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Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers. +001:003 Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. + Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the + father of Ram. +001:004 Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father + of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon. +001:005 Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became + the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse. +001:006 Jesse became the father of David the king. David became + the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. +001:007 Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became + the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa. +001:008 Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became + the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah. +001:009 Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father + of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah. +001:010 Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became + the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah. +001:011 Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, + at the time of the exile to Babylon. +001:012 After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. + Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel. +001:013 Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father + of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor. +001:014 Azor became the father of Sadoc. Sadoc became the father of Achim. + Achim became the father of Eliud. +001:015 Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father + of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob. +001:016 Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, + from whom was born Jesus{"Jesus" means "Salvation."}, + who is called Christ. +001:017 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; + from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; + and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, + fourteen generations. +001:018 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, + Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, + she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. +001:019 Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing + to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly. +001:020 But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord + appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, + don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, + for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. +001:021 She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, + for it is he who shall save his people from their sins." +001:022 Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was + spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, +001:023 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son. + They shall call his name Immanuel;" which is, being interpreted, + "God with us."{Isaiah 7:14} +001:024 Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord + commanded him, and took his wife to himself; +001:025 and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her + firstborn son. He named him Jesus. +002:001 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days + of Herod the king, behold, wise men{The word for "wise men" + (magoi) can also mean teachers, scientists, physicians, + astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, or sorcerers.} + from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, +002:002 "Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star + in the east, and have come to worship him." +002:003 When Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all + Jerusalem with him. +002:004 Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, + he asked them where the Christ would be born. +002:005 They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written + through the prophet, +002:006 'You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among + the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come forth a governor, + who shall shepherd my people, Israel.'"{Micah 5:2} +002:007 Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them + exactly what time the star appeared. +002:008 He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently + for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, + so that I also may come and worship him." +002:009 They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, + the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, + until it came and stood over where the young child was. +002:010 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. +002:011 They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, + his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. + Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: + gold, frankincense, and myrrh. +002:012 Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod, + they went back to their own country another way. +002:013 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared + to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child + and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I + tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him." +002:014 He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, + and departed into Egypt, +002:015 and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be + fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, + saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."{Hosea 11:1} +002:016 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, + was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children + who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, + from two years old and under, according to the exact time + which he had learned from the wise men. +002:017 Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet + was fulfilled, saying, +002:018 "A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, + Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn't be comforted, + because they are no more."{Jeremiah 31:15} +002:019 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared + in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, +002:020 "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into + the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's + life are dead." +002:021 He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came + into the land of Israel. +002:022 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea + in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. + Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee, +002:023 and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it + might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: + "He will be called a Nazarene." +003:001 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness + of Judea, saying, +003:002 "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!" +003:003 For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, + "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way + of the Lord. Make his paths straight."{Isaiah 40:3} +003:004 Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, + with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts + and wild honey. +003:005 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region + around the Jordan went out to him. +003:006 They were baptized{or, immersed} by him in the Jordan, + confessing their sins. +003:007 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming + for his baptism,{or, immersion} he said to them, "You offspring + of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? +003:008 Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance! +003:009 Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' + for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham + from these stones. +003:010 "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. + Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit + is cut down, and cast into the fire. +003:011 I indeed baptize{or, immerse} you in water for repentance, + but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am + not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.{TR + and NU add "and with fire"} +003:012 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse + his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, + but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire." +003:013 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be + baptized by him. +003:014 But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized + by you, and you come to me?" +003:015 But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this + is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." + Then he allowed him. +003:016 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: + and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit + of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. +003:017 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, + with whom I am well pleased." +004:001 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be + tempted by the devil. +004:002 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, + he was hungry afterward. +004:003 The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, + command that these stones become bread." +004:004 But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by + bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth + of God.'"{Deuteronomy 8:3} +004:005 Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on + the pinnacle of the temple, +004:006 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, + for it is written, 'He will give his angels charge concerning you.' + and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't + dash your foot against a stone.'"{Psalm 91:11-12} +004:007 Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test + the Lord, your God.'"{Deuteronomy 6:16} +004:008 Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, + and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory. +004:009 He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you + will fall down and worship me." +004:010 Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me,{TR and NU read "Go away" + instead of "Get behind me"} Satan! For it is written, + 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall + you serve.'"{Deuteronomy 6:13} +004:011 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him. +004:012 Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, + he withdrew into Galilee. +004:013 Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is + by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, +004:014 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah + the prophet, saying, +004:015 "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, + beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, +004:016 the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those + who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light + has dawned."{Isaiah 9:1-2} +004:017 From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent! For the + Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." +004:018 Walking by the sea of Galilee, he{TR reads "Jesus" + instead of "he"} saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, + and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; + for they were fishermen. +004:019 He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you + fishers for men." +004:020 They immediately left their nets and followed him. +004:021 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. He called them. +004:022 They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him. +004:023 Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, + preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every + disease and every sickness among the people. +004:024 The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought + to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases + and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; + and he healed them. +004:025 Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and + from beyond the Jordan followed him. +005:001 Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. + When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. +005:002 He opened his mouth and taught them, saying, +005:003 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom + of Heaven.{Isaiah 57:15; 66:2} +005:004 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.{Isaiah 61:2; + 66:10,13} +005:005 Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.{or, land. + Psalm 37:11} +005:006 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, + for they shall be filled. +005:007 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. +005:008 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. +005:009 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called + children of God. +005:010 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' + sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. +005:011 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, + and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. +005:012 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. + For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you. +005:013 "You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, + with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, + but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. +005:014 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill + can't be hidden. +005:015 Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, + but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. +005:016 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see + your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. +005:017 "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. + I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill. +005:018 For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, + not even one smallest letter{literally, iota} or one tiny + pen stroke{or, serif} shall in any way pass away from the law, + until all things are accomplished. +005:019 Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, + and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom + of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called + great in the Kingdom of Heaven. +005:020 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of + the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter + into the Kingdom of Heaven. +005:021 "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, + 'You shall not murder;'{Exodus 20:13} and 'Whoever shall + murder shall be in danger of the judgment.' +005:022 But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother + without a cause{NU omits "without a cause".} shall be in danger + of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca{"Raca" + is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for "empty" + and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.}!' shall be + in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' + shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.{or, Hell} +005:023 "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, + and there remember that your brother has anything against you, +005:024 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. + First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and + offer your gift. +005:025 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him + in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you + to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, + and you be cast into prison. +005:026 Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, + until you have paid the last penny.{literally, kodrantes. + A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta + (widow's mites)--not enough to buy very much of anything.} +005:027 "You have heard that it was said, {TR adds "to the ancients,"} + 'You shall not commit adultery;'{Exodus 20:14} +005:028 but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after + her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. +005:029 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and + throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you + that one of your members should perish, than for your whole + body to be cast into Gehenna.{or, Hell} +005:030 If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, + and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you + that one of your members should perish, than for your whole + body to be cast into Gehenna.{or, Hell} +005:031 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him + give her a writing of divorce,'{Deuteronomy 24:1} +005:032 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for + the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; + and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery. +005:033 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, + 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the + Lord your vows,' +005:034 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, + for it is the throne of God; +005:035 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; + nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. +005:036 Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one + hair white or black. +005:037 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is + more than these is of the evil one. +005:038 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth + for a tooth.'{Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21} +005:039 But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever + strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. +005:040 If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have + your cloak also. +005:041 Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. +005:042 Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires + to borrow from you. +005:043 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, + and hate your enemy.'{Leviticus 19:18} +005:044 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, + do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat + you and persecute you, +005:045 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. + For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, + and sends rain on the just and the unjust. +005:046 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? + Don't even the tax collectors do the same? +005:047 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? + Don't even the tax collectors do the same? +005:048 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in + heaven is perfect. +006:001 "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, + to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father + who is in heaven. +006:002 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet + before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues + and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. + Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. +006:003 But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know + what your right hand does, +006:004 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father + who sees in secret will reward you openly. +006:005 "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, + for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in + the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. + Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward. +006:006 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, + and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, + and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. +006:007 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; + for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. +006:008 Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things + you need, before you ask him. +006:009 Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name + be kept holy. +006:010 Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, + so on earth. +006:011 Give us today our daily bread. +006:012 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. +006:013 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. + For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. + Amen.{NU omits "For yours is the Kingdom, the power, + and the glory forever. Amen."}' +006:014 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father + will also forgive you. +006:015 But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will + your Father forgive your trespasses. +006:016 "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, + with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they + may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, + they have received their reward. +006:017 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; +006:018 so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your + Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, + will reward you. +006:019 "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth + and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; +006:020 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither + moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break + through and steal; +006:021 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. +006:022 "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, + your whole body will be full of light. +006:023 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. + If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great + is the darkness! +006:024 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one + and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and + despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon. +006:025 Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: + what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, + what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body + more than clothing? +006:026 See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, + nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. + Aren't you of much more value than they? +006:027 "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment{literally, + cubit} to his lifespan? +006:028 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, + how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin, +006:029 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not + dressed like one of these. +006:030 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, + and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more + clothe you, you of little faith? +006:031 "Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', + 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?' +006:032 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly + Father knows that you need all these things. +006:033 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; + and all these things will be given to you as well. +006:034 Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be + anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient. +007:001 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged. +007:002 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; + and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. +007:003 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, + but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye? +007:004 Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck + from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye? +007:005 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, + and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of + your brother's eye. +007:006 "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw + your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them + under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. +007:007 "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. + Knock, and it will be opened for you. +007:008 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. + To him who knocks it will be opened. +007:009 Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, + will give him a stone? +007:010 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent? +007:011 If you then, being 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! +007:012 Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall + also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets. +007:013 "Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad + is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who + enter in by it. +007:014 How{TR reads "Because" instead of "How"} narrow is the gate, + and restricted is the way that leads to life! + Few are those who find it. +007:015 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, + but inwardly are ravening wolves. +007:016 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes + from thorns, or figs from thistles? +007:017 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt + tree produces evil fruit. +007:018 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt + tree produce good fruit. +007:019 Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown + into the fire. +007:020 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them. +007:021 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into + the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father + who is in heaven. +007:022 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy + in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name + do many mighty works?' +007:023 Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, + you who work iniquity.' +007:024 "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, + I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. +007:025 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, + and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded + on the rock. +007:026 Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them + will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. +007:027 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, + and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall." +007:028 It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, + that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, +007:029 for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes. +008:001 When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. +008:002 Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, + if you want to, you can make me clean." +008:003 Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. + Be made clean." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. +008:004 Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself + to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, + as a testimony to them." +008:005 When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him, +008:006 and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, + grievously tormented." +008:007 Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him." +008:008 The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come + under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed. +008:009 For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. + I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' + and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." +008:010 When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, + "Most certainly I tell you, I haven't found so great a faith, + not even in Israel. +008:011 I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, + and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the + Kingdom of Heaven, +008:012 but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the + outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." +008:013 Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done + for you as you have believed." His servant was healed + in that hour. +008:014 When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother + lying sick with a fever. +008:015 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up + and served him.{TR reads "them" instead of "him"} +008:016 When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. + He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick; +008:017 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah + the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore + our diseases."{Isaiah 53:4} +008:018 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave + the order to depart to the other side. +008:019 A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you + wherever you go." +008:020 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky + have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." +008:021 Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first + to go and bury my father." +008:022 But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury + their own dead." +008:023 When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him. +008:024 Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat + was covered with the waves, but he was asleep. +008:025 They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! + We are dying!" +008:026 He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" + Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was + a great calm. +008:027 The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, + that even the wind and the sea obey him?" +008:028 When he came to the other side, into the country of the + Gergesenes,{NU reads "Gadarenes"} two people possessed by demons + met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, + so that nobody could pass that way. +008:029 Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do + with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment + us before the time?" +008:030 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them. +008:031 The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us + to go away into the herd of pigs." +008:032 He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd + of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down + the cliff into the sea, and died in the water. +008:033 Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, + and told everything, including what happened to those who were + possessed with demons. +008:034 Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, + they begged that he would depart from their borders. +009:001 He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into + his own city. +009:002 Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. + Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! + Your sins are forgiven you." +009:003 Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, + "This man blasphemes." +009:004 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil + in your hearts? +009:005 For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;' + or to say, 'Get up, and walk?' +009:006 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on + earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic), + "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house." +009:007 He arose and departed to his house. +009:008 But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, + who had given such authority to men. +009:009 As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting + at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." + He got up and followed him. +009:010 It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors + and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. +009:011 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, + "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" +009:012 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy + have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do. +009:013 But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not + sacrifice,'{Hosea 6:6} for I came not to call the righteous, + but sinners to repentance.{NU omits "to repentance".}" +009:014 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and + the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?" +009:015 Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, + as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days + will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, + and then they will fast. +009:016 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; + for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse + hole is made. +009:017 Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, + or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, + and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, + and both are preserved." +009:018 While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came + and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, + but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live." +009:019 Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples. +009:020 Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came + behind him, and touched the fringe{or, tassel} of his garment; +009:021 for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, + I will be made well." +009:022 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up! + Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well + from that hour. +009:023 When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, + and the crowd in noisy disorder, +009:024 he said to them, "Make room, because the girl isn't dead, + but sleeping." They were ridiculing him. +009:025 But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, + and the girl arose. +009:026 The report of this went out into all that land. +009:027 As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, + calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David!" +009:028 When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. + Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" + They told him, "Yes, Lord." +009:029 Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith + be it done to you." +009:030 Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly charged them, saying, + "See that no one knows about this." +009:031 But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land. +009:032 As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed + was brought to him. +009:033 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. + The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever + been seen in Israel!" +009:034 But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of the demons, + he casts out demons." +009:035 Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in + their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, + and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. +009:036 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion + for them, because they were harassed{TR reads "weary" instead of + "harassed"} and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd. +009:037 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, + but the laborers are few. +009:038 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out + laborers into his harvest." +010:001 He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them + authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal + every disease and every sickness. +010:002 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. + The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; + James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother; +010:003 Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; + James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, whose surname was{NU + omits "Lebbaeus, whose surname was"} Thaddaeus; +010:004 Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. +010:005 Jesus sent these twelve out, and charged them, saying, + "Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city + of the Samaritans. +010:006 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. +010:007 As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!' +010:008 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers{TR adds ", raise the dead"}, + and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give. +010:009 Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts. +010:010 Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, + nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food. +010:011 Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it + is worthy; and stay there until you go on. +010:012 As you enter into the household, greet it. +010:013 If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, + but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you. +010:014 Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out + of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet. +010:015 Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land + of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. +010:016 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. + Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. +010:017 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, + and in their synagogues they will scourge you. +010:018 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, + for a testimony to them and to the nations. +010:019 But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you + will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say. +010:020 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father + who speaks in you. +010:021 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. + Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be + put to death. +010:022 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who + endures to the end will be saved. +010:023 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, + for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through + the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come. +010:024 "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. +010:025 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, + and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master + of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household! +010:026 Therefore don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered + that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known. +010:027 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you + hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. +010:028 Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able + to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy + both soul and body in Gehenna.{or, Hell.} +010:029 "Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin{An assarion is a small + coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius + (approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor).}? + Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will, +010:030 but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. +010:031 Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows. +010:032 Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will + also confess before my Father who is in heaven. +010:033 But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before + my Father who is in heaven. +010:034 "Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. + I didn't come to send peace, but a sword. +010:035 For I came to set a man at odds against his father, + and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law + against her mother-in-law. +010:036 A man's foes will be those of his own household.{Micah 7:6} +010:037 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; + and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me. +010:038 He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, + isn't worthy of me. +010:039 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life + for my sake will find it. +010:040 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives + him who sent me. +010:041 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive + a prophet's reward: and he who receives a righteous man in the name + of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. +010:042 Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold + water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I + tell you he will in no way lose his reward." +011:001 It happened that when Jesus had finished directing his + twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach + in their cities. +011:002 Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, + he sent two of his disciples +011:003 and said to him, "Are you he who comes, or should we + look for another?" +011:004 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you + hear and see: +011:005 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers + are cleansed, the deaf hear,{Isaiah 35:5} the dead are raised up, + and the poor have good news preached to them.{Isaiah 61:1-4} +011:006 Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me." +011:007 As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes + concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? + A reed shaken by the wind? +011:008 But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? + Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses. +011:009 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, + and much more than a prophet. +011:010 For this is he, of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send + my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way + before you.'{Malachi 3:1} +011:011 Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women + there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; + yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. +011:012 From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom + of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it + by force.{or, plunder it.} +011:013 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. +011:014 If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come. +011:015 He who has ears to hear, let him hear. +011:016 "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children + sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions +011:017 and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. + We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.' +011:018 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, + 'He has a demon.' +011:019 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, + a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors + and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children.{NU + reads "actions" instead of "children"}" +011:020 Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty + works had been done, because they didn't repent. +011:021 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty + works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, + they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. +011:022 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon + on the day of judgment than for you. +011:023 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down + to Hades.{or, Hell} For if the mighty works had been done + in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained + until this day. +011:024 But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land + of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than for you." +011:025 At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of + heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise + and understanding, and revealed them to infants. +011:026 Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight. +011:027 All things have been delivered to me by my Father. + No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone + know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son + desires to reveal him. +011:028 "Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, + and I will give you rest. +011:029 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle + and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. +011:030 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." +012:001 At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. + His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain + and to eat. +012:002 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, + your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath." +012:003 But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, + when he was hungry, and those who were with him; +012:004 how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread, + which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who + were with him, but only for the priests?{1 Samuel 21:3-6} +012:005 Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, + the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless? +012:006 But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here. +012:007 But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not + sacrifice,'{Hosea 6:6} you would not have condemned the guiltless. +012:008 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." +012:009 He departed there, and went into their synagogue. +012:010 And behold there was a man with a withered hand. + They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" + that they might accuse him. +012:011 He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, + and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, + won't he grab on to it, and lift it out? +012:012 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! + Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day." +012:013 Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; + and it was restored whole, just like the other. +012:014 But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, + how they might destroy him. +012:015 Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes + followed him; and he healed them all, +012:016 and charged them that they should not make him known: +012:017 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah + the prophet, saying, +012:018 "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom + my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. + He will proclaim justice to the nations. +012:019 He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone hear his + voice in the streets. +012:020 He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax, + until he leads justice to victory. +012:021 In his name, the nations will hope."{Isaiah 42:1-4} +012:022 Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought + to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man + both spoke and saw. +012:023 All the multitudes were amazed, and said, "Can this be + the son of David?" +012:024 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast + out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons." +012:025 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom + divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every + city or house divided against itself will not stand. +012:026 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. + How then will his kingdom stand? +012:027 If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children + cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. +012:028 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom + of God has come upon you. +012:029 Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, + and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? + Then he will plunder his house. +012:030 "He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't gather + with me, scatters. +012:031 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, + but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. +012:032 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be + forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, + it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that + which is to come. +012:033 "Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make + the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known + by its fruit. +012:034 You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? + For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. +012:035 The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, + and the evil man out of his evil treasure{TR adds "of + the heart"} brings out evil things. +012:036 I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give + account of it in the day of judgment. +012:037 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words + you will be condemned." +012:038 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, + we want to see a sign from you." +012:039 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks + after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign + of Jonah the prophet. +012:040 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly + of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three + nights in the heart of the earth. +012:041 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, + and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; + and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here. +012:042 The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment + with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came + from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; + and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here. +012:043 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, + passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it. +012:044 Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,' + and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, + and put in order. +012:045 Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits + more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. + The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. + Even so will it be also to this evil generation." +012:046 While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother + and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him. +012:047 One said to him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers + stand outside, seeking to speak to you." +012:048 But he answered him who spoke to him, "Who is my mother? + Who are my brothers?" +012:049 He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, + "Behold, my mother and my brothers! +012:050 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, + he is my brother, and sister, and mother." +013:001 On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside. +013:002 Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, + and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach. +013:003 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, + a farmer went out to sow. +013:004 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds + came and devoured them. +013:005 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, + and immediately they sprang up, because they had no + depth of earth. +013:006 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they + had no root, they withered away. +013:007 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them: +013:008 and others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: + some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. +013:009 He who has ears to hear, let him hear." +013:010 The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak + to them in parables?" +013:011 He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries + of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them. +013:012 For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, + but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even + that which he has. +013:013 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, + and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand. +013:014 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, + 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; + Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive: +013:015 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull + of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps + they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, + understand with their heart, and should turn again; + and I would heal them.'{Isaiah 6:9-10} +013:016 "But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, + for they hear. +013:017 For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men + desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; + and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them. +013:018 "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer. +013:019 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, + the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been + sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside. +013:020 What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, + and immediately with joy receives it; +013:021 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. + When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, + immediately he stumbles. +013:022 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, + but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches + choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. +013:023 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, + and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, + and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, + and some thirty." +013:024 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom + of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, +013:025 but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds{darnel + is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) + that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, + when the difference becomes very apparent.} also among the wheat, + and went away. +013:026 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, + then the darnel weeds appeared also. +013:027 The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, + didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this + darnel come from?' +013:028 "He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "The servants + asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?' +013:029 "But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, + you root up the wheat with them. +013:030 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time + I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel weeds, + and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat + into my barn."'" +013:031 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom + of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, + and sowed in his field; +013:032 which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, + it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that + the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches." +013:033 He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is + like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures{literally, + three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than + a bushel} of meal, until it was all leavened." +013:034 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; + and without a parable, he didn't speak to them, +013:035 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, + saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things + hidden from the foundation of the world."{Psalm 78:2} +013:036 Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. + His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable + of the darnel weeds of the field." +013:037 He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, +013:038 the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children + of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children + of the evil one. +013:039 The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end + of the age, and the reapers are angels. +013:040 As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; + so will it be at the end of this age. +013:041 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will + gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, + and those who do iniquity, +013:042 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be + weeping and the gnashing of teeth. +013:043 Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom + of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear. +013:044 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden + in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, + he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field. +013:045 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant + seeking fine pearls, +013:046 who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold + all that he had, and bought it. +013:047 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast + into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind, +013:048 which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. + They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, + but the bad they threw away. +013:049 So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, + and separate the wicked from among the righteous, +013:050 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be + the weeping and the gnashing of teeth." +013:051 Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" + They answered him, "Yes, Lord." +013:052 He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple + in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, + who brings out of his treasure new and old things." +013:053 It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, + he departed from there. +013:054 Coming into 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? +013:055 Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother called Mary, + and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas{or, Judah}? +013:056 Aren't all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man + get all of these things?" +013:057 They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, + "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, + and in his own house." +013:058 He didn't do many mighty works there because of their unbelief. +014:001 At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, +014:002 and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. + He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers + work in him." +014:003 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. +014:004 For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." +014:005 When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, + because they counted him as a prophet. +014:006 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced + among them and pleased Herod. +014:007 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever + she should ask. +014:008 She, being prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on + a platter the head of John the Baptizer." +014:009 The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, + and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it + to be given, +014:010 and he sent and beheaded John in the prison. +014:011 His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: + and she brought it to her mother. +014:012 His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it; + and they went and told Jesus. +014:013 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, + to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, + they followed him on foot from the cities. +014:014 Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion + on them, and healed their sick. +014:015 When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, + "This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. + Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, + and buy themselves food." +014:016 But Jesus said to them, "They don't need to go away. + You give them something to eat." +014:017 They told him, "We only have here five loaves and two fish." +014:018 He said, "Bring them here to me." +014:019 He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took + the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, + he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, + and the disciples gave to the multitudes. +014:020 They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets + full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces. +014:021 Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women + and children. +014:022 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, + and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent + the multitudes away. +014:023 After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into + the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, + he was there alone. +014:024 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by + the waves, for the wind was contrary. +014:025 In the fourth watch of the night,{The night was equally divided + into four watches, so the fourth watch is approximately 3:00 + A. M. to sunrise.} Jesus came to them, walking on the sea. +014:026 When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, + saying, "It's a ghost!" and they cried out for fear. +014:027 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying "Cheer up! + It is I!{or, I AM!} Don't be afraid." +014:028 Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me + to come to you on the waters." +014:029 He said, "Come!" Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked + on the waters to come to Jesus. +014:030 But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, + and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!" +014:031 Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, + and said to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" +014:032 When they got up into the boat, the wind ceased. +014:033 Those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, + "You are truly the Son of God!" +014:034 When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret. +014:035 When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all + that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick, +014:036 and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe{or, + tassel} of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole. +015:001 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, +015:002 "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? + For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread." +015:003 He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment + of God because of your tradition? +015:004 For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,'{Exodus 20:12; + Deuteronomy 5:16} and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, + let him be put to death.'{Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9} +015:005 But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, + "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is + a gift devoted to God," +015:006 he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made + the commandment of God void because of your tradition. +015:007 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, +015:008 'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me + with their lips; but their heart is far from me. +015:009 And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules + made by men.'"{Isaiah 29:13} +015:010 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand. +015:011 That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; + but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man." +015:012 Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that + the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?" +015:013 But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't + plant will be uprooted. +015:014 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. + If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit." +015:015 Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us." +015:016 So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand? +015:017 Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes + into the belly, and then out of the body? +015:018 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, + and they defile the man. +015:019 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, + sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies. +015:020 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with + unwashed hands doesn't defile the man." +015:021 Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region + of Tyre and Sidon. +015:022 Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, + and cried, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son + of David! My daughter is severely demonized!" +015:023 But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and + begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us." +015:024 But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep + of the house of Israel." +015:025 But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me." +015:026 But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's + bread and throw it to the dogs." +015:027 But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs + which fall from their masters' table." +015:028 Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! + Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter + was healed from that hour. +015:029 Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; + and he went up into the mountain, and sat there. +015:030 Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, + mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. + He healed them, +015:031 so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, + injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing--and they + glorified the God of Israel. +015:032 Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on + the multitude, because they continue with me now three days + and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, + or they might faint on the way." +015:033 The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves + in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?" +015:034 Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" + They said, "Seven, and a few small fish." +015:035 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; +015:036 and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks + and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples + to the multitudes. +015:037 They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets + full of the broken pieces that were left over. +015:038 Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. +015:039 Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came + into the borders of Magdala. +016:001 The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him + to show them a sign from heaven. +016:002 But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will + be fair weather, for the sky is red.' +016:003 In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky + is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern + the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs + of the times! +016:004 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there + will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah." + He left them, and departed. +016:005 The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten + to take bread. +016:006 Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast + of the Pharisees and Sadducees." +016:007 They reasoned among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread." +016:008 Jesus, perceiving it, said, "Why do you reason among yourselves, + you of little faith, 'because you have brought no bread?' +016:009 Don't you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves + for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? +016:010 Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets + you took up? +016:011 How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak + to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the + Pharisees and Sadducees." +016:012 Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast + of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. +016:013 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, + he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, + the Son of Man, am?" +016:014 They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, + Jeremiah, or one of the prophets." +016:015 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" +016:016 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of + the living God." +016:017 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. +016:018 I also tell you that you are Peter,{Peter's name, Petros in Greek, + is the word for a specific rock or stone.} and on this rock{Greek, + petra, a rock mass or bedrock.} I will build my assembly, + and the gates of Hades{or, Hell} will not prevail against it. +016:019 I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever + you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever + you release on earth will have been released in heaven." +016:020 Then he charged the disciples that they should tell no one + that he is Jesus the Christ. +016:021 From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must + go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, + chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day + be raised up. +016:022 Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be + it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you." +016:023 But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are + a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind + on the things of God, but on the things of men." +016:024 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come + after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, + and follow me. +016:025 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever + will lose his life for my sake will find it. +016:026 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, + and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange + for his life? +016:027 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with + his angels, and then he will render to everyone according + to his deeds. +016:028 Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who + will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man + coming in his Kingdom." +017:001 After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John + his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. +017:002 He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, + and his garments became as white as the light. +017:003 Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him. +017:004 Peter answered, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us + to be here. If you want, let's make three tents here: + one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." +017:005 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud + overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, + saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. + Listen to him." +017:006 When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, + and were very afraid. +017:007 Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up, and don't be afraid." +017:008 Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone. +017:009 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, + saying, "Don't tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man + has risen from the dead." +017:010 His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say + that Elijah must come first?" +017:011 Jesus answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will + restore all things, +017:012 but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't + recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. + Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them." +017:013 Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of + John the Baptizer. +017:014 When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, + kneeling down to him, saying, +017:015 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, + and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, + and often into the water. +017:016 So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him." +017:017 Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation! + How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? + Bring him here to me." +017:018 Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy + was cured from that hour. +017:019 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, + "Why weren't we able to cast it out?" +017:020 He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly + I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, + you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' + and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. +017:021 But this kind doesn't go out except by prayer and fasting." +017:022 While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son + of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men, +017:023 and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up." + They were exceedingly sorry. +017:024 When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma + coins{A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, + about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days' wages. + It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax, + because 2 drachmas were worth one half shekel of silver.} came + to Peter, and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?" +017:025 He said, "Yes." When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, + saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings + of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, + or from strangers?" +017:026 Peter said to him, "From strangers." Jesus said to him, + "Therefore the children are exempt. +017:027 But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, + cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. + When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater + coin.{A stater is a silver coin equivalent to four + Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel: + just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel temple tax for two + people.} Take that, and give it to them for me and you." +018:001 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then + is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?" +018:002 Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the + midst of them, +018:003 and said, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, + and become as little children, you will in no way enter + into the Kingdom of Heaven. +018:004 Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, + the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. +018:005 Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me, +018:006 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me + to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone + should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk + in the depths of the sea. +018:007 "Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! + For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person + through whom the occasion comes! +018:008 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, + and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life + maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet + to be cast into the eternal fire. +018:009 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast + it from you. It is better for you to enter into life + with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into + the Gehenna{or, Hell} of fire. +018:010 See that you don't 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. +018:011 For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost. +018:012 "What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, + and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, + go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray? +018:013 If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it + more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray. +018:014 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven + that one of these little ones should perish. +018:015 "If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault + between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have + gained back your brother. +018:016 But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, + that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may + be established.{Deuteronomy 19:15} +018:017 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. + If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you + as a Gentile or a tax collector. +018:018 Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth + will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you + release on earth will have been released in heaven. +018:019 Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree + on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be + done for them by my Father who is in heaven. +018:020 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, + there I am in the midst of them." +018:021 Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often + shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? + Until seven times?" +018:022 Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, + until seventy times seven. +018:023 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, + who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants. +018:024 When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed + him ten thousand talents.{Ten thousand talents represents + an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about + 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day's + wages for agricultural labor.} +018:025 But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, + with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment + to be made. +018:026 The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, + saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!' +018:027 The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, + released him, and forgave him the debt. +018:028 "But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, + who owed him one hundred denarii,{100 denarii was about one + sixtieth of a talent.} and he grabbed him, and took him + by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!' +018:029 "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, + saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!' +018:030 He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should + pay back that which was due. +018:031 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were + exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all + that was done. +018:032 Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! + I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me. +018:033 Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, + even as I had mercy on you?' +018:034 His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, + until he should pay all that was due to him. +018:035 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each + forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds." +019:001 It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed + from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. +019:002 Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there. +019:003 Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful + for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?" +019:004 He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from + the beginning made them male and female,{Genesis 1:27} +019:005 and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father + and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall + become one flesh?'{Genesis 2:24} +019:006 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore + God has joined together, don't let man tear apart." +019:007 They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her + a bill of divorce, and divorce her?" +019:008 He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, + allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it + has not been so. +019:009 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for + sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; + and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery." +019:010 His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man + with his wife, it is not expedient to marry." +019:011 But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, + but those to whom it is given. +019:012 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 made themselves eunuchs + for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, + let him receive it." +019:013 Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay + his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. +019:014 But Jesus said, "Allow the little children, and don't forbid + them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs + to ones like these." +019:015 He laid his hands on them, and departed from there. +019:016 Behold, one came to him and said, "Good teacher, what good thing + shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" +019:017 He said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good + but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, + keep the commandments." +019:018 He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "'You shall not murder.' + 'You shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not steal.' + 'You shall not offer false testimony.' +019:019 'Honor your father and mother.'{Exodus 20:12-16; + Deuteronomy 5:16-20} And, 'You shall love your neighbor + as yourself.'"{Leviticus 19:18} +019:020 The young man said to him, "All these things I have observed + from my youth. What do I still lack?" +019:021 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, + and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; + and come, follow me." +019:022 But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, + for he was one who had great possessions. +019:023 Jesus said to his disciples, "Most certainly I say to you, + a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty. +019:024 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through + a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the + Kingdom of God." +019:025 When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, + saying, "Who then can be saved?" +019:026 Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, + but with God all things are possible." +019:027 Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have left everything, + and followed you. What then will we have?" +019:028 Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that you who have + followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit + on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, + judging the twelve tribes of Israel. +019:029 Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, + or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, + will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life. +019:030 But many will be last who are first; and first who are last. +020:001 "For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master + of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire + laborers for his vineyard. +020:002 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius{A denarius + is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. + This was a common wage for a day of farm labor.} a day, + he sent them into his vineyard. +020:003 He went out about the third hour,{Time was measured from sunrise + to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 AM.} and saw + others standing idle in the marketplace. +020:004 To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever + is right I will give you.' So they went their way. +020:005 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,{noon + and 3:00 P. M.} and did likewise. +020:006 About the eleventh hour{5:00 PM} he went out, and found + others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand + here all day idle?' +020:007 "They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' + "He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you + will receive whatever is right.' +020:008 When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to + his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, + beginning from the last to the first.' +020:009 "When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, + they each received a denarius. +020:010 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; + and they likewise each received a denarius. +020:011 When they received it, they murmured against the master + of the household, +020:012 saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made + them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day + and the scorching heat!' +020:013 "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. + Didn't you agree with me for a denarius? +020:014 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire + to give to this last just as much as to you. +020:015 Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? + Or is your eye evil, because I am good?' +020:016 So the last will be first, and the first last. + For many are called, but few are chosen." +020:017 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve + disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, +020:018 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man + will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they + will condemn him to death, +020:019 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, + and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up." +020:020 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, + kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. +020:021 He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, + "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, + and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom." +020:022 But Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking. + Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, + and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" + They said to him, "We are able." +020:023 He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be + baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit + on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; + but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father." +020:024 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers. +020:025 But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers + of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise + authority over them. +020:026 It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become + great among you shall be{TR reads "let him be" instead of "shall + be"} your servant. +020:027 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant, +020:028 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, + and to give his life as a ransom for many." +020:029 As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. +020:030 Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard + that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, + you son of David!" +020:031 The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, + but they cried out even more, "Lord, have mercy on us, + you son of David!" +020:032 Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you + want me to do for you?" +020:033 They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened." +020:034 Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; + and immediately their eyes received their sight, + and they followed him. +021:001 When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage,{TR + & NU read "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"} to the Mount + of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, +021:002 saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you, + and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. + Untie them, and bring them to me. +021:003 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' + and immediately he will send them." +021:004 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken + through the prophet, saying, +021:005 "Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes + to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal + of a donkey."{Zechariah 9:9} +021:006 The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them, +021:007 and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; + and he sat on them. +021:008 A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. + Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road. +021:009 The multitudes who went before him, and who followed + kept shouting, "Hosanna{"Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, + we pray."} to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes + in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"{Psalm 118:26} +021:010 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, + saying, "Who is this?" +021:011 The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from + Nazareth of Galilee." +021:012 Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who + sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers' + tables and the seats of those who sold the doves. +021:013 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called + a house of prayer,'{Isaiah 56:7} but you have made it a den + of robbers!"{Jeremiah 7:11} +021:014 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, + and he healed them. +021:015 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful + things that he did, and the children who were crying + in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!" + they were indignant, +021:016 and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" + Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'Out of the mouth + of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?'"{Psalm 8:2} +021:017 He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, + and lodged there. +021:018 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry. +021:019 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing + on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit + from you forever!" Immediately the fig tree withered away. +021:020 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did + the fig tree immediately wither away?" +021:021 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, if you + have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what was + done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, + 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done. +021:022 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." +021:023 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and + the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, + and said, "By what authority do you do these things? + Who gave you this authority?" +021:024 Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, + which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority + I do these things. +021:025 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" + They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' + he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' +021:026 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold + John as a prophet." +021:027 They answered Jesus, and said, "We don't know." + He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority + I do these things. +021:028 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came + to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.' +021:029 He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed + his mind, and went. +021:030 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, + 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go. +021:031 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, + "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you + that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering + into the Kingdom of God before you. +021:032 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you + didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes + believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, + that you might believe him. +021:033 "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master + of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, + dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, + and went into another country. +021:034 When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants + to the farmers, to receive his fruit. +021:035 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, + and stoned another. +021:036 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: + and they treated them the same way. +021:037 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will + respect my son.' +021:038 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, + 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize + his inheritance.' +021:039 So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, + and killed him. +021:040 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do + to those farmers?" +021:041 They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, + and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will + give him the fruit in its season." +021:042 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The + stone which the builders rejected, the same was made + the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. + It is marvelous in our eyes?'{Psalm 118:22-23} +021:043 "Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away + from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit. +021:044 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on + whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust." +021:045 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, + they perceived that he spoke about them. +021:046 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, + because they considered him to be a prophet. +022:001 Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying, +022:002 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made + a marriage feast for his son, +022:003 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited + to the marriage feast, but they would not come. +022:004 Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those + who are invited, "Behold, I have made ready my dinner. + My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. + Come to the marriage feast!"' +022:005 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his + own farm, another to his merchandise, +022:006 and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, + and killed them. +022:007 When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, + destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. +022:008 "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, + but those who were invited weren't worthy. +022:009 Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many + as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.' +022:010 Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered + together as many as they found, both bad and good. + The wedding was filled with guests. +022:011 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there + a man who didn't have on wedding clothing, +022:012 and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not + wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless. +022:013 Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, + take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; + there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.' +022:014 For many are called, but few chosen." +022:015 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap + him in his talk. +022:016 They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, + saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach + the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you + aren't partial to anyone. +022:017 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay + taxes to Caesar, or not?" +022:018 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you + test me, you hypocrites? +022:019 Show me the tax money." They brought to him a denarius. +022:020 He asked them, "Whose is this image and inscription?" +022:021 They said to him, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, + "Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, + and to God the things that are God's." +022:022 When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away. +022:023 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) + came to him. They asked him, +022:024 saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, + his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed + for his brother.' +022:025 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, + and having no seed left his wife to his brother. +022:026 In like manner the second also, and the third, to the seventh. +022:027 After them all, the woman died. +022:028 In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? + For they all had her." +022:029 But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing + the Scriptures, nor the power of God. +022:030 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given + in marriage, but are like God's angels in heaven. +022:031 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read + that which was spoken to you by God, saying, +022:032 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God + of Jacob?'{Exodus 3:6} God is not the God of the dead, + but of the living." +022:033 When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching. +022:034 But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced + the Sadducees, gathered themselves together. +022:035 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him. +022:036 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?" +022:037 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God + with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all + your mind.'{Deuteronomy 6:5} +022:038 This is the first and great commandment. +022:039 A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor + as yourself.'{Leviticus 19:18} +022:040 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments." +022:041 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked + them a question, +022:042 saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" + They said to him, "Of David." +022:043 He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call + him Lord, saying, +022:044 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make + your enemies a footstool for your feet?'{Psalm 110:1} +022:045 "If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?" +022:046 No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare + ask him any more questions from that day forth. +023:001 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, +023:002 saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat. +023:003 All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, + observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, + and don't do. +023:004 For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, + and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will + not lift a finger to help them. +023:005 But all their works they do to be seen by men. + They make their phylacteries{phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew) + are small leather pouches that some Jewish men wear on their + forehead and arm in prayer. They are used to carry a small + scroll with some Scripture in it. See Deuteronomy 6:8.} broad, + enlarge the fringes{or, tassels} of their garments, +023:006 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats + in the synagogues, +023:007 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called + 'Rabbi, Rabbi' by men. +023:008 But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, + the Christ, and all of you are brothers. +023:009 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, + he who is in heaven. +023:010 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ. +023:011 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant. +023:012 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles + himself will be exalted. +023:013 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you + devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. + Therefore you will receive greater condemnation. +023:014 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! + Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; + for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow + those who are entering in to enter.{Some Greek manuscripts + reverse the order of verses 13 and 14, and some omit verse 13, + numbering verse 14 as 13.} +023:015 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you + travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; + and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son + of Gehenna{or, Hell} as yourselves. +023:016 "Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, + it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, + he is obligated.' +023:017 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple + that sanctifies the gold? +023:018 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears + by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?' +023:019 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar + that sanctifies the gift? +023:020 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by + everything on it. +023:021 He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was + living in it. +023:022 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, + and by him who sits on it. +023:023 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you + tithe mint, dill, and cumin,{ cumin is an aromatic seed from + Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. + It is used as a spice.} and have left undone the weightier + matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. + But you ought to have done these, and not to have left + the other undone. +023:024 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel! +023:025 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean + the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are + full of extortion and unrighteousness.{TR reads "self-indulgence" + instead of "unrighteousness"} +023:026 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of + the platter, that the outside of it may become clean also. +023:027 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you + are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, + but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. +023:028 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly + you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. +023:029 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you + build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs + of the righteous, +023:030 and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't + have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' +023:031 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children + of those who killed the prophets. +023:032 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. +023:033 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape + the judgment of Gehenna{or, Hell}? +023:034 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. + Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you + will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; +023:035 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, + from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah + son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary + and the altar. +023:036 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come + upon this generation. +023:037 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones + those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered + your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks + under her wings, and you would not! +023:038 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. +023:039 For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, + 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"{Psalm 118:26} +024:001 Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. + His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. +024:002 But he answered them, "Don't you see all of these things? + Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one + stone on another, that will not be thrown down." +024:003 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to + him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? + What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" +024:004 Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray. +024:005 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' + and will lead many astray. +024:006 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you + aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end + is not yet. +024:007 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; + and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes + in various places. +024:008 But all these things are the beginning of birth pains. +024:009 Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. + You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake. +024:010 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, + and will hate one another. +024:011 Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray. +024:012 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many + will grow cold. +024:013 But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved. +024:014 This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world + for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. +024:015 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation,{Daniel 9:27; + 11:31; 12:11} which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, + standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), +024:016 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. +024:017 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things + that are in his house. +024:018 Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes. +024:019 But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers + in those days! +024:020 Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath, +024:021 for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been + from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. +024:022 Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. + But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened. +024:023 "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' + or, 'There,' don't believe it. +024:024 For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, + and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, + if possible, even the chosen ones. +024:025 "Behold, I have told you beforehand. +024:026 If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' + don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner chambers,' + don't believe it. +024:027 For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even + to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. +024:028 For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures{or, + eagles} gather together. +024:029 But immediately after the oppression of those days, + the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, + the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens + will be shaken;{Isaiah 13:10; 34:4} +024:030 and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. + Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see + the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power + and great glory. +024:031 He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, + and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, + from one end of the sky to the other. +024:032 "Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch + has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know + that the summer is near. +024:033 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it + is near, even at the doors. +024:034 Most certainly I tell you, this generation{The word for "generation" + (genea) can also be translated as "race."} will not pass away, + until all these things are accomplished. +024:035 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. +024:036 But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels + of heaven, but my Father only. +024:037 "As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. +024:038 For as in those days which were before the flood they + were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, + until the day that Noah entered into the ark, +024:039 and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, + so will be the coming of the Son of Man. +024:040 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one + will be left; +024:041 two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one + will be left. +024:042 Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes. +024:043 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what + watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, + and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. +024:044 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, + the Son of Man will come. +024:045 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has + set over his household, to give them their food in due season? +024:046 Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes. +024:047 Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all + that he has. +024:048 But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord + is delaying his coming,' +024:049 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink + with the drunkards, +024:050 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't + expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it, +024:051 and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with + the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding + of teeth will be. +025:001 "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, + who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. +025:002 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. +025:003 Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no + oil with them, +025:004 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. +025:005 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. +025:006 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! + Come out to meet him!' +025:007 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.{The end + of the wick of an oil lamp needs to be cut off periodically + to avoid having it become clogged with carbon deposits. + The wick height is also adjusted so that the flame burns evenly + and gives good light without producing a lot of smoke.} +025:008 The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, + for our lamps are going out.' +025:009 But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't + enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, + and buy for yourselves.' +025:010 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those + who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, + and the door was shut. +025:011 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, + open to us.' +025:012 But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.' +025:013 Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour + in which the Son of Man is coming. +025:014 "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called + his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. +025:015 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; + to each according to his own ability. Then he went + on his journey. +025:016 Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded + with them, and made another five talents. +025:017 In like manner he also who got the two gained another two. +025:018 But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, + and hid his lord's money. +025:019 "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, + and reconciled accounts with them. +025:020 He who received the five talents came and brought another + five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. + Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.' +025:021 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. + You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you + over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' +025:022 "He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord, + you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained + another two talents besides them.' +025:023 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. + You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you + over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' +025:024 "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew + you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, + and gathering where you did not scatter. +025:025 I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. + Behold, you have what is yours.' +025:026 "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. + You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where + I didn't scatter. +025:027 You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, + and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest. +025:028 Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him + who has the ten talents. +025:029 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, + but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will + be taken away. +025:030 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, + where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' +025:031 "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy + angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. +025:032 Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate + them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep + from the goats. +025:033 He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats + on the left. +025:034 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, + blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you + from the foundation of the world; +025:035 for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat; I was thirsty, + and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; +025:036 naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; + I was in prison, and you came to me.' +025:037 "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we + see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? +025:038 When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, + and clothe you? +025:039 When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?' +025:040 "The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, + inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my + brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly + translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, you did + it to me.' +025:041 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, + you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil + and his angels; +025:042 for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; + I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; +025:043 I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't + clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.' +025:044 "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see + you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, + or in prison, and didn't help you?' +025:045 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, + inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, + you didn't do it to me.' +025:046 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous + into eternal life." +026:001 It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, + that he said to his disciples, +026:002 "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, + and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified." +026:003 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people + were gathered together in the court of the high priest, + who was called Caiaphas. +026:004 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, + and kill him. +026:005 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur + among the people." +026:006 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, +026:007 a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very + expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat + at the table. +026:008 But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, + "Why this waste? +026:009 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given + to the poor." +026:010 However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble + the woman? Because she has done a good work for me. +026:011 For you always have the poor with you; but you don't + always have me. +026:012 For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare + me for burial. +026:013 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached + in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be + spoken of as a memorial of her." +026:014 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, + went to the chief priests, +026:015 and said, "What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver + him to you?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver. +026:016 From that time he sought opportunity to betray him. +026:017 Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came + to Jesus, saying to him, "Where do you want us to prepare + for you to eat the Passover?" +026:018 He said, "Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, + 'The Teacher says, "My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover + at your house with my disciples."'" +026:019 The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they + prepared the Passover. +026:020 Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table + with the twelve disciples. +026:021 As they were eating, he said, "Most certainly I tell you + that one of you will betray me." +026:022 They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, + "It isn't me, is it, Lord?" +026:023 He answered, "He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, + the same will betray me. +026:024 The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe + to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! + It would be better for that man if he had not been born." +026:025 Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It isn't me, + is it, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You said it." +026:026 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for{TR + reads "blessed" instead of "gave thanks for"} it, and broke it. + He gave to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body." +026:027 He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, "All of + you drink it, +026:028 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured + out for many for the remission of sins. +026:029 But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine + from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you + in my Father's Kingdom." +026:030 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. +026:031 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because + of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, + and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'{Zechariah 13:7} +026:032 But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee." +026:033 But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble + because of you, I will never be made to stumble." +026:034 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you that tonight, + before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." +026:035 Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not + deny you." All of the disciples also said likewise. +026:036 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said + to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go there and pray." +026:037 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began + to be sorrowful and severely troubled. +026:038 Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, + even to death. Stay here, and watch with me." +026:039 He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, + "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; + nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire." +026:040 He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said + to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour? +026:041 Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. + The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." +026:042 Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, "My Father, + if this cup can't pass away from me unless I drink it, + your desire be done." +026:043 He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. +026:044 He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, + saying the same words. +026:045 Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, "Sleep on now, + and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son + of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. +026:046 Arise, let's be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand." +026:047 While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, + came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, + from the chief priest and elders of the people. +026:048 Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, "Whoever I kiss, + he is the one. Seize him." +026:049 Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" + and kissed him. +026:050 Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came + and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. +026:051 Behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, + and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, + and struck off his ear. +026:052 Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, + for all those who take the sword will die by the sword. +026:053 Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would + even now send me more than twelve legions of angels? +026:054 How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?" +026:055 In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come + out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? + I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. +026:056 But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets + might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him, and fled. +026:057 Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, + where the scribes and the elders were gathered together. +026:058 But Peter followed him from a distance, to the court of + the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, + to see the end. +026:059 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council + sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put + him to death; +026:060 and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, + they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward, +026:061 and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, + and to build it in three days.'" +026:062 The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer? + What is this that these testify against you?" +026:063 But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, + "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether + you are the Christ, the Son of God." +026:064 Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, + after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right + hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky." +026:065 Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, "He has + spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? + Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy. +026:066 What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of death!" +026:067 Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, + and some slapped him, +026:068 saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?" +026:069 Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came + to him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!" +026:070 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I don't know what you + are talking about." +026:071 When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, + and said to those who were there, "This man also was with + Jesus of Nazareth." +026:072 Again he denied it with an oath, "I don't know the man." +026:073 After a little while those who stood by came and said + to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your speech + makes you known." +026:074 Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!" + Immediately the rooster crowed. +026:075 Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, + "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." + He went out and wept bitterly. +027:001 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders + of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: +027:002 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up + to Pontius Pilate, the governor. +027:003 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, + felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver + to the chief priests and elders, +027:004 saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." + But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it." +027:005 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. + He went away and hanged himself. +027:006 The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, + "It's not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it + is the price of blood." +027:007 They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, + to bury strangers in. +027:008 Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood" + to this day. +027:009 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah{some manuscripts + omit "Jeremaiah"} the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "They took + the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price + had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced, +027:010 and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded + me."{Zechariah 11:12-13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9} +027:011 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, + saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, + "So you say." +027:012 When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, + he answered nothing. +027:013 Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they + testify against you?" +027:014 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the + governor marveled greatly. +027:015 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release + to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired. +027:016 They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. +027:017 When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, + "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, + who is called Christ?" +027:018 For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up. +027:019 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent + to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, + for I have suffered many things this day in a dream + because of him." +027:020 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes + to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. +027:021 But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want + me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!" +027:022 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is + called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!" +027:023 But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" + But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!" +027:024 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, + but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, + and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am + innocent of the blood of this righteous person. + You see to it." +027:025 All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, + and on our children!" +027:026 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged + and delivered to be crucified. +027:027 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, + and gathered the whole garrison together against him. +027:028 They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him. +027:029 They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, + and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, + and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" +027:030 They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head. +027:031 When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, + and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him. +027:032 As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, + and they compelled him to go with them, that he might + carry his cross. +027:033 They came to a place called "Golgotha," that is to say, + "The place of a skull." +027:034 They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. + When he had tasted it, he would not drink. +027:035 When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, + casting lots,{TR adds "that it might be fulfilled which was + spoken by the prophet: 'They divided my garments among them, + and for my clothing they cast lots;'" [see Psalm 22:18 + and John 19:24]} +027:036 and they sat and watched him there. +027:037 They set up over his head the accusation against him written, + "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS." +027:038 Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his + right hand and one on the left. +027:039 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, +027:040 and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it + in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, + come down from the cross!" +027:041 Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, + the Pharisees,{TR omits "the Pharisees"} and the elders, said, +027:042 "He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is + the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, + and we will believe in him. +027:043 He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; + for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" +027:044 The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him + the same reproach. +027:045 Now from the sixth hour{noon} there was darkness over all + the land until the ninth hour.{3:00 P. M.} +027:046 About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, + "Eli, Eli, lima{TR reads "lama" instead of "lima"} sabachthani?" + That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"{Psalm 22:1} +027:047 Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man + is calling Elijah." +027:048 Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it + with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink. +027:049 The rest said, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes + to save him." +027:050 Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. +027:051 Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top + to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. +027:052 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had + fallen asleep were raised; +027:053 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered + into the holy city and appeared to many. +027:054 Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, + when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, + feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God." +027:055 Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed + Jesus from Galilee, serving him. +027:056 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, + and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. +027:057 When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, + who himself was also Jesus' disciple came. +027:058 This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate + commanded the body to be given up. +027:059 Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, +027:060 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock, + and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed. +027:061 Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting + opposite the tomb. +027:062 Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, + the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate, +027:063 saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was + still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.' +027:064 Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, + lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, + and tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last + deception will be worse than the first." +027:065 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard. Go, make it as secure + as you can." +027:066 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, + sealing the stone. +028:001 Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first + day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came + to see the tomb. +028:002 Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord + descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone + from the door, and sat on it. +028:003 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. +028:004 For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men. +028:005 The angel answered the women, "Don't be afraid, for I know + that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified. +028:006 He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. + Come, see the place where the Lord was lying. +028:007 Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, + and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will + see him.' Behold, I have told you." +028:008 They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, + and ran to bring his disciples word. +028:009 As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, + saying, "Rejoice!" They came and took hold of his feet, + and worshiped him. +028:010 Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell my + brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly + translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} that they + should go into Galilee, and there they will see me." +028:011 Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came + into the city, and told the chief priests all the things + that had happened. +028:012 When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, + they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers, +028:013 saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him + away while we slept. +028:014 If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him + and make you free of worry." +028:015 So they took the money and did as they were told. + This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues + until this day. +028:016 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain + where Jesus had sent them. +028:017 When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted. +028:018 Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority + has been given to me in heaven and on earth. +028:019 Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them + in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, +028:020 teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. + Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." 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