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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.</p> + +<p> +Contact Information:</p> + +<p> +clontzjm@hotmail.com</p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p align="Center" style="text-align: center; "><b> +Foreword</b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> + 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. </p> + +<p> + 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.</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Below are some important academic notes concerning the PGH sequence of the +gospels:</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> + 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.</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> + 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.</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> + 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. </p> + + +<p> + 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. </p> + + +<p> + 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.</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p align="Center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid; "><b> +Acknowledgements</b><b></b></p> + +<p style="page-break-after: avoid; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +The biblical text for this book is from <b><i><u>The Common Edition of the +New Testament</u></i></b><i> </i>by T. E. Clontz and I would like to thank +my brother for allowing me to use his book. + <br style="mso-special-character:line-break"> + <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character:line-break"> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Many of the section headings for this book come from <b><i><u>The Pepysian +Gospel Harmony</u>, </i></b>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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +I would also like to thank Yuri Kuchinsky -- author of <b><i><u>The Magdalene +Gospel</u></i></b> 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.</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +And finally, I would like to thank the unknown author of the <b><i><u>Pepysian +Gospel Harmony </u></i></b>MS 2498 for bringing me joy.</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p align="Center" style="text-align: center; "><b> +About the Author</b></p> + +<p align="Center" style="text-align: center; "><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:center 3.25in; +mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"> +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.</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Previous publications include:</p> + +<p style="text-align: justify; "><b><i> +C. S. Lewis's Grief After the Death of Joy</i></b> +, 1998<b></b></p> + +<p><b><i> +Women and the Cross</i></b> +, 1997</p> + +<p><b><i> +Karl Barth's Moment</i></b> +, 1997</p> + +<p><b><i> +New Psalms</i></b>, 1996</p> + +<p style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:center 3.25in; +mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i> +Karl Barth's Pontius Pilate</i></b> +, 1996<b></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p align="Center" style="text-align: center; "><b> +Table of Contents</b></p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p> +Part 1 - IN THE BEGINNING</p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +1.10 <u>The Gospel</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 1:1-4</p> + +<p><b> +1.20 <u>God Became Man in Jesus +Christ</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 1:1-18</p> + +<p><b> +2.10 <u>Gabriel appears +to Zechariah</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 1:5-25</p> + +<p><b> +2.20 <u>Gabriel visits the +Virgin Mary</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 1:26-38</p> + +<p><b> +2.30 <u>Mary Visits Elizabeth</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 1:39-56</p> + +<p><b> +2.50 <u>Joseph is Reassured +in a Dream</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT1:18-25A</p> + +<p><b> +2.60 <u>The Birth of John the Baptist</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 1:57-80</p> + +<p><b> +3.10 <u>Joseph and Mary +go to Bethlehem, Jesus is born, Angels Appear to the </u> + <u>Shepherds</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 2:1-21</p> + +<p><b> +3.20 <u>The Genealogy of Jesus Christ</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 1:1-17</p> + +<p><b> +3.30 <u>The Visit of the Magi</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 2:1-12</p> + +<p><b> +4.10 <u>Simeon and Anna’s +blessings</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 2:22-39</p> + +<p><b> +5.10 <u>The Flight into Egypt</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 2:13b-23</p> + +<p><b> +5.20 <u>Jesus Grows in Stature</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 2:40</p> + +<p><b> +6.10 <u>Jesus among the Teachers</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 2:41-52</p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p> +Part 2 - BAPTISM<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +7.10 <u>John the Baptist Preaches +Repentance</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 3:1-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:1-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 3:1-18, 21-22</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 1:19-28</p> + +<p><b> +8.10 <u>The Fasting and Temptation +of Jesus</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 4:1-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:12-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:1-13</p> + +<p><b> +8.20 <u>The Genealogy of Jesus Christ</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 3:23-38</p> + +<p><b> +9.10 <u>John the Baptist’s Witness +- Behold the Lamb of God!</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 1:29b-51</p> + +<p><b> +10.10 <u>The Marriage Feast in Cana +of Galilee</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 2:1-12</p> + +<p><b> +11.10 <u>The Purging of the Temple</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 2:13-25</p> + +<p><b> +11.20 <u>Spiritual Rebirth +- Nicodemus, a Ruler of the Jews</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 3:1-21</p> + +<p><b> +12.10 <u>John’s Further Witness to +Jesus - He must Increase...I must Decrease</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 3:22-36</p> + +<p><b> +13.10 <u>The Imprisonment of John +the Baptist</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 3:19-20</p> + +<p><b> +13.20 <u>Jesus Leaves Judea for Galilee +after John’s Arrest</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 4:12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 4:1-3</p> + +<p><b> +13.30 <u>Passing through +Samaria, Jesus Converts the Woman at the Well and </u> + <u>many Other Samaritans</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 4:4-42</p> + +<p><b> +13.50 <u>Beginning of the +Ministry of Jesus in Galilee</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:14</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:14-15</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 4:43-45</p> + +<p><b> +14.10 <u>Healing of the +Official’s Son in Galilee</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 4:46-54</p> + +<p><b> +15.10 <u>Miraculous Draught +of Fishes - the Call of Peter, James and John</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 5:1-11</p> + +<p><b> +16.10 <u>Jesus Returns to Nazareth</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 4:16-30</p> + +<p><b> +16.20 <u>Jesus Leaves Nazareth</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 4:13-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:15</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:31a</p> + +<p><b> +17.10 <u>The Second Call of Andrew, +Peter, James and John</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 4:18-22</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:16-20</p> + +<p><b> +18.10 <u>Jesus Casts out a Demon</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:21-28</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:31b-37</p> + +<p><b> +18.20 <u>Cure of Simon’s Wife’s Mother +and Other Sick People</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 8:14-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:29-38</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:38-43</p> + +<p><b> +18.40 <u>Preaching throughout +all of Galilee</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 4:23-25</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:39</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:44</p> + +<p><b> +19.20 <u>Jesus Crosses the Lake with +his Disciples and Calms a Storm</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 8:18-27</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:35-41</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 8:22-25</p> + +<p><b> +18.40 <u>Jesus Cures the Demoniacs</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 8:28-34</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 5:1-20</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 8:26-40</p> + +<p><b> +20.10 <u>Jesus Heals a Paralytic let +Down Through the Roof</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 9:1-8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 2:1-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 5:17-26</p> + +<p><b> +20.20 <u>The Call of Matthew</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 9:9-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 2:13-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 5:27-32</p> + +<p><b> +20.30 <u>Jesus answers Objections +as to his not Fasting</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 9:14-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 2:18-22</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 5:33-39</p> + +<p><b> +21.10 <u>Jesus Raises Jairus’ daughter +and heals a Woman with an issue of Blood</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 9:18-26</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 5:21-43</p> + +<p> + LK 8:40-56</p> + +<p><b> +22.10 <u>Jesus heals two blind men +and Casts out a Demon</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 9:27-34</p> + +<p><b> +23.10 <u>Jesus Preaches to, and is +Rejected by, his own Countrymen</u></b></p> + +<p> + MK 6:1-6a</p> + +<p><b> +24.10 <u>Preaching and Healing +in Galilee</u></b></p> + +<p> + MK 6:6b</p> + +<p><b> +24.20 <u>The Calling of the Twelve +Apostles</u></b></p> + +<p> + MK 3:13-19a</p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p> +Part 3 - SERMON ON THE MOUNT</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +24.30 <u>The Sermon on the Mount</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 5:1-16</p> + +<p><b> +25.10 <u>A Level Place</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 6:17-26</p> + +<p><b> +25.20 <u>The Law and the Prophets</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 5:17-20</p> + +<p><b> +25.30 <u>You Shall not Kill</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 5:21-26</p> + +<p><b> +25.31 <u>You Shall not Commit Adultery</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 5:27-32</p> + +<p><b> +25.32 <u>You Shall not Swear Falsely</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 5:33-37</p> + +<p><b> +25.33 <u>Do Not Resist One Who is +Evil</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 5:38-42</p> + +<p><b> +25.34 <u>Love Your Enemies</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 5:43-48</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 6:27-36</p> + +<p><b> +25.35 <u>When You Give Alms</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 6:1-4</p> + +<p><b> +25.36 <u>When you Pray</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 6:5-15</p> + +<p><b> +25.37 <u>When you Fast</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 6:16-18</p> + +<p><b> +25.38 <u>Do not Lay up for Yourselves +Treasures on Earth</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 6:19-24</p> + +<p><b> +25.39 Do not be Anxious About Your +Life</b></p> + +<p> + MT 6:25-34</p> + +<p><b> +25.40 <u>Judge Not</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 7:1-5</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 6:37-42</p> + +<p><b> +25.41 <u>Do not Give Dogs What is +Holy</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 7:6</p> + +<p><b> +25.42 <u>Ask and it Will be Given +to You</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 7:7-12</p> + +<p><b> +25.43 <u>Enter by the Narrow Gate</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 7:13-14</p> + +<p><b> +25.44 <u>You Shall Know Them by Their +Fruits</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 7:15-27</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 6:43-49</p> + +<p><b> +25.44 <u>Conclusion of the +Sermons</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 7:28-29</p> + +<p><b> +26.10 <u>A Leper is Healed Near Capernaum</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 8:1-4</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:40-45</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 5:12-16</p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p> +Part 4 - AFTER THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +27.10 <u>The Healing of the Centurion’s +Servant</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 8:5-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 7:1-10</p> + +<p><b> +28.10 <u>Jesus Charges the Twelve +Apostles and Sends Them Forth</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 9:35-11:1</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 6:7-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 9:1-6</p> + +<p><b> +29.10 <u>The Widow’s Son Raised From +the Dead at Nain</u></b> + </p> + +<p> + LK 7:11-17</p> + +<p><b> +30.10 <u>John the Baptist (in prison) +Sends Doubting Disciples to Jesus </u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 11:2-19</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 7:18-35</p> + +<p><b> +31.10 <u>The Anointing of Jesus Feet +in the House of Simon the Pharisee</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 7:36-8:3</p> + +<p><b> +32.10 <u>Jesus Charges the Seventy +Disciples and Sends Them Forth</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 11:20-24</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 10:1-16</p> + +<p><b> +33.10 <u>The Return of the Disciples +from Their Mission</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 11:25-30</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 10:17-24</p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p> +Part 5 - AFTER THE RETURN OF THE SEVENTY DISCIPLES</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +34.10 <u>The Parable of the Good Samaritan</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 10:25-37<b></b></p> + +<p><b> +35.10 <u>Mary and Martha</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 10:38-42</p> + +<p><b> +36.10 <u>Jesus Teaches the Disciples +How to Pray </u></b></p> + +<p> + <b><u>(The Parable of the Importunate Friend)</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 11:1-13</p> + +<p><b> +37.10 <u>The Disciples Pluck Ears +of Corn on the Sabbath</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 12:1-8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 2:23-28</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 6:1-5</p> + +<p><b> +38.10 <u>The Healing of a Paralyzed +Hand on the Sabbath</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 12:9-14</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 3:1-5</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 6:6-10</p> + +<p><b> +39.10 <u>A Hostile Council of Pharisees +- Jesus Withdraws</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 12:14-21</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 3:6-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 6:11</p> + +<p><b> +40.10 <u>Jesus Heals and the Pharisees +Seek a Sign</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 12:22-45</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 3:20-31</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 11:14-32</p> + +<p><b> +40.20 <u>The Brethren of Christ</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 12:46-50</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 3:31-35</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 8:19-21</p> + +<p><b> +41.10 <u>Woe to the Pharisees</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 11:37-54</p> + +<p><b> +42.10 <u>The Parable of the Rich Man</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 12:1-59</p> + +<p><b> +43.10 <u>The Parable of the Fig Tree</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 13:1-9</p> + +<p><b> +44.10 <u>Jesus Heals a Woman on the +Sabbath</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 13:10-17</p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p> +Part 6 - PARABLE OF THE SOWER AND OTHER PARABLES</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +45.10 <u>The Parable of the Sower</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:1-9</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:1-9</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 8:4-8</p> + +<p><b> +45.11 <u>The Secrets of the Kingdom +of Heaven</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:10-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:10-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 8:9-10</p> + +<p><b> +45.12 <u>The Parable of the Sower +Explained</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:18-23</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:13-20</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:11-15</p> + +<p><b> +45.13 <u>The Parable of the Wheat +and the Weeds</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 13:24-30</p> + +<p><b> +45.14 <u>The Parable of the Lamp</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:21-25</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 8:16-18</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 11:33-36</p> + +<p><b> +45.141 <u>The Parable of the Scattered +Seed</u></b></p> + +<p> + MK 4:26-29</p> + +<p><b> +45.15 <u>The Parable of the Mustard +Seed</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:31-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:30-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 13:18-19</p> + +<p><b> +45.16 <u>The Parable of the Leaven</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:33</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 13:20-21</p> + +<p><b> +45.17 <u>He Did Not Speak Without +a Parable</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:34-35</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:33-34</p> + +<p><b> +45.18 <u>The Explanation of the Parable +of the Wheat and the Weeds</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:36-43</p> + +<p><b> +45.19 <u>Parable of the Treasure +Hidden in a Field</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 13:44</p> + +<p><b> +45.191 <u>Parable of the +Pearl of Great Price</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 13:45-46</p> + +<p><b> +45.192 <u>Parable of the +Fishing Net</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 13:47-50</p> + +<p><b> +45.193 <u>Parable of the +Householder</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 13:51-52</p> + +<p><b> +46.10 <u>Jesus Preaches to and is Rejected by his own Countrymen</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 13:53-58</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Part 7 - TWO FEASTS IN JERUSALEM AND TWO FEEDINGS OF MULTITUDES</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +47.10 <u>Jesus goes to a Feast in Jerusalem. +</u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>He Cures an Infirm man by the Cisterns with the Five +Porches. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>The Jews Seek to Kill Jesus.</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 5:1-47</p> + +<p><b> +48.10 <u>Herodias Dances +Before Herod. </u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 14:3-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 6:17-28</p> + +<p><b> +48.20 <u>The Apostles Return and Jesus +Withdraws with them to a Desert Place.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 14:12-13a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK6:29-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 9:10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 6:1,3</p> + +<p><b> +49.10 <u>The People Follow and Jesus +Comes Down From the Mountain to</u> +<u>Meet Them.</u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>The Feeding of the Five Thousand. </u> + </b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>At Night Jesus Walks upon the Lake. </u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 14:13b-33</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 6:33-52</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 9:11-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 6:2,4-21</p> + +<p><b> +50.10 <u>Healing in Gennesaret</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 14:34-36</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 6:53-56</p> + +<p><b> +49.20 <u>The Miraculously fed Multitude +Seek Him at Capernaum. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Peter’s Confession.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 6:22-47 </p> + +<p><b> +51.10 <u>Jesus Teaches the Real Causes +of Defilement and Discourses on </u> </b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Pharisaic Traditions</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 15:1-20 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 7:1-23</p> + +<p><b> +52.10 <u>Jesus Heals the Canaanite’s +Daughter</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 15:21-28</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 7:24-30</p> + +<p><b> +53.10 <u>Jesus Heals a Deaf and Dumb +Man and Works Other Miracles</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 15:29-31</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 7:31-37</p> + +<p><b> +54.10 <u>The Feeding of the Four Thousand</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 15:32-39a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 8:1-10</p> + +<p><b> +55.10 <u>The Pharisees Ask for a Sign</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 16:1-4</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 8:11-12</p> + +<p><b> +56.10 <u>Jesus Warns the Disciples +of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Herodians</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; 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"> + +<p> +Part 10 - LAZARUS RAISED</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +72.10 <u>Jesus Discourses on Marriage +and Divorce</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 19:3-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 10:2-12</p> + +<p><b> +73.10 <u>Jesus Blesses Little Children</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 19:13-15</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 10:13-16</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 18:15-17</p> + +<p><b> +74.10 <u>The Rich Young Ruler</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 19:16-30</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 10:17-31</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 18:18-30</p> + +<p><b> +74.20 <u>The Parable of the Laborers +in the Vineyard</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 20:1-16</p> + +<p><b> +75.10 <u>Jesus a Third Time Foretells +His Death and Resurrection</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 20:17-19</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 10:32-34</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 18:31-34 </p> + +<p><b> +75.10 <u>Jesus Answer to the Ambitious +Request of James and John</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 20:20-28</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 10:35-45</p> + +<p><b> +76.10 <u>Jesus Heals Bartimaeus, a +Blind Man, as He Enters Jericho</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 10:46-52</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 18:35-43</p> + +<p><b> +77.10 <u>Jesus and Zacchaeus</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 19:1-10</p> + +<p><b> +77.20 <u>The Parable of the Ten Pounds</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 19:11-27</p> + +<p><b> +78.10 <u>Jesus Heals Two Blind Man +as He Leaves Jericho</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 20:29-34</p> + +<p><b> +79.10 <u>I and the Father are One</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 10:22-42</p> + +<p><b> +80.10 <u>Jesus Raises Lazarus from +the Dead</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 11:1-57</p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p> +Part 11 - PALM SUNDAY</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +81.10 <u>Mary Anoints Jesus for His +Burial</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:6-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:3-9</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 12:1-8</p> + +<p><b> +81:20 <u>Public Excitement with Regard +to Jesus and Lazarus</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 12:9-11</p> + +<p><b> +81:30 <u>Jesus Makes His Triumphal +Entrance into Jerusalem</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 21:1-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 11:1-10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 19:29-44</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 12:12-19</p> + +<p><b> +82.10 <u>The Second Purging of the +Temple</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 21:12-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 11:15-18</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 19:45-48</p> + +<p><b> +82.20 <u>The Children in the Temple +Praise Jesus who at evening goes to Bethany</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 21:14-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 11:11</p> + +<p><b> +83.10 <u>The Withering of the Barren +Fig Tree</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; 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"> +MT 21:45-46</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 20:19</p> + +<p><b> +85.60 <u>Goodwill of the +People</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 21:37-38</p> + +<p><b> +86.10 <u>Question of Tribute +to Caesar</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 22:15-22</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:13-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 20:20-26</p> + +<p><b> +87.10 <u>Jesus Silences the Sadducees</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 22:23-33</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:18-27</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 20:27-40</p> + +<p><b> +88.10 <u>The Two Greatest Commandments</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 22:34-40</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:28-34</p> + +<p><b> +89.10 <u>Christ the Son and also the +Lord of David</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 22:41-46</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:35-37</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 20:41-44</p> + +<p><b> +90.10 <u>Jesus Condemns the Hypocrisy +of the Scribes and Pharisees.</u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>He Laments over Jerusalem.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 23:1-39</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:38-40</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 20:45-47</p> + +<p><b> +91.10 <u>The Widow’s Coin</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:41-44</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 21:1-4</p> + +<p><b> +92.10 <u>Jesus Foretells His Death +on the Cross</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 12:20-50</p> + +<p><b> +93.10 <u>Jesus Foretells the Destruction +of the Temple and the Signs of the </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Day of Judgment.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 24:1-51</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 13:1-37</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 21:5-36</p> + +<p><b> +93.20 <u>The Parables of the ten Virgins +and the Five Talents. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Separation of the Good and Evil at the Judgment.</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 25:1-46</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Part 12 - TREACHERY</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +94.10 </b> + <b><u>The Jews in Authority seek to Destroy Jesus Privately</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 26:1-5</p> + +<p><b> +94.20 <u>They Conspire with Judas +Iscariot</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:14-16</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:10-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:3-6</p> + +<p><b> +95.10 <u>The Disciples Prepare the +Passover</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:17-19</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:12-16</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:7-13</p> + +<p><b> +95.20 <u>Jesus Foretells the Treachery +of Judas</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:20-29</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:17-25</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:14-23</p> + +<p><b> +95.40 <u>Jesus Reproves the Ambition +of the Apostles, </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Foretells Peter’s Denials, Gives Warning of coming +Privation and Peril</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 22:24-38</p> + +<p><b> +95.50 <u>Jesus Washes the Feet of +His Disciples</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 13:1b-20</p> + +<p><b> +95.60 <u>Jesus Gives the Sop to Judas, +who then goes out. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Exhortation to love one another. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Jesus a Second Time Foretells Peter’s Denials</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 13:21-38</p> + +<p><b> +95.70 <u>The Holy Ghost is Promised. +Jesus Prays for His Disciples</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 14:1-17:26</p> + +<p><b> +96.10 <u>Jesus Warns His Disciples +that they will Forsake Him. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>He Foretells Peter’s Denials a Third Time. </u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:30-35</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:26-31</p> + +<p><b> +96.20 <u>The Agony in the Garden of +Gethsemane</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:36-46</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:32-42</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:39-46</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:1-2</p> + +<p><b> +96.30 <u>Jesus Betrayed by Judas Iscariot +and Arrested. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>The Disciples Desert Him.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:47-56</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:43-52</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:47-53</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:3-12</p> + +<p><b> +96.40 <u>Jesus is Brought Before Annas</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:57</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:53</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:54</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:13-14</p> + +<p><b> +96.50 <u>The Denials of Peter</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:58, 69-75</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:54, 66-72</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:55-62</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:15-27</p> + +<p><b> +96.60 <u>Jesus is Arraigned Before +Caiaphas, Condemned and Mocked</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:59-68</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:55-65</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:63-65</p> + +<p><b> +97.10 <u>Jesus Condemned Before Caiaphas +and led to Pilate</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:1-2</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:1</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 17:66-18:1</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:28</p> + +<p><b> +97.20 <u>The Jews Accuse Jesus of +Sedition</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:2</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:29-33a</p> + +<p><b> +97.30 <u>The Remorse and Suicide of +Judas Iscariot</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:3-10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Acts 1:18b</p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p> +Part 13 - TRIAL BEFORE PILATE</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +98.10 <u>Trial Before Pilate</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:11-14</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:2-5</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:3-7</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:33b-38</p> + +<p><b> +98.20 <u>Trial Before Herod</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 23:8-12</p> + +<p><b> +98.30 <u>Barabbas Preferred +Before Jesus</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:15-18, 20-23</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:6-14</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:13-23</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:39-40</p> + +<p><b> +98.40 <u>Jesus Mocked as a King</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:27-30</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 19:2-3</p> + +<p><b> +98.50 <u>Pilate Yields</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 19:4-15</p> + +<p><b> +98.60 <u>The Warning of Pilate’s Wife</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 27:19</p> + +<p><b> +98.70 <u>Pilate Washes His Hands</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:24-26</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:15</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:24-25</p> + +<p><b> +98.80 <u>Jesus Mocked Again</u></b></p> + +<p> + MK 15:16-19</p> + +<p><b> +98.90 <u>Jesus Led Forth to Crucifixion</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:31-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:20-21</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:26-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 19:16-17a</p> + +<p><b> +99.10 <u>Jesus Crucified with the +Two Thieves. </u> + </b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Pilate’s Superscription.</u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>The Casting of Lots. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Jesus Commends His Mother to John. </u> + </b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>The Mockery.</u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>The Conversion of One of the Thieves. Darkness.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:33-45</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:22-33</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:33-45a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 19:17b-27</p> + +<p><b> +100.10 <u>Jesus Dies</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:46-50</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:34-37</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:46</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 19:28-30</p> + +<p><b> +100.20 <u>Portents. The Centurion’s Witness. The Crowd of Onlookers.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:51-56</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:38-41</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:45b, 47-49</p> + +<p><b> +101.10 <u>The Side of Jesus is Pierced with a Spear</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 19:31-37</p> + +<p><b> +101.20 <u>A Nobleman (Joseph of Arimathea) Begs for the Body of Jesus and +</u> </b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>lays it in a new Tomb in a Garden nearby.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:57-60</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:42-46</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:50-54</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 19:38-42</p> + +<p><b> +101.30 <u>The Faithful Women Prepare a Rich Ointment to Embalm the Body </u> + </b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>of Jesus.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:61</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:47</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:55-56</p> + +<p><b> +101.40 <u>The Chief Priests are Suspicious. They Seal the Sepulchre.</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 27:62-66</p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p> +Part 14 - THE TOMB</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +102.10 <u>The Two Marys Buy Spice</u></b></p> + +<p> + MK 16:1</p> + +<p><b> +102.20 <u>They Visit the Sepulchre</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 28:1</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:2</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:1</p> + +<p><b> +102.30 <u>Many Dead are Seen to be Alive Again</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 27:52-53</p> + +<p><b> +102.40 <u>The Grave Opened by Angels</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 28:2-4</p> + +<p><b> +102.50 <u>The Women Find the Stone Rolled away.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:3-4</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:2</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 20:1</p> + +<p><b> +103.10 <u>Peter and John, on Hearing Mary Magdalene’s Report of the Empty +Tomb,</u> <u>Investigate +for Themselves. </u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 20:2-10</p> + +<p><b> +103.20 <u>The Women at the Tomb See an Angel who Announces the Resurrection.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 28:5-7</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:5-7</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:3</p> + +<p><b> +103.30 <u>Then Two Angels Greet the Women</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 24:4-8</p> + +<p><b> +103.40 <u>They go to Tell the Disciples</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 28:8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:8</p> + +<p><b> +103.50 <u>Two Angels, and then Jesus Himself, appear to Mary Magdalene </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>as she Weeps at the Tomb</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:9</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 20:11-17</p> + +<p><b> +104.10 <u>Jesus Appears to the Other Women as they go to Announce the </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Resurrection</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 28:9-10</p> + +<p><b> +105.10 <u>The Jewish Authorities Bribe the Guard to Declare that Jesus’ </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Disciples Stole His Body</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 28:11-15</p> + +<p><b> +106.10 <u>The Women Tell the Disciples that Jesus had Risen: </u> + <u>They Disbelieve.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:10-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:9-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 20:18</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Part 15 - THE RESURRECTION</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +107.10 <u>The Appearance of Jesus to Peter</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 24:12, 34</p> + +<p> + 1 Corinthians 15:5a</p> + +<p><b> +108.10 <u>Jesus Appears to Two Disciples Journeying to Emmaus</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:12-13a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:13-35</p> + +<p><b> +108.20 <u>The Disciples at Jerusalem still Unbelieving</u></b></p> + +<p> + MK 16:13b</p> + +<p><b> +109.10 <u>Suddenly Jesus Appears to Them, Thomas only being Absent</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:14</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:36-49</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 20:19-25</p> + +<p><b> +110.10 <u>Jesus Appears to the Disciples Thomas Being Present.</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 20:26-30</p> + +<p><b> +110.20 <u>Jesus Appears to Five Hundred</u></b></p> + +<p> + 1 Corinthians 15:6</p> + +<p><b> +111.10 <u>Jesus Appears to the Disciples in Galilee</u></b></p> + +<p> + MT 28:16-20</p> + +<p><b> +112.10 <u>Jesus Appears to His Disciples at the Sea of Tiberias</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 21:1-23</p> + +<p><b> +113.10 <u>Jesus Appears to the Disciples in the Upper Room and Discourses +</u> </b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>on the Power of Faith</u></b></p> + +<p> + MK 16:14-18</p> + +<p><b> +113.20 <u>Jesus bids them Remain at Jerusalem until the Coming of the Holy +</u> <u>Ghost</u></b></p> + +<p> + Acts 1:4-5</p> + +<p><b> +113.30 <u>The Future Witness of the Disciples to Jesus Christ</u></b></p> + +<p> + Acts 1:6-8</p> + +<p><b> +113.40 <u>Jesus Ascends into Heaven</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24.50-51</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Acts 1:9-11</p> + +<p><b> +113.50 <u>The Disciples Return to Jerusalem</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:19</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:52</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Acts 1:12-14</p> + +<p><b> +113.60 <u>The Coming of the Holy Ghost</u></b></p> + +<p> + Acts 2:1-47</p> + +<p><b> +113.70 <u>The Disciples Praise God Continually</u></b></p> + +<p> + LK 24:53</p> + +<p><b> +113.80 <u>They Preach Everywhere</u></b></p> + +<p> + MK 16:20</p> + +<p><b> +114.10 <u>Conclusion</u></b></p> + +<p> + Acts 1:1-3</p> + +<p><b> +114.20 <u>Epilogue</u></b></p> + +<p> + JN 21:25</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> + <i><u> +J. Clontz </u></i></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "><b> + <i>God’s Children</i></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> +We are not cast on the ground, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> + that have been recognized by so great highness. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> +We are not the offspring of mortality, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> + afterward to be dissolved by time. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> +We are not a product of motion, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> + made to be again destroyed by itself. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> +We are not things of earthly birth, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> + ending again therein. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> +We belong to a greatness unto which we aspire, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> + of which we are the property,</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> + and peradventure to a greatness</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> + that hath mercy upon us. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> +We belong to the Light, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> + by whom we have left the darkness; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> +To the Eternal, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 1in; "> + by whom we have escaped the bonds of the temporal.</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> +<br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p> +Part 1 - IN THE BEGINNING<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +1.10 <u>The Gospel</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 1:1-4</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +1.20 <u>God Became Man in Jesus +Christ</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 1:1-18</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p><b> +2.10 <u>Gabriel appears +to Zechariah</u></b></p> + +<p> + </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 1:5-25</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p><b> +2.20 <u>Gabriel visits the +Virgin Mary</u></b></p> + +<p> + </p> + +<p> + LK 1:26-38</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +2.30 <u>Mary Visits Elizabeth</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 1:39-56</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 46 And Mary said: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +47 "My soul magnifies the +Lord, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and my +spirit rejoices in God my Savior, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +48 for he has regarded the +lowly state of his servant; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for behold, +henceforth all generations </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + will call me blessed. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +49 For he who is mighty has +done great things for me, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and holy +is his name. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +50 And his mercy is on those +who fear him </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + from +generation to generation. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +51 He has shown strength +with his arm; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + he has +scattered the proud </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + in the imagination of their hearts. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +52 He has put down the mighty +from their thrones, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and exalted +the lowly. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +53 He has filled the hungry +with good things, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and the +rich he has sent empty away. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +54 He has helped his servant +Israel, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + in remembrance +of his mercy, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +55 as he spoke to our fathers, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + to Abraham +and to his seed forever."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 56 And Mary remained with her about three months, and +returned to her home. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +2.50 <u>Joseph is Reassured +in a Dream</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT1:18-25A</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +23 "Behold, the virgin shall +be with child and bear a son, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and they +shall call his name Immanuel," </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p><b> +2.60 <u>The Birth of John the Baptist</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 1:57-80</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 67 Now his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit, +and prophesied, saying: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +68 "Blessed be the Lord God +of Israel, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for he +has visited and redeemed his people, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +69 and has raised up a horn +of salvation for us </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + in the +house of his servant David, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +70 as he spoke by the mouth +of his holy prophets from of old, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +71 + that we should be saved from our enemies </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + and from the hand of all who hate us, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +72 To perform the mercy promised +to our fathers </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and to +remember his holy covenant, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +73 the oath which he swore +to our father Abraham: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +74 + to grant us that we, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + being delivered from the hand of our enemies, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + might serve him without fear, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +75 + in holiness and righteousness before him </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + all the days of our life. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +76 And you, child, will be +called the prophet of the Most High; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for you +will go on before the Lord to prepare his ways, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +77 to give knowledge of salvation +to his people </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + in the +forgiveness of their sins, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +78 through the tender mercy +of our God, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + with +which the sunrise from on high will visit us; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +79 to give light to those +who sit in darkness </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and in +the shadow of death, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + to guide +our feet into the way of peace."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and +he was in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Israel. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +3.10 <u>Joseph and Mary +go to Bethlehem, Jesus is born, Angels Appear to the </u> + <u>Shepherds</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 2:1-21</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +14 "Glory to God in the highest, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and on +earth peace among men </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + with whom he is pleased!"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +3.20 <u>The Genealogy of Jesus Christ</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 1:1-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of +David, the son of Abraham: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +3.30 <u>The Visit of the Magi</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 2:1-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +6 'But you, Bethlehem, in +the land of Judah, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + are by +no means least among the rulers of Judah; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for out of you shall come a ruler </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + who will +be the shepherd of my people Israel.'"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +4.10 <u>Simeon and Anna’s +blessings</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 2:22-39</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +29 "Lord, now you are letting +your servant depart in peace, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + according +to your word; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +30 for my eyes have seen +your salvation </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +31 + which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +32 a light for revelation +to the Gentiles, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and for +glory to your people Israel."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 39 And when they had performed everything according to +the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth. +</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +5.10 <u>The Flight into Egypt</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 2:13b-23</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +18 "A voice was heard in +Ramah, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + lamentation, +weeping, and great mourning, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + Rachel weeping for her children, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + refusing +to be comforted, because they are no more."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +5.20 <u>Jesus Grows in Stature</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 2:40</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled +with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +6.0 <u>Jesus among the Teachers</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 2:41-52</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Part 2 - BAPTISM<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +7.10 <u>John the Baptist Preaches +Repentance</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 3:1-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: + </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + Prepare +the way of the Lord, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + make +his paths straight." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:1-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son +of God.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + who will +prepare your way"; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +3 "The voice of one crying +in the wilderness: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'Prepare +the way of the Lord; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + make +his paths straight.'"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +4 John came baptizing in the wilderness, and preaching a baptism of </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and +was </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> + LK 3:1-18, 21-22</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'Prepare +the way of the Lord, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + make his paths straight. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +5 + Every valley shall be filled </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and every mountain and hill brought low; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + the crooked +places shall be made straight </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and the rough ways smooth; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +6 + and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 1:19-28</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +8.10 <u>The Fasting and Temptation +of Jesus</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 4:1-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness +to be </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +tempted by the devil. 2 And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'Man shall not live by bread alone, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + but by +every word that proceeds </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + from the mouth of God.'"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'He will give his angels charge of you,' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and 'In +their hands they will bear you up, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'You shall worship the Lord your God </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and him +only shall you serve.'"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and +ministered to him. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:12-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:1-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'You shall worship the Lord your God, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and him +only shall you serve.'" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'He will give his angels charge of you, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + to guard +you,' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +11 and, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'In their hands they will bear you up, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + lest +you strike your foot against a stone.'" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +8.20 <u>The Genealogy of Jesus Christ</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 3:23-38</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +9.10 <u>John the Baptist’s Witness +- Behold the Lamb of God!</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 1:29b-51</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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). </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 43 The next day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee. And he +found </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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." </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +10.10 <u>The Marriage Feast in Cana +of Galilee</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 2:1-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother +and </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +his brothers and his disciples; and there they stayed for a few days.</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +11.10 <u>The Purging of the Temple</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 2:13-25</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went +up to </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +sheep and doves, and the money-changers at their business. 15 And he </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, +many </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +11.20 <u>Spiritual Rebirth +- Nicodemus, a Ruler of the Jews</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 3:1-21</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +12.10 <u>John’s Further Witness to +Jesus - He must Increase...I must Decrease</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 3:22-36</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +13.10 <u>The Imprisonment of John +the Baptist</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 3:19-20</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +13.20 <u>Jesus Leaves Judea for Galilee +after John’s Arrest</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 4:12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, +he </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +withdrew to Galilee. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 4:1-3</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +13.30 <u>Passing through +Samaria, Jesus Converts the Woman at the Well and </u> + <u>many Other Samaritans</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 4:4-42</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +13.50 <u>Beginning of the +Ministry of Jesus in Galilee</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:14</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, +preaching the gospel of God.</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:14-15</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 4:43-45</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +14.10 <u>Healing of the +Official’s Son in Galilee</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 4:46-54</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +15.10 <u>Miraculous Draught +of Fishes - the Call of Peter, James and John</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 5:1-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +followed him </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +The Pepys Gospel Harmony adds:</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +[for a while. And then they returned +again to their affairs, until such time as when Jesus would call them again +.]</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +16.10 <u>Jesus Returns to Nazareth</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:16-30</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +18 "The Spirit of the Lord +is upon me, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + because +he has anointed me </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + to preach the good news to the poor. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and recovery +of sight to the blind, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + to set at liberty those who are oppressed, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +19 to proclaim the acceptable +year of the Lord." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +16.20 <u>Jesus Leaves Nazareth</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 4:13-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +15 "The land of Zebulun and +land of Naphtali, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + the way +to the sea, beyond the Jordan, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + Galilee of the Gentiles-</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +16 the people who sat in +darkness </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + have +seen a great light, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and on those who sat in the region and shadow of death +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + light +has dawned."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, +for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:15</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom +of God is at and; repent, and believe in the gospel."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:31a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +31 Then he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee.</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +17.10 <u>The Second Call of Andrew, +Peter, James and John</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 4:18-22</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:16-20</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 16 And as he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon +and </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +nets. 20 And immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee +in the boat with the hired servants, and followed him. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +18.10 <u>Jesus Casts out a Demon</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:21-28</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:31b-37</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +18.20 <u>Cure of Simon’s Wife’s Mother +and Other Sick People</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 8:14-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases." </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:29-38</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:38-43</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." +</p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +18.40 <u>Preaching throughout +all of Galilee</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 4:23-25</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:39</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 39 And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their +synagogues and casting out demons. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:44</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee. +</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +19.20 <u>Jesus Crosses the Lake with +his Disciples and Calms a Storm</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 8:18-27</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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?"</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:35-41</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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!" +</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 8:22-25</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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?"</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +18.40 <u>Jesus Cures the Demoniacs</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 8:28-34</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 5:1-20</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 They came to the other side of the sea, to the country +of the </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 8:26-40</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 40 Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for +they were all waiting for him.</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +20.10 <u>Jesus Heals a Paralytic let +Down Through the Roof</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 9:1-8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 2:1-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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!"</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 5:17-26</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +20.20 <u>The Call of Matthew</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 9:9-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 2:13-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 5:27-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +20.30 <u>Jesus answers Objections +as to his not Fasting</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 9:14-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 2:18-22</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 18 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. +And </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 5:33-39</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.'"</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +21.10 <u>Jesus Raises Jairus’ daughter +and heals a Woman with an issue of Blood</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 9:18-26</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 5:21-43</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 8:40-56</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +22.10 <u>Jesus heals two blind men +and Casts out a Demon</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 9:27-34</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +23.10 <u>Jesus Preaches to, and is +Rejected by, his own Countrymen</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 6:1-6a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +24.10 <u>Preaching and Healing +in Galilee</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 6:6b</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 6 Then he went around the villages teaching. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +24.20 <u>The Calling of the Twelve +Apostles</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 3:13-19a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 13 And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those +he </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 6:12-16</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Part 3 - SERMON ON THE MOUNT<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +24.30 <u>The Sermon on the Mount</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 5:1-16</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +3 "Blessed are the poor in +spirit, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for theirs +is the kingdom of heaven. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +4 Blessed are those who mourn, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for they +shall be comforted. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +5 Blessed are the meek, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for they +shall inherit the earth. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +6 Blessed are those who hunger +and thirst for righteousness, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for they +shall be filled. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +7 Blessed are the merciful, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for they +shall obtain mercy. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +8 Blessed are the pure in +heart, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for they +shall see God. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +9 Blessed are the peacemakers, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for they +shall be called sons of God. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +10 Blessed are those who +are persecuted for righteousness' sake, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for theirs +is the kingdom of heaven. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p> + </p> + +<p><b> +25.10 <u>A Level Place</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 6:17-26</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 20 He lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "Blessed are you poor, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for yours +is the kingdom of God. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +21 Blessed are you who hunger +now, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for you +shall be satisfied. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + Blessed are you who weep now, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for you +shall laugh. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +22 Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +24 But woe to you who are +rich, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for you +have received your consolation. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +25 Woe to you who are full +now, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for you +shall hunger. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + Woe to you who laugh now, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for you +shall mourn and weep. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so did their fathers to +the false prophets. </p> + +<p> + </p> + +<p><b> +25.20 <u>The Law and the Prophets</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 5:17-20</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +25.30 <u>You Shall not Kill</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 5:21-26</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +25.31 <u>You Shall not Commit Adultery</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 5:27-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 31 "It has also been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, +let him </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +give her a certificate of divorce.' 32 But I say to you that every one who +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, causes her to </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +become an adulteress; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +adultery. </p> + +<p> + </p> + +<p><b> +25.32 <u>You Shall not Swear Falsely</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 5:33-37</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +25.33 <u>Do Not Resist One Who is +Evil</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 5:38-42</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +25.34 <u>Love Your Enemies</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 5:43-48</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 6:27-36</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +25.35 <u>When You Give Alms</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 6:1-4</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 "Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds +before </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Father in heaven. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 2 "Thus, when you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +25.36 <u>When you Pray</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 6:5-15</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + Our Father in heaven, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + hallowed +be your name. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +10 + Your kingdom come, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + your +will be done </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + on earth as it is in heaven. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +11 + Give us this day our daily bread. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +12 + And forgive us our debts, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + as we also have forgiven our debtors. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +13 + And lead us not into temptation, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + but deliver us from evil.'</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +25.37 <u>When you Fast</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 6:16-18</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +25.38 <u>Do not Lay up for Yourselves +Treasures on Earth</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 6:19-24</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +25.39 <u>Do not be Anxious About Your +Life</u></b></p> + +<p><u><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></u></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 6:25-34</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p> + </p> + +<p><b> +25.40 <u>Judge Not</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 7:1-5</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 6:37-42</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +25.41 <u>Do not Give Dogs What is +Holy</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 7:6</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +25.42 <u>Ask and it Will be Given +to You</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 7:7-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +25.43 <u>Enter by the Narrow Gate</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 7:13-14</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +25.44 <u>You Shall Know Them by Their +Fruits</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 7:15-27</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + 21 "Not every one who says +to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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!' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 6:43-49</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +25.44 <u>Conclusion of the +Sermons</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 7:28-29</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +26.10 <u>A Leper is Healed Near Capernaum</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 8:1-4</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 When he came down from the mountain, great crowds </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +followed him. 2 And behold, a leper came and knelt before him, saying, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +"Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." 3 Then Jesus put out </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 1:40-45</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 5:12-16</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 12 While he was in one of the cities, a man who was full +of </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and begged him, "Lord, if you +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +are willing, you can make me clean." 13 And he stretched out his hand, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be clean." And immediately the </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +testimony to them, just as Moses commanded."15 But the report went </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +around concerning him all the more; and great multitudes came together </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +to hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 16 But he often withdrew +to the wilderness and prayed. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Part 4 - AFTER THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +27.10 <u>The Healing of the Centurion’s +Servant</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 8:5-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 7:1-10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 When he had finished all his sayings in the hearing +of the </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +people, he entered Capernaum. 2 A centurion's servant, who was dear to </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +28.10 <u>Jesus Charges the Twelve +Apostles and Sends Them Forth</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 9:35-11:1</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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! </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 And when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. </p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 6:7-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 9:1-6</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 Then he called the twelve together and gave them power +and </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. +</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +29.10 <u>The Widow’s Son Raised From +the Dead at Nain</u></b> + </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 7:11-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +30.10 <u>John the Baptist (in prison) +Sends Doubting Disciples to Jesus </u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 11:2-19</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + who will +prepare your way before you.' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 16 "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is +like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +17 'We played the flute for +you, and you did not dance; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + we sang +a dirge, and you did not mourn.'</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 7:18-35</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + who will +prepare your way before you.'</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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.) </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + we sang +a dirge, and you did not weep.' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +31.10 <u>The Anointing of Jesus Feet +in the House of Simon the Pharisee</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 7:36-8:3</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +32.10 <u>Jesus Charges the Seventy +Disciples and Sends Them Forth</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 11:20-24</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +23 And you, Capernaum, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + will you be exalted to heaven? </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + You shall +be brought down to Hades. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 10:1-16</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if +the </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +15 And you, Capernaum, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + will you be exalted to heaven? </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + You shall +be brought down to Hades! </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 16 "He who hears you hears me, he who rejects you rejects +me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +33.10 <u>The Return of the Disciples +from Their Mission</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 11:25-30</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 25 At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, +Lord of </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +intelligent and have revealed them to babes. 26 Yes, Father, for this was +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +your good pleasure. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 10:17-24</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p> +Part 5 - AFTER THE RETURN OF THE SEVENTY DISCIPLES<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +34.10 <u>The Parable of the Good Samaritan</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 10:25-37</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +35.10 <u>Mary and Martha</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 10:38-42</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +36.10 <u>Jesus Teaches the Disciples +How to Pray </u></b></p> + +<p> + <b><u>(The Parable of the Importunate Friend)</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 11:1-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'Father, hallowed be your name. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + Your +kingdom come. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +3 Give us each day our daily +bread. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +4 And forgive us our sins, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for we +ourselves also forgive everyone </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + who is indebted to us. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + And lead us not into temptation.'" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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!"</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +37.10 <u>The Disciples Pluck Ears +of Corn on the Sabbath</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 12:1-8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 2:23-28</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 6:1-5</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +38.10 <u>The Healing of a Paralyzed +Hand on the Sabbath</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 12:9-14</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 3:1-5</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 6:6-10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +39.10 <u>A Hostile Council of Pharisees +- Jesus Withdraws</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 12:14-21</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, +how they might destroy him. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet +Isaiah: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +18 "Behold, my servant whom +I have chosen, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + my beloved +in whom my soul is well pleased! </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + I will put my Spirit upon him, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and he +will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +19 He will not quarrel or +cry out; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + nor will +anyone hear his voice in the streets. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +20 A bruised reed he will +not break, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and a +smoldering wick he will not quench, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + till he sends forth justice to victory; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +21 + and in his name will the Gentiles hope."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 3:6-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 6 Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted +with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a +great </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +multitude from Galilee followed; also from Judea 8 and Jerusalem and </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Idumea and beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon, a great </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 6:11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 11 But they were filled with fury and discussed with one +another what they might do to Jesus. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +40.10 <u>Jesus Heals and the Pharisees +Seek a Sign</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 12:22-45</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 3:20-31</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +spirit."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 11:14-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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!"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +40.20 <u>The Brethren of Christ</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 12:46-50</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 3:31-35</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 8:19-21</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +41.10 <u>Woe to the Pharisees</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 11:37-54</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +42.10 <u>The Parable of the Rich Man</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 12:1-59</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +53 They will be divided, +father against son </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and son +against father, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + mother against daughter </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and daughter +against mother, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + mother-in-law against daughter-in-law </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and daughter-in-law +against mother-in-law."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + appearance of the earth and the sky; but how is it you do not know how to +interpret this present time? </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +43.10 <u>The Parable of the Fig Tree</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 13:1-9</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.'"</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +44.10 <u>Jesus Heals a Woman on the +Sabbath</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 13:10-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p> +Part 6 - PARABLE OF THE SOWER AND OTHER PARABLES<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +45.10 <u>The Parable of the Sower</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:1-9</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:1-9</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 8:4-8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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!"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +45.11 <u>The Secrets of the Kingdom +of Heaven</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:10-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'Hearing you will hear and shall not understand; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and seeing +you will see and not perceive.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +15 For this people's heart +has grown dull. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + And their +ears are hard of hearing, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + and their eyes they have closed, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + lest they should see with their eyes, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and hear +with their ears, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and they understand with their hearts, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and turn +so that I should heal them.'</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:10-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'seeing they may see but not perceive, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and hearing +may hear but not understand; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + lest they should turn again, and be forgiven.'" </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 8:9-10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'Seeing they may not see, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and hearing +they may not understand.'</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +45.12 <u>The Parable of the Sower +Explained</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:18-23</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:13-20</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 4:11-15</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +45.13 <u>The Parable of the Wheat +and the Weeds</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:24-30</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.'"</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +45.14 <u>The Parable of the Lamp</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:21-25</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 8:16-18</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 11:33-36</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 33 "No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a secret place +or under </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light. 34 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is good, your whole </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +body also is full of light. But when it is bad, your body also is full of +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +darkness. 35 Therefore be careful that the light in you is not darkness. +36 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +completely lighted, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +45.141 <u>The Parable of the Scattered +Seed</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:26-29</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +45.15 <u>The Parable of the Mustard +Seed</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:31-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:30-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 13:18-19</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +45.16 <u>The Parable of the Leaven</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:33</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 13:20-21</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +45.17 <u>He Did Not Speak Without +a Parable</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:34-35</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "I will open my mouth in parables, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + I will +utter things hidden </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + since the foundation of the world."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 4:33-34</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><b> +45.18 <u>The Explanation +of the Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:36-43</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +45.19 <u>Parable of the Treasure +Hidden in a Field</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:44</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +45.191 <u>Parable of the +Pearl of Great Price</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:45-46</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +45.192 <u>Parable of the +Fishing Net</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:47-50</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +45.193 <u>Parable of the +Householder</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:51-52</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +46.10 <u>Jesus Preaches to and is Rejected by his own Countrymen</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 13:53-58</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Part 7 - TWO FEASTS IN JERUSALEM AND TWO FEEDINGS OF </p> + +<p> + MULTITUDES<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +47.10 <u>Jesus goes to a Feast in +Jerusalem. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>He Cures an Infirm man by the Cisterns with the Five +Porches. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>The Jews Seek to Kill Jesus.</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 5:1-47</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus +went up to </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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?"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +48.10 <u>Herodias Dances +Before Herod. </u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 14:3-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 6:17-28</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +48.20 <u>The Apostles Return and Jesus +Withdraws with them to a Desert Place.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 14:12-13a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 12 Then his disciples came and took the body and buried +it; and they went and told Jesus. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in +a boat to a lonely place by himself. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK6:29-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 29 When his disciples heard of it, they came and took +his body, and laid it in a tomb. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 9:10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 6:1,3</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +49.10 <u>The People Follow and Jesus +Comes Down From the Mountain to</u> +<u>Meet Them.</u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>The Feeding of the Five Thousand. </u> + </b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>At Night Jesus Walks upon the Lake. </u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 14:13b-33</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 6:33-52</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 9:11-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 6:2,4-21</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><b> +49.20 <u>Peter’s Confession</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><b><u><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><b> + </b> +JN 6:22-71<b></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 22 On the next day the people who remained on the other +side of </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +away alone. 23 However, boats from Tiberias came near the place where </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" 32 Jesus then +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +the bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +gives life to the world."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 34 Then they said to him, "Lord, give us this bread always." +35 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will by </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +no means cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +own will, but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +raise it up at the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that every +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +will raise him up at the last day."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 41 The Jews then began to murmur about him, because he +said, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +"I am the bread which came down from heaven." 42 They said, "Is not this +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" 43 Jesus answered them, "Do </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +not murmur among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. 46 Not </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +that any one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +everlasting life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna +in </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread which comes down </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +flesh."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 52 Then the Jews began to argue among themselves, saying, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +"How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" 53 So Jesus said to them, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. +55 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He who </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57 As the </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds +on </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread which came down from </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +bread will live for ever." 59 This he said in the synagogue as he taught +in </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Capernaum. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 60 Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, "This +is a </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +hard saying; who can listen to it?" 61 When Jesus knew in himself that </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +his disciples complained about this, he said to them, "Does this offend </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +you? 62 What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend to where he </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +The words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 But +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray him. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 65 And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can +come to me </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +unless it has been granted to him by the Father." 66 From this time many +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +of his disciples went back and no longer walked with him. 67 Then Jesus </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?" 68 Simon Peter </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +eternal life. 69 And we believe, and have come to know, that you are the +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Holy One of God." 70 Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +twelve, and one of you is a devil?" 71 He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +of Simon, for it was he who was to betray him, though one of the twelve. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +50.10 <u>Healing in Gennesaret</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 14:34-36</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 6:53-56</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +49.20 <u>The Miraculously fed Multitude +Seek Him at Capernaum. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Peter’s Confession.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 6:22-47 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 34 Then they said to him, "Lord, give us this bread always." +35 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +51.10 <u>Jesus Teaches the Real Causes +of Defilement and Discourses on </u> +<u>Pharisaic Traditions</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 15:1-20 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +8 'These people honor me +with their lips, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + but their +heart is far from me. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +9 In vain do they worship +me, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + teaching +as doctrines the precepts of men.'"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 7:1-23</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'This people honors me with their lips, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + but their +heart is far from me. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +7 In vain they worship me, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + teaching +as doctrines the precepts of men.'</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +mother, let him be put to death.' 11 But you say that if a man says to his +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +52.10 <u>Jesus Heals the Canaanite’s +Daughter</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 15:21-28</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 7:24-30</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +53.10 <u>Jesus Heals a Deaf and Dumb +Man and Works Other Miracles</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 15:29-31</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 7:31-37</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +54.10 <u>The Feeding of the Four Thousand</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 15:32-39a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 8:1-10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p><b> +55.10 <u>The Pharisees Ask for a Sign</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 16:1-4</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 8:11-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +56.10 <u>Jesus Warns the Disciples +of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Herodians</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 16:5-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 8:13-21</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 13 And he left them, and getting into the boat again he +departed to the other side. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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?"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +57.10 <u>Jesus Heals a Blind man at +Bethsaida</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 8:22-26</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +58.10 <u>Herod’s Fear of +Jesus</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 14:1-2</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 6:14-16</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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!" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 9:7-9</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +59.10 <u>Jesus Goes to the Feast Secretly. +</u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>He Teaches in the Temple. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Officers are Sent to Arrest Him. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>An Adulteress is Brought Before Jesus. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>A Blind Man is Restored to Sight. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Jesus Claims to be the Son of God.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 7:1 - 10:21 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Tabernacles was at hand. 3 So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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?" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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'?" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 59 So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid +himself, and went out of the temple. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +9</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 40 Then some of the Pharisees who were with him heard +this, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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?" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +59.20 <u>The Evils of the Pharisees</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 23:1-39 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:38-40 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 20:45-47</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 45 And in the hearing of all the people, he said to his +disciples, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +46 "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +60.10 <u>Jesus Questions His Disciples. +Peter’s Confession. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Jesus Warns His Disciples of His Coming Passion</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 16:13-28</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 8:27 - 9:1</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +9</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 9:18-27</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p> + 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."</p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p> +Part 8 - THE TRANSFIGURATION<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +61.10 <u>The Transfiguration. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Jesus Casts a Deaf and Dumb Spirit out of a Child.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 17:1-21</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 9:2-29</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 9:28-43a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +62.10 <u>Jesus a Second Time Predicts +His Death and Resurrection</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 17:22-23</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." And they were greatly +distressed. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 9:30-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 9:43b-45</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +63.10 <u>Jesus Pays the Tribute Money</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 17:24-27</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +63.20 <u>Jesus Teaches Humility</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 18:1-5</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 9:33-37</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 9:46-48</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +63.30 <u>Jesus Warns His Disciples +against Spiritual Exclusiveness</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 9:38-41</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 9:49-50</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p><b> +63.30 <u>Temptation to Sin</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 18:6-20</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 15 "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him +his fault, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +brother. 16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others along with +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 9:42-50</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +63.40 <u>Exhortation to +Forgiveness</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 18:21-35</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +64.10 <u>The Samaritans Refuse to +Receive Jesus. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>James and John are angry concerning this and Jesus +RebukesThem.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 19:1</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away +from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 10:1a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 Then he left there and went to the region of Judea and +beyond the Jordan. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 9:51-55</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +64.20 <u>Crowds Follow Jesus</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 19:2</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 2 And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 10:1b</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 And crowds gathered to him again; and again, as his +custom </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +was, he taught them. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 9:56-62</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +56 and they went on to another village. </p> + +<p> + 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."</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p> +Part 9 - PARABLES AND HEALINGS<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +64.20 <u>Discourse on who +shall be Saved</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 13:22-33</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +65.10 <u>Jesus Heals a Man of Dropsy +on the Sabbath</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 14:1-6</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +65.20 <u>Parable of the +Great Supper</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 14:7-24</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.'"</p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p><b> +66.10 <u>The Price of Discipleship</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 14:25-35</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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!"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +67.10 <u>The Lost Sheep Parable</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 15:1-7</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + </p> + +<p><b> +67.20 <u>The Parable of the Lost Silver</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 15:8-10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + </p> + +<p><b> +67.30 <u>The Parable of the Prodigal +Son</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 15:11-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.'"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +68.10 <u>The Parable of the Unjust +Steward</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 16:1-18</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +68:20 <u>The Parable of Lazarus After +Death</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 16:19-31</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.'"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + </p> + +<p><b> +69.10 <u>Discourse on Forgiveness, +Faith and Humility</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 17:1-10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.'"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +70.10 <u>The Cleansing of the Ten +Lepers</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 17:11-19</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +71.10 <u>Jesus Foretells His Sufferings +and His Second Coming</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 17:20-37</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +71.20 <u>The Parable of the Unrighteous +Judge</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 18:1-8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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?"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +71.20 <u>The Parable of the Pharisee +and the Publican</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 18:9-14</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." +</p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Part 10 - LAZARUS RAISED<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +72.10 <u>Jesus Discourses on Marriage +and Divorce</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 19:3-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 10:2-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +73.10 <u>Jesus Blesses Little Children</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 19:13-15</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 10:13-16</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 18:15-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +74.10 <u>The Rich Young Ruler</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 19:16-30</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 10:17-31</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 18:18-30</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +74.20 <u>The Parable of the Laborers +in the Vineyard</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 20:1-16</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +75.10 <u>Jesus a Third Time Foretells +His Death and Resurrection</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 20:17-19</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 10:32-34</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 18:31-34 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +75.10 <u>Jesus Answer to the Ambitious +Request of James and John</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 20:20-28</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 10:35-45</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +76.10 <u>Jesus Heals Bartimaeus, a +Blind Man, as He Enters Jericho</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 10:46-52</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 18:35-43</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +77.10 <u>Jesus and Zacchaeus</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 19:1-10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + </p> + +<p><b> +77.20 <u>The Parable of the Ten Pounds</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 19:11-27</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.'"</p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p><b> +78.10 <u>Jesus Heals Two Blind Man +as He Leaves Jericho</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 20:29-34</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +79.10 <u>I and the Father are One</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 10:22-42</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +80.10 <u>Jesus Raises Lazarus from +the Dead</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 11:1-57</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 35 Jesus wept. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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?"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Part 11 - PALM SUNDAY<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +81.10 <u>Mary Anoints Jesus for His +Burial</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:6-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:3-9</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 12:1-8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +81:20 <u>Public Excitement with Regard +to Jesus and Lazarus</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 12:9-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 9 Now a great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, +and </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +81:30 <u>Jesus Makes His Triumphal +Entrance into Jerusalem</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 21:1-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +5 "Tell the daughter of Zion, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'Behold, your King is coming to you, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + lowly, +and sitting on a donkey, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + a colt, the foal of a donkey.'"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "Hosanna to the Son of David! </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + Blessed +is he who comes in the name of the Lord! </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + Hosanna in the highest!" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 11:1-10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "Hosanna! </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +10 Blessed is the kingdom +of our father David that is coming! </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + Hosanna in the highest!"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 19:29-44</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "Blessed is the King</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + who comes +in the name of the Lord! </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + Peace in heaven </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and glory +in the highest!"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 41 And when he drew near and saw the city he wept over +it, 42 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +saying, "If you had known, even you, this day, the things that make for </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 12:12-19</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "Hosanna! </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + The King +of Israel!"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +15 "Fear not, daughter of +Zion; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + behold, your King is coming, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + sitting +on a donkey's colt."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +16 His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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!" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +82.10 <u>The Second Purging of the +Temple</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 21:12-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + but you +have made it a 'den of robbers.'"</p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 11:15-18</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the +nations'? </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + But you +have made it a den of robbers." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 19:45-48</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 45 Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those +who sold, 46 saying to them, "It is written, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'My house shall be a house of prayer'; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + but you +have made it a den of robbers."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +82.20 <u>The Children in the Temple +Praise Jesus who at evening goes to </u> +<u>Bethany</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 21:14-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +"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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 11:11 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +11 Jesus entered Jerusalem, and went into the temple. And when he had </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +looked round at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany +with the twelve. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +83.10 <u>The Withering of the Barren +Fig Tree</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 21:18-22</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 11:13-14, 20b-26</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +84.10 <u>The Authority of Jesus is +Questioned</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 21:23-27</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 11:27-33</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 20:1-8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +85.10 <u>The Parable of the Two Sons</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 21:28-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +85.20 <u>The Parable of the Wicked +Husbandmen and the Vineyard</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 21:33-41</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:1-9</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 20:9-16</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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!"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +85.30 <u>Jesus the Corner Stone</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 21:42-44</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +42 Jesus said to them, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +"Have you never read in the Scriptures: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'The stone which the builders rejected </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + has become +the chief cornerstone; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + this was the Lord's doing, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and it +is marvelous in our eyes'? </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."]</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:10-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +10 Have you not read this Scripture: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'The stone which the builders rejected </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + has become +the chief cornerstone; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +11 this was the Lord's doing, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and it +is marvelous in our eyes'?" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 20:17-18</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 17 But he looked at them and said, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +"What then is this that is written: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'The stone which the builders rejected </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + has become +the chief cornerstone'? </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +85.40 <u>The Parable of the King’s +Feast</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 22:1-14</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +85.50 <u>Anger and Fear of the Pharisees</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 21:45-46</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 20:19</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +85.60 Goodwill of the People</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 21:37-38</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +86.10 <u>Question of Tribute +to Caesar</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 22:15-22</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:13-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 20:20-26</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +87.10 <u>Jesus Silences the Sadducees</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 22:23-33</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:18-27</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 20:27-40</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p><b> +88.10 <u>The Two Greatest Commandments</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 22:34-40</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:28-34</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +89.10 <u>Christ the Son and also the +Lord of David</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 22:41-46</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +44 'The Lord said to my Lord, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "Sit at my right hand, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + till +I put your enemies under your feet"'? </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:35-37</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'The Lord said to my Lord: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "Sit at my right hand </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + till +I put your enemies under your feet."'</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +37 Therefore David himself calls him 'Lord'; how is he then his son?" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +And the common people heard him gladly. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 20:41-44</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'The Lord said to my Lord, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "Sit at my right hand, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +43 + till I make your enemies </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + a footstool for your feet."'</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +44 David therefore calls him 'Lord,' and how is he his son?"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +90.10 <u>Jesus Condemns the Hypocrisy +of the Scribes and Pharisees.</u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>He Laments over Jerusalem.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 23:1-39</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 13 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! +For you </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +yourselves, nor do you allow those who would enter to go in. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 15 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For +you </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +travel land and sea to win a single proselyte, and when he becomes one, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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! </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.'"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:38-40</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 20:45-47, 13:34-35</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 45 And in the hearing of all the people, he said to his +disciples, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +46 "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +pretense make long prayers. They will receive greater condemnation."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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!'"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +91.10 <u>The Widow’s Coin</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 12:41-44</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 41 And Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and watched +the </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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 <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 21:1-4</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +92.10 <u>Jesus Foretells His Death +on the Cross</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 12:20-50</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 20 Now there were some Greeks among those who went up +to </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +worship at the Feast. 21 Then they came to Philip, who was from </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "Lord, who has believed our report? </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + And to +whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +40 "He has blinded their +eyes </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and hardened +their hearts, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + lest they should see with their eyes, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and understand +with their hearts and turn, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + so that I should heal them."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +93.10 <u>Jesus Foretells the Destruction +of the Temple and the Signs of the </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Day of Judgment.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 24:1-51</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 3 Now as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples +came to </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will this be? And what will be the +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" 4 And Jesus answered </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 29 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + the sun will be darkened, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and the +moon will not give its light; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + the stars will fall from heaven, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and the +powers of the heavens will be shaken. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 13:1-37</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 3 Now as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 24 "But in those days, after that tribulation, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + the sun will be darkened, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and the +moon will not give its light; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +25 the stars will fall from +heaven, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and the +powers in the heavens will be shaken. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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!"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 21:5-36</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 5 And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned +with </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +beautiful stones and offerings, he said, 6 "As for these things which you +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +see, the days will come when there shall not be left here one stone upon +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +another that will not be thrown down."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 20 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +know that its desolation is near. 21 Then let those in Judea flee to the +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +93.20 <u>The Parables of the ten Virgins +and the Five Talents. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Separation of the Good and Evil at the Judgment.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 25:1-46</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +ground. Here you have what is yours.' 26 But his master answered him, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +'You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed? 27 Then you ought to </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +have received back my own with interest. 28 Therefore take the talent </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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.' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + 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.'</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p> +Part 12 - TREACHERY<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +94.10 </b> + <b><u>The Jews in Authority seek to Destroy Jesus Privately</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:1-5</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:1-2</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +94.20 <u>They Conspire with Judas +Iscariot</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:14-16</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:10-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:3-6</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p><b> +95.10 <u>The Disciples Prepare the +Passover</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:17-19</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:12-16</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:7-13</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +95.20 <u>Jesus Foretells the Treachery +of Judas</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:20-29</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:17-25</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:14-23</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><b> +95.40 <u>Jesus Reproves +the Ambition of the Apostles, </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Foretells Peter’s Denials, Gives Warning of coming +Privation and </u> <u>Peril</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:24-38</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 24 A dispute also arose among them, which of them was +to be </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +95.50 <u>Jesus Washes the Feet of +His Disciples</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 13:1b-20</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +that was why he said, "You are not all clean." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 12 When he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, +and </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +95.60 <u>Jesus Gives the Sop to Judas, +who then goes out. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Exhortation to love one another. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Jesus a Second Time Foretells Peter’s Denials</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 13:21-38</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +95.70 <u>The Holy Ghost is Promised. +Jesus Prays for His Disciples</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 14:1-17:26</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +15</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.'</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +16</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +96.10 <u>Jesus Warns His Disciples +that they will Forsake Him. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>He Foretells Peter’s Denials a Third Time. </u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:30-35</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the +Mount of Olives. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 31 Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because +of me this night; for it is written, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'I will strike the shepherd, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and the +sheep of the flock will be scattered.'</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:26-31</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the +Mount of Olives. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 27 And Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away; for +it is written: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'I will strike the shepherd, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and the +sheep will be scattered.' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p><b> +96.20 <u>The Agony in the Garden of +Gethsemane</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:36-46</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:32-42</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:39-46</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:1-2</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +96.30 <u>Jesus Betrayed by Judas Iscariot +and Arrested. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>The Disciples Desert Him.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:47-56</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:43-52</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:47-53</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:3-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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?"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 12 Then the detachment of soldiers and their captain and +the </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +96.40 <u>Jesus is Brought Before Annas</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:57</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 57 And those who had seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas +the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:53</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 53 And they led Jesus to the high priest; and all the +chief priests and the elders and the scribes were assembled. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:54</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 54 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him +into the high priest's house. Peter followed at a distance. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:13-14</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +96.50 <u>The Denials of Peter</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:58, 69-75</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:54, 66-72</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 66 Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the +servant </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:55-62</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:15-27</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +96.60 <u>Jesus is Arraigned Before +Caiaphas, Condemned and Mocked</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 26:59-68</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + hereafter you will see the Son of Man </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + sitting +at the right hand of the Power, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and coming +on the clouds of heaven." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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?"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 14:55-65</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + And you will see the Son of Man </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + sitting +at the right hand of the Power, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and coming +with the clouds of heaven." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +63 The high priest tore his clothes and said, "Why do we need any more </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:63-65</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p><b> +97.10 <u>Jesus Condemned Before Caiaphas +and led to Pilate</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:1-2</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:1</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 22:66-23:1</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 Then the whole body of them arose and led him to Pilate.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:28</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +97.20 <u>The Jews Accuse Jesus of +Sedition</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:2</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:29-33a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +97.30 <u>The Remorse and Suicide of +Judas Iscariot</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:3-10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Acts 1:18b</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.) </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Part 13 - TRIAL BEFORE PILATE<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +98.10 <u>Trial Before Pilate</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:11-14</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:2-5</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:3-7</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:33b-38</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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?" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again, +and told </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +them, "I find no crime in him. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +98.20 <u>Trial Before Herod</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:8-12</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +98.30 <u>Barabbas Preferred +Before Jesus</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:15-18, 20-23</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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!" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:6-14</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 6 Now at the feast he was accustomed to release for them +one </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +prisoner whom they requested. 7 And with the rebels in prison, who had </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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!" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:13-23</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 18:39-40</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +98.40 <u>Jesus Mocked as a King</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:27-30</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 19:2-3</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +98.50 <u>Pilate Yields</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 19:4-15</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +98.60 <u>The Warning of Pilate’s Wife</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:19</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +98.70 <u>Pilate Washes His Hands</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:24-26</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:15</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 15 So Pilate, wanting to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas +to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged him, to be crucified. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:24-25</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +98.80 <u>Jesus Mocked Again</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:16-19</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +98.90 <u>Jesus Led Forth to Crucifixion</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:31-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 32 Now as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon +by name, and they compelled him to carry his cross. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:20-21</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:26-32</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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!' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +30 Then they will begin to +say to the mountains, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'Fall +on us!' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and to the hills, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'Cover +us!' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +31 For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +when it is dry?" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 32 Two others, criminals, were also led with him to be +put to death. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 19:16-17a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 16 Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + So they took Jesus. 17 And he [went out] bearing his cross. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p><b> +99.10 <u>Jesus Crucified with the +Two Thieves. </u> + </b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Pilate’s Superscription.</u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>The Casting of Lots. </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Jesus Commends His Mother to John. </u> + </b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>The Mockery.</u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>The Conversion of One of the Thieves. Darkness.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:33-45</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 45 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there +was darkness over all the land.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:22-33</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + they divided his garments, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + casting +lots for them </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + to determine what each man should take. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +25 And it was the third hour, when they crucified him. 26 And the </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +inscription of the charge written against him read: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +THE KING OF THE JEWS. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 33 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness +over the whole land until the ninth hour.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:33-45a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 19:17b-27</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "They divided my garments among them, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and for +my clothing they cast lots." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +100.10 <u>Jesus Dies</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:46-50</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:34-37</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:46</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 19:28-30</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +100.20 <u>Portents. The Centurion’s Witness. The Crowd of Onlookers.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:51-56</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:38-41</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:45b, 47-49</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +101.10 <u>The Side of Jesus is Pierced with a Spear</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 19:31-37</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +101.20 <u>A Nobleman (Joseph of Arimathea) Begs for the Body of Jesus and +</u> </b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>lays it in a new Tomb in a Garden nearby.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:57-60</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:42-46</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:50-54</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 19:38-42</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +101.30 <u>The Faithful Women Prepare a Rich Ointment to Embalm the Body </u> + </b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>of Jesus.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:61</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 15:47</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 23:55-56</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +101.40 <u>The Chief Priests are Suspicious. They Seal the Sepulchre.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:62-66</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Part 14 - THE TOMB<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +102.10 <u>The Two Marys Buy Spice</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:1</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary +the </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +anoint him. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +102.20 <u>They Visit the Sepulchre</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 28:1</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week +began to </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:2</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 2 And very early on the first day of the week, they [the +women] came to the tomb when the sun had risen. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:1</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they +came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +102.30 <u>Many Dead are Seen to be Alive Again</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 27:52-53</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +102.40 <u>The Grave Opened by Angels</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 28:2-4</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + clothes were white as snow. 4 And the guards shook for fear of him, and +became like dead men. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +102.50 <u>The Women Find the Stone Rolled away.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:3-4</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:2</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 20:1</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +103.10 <u>Peter and John, on Hearing Mary Magdalene’s Report of the Empty +</u> <u>Tomb,</u> <u>Investigate +for Themselves. </u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 20:2-10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p><b> +103.20 <u>The Women at the Tomb See an Angel who Announces the </u> + <u>Resurrection.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 28:5-7</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:5-7</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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 +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:3</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 3 but when they [the women] went in they did not find +the body of the Lord Jesus. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +103.30 <u>Then Two Angels Greet the Women</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:4-8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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. <b></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><b> +103.40 <u>They go to Tell the Disciples</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 28:8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 8 So they [the women] departed quickly from the tomb with +fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +103.50 <u>Two Angels, and then Jesus Himself, appear to Mary Magdalene </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>as she Weeps at the Tomb</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:9</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 20:11-17</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.'"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +104.10 <u>Jesus Appears to the Other Women as they go to Announce the </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Resurrection</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 28:9-10</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +105.10 <u>The Jewish Authorities Bribe the Guard to Declare that Jesus’ </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>Disciples Stole His Body</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 28:11-15</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +106.10 <u>The Women Tell the Disciples that Jesus had Risen: </u></b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>They Disbelieve.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:10-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:9-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 20:18</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p> +Part 15 - THE RESURRECTION<b></b></p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +107.10 <u>The Appearance of Jesus to Peter</u></b></p> + +<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:12, 34</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +1 Corinthians 15:5a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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!" </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +108.10 <u>Jesus Appears to Two Disciples Journeying to Emmaus</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:12-13a</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:13-35</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +108.20 <u>The Disciples at Jerusalem still Unbelieving</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:13b</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + But they [the disciples] did not believe them [the two +who had been traveling to Emmaus] either. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +109.10 <u>Suddenly Jesus Appears to Them, Thomas only being Absent</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:14</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:36-49</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 20:19-25</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +110.10 <u>Jesus Appears to the Disciples Thomas Being Present.</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 20:26-30</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 30 Jesus did +many other signs in the presence of his disciples, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +which are not written in this book.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +110.20 <u>Jesus Appears to Five Hundred</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +1 Corinthians 15:6</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +111.10 <u>Jesus Appears to the Disciples in Galilee</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MT 28:16-20</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +112.10 <u>Jesus Appears to His Disciples at the Sea of Tiberias</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 21:1-23</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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."</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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?"</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +113.10 <u>Jesus Appears to the Disciples in the Upper Room and Discourses +</u> </b></p> + +<p><b> + <u>on the Power of Faith</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:14-18</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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; <br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +113.20 <u>Jesus bids them Remain at Jerusalem until the Coming of the Holy +</u> <u>Ghost</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Acts 1:4-5</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +113.30 <u>The Future Witness of the Disciples to Jesus Christ</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Acts 1:6-8</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +113.40 <u>Jesus Ascends into Heaven</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24.50-51</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Acts 1:9-11</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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." </p> + +<p><b><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></b></p> + +<p><b> +113.50 <u>The Disciples Return to Jerusalem</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:19</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:52</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 52 Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with +great joy.</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Acts 1:12-14</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +113.60 <u>The Coming of the Holy Ghost</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Acts 2:1-47</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 5 Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men +from </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +17 'And in the last days +it shall be, God says, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and your +sons and your daughters shall prophesy, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and your young men shall see visions, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and your +old men shall dream dreams; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +18 even on my servants, both +men and women, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + I will +pour out my Spirit in those days, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + and they shall prophesy. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +19 And I will show wonders +in heaven above </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and signs +on the earth below, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +20 The sun will be turned +into darkness </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + and the +moon into blood, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + before the great and glorious day </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + of the +Lord shall come. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +21 And it shall be that everyone +</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + who calls +on the name of the Lord </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + will be saved.' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'I saw the Lord always before me; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + for he +is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +26 Therefore my heart was +glad and my tongue rejoiced; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + moreover +my flesh also will live in hope, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +27 because you will not abandon +my soul to hades, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + nor let +your Holy One see decay. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +28 You have made known to +me the ways of life; </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + you will +make me full of gladness with your presence.' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + that he was not abandoned to hades, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + nor did +his flesh see decay. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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: </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 'The Lord said to my Lord, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + "Sit at my right hand, </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +35 + until I make your enemies a footstool </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + + for your feet."' </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +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." </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + <b><br clear="All" style="page-break-before: always; "> + </b> +<p><b> +113.70 <u>The Disciples Praise God Continually</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +LK 24:53</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 53 and [the disciples] were continually in the temple +praising God. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +113.80 <u>They Preach Everywhere</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +MK 16:20</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +114.10 <u>Conclusion</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +Acts 1:1-3</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p><b> +114.20 <u>Epilogue</u></b></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> +JN 21:25</p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> + <!--[endif]--></p> + +<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; "> + 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. </p> + + </div> + +</body> +</html> |