is a hireling and not the shepherd, who does not own the sheep, +sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf +snatches the sheep and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a +hireling and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; I +know my sheep, and my sheep know me-15 just as the Father knows me and +I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have +other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they +will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 17 +For this reason my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I +may take it again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my +own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it +again. This command I have received from my Father." + 19 There was again a division among the Jews because of these +words. 20 Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is mad. Why listen to +him?" 21 Others said, "These are not the sayings of one who has a +demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?" + +59.20 The Evils of the Pharisees + +MT 23:1-39 + + 1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 "The +scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. 3 So you must observe and +do whatever they tell you. But do not do what they do; for they preach, +but do not practice. 4 They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay +them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with +their finger. 5 But they do all their works to be seen by men; for they +make their phylacteries broad and the tassels of their garments long. 6 +And they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the +synagogues, 7 and greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by +men, 'Rabbi.' 8 But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only +one Master, and you are all brethren. 9 And do not call anyone on earth +your 'Father,' for you have one Father, he who is in heaven. + +MK 12:38-40 + + 38 And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like +to go around in long robes, and to have salutations in the market +places 39 and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor +at feasts, 40 who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long +prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation." + +LK 20:45-47 + + 45 And in the hearing of all the people, he said to his +disciples, +46 "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love +greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and +the places of honor at feasts, 47 who devour widows' houses and for a +pretense make long prayers. They will receive greater condemnation." + +60.10 Jesus Questions His Disciples. Peter's Confession. + Jesus Warns His Disciples of His Coming Passion + +MT 16:13-28 + + 13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked +his disciples, "Who do men say that the Son of Man is?" 14 And they +said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others +Jeremiah or one of the prophets." 15 He said to them, "But who do you +say that I am?" 16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son +of the living God." 17 And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon +Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my +Father who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you, that you are Peter, and on +this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not +prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of +heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and +whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." 20 Then he +strictly charged his disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ. + 21 From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples that he +must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief +priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day. 22 +Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him saying, "Never, Lord! This +shall never happen to you!" 23 But he turned and said to Peter, "Get +behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are not +mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." 24 Then Jesus +said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny +himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever desires to +save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will +find it. 26 What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, +and forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? +27 For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his +Father, and then he will reward each man according to what he has done. +28 Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste +death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom." + +MK 8:27 - 9:1 + + 27 And Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of +Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men +say that I am?" 28 They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say +Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets." 29 And he asked them, +"But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the +Christ." 30 And he charged them to tell no one about him. + 31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer +many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and +the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He +spoke plainly about this. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke +him. 33 But when he had turned around and looked at his disciples, he +rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are not mindful +of the things of God, but the things of men." 34 And he called to him +the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone would +come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow +me. 35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever +loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. 36 For what +does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? 37 +Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 For whoever is +ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of +him the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of +his Father with the holy angels." +9 + 1 And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you that there are some +standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of +God come with power." + +LK 9:18-27 + + 18 Now it happened that as he was praying alone his disciples +were with him; and he asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?" 19 +So they answered, "John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others +say that one of the old prophets has risen again." 20 And he said to +them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered, "The Christ +of God." + 21 But he strictly warned and commanded them to tell this to no one, 22 + saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the + elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third +day be raised." 23 Then he said to them all, "If anyone would come after +me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24 +For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses +his life for my sake will save it. 25 For what profit is it to a man if +he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself? 26 For whoever +is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when +he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy +angels. 27 But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will +not taste death before they see the kingdom of God." + + +Part 8 - THE TRANSFIGURATION + +61.10 The Transfiguration. + Jesus Casts a Deaf and Dumb Spirit out of a Child. + +MT 17:1-21 + + 1 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his +brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was +transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes +became as white as the light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them +Moses and Elijah, talking with him. 4 And Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, +it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make here three +tabernacles-one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." 5 While he +was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and a +voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well +pleased. Listen to him!" 6 When the disciples heard this, they fell on +their faces, and were filled with awe. 7 But Jesus came and touched +them and said, "Rise. Don't be afraid." 8 And when they lifted up their +eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. + 9 And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded +them, "Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the +dead." 10 And the disciples asked him, "Why then do the scribes say +that Elijah must come first?" 11 Jesus replied, "Elijah is coming first +and will restore all things. 12 But I tell you that Elijah has come +already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. +So also the Son of Man is about to suffer at their hands." 13 Then the +disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist. + 14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and +kneeling before him said, 15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an +epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, +and often into the water. 16 And I brought him to your disciples, but +they could not heal him." 17 Then Jesus answered, "O faithless and +perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I +bear with you? Bring him here to me." 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, +and it came out of him, and the boy was cured from that moment. 19 Then +the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast +it out?" 20 So he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For +truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you +will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; +and nothing will be impossible to you." + +MK 9:2-29 + + 2 After six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, +and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was +transfigured before them, 3 and his clothes became dazzling, +exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth could bleach them. 4 And +there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with +Jesus. 5 And Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. +And let us make three tabernacles-one for you, one for Moses, and one +for Elijah." 6 For he did not know what to say, for they were greatly +afraid. 7 And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out +of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!" 8 Suddenly, when +they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only. + 9 And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to +tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the +dead. 10 So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what the +rising from the dead meant. 11 And they asked him, "Why do the scribes +say that Elijah must come first?" 12 Then he said to them, "Elijah does +come first and restores all things. And how is it written of the Son of +Man, that he must suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 13 +But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they +wished, as it is written of him." + 14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd +around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15 Immediately, when they +saw him, all the people were greatly amazed, and ran to him and greeted +him. 16 And he asked them, "What are you discussing with them?" 17 And +one of the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, who +has a mute spirit. 18 And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; +he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked +your disciples to cast out the spirit, but they could not." 19 He +answered him, "O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? +How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me." 20 And they brought +the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed +the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the +mouth. 21 And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he been like this?" +And he said, "From childhood. 22 And it has often thrown him both into +the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, +have pity on us and help us." 23 Jesus said to him, "If you can, all +things are possible to him who believes." 24 Immediately the father of +the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" 25 And +when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the +unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, +come out of him, and never enter him +again." 26 And the spirit cried out, convulsed him terribly, and came +out. And the boy was like a corpse; so that many of them said, "He is +dead." 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he +arose. 28 And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him +privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" 29 And he said to them, +"This kind can only come out by prayer." + +LK 9:28-43a + + 28 Now about eight days after these sayings, he took with him +Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 29 And +as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his robe +became white and glistening. 30 And behold, two men talked with him, +Moses and Elijah, 31 who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, +which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32 But Peter and those +with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they +saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. 33 As the men were +parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be +here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for you, one for Moses, +and one for Elijah"-not knowing what he said. 34 While he was saying +this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they +entered the cloud. 35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This +is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!" 36 When the voice had spoken, +Jesus was found alone. But they kept quiet, and told no one in those +days any of the things they had seen. + 37 On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a +great crowd met him. 38 And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, +"Teacher, I beg you to look upon my son, for he is my only child. 39 +And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it +convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and will hardly leave him, +bruising him. 40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could +not." 41 Then Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how +long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here." 42 +While he was coming, the demon threw him and convulsed him. But Jesus +rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to +his father. 43 And they were all amazed at the majesty of God. + +62.10 Jesus a Second Time Predicts His Death and Resurrection + +MT 17:22-23 + + 22 Now while they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, +"The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men, 23 and +they will + + +kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." And they were +greatly distressed. + +MK 9:30-32 + + 30 Then they departed from there and passed through Galilee, and +he did not want anyone to know it. 31 For he was teaching his disciples +and said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the +hands of men. They will kill him, and when he is killed, after three +days he will rise." 32 But they did not understand the saying, and they +were afraid to ask him. + +LK 9:43b-45 + + 43 But while everyone was marveling at all that Jesus did, he +said to his disciples, 44 "Let these words sink into your ears, for the +Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men." 45 But they +did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that +they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this +saying. + +63.10 Jesus Pays the Tribute Money +MT 17:24-27 + + 24 When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the half-shekel +tax went up to Peter and said, "Does not your teacher pay the temple +tax?" 25 He said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke +to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings +of the earth take customs or taxes, from their sons or from others?" 26 +And when Peter said, "From others," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons +are free. 27 Nevertheless, so that we may not offend them, go to the +sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when +you open its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give +it to them for me and you." + +63.20 Jesus Teaches Humility + +MT 18:1-5 + + 1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who is the +greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" 2 He called to him a little child, +and put him in the midst of them, 3 and he said, "Truly, I say to you, +unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter +the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this +child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 Whoever receives one +little child like this in my name receives me. + +MK 9:33-37 + + 33 And they came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked +them, "What were you discussing on the road?" 34 But they kept silent; +for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the +greatest. 35 And he sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, "If +anyone desires to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all." +36 And he took a little child, and put him in the midst of them. And +taking him in his arms, he said to them, 37 "Whoever receives one of +these little children in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, +receives not me but him who sent me." + +LK 9:46-48 + + 46 And an argument arose among them as to which of them would be +the greatest. 47 Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a +little child and set him by him, 48 and said to them, "Whoever receives +this little child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me +receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one +who is great." + +63.30 Jesus Warns His Disciples against Spiritual Exclusiveness + +MK 9:38-41 + + 38 John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in +your name and we forbade him, because he was not one of us." 39 But +Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, for no one who does a miracle in my +name can soon afterward speak evil of me. 40 For he who is not against +us is for us. 41 For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of +water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, will by no +means lose his reward. + +LK 9:49-50 + + 49 Now John answered, "Master, we saw a man casting out demons in +your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us." 50 +But Jesus said to him, "Do not forbid him, for he that is not against +you is for you." + + +63.30 Temptation to Sin + +MT 18:6-20 + + 6 "But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me +to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung +around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. 7 Woe to the +world because of temptations to sin! For temptations must come, but woe +to the man by whom the temptation comes! 8 And if your hand or your +foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for +you to enter life maimed or lame than with two hands or two feet to be +thrown into the eternal fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to sin, +pluck it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with +one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell. + 10 "See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I +tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father +who is in heaven. 12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, +and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and +go to the mountains in search of the one that went astray? 13 And if he +finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than +over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. 14 So it is not the will +of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should +perish. + 15 "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, +between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your +brother. 16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others along +with +you, so that 'every matter may be established by the word of two or +three witnesses.' 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the +church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to +you as a Gentile and a tax collector. + 18 "Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound +in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 19 +Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything +they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where +two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst +of them." + +MK 9:42-50 + + 42 "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to +sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round +his neck and he were thrown into the sea. 43 If your hand causes you to +sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with +two hands to go into hell, to the fire that shall never be quenched. 45 +And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to +enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. 47 And if +your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter +the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown +into hell, 48 where 'their worm does not die, and the fire is not +quenched.' 49 For every one will be salted with fire. 50 Salt is good, +but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in +yourselves, and be at peace with one another." + +63.40 Exhortation to Forgiveness + +MT 18:21-35 + + 21 Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how often shall my +brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" 22 Jesus +said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. +23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to +settle accounts with his servants. 24 When he began the settlement, one +was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. 25 And as he was +not able to pay, his master ordered that he be sold, with his wife and +children and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26 So the servant +fell on his knees before him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I +will pay you everything.' 27 The master of that servant took pity on +him, released him, and forgave him the debt. 28 But that servant went +out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred +denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, +'Pay me what you owe.' 29 So his fellow servant fell down at his feet +and begged him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.' 30 +But he refused, and went and threw him into prison till he should pay +the debt. 31 When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they +were greatly distressed, and went and told their master all that had +happened. 32 Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, +'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. +33 Should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had +mercy on you?' 34 And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers +to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. 35 So also my +heavenly Father will do to each of you, if you do not forgive your +brother from your heart." + +64.10 The Samaritans Refuse to Receive Jesus. + James and John are angry concerning this and Jesus RebukesThem. + +MT 19:1 + + 1 Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from +Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. + +MK 10:1a + + 1 Then he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond +the Jordan. + +LK 9:51-55 + + 51 When the time drew near for him to be received up, he set his +face to go to Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers on ahead, who went +and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him; 53 but +the people did not receive him, because his face was set for Jerusalem. +54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do +you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" +55 But he turned and rebuked them, 56 and they went on to another +village. + +64.20 Crowds Follow Jesus + +MT 19:2 + + 2 And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. + +MK 10:1b + + 1 And crowds gathered to him again; and again, as his custom +was, he taught them. + +LK 9:56-62 + +56 and they went on to another village. + 57 As they were going along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow +you wherever you go." 58 And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and birds +of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." 59 +To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and +bury my father." 60 Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, +but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God." 61 Still another said, "I will +follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say farewell to those at +my home." 62 Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow +and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God." + + + +Part 9 - PARABLES AND HEALINGS + +64.20 Discourse on who shall be Saved + +LK 13:22-33 + + 22 He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching, and +journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 Then one said to him, "Lord, will those +who are saved be few?" And he said to them, 24 "Strive to enter through +the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not +be able. 25 When once the owner of the house has risen up and shut the +door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, +'Lord, open for us.' He will answer you, 'I do not know where you come +from.' 26 Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your +presence, and you taught in our streets.' 27 But he will say, 'I tell +you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers +of iniquity!'28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you +see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of +God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29 And men will come from east and +west, and from north and south, and sit at table in the kingdom of God. +30 And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who +will be last." + 31 At that very time some Pharisees came, and said to him, "Get +away from here, for Herod wants to kill you." 32 And he said to them, +"Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures +today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course.' 33 +Nevertheless I must journey today and tomorrow, and the day following; +for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem. + +65.10 Jesus Heals a Man of Dropsy on the Sabbath + +LK 14:1-6 + + 1 One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who +belonged to the Pharisees, they watched him. 2 And behold, there was a +man before him who had dropsy. 3 And Jesus spoke to the lawyers and +Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?" 4 But +they kept silent. And he took him and healed him, and let him go. 5 +Then he said to them, "Which of you, having a son or an ox that has +fallen into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath +day?" 6 And they could not reply to this. + +65.20 Parable of the Great Supper + +LK 14:7-24 + + 7 So he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noted +how they chose the places of honor, saying to them: 8 "When you are +invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of +honor, lest one more distinguished than you be invited by him; 9 and he +who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give place to this +man,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10 +But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when +your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher.' Then you +will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. 11 +For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles +himself will be exalted." 12 Then he also said to the one who invited +him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends +or your brothers, your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also +invite you back, and you be repaid. 13 But when you give a feast, +invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be +blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the +resurrection of the just." + 15 When one of those who sat at table with him heard this, he +said to him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!" +16 Then he said to him, "A certain man gave a great banquet and invited +many. 17 And at the time of the banquet he sent his servant to say to +those who had been invited, 'Come, for all is now ready.' 18 But they +all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought +a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to have me excused.' +19 And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going +to test them. I ask you to have me excused.' 20 Still another said, 'I +have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' 21 So the servant +came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house +became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets +and lanes of the city and bring in the poor and the maimed, the blind +and the lame.' 22 And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has +been done, and still there is room.' 23 Then the master said to the +servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come +in, that my house may be filled. 24 For I tell you, none of those men +who were invited shall taste my banquet.'" + + +66.10 The Price of Discipleship + +LK 14:25-35 + + 25 Now great multitudes went with him; and he turned and said to +them, 26 "If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and +mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own +life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not bear his cross +and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending +to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether +he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid the +foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock +him, 30 saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to finish.' +31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, will not sit +down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet +him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while +the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks +terms of peace. 33 So likewise, whoever of you does not give up all +that he has cannot be my disciple. + 34 Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall it +be seasoned? 35 It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill; +men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!" + +67.10 The Lost Sheep Parable + +LK 15:1-7 + + 1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to +hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This +man receives sinners and eats with them." 3 So he told them this +parable: 4 "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of +them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after +the one which is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he +lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls +together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, +for I have found my sheep which was lost.' 7 I tell you that in the +same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents +than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. + +67.20 The Parable of the Lost Silver + +LK 15:8-10 + + 8 "Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, +does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until +she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her +friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the +coin which I had lost.' 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in +the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." + +67.30 The Parable of the Prodigal Son + +LK 15:11-32 + + 11 Then he said: "There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the +younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of +property that falls to me.' So he divided his living between them. 13 +Not many days after, the younger son gathered together all he had and +took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his +property in loose living. 14 And when he had spent everything, there +arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in want. 15 +So he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, who sent +him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would gladly have filled +his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him +anything. 17 But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my +father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and here I +perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father and will say to +him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 19 I am no +longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired +servants."' 20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was +still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion for him, +and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. 21 And the son said to +him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no +longer worthy to be called your son.' 22 But the father said to his +servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on +his hand and sandals on his feet. 23 And bring the fatted calf and kill +it, and let us eat and be merry; 24 for this my son was dead and is +alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry. + 25 "Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew +near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of +the servants and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said to him, +'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, +because he has received him safe and sound.' 28 But he was angry and +refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him. 29 But +he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have been serving +you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a young +goat, that I might make merry with my friends. 30 But when this son of +yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for +him the fatted calf!' 31 And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with +me, and all that I have is yours. 32 It was right that we should make +merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; +he was lost, and is found.'" + +68.10 The Parable of the Unjust Steward + +LK 16:1-18 + + 1 He also said to his disciples: "There was a certain rich man +who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man +was wasting his goods. 2 So he called him and said to him, 'What is +this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can +no longer be steward.' 3 The steward said to himself, 'What shall I do, +since my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong +enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. 4 I have decided what to do, so +that people may receive me into their houses when I am put out of the +stewardship.' 5 So he called in each one of his master's debtors, and +he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' 6 And he said, +'A hundred measures of oil.' So he said to him, 'Take your bill, and +sit down quickly and write fifty.' 7 Then he said to another, 'And how +much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said +to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.' 8 So the master commended +the dishonest steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of +this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than +the sons of light. 9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by +means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive +you into the eternal dwellings. 10 He who is faithful in a very little +is faithful also in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little is +dishonest also in much. 11 If then you have not been faithful in the +unrighteous mammon, who will trust you with the true riches? 12 And if +you have not been faithful in what is another's, who will give you what +is your own? 13 No servant can serve two masters; for either he will +hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to the one +and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon." + 14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and +they scoffed at him. 15 He said to them, "You are those who justify +yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly +esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God. 16 The law +and the prophets were until John. Since that time the good news of the +kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 17 +But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of +the law to fail. 18 Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another +commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband +commits adultery. + +68:20 The Parable of Lazarus After Death + +LK 16:19-31 + + 19 "There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and +fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day. 20 And a certain beggar +named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 longing to be fed +with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and +licked his sores. 22 So the beggar died, and was carried by the angels +to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 And in +Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off +and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have +mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water +and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in this flame.' 25 But Abraham +said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good +things, and Lazarus received evil things; but now he is comforted here +and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a +great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to +you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.' 27 And he +said, ' Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, 28 +for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come +to this place of torment.' 29 Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and +the prophets; let them hear them.' 30 And he said, 'No, father Abraham; +but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' 31 He +said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will +they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'" + +69.10 Discourse on Forgiveness, Faith and Humility + +LK 17:1-10 + + 1 Then he said to his disciples, "Things that cause people to sin +are bound to come, but woe to him through whom they do come! 2 It would +be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were +thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones +to sin. 3 Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, +and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven +times in a day, and turns to you seven times, and says, 'I repent,' you +must forgive him." + 5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" 6 So the +Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this +mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,' and it would +obey you. + 7 "Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping +sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and +sit down to eat'? 8 Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare my supper, +and gird yourself and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterward you +shall eat and drink'? 9 Does he thank the servant because he did what +he was commanded? 10 So you also, when you have done all that is +commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what +was our duty.'" + +70.10 The Cleansing of the Ten Lepers + +LK 17:11-19 + + 11 On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria +and Galilee. 12 As he entered a village, ten men who were lepers met +him, who stood at a distance. 13 And they lifted up their voices and +said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" 14 When he saw them, he said +to them, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they +were cleansed. 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, +turned back, praising God with a loud voice; 16 and he fell on his face +at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. 17 Then said +Jesus, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Was no one found +to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" 19 And he said +to him, "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well." + +71.10 Jesus Foretells His Sufferings and His Second Coming + +LK 17:20-37 + + 20 Now when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God +would come, he answered them, "The kingdom of God does not come with +observation; 21 nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for +behold, the kingdom of God is within you." 22 Then he said to the +disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the +days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 And they will say +to you, 'Look here!' or 'Look there!' Do not go after them or follow +them. 24 For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one +part to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. 25 But first +he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 Just +as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the +Son of Man. 27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in +marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came +and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise as it was in the days of Lot: they +ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 +but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulfur rained from +heaven and destroyed them all. 30 So will it be on the day when the Son +of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, let him who is on the housetop, +with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away. And +likewise let him who is in the field not turn back. 32 Remember Lot's +wife. 33 Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses +his life will preserve it. 34 I tell you, on that night there will be +two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35 Two women will +be grinding together; one will be taken and the other left." 37 And +they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, +there the eagles will be gathered together." + +71.20 The Parable of the Unrighteous Judge + +LK 18:1-8 + + 1 Then he told them a parable, to show that they ought always to +pray and not lose heart. 2 He said: "In a certain city there was a +judge who neither feared God nor regarded man. 3 And there was a widow +in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Grant me justice +against my adversary.' 4 For a while he refused; but afterward he said +to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor regard man, 5 yet because +this widow bothers me, I will give her justice, or she will wear me out +by her continual coming.'" 6 And the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust +judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his elect, who +cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you +that he will bring about justice for them speedily. Nevertheless, when +the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?" + +71.20 The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican + +LK 18:9-14 + + 9 Also he told this parable to some who trusted in themselves +that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 "Two men went up to +the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 +The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank you that +I am not like other men-extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like +this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I +get.' 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift +up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful +to me a sinner!' 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house +justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will +be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." + +Part 10 - LAZARUS RAISED + +72.10 Jesus Discourses on Marriage and Divorce + +MT 19:3-12 + + 3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it +lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?" 4 And +he answered them, "Have you not read that he who made them at the +beginning 'made them male and female,' 5 and said, 'For this reason a +man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and +the two shall become one flesh'? 6 So they are no longer two, but one +flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." 7 +They said to him, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate +of divorce, and to put her away?" 8 He said to them, "Because of the +hardness of your hearts Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but +from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say to you, whoever divorces +his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits +adultery." 10 The disciples said to him, "If such is the case of a man +with his wife, it is better not to marry." 11 But he said to them, "Not +all men can accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been +given. 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their +mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and +there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the +kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it." + +MK 10:2-12 + + 2 The Pharisees came and in order to test him asked, "Is it +lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" 3 He answered them, "What did +Moses command you?" 4 They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a +certificate of divorce, and to put her away." 5 But Jesus said to them, +"Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. 6 But +from the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.' 7 'For +this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to +his wife, 8 and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer +two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let not +man separate." 10 In the house his disciples also asked him again about +this matter. 11 So he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and +marries another commits adultery against her. 12 And if she divorces +her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery." + +73.10 Jesus Blesses Little Children + +MT 19:13-15 + + 13 Then little children were brought to him that he might put his +hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus +said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them; for +to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." 15 And he laid his hands on +them and went from there. + +MK 10:13-16 + + 13 And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch +them; but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was +indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me; and do +not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 15 Truly, I +say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little +child will not enter it." 16 And he took them in his arms, put his +hands on them and blessed them. + +LK 18:15-17 + + 15 Now they were also bringing infants to him that he might touch +them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus +called them to him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and +do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 17 Truly, I +say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little +child will not enter it." + +74.10 The Rich Young Ruler + +MT 19:16-30 + + 16 Now behold, one came up and said to him, "Teacher, what good +thing must I do to have eternal life?" 17 And he said to him, "Why do +you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you +want to enter life, keep the commandments." 18 He said to him, "Which +ones?" And Jesus said, "'You shall not murder, you shall not commit +adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness, 19 +honor your father and mother, and, you shall love your neighbor as +yourself.'" 20 The young man said to him, "All these I have kept. What +do I still lack?" 21 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, +sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure +in heaven; and come, follow me." 22 But when the young man heard this, +he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. + 23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I say to you, it is +hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell +you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than +for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." 25 When the disciples +heard this they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be +saved?" 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is +impossible, but with God all things are possible." 27 Then Peter +answered him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What +then shall we have?" 28 Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, at the +renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, +you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the +twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And every one who has left houses or +brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my +name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. 30 +But many who are first will be last, and the last first. + +MK 10:17-31 + + 17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and +knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to +inherit eternal life?" 18 And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me +good? No one is good but God alone. 19 You know the commandments: 'Do +not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false +witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'" 20 And he said +to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth." 21 Then +Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing; +go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have +treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." 22 But he fell sad at this +word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. + 23 Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard +it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" 24 And +the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, +"Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier +for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to +enter the kingdom of God." 26 And they were exceedingly astonished, and +said to him, "Then who can be saved?" 27 Jesus looked at them and said, +"With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are +possible with God." 28 Peter began to say to him, "See, we have left +everything and followed you." 29 Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, +there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or +father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, 30 who +will not receive a hundredfold now in this time-house and brothers and +sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in +the age to come, eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last, +and the last first." + +LK 18:18-30 + + 18 Now a certain ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do +to inherit eternal life?" 19 So Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me +good? No one is good but God alone. 20 You know the commandments: 'Do +not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false +witness, Honor your father and mother.'" 21 And he said, "All these I +have kept from my youth." 22 When Jesus heard it, he said to him, "One +thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the +poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." 23 +But when he heard this, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. + 24 Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for those who +have riches to enter the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a +camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter +the kingdom of God." 26 Those who heard it said, "Then who can be +saved?" 27 But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with +God." 28 Then Peter said, "Behold, we have left all and followed you." +29 So he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has +left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of +the kingdom of God, 30 who will not receive many times more in this +time, and in the age to come eternal life." + +74.20 The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard + +MT 20:1-16 + + 1 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out +early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 Now when he +had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into +his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others +standing idle in the marketplace, 4 and to them he said, 'You go into +the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went. +5 Again he went out about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, and did +the same thing. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found +others standing idle, and said to them, 'Why have you been standing +here idle all day?' 7 They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' +He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right +you will receive.' 8 And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard +said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, +beginning with the last, up to the first.' 9 And when those came who +were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius. 10 +So when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each +of them also received a denarius. 11 And when they had received it, +they complained against the landowner, 12 saying, 'These last men have +worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the +burden and the heat of the day.' 13 But he answered one of them, +'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a +denarius? 14 Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this +last man the same as I gave to you. 15 Is it not lawful for me to do +what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am +generous?' 16 So the last will be first, and the first will be last." + +75.10 Jesus a Third Time Foretells His Death and Resurrection + +MT 20:17-19 + + 17 Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve +disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, 18 "Behold, we are +going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief +priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn him to death, 19 and +deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, +and he will be raised on the third day." + +MK 10:32-34 + + 32 They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was +walking ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed +were afraid. And he took the twelve aside again and began to tell them +what was to happen to him. 33 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; +and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the +scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the +Gentiles; 34 and they will mock him, and spit on him, and scourge him, +and kill him. And after three days he will rise." + +LK 18:31-34 + + 31 Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, "Behold, we +are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written of the Son of +Man by the prophets will be accomplished. 32 For he will be delivered +to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. 33 They +will scourge him and kill him, and on the third day he will rise +again." 34 But they understood none of these things; this saying was +hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about. + +75.10 Jesus Answer to the Ambitious Request of James and John + +MT 20:20-28 + + 20 Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to him with her sons +and, kneeling down, asked something of him. 21 And he said to her, +"What do you want?" She said to him, "Grant that these two sons of mine +may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom." +22 But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking for. Are +you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They said to him, +"We are able." 23 He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, but +to sit at my right or my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those +for whom it has been prepared by my Father." 24 And when the ten heard +it, they were indignant with the two brothers. 25 But Jesus called them +to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over +them, and their great men exercise authority over them. 26 Yet it shall +not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you must +be your servant. 27 And whoever wants to be first among you must be +your slave-28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to +serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." + +MK 10:35-45 + + 35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and +said, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask." 36 And he +said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" 37 And they said to +him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and the other at your +left, in your glory." 38 But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what +you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with +the baptism I am baptized with?" 39 They said to him, "We are able." So +Jesus said to them, "You will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and +with the baptism I am baptized with you will be baptized; 40 but to sit +at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for +those for whom it has been prepared." 41 And when the ten heard it, +they began to be indignant with James and John. 42 But Jesus called +them to himself and said to them, "You know that those who are +considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great +ones exercise authority over them. 43 But it shall not be so among you. +But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 +and whoever wants to be first among you must be slave of all. 45 For +even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to +give his life as a ransom for many." + +76.10 Jesus Heals Bartimaeus, a Blind Man, as He Enters Jericho + +MK 10:46-52 + + 46 And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with +his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son +of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside begging. 47 And when he heard +that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son +of David, have mercy on me!" 48 Many rebuked him and told him to be +quiet, but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" +49 So Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." And they called the blind +man, saying to him, "Take heart; rise, he is calling you." 50 And +throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus. 51 And Jesus +said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" And the blind man +said to him, "Master, let me receive my sight." 52 Then Jesus said to +him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he +received his sight and followed Jesus on the road. + +LK 18:35-43 + + 35 As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the +roadside begging. 36 And hearing a multitude going by, he asked what +this meant. 37 They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." 38 And +he cried out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" 39 And those who +led the way rebuked him, telling him to be quiet; but he cried out all +the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" 40 So Jesus stopped, and +commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he asked +him, 41 "What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, I want to +receive my sight." 42 And Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your +faith has made you well." 43 And immediately he received his sight and +followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, +gave praise to God. + +77.10 Jesus and Zacchaeus + +LK 19:1-10 + + 1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 Now behold, +there was a man named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector, and he +was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because +of the crowd, for he was of short stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and +climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that +way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, +"Zacchaeus, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house +today." 6 So he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully. 7 +And when they saw it they all murmured, "He has gone in to be the guest +of a man who is a sinner." 8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, +"Look, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have +defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold." 9 And Jesus said +to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a +son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was +lost." + +77.20 The Parable of the Ten Pounds + +LK 19:11-27 + + 11 As they heard these things, he went on to tell a parable, +because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the +kingdom of God was to appear immediately. 12 Therefore he said: "A +certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a +kingdom and then return. 13 So he called ten of his servants, gave them +ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business till I come.' 14 But his +citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not +want this man to reign over us.' 15 And so it was that when he +returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these +servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he +might know what they had gained by trading. 16 Then came the first, +saying, ' Master, your mina has earned ten minas more.' 17 And he said +to him, 'Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a +very little, be in authority over ten cities.' 18 And the second came, +saying, 'Master, your mina has earned five minas.' 19 Likewise he said +to him, 'You also be over five cities.' 20 Then another came, saying, +'Master, here is your mina, which I have kept laid away in a +handkerchief; 21 for I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. +You take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.' +22 He said to him, 'I will judge you out of your own mouth, you wicked +servant! You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay +down and reaping what I did not sow? 23 Why then did you not put my +money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with +interest?' 24 And he said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina from +him, and give it to him who has ten minas.' 25 And they said to him, +'Master, he has ten minas already!' 26 'I tell you, that to every one +who has will more be given; but from him who has not, even what he has +will be taken away. 27 But those enemies of mine, who did not want me +to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.'" + + +78.10 Jesus Heals Two Blind Man as He Leaves Jericho + +MT 20:29-34 + + 29 And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him. +30 And behold, two blind men sitting by the roadside, when they heard +that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of +David!" 31 The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be quiet; but they +cried out all the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!" 32 And +Jesus stopped and called them, saying, "What do you want me to do for +you? " 33 They said to him, "Lord, let our eyes be opened." 34 And +Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they +received their sight and followed him. + +79.10 I and the Father are One + +JN 10:22-42 + + 22 Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, +23 and Jesus was in the temple, walking in Solomon's Porch. 24 So the +Jews gathered round him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in +suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." 25 Jesus answered +them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my +Father's name, they bear witness of me; 26 but you do not believe, +because you are not of my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know +them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall +never perish; no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, +who has given them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to +snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one." + 31 The Jews took up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered +them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of +these do you stone me?" 33 The Jews answered him, "For a good work we +do not stone you, but for blasphemy, and because you, being a man, make +yourself God." 34 Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, +'I said, you are gods'? 35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of +God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), 36 do you say of him +whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are +blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? 37 If I do not do +the works of my father, do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, even +though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and +understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father." 39 Again +they tried to seize him, but he escaped from their hands. + 40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John +was baptizing at first, and there he stayed. 41 And many came to him +and they said, "John performed no sign, but all that John said about +this man was true." 42 And many believed in him there. + +80.10 Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead + +JN 11:1-57 + + 1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of +Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was this Mary who anointed the Lord +with fragrant oil and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother +Lazarus was sick. 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom +you love is sick." 4 When Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is +not unto death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be +glorified through it." 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and +Lazarus. 6 So, when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two more days +in the place where he was. 7 Then after this he said to the disciples, +"Let us go to Judea again." 8 The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the +Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there +again?" 9 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If +anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light +of this world. 10 But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because +the light is not in him." 11 These things he said, and after that he +said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to wake +him up." 12 His disciples said, "Lord, if he sleeps, he will recover." +13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant +taking rest in sleep. 14 So then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is +dead; 15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you +may believe. But let us go to him." 16 Then Thomas, who is called the +Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die +with him." + 17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had already been in the +tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, 19 +and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them +concerning their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, +she went and met him, but Mary sat in the house. 21 Martha said to +Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 +But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you." +23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 24 Martha said to +him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last +day." 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who +believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live; 26 and whoever lives +and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" 27 She said +to him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, +who is to come into the world." + 28 And when she had said this, she went her way and called Mary +her sister, saying, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." 29 +When she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had +not yet come to the village, but was still in the place where Martha +had met him. 31 The Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting +her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed +her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 Then +Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, +saying to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have +died." 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her +also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 And he +said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and +see." + 35 Jesus wept. + 36 Then the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" 37 But some of +them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept +this man from dying?" + 38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a +cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." +Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time +there is a bad odor, for he has been dead four days." 40 Jesus said to +her, "Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the +glory of God?" 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his +eyes and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew +that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people +standing by, that they may believe that you sent me." 43 When he had +said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" 44 The dead +man came out, his hands and feet bound with grave clothes, and his face +wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." + 45 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come to Mary and had seen +what Jesus did, believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the +Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 Then the chief priests +and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we to do? For +this man performs many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, +everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away +both our place and our nation." 49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was +high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all! 50 You +do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die +for the people, and that the whole nation not perish." 51 He did not +say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that +Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and not for that nation only, but +also that he would gather together into one the children of God who +were scattered abroad. 53 So from that day on they plotted to put him +to death. + 54 Jesus therefore no longer went about openly among the Jews, +but went from there to the country near the wilderness, to a town +called Ephraim; and there he stayed with his disciples. + 55 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went from +the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. +56 They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood +in the temple, "What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?" +57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if +anyone knew where he was, he should report it, so that they might +arrest him. + +Part 11 - PALM SUNDAY + +81.10 Mary Anoints Jesus for His Burial + +MT 26:6-13 + +6 Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 7 a +woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive perfume, +and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. 8 But when the +disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? 9 For +this perfume might have been sold for a high price and given to the +poor." 10 But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you trouble +the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. 11 For you always +have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. 12 For in +pouring this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. +13 Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole +world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her." + +MK 14:3-9 + + 1 It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of +Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking +how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him. 2 But they said, "Not +during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people." + 3 And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as +he sat at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of +pure nard, very costly. And she broke the flask and poured it over his +head. 4 But there were some who said to themselves indignantly, "Why +was this ointment wasted? 5 For it might have been sold for more than +three hundred denarii and given to the poor." And they criticized her +sharply. 6 But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She +has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 For you always have the poor with +you, and whenever you will, you can do good to them; but you will not +always have me. 8 She has done what she could. She has come beforehand +to anoint my body for burial. 9 And truly, I say to you, wherever the +gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will also be +told in memory of her." + +JN 12:1-8 + + 1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where +Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 There they made him +a supper; and Martha served, while Lazarus was one of those who sat at +the table with him. 3 Then Mary took a pound of very costly perfume of +pure nard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her +hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But +one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, +said, 5 "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and +given to the poor?" 6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but +because he was a thief; and as he had the money box, he used to take +what was put into it. 7 Jesus said, "Let her alone, she has kept this +for the day of my burial. 8 The poor you always have with you, but you +do not always have me." + +81:20 Public Excitement with Regard to Jesus and Lazarus + +JN 12:9-11 + + 9 Now a great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, and +they came, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom +he had raised from the dead. 10 So the chief priests planned to put +Lazarus also to death, 11 because on account of him many of the Jews +were going away and believing in Jesus. + +81:30 Jesus Makes His Triumphal Entrance into Jerusalem + +MT 21:1-11 + + 1 Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at +the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, "Go +into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey +tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If any +one says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them,' +and he will send them immediately." 4 This took place to fulfill what +was spoken by the prophet, saying: +5 "Tell the daughter of Zion, + 'Behold, your King is coming to you, + lowly, and sitting on a donkey, + a colt, the foal of a donkey.'" +6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They +brought the donkey and the colt, placed their cloaks on them, and Jesus +sat on them. 8 And a very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, +while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 +The crowds that went before him and those that followed shouted, + "Hosanna to the Son of David! + Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! + Hosanna in the highest!" +10 And when he entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, +"Who is this?" 11 So the crowds said, "This is Jesus, the prophet from +Nazareth of Galilee." + +MK 11:1-10 + + 1 And when they drew near Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at +the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, 2 and said to them, +"Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it you +will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring +it. 3 If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord +has need of it and will send it back here immediately.'" 4 They went +away and found a colt tied at the door outside in the open street, and +they untied it. 5 And some of those who stood there said to them, "What +are you doing, untying the colt?" 6 They answered as Jesus had told +them to, and they let them go. 7 Then they brought the colt to Jesus +and threw their garments on it, and he sat on it. 8 And many spread +their garments on the road, and others spread leafy branches which they +had cut from the fields. 9 And those who went before and those who +followed cried out, + "Hosanna! + Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! +10 Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming! + Hosanna in the highest!" + +LK 19:29-44 + +29 When he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is +called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples, 30 saying, "Go into the +village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on +which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If any one +asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' you shall say to him, 'The Lord has +need of it.'" 32 So those who were sent went away and found it just as +he had told them. 33 And as they were untying the colt, its owners said +to them, "Why are you untying the colt?" 34 And they said, "The Lord +has need of it." 35 And they brought it to Jesus, and they threw their +garments on the colt and set Jesus on it. 36 And as he went along, many +spread their garments on the road. + 37 And, as he was now drawing near 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 they had seen, 38 +saying, + "Blessed is the King + who comes in the name of the Lord! + Peace in heaven + and glory in the highest!" +39 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke +your disciples." 40 He answered, "I tell you, if these keep silent, the +stones would cry out." + 41 And when he drew near and saw the city he wept over it, 42 +saying, "If you had known, even you, this day, the things that make for +peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will +come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around +you, and surround you and hem you in on every side, 44 and dash you to +the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave +one stone upon another in you; because you did not know the time of +your visitation." + +JN 12:12-19 + +12 The next day a great crowd that had come to the feast heard that +Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 They took branches of palm trees and +went out to meet him, crying, + "Hosanna! + Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! + The King of Israel!" +14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written, +15 "Fear not, daughter of Zion; + behold, your King is coming, + sitting on a donkey's colt." +16 His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was +glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written +about him and that they had done these things to him. 17 The crowd that +had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him +from the dead bore witness. 18 For this reason the people went to meet +him, because they heard that he had done this sign. 19 The Pharisees +then said to one another, "You see that you are accomplishing nothing. +Look, The world has gone after him!" + +82.10 The Second Purging of the Temple + +MT 21:12-13 + + 12 And Jesus entered the temple of God and drove out all who sold +and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money- +changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13 And he said to them, +"It is written, + 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' + but you have made it a 'den of robbers.'" + + +MK 11:15-18 + + 15 So they came to Jerusalem. And Jesus entered the temple and +began to drive out those who bought and sold in the temple, and +overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who +sold doves. 16 And he would not allow anyone to carry merchandise +through the temple. 17 And as he taught them, he said, "Is it not +written, + 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? + But you have made it a den of robbers." +18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and sought a way to +destroy him; for they feared him, because all the multitude was +astonished at his teaching. + +LK 19:45-48 + + 45 Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who +sold, 46 saying to them, "It is written, + 'My house shall be a house of prayer'; + but you have made it a den of robbers." + 47 And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests +the scribes and the leaders of the people sought to destroy him, 48 but +they could not find anything they could do, for all the people hung +upon his words. + +82.20 The Children in the Temple Praise Jesus who at evening goes to + Bethany + +MT 21:14-17 + + 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he +healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the +wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the +temple, +"Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant; 16 and they said to +him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes. +Have you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants you +have perfected praise'?" 17 Then he left them and went out of the city +to Bethany, and he lodged there. + +MK 11:11 + +11 Jesus entered Jerusalem, and went into the temple. And when he had +looked round at everything, as it was already late, he went out to +Bethany with the twelve. + +83.10 The Withering of the Barren Fig Tree + +MT 21:18-22 + + 18 In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he was +hungry. 19 And seeing a fig tree by the road he went to it, and found +nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it, "May no fruit ever +come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree withered. 20 And +when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree +wither away so soon?" 21 And Jesus answered them, "Truly, I say to you, +if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done +to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and +cast into the sea,' it will be done. 22 And whatever you ask in prayer, +you will receive, if you have faith." + +MK 11:13-14, 20b-26 + + 13 And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see +if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing +but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 And he said to it, +"May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it. + 20 As they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the +roots. 21 Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree +which you cursed has withered." 22 And Jesus answered them, "Have faith +in God. 23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be +taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but +believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. +24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that +you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And whenever you stand +praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your +Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. 26 But you do +not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your +trespasses. + +84.10 The Authority of Jesus is Questioned + +MT 21:23-27 + +23 And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of +the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what +authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?" +24 Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question; and if you +tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do +these things. 25 The baptism of John-where was it from? From heaven or +from men?" And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, +'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' +26 But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the multitude; for all +hold that John was a prophet." 27 So they answered Jesus, "We do not +know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority +I do these things. + +MK 11:27-33 + + 27 Then they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in +the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him. +28 And they said to him, "By what authority are you doing these things? +Who gave you this authority to do them?" 29 Jesus said to them, "I will +ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority +I do these things. 30 The baptism of John-was it from heaven or from +men? Answer me." 31 And they reasoned among themselves, "If we say, +'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?' 32 But +if we say, 'From men'"-they feared the people, for all held that John +was a real prophet. 33 So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And +Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do +these things." + +LK 20:1-8 + + 1 One day as he was teaching the people in the temple and +preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes, together with +the elders, came up to him 2 and said to him, "Tell us by what +authority are you doing these things? Or who it is that gave you this +authority." 3 He answered them, "I also will ask you a question; now +tell me, 4 the baptism of John-was it from heaven or from men?" 5 And +they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he +will say, 'Why did you not believe him?' 6 But if we say, 'From men,' +all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a +prophet." 7 So they answered that they did not know where it was from. +8 And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I +do these things." + +85.10 The Parable of the Two Sons + +MT 21:28-32 + + 28 "What do you think? A man had two sons; and he went to the +first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.' 29 He +answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he regretted it and went. 30 Then +he went to the second and said the same thing. And he answered, 'I go, +sir,' but he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his +father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to +you, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God +before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and +you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots +believed him; and even when you saw it, you did not afterward repent +and believe him. + +85.20 The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen and the Vineyard + +MT 21:33-41 + + 33 "Hear another parable: there was a landowner who planted a +vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it and built a +tower. And he leased it to vine dressers and went into a far country. +34 When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the +tenants, to get his fruit. 35 And the tenants took his servants, beat +one, killed one, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants, +more than the first, and they did the same to them. 37 Last of all, he +sent his son to them saying, 'They will respect my son,' 38 But when +the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. +Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.' 39 So they took him +and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 Therefore, when the +owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" 41 They +said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and let +out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their +seasons." + +MK 12:1-9 + + 1 Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a +vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and +built a tower. And he leased it to vine dressers and went into a far +country. 2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants, to collect +from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 And they took him and +beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Again he sent to them +another servant, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him +shamefully. 5 And he sent another, and him they killed; and so with +many others, some they beat and some they killed. 6 He still had one +left to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last, saying, 'They +will respect my son.' 7 But those tenants said to one another, 'This is +the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' 8 +So they took him and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. 9 +What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the +tenants, and give the vineyard to others. + +LK 20:9-16 + + 9 Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a +vineyard, leased it to vine-dressers, and went into another country for +a long time. 10 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants, that +they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants +beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 He sent another servant; +him also they beat and treated shamefully, and sent him away empty- +handed. 12 He sent a third; and they wounded him and cast him out. 13 +Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my +beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.' 14 But when the tenants +saw him, they reasoned among themselves and said, 'This is the heir. +Let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.' 15 So they cast him +out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the +vineyard do to them? 16 He will come and destroy those tenants, and +give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they said, "May +this never be!" + +85.30 Jesus the Corner Stone + +MT 21:42-44 + +42 Jesus said to them, +"Have you never read in the Scriptures: + 'The stone which the builders rejected + has become the chief cornerstone; + this was the Lord's doing, + and it is marvelous in our eyes'? +43 "Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from +you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. 44 [And he who +falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, +it will grind him to powder."] + +MK 12:10-11 + +10 Have you not read this Scripture: + 'The stone which the builders rejected + has become the chief cornerstone; +11 this was the Lord's doing, + and it is marvelous in our eyes'?" + +LK 20:17-18 + + 17 But he looked at them and said, +"What then is this that is written: + 'The stone which the builders rejected + has become the chief cornerstone'? +18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on +whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder." + +85.40 The Parable of the King's Feast + +MT 22:1-14 + + 1 And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: 2 "The +kingdom of heaven is like a king who arranged a marriage for his son, 3 +and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the +wedding; but they were not willing to come. 4 Again, he sent out other +servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "See, I have prepared my +dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and everything is ready. +Come to thewedding.'" 5 But they made light of it and went off, one to +his own farm, another to his business. 6 And the rest seized his +servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. 7 The king was +enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned +their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but +those who were invited were not worthy. 9 Go therefore to the highways, +and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.' 10 And those +servants went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, +both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with guests. 11 But +when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not +have on a wedding garment. 12 And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you +get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless. 13 Then +the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him +away, and cast him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and +gnashing of teeth.' 14 For many are called, but few are chosen." + +85.50 Anger and Fear of the Pharisees + +MT 21:45-46 + + 45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, +they perceived that he was speaking about them. 46 But when they tried +to arrest him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him to be +a prophet. + +MK 12:12 + +12 And they sought to arrest him, but feared the multitude, for they +knew he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went +away. + +LK 20:19 + +19 The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that +very hour, but they feared the people-for they knew that he had spoken +this parable against them. + +85.60 Goodwill of the People + +LK 21:37-38 + + 37 And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he +went out to spend the night on the mount called Olivet. 38 And early in +the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him. + +86.10 Question of Tribute to Caesar + +MT 22:15-22 + + 15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him +in his talk. 16 And they sent their disciples to him, along with the +Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the +way of God in truth, and you care for no man; for you do not regard the +position of men. 17 Tell us, then, what do you think? Is it lawful to +pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, +said, "Why are you testing me, you hypocrites? 19 Show me the money for +the tax." And they brought him a denarius. 20 And he said to them, +"Whose image and inscription is this?" 21 They said, "Caesar's." Then +he said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are +Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." 22 When they heard it, +they marveled; and they left him and went away. + +MK 12:13-17 + + 13 Then they sent to him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, +to catch him in his words. 14 When they came, they said to him, +"Teacher, we know that you are true, and care about no man; for you do +not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it +lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? 15 Should we pay them, or should +we not?" But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, "Why do you put +me to the test? Bring me a denarius, and let me look at it." 16 And +they brought one. And he said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription +is this?" They said to him, "Caesar's." 17 Jesus said to them, "Render +to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are +God's." And they were amazed at him. + +LK 20:20-26 + + 20 So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be +righteous, that they might catch him on what he said, in order to +deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they +asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and you +do not show partiality, but teach the way of God in truth. 22 Is it +lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" 23 But he perceived their +craftiness, and said to them, 24 "Show me a denarius. Whose likeness +and inscription does it have?" They said, "Caesar's." 25 He said to +them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God +the things that are God's." 26 And they were not able in the presence +of the people to catch him by what he said. But marveling at his answer +they were silent. + +87.10 Jesus Silences the Sadducees + +MT 22:23-33 + + 23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, +came to him and asked him a question, 24 saying, "Teacher, Moses said +that if a man dies, having no children, his brother must marry the +widow, and raise up children for his brother. 25 Now there were seven +brothers among us. The first one married and died, and having no +children, he left his wife to his brother. 26 So the second also, and +the third, down to the seventh. 27 After them all, the woman died. 28 +Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? +For they all had her." 29 But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, +because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 For in +the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are +like angels in heaven. 31 But as for the resurrection of the dead, have +you not read what was said to you by God, 32 'I am the God of Abraham, +and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the +dead, but of the living." 33 And when the multitudes heard this, they +were astonished at his teaching. + +MK 12:18-27 + + 18 Then some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to +him; and they asked him a question, saying: 19 "Teacher, Moses wrote +for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no +child, the man must take the wife, and raise up children for his +brother. 20 Now there were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and +when he died left no children. 21 And the second took her, and he died; +leaving behind no children. And the third likewise. 22 So the seven had +her and left no children. Last of all the woman died also. 23 In the +resurrection, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife." +24 Jesus said to them, "Is not this why you are wrong, that you do not +know the Scriptures nor the power of God? 25 For when they rise from +the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like +angels in heaven. 26 And as for the dead being raised, have you not +read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said +to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of +Jacob'? 27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are +greatly mistaken." + +LK 20:27-40 + + 27 Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came +to him, 28 and they questioned him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that +if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must +take the wife and raise up children for his brother. 29 Now there were +seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. 30 +And the second 31 and then the third took her, and in the same way the +seven died, and they left no children. 32 Finally the woman died also. +33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will she be? For all +seven had her as wife." 34 And Jesus said to them, "The sons of this +age marry and are given in marriage. 35 But those who are considered +worthy to attain that age and the resurrection from the dead neither +marry nor are given in marriage, 36 nor can they die any more, for they +are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the +resurrection. 37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in +the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham +and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.' 38 Now he is not the God of +the dead but of the living, for all live to him." 39 And some of the +scribes answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well." 40 For they no +longer dared to ask him any question. + + +88.10 The Two Greatest Commandments + +MT 22:34-40 + + 34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the +Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked +him a question, to test him. 36 "Teacher, which is the great +commandment in the Law?" 37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the +Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all +your mind.' 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And the +second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 On +these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets." + +MK 12:28-34 + + 28 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with +one another, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him, +"Which commandment is the first of all?" 29 Jesus answered, "The first +is: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. 30 And you shall +love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and +with all your mind, and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: +'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other +commandment greater than these." 32 And the scribe said to him, "You +are right, Teacher; you have well said that God is one, and there is no +other but he; 33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the +understanding, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as +oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." +34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are +not far from the kingdom of God." And after that no one dared to ask +him any question. + +89.10 Christ the Son and also the Lord of David + +MT 22:41-46 + + 41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, +42 "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to +him, "The son of David." 43 He said to them, "How is it then that +David, inspired by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord', saying, +44 'The Lord said to my Lord, + "Sit at my right hand, + till I put your enemies under your feet"'? +45 If David then calls him 'Lord,' how is he his son?" 46 And no one +was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did any one dare to +ask him any more questions. + +MK 12:35-37 + + 35 And Jesus said, while he taught in the temple, "How is it that +the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David? 36 David himself, +speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: + 'The Lord said to my Lord: + "Sit at my right hand + till I put your enemies under your feet."' +37 Therefore David himself calls him 'Lord'; how is he then his son?" +And the common people heard him gladly. + +LK 20:41-44 + + 41 And he said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is the +Son of David? 42 For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, + 'The Lord said to my Lord, + "Sit at my right hand, +43 till I make your enemies + a footstool for your feet."' +44 David therefore calls him 'Lord,' and how is he his son?" + +90.10 Jesus Condemns the Hypocrisy of the Scribes and Pharisees. + He Laments over Jerusalem. + +MT 23:1-39 + + 1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 "The +scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. 3 So you must observe and +do whatever they tell you. But do not do what they do; for they preach, +but do not practice. 4 They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay +them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with +their finger. 5 But they do all their works to be seen by men; for they +make their phylacteries broad and the tassels of their garments long. 6 +And they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the +synagogues, 7 and greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by +men, 'Rabbi.' 8 But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only +one Master, and you are all brethren. 9 And do not call anyone on earth +your 'Father,' for you have one Father, he who is in heaven. 10 Nor are +you to be called 'Teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ. 11 He +who is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 For whoever exalts +himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. + 13 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you +shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter +yourselves, nor do you allow those who would enter to go in. + 15 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you +travel land and sea to win a single proselyte, and when he becomes one, +you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. + 16 "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If any one swears by the +temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, +he is bound by his oath.' 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the +gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? 18 And you say, 'If +anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by +the gift that is on it, he is bound by his oath.' 19 You blind men! For +which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 +Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on +it. 21 And he who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who +dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of +God and by him who sits on it. + 23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay +tithe of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier +matters of the Law, justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to +have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, who +strain out a gnat and swallow a camel! + 25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you +cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are +full of extortion and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee! First cleanse +the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean +also. 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are +like whitewashed tombs which outwardly appear beautiful, but inside +they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you +also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of +hypocrisy and lawlessness. + 29 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build +the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 +And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would +not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' +31 Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who +murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' +guilt. 33 You serpents! You brood of vipers, how are you to escape +being sentenced to hell? 34 Therefore I send you prophets and wise men +and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some you will +scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 that on +you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood +of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you +murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, all +this will come upon this generation. + 37 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone +those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your +children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you +were not willing! 38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. 39 For +I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, 'Blessed is he +who comes in the name of the Lord.'" + +MK 12:38-40 + + 38 And in his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like +to go around in long robes, and to have salutations in the market +places 39 and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor +at feasts, 40 who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long +prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation." + +LK 20:45-47, 13:34-35 + + 45 And in the hearing of all the people, he said to his +disciples, +46 "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love +greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and +the places of honor at feasts, 47 who devour widows' houses and for a +pretense make long prayers. They will receive greater condemnation." + 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone +those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your +children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you +were not willing! 35 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And I +tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who +comes in the name of the Lord!'" + +91.10 The Widow's Coin + +MK 12:41-44 + + 41 And Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the +multitude putting money into the treasury. Many people who were rich +put in large sums. 42 And a poor widow came, and put in two copper +coins, which make a penny. 43 And he called his disciples to him, and +said to them, "Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more +than all + + +those who are contributing to the treasury. 44 For they all put in out +of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in everything-all +she had to live on." + +LK 21:1-4 + + 1 He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the +treasury, 2 and he also saw a poor widow put in two copper coins. 3 So +he said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of +the others; 4 for these all contributed out of their abundance, but she +out of her poverty put in all that she had to live on." + +92.10 Jesus Foretells His Death on the Cross + +JN 12:20-50 + + 20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to +worship at the Feast. 21 Then they came to Philip, who was from +Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." 22 +Philip went and told Andrew; and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus. +23 Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be +glorified. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls +into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces +much fruit. 25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his +life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves +me, he must follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. +If anyone serves me, him my Father will honor. + 27 "Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save +me from this hour'? No, for this purpose I came to this hour. 28 +Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven, "I have +glorified it, and I will glorify it again." 29 The crowd standing by +heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has +spoken to him." 30 Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, +not for mine. 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of +this world will be cast out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the +earth, will draw all men to myself." 33 He said this to show by what +death he was to die. 34 The crowd answered him, "We have heard from the +Law that the Christ remains forever; and how can you say, 'The Son of +Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?" 35 Then Jesus said to +them, "A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have +the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness +does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe +in the light, that you may become sons of light." + When Jesus had said this, he departed and hid himself from them. +37 Though he had done so many signs before them, yet they did not +believe in him; 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be +fulfilled, which he spoke: + "Lord, who has believed our report? + And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" +39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: +40 "He has blinded their eyes + and hardened their hearts, + lest they should see with their eyes, + and understand with their hearts and turn, + so that I should heal them." +41 Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him. 42 +Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of +the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of +the synagogue; 43 for they loved the praise of men more than the praise +of God. + 44 Then Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in me, +believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45 And he who sees me sees +him who sent me. 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever +believes in me should not remain in darkness. 47 If anyone hears my +words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to +judge the world but to save the world. 48 He who rejects me and does +not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will +condemn him on the last day. 49 For I have not spoken on my own +authority; but the Father who sent me gave me a command, what to say +and what to speak. 50 And I know that his command is eternal life. +Whatever I say, therefore, I say just as the Father has told me." + +93.10 Jesus Foretells the Destruction of the Temple and the Signs of +the + Day of Judgment. + +MT 24:1-51 + + 1 Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples +came up to point out to him the buildings of the temple. 2 But he +answered them, "You see all these things, do you not? Truly, I say to +you, there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not +be thrown down." + 3 Now as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to +him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will this be? And what will be +the +sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" 4 And Jesus answered +them: "Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my +name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. 6 And you will +hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed; for all +these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation +will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will +be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the +beginning of birth pains. 9 Then they will deliver you up to +tribulation, and put you to death; and you will be hated by all nations +for my name's sake. 10 And then many will fall away, and will betray +one another, and hate one another. 11 And many false prophets will rise +up and deceive many. 12 And because wickedness will increase, the love +of most will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end will be saved. +14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world +as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. + 15 "So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination +of desolation,' spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader +understand) 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. +17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of +his house. 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his +clothes. 19 But woe for those who are pregnant and for those who are +nursing babies in those days! 20 Pray that your flight may not be in +winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great tribulation, +such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and +never will be. 22 And if those days had not been shortened, no flesh +would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be +shortened. 23 Then if any one says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' +or 'There he is!' do not believe it. 24 For false christs and false +prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if +possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand. 26 So if +they say to you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, +'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. 27 For as the +lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the +coming of the Son of Man be. 28 Wherever the carcass is, there the +eagles will be gathered together. + 29 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days + the sun will be darkened, + and the moon will not give its light; + the stars will fall from heaven, + and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. +30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all +the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man +coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he +will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather +together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the +other. + 32 "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: as soon as its +branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer +is near. 33 So also, when you see all these things, you know that it is +near, right at the door. 34 Truly, I say to you, this generation will +not pass away till all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth +will pass away, but my words will not pass away. + 36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of +heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah +were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the +days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and +giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and +they did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also +will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 Then two men will be in the +field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be +grinding at the mill; one will be taken and the other left. 42 Watch +therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43 But +know this, that if the owner of the house had known at what time of the +night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have +let his house be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be ready, for +the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. + 45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master +has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? +46 Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so +doing. 47 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his +possessions. 48 But if that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My +master is staying away a long time,' 49 and he then begins to beat his +fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, 50 the master +of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at +an hour he is not aware of, 51 and he will cut him to pieces and assign +him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and +gnashing of teeth. + +MK 13:1-37 + + 1 And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to +him, "Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful +buildings!" 2 And Jesus said to him, "Do you see all these great +buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another, that +will not be thrown down." + 3 Now as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, +Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, 4 "Tell us, when +will this be? And what will be the sign when these things are all to be +fulfilled?" 5 And Jesus began to say to them: "Take heed that no one +deceives you. 6 Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and will +deceive many. 7 When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be +alarmed; such things must happen, but the end is not yet. 8 For nation +will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will +be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and +troubles. These are the beginning of birth pains. 9 But watch out for +yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be +beaten in the synagogues. You will be brought before governors and +kings for my sake, for a testimony to them. 10 And the gospel must +first be preached to all nations. 11 And when they bring you to trial +and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand what you are to say. But +say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, +but the Holy Spirit. 12 Brother will betray brother to death, and a +father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have +them put to death. 13 And you will be hated by all men for my name's +sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. + 14 "When you see 'the abomination of desolation' standing where +it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are +in Judea flee to the mountains. 15 Let him who is on the housetop not +go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house. 16 +And let him who is in the field not go back to get his cloak. 17 But +woe for those who are pregnant and those who are nursing babies in +those days! 18 Pray that it may not happen in winter. 19 For in those +days there will be tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning +of the creation which God created until now, and never will be. 20 And +if the Lord had not shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but +for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days. 21 +Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, he +is there!' do not believe it. 22 For false christs and false prophets +will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the +elect. 23 But take heed; see, I have told you all things beforehand. + 24 "But in those days, after that tribulation, + the sun will be darkened, + and the moon will not give its light; +25 the stars will fall from heaven, + and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. +26 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great +power and glory. 27 And then he will send out his angels, and gather +his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends +of heaven. + 28 "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: as soon as its +branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer +is near. 29 So also, when you see these things happening, you know that +it is near, right at the door. 30 Truly, I say to you, this generation +will not pass away before all these things take place. 31 Heaven and +earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. + 32 "But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the +angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Take heed, +watch; for you do not know when the time will come. 34 It is like a man +going on a journey, when he leaves his house and puts his servants in +charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the +watch. 35 Watch therefore-for you do not know when the master of the +house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster +crows, or in the morning-36 lest, coming suddenly, he find you +sleeping. 37 And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!" + +LK 21:5-36 + + 5 And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with +beautiful stones and offerings, he said, 6 "As for these things which +you +see, the days will come when there shall not be left here one stone +upon +another that will not be thrown down." + 7 So they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things be? And +what will be the sign when they are about to take place?" 8 And he +said: "Take heed that you not are deceived. For many will come in my +name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not go after them. +9 And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be terrified; for +these things must first take place, but the end will not come +immediately." 10 Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against +nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 11 There will be great +earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there +will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven. 12 But before all +this, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering +you up to the synagogues and prisons. And you will be brought before +kings and governors for my name's sake. 13 This will turn into an +opportunity for you to bear testimony. 14 Therefore settle it in your +minds not to meditate beforehand how you will answer; 15 for I will +give you a mouth and wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able +to resist or contradict. 16 You will be betrayed even by parents and +brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to +death. 17 You will be hated by all for my name's sake. 18 But not a +hair of your head will perish. 19 By your endurance you will gain your +lives. + 20 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then +know that its desolation is near. 21 Then let those in Judea flee to +the +mountains, let those who are in the city depart, and let not those who +are out in the country enter it. 22 For these are days of vengeance, to +fulfil all that is written. 23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to +those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great +distress in the land and wrath upon this people. 24 They will fall by +the edge of the sword, and be led captive to all nations. Jerusalem +will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are +fulfilled. + 25 "There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the +earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and +the waves, 26 men fainting from fear and foreboding of what is coming +on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 Then +they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great +glory. 28 Now when these things begin to take place, look up and lift +up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." + 29 He told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree, and all the +trees. 30 When they are sprouting, you see and know for yourselves that +summer is already near. 31 So you also, when you see these things +happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. 32 Truly, I say to +you, this generation will not pass away till all things take place. 33 +Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. + 34 "But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down +with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that Day +come on you unexpectedly like a trap. 35 For it will come upon all +those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch at all times, +and pray always that you may have strength to escape all these things +that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man." + +93.20 The Parables of the ten Virgins and the Five Talents. + Separation of the Good and Evil at the Judgment. + +MT 25:1-46 + + 1 "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who +took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them +were foolish, and five were wise. 3 For when the foolish took their +lamps, they took no oil with them; 4 but the wise took oil in their +flasks with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom was delayed, they all +slumbered and slept. 6 But at midnight there was a cry: 'Behold, the +bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' 7 Then all those virgins rose and +trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some +of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' 9 But the wise replied, 'No, +there may not be enough for both us and you; go rather to those who +sell oil and buy some for yourselves.' 10 And while they went to buy, +the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the +wedding; and the door was shut. 11 Afterward the other virgins came +also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us!' 12 But he replied, 'Truly, I +say to you, I do not know you.' 13 Therefore keep watch, for you know +neither the day nor the hour. + 14 "For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his +servants and entrusted his property to them. 15 To one he gave five +talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his +ability. Then he went on his journey. 16 He who had received the five +talents went at once and traded with them; and he made five talents +more. 17 So also, he who had the two talents gained two more. 18 But he +who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground, and hid his +master's money. 19 Now after a long time the master of those servants +came and settled accounts with them. 20 So he who had received the five +talents came and brought five other talents, saying, 'Master, you +delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents.' +21 His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you +have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many +things. Enter into the joy of your master.' 22 He also who had received +the two talents came and said, 'Master, you delivered to me two +talents; look, I have gained two more talents.' 23 His master said to +him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over +a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the +joy of your master.' 24 Then he who had received the one talent came +and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have +not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 So I was +afraid, and went and hid your talent in the +ground. Here you have what is yours.' 26 But his master answered him, +'You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not +sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed? 27 Then you ought to +have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would +have received back my own with interest. 28 Therefore take the talent +from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. 29 For to every +one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from +him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast +the worthless servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping +and gnashing of teeth.' + 31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels +with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations +will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another +as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will put +the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the +King will say to those on his right hand, 'Come, you blessed of my +Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the +world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you +gave me drink, I was a stranger and you took me in, 36 I was naked and +you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you +came to me.' 37 Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we +see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 When did +we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you? 39 When +did we see you sick or + + +in prison and go to visit you?' 40 And the King will answer them, +'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my +brethren, you did it to me.' + 41 "Then he will say to those on his left hand, 'Depart from me, +you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and +his angels: 42 for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty +and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not take me +in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not +visit me.' 44 Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you +hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did +not minister to you?' 45 Then he will answer them, 'Truly, I say to +you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do +it to me.' 46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the +righteous into eternal life." + + +Part 12 - TREACHERY + +94.10 The Jews in Authority seek to Destroy Jesus Privately + +MT 26:1-5 + + 1 When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his +disciples, 2 "You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son +of Man will be delivered up to be crucified." 3 Then the chief priests +and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high +priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 and they plotted to arrest Jesus by +stealth and kill him. 5 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest +there be a riot among the people." + +LK 22:1-2 + + 1 Now the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called +the Passover. 2 And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how +to kill him, for they feared the people. + +94.20 They Conspire with Judas Iscariot + +MT 26:14-16 + + 14 One of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the +chief priests 15 and said, "What are you willing to give me if I +deliver him to you?" And they counted out to him thirty pieces of +silver. 16 And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him. + +MK 14:10-11 + + 10 Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests +to betray him to them. 11 And when they heard it they were glad, and +promised to give him money. So he sought an opportunity to betray him. + +LK 22:3-6 + + 3 Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, who was numbered of +the twelve. 4 So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests +and officers, how he might betray him to them. 5 And they were glad, +and agreed to give him money. 6 So he consented, and sought an +opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude. + + + +95.10 The Disciples Prepare the Passover + +MT 26:17-19 + + 17 Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the +disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where do you want us to prepare for +you to eat the Passover?" 18 He said, "Go into the city to a certain +man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, my time is at hand; I will keep +the Passover at your house with my disciples.'" 19 So the disciples did +as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover. + +MK 14:12-16 + + 12 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the +Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go +and prepare for you to eat the Passover?" 13 And he sent two of his +disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a +jar of water will meet you; follow him. 14 And wherever he enters, say +to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, where is my guest room, +where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' 15 He will show you a +large upper room, furnished and ready; make preparations for us there." +16 So the disciples set out and went to the city, and found it just as +he had told them; and they prepared the Passover. + +LK 22:7-13 + + 7 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover +lamb had to be sacrificed. 8 So he sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and +prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat." 9 They said to him, +"Where do you want us to prepare it?" 10 He said to them, "Behold, when +you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; +follow him into the house which he enters. 11 And say to the owner of +the house, 'The Teacher says to you: Where is the guest room, where I +may eat the Passover with my disciples?' 12 He will show you a large, +furnished upper room; there make ready." 13 So they went, and found it +just as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover. + +95.20 Jesus Foretells the Treachery of Judas + +MT 26:20-29 + + 20 When evening had come, he sat at the table with the twelve. 21 +And as they were eating, he said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will +betray me." 22 And they were very sorrowful, and began to say to him +one after another, "Is it I, Lord?" 23 He answered, "He who has dipped +his hand in the dish with me will betray me. 24 The Son of Man goes +just as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of +Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not +been born." 25 Then Judas, who was betraying him, answered, "Rabbi, is +it I?" He said to him, "You have said it." + 26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and +broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is my +body." 27 Then he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, +saying, "Drink from it, all of you. 28 For this is my blood of the +covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29 +I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on +until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom." + +MK 14:17-25 + +17 And when it was evening he came with the twelve. 18 And as they were +at table eating, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will +betray me, one who is eating with me." 19 They began to be sorrowful, +and to say to him one by one, "Is it I?" 20 He said to them, "It is one +of the twelve, one who dips bread into the dish with me. 21 For the Son +of Man goes just as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom +the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if +he had not been born." + 22 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke +it, and gave it to them and said, "Take; this is my body." 23 Then he +took the cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they +all drank from it. 24 And he said to them, "This is my blood of the +covenant, which is poured out for many. 25 Truly, I say to you, I will +not drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new +in the kingdom of God." + +LK 22:14-23 + + 14 When the hour came, he sat at table, and the apostles with +him. 15 And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this +Passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I tell you, I will not eat it +again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." 17 Then he took the +cup, and gave thanks, and said, "Take this and divide it among +yourselves; 18 for I tell you, I will not drink of the fruit of the +vine until the kingdom of God comes." 19 And he took bread, gave thanks +and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body which is +given for you; do this in remembrance of me." 20 Likewise he took the +cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, +which is poured out for you. 21 But behold the hand of him who betrays +me is with me on the table. 22 For the Son of Man goes as it has been +determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!" 23 Then they +began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do +this. + +95.40 Jesus Reproves the Ambition of the Apostles, + Foretells Peter's Denials, Gives Warning of coming Privation and Peril + +LK 22:24-38 + + 24 A dispute also arose among them, which of them was to be +considered the greatest. 25 And he said to them, "The kings of the +Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and those who exercise authority +over them are called benefactors. 26 But not so among you; on the +contrary, he who is greatest among you, let him be as the youngest, and +he who leads as one who serves. 27 For who is greater, one who sits at +the table, or one who serves? Is it not the one who sits at the table? +But I am among you as One who serves. 28 You are those who have +continued with me in my trials. 29 And I bestow on you a kingdom, just +as my Father bestowed one on me, 30 so that you may eat and drink at my +table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of +Israel. + 31 "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has asked to have you, that he +might sift you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith +may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your +brethren." 33 But he said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to +prison and to death." 34 He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will +not crow this day before you deny three times that you know me." + 35 And he said to them, "When I sent you out with no purse or bag +or sandals, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing." 36 He said to +them, "But now, let him who has a purse take it, and likewise a bag; +and let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. 37 For I tell +you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, 'And he was numbered +with transgressors'; for what is written about me has its fulfillment." +38 They said, "Look, Lord, here are two swords." And he said to them, +"It is enough." + +95.50 Jesus Washes the Feet of His Disciples + +JN 13:1b-20 + + 1 When Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this +world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he +loved them to the end. 2 And during supper, when the devil had already +put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, 3 +Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and +that he had come from God and was going to God, 4 rose from supper, +laid aside his garments, took a towel and girded himself. 5 After that, +he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, and +to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. 6 Then he came to +Simon Peter. And Peter said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my +feet?" 7 Jesus answered him, "You do not realize now what I am doing, +but later you will understand." 8 Peter said to him, "You shall never +wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no +part with me." 9 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only, but +also my hands and my head!" 10 Jesus said to him, "He who has bathed +needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are +clean, but not every one of you." 11 For he knew who was to betray him; +that was why he said, "You are not all clean." + 12 When he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and +returned to his place, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done +to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I +am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you +also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an +example, that you should do as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly, I +say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is +sent greater than he who sent him. 17 If you know these things, blessed +are you if you do them. 18 I am not speaking of you all. I know whom I +have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'he who ate my +bread has lifted up his heel against me.' 19 Now I tell you before it +comes, that when it does take place, you may believe that I am he. 20 +Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives anyone I send receives me; +and he who receives me receives him who sent me." + +95.60 Jesus Gives the Sop to Judas, who then goes out. + Exhortation to love one another. + Jesus a Second Time Foretells Peter's Denials + +JN 13:21-38 + + 21 When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and +testified, "Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me." 22 +The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. 23 One +of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was leaning close to the breast of +Jesus. 24 Simon Peter motioned to him and said, "Ask who it is of whom +he speaks." 25 Then, leaning back on the breast of Jesus, he said to +him, "Lord, who is it?" 26 Jesus answered, "It is he to whom I shall +give this piece of bread when I have dipped it." And having dipped the +bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 27 Then after +the bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, "What you are +going to do, do quickly." 28 But no one at the table knew why he said +this to him. 29 Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, +Jesus was telling him, "Buy what we need for the feast"; or, that he +should give something to the poor. 30 Having received the piece of +bread, he went out immediately. And it was night. + 31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man +glorified, and in him God is glorified. 32 If God is glorified in him, +God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. 33 +Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will +seek me; and as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going, you cannot +come,' so now I say to you. 34 A new commandment I give to you, that +you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one +another. 35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you +have love for one another." + 36 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus +answered, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now; but you shall +follow afterward." 37 Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow +you now? I will lay down my life for you." 38 Jesus answered, "Will you +lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the rooster will +not crow, till you have denied me three times. + +95.70 The Holy Ghost is Promised. Jesus Prays for His Disciples + +JN 14:1-17:26 + + 1 "Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also +in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I +would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and +prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, that +where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way where I am going." 5 +Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going, and how +can we know the way?" 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the +truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If +you had known me, you would have known my Father also; and from now on +you know him and have seen him." 8 Philip said to him, "Lord, show us +the Father, and that will be enough for us." 9 Jesus said to him, "Have +I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has +seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 10 +Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The +words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the +Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the +Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the +works themselves. 12 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me +will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he +do, because I go to the Father. 13 And whatever you ask in my name, I +will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask +anything in my name, I will do it. + 15 "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will +ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you +forever - 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, +because it neither sees him nor knows him; but you know him, for he +dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I +will come to you. 19 A little while longer, and the world will see me +no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also. 20 In +that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in +you. 21 He who has my commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves +me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him +and manifest myself to him." 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, +"Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the +world?" 23 Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my +word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our +home with him. 24 He who does not love me does not keep my words; and +the word which you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me. + 25 "These things I have spoken to you, while I am still with you. +26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my +name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all +that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to +you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be +troubled, neither let them be afraid. 28 You have heard me say to you, +'I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would +rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for the Father is +greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it takes place, so +that when it does take place, you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk +much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has +nothing in me. 31 But I do as the Father commanded me, so that the +world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here. +15 + 1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every +branch in me that bears no fruit he takes away; and every branch that +does bear fruit he prunes, so that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are +already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide +in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless +it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am +the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he +bears much fruit; for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone +does not abide in me, he is like a branch that is cast away and +withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and +burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever +you will, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this my Father is +glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples. 9 +As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you; abide in my love. 10 +If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have +kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. + 11 "These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, +and that your joy may be full. 12 This is my commandment, that you love +one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, +that he lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you +do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a +servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you +friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to +you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that +you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that +whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. 17 This I +command you, that you love one another. + 18 "If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated +you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But +because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, +therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, +'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they +will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours +also. 21 But all this they will do to you for my name's sake, because +they do not know him who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to +them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their +sin. 23 He who hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done +among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; +but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is +to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me +without a cause.' + 26 "But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from +the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will +testify of me. 27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been +with me from the beginning. +16 + 1 "I have said all this to you so that you will not go astray. 2 +They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming when +whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And they +will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 +But I have told you these things, that when the time comes, you may +remember that I told you of them. + + + "I did not say these things to you at the beginning, because I +was with you. 5 But now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you +asks me, 'Where are you going?' 6 But because I have said these things +to you, sorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the +truth: it is to your advantage that I go away. For if I do not go away, +the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to +you. 8 And when he comes, he will convict the world of sin, and of +righteousness, and of judgment: 9 of sin, because they do not believe +in me; 10 of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you see me +no more; 11 of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. + 12 "I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear +them now. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you +into all truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but +whatever he hears he will speak; and he will tell you things to come. +14 He will glorify me, for he will take of what is mine and declare it +to you. 15 All that the Father has is mine. Therefore I said that he +will take of what is mine and declare it to you. + 16 "A little while, and you will see me no more; again a little +while, and you will see me." 17 Then some of his disciples said to one +another, "What is this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you +will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me'; and, +'because I go to the Father'?" 18 They said, "What does he mean by 'a +little while'? We do not know what he is saying." 19 Now Jesus knew +that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Are you asking +yourselves about what I meant when I said, 'A little while, and you +will not see me; and again a little while, and you will see me'? 20 +Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world +will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into +joy. 21 When a woman is in labor she has sorrow, because her hour has +come; but as soon as she gives birth to the child, she no longer +remembers the anguish, for joy that a child has been born into the +world. 22 So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your +heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. 23 In that +day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you +ask the Father in my name he will give you. 24 Until now you have asked +nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be +full. + 25 "I have said this to you in figurative language; but the time +is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will +tell you plainly about the Father. 26 In that day you will ask in my +name. And I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; 27 +for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have +believed that I came from God. 28 I came from the Father and have come +into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father." +29 His disciples said, "See, now you are speaking plainly, and not +using a figure of speech! 30 Now we are sure that you know all things, +and have no need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that +you came from God." 31 Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe? 32 +Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, when you will be +scattered, each to his own, and will leave me alone. And yet I am not +alone, for the Father is with me. 33 I have said these things to you, +that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. +But take courage! I have overcome the world." +17 + 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to +heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that +your Son also may glorify you, 2 as you have given him authority over +all flesh, that he should give eternal life to all those you have given +him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true +God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4 I have glorified you on the +earth, having finished the work which you have given me to do. 5 And +now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had +with you before the world was made. + 6 "I have manifested your name to the men whom you have given me +out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me, and they have +kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes +from you. 8 For I have given them the words which you have given me, +and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and +they have believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I am not +praying for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they +are yours. 10 And all mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am +glorified in them. 11 And now I am no longer in the world, but they are +in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your +name - the name you gave me - that they may be one, even as we are one. +12 While I was with them, I kept them in your name - the name you gave +me. I have guarded them, and none of them is lost except the son of +perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now I am +coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may +have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them your word; +and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as +I am not of the world. 15 I do not pray that you should take them out +of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil one. 16 They +are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them +by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I +also have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify +myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. + 20 "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will +believe in me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as you, +Father, are in me, and I in you; that they also may be in us, that the +world may believe that you sent me. 22 And the glory which you gave me +I have given them, that they may be one just as we are one: 23 I in +them, and you in me; that they may become perfectly one, and that the +world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them even as you +have loved me. 24 Father, I desire that they also whom you have given +me may be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which you +have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 +O righteous Father, the world has not known you, but I have known you; +and these know that you sent me. 26 I have made known to them your +name, and will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may +be in them, and I in them." + +96.10 Jesus Warns His Disciples that they will Forsake Him. + He Foretells Peter's Denials a Third Time. + +MT 26:30-35 + + 30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of +Olives. + 31 Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of me +this night; for it is written, + 'I will strike the shepherd, + and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' +32 But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee." 33 +Peter declared to him, "Even if all fall away because of you, I will +never fall away." 34 Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you, this very +night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." 35 +Peter said to him, "Even if I have to die with you, I will not deny +you." And so said all the disciples. + +MK 14:26-31 + + 26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of +Olives. + 27 And Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away; for it is +written: + 'I will strike the shepherd, + and the sheep will be scattered.' +28 But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee." 29 +Peter said to him, "Even if all fall away, I will not." 30 Jesus said +to him, "Truly, I say to you that this very night, before the rooster +crows twice, you will deny me three times." 31 But he spoke more +vehemently, "If I have to die with you, I will not deny you!" And they +all said the same. + + +96.20 The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane + +MT 26:36-46 + + 36 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called +Gethsemane, and he said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and +pray." 37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and +he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, "My +soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with +me." 39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, "O +my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, +not as I will, but as you will." 40 Then he came to the disciples and +found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, "So, could you not watch +with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, so that you will not enter into +temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." 42 +Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, "O my Father, if this +cup cannot pass away unless I drink it, your will be done." 43 And +again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 44 So +he left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the +same words. 45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you +still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of +Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us be +going; see, my betrayer is at hand." + +MK 14:32-42 + + 32 They went to a place which was called Gethsemane; and he said +to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray." 33 And he took Peter, James +and John with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. +34 And he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; stay +here, and watch." 35 And going a little farther, he fell on the ground +and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 +And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this +cup away from me; yet not what I will, but what you will." 37 Then he +came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you +asleep? Could you not watch one hour? 38 Watch and pray that you may +not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh +is weak." 39 And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. +40 And when he came again, he found them sleeping, for their eyes were +heavy; and they did not know what to answer him. 41 Then he came the +third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? It is +enough! The hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed +into the hands of sinners. 42 Rise, let us go; see, my betrayer is at +hand." + +LK 22:39-46 + + 39 He came out, and went to the Mount of Olives, as was his +custom, and his disciples followed him. 40 When he came to the place, +he said to them, "Pray that you may not enter into temptation." 41 And +he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed, +42 "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; nevertheless not +my will, but yours, be done." 43 An angel appeared to him from heaven, +and strengthened him. 44 And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly, +and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground. 45 When +he rose from prayer, and came to his disciples, he found them sleeping +from sorrow. 46 He said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that +you may not enter into temptation." + +JN 18:1-2 + + 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his +disciples over the Kidron valley, where there was a garden, which he +and his disciples entered. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the +place; for Jesus often met there with his disciples. + +96.30 Jesus Betrayed by Judas Iscariot and Arrested. + The Disciples Desert Him. + +MT 26:47-56 + + 47 While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, +and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief +priests and the elders of the people. 48 Now the betrayer had given +them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is the man; seize him." 49 And at +once he went up to Jesus and said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" and kissed him. +50 Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came up and +laid hands on Jesus and seized him. 51 And suddenly, one of those who +were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, struck the +servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 52 But Jesus said to +him, "Put your sword back in its place, for all who take the sword will +perish by the sword. 53 Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, +and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? 54 But +how then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen in this +way?" 55 At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out as +against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat +in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. 56 But all this has +taken place, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." +Then all the disciples forsook him and fled. + +MK 14:43-52 + + 43 And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one +of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the +chief priests and the scribes and the elders. 44 Now the betrayer had +given them a signal, saying, "The one I shall kiss is the man; seize +him and lead him away under guard." 45 And when he came, he went up to +him at once, and said, "Rabbi!" and he kissed him. 46 And they laid +hands on him and seized him. 47 And one of those who stood by drew his +sword and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. +48 And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out as against a robber, with +swords and clubs to capture me? 49 Every day I was with you in the +temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But the scriptures must be +fulfilled." 50 Then they all forsook him and fled. + 51 And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth +around his body. And they seized him, 52 and he left the linen cloth +and fled from them naked. + +LK 22:47-53 + + 47 While he was still speaking, a crowd came, and the man who was +called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to +Jesus to kiss him; 48 but Jesus said to him, "Judas, are you betraying +the Son of Man with a kiss?" 49 When those around him saw what was +going to happen, they said, "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?" 50 +And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his +right ear. 51 But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And he touched his +ear and healed him. 52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, officers +of the temple, and the elders who had come to him, "Have you come out +as against a robber, with swords and clubs? 53 When I was with you day +after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your +hour, and the power of darkness." + +JN 18:3-12 + +3 So Judas, having received a detachment of soldiers and some officers +from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, +torches, and weapons. 4 Then Jesus, knowing all that was to come upon +him, went forward and said to them, "Whom do you seek?" 5 They answered +him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I am he." And Judas, who +betrayed him, was standing with them. 6 When he said to them, "I am +he," they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 Again he asked them, +"Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth." 8 Jesus +answered, "I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men +go." 9 This happened so that the words which he had spoken would be +fulfilled, "Of those whom you gave me I have lost none." 10 Then Simon +Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, +and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. 11 Jesus +said to Peter, "Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the +cup which the Father has given me?" + 12 Then the detachment of soldiers and their captain and the +officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him. + +96.40 Jesus is Brought Before Annas + +MT 26:57 + + 57 And those who had seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the +high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled. + +MK 14:53 + + 53 And they led Jesus to the high priest; and all the chief +priests and the elders and the scribes were assembled. + +LK 22:54 + + 54 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the +high priest's house. Peter followed at a distance. + +JN 18:13-14 + +13 And they led him to Annas first; for he was the father-in-law of +Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. 14 Now it was Caiaphas who had +advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the +people. + +96.50 The Denials of Peter + +MT 26:58, 69-75 + + 58 But Peter followed him at a distance, right up to the +courtyard of the high priest. He entered and sat down with the guards +to see the end. + 69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant +girl came to him and said, "You also were with Jesus of Galilee." 70 +But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are +talking about." 71 And when he went out to the gateway, another girl +saw him and said to the people there, "This fellow was with Jesus of +Nazareth." 72 But again he denied it with an oath, "I do not know the +man!" 73 After a little while those who stood by came up and said to +Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you." +74 Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not +know the man." And immediately the rooster crowed. 75 And Peter +remembered the word Jesus had said, "Before the rooster crows, you will +deny me three times." So he went out and wept bitterly. + +MK 14:54, 66-72 + + 54 But Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard +of the high priest. And he sat with the guards and warmed himself at +the fire. + 66 Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant +girls of the high priest came. 67 And when she saw Peter warming +himself, she looked at him, and said, "You also were with the Nazarene, +Jesus." 68 But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand +what you mean." And he went out into the gateway. 69 And the servant +girl saw him again, and began to say to those who stood by, "This is +one of them." 70 But again he denied it. And after a little while again +those standing near said to Peter, "Surely you are one of them; for you +are a Gallilean." 71 But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to +swear, "I do not know this man of whom you speak." 72 And immediately +the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus +had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me +three times." And he broke down and wept. + +LK 22:55-62 + + 55 When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard +and sat down together, Peter sat among them. 56 And a servant girl, +seeing him as he sat in the firelight, looked at him, and said, "This +man also was with him." 57 But he denied it, saying, "Woman, I do not +know him." 58 And a little later some one else saw him and said, "You +also are of them." But Peter said, "Man, I am not!" 59 Then after about +an hour had passed, another insisted, saying, "Certainly this fellow +also was with him, for he is a Galilean." 60 But Peter said, "Man, I do +not know what you are saying!" Immediately, while he was still +speaking, the rooster crowed. 61 And the Lord turned and looked at +Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to +him, "Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times." 62 +And he went out and wept bitterly. + +JN 18:15-27 + + 15 Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. As +this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the +courtyard of the high priest. 16 But Peter stood at the door outside. +Then the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and +spoke to the girl who kept the door, and brought Peter in. 17 Then the +girl who kept the door said to Peter, "You are not also one of this +man's disciples, are you?" He said, "I am not." 18 Now the servants and +officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were +standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and +warming himself. + 19 The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and +his teaching. 20 Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the +world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the +Jews come together, and I have said nothing in secret. 21 Why do you +ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. They know what +I said." 22 And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by +struck Jesus with his hand, saying, "Is that the way you answer the +high priest?" 23 Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken wrongly, bear +witness to the wrong; but if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike +me?" 24 Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. + 25 Now Simon Peter stood warming himself. Therefore they said to +him, "You are not also one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it and +said, "I am not." 26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative +of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the +garden with him?" 27 Peter again denied it; and at once a rooster +crowed. + +96.60 Jesus is Arraigned Before Caiaphas, Condemned and Mocked + +MT 26:59-68 + + 59 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false +testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, 60 but they +found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came +forward 61 and said, "This fellow said, 'I am able to destroy the +temple of God, and to build it in three days.'" 62 And the high priest +stood up and said, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these +men testify against you?" 63 But Jesus remained silent. And the high +priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: tell us +if you are the Christ, the Son of God." 64 Jesus said to him, "It is as +you said. But I say to you, + hereafter you will see the Son of Man + sitting at the right hand of the Power, + and coming on the clouds of heaven." +65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "He has spoken +blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard +his blasphemy. 66 What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of +death." 67 Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists; +and others slapped him, 68 saying, "Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the +one who struck you?" + +MK 14:55-65 + +55 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against +Jesus to put him to death, but they found none. 56 For many bore false +witness against him, but their testimonies did not agree. 57 Then some +stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, 58 "We heard him +say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three +days I will build another not made with hands.'" 59 Yet even then their +testimony did not agree. 60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, +and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men +testify against you?" 61 But he was silent and made no answer. Again +the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the +Blessed?" 62 And Jesus said, "I am. + And you will see the Son of Man + sitting at the right hand of the Power, + and coming with the clouds of heaven." +63 The high priest tore his clothes and said, "Why do we need any more +witnesses? 64 You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?" And +they all condemned him as worthy of death. 65 Then some began to spit +on him, and to blindfold him, and to beat him, and to say to him, +"Prophesy!" And the guards received him with slaps in the face. + +LK 22:63-65 + + 63 Now the men who were holding Jesus mocked him and beat him. 64 +They blindfolded him and asked him, "Prophesy! Who is the one who +struck you?" 65 And they spoke many other things against him, +blaspheming. + + + +97.10 Jesus Condemned Before Caiaphas and led to Pilate + +MT 27:1-2 + + 1 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the +people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. 2 And they bound +him, and led him away and delivered him to Pilate the governor. + +MK 15:1 + + 1 Very early in the morning, the chief priests held a +consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and +they bound Jesus, led him away, and delivered him to Pilate. + +LK 22:66-23:1 + + 66 As soon as it was day, the council of the elders of the people +came together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away to +their council chamber, saying, 67 "If you are the Christ, tell us." But +he said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe. 68 And if I ask +you, you will not answer. 69 But from now on the Son of Man will be +seated at the right hand of the power of God." 70 They all said, "Are +you the Son of God, then?" He said to them, "You said what I am." 71 +And they said, "What further testimony do we need? We have heard it +ourselves from his own lips." + 1 Then the whole body of them arose and led him to Pilate. + +JN 18:28 + + 28 Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, and it +was early morning. But they did not enter the Praetorium themselves, so +that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover. + +97.20 The Jews Accuse Jesus of Sedition + +LK 23:2 + + 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man +perverting our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying +that he himself is Christ, a king." + + + +JN 18:29-33a + + 29 So Pilate went out to them and said, "What accusation do you +bring against this man?" 30 They answered him, "If he were not an +evildoer, we would not have handed him over to you." 31 Pilate said to +them, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." The Jews +said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death." 32 This +happened so that the words Jesus had spoken would be fulfilled, showing +by what death he was going to die. 33 Then Pilate entered the +Praetorium again. + +97.30 The Remorse and Suicide of Judas Iscariot + +MT 27:3-10 + + 3 When Judas, his betrayer, saw that he was condemned, he +repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief +priests and the elders, 4 saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent +blood." And they said, "What is that to us? You see to it!" 5 Then he +threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went +and hanged himself. 6 But the chief priests took the silver pieces and +said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are +the money of blood." 7 So they took counsel, and bought with them the +potter's field, to bury strangers in. Therefore that field has been +called the Field of Blood to this day. 9 Then was fulfilled what was +spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "And they took the thirty +pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some +of the sons of Israel, 10 and they gave them for the potter's field, as +the Lord directed me." + +Acts 1:18b + + 18 (Now this man bought a field with the reward of his +wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all +his intestines gushed out. 19 And it became known to all the +inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their +language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) + +Part 13 - TRIAL BEFORE PILATE + +98.10 Trial Before Pilate + +MT 27:11-14 + + 11 Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked +him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" So Jesus said to him, "It is as +you say." 12 But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, +he made no answer. 13 Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear how +many things they testify against you?" 14 But he gave him no answer, +not even to a single charge; so that the governor wondered greatly. + +MK 15:2-5 + + 2 Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he +answered him, "It is as you say." 3 And the chief priests accused him +of many things.4 And Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer to +make? See how many things they bring against you." 5 But Jesus still +made no answer, so that Pilate was amazed. + +LK 23:3-7 + + 3 So Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He +answered him, "It is as you say." 4 Then Pilate said to the chief +priests and the crowd, I find no crime in this man." 5 But they were +urgent, saying, "He stirs upthe people, teaching throughout all Judea, +from Galilee to this place." + 6 When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean. 7 +And when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent +him to Herod, who also was in Jerusalem at that time. + +JN 18:33b-38 + + 33 Then Pilate called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King +of the Jews?" 34 Jesus answered, "Do you say this on your own, or did +others say it to you about me?" 35 Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your +own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me; what have +you done?" 36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my +kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, so that I should +not be delivered to the Jews; but now my kingship is not from here." 37 +Pilate said to him, "You are a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say +what I am-a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into +the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth +hears my voice." 38 Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" + After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again, and told +them, "I find no crime in him. + +98.20 Trial Before Herod + +LK 23:8-12 + + 8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had desired +to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him, and he +hoped to see some miracle done by him. 9 Then he questioned him with +many words, but he gave him no answer. 10 The chief priests and the +scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him. 11 And Herod with his +soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him; then, dressing him +in a gorgeous robe, he sent him back to Pilate. 12 That very day Pilate +and Herod became friends with each other, for before this they had been +at enmity with each other. + +98.30 Barabbas Preferred Before Jesus + +MT 27:15-18, 20-23 + + 15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for +the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted. 16 And at that time they +had a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. 17 So when they had +gathered, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you, +Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?" 18 For he knew it was out of +envy that they had handed him over. 20 But the chief priests and the +elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. +21 The governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to +release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!" 22 Pilate said to them, "Then +what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said, "Let +him be crucified!" 23 And he said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But +they shouted all the more, "Let him be crucified!" + +MK 15:6-14 + + 6 Now at the feast he was accustomed to release for them one +prisoner whom they requested. 7 And with the rebels in prison, who had +committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. +8 And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he had always +done for them. 9 But Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to release +to you the King of the Jews?" 10 For he knew it was out of envy that +the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. 11 But the chief +priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas +instead. 12 And Pilate again said to them, "Then what shall I do with +the man whom you call the King of the Jews?" 13 And they cried out +again, "Crucify him!" 14 And Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has +he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify him!" + +LK 23:13-23 + + 13 Pilate then called together the chief priests, the rulers, and +the people, 14 and said to them, "You have brought this man to me as +one who was inciting the people to rebellion. And behold, having +examined him in your presence, I have found no guilt in this man +concerning those charges which you make against him; 15 neither did +Herod, for he sent him back to us. Behold, nothing deserving death has +been done by him; 16 I will therefore chastise him and release him." 18 +But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us +Barabbas"- 19 a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection +in the city, and for murder. 20 Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate +addressed to them again. 21 But they shouted, "Crucify him, crucify +him!" 22 Then he said to them the third time, "Why, what evil has he +done? I have found in him no crime deserving death. I will therefore +chastise him and release him." 23 But they were insistent, demanding +with loud voices that he be crucified. And their voices prevailed. + +JN 18:39-40 + + 39 But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at +the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the +Jews?" 40 Then they all cried again, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now +Barabbas was a robber. + +98.40 Jesus Mocked as a King + +MT 27:27-30 + + 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the +Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around him. 28 And they +stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and when they had +twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his +right hand. And they bowed the knee before him and mocked him, saying, +"Hail, King of the Jews!" 30 And they spat on him, and took the reed +and struck him on the head. + +JN 19:2-3 + + 2 And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on his +head, and they clothed him in a purple robe. 3 They came up to him, +saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and struck him with their hands. + +98.50 Pilate Yields + +JN 19:4-15 + + 4 Pilate went out again, and said to them, "See, I am bringing +him out to you, that you may know that I find no crime in him." 5 So +Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate +said to them, "Behold the man!" 6 When the chief priests and officers +saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said to +them, "You take him and crucify him, for I find no fault in him." 7 The +Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought +to die, because he made himself the Son of God." + 8 When Pilate heard these words, he was the more afraid, 9 and he +went again into the Praetorium and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" +But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 Pilate said to him, "You will not +speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, and +power to crucify you?" 11 Jesus answered, "You would have no power over +me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who +delivered me to you has the greater sin." 12 From then on Pilate sought +to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you let this man go, you +are not Caesar's friend. Anyone who makes himself a king sets himself +against Caesar." + 13 When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat +down on the judgment seat at a place that is called The Pavement, but +in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 Now it was the day of Preparation of the +Passover, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, "Behold your +King!" 15 But they cried out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify +him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief +priests answered, "We have no King but Caesar." + +98.60 The Warning of Pilate's Wife + +MT 27:19 + + 19 While he [Pilate] was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife +sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I +have suffered greatly today in a dream because of him." + +98.70 Pilate Washes His Hands + +MT 27:24-26 + + 24 When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a +riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, +saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood. See to it yourselves." 25 +And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!" +26 Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, +he delivered him to be crucified. + +MK 15:15 + + 15 So Pilate, wanting to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to +them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged him, to be +crucified. + +LK 23:24-25 + + 24 So Pilate gave sentence that their demand should be granted. +25 And he released the man who had been thrown into prison for +insurrection and murder, the one they asked for; but Jesus he delivered +up to their will. + +98.80 Jesus Mocked Again + +MK 15:16-19 + + 16 The soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the +Praetorium) and they called together the whole battalion. 17 And they +clothed him in a purple cloak, and they twisted a crown of thorns and +put it on him. 18 And they began to salute him, "Hail, King of the +Jews!" 19 Then they struck him on the head with a reed and spat on him; +and falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. + +98.90 Jesus Led Forth to Crucifixion + +MT 27:31-32 + + 31 And when they had mocked him, they took the robe off him, put +his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him. + 32 Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by +name, and they compelled him to carry his cross. + +MK 15:20-21 + + 20 And when they had mocked him, they took the purple robe off +him, and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify +him. + 21 Then they compelled a certain man, Simon of Cyrene, the father +of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing +by, to carry his cross. + +LK 23:26-32 + + 26 And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who +was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it +behind Jesus. 27 And a great multitude of the people followed him, and +women who also mourned and lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning to them +said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for +yourselves and for your children. 29 For behold, the days are coming +when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, +and the breasts that never nursed!' +30 Then they will begin to say to the mountains, + 'Fall on us!' + and to the hills, + 'Cover us!' +31 For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen +when it is dry?" + 32 Two others, criminals, were also led with him to be put to +death. + +JN 19:16-17a + + 16 Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. + So they took Jesus. 17 And he [went out] bearing his cross. + + + +99.10 Jesus Crucified with the Two Thieves. + Pilate's Superscription. + The Casting of Lots. + Jesus Commends His Mother to John. + The Mockery. + The Conversion of One of the Thieves. Darkness. + +MT 27:33-45 + + 33 And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means the +place of a skull), 34 they offered him wine to drink, mingled with +gall; but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. 35 And when they +had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting +lots; 36 and sitting down, they kept watch over him there. 37 And they +put up over his head the charge written against him: + +THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +38 Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one +on the left. 39 And those who passed by hurled insults at him, wagging +their heads 40 and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and build +it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down +from the cross." 41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and +elders, mocked him, saying, 42 "He saved others; he cannot save +himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the +cross, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God; let God deliver +him now, if he desires him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" 44 And +the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same +way. + 45 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was +darkness over all the land. + +MK 15:22-33 + + 22 And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means +the place of a skull). 23 Then they offered him wine mingled with +myrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And when they crucified him, + they divided his garments, + casting lots for them + to determine what each man should take. +25 And it was the third hour, when they crucified him. 26 And the +inscription of the charge written against him read: + +THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +27 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on +his left. 29 And those who passed by hurled insults at him, wagging +their heads, and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the temple and +build it in three days, 30 save yourself, and come down from the +cross!" 31 So also the chief priests mocked him among themselves with +the scribes, and said, "He saved others; he cannot save himself. 32 Let +the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we +may see and believe." Those who were crucified with him also reviled +him. + 33 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the +whole land until the ninth hour. + +LK 23:33-45a + + 33 And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they +crucified him, and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the +left. 34 Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what +they do." And they divided his garments and cast lots. 35 And the +people stood watching; but even the rulers sneered at him, saying, "He +saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the +Chosen One." 36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering +him wine vinegar, 37 and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save +yourself." 38 There was also an inscription written over him: + +THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. + + 39 One of the criminals who were hanged there hurled insults at +him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!" 40 But the +other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under +the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are +receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing +wrong." 42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your +kingdom." 43 And Jesus said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you +will be with me in Paradise." + 44 It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over +the whole land until the ninth hour, 45 for the sun was darkened. + +JN 19:17b-27 + + 17 [He} went out to a place called the Place of the Skull, which +is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. 18 There they crucified him, and two +others with him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. 19 Pilate +wrote a title and put it on the cross. It read: + +JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +20 Many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was +crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and +Latin. 21 The chief priests of the Jews then said to Pilate, "Do not +write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'This man said, I am King of the +Jews.'" 22 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written." + 23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments, +and made four parts, one for each soldier, and also his tunic. Now the +tunic was without seam, woven in one piece from top to bottom. 24 So +they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, +whose it shall be." This happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled +which says: + "They divided my garments among them, + and for my clothing they cast lots." +This is what the soldiers did. 25 By the cross of Jesus stood his +mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary +Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved +standing by, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold your son!" 27 Then +he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the +disciple took her to his own home. + +100.10 Jesus Dies + +MT 27:46-50 + + 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, +"Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you +forsaken me?" 47 When some of those standing there heard this, they +said, "This man is calling Elijah." 48 Immediately one of them ran and +took a sponge, filled it with wine vinegar and put it on a reed, and +offered it to him to drink. 49 The rest said, "Let him alone; let us +see if Elijah will come to save him." 50 And Jesus cried out again with +a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. + +MK 15:34-37 + + 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, +"Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"-which means, "My God, my God, why have +you forsaken me?" 35 When some of those standing near heard this, they +said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah." 36 And one ran and filled a +sponge full of wine vinegar, put it on a reed, and offered it to him to +drink, saying, "Wait, let us see if Elijah will come to take him down." +37 And with a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. + +LK 23:46 + + 46 And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into +your hands I commit my spirit." And having said this, he breathed his +last. + +JN 19:28-30 + + 28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now accomplished, that +the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I thirst." 29 Now a vessel +full of wine vinegar was sitting there; so they filled a sponge with +the vinegar, put it on hyssop, and put it to his mouth. 30 So when +Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished!" And he bowed +his head and gave up his spirit. + +100.20 Portents. The Centurion's Witness. The Crowd of Onlookers. + +MT 27:51-56 + + 51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from +top to bottom; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split; 52 the +tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen +asleep were raised, 53 and coming out of the tombs after his +resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. 54 So +when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the +earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified, and +said, "Truly this was the Son of God!" 55 And many women were also +there, looking on from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, +ministering to him; 56 among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother +of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons. + +MK 15:38-41 + + 38 Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to +bottom. 39 So when the centurion, who stood opposite him, saw that he +cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was +the Son of God!" 40 There were also women looking on from afar, among +whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of +Joses, and Salome, 41 who also followed him and ministered to him when +he was in Galilee; and many other women who came up with him to +Jerusalem. + + +LK 23:45b, 47-49 + + 45 The curtain of the temple was torn in two. 47 Now when the +centurion saw what had happened, he praised God, and said, "Certainly +this was a righteous man!" 48 When all the multitudes who had gathered +to witness this sight saw what had taken place, they beat their +breasts, and returned home. 49 But all his acquaintances, and the women +who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these +things. + +101.10 The Side of Jesus is Pierced with a Spear + +JN 19:31-37 + + 31 Therefore, because it was the day of Preparation, that the +bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath +was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, +and that they might be taken away. 32 Then the soldiers came and broke +the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with +him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, +they did not break his legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his +side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. 35 He who +saw it has testified, and his testimony is true, and he knows that he +tells the truth, that you also may believe. 36 For these things were +done that the scripture should be fulfilled, "Not one of his bones +shall be broken." 37 And again another scripture says, "They shall look +on him whom they have pierced." + +101.20 A Nobleman (Joseph of Arimathea) Begs for the Body of Jesus and + lays it in a new Tomb in a Garden nearby. + +MT 27:57-60 + + 57 And when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, +named Joseph, who had himself also become a disciple of Jesus. 58 He +went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it +to be given to him. 59 When Joseph took the body, he wrapped it in a +clean linen cloth, 60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had +hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the +tomb, and departed. + +MK 15:42-46 + + 42 Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, +that is, the day before the Sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a +prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of +God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the +body of Jesus. 44 Pilate marveled that he was already dead; and +summoning the centurion, he asked him if he was already dead. 45 And +when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the +body to Joseph. 46 Then he bought fine linen, took him down, and +wrapped him in the linen. And he laid him in a tomb which had been hewn +out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. + +LK 23:50-54 + + 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a +good and righteous man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and +deed. He came from of Arimathea, a city of the Jews, and he was waiting +for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the +body of Jesus. 53 Then he took it down and wrapped it in linen cloth, +and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock, where no one had +ever yet been laid. 54 It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was +about to begin. + +JN 19:38-42 + + 38 After this Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, +but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take +away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and +took away his body. 39 And Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by +night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a +hundred pounds. 40 So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in +strips of linen with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. +41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in +the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. 42 So because +of the Jewish day of Preparation, as the tomb was nearby, they laid +Jesus there. + +101.30 The Faithful Women Prepare a Rich Ointment to Embalm the Body + of Jesus. + +MT 27:61 + +61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the +tomb. + +MK 15:47 + +47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid. + +LK 23:55-56 + + 55 The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw +the tomb, and how his body was laid. 56 Then they returned and prepared +spices and perfumes. + +101.40 The Chief Priests are Suspicious. They Seal the Sepulchre. + +MT 27:62-66 + + 62 The next day, the one after the day of Preparation, the chief +priests and the Pharisees gathered to Pilate 63 and said, "Sir, we +remember how that deceiver said, while he was still alive, 'After three +days I will rise again.' 64 Therefore order that the tomb be made +secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and steal +him away, and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead.' So the +last deception will be worse than the first." 65 Pilate said to them, +"You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how." 66 +So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting +a guard. + +Part 14 - THE TOMB + +102.10 The Two Marys Buy Spice + +MK 16:1 + + 1 Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the +mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and +anoint him. + +102.20 They Visit the Sepulchre + +MT 28:1 + + 1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to +dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. + +MK 16:2 + + 2 And very early on the first day of the week, they [the women] +came to the tomb when the sun had risen. + +LK 24:1 + + 1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to +the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. + +102.30 Many Dead are Seen to be Alive Again + +MT 27:52-53 + + 52 the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who +had fallen asleep were raised, 53 and coming out of the tombs after his +resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. + +102.40 The Grave Opened by Angels + +MT 28:2-4 + + 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the +Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the +door, and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his + + +clothes were white as snow. 4 And the guards shook for fear of him, and +became like dead men. + +102.50 The Women Find the Stone Rolled away. + +MK 16:3-4 + + 3 And they [the women] asked each other, "Who will roll away the +stone from the door of the tomb for us?" 4 But when they looked up, +they saw that the stone, though it was very large, had been rolled +away. + +LK 24:2 + + 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. + +JN 20:1 + + 1 On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb +early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken +away from the tomb. + +103.10 Peter and John, on Hearing Mary Magdalene's Report of the Empty Tomb, +Investigate for Themselves. + +JN 20:2-10 + + 2 So she [Mary Magdalene] ran, and came to Simon Peter and the +other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have +taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid +him." 3 Peter therefore went out with the other disciple, and they were +going toward the tomb. 4 They both ran, but the other disciple outran +Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 And stooping to look in, he saw the +linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter +came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen +cloths lying there, 7 and the napkin that had been around his head, not +lying with the linen cloths, but folded up in a place by itself. 8 Then +the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in; and he +saw and believed. 9 For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that he +must rise from the dead. 10 Then the disciples went back to their +homes. + + +103.20 The Women at the Tomb See an Angel who Announces the + Resurrection. + +MT 28:5-7 + + 5 [The women entered the tomb] But the angel [who was sitting in +the tomb] said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you +seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here; for he has risen, as he +said. Come, see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his +disciples that he has risen from the dead. And behold, he is going +before you to Galilee; there you will see him. Behold, I have told +you." + +MK 16:5-7 + + 5 And entering the tomb, they [the women] saw a young man sitting +on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were alarmed. 6 +But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, +who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where +they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going +before you to +Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you." + +LK 24:3 + + 3 but when they [the women] went in they did not find the body of +the Lord Jesus. + +103.30 Then Two Angels Greet the Women + +LK 24:4-8 + +4 While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them +in dazzling apparel. 5 And as they were terrified and bowed their faces +to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among +the dead? 6 He is not here, but is risen! Remember how he told you +while he was still in Galilee, 7 'The Son of Man must be delivered into +the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise +again.'" 8 And they remembered his words. + +103.40 They go to Tell the Disciples + +MT 28:8 + + 8 So they [the women] departed quickly from the tomb with fear +and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. + +MK 16:8 + + 8 So they [the women] went out quickly and fled from the tomb, +for trembling and astonishment had gripped them. And they said nothing +to anyone, for they were afraid. + +103.50 Two Angels, and then Jesus Himself, appear to Mary Magdalene + as she Weeps at the Tomb + +MK 16:9 + + 9 Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he +appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons. + +JN 20:11-17 + + 11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she +stooped to look into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white, +sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other +at the feet. 13 They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She +said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know +where they have laid him." 14 Saying this, she turned around and saw +Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus +said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" +Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have +carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him +away." 16 Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in +Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (which means, Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, "Do +not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my +brethren and say to them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, +to my God and your God.'" + +104.10 Jesus Appears to the Other Women as they go to Announce the + Resurrection + +MT 28:9-10 + + 9 And behold, Jesus met them and said, "Hail!" And they came to +him and took hold of his feet and worshipped him. 10 Then Jesus said to +them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee; and +there they will see me." + +105.10 The Jewish Authorities Bribe the Guard to Declare that Jesus' + Disciples Stole His Body + +MT 28:11-15 + + 11 Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard went into +the city and reported to the chief priests all the things that had +happened. 12 When they had assembled with the elders and consulted +together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, 13 and said, +"Tell them, 'His disciples came by night and stole him away while we +were asleep.' 14 And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will +satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." 15 So they took the money and +did as they were instructed; and this story has been spread among the +Jews to this day. + +106.10 The Women Tell the Disciples that Jesus had Risen: + They Disbelieve. + +MK 16:10-11 + + 10 She [Mary Magdalene] went and told those who had been with +him, as they mourned and wept. 11 And when they heard that he was alive +and had been seen by her, they did not believe it. + +LK 24:9-11 + + 9 Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to +the eleven and to all the rest. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary +the mother of James, and the other women with them, who told this to +the apostles. 11 But their words seemed to them like idle tales, and +they did not believe them. + +JN 20:18 + + 18 Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, "I have seen +the Lord!" And she told them that he had said these things to her. + +Part 15 - THE RESURRECTION + +107.10 The Appearance of Jesus to Peter + +LK 24:12, 34 +1 Corinthians 15:5a + + 12 But Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw +the linen wrappings lying by themselves; and then he [Jesus] appeared +to Cephas and he went away, marveling to himself at what had happened. +34 [afterwards the eleven said], "The Lord has risen indeed, and has +appeared to Simon!" + +108.10 Jesus Appears to Two Disciples Journeying to Emmaus + +MK 16:12-13a + + 12 After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they +were walking into the country. 13 And they went and told it to the +rest. + +LK 24:13-35 + + 13 Now behold, that same day two of them were going to a village +called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 And they were +talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15 +While they talked and discussed, Jesus himself drew near and went with +them. 16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17 And he said +to them, "What is this conversation which you are exchanging with each +other as you walk?" And they stood still, looking sad. 18 Then one of +them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to +Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these +days?" 19 And he said to them, "What things?" And they said to him, +"The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in +deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how the chief +priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and +crucified him. 21 But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to +redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since all +this happened. 22 In addition, some women of our company amazed us. +They were at the tomb early in the morning, 23 and when they did not +find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of +angels who said he was alive. 24 Some of those who were with us went to +the tomb, and found it just as the women had said; but him they did not +see." 25 And he said to them, "O foolish men, and slow of heart to +believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Christ have +to suffer these things and enter his glory?" 27 And beginning with +Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them the things concerning +himself in all the scriptures. + 28 As they drew near the village to which they were going, he +acted as though he would be going farther, 29 but they constrained him, +saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far +spent." So he went in to stay with them. 30 When he was at the table +with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. 31 +Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished +from their sight. 32 And they said to each other, "Did not our hearts +burn within us while he talked with us on the road, while he opened to +us the scriptures?" 33 So they rose up that very hour and returned to +Jerusalem, and they found the eleven and those who were with them +gathered together, 34 saying, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has +appeared to Simon!" 35 Then they told what had happened on the road, +and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. + +108.20 The Disciples at Jerusalem still Unbelieving + +MK 16:13b + + But they [the disciples] did not believe them [the two who had +been traveling to Emmaus] either. + +109.10 Suddenly Jesus Appears to Them, Thomas only being Absent + +MK 16:14 + + 14 Later he appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and +he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they +did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen. + +LK 24:36-49 + + 36 As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among them and +said to them, "Peace be with you." 37 But they were startled and +frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. 38 And he said to +them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your hearts? 39 +See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Handle me and see, for a +spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have." 40 When he had +said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41 And while they +still did not believe for joy, and marveled, he said to them, "Have you +anything here to eat?" 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43 and +he took it and ate in their presence. + 44 Then he said to them, "These are my words which I spoke to +you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in +the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." 45 +Then he opened their minds, so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 +And he said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer +and rise again from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance and +forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, +beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And +behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, +until you are clothed with power from on high." + +JN 20:19-25 + + 19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the +doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus +came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." 20 +When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the +disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them +again, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I also send you." +22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, +"Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are +forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." + 24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with +them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, "We have seen +the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of +the nails, and put my finger in the mark of the nails, and put my hand +in his side, I will not believe." + +110.10 Jesus Appears to the Disciples Thomas Being Present. + +JN 20:26-30 + + 26 Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and +Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood +among them, and said, "Peace be with you!" 27 Then he said to Thomas, +"Put your finger here, and see my hands. Reach out your hand, and put +it into my side; do not be unbelieving, but believing." 28 Thomas +answered him, "My Lord and my God!" 29 Jesus said to him, "Have you +believed because you have seen me? Blessed arethose who have not seen +and yet have believed." + + + 30 Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, +which are not written in this book. + +110.20 Jesus Appears to Five Hundred + +1 Corinthians 15:6 + + 6 After that he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at +one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. + +111.10 Jesus Appears to the Disciples in Galilee + +MT 28:16-20 + + 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain +which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw him, they +worshipped him; but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, +"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go +therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name +of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them +to observe all that I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you +always, even to the end of the age." + +112.10 Jesus Appears to His Disciples at the Sea of Tiberias + +JN 21:1-23 + + 1 After this Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the +Sea of Tiberias, and in this way he showed himself: 2 Simon Peter, +Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of +Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter +said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with +you." They went out and got into the boat; but that night they caught +nothing. 4 But early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the +disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 5 Jesus said to them, +"Children, have you any fish?" They answered him, "No." 6 He said to +them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find +some." So they cast, and now they were not able to haul it in because +of the great number of fish. 7 Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said +to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the +Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and threw +himself into the sea. 8 But the other disciples came in the boat, +dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, but +about a hundred yards off. 9 When they had come to land, they saw a +fire of coals there, with fish lying on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to +them, "Bring some of the fish you have just caught." 11 Simon Peter +went aboard and dragged the net ashore, full of large fish, one hundred +and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn. +12 Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the +disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. 13 +Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same +with the fish. 14 This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his +disciples after he was raised from the dead. + 15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, +"Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, +"Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs." +16 He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love +me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to +him, "Tend my sheep." 17 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of +John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the +third time, "Do you love me?" And he said to him, "Lord, you know all +things; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep. +18 Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded +yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will +stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where +you do not wish to go." 19 This he said to show by what death he would +glorify God. And after this he said to him, "Follow me." + 20 Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus +loved, who had leaned on his breast at the supper and had said, "Lord, +who is the one who is going to betray you?" 21 When Peter saw him, he +said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?" 22 Jesus said to him, "If I +want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me." +23 Then the saying spread among the brethren that this disciple would +not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, "If I +want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?" + +113.10 Jesus Appears to the Disciples in the Upper Room and Discourses + on the Power of Faith + +MK 16:14-18 + + 15 And he said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the +gospel to all creation. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be +saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these +signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out +demons; + + +they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents; and if +they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their +hands on the sick, and they will recover." + +113.20 Jesus bids them Remain at Jerusalem until the Coming of the Holy + Ghost + +Acts 1:4-5 + + 4 And while staying with them, he commanded them not to leave +Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," he +said, "you heard of from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but before +many days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit." + +113.30 The Future Witness of the Disciples to Jesus Christ + +Acts 1:6-8 + + 6 So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you +at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?" 7 He said to +them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has +fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy +Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses both in +Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the +earth." + +113.40 Jesus Ascends into Heaven + +LK 24.50-51 + + 50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his +hands and blessed them. 51 While he blessed them, he parted from them, +and was carried up into heaven. + +Acts 1:9-11 + + 9 And after he had said this, as they were looking on, he was +lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And as they were +gazing intently into the sky while he was going, behold, two men in +white clothing stood beside them. 11 They also said, "Men of Galilee, +why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken +up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have +watched him go into heaven." + +113.50 The Disciples Return to Jerusalem + +MK 16:19 + + 19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken +up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. + +LK 24:52 + + 52 Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great +joy. + +Acts 1:12-14 + + 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, +which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. 13 And when they +had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying; +Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and +Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the +son of James. 14 All these with one mind devoted themselves to prayer, +along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his +brothers. + +113.60 The Coming of the Holy Ghost + +Acts 2:1-47 + + 1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in +one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rush +of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were +sitting. 3 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing +themselves, and they rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all +filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the +Spirit gave them utterance. + 5 Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from +every nation under heaven. 6 And at this sound the crowd came together, +and they were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his +own language. 7 They were amazed and wondered, saying, "Are not all +these who are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear them, +each of us in his own native language? 9 Parthians and Medes and +Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus +and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya around +Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans +and Arabs-we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds +of God." 12 And they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one +another, "What does this mean?" 13 But others were mocking and said, +"They are full of sweet wine." + 14 But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice +and addressed them: "Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, +let this be known to you and give heed to my words. 15 For these men +are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the +day; 16 but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: +17 'And in the last days it shall be, God says, + that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, + and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, + and your young men shall see visions, + and your old men shall dream dreams; +18 even on my servants, both men and women, + I will pour out my Spirit in those days, + and they shall prophesy. +19 And I will show wonders in heaven above + and signs on the earth below, + blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. +20 The sun will be turned into darkness + and the moon into blood, + before the great and glorious day + of the Lord shall come. +21 And it shall be that everyone + who calls on the name of the Lord + will be saved.' + 22 "Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a +man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which +God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know-23 this man, +delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you +nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put him to death. 24 +But God raised him up, having loosed the agony of death, because it was +impossible for him to be held in its power. 25 For David says +concerning him, + 'I saw the Lord always before me; + for he is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken. +26 Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; + moreover my flesh also will live in hope, +27 because you will not abandon my soul to hades, + nor let your Holy One see decay. +28 You have made known to me the ways of life; + you will make me full of gladness with your presence.' + 29 "Brethren, I may say to you confidently of the patriarch David +that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. +30 And so, because he was a prophet, and knew that God had sworn with +an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, +31 he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, + that he was not abandoned to hades, + nor did his flesh see decay. +32 This Jesus God raised up again, and of that we are all witnesses. 33 +Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received +from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this +which you see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend into heaven, but he +says himself: + 'The Lord said to my Lord, + "Sit at my right hand, +35 until I make your enemies a footstool + for your feet."' +36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has +made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified." + 37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said +to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?" 38 +And Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in +the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will +receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and +your children and for all who are far off, for all whom the Lord our +God will call to himself." 40 And he testified with many other words +and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this perverse +generation." 41 So those who received his word were baptized, and there +were added that day about three thousand souls. 42 They devoted +themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the +breaking of bread and to prayer. + 43 Everyone was filled with awe; and many wonders and signs were +done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed were together and +had all things in common; 45 and they sold their possessions and goods +and distributed them to all, as anyone had need. 46 And day by day, +attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they +ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and having +favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by +day those who were being saved. + + + +113.70 The Disciples Praise God Continually + +LK 24:53 + + 53 and [the disciples] were continually in the temple praising +God. + +113.80 They Preach Everywhere + +MK 16:20 + + 20 Then they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord +worked with them and confirmed the word by the signs that accompanied +it. Amen. + +114.10 Conclusion + +Acts 1:1-3 + + 1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus +began to do and to teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up to +heaven, after he had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the +apostles whom he had chosen. 3 To these he also presented himself alive +after his suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over +a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the +kingdom of God. + +114.20 Epilogue + +JN 21:25 + + 25 But there are also many other things which Jesus did. If every +one of them were to be written, I suppose that even the world itself +could not contain the books that would be written. + + +End of The Project Gutenberg Etext of J. Clontz +by The Gospels in Four Part Harmony + |