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You can also find out about how to make a +donation to Project Gutenberg, and how to get involved. + + +**Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts** + +**eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since 1971** + +*****These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers!***** + + +Title: The World English Bible (WEB): Luke + +Release Date: June, 2005 [EBook #8269] +[This file was first posted on July 4, 2003] + +Edition: 10 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: US-ASCII + +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE WORLD ENGLISH BIBLE (WEB): LUKE *** + + + + +From www.ebible.org with slight reformatting by Martin Ward. + + + +Book 42 Luke +001:001 Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning + those matters which have been fulfilled among us, +001:002 even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and + servants of the word delivered them to us, +001:003 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all + things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, + most excellent Theophilus; +001:004 that you might know the certainty concerning the things + in which you were instructed. +001:005 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain + priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. + He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. +001:006 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly + in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord. +001:007 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they + both were well advanced in years. +001:008 Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before + God in the order of his division, +001:009 according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was + to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. +001:010 The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at + the hour of incense. +001:011 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right + side of the altar of incense. +001:012 Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. +001:013 But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your + request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear + you a son, and you shall call his name John. +001:014 You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice + at his birth. +001:015 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink + no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, + even from his mother's womb. +001:016 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God. +001:017 He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, + 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' + and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready + a people prepared for the Lord." +001:018 Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? + For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years." +001:019 The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence + of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you + this good news. +001:020 Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day + that these things will happen, because you didn't believe + my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time." +001:021 The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled + that he delayed in the temple. +001:022 When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they + perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. + He continued making signs to them, and remained mute. +001:023 It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, + he departed to his house. +001:024 After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid + herself five months, saying, +001:025 "Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked + at me, to take away my reproach among men." +001:026 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God + to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, +001:027 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, + of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. +001:028 Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you highly + favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!" +001:029 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, + and considered what kind of salutation this might be. +001:030 The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have + found favor with God. +001:031 Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, + and will call his name 'Jesus.' +001:032 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. + The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David, +001:033 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. + There will be no end to his Kingdom." +001:034 Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?" +001:035 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, + and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. + Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called + the Son of God. +001:036 Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son + in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who + was called barren. +001:037 For everything spoken by God is possible." +001:038 Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me + according to your word." The angel departed from her. +001:039 Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, + into a city of Judah, +001:040 and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. +001:041 It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, + that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled + with the Holy Spirit. +001:042 She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you + among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! +001:043 Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? +001:044 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, + the baby leaped in my womb for joy! +001:045 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment + of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!" +001:046 Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord. +001:047 My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior, +001:048 for he has looked at the humble state of his handmaid. + For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed. +001:049 For he who is mighty has done great things for me. + Holy is his name. +001:050 His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him. +001:051 He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud + in the imagination of their heart. +001:052 He has put down princes from their thrones. And has + exalted the lowly. +001:053 He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent + the rich away empty. +001:054 He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he + might remember mercy, +001:055 As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever." +001:056 Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned + to her house. +001:057 Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, + and she brought forth a son. +001:058 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified + his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her. +001:059 It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise + the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, + after the name of the father. +001:060 His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John." +001:061 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is + called by this name." +001:062 They made signs to his father, what he would have him called. +001:063 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." + They all marveled. +001:064 His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, + and he spoke, blessing God. +001:065 Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings + were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea. +001:066 All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then + will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him. +001:067 His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, + and prophesied, saying, +001:068 "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited + and worked redemption for his people; +001:069 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house + of his servant David +001:070 (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been + from of old), +001:071 salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us; +001:072 to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, +001:073 the oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father, +001:074 to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand + of our enemies, should serve him without fear, +001:075 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life. +001:076 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, + for you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways, +001:077 to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission + of their sins, +001:078 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn + from on high will visit us, +001:079 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; + to guide our feet into the way of peace." +001:080 The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was + in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel. +002:001 Now it happened in those days, that a decree went out from + Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. +002:002 This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was + governor of Syria. +002:003 All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city. +002:004 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, + into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, + because he was of the house and family of David; +002:005 to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married + to him as wife, being pregnant. +002:006 It happened, while they were there, that the day had come + that she should give birth. +002:007 She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him + in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, + because there was no room for them in the inn. +002:008 There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, + and keeping watch by night over their flock. +002:009 Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory + of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. +002:010 The angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring + you good news of great joy which will be to all the people. +002:011 For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, + a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. +002:012 This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips + of cloth, lying in a feeding trough." +002:013 Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly + army praising God, and saying, +002:014 "Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men." +002:015 It happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky, + that the shepherds said one to another, "Let's go + to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, + which the Lord has made known to us." +002:016 They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, + and the baby was lying in the feeding trough. +002:017 When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was + spoken to them about this child. +002:018 All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken + to them by the shepherds. +002:019 But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart. +002:020 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for + all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it + was told them. +002:021 When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, + his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel + before he was conceived in the womb. +002:022 When the days of their purification according to the law + of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, + to present him to the Lord +002:023 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens + the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),{Exodus 13:2,12} +002:024 and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said + in the law of the Lord, "A pair of turtledoves, or two + young pigeons."{Leviticus 12:8} +002:025 Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. + This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation + of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. +002:026 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should + not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.{"Christ" + (Greek) and "Messiah" (Hebrew) both mean "Anointed One"} +002:027 He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents + brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning + him according to the custom of the law, +002:028 then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said, +002:029 "Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to + your word, in peace; +002:030 for my eyes have seen your salvation, +002:031 which you have prepared before the face of all peoples; +002:032 a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of + your people Israel." +002:033 Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were + spoken concerning him, +002:034 and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Behold, + this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, + and for a sign which is spoken against. +002:035 Yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul, that the thoughts + of many hearts may be revealed." +002:036 There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, + of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived + with a husband seven years from her virginity, +002:037 and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), + who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings + and petitions night and day. +002:038 Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, + and spoke of him to all those who were looking for + redemption in Jerusalem. +002:039 When they had accomplished all things that were according + to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their + own city, Nazareth. +002:040 The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, + being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. +002:041 His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast + of the Passover. +002:042 When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem + according to the custom of the feast, +002:043 and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, + the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his + mother didn't know it, +002:044 but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, + and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances. +002:045 When they didn't find him, they returned to Jerusalem, + looking for him. +002:046 It happened after three days they found him in the temple, + sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them, + and asking them questions. +002:047 All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. +002:048 When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother + said to him, "Son, why have you treated us this way? + Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you." +002:049 He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you + know that I must be in my Father's house?" +002:050 They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them. +002:051 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. + He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings + in her heart. +002:052 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor + with God and men. +003:001 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, + Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch + of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region + of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, +003:002 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God + came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. +003:003 He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the + baptism of repentance for remission of sins. +003:004 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, + "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready + the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight. +003:005 Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill + will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, + and the rough ways smooth. +003:006 All flesh will see God's salvation.'"{Isaiah 40:3-5} +003:007 He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptized + by him, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee + from the wrath to come? +003:008 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't + begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father;' + for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham + from these stones! +003:009 Even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees. + Every tree therefore that doesn't bring forth good fruit + is cut down, and thrown into the fire." +003:010 The multitudes asked him, "What then must we do?" +003:011 He answered them, "He who has two coats, let him give to him + who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise." +003:012 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said + to him, "Teacher, what must we do?" +003:013 He said to them, "Collect no more than that which is + appointed to you." +003:014 Soldiers also asked him, saying, "What about us? What must we do?" + He said to them, "Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse + anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages." +003:015 As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their + hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ, +003:016 John answered them all, "I indeed baptize you with water, + but he comes who is mightier than I, the latchet of whose + sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you + in the Holy Spirit and fire, +003:017 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his + threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; + but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." +003:018 Then with many other exhortations he preached good news + to the people, +003:019 but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, + his brother's{TR reads "brother Philip's" instead of "brother's"} + wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done, +003:020 added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison. +003:021 Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, + Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. + The sky was opened, +003:022 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; + and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. + In you I am well pleased." +003:023 Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, + being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, +003:024 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, + the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, +003:025 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, + the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, +003:026 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, + the son of Joseph, the son of Judah, +003:027 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, + the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, +003:028 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son + of Elmodam, the son of Er, +003:029 the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, + the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, +003:030 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, + the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim, +003:031 the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, + the son of Nathan, the son of David, +003:032 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son + of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, +003:033 the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram,{NU reads "Admin, + the son of Arni" instead of "Aram"} the son of Hezron, + the son of Perez, the son of Judah, +003:034 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, + the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, +003:035 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son + of Eber, the son of Shelah, +003:036 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, + the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, +003:037 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, + the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, +003:038 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. +004:001 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, + and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness +004:002 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing + in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, + he was hungry. +004:003 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this + stone to become bread." +004:004 Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live + by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"{Deuteronomy 8:3} +004:005 The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all + the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. +004:006 The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, + and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give + it to whomever I want. +004:007 If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours." +004:008 Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written, + 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall + you serve.'"{Deuteronomy 6:13} +004:009 He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, + and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself + down from here, +004:010 for it is written, 'He will give his angels charge concerning you, + to guard you;' +004:011 and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you + dash your foot against a stone.'"{Psalm 91:11-12} +004:012 Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall + not tempt the Lord your God.'"{Deuteronomy 6:16} +004:013 When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed + from him until another time. +004:014 Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, + and news about him spread through all the surrounding area. +004:015 He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. +004:016 He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, + as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, + and stood up to read. +004:017 The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. + He opened the book, and found the place where it was written, +004:018 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me + to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal + the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, + recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed, +004:019 and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."{Isaiah 61:1-2} +004:020 He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. + The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him. +004:021 He began to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled + in your hearing." +004:022 All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious + words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, + "Isn't this Joseph's son?" +004:023 He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, + 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done + at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'" +004:024 He said, "Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable + in his hometown. +004:025 But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days + of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, + when a great famine came over all the land. +004:026 Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, + in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. +004:027 There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, + yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian." +004:028 They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they + heard these things. +004:029 They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow + of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw + him off the cliff. +004:030 But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way. +004:031 He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching + them on the Sabbath day, +004:032 and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word + was with authority. +004:033 In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an + unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, +004:034 saying, "Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? + Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: + the Holy One of God!" +004:035 Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" + When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came + out of him, having done him no harm. +004:036 Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, + saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power + he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!" +004:037 News about him went out into every place of the surrounding region. +004:038 He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. + Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, + and they begged him for her. +004:039 He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. + Immediately she rose up and served them. +004:040 When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various + diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every + one of them, and healed them. +004:041 Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, + "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't + allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ. +004:042 When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, + and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held + on to him, so that he wouldn't go away from them. +004:043 But he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the + Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I + have been sent." +004:044 He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee. +005:001 Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard + the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. +005:002 He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had + gone out of them, and were washing their nets. +005:003 He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, + and asked him to put out a little from the land. + He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. +005:004 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into + the deep, and let down your nets for a catch." +005:005 Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; + but at your word I will let down the net." +005:006 When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, + and their net was breaking. +005:007 They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they + should come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, + so that they began to sink. +005:008 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' + knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord." +005:009 For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch + of fish which they had caught; +005:010 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were + partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. + From now on you will be catching people alive." +005:011 When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, + and followed him. +005:012 It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, + there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell + on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, + you can make me clean." +005:013 He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. + Be made clean." Immediately the leprosy left him. +005:014 He charged him to tell no one, "But go your way, and show + yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according + to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them." +005:015 But the report concerning him spread much more, and great + multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him + of their infirmities. +005:016 But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed. +005:017 It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; + and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, + who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. + The power of the Lord was with him to heal them. +005:018 Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought + to bring him in to lay before Jesus. +005:019 Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, + they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles + with his cot into the midst before Jesus. +005:020 Seeing their faith, he said to him, "Man, your sins + are forgiven you." +005:021 The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is + this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, + but God alone?" +005:022 But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, "Why are + you reasoning so in your hearts? +005:023 Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say, + 'Arise and walk?' +005:024 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority + on earth to forgive sins" (he said to the paralyzed man), + "I tell you, arise, and take up your cot, and go to your house." +005:025 Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which + he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God. +005:026 Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. + They were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen + strange things today." +005:027 After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named + Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me!" +005:028 He left everything, and rose up and followed him. +005:029 Levi made a great feast for him in his house. + There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were + reclining with them. +005:030 Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against + his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax + collectors and sinners?" +005:031 Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need + for a physician, but those who are sick do. +005:032 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." +005:033 They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, + likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours + eat and drink?" +005:034 He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, + while the bridegroom is with them? +005:035 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away + from them. Then they will fast in those days." +005:036 He also told a parable to them. "No one puts a piece from + a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, + and also the piece from the new will not match the old. +005:037 No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine + will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins + will be destroyed. +005:038 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, + and both are preserved. +005:039 No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, + 'The old is better.'" +006:001 Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, + that he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked + the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands. +006:002 But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that + which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?" +006:003 Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did + when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him; +006:004 how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate + the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, + which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?" +006:005 He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath." +006:006 It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into + the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his + right hand was withered. +006:007 The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether + he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an + accusation against him. +006:008 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had + the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." + He arose and stood. +006:009 Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: + Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? + To save a life, or to kill?" +006:010 He looked around at them all, and said to the man, "Stretch out + your hand." He did, and his hand was restored as sound + as the other. +006:011 But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another + about what they might do to Jesus. +006:012 It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain + to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God. +006:013 When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them + he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles: +006:014 Simon, whom he also named Peter; Andrew, his brother; + James; John; Philip; Bartholomew; +006:015 Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was + called the Zealot; +006:016 Judas the son of James; and Judas Iscariot, who also + became a traitor. +006:017 He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd + of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all + Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, + who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; +006:018 as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, + and they were being healed. +006:019 All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out from + him and healed them all. +006:020 He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, "Blessed are + you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God. +006:021 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. + Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. +006:022 Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall + exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, + for the Son of Man's sake. +006:023 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward + is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing + to the prophets. +006:024 "But woe to you who are rich! For you have received + your consolation. +006:025 Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. + Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. +006:026 Woe,{TR adds "to you"} when{TR adds "all"} men speak well of you, + for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets. +006:027 "But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those + who hate you, +006:028 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you. +006:029 To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; + and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold + your coat also. +006:030 Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes + away your goods to give them back again. +006:031 "As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them. +006:032 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? + For even sinners love those who love them. +006:033 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is + that to you? For even sinners do the same. +006:034 If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, + what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, + to receive back as much. +006:035 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; + and your reward will be great, and you will be children of + the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil. +006:036 Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful. +006:037 Don't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't condemn, and you + won't be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free. +006:038 "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, + shaken together, and running over, will be given to you.{literally, + into your bosom.} For with the same measure you measure it + will be measured back to you." +006:039 He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? + Won't they both fall into a pit? +006:040 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is + fully trained will be like his teacher. +006:041 Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, + but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye? +006:042 Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove + the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself + don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! + First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you + can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in + your brother's eye. +006:043 For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; + nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit. +006:044 For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don't + gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from + a bramble bush. +006:045 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings + out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil + treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, + for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks. +006:046 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things + which I say? +006:047 Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, + I will show you who he is like. +006:048 He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, + and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, + the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, + because it was founded on the rock. +006:049 But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house + on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, + and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great." +007:001 After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, + he entered into Capernaum. +007:002 A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick + and at the point of death. +007:003 When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, + asking him to come and save his servant. +007:004 When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, + "He is worthy for you to do this for him, +007:005 for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us." +007:006 Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, + the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, + don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come + under my roof. +007:007 Therefore I didn't even think myself worthy to come to you; + but say the word, and my servant will be healed. +007:008 For I also am a man placed under authority, having under + myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go!' and he goes; + and to another, 'Come!' and he comes; and to my servant, + 'Do this,' and he does it." +007:009 When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned + and said to the multitude who followed him, "I tell you, + I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel." +007:010 Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant + who had been sick was well. +007:011 It happened soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain. + Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, + went with him. +007:012 Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who + was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, + and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her. +007:013 When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said + to her, "Don't cry." +007:014 He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. + He said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!" +007:015 He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him + to his mother. +007:016 Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great + prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!" +007:017 This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, + and in all the surrounding region. +007:018 The disciples of John told him about all these things. +007:019 John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them + to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we + look for another?" +007:020 When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has + sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we + look for another?'" +007:021 In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; + and to many who were blind he gave sight. +007:022 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you + have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, + the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead + are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. +007:023 Blessed is he who is not offended by me." +007:024 When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes + about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? + A reed shaken by the wind? +007:025 But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? + Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, + are in kings' courts. +007:026 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, + and much more than a prophet. +007:027 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} +007:028 "For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not + a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least + in the Kingdom of God is greater than he." +007:029 When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared + God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism. +007:030 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, + not being baptized by him themselves. +007:031 But the Lord said,{So reads TR. MT omits "But the Lord said,"} + "To what then will I liken the people of this generation? + What are they like? +007:032 They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one + to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. + We mourned, and you didn't weep.' +007:033 For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, + and you say, 'He has a demon.' +007:034 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, + 'Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax + collectors and sinners!' +007:035 Wisdom is justified by all her children." +007:036 One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. + He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table. +007:037 Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew + that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought + an alabaster jar of ointment. +007:038 Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet + with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, + kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. +007:039 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said + to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have + perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, + that she is a sinner." +007:040 Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you." + He said, "Teacher, say on." +007:041 "A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five + hundred denarii, and the other fifty. +007:042 When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both. Which of them + therefore will love him most?" +007:043 Simon answered, "He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most." + He said to him, "You have judged correctly." +007:044 Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? + I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, + but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them + with the hair of her head. +007:045 You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, + has not ceased to kiss my feet. +007:046 You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed + my feet with ointment. +007:047 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, + for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, + the same loves little." +007:048 He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." +007:049 Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves, + "Who is this who even forgives sins?" +007:050 He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. + Go in peace." +008:001 It happened soon afterwards, that he went about through cities + and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom + of God. With him were the twelve, +008:002 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits + and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom + seven demons had gone out; +008:003 and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward; Susanna; + and many others; who served them{TR reads "him" instead of + "them"} from their possessions. +008:004 When a great multitude came together, and people from every + city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable. +008:005 "The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, + some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, + and the birds of the sky devoured it. +008:006 Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, + it withered away, because it had no moisture. +008:007 Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, + and choked it. +008:008 Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit + one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, + "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!" +008:009 Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?" +008:010 He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom + of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may + not see, and hearing they may not understand.'{Isaiah 6:9} +008:011 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. +008:012 Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, + and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not + believe and be saved. +008:013 Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word + with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, + then fall away in time of temptation. +008:014 That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, + and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, + and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. +008:015 That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest + and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, + and bring forth fruit with patience. +008:016 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, + or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those + who enter in may see the light. +008:017 For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, + that will not be known and come to light. +008:018 Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him + will be given; and whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken + away even that which he thinks he has." +008:019 His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come + near him for the crowd. +008:020 It was told him by some saying, "Your mother and your brothers + stand outside, desiring to see you." +008:021 But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these + who hear the word of God, and do it." +008:022 Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered + into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said + to them, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake." + So they launched out. +008:023 But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on + the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water. +008:024 They came to him, and awoke him, saying, "Master, master, + we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging + of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm. +008:025 He said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they marveled, + saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands + even the winds and the water, and they obey him?" +008:026 They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, + which is opposite Galilee. +008:027 When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city + who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, + and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs. +008:028 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, + and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do + with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, + don't torment me!" +008:029 For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. + For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. + He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. + Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon + into the desert. +008:030 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," + for many demons had entered into him. +008:031 They begged him that he would not command them to go + into the abyss. +008:032 Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, + and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. + He allowed them. +008:033 The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, + and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, + and were drowned. +008:034 When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, + and told it in the city and in the country. +008:035 People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, + and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, + sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; + and they were afraid. +008:036 Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed + by demons was healed. +008:037 All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked + him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. + He entered into the boat, and returned. +008:038 But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him + that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, +008:039 "Return to your house, and declare what great things God has + done for you." He went his way, proclaiming throughout + the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him. +008:040 It happened, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him, + for they were all waiting for him. +008:041 Behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler + of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus' feet, and begged + him to come into his house, +008:042 for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she + was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him. +008:043 A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent + all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any, +008:044 came behind him, and touched the fringe{or, tassel} of his cloak, + and immediately the flow of her blood stopped. +008:045 Jesus said, "Who touched me?" When all denied it, Peter and those + with him said, "Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, + and you say, 'Who touched me?'" +008:046 But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power + has gone out of me." +008:047 When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, + and falling down before him declared to him in the presence + of all the people the reason why she had touched him, + and how she was healed immediately. +008:048 He said to her, "Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. + Go in peace." +008:049 While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue's + house came, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead. + Don't trouble the Teacher." +008:050 But Jesus hearing it, answered him, "Don't be afraid. + Only believe, and she will be healed." +008:051 When he came to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in, + except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, + and her mother. +008:052 All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep. + She isn't dead, but sleeping." +008:053 They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead. +008:054 But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, + he called, saying, "Child, arise!" +008:055 Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. + He commanded that something be given to her to eat. +008:056 Her parents were amazed, but he charged them to tell no one + what had been done. +009:001 He called the twelve{TR reads "his twelve disciples" + instead of "the twelve"} together, and gave them power + and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. +009:002 He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to + heal the sick. +009:003 He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey--neither staffs, + nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece. +009:004 Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there. +009:005 As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, + shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony + against them." +009:006 They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the + Good News, and healing everywhere. +009:007 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; + and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John + had risen from the dead, +009:008 and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one + of the old prophets had risen again. +009:009 Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I + hear such things?" He sought to see him. +009:010 The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they + had done. He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted + place of a city called Bethsaida. +009:011 But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. + He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God, + and he cured those who needed healing. +009:012 The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said + to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into + the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, + for we are here in a deserted place." +009:013 But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." + They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish, + unless we should go and buy food for all these people." +009:014 For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, + "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each." +009:015 They did so, and made them all sit down. +009:016 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up + to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them + to the disciples to set before the multitude. +009:017 They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets + of broken pieces that were left over. +009:018 It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples + were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say + that I am?" +009:019 They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,' + and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again." +009:020 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" + Peter answered, "The Christ of God." +009:021 But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one, +009:022 saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected + by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, + and the third day be raised up." +009:023 He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, + let him deny himself, take up his cross,{TR, NU add "daily"} + and follow me. +009:024 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever + will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it. +009:025 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, + and loses or forfeits his own self? +009:026 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him + will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, + and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels. +009:027 But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who + stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they + see the Kingdom of God." +009:028 It happened about eight days after these sayings, + that he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up + onto the mountain to pray. +009:029 As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, + and his clothing became white and dazzling. +009:030 Behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah, +009:031 who appeared in glory, and spoke of his departure,{literally, + "exodus"} which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. +009:032 Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, + but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, + and the two men who stood with him. +009:033 It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter + said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. + Let's make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, + and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said. +009:034 While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, + and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud. +009:035 A voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son. + Listen to him!" +009:036 When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, + and told no one in those days any of the things which + they had seen. +009:037 It happened on the next day, when they had come down from + the mountain, that a great multitude met him. +009:038 Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg + you to look at my son, for he is my only child. +009:039 Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it + convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, + bruising him severely. +009:040 I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn't." +009:041 Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, + how long shall I be with you and bear with you? + Bring your son here." +009:042 While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed + him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, + and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. +009:043 They were all astonished at the majesty of God. + But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, + he said to his disciples, +009:044 "Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man + will be delivered up into the hands of men." +009:045 But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, + that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask + him about this saying. +009:046 There arose an argument among them about which of them + was the greatest. +009:047 Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, + and set him by his side, +009:048 and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name + receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. + For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great." +009:049 John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons + in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn't + follow with us." +009:050 Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against + us is for us." +009:051 It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be + taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem, +009:052 and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered + into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him. +009:053 They didn't receive him, because he was traveling with his face + set towards Jerusalem. +009:054 When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, + do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, + and destroy them, just as Elijah did?" +009:055 But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind + of spirit you are. +009:056 For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's lives, + but to save them." They went to another village. +009:057 As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want + to follow you wherever you go, Lord." +009:058 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky + have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." +009:059 He said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, allow me + first to go and bury my father." +009:060 But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, + but you go and announce the Kingdom of God." +009:061 Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow + me to bid farewell to those who are at my house." +009:062 But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, + and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God." +010:001 Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, + and sent them two by two ahead of him{literally, "before his + face"} into every city and place, where he was about to come. +010:002 Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, + but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of + the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest. +010:003 Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves. +010:004 Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way. +010:005 Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.' +010:006 If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; + but if not, it will return to you. +010:007 Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things + they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. + Don't go from house to house. +010:008 Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, + eat the things that are set before you. +010:009 Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom + of God has come near to you.' +010:010 But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, + go out into the streets of it and say, +010:011 'Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off + against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God + has come near to you.' +010:012 I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom + than for that city. +010:013 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty + works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, + they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. +010:014 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment + than for you. +010:015 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought + down to Hades.{Hades is the lower realm of the dead, or Hell.} +010:016 Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you + rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me." +010:017 The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons + are subject to us in your name!" +010:018 He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning + from heaven. +010:019 Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, + and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any + way hurt you. +010:020 Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject + to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." +010:021 In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, + "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you + have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, + and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it + was well-pleasing in your sight." +010:022 Turning to the disciples, he said, "All things have been + delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, + except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, + and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him." +010:023 Turning to the disciples, he said privately, "Blessed are + the eyes which see the things that you see, +010:024 for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see + the things which you see, and didn't see them, and to hear + the things which you hear, and didn't hear them." +010:025 Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, + what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" +010:026 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?" +010:027 He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all + your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, + and with all your mind;{Deuteronomy 6:5} and your neighbor + as yourself."{Leviticus 19:18} +010:028 He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, + and you will live." +010:029 But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who + is my neighbor?" +010:030 Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem + to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him + and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. +010:031 By chance a certain priest was going down that way. + When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. +010:032 In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, + and saw him, passed by on the other side. +010:033 But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. + When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, +010:034 came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. + He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, + and took care of him. +010:035 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, + and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. + Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.' +010:036 Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor + to him who fell among the robbers?" +010:037 He said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, + "Go and do likewise." +010:038 It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a + certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received + him into her house. +010:039 She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' + feet, and heard his word. +010:040 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up + to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left + me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me." +010:041 Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled + about many things, +010:042 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, + which will not be taken away from her." +011:001 It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, + one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, + just as John also taught his disciples." +011:002 He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father in heaven, + may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. + May your will be done on Earth, as it is in heaven. +011:003 Give us day by day our daily bread. +011:004 Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone + who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, + but deliver us from the evil one.'" +011:005 He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, + and tell him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, +011:006 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I + have nothing to set before him,' +011:007 and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. + The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. + I can't get up and give it to you'? +011:008 I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him + because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, + he will get up and give him as many as he needs. +011:009 "I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. + Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it + will be opened to you. +011:010 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. + To him who knocks it will be opened. +011:011 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give + him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him + a snake instead of a fish, will he? +011:012 Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he? +011:013 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to + your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give + the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?" +011:014 He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. + It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; + and the multitudes marveled. +011:015 But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, + the prince of the demons." +011:016 Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven. +011:017 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom + divided against itself is brought to desolation. + A house divided against itself falls. +011:018 If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? + For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. +011:019 But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children + cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges. +011:020 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom + of God has come to you. +011:021 "When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, + his goods are safe. +011:022 But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, + he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, + and divides his spoils. +011:023 "He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather + with me scatters. +011:024 The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, + passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, + he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.' +011:025 When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order. +011:026 Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil + than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. + The last state of that man becomes worse than the first." +011:027 It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman + out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, + "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts + which nursed you!" +011:028 But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear + the word of God, and keep it." +011:029 When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began + to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. + No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet. +011:030 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will + also the Son of Man be to this generation. +011:031 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment + with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: + for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom + of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here. +011:032 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, one greater than Jonah is here. +011:033 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or + under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may + see the light. +011:034 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, + your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, + your body also is full of darkness. +011:035 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness. +011:036 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, + it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its + bright shining gives you light." +011:037 Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. + He went in, and sat at the table. +011:038 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first + washed himself before dinner. +011:039 The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside + of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full + of extortion and wickedness. +011:040 You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make + the inside also? +011:041 But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, + and behold, all things will be clean to you. +011:042 But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and + every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. + You ought to have done these, and not to have left + the other undone. +011:043 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, + and the greetings in the marketplaces. +011:044 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you + are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them + don't know it." +011:045 One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you + insult us also." +011:046 He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens + that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even + lift one finger to help carry those burdens. +011:047 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, + and your fathers killed them. +011:048 So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. + For they killed them, and you build their tombs. +011:049 Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets + and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute, +011:050 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the + foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; +011:051 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished + between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, + it will be required of this generation. +011:052 Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. + You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering + in, you hindered." +011:053 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees + began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him; +011:054 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something + he might say, that they might accuse him. +012:001 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, + so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell + his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, + which is hypocrisy. +012:002 But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, + nor hidden, that will not be known. +012:003 Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard + in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner + chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops. +012:004 "I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill + the body, and after that have no more that they can do. +012:005 But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, + who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna.{or, + Hell} Yes, I tell you, fear him. +012:006 "Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins{An assarion + was a small copper coin worth about an hour's wages for an + agricultural laborer.}? Not one of them is forgotten by God. +012:007 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't + be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows. +012:008 "I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will + the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God; +012:009 but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied + in the presence of the angels of God. +012:010 Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will + be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit + will not be forgiven. +012:011 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, + and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer, + or what you will say; +012:012 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what + you must say." +012:013 One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother + to divide the inheritance with me." +012:014 But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an + arbitrator over you?" +012:015 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, + for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things + which he possesses." +012:016 He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain + rich man brought forth abundantly. +012:017 He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I + don't have room to store my crops?' +012:018 He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, + and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain + and my goods. +012:019 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up + for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."' +012:020 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul + is required of you. The things which you have prepared-- + whose will they be?' +012:021 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not + rich toward God." +012:022 He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious + for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, + what you will wear. +012:023 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. +012:024 Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, + they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. + How much more valuable are you than birds! +012:025 Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height? +012:026 If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why are + you anxious about the rest? +012:027 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, + neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all + his glory was not arrayed like one of these. +012:028 But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, + which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, + how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith? +012:029 Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; + neither be anxious. +012:030 For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, + but your Father knows that you need these things. +012:031 But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you. +012:032 Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good + pleasure to give you the Kingdom. +012:033 Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. + Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure + in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, + neither moth destroys. +012:034 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. +012:035 "Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning. +012:036 Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns + from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, + they may immediately open to him. +012:037 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when + he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, + and make them recline, and will come and serve them. +012:038 They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, + and finds them so. +012:039 But know this, that if the master of the house had known + in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, + and not allowed his house to be broken into. +012:040 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour + that you don't expect him." +012:041 Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, + or to everybody?" +012:042 The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, + whom his lord will set over his household, to give them + their portion of food at the right times? +012:043 Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so + when he comes. +012:044 Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has. +012:045 But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' + and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, + and to eat and drink, and to be drunken, +012:046 then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't + expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will + cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful. +012:047 That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, + nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes, +012:048 but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, + will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, + of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, + of him more will be asked. +012:049 "I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled. +012:050 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed + I am until it is accomplished! +012:051 Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? + I tell you, no, but rather division. +012:052 For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, + three against two, and two against three. +012:053 They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; + mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; + mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law + against her mother-in-law." +012:054 He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising + from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' + and so it happens. +012:055 When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' + and it happens. +012:056 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance + of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't + interpret this time? +012:057 Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right? +012:058 For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, + try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps + he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, + and the officer throw you into prison. +012:059 I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, + until you have paid the very last penny.{literally, lepton. + A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman + quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. + Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural + worker's daily wages.}" +013:001 Now there were some present at the same time who told + him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed + with their sacrifices. +013:002 Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were + worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they + suffered such things? +013:003 I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish + in the same way. +013:004 Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; + do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men + who dwell in Jerusalem? +013:005 I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish + in the same way." +013:006 He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree + planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, + and found none. +013:007 He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I + have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. + Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?' +013:008 He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I + dig around it, and fertilize it. +013:009 If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can + cut it down.'" +013:010 He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day. +013:011 Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity + eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way + straighten herself up. +013:012 When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman, + you are freed from your infirmity." +013:013 He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, + and glorified God. +013:014 The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had + healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six + days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days + and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!" +013:015 Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! + Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall + on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water? +013:016 Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan + had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage + on the Sabbath day?" +013:017 As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, + and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things + that were done by him. +013:018 He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall + I compare it? +013:019 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, + and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, + and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches." +013:020 Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God? +013:021 It 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 flour, until it was all leavened." +013:022 He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, + and traveling on to Jerusalem. +013:023 One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?" + He said to them, +013:024 "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, + will seek to enter in, and will not be able. +013:025 When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut + the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at + the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer + and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.' +013:026 Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, + and you taught in our streets.' +013:027 He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. + Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.' +013:028 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you + see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom + of God, and yourselves being thrown outside. +013:029 They will come from the east, west, north, and south, + and will sit down in the Kingdom of God. +013:030 Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, + and there are some who are first who will be last." +013:031 On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, + "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you." +013:032 He said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out + demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third + day I complete my mission. +013:033 Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, + for it can't be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.' +013:034 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones + those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather + your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood + under her wings, and you refused! +013:035 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, + you will not see me, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes + in the name of the Lord!'"{Psalm 118:26} +014:001 It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers + of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they + were watching him. +014:002 Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him. +014:003 Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, + "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" +014:004 But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, + and let him go. +014:005 He answered them, "Which of you, if your son{TR reads "donkey" + instead of "son"} or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately + pull him out on a Sabbath day?" +014:006 They couldn't answer him regarding these things. +014:007 He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed + how they chose the best seats, and said to them, +014:008 "When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit + in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than + you might be invited by him, +014:009 and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, + 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, + to take the lowest place. +014:010 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, + so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, + move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence + of all who sit at the table with you. +014:011 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever + humbles himself will be exalted." +014:012 He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make + a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, + nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might + also return the favor, and pay you back. +014:013 But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, + or the blind; +014:014 and you will be blessed, because they don't have the resources + to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection + of the righteous." +014:015 When one of those who sat at the table with him heard + these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will feast + in the Kingdom of God!" +014:016 But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, + and he invited many people. +014:017 He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who + were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.' +014:018 They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said + to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. + Please have me excused.' +014:019 "Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must + go try them out. Please have me excused.' +014:020 "Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.' +014:021 "That servant came, and told his lord these things. + Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, + 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, + and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.' +014:022 "The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, + and there is still room.' +014:023 "The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, + and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. +014:024 For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will + taste of my supper.'" +014:025 Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and + said to them, +014:026 "If anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father, + mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his + own life also, he can't be my disciple. +014:027 Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, + can't be my disciple. +014:028 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit + down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? +014:029 Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able + to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him, +014:030 saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.' +014:031 Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, + will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten + thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? +014:032 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, + and asks for conditions of peace. +014:033 So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, + he can't be my disciple. +014:034 Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, + with what do you season it? +014:035 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. + It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear." +015:001 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him + to hear him. +015:002 The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man + welcomes sinners, and eats with them." +015:003 He told them this parable. +015:004 "Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one + of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, + and go after the one that was lost, until he found it? +015:005 When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing. +015:006 When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, + saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep + which was lost!' +015:007 I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven + over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous + people who need no repentance. +015:008 Or what woman, if she had ten drachma{A drachma coin was worth + about 2 days wages for an agricultural laborer.} coins, if she + lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, + and seek diligently until she found it? +015:009 When she has found it, she calls together her friends + and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found + the drachma which I had lost.' +015:010 Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels + of God over one sinner repenting." +015:011 He said, "A certain man had two sons. +015:012 The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share + of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them. +015:013 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this + together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted + his property with riotous living. +015:014 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine + in that country, and he began to be in need. +015:015 He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, + and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs. +015:016 He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, + but no one gave him any. +015:017 But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired + servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm + dying with hunger! +015:018 I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, + "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. +015:019 I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one + of your hired servants."' +015:020 "He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still + far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, + and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. +015:021 The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, + and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' +015:022 "But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe, + and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes + on his feet. +015:023 Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate; +015:024 for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, + and is found.' They began to celebrate. +015:025 "Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, + he heard music and dancing. +015:026 He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on. +015:027 He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has + killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back + safe and healthy.' +015:028 But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father + came out, and begged him. +015:029 But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have + served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, + but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate + with my friends. +015:030 But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living + with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.' +015:031 "He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is + mine is yours. +015:032 But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, + your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, + and is found.'" +016:001 He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man + who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this + man was wasting his possessions. +016:002 He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? + Give an accounting of your management, for you can no + longer be manager.' +016:003 "The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that + my lord is taking away the management position from me? + I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg. +016:004 I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, + they may receive me into their houses.' +016:005 Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, + 'How much do you owe to my lord?' +016:006 He said, 'A hundred batos{100 batos is about 395 litres, + 104 U. S. gallons, or 87 imperial gallons.} of oil.' + He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly + and write fifty.' +016:007 Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, + 'A hundred cors{ 100 cors = about 3,910 litres or 600 bushels. + } of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.' +016:008 "His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, + for the children of this world are, in their own generation, + wiser than the children of the light. +016:009 I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of + unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive + you into the eternal tents. +016:010 He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. + He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. +016:011 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, + who will commit to your trust the true riches? +016:012 If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, + who will give you that which is your own? +016:013 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, + and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise + the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon{"Mammon" + refers to riches or a false god of wealth.}." +016:014 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, + and they scoffed at him. +016:015 He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves + in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. + For that which is exalted among men is an abomination + in the sight of God. +016:016 The law and the prophets were until John. From that time + the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone + is forcing his way into it. +016:017 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for + one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall. +016:018 Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, + commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from + a husband commits adultery. +016:019 "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple + and fine linen, living in luxury every day. +016:020 A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, + full of sores, +016:021 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich + man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores. +016:022 It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away + by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, + and was buried. +016:023 In Hades{or, Hell}, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, + and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom. +016:024 He cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, + and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, + and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.' +016:025 "But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, + received your good things, and Lazarus, in like manner, bad things. + But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish. +016:026 Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, + that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, + and that none may cross over from there to us.' +016:027 "He said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send + him to my father's house; +016:028 for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, + so they won't also come into this place of torment.' +016:029 "But Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets. + Let them listen to them.' +016:030 "He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from + the dead, they will repent.' +016:031 "He said to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, + neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'" +017:001 He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions + of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come! +017:002 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around + his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that + he should cause one of these little ones to stumble. +017:003 Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. + If he repents, forgive him. +017:004 If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven + times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him." +017:005 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." +017:006 The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, + you would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted + in the sea,' and it would obey you. +017:007 But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or + keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, + 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,' +017:008 and will not rather tell him, 'Prepare my supper, + clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. + Afterward you shall eat and drink'? +017:009 Does he thank that servant because he did the things that + were commanded? I think not. +017:010 Even so you also, when you have done all the things + that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. + We have done our duty.'" +017:011 It happened as he was on his way to Jerusalem, that he was + passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee. +017:012 As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers + met him, who stood at a distance. +017:013 They lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, + have mercy on us!" +017:014 When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to + the priests." It happened that as they went, they were cleansed. +017:015 One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, + glorifying God with a loud voice. +017:016 He fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks; + and he was a Samaritan. +017:017 Jesus answered, "Weren't the ten cleansed? But where are the nine? +017:018 Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, + except this stranger?" +017:019 Then he said to him, "Get up, and go your way. Your faith + has healed you." +017:020 Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, + he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation; +017:021 neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, + the Kingdom of God is within you." +017:022 He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you + will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, + and you will not see it. +017:023 They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' + Don't go away, nor follow after them, +017:024 for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part + under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; + so will the Son of Man be in his day. +017:025 But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected + by this generation. +017:026 As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also + in the days of the Son of Man. +017:027 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, + until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, + and destroyed them all. +017:028 Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, + they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; +017:029 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire + and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all. +017:030 It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed. +017:031 In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods + in the house, let him not go down to take them away. + Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back. +017:032 Remember Lot's wife! +017:033 Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses + his life preserves it. +017:034 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. + The one will be taken, and the other will be left. +017:035 There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken, + and the other will be left." +017:036 {Some Greek manuscripts add: "Two will be in the field: + the one taken, and the other left."} +017:037 They answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, + "Where the body is, there will the vultures also + be gathered together." +018:001 He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, + and not give up, +018:002 saying, "There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, + and didn't respect man. +018:003 A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, + 'Defend me from my adversary!' +018:004 He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, + 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man, +018:005 yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else + she will wear me out by her continual coming.'" +018:006 The Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says. +018:007 Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him + day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them? +018:008 I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the + Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?" +018:009 He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced + of their own righteousness, and who despised all others. +018:010 "Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, + and the other was a tax collector. +018:011 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: + 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, + extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like + this tax collector. +018:012 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.' +018:013 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift + up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, + be merciful to me, a sinner!' +018:014 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather + than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, + but he who humbles himself will be exalted." +018:015 They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might + touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. +018:016 Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come + to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs + to such as these. +018:017 Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom + of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it." +018:018 A certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall + I do to inherit eternal life?" +018:019 Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good, + except one--God. +018:020 You know the commandments: 'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,' + 'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor your father + and your mother.'"{Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20} +018:021 He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up." +018:022 When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack + one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. + You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me." +018:023 But when he heard these things, he became very sad, + for he was very rich. +018:024 Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is + for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God! +018:025 For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, + than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God." +018:026 Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" +018:027 But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are + possible with God." +018:028 Peter said, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you." +018:029 He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no + one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, + or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake, +018:030 who will not receive many times more in this time, and in + the world to come, eternal life." +018:031 He took the twelve aside, and said to them, "Behold, we are going + up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through + the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed. +018:032 For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, + treated shamefully, and spit on. +018:033 They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, + he will rise again." +018:034 They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden + from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said. +018:035 It happened, as he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat + by the road, begging. +018:036 Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant. +018:037 They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. +018:038 He cried out, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!" +018:039 Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; + but he cried out all the more, "You son of David, + have mercy on me!" +018:040 Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. + When he had come near, he asked him, +018:041 "What do you want me to do?" He said, "Lord, that I + may see again." +018:042 Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you." +018:043 Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God. + All the people, when they saw it, praised God. +019:001 He entered and was passing through Jericho. +019:002 There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, + and he was rich. +019:003 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of + the crowd, because he was short. +019:004 He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, + for he was to pass that way. +019:005 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, + and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today + I must stay at your house." +019:006 He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully. +019:007 When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone + in to lodge with a man who is a sinner." +019:008 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of + my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted + anything of anyone, I restore four times as much." +019:009 Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, + because he also is a son of Abraham. +019:010 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost." +019:011 As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, + because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom + of God would be revealed immediately. +019:012 He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country + to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. +019:013 He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins,{10 + minas was more than 3 years' wages for an agricultural + laborer.} and told them, 'Conduct business until I come.' +019:014 But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, + saying, 'We don't want this man to reign over us.' +019:015 "It happened when he had come back again, having received + the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had + given the money, to be called to him, that he might know + what they had gained by conducting business. +019:016 The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made + ten more minas.' +019:017 "He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you + were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority + over ten cities.' +019:018 "The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.' +019:019 "So he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.' +019:020 Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept + laid away in a handkerchief, +019:021 for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. + You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap that + which you didn't sow.' +019:022 "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, + you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, + taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that + which I didn't sow. +019:023 Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, + I might have earned interest on it?' +019:024 He said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina away from him, + and give it to him who has the ten minas.' +019:025 "They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!' +019:026 'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; + but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will + be taken away from him. +019:027 But bring those enemies of mine who didn't want me to reign + over them here, and kill them before me.'" +019:028 Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. +019:029 It happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage{TR, NU read "Bethpage" + instead of "Bethsphage"} and Bethany, at the mountain that is + called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples, +019:030 saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side, + in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no + man ever yet sat. Untie it, and bring it. +019:031 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him: + 'The Lord needs it.'" +019:032 Those who were sent went away, and found things just as + he had told them. +019:033 As they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them, + "Why are you untying the colt?" +019:034 They said, "The Lord needs it." +019:035 They brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt, + and set Jesus on them. +019:036 As he went, they spread their cloaks in the way. +019:037 As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, + the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice + and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works + which they had seen, +019:038 saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!{Psalm + 118:26} Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!" +019:039 Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher, + rebuke your disciples!" +019:040 He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, + the stones would cry out." +019:041 When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it, +019:042 saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong + to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes. +019:043 For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up + a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side, +019:044 and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. + They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you + didn't know the time of your visitation." +019:045 He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who + bought and sold in it, +019:046 saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house + of prayer,'{Isaiah 56:7} but you have made it a 'den + of robbers'!"{Jeremiah 7:11} +019:047 He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests + and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought + to destroy him. +019:048 They couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung + on to every word that he said. +020:001 It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people + in the temple and preaching the Good News, that the {TR adds + "chief"}priests and scribes came to him with the elders. +020:002 They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? + Or who is giving you this authority?" +020:003 He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me: +020:004 the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?" +020:005 They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' + he will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?' +020:006 But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, + for they are persuaded that John was a prophet." +020:007 They answered that they didn't know where it was from. +020:008 Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority + I do these things." +020:009 He began to tell the people this parable. "A {NU (in brackets) + and TR add "certain"}man planted a vineyard, and rented it out + to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time. +020:010 At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers + to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. + But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty. +020:011 He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated + him shamefully, and sent him away empty. +020:012 He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out. +020:013 The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? + I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, + they will respect him.' +020:014 "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, + saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, + that the inheritance may be ours.' +020:015 They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. + What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? +020:016 He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give + the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said, + "May it never be!" +020:017 But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, + 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made + the chief cornerstone?'{Psalm 118:22} +020:018 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, + but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust." +020:019 The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him + that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew + he had spoken this parable against them. +020:020 They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, + that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver + him up to the power and authority of the governor. +020:021 They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach + what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach + the way of God. +020:022 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" +020:023 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do + you test me? +020:024 Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?" + They answered, "Caesar's." +020:025 He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, + and to God the things that are God's." +020:026 They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. + They marveled at his answer, and were silent. +020:027 Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there + is a resurrection. +020:028 They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's + brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother + should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother. +020:029 There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, + and died childless. +020:030 The second took her as wife, and he died childless. +020:031 The third took her, and likewise the seven all left + no children, and died. +020:032 Afterward the woman also died. +020:033 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? + For the seven had her as a wife." +020:034 Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry, and are + given in marriage. +020:035 But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age + and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are + given in marriage. +020:036 For they can't die any more, for they are like the angels, + and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. +020:037 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, + when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, + and the God of Jacob.'{Exodus 3:6} +020:038 Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, + for all are alive to him." +020:039 Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well." +020:040 They didn't dare to ask him any more questions. +020:041 He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son? +020:042 David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said + to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, +020:043 until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'{Psalm 110:1} +020:044 "David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?" +020:045 In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples, +020:046 "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love + greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, + and the best places at feasts; +020:047 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: + these will receive greater condemnation." +021:001 He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their + gifts into the treasury. +021:002 He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass + coins.{literally, "two lepta." 2 lepta was about 1% of a day's + wages for an agricultural laborer.} +021:003 He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than + all of them, +021:004 for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, + out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on." +021:005 As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated + with beautiful stones and gifts, he said, +021:006 "As for these things which you see, the days will come, + in which there will not be left here one stone on another + that will not be thrown down." +021:007 They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be? + What is the sign that these things are about to happen?" +021:008 He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come + in my name, saying, 'I am he{or, I AM},' and, 'The time is at hand.' + Therefore don't follow them. +021:009 When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified, + for these things must happen first, but the end + won't come immediately." +021:010 Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, + and kingdom against kingdom. +021:011 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in + various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven. +021:012 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and + will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, + bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake. +021:013 It will turn out as a testimony for you. +021:014 Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand + how to answer, +021:015 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries + will not be able to withstand or to contradict. +021:016 You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, + and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death. +021:017 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake. +021:018 And not a hair of your head will perish. +021:019 "By your endurance you will win your lives. +021:020 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know + that its desolation is at hand. +021:021 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. + Let those who are in the midst of her depart. + Let those who are in the country not enter therein. +021:022 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are + written may be fulfilled. +021:023 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants + in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, + and wrath to this people. +021:024 They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive + into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by + the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. +021:025 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth + anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea + and the waves; +021:026 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things + which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens + will be shaken. +021:027 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power + and great glory. +021:028 But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up + your heads, because your redemption is near." +021:029 He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees. +021:030 When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own + selves that the summer is already near. +021:031 Even so you also, when you see these things happening, + know that the Kingdom of God is near. +021:032 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away + until all things are accomplished. +021:033 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no + means pass away. +021:034 "So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, + drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come + on you suddenly. +021:035 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on + the surface of all the earth. +021:036 Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be + counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, + and to stand before the Son of Man." +021:037 Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night + he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that + is called Olivet. +021:038 All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple + to hear him. +022:001 Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called + the Passover, drew near. +022:002 The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put + him to death, for they feared the people. +022:003 Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, who was + numbered with the twelve. +022:004 He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains + about how he might deliver him to them. +022:005 They were glad, and agreed to give him money. +022:006 He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them + in the absence of the multitude. +022:007 The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover + must be sacrificed. +022:008 He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover + for us, that we may eat." +022:009 They said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare?" +022:010 He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered into the city, + a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. + Follow him into the house which he enters. +022:011 Tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, + "Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover + with my disciples?"' +022:012 He will show you a large, furnished upper room. + Make preparations there." +022:013 They went, found things as he had told them, and they + prepared the Passover. +022:014 When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve apostles. +022:015 He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover + with you before I suffer, +022:016 for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until + it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God." +022:017 He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, + "Take this, and share it among yourselves, +022:018 for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit + of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes." +022:019 He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, + and gave to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. + Do this in memory of me." +022:020 Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is + the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. +022:021 But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me + on the table. +022:022 The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, + but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!" +022:023 They began to question among themselves, which of them it + was who would do this thing. +022:024 There arose also a contention among them, which of them was + considered to be greatest. +022:025 He said to them, "The kings of the nations lord it over them, + and those who have authority over them are called 'benefactors.' +022:026 But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, + let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, + as one who serves. +022:027 For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? + Isn't it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst + of you as one who serves. +022:028 But you are those who have continued with me in my trials. +022:029 I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me, +022:030 that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. + You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." +022:031 The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, + that he might sift you as wheat, +022:032 but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn't fail. + You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers{The + word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated + "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}." +022:033 He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison + and to death!" +022:034 He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow + today until you deny that you know me three times." +022:035 He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, + and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing." +022:036 Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse, + let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, + let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword. +022:037 For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled + in me: 'He was counted with the lawless.'{Isaiah 53:12} For + that which concerns me has an end." +022:038 They said, "Lord, behold, here are two swords." He said to them, + "That is enough." +022:039 He came out, and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of Olives. + His disciples also followed him. +022:040 When he was at the place, he said to them, "Pray that you + don't enter into temptation." +022:041 He was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and he knelt + down and prayed, +022:042 saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. + Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done." +022:043 An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him. +022:044 Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became + like great drops of blood falling down on the ground. +022:045 When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, + and found them sleeping because of grief, +022:046 and said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you + may not enter into temptation." +022:047 While he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who + was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. + He came near to Jesus to kiss him. +022:048 But Jesus said to him, "Judas, do you betray the Son of Man + with a kiss?" +022:049 When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, + they said to him, "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?" +022:050 A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, + and cut off his right ear. +022:051 But Jesus answered, "Let me at least do this"--and he touched + his ear, and healed him. +022:052 Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, + and elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out + as against a robber, with swords and clubs? +022:053 When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch + out your hands against me. But this is your hour, + and the power of darkness." +022:054 They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high + priest's house. But Peter followed from a distance. +022:055 When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, + and had sat down together, Peter sat among them. +022:056 A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, + and looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him." +022:057 He denied Jesus, saying, "Woman, I don't know him." +022:058 After a little while someone else saw him, and said, "You also + are one of them!" But Peter answered, "Man, I am not!" +022:059 After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, + "Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!" +022:060 But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you are talking about!" + Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. +022:061 The Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered + the Lord's word, how he said to him, "Before the rooster + crows you will deny me three times." +022:062 He went out, and wept bitterly. +022:063 The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him. +022:064 Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and + asked him, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?" +022:065 They spoke many other things against him, insulting him. +022:066 As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people + was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, + and they led him away into their council, saying, +022:067 "If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, + "If I tell you, you won't believe, +022:068 and if I ask, you will in no way answer me or let me go. +022:069 From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand + of the power of God." +022:070 They all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" He said to them, + "You say it, because I am." +022:071 They said, "Why do we need any more witness? For we ourselves + have heard from his own mouth!" +023:001 The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate. +023:002 They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting + the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying + that he himself is Christ, a king." +023:003 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, + "So you say." +023:004 Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find + no basis for a charge against this man." +023:005 But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, + teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even + to this place." +023:006 But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man + was a Galilean. +023:007 When he found out that he was in Herod's jurisdiction, he sent + him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days. +023:008 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had + wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many + things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him. +023:009 He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers. +023:010 The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him. +023:011 Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. + Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate. +023:012 Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, + for before that they were enemies with each other. +023:013 Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers + and the people, +023:014 and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that + perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, + and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning + those things of which you accuse him. +023:015 Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy + of death has been done by him. +023:016 I will therefore chastise him and release him." +023:017 Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast. +023:018 But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! + Release to us Barabbas!"-- +023:019 one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, + and for murder. +023:020 Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus, +023:021 but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!" +023:022 He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? + I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore + chastise him and release him." +023:023 But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might + be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the + chief priests prevailed. +023:024 Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done. +023:025 He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection + and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up + to their will. +023:026 When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, + coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry + it after Jesus. +023:027 A great multitude of the people followed him, including women + who also mourned and lamented him. +023:028 But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, + don't weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. +023:029 For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, + 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, + and the breasts that never nursed.' +023:030 Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!' + and tell the hills, 'Cover us.'{Hosea 10:8} +023:031 For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be + done in the dry?" +023:032 There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be + put to death. +023:033 When they came to the place that is called The Skull, + they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right + and the other on the left. +023:034 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know + what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, + they cast lots. +023:035 The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed + at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, + if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!" +023:036 The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar, +023:037 and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" +023:038 An inscription was also written over him in letters + of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS." +023:039 One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "If you + are the Christ, save yourself and us!" +023:040 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Don't you + even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? +023:041 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, + but this man has done nothing wrong." +023:042 He said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when you come + into your Kingdom." +023:043 Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be + with me in Paradise." +023:044 It was now about the sixth hour{Time was counted from sunrise, + so the sixth hour was about noon.}, and darkness came over + the whole land until the ninth hour.{3:00 PM} +023:045 The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two. +023:046 Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands + I commit my spirit!" Having said this, he breathed his last. +023:047 When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, + "Certainly this was a righteous man." +023:048 All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw + the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts. +023:049 All his acquaintances, and the women who followed with him + from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things. +023:050 Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, + a good and righteous man +023:051 (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, + a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for the Kingdom of God: +023:052 this man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. +023:053 He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him + in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid. +023:054 It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near. +023:055 The women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, + and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid. +023:056 They returned, and prepared spices and ointments. + On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. +024:001 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and + some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which + they had prepared. +024:002 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. +024:003 They entered in, and didn't find the Lord Jesus' body. +024:004 It happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this, + behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing. +024:005 Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. + They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? +024:006 He isn't here, but is risen. Remember what he told you + when he was still in Galilee, +024:007 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands + of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?" +024:008 They remembered his words, +024:009 returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, + and to all the rest. +024:010 Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. + The other women with them told these things to the apostles. +024:011 These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they + didn't believe them. +024:012 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, + he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed + to his home, wondering what had happened. +024:013 Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village + named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia{60 stadia = about 11 + kilometers or about 7 miles.} from Jerusalem. +024:014 They talked with each other about all of these things + which had happened. +024:015 It happened, while they talked and questioned together, + that Jesus himself came near, and went with them. +024:016 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. +024:017 He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, + and are sad?" +024:018 One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only + stranger in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things which have + happened there in these days?" +024:019 He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things + concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty + in deed and word before God and all the people; +024:020 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up + to be condemned to death, and crucified him. +024:021 But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. + Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since + these things happened. +024:022 Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived + early at the tomb; +024:023 and when they didn't find his body, they came saying that they + had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. +024:024 Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women + had said, but they didn't see him." +024:025 He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe + in all that the prophets have spoken! +024:026 Didn't the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter + into his glory?" +024:027 Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained + to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. +024:028 They drew near to the village, where they were going, + and he acted like he would go further. +024:029 They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, + and the day is almost over." He went in to stay with them. +024:030 It happened, that when he had sat down at the table with them, + he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave to them. +024:031 Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished + out of their sight. +024:032 They said one to another, "Weren't our hearts burning within us, + while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened + the Scriptures to us?" +024:033 They rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found + the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them, +024:034 saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" +024:035 They related the things that happened along the way, and how + he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread. +024:036 As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, + and said to them, "Peace be to you." +024:037 But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed + that they had seen a spirit. +024:038 He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise + in your hearts? +024:039 See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. + Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones, + as you see that I have." +024:040 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. +024:041 While they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered, + he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?" +024:042 They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. +024:043 He took them, and ate in front of them. +024:044 He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still + with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, + the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled." +024:045 Then he opened their minds, that they might understand + the Scriptures. +024:046 He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary + for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, +024:047 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached + in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. +024:048 You are witnesses of these things. +024:049 Behold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you. + But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed + with power from on high." +024:050 He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, + and blessed them. +024:051 It happened, while he blessed them, that he withdrew from them, + and was carried up into heaven. +024:052 They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, +024:053 and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. 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