work today in my vineyard.' 021:029 He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went. 021:030 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go. 021:031 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you. 021:032 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him. 021:033 "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country. 021:034 When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit. 021:035 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 021:036 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way. 021:037 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.' 021:038 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.' 021:039 So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 021:040 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?" 021:041 They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season." 021:042 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?'{Psalm 118:22-23} 021:043 "Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit. 021:044 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust." 021:045 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them. 021:046 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet. 022:001 Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying, 022:002 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son, 022:003 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come. 022:004 Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have made ready my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"' 022:005 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise, 022:006 and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them. 022:007 When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. 022:008 "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy. 022:009 Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.' 022:010 Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests. 022:011 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing, 022:012 and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless. 022:013 Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.' 022:014 For many are called, but few chosen." 022:015 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk. 022:016 They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone. 022:017 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" 022:018 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites? 022:019 Show me the tax money." They brought to him a denarius. 022:020 He asked them, "Whose is this image and inscription?" 022:021 They said to him, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." 022:022 When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away. 022:023 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him, 022:024 saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.' 022:025 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother. 022:026 In like manner the second also, and the third, to the seventh. 022:027 After them all, the woman died. 022:028 In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her." 022:029 But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. 022:030 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God's angels in heaven. 022:031 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying, 022:032 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'{Exodus 3:6} God is not the God of the dead, but of the living." 022:033 When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching. 022:034 But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together. 022:035 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him. 022:036 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?" 022:037 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'{Deuteronomy 6:5} 022:038 This is the first and great commandment. 022:039 A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'{Leviticus 19:18} 022:040 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments." 022:041 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 022:042 saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "Of David." 022:043 He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, 022:044 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?'{Psalm 110:1} 022:045 "If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?" 022:046 No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forth. 023:001 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, 023:002 saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat. 023:003 All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do. 023:004 For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them. 023:005 But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries{phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew) are small leather pouches that some Jewish men wear on their forehead and arm in prayer. They are used to carry a small scroll with some Scripture in it. See Deuteronomy 6:8.} broad, enlarge the fringes{or, tassels} of their garments, 023:006 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, 023:007 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi, Rabbi' by men. 023:008 But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers. 023:009 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. 023:010 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ. 023:011 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant. 023:012 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. 023:013 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation. 023:014 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.{Some Greek manuscripts reverse the order of verses 13 and 14, and some omit verse 13, numbering verse 14 as 13.} 023:015 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna{or, Hell} as yourselves. 023:016 "Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.' 023:017 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 023:018 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?' 023:019 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 023:020 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it. 023:021 He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it. 023:022 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it. 023:023 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin,{ cumin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice.} and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. 023:024 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel! 023:025 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.{TR reads "self-indulgence" instead of "unrighteousness"} 023:026 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside of it may become clean also. 023:027 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 023:028 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 023:029 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous, 023:030 and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' 023:031 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets. 023:032 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 023:033 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna{or, Hell}? 023:034 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; 023:035 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. 023:036 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. 023:037 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not! 023:038 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. 023:039 For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"{Psalm 118:26} 024:001 Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 024:002 But he answered them, "Don't you see all of these things? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down." 024:003 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" 024:004 Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray. 024:005 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray. 024:006 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet. 024:007 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places. 024:008 But all these things are the beginning of birth pains. 024:009 Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake. 024:010 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another. 024:011 Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray. 024:012 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold. 024:013 But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved. 024:014 This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. 024:015 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation,{Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11} which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 024:016 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 024:017 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house. 024:018 Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes. 024:019 But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days! 024:020 Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath, 024:021 for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be. 024:022 Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened. 024:023 "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it. 024:024 For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones. 024:025 "Behold, I have told you beforehand. 024:026 If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner chambers,' don't believe it. 024:027 For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 024:028 For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures{or, eagles} gather together. 024:029 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;{Isaiah 13:10; 34:4} 024:030 and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. 024:031 He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. 024:032 "Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near. 024:033 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 024:034 Most certainly I tell you, this generation{The word for "generation" (genea) can also be translated as "race."} will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished. 024:035 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. 024:036 But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 024:037 "As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 024:038 For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 024:039 and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 024:040 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left; 024:041 two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left. 024:042 Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes. 024:043 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 024:044 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come. 024:045 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season? 024:046 Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes. 024:047 Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has. 024:048 But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,' 024:049 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards, 024:050 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it, 024:051 and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be. 025:001 "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. 025:002 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 025:003 Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them, 025:004 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 025:005 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 025:006 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!' 025:007 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.{The end of the wick of an oil lamp needs to be cut off periodically to avoid having it become clogged with carbon deposits. The wick height is also adjusted so that the flame burns evenly and gives good light without producing a lot of smoke.} 025:008 The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' 025:009 But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.' 025:010 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. 025:011 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.' 025:012 But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.' 025:013 Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming. 025:014 "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. 025:015 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey. 025:016 Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 025:017 In like manner he also who got the two gained another two. 025:018 But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 025:019 "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them. 025:020 He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.' 025:021 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' 025:022 "He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.' 025:023 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' 025:024 "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. 025:025 I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.' 025:026 "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter. 025:027 You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest. 025:028 Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. 025:029 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away. 025:030 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' 025:031 "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 025:032 Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 025:033 He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 025:034 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 025:035 for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; 025:036 naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.' 025:037 "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? 025:038 When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? 025:039 When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?' 025:040 "The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, you did it to me.' 025:041 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; 025:042 for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; 025:043 I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.' 025:044 "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?' 025:045 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.' 025:046 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." 026:001 It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples, 026:002 "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified." 026:003 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 026:004 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him. 026:005 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people." 026:006 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 026:007 a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. 026:008 But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? 026:009 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor." 026:010 However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me. 026:011 For you always have the poor with you; but you don't always have me. 026:012 For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. 026:013 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her." 026:014 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, 026:015 and said, "What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver. 026:016 From that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 026:017 Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?" 026:018 He said, "Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples."'" 026:019 The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the Passover. 026:020 Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples. 026:021 As they were eating, he said, "Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me." 026:022 They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, "It isn't me, is it, Lord?" 026:023 He answered, "He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me. 026:024 The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born." 026:025 Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It isn't me, is it, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You said it." 026:026 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for{TR reads "blessed" instead of "gave thanks for"} it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body." 026:027 He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, "All of you drink it, 026:028 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins. 026:029 But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's Kingdom." 026:030 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 026:031 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'{Zechariah 13:7} 026:032 But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee." 026:033 But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble." 026:034 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." 026:035 Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you." All of the disciples also said likewise. 026:036 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go there and pray." 026:037 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled. 026:038 Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me." 026:039 He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire." 026:040 He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour? 026:041 Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." 026:042 Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cup can't pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done." 026:043 He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. 026:044 He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words. 026:045 Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 026:046 Arise, let's be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand." 026:047 While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the people. 026:048 Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, "Whoever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him." 026:049 Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed him. 026:050 Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. 026:051 Behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear. 026:052 Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword. 026:053 Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels? 026:054 How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?" 026:055 In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. 026:056 But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him, and fled. 026:057 Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together. 026:058 But Peter followed him from a distance, to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end. 026:059 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death; 026:060 and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward, 026:061 and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.'" 026:062 The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?" 026:063 But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God." 026:064 Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky." 026:065 Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy. 026:066 What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of death!" 026:067 Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him, 026:068 saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?" 026:069 Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!" 026:070 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I don't know what you are talking about." 026:071 When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, and said to those who were there, "This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth." 026:072 Again he denied it with an oath, "I don't know the man." 026:073 After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known." 026:074 Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!" Immediately the rooster crowed. 026:075 Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." He went out and wept bitterly. 027:001 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 027:002 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor. 027:003 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 027:004 saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it." 027:005 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself. 027:006 The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, "It's not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood." 027:007 They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in. 027:008 Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day. 027:009 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah{some manuscripts omit "Jeremaiah"} the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced, 027:010 and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."{Zechariah 11:12-13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9} 027:011 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say." 027:012 When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 027:013 Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they testify against you?" 027:014 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly. 027:015 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired. 027:016 They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 027:017 When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?" 027:018 For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up. 027:019 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him." 027:020 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 027:021 But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!" 027:022 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!" 027:023 But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!" 027:024 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it." 027:025 All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!" 027:026 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified. 027:027 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him. 027:028 They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him. 027:029 They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 027:030 They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head. 027:031 When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him. 027:032 As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross. 027:033 They came to a place called "Golgotha," that is to say, "The place of a skull." 027:034 They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink. 027:035 When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,{TR adds "that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: 'They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots;'" [see Psalm 22:18 and John 19:24]} 027:036 and they sat and watched him there. 027:037 They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS." 027:038 Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left. 027:039 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, 027:040 and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!" 027:041 Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees,{TR omits "the Pharisees"} and the elders, said, 027:042 "He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. 027:043 He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" 027:044 The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach. 027:045 Now from the sixth hour{noon} there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.{3:00 P. M.} 027:046 About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lima{TR reads "lama" instead of "lima"} sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"{Psalm 22:1} 027:047 Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah." 027:048 Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink. 027:049 The rest said, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to save him." 027:050 Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. 027:051 Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. 027:052 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 027:053 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many. 027:054 Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God." 027:055 Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him. 027:056 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. 027:057 When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus' disciple came. 027:058 This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up. 027:059 Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 027:060 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed. 027:061 Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb. 027:062 Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate, 027:063 saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.' 027:064 Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception will be worse than the first." 027:065 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can." 027:066 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone. 028:001 Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 028:002 Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it. 028:003 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. 028:004 For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men. 028:005 The angel answered the women, "Don't be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified. 028:006 He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying. 028:007 Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.' Behold, I have told you." 028:008 They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word. 028:009 As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. 028:010 Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell my brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me." 028:011 Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened. 028:012 When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers, 028:013 saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. 028:014 If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry." 028:015 So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until this day. 028:016 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them. 028:017 When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted. 028:018 Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. 028:019 Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 028:020 teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. Book 41 Mark 001:001 The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 001:002 As it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.{Malachi 3:1} 001:003 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"{Isaiah 40:3} 001:004 John came baptizing{or, immersing} in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins. 001:005 All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins. 001:006 John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey. 001:007 He preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen. 001:008 I baptized you in{The Greek word (en) translated here as "in" could also be translated as "with" in some contexts.} water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit." 001:009 It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 001:010 Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 001:011 A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." 001:012 Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. 001:013 He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him. 001:014 Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God, 001:015 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News." 001:016 Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 001:017 Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men." 001:018 Immediately they left their nets, and followed him. 001:019 Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets. 001:020 Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him. 001:021 They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught. 001:022 They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes. 001:023 Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, 001:024 saying, "Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!" 001:025 Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!" 001:026 The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. 001:027 They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!" 001:028 The report of him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of Galilee and its surrounding area. 001:029 Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 001:030 Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. 001:031 He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them. 001:032 At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons. 001:033 All the city was gathered together at the door. 001:034 He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn't allow the demons to speak, because they knew him. 001:035 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there. 001:036 Simon and those who were with him followed after him; 001:037 and they found him, and told him, "Everyone is looking for you." 001:038 He said to them, "Let's go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because I came out for this reason." 001:039 He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons. 001:040 A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, "If you want to, you can make me clean." 001:041 Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, "I want to. Be made clean." 001:042 When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean. 001:043 He strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out, 001:044 and said to him, "See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them." 001:045 But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere. 002:001 When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house. 002:002 Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them. 002:003 Four people came, carrying a paralytic to him. 002:004 When they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on. 002:005 Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you." 002:006 But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, 002:007 "Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 002:008 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you reason these things in your hearts? 002:009 Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?' 002:010 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"—he said to the paralytic— 002:011 "I tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house." 002:012 He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!" 002:013 He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them. 002:014 As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed him. 002:015 It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him. 002:016 The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?" 002:017 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." 002:018 John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?" 002:019 Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can't fast. 002:020 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day. 002:021 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made. 002:022 No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine pours out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins." 002:023 It happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain. 002:024 The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?" 002:025 He said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry—he, and those who were with him? 002:026 How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?" 002:027 He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 002:028 Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath." 003:001 He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered. 003:002 They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him. 003:003 He said to the man who had his hand withered, "Stand up." 003:004 He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent. 003:005 When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other. 003:006 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. 003:007 Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea, 003:008 from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him. 003:009 He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn't press on him. 003:010 For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him. 003:011 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!" 003:012 He sternly warned them that they should not make him known. 003:013 He went up into the mountain, and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him. 003:014 He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach, 003:015 and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: 003:016 Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter; 003:017 James the son of Zebedee; John, the brother of James, and he surnamed them Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder; 003:018 Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot; 003:019 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. He came into a house. 003:020 The multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. 003:021 When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, "He is insane." 003:022 The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and, "By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons." 003:023 He summoned them, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? 003:024 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 003:025 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 003:026 If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can't stand, but has an end. 003:027 But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house. 003:028 Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme; 003:029 but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin" 003:030 —because they said, "He has an unclean spirit." 003:031 His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him. 003:032 A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, "Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters{TR omits "your sisters"} are outside looking for you." 003:033 He answered them, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" 003:034 Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers! 003:035 For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother." 004:001 Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea. 004:002 He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching, 004:003 "Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow, 004:004 and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds{TR adds "of the air"} came and devoured it. 004:005 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil. 004:006 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 004:007 Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 004:008 Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much." 004:009 He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear." 004:010 When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 004:011 He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables, 004:012 that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.'"{Isaiah 6:9-10} 004:013 He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables? 004:014 The farmer sows the word. 004:015 The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them. 004:016 These in like manner are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy. 004:017 They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble. 004:018 Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word, 004:019 and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 004:020 Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times." 004:021 He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket{literally, a modion, a dry measuring basket containing about a peck (about 9 litres)} or under a bed? Isn't it put on a stand? 004:022 For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light. 004:023 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear." 004:024 He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear. 004:025 For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him." 004:026 He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth, 004:027 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how. 004:028 For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 004:029 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come." 004:030 He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it? 004:031 It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth, 004:032 yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow." 004:033 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. 004:034 Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything. 004:035 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let's go over to the other side." 004:036 Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him. 004:037 A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled. 004:038 He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are dying?" 004:039 He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 004:040 He said to them, "Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?" 004:041 They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?" 005:001 They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 005:002 When he had come out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 005:003 who had his dwelling in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains, 005:004 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him. 005:005 Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones. 005:006 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him, 005:007 and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don't torment me." 005:008 For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!" 005:009 He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many." 005:010 He begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country. 005:011 Now there was on the mountainside a great herd of pigs feeding. 005:012 All the demons begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them." 005:013 At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea. 005:014 Those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened. 005:015 They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid. 005:016 Those who saw it declared to them how it happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs. 005:017 They began to beg him to depart from their region. 005:018 As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him. 005:019 He didn't allow him, but said to him, "Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you." 005:020 He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled. 005:021 When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea. 005:022 Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet, 005:023 and begged him much, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live." 005:024 He went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they pressed upon him on all sides. 005:025 A certain woman, who had an issue of blood for twelve years, 005:026 and had suffered many things by many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but rather grew worse, 005:027 having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd, and touched his clothes. 005:028 For she said, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be made well." 005:029 Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction. 005:030 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched my clothes?" 005:031 His disciples said to him, "You see the multitude pressing against you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'" 005:032 He looked around to see her who had done this thing. 005:033 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. 005:034 He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease." 005:035 While he was still speaking, they came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?" 005:036 But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Don't be afraid, only believe." 005:037 He allowed no one to follow him, except Peter, James, and John the brother of James. 005:038 He came to the synagogue ruler's house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing. 005:039 When he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep." 005:040 They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying. 005:041 Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, "Talitha cumi;" which means, being interpreted, "Girl, I tell you, get up." 005:042 Immediately the girl rose up, and walked, for she was twelve years old. They were amazed with great amazement. 005:043 He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her to eat. 006:001 He went out from there. He came into his own country, and his disciples followed him. 006:002 When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands? 006:003 Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" They were offended at him. 006:004 Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house." 006:005 He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them. 006:006 He marveled because of their unbelief. He went around the villages teaching. 006:007 He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits. 006:008 He charged them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse, 006:009 but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics. 006:010 He said to them, "Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there. 006:011 Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!" 006:012 They went out and preached that people should repent. 006:013 They cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick, and healed them. 006:014 King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him." 006:015 But others said, "It is Elijah." Others said, "It is the Prophet, or like one of the prophets." 006:016 But Herod, when he heard this, said, "This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead." 006:017 For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her. 006:018 For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." 006:019 Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't, 006:020 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly. 006:021 Then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee. 006:022 When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, "Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you." 006:023 He swore to her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom." 006:024 She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She said, "The head of John the Baptizer." 006:025 She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter." 006:026 The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her. 006:027 Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison, 006:028 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the young lady gave it to her mother. 006:029 When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. 006:030 The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught. 006:031 He said to them, "You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. 006:032 They went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. 006:033 They{TR reads "The multitudes" instead of "They"} saw them going, and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to him. 006:034 Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things. 006:035 When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, "This place is deserted, and it is late in the day. 006:036 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat." 006:037 But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii{200 denarii was about 7 or 8 months wages for an agricultural laborer.} worth of bread, and give them something to eat?" 006:038 He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go see." When they knew, they said, "Five, and two fish." 006:039 He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass. 006:040 They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties. 006:041 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among them all. 006:042 They all ate, and were filled. 006:043 They took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish. 006:044 Those who ate the loaves were{TR adds "about"} five thousand men. 006:045 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away. 006:046 After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray. 006:047 When evening had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land. 006:048 Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them, 006:049 but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out; 006:050 for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, "Cheer up! It is I!{or, "I AM!"} Don't be afraid." 006:051 He got into the boat with them; and the wind ceased, and they were very amazed among themselves, and marveled; 006:052 for they hadn't understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened. 006:053 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. 006:054 When they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him, 006:055 and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was. 006:056 Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe{or, tassel} of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well. 007:001 Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. 007:002 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault. 007:003 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders. 007:004 They don't eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.) 007:005 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?" 007:006 He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 007:007 But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'{Isaiah 29:13} 007:008 "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things." 007:009 He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. 007:010 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;'{Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16} and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'{Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9} 007:011 But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban{Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.}, that is to say, given to God;"' 007:012 then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, 007:013 making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this." 007:014 He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand. 007:015 There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man. 007:016 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!" 007:017 When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable. 007:018 He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him, 007:019 because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus making all foods clean?" 007:020 He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. 007:021 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, 007:022 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. 007:023 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man." 007:024 From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn't want anyone to know it, but he couldn't escape notice. 007:025 For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet. 007:026 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter. 007:027 But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 007:028 But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." 007:029 He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter." 007:030 She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out. 007:031 Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of Decapolis. 007:032 They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him. 007:033 He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue. 007:034 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!" 007:035 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly. 007:036 He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it. 007:037 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!" 008:001 In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them, 008:002 "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. 008:003 If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way." 008:004 His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?" 008:005 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven." 008:006 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude. 008:007 They had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also. 008:008 They ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over. 008:009 Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away. 008:010 Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the region of Dalmanutha. 008:011 The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him. 008:012 He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation{The word translated "generation" here (genea) could also be translated "people," "race," or "family."} seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation." 008:013 He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side. 008:014 They forgot to take bread; and they didn't have more than one loaf in the boat with them. 008:015 He charged them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod." 008:016 They reasoned with one another, saying, "It's because we have no bread." 008:017 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened? 008:018 Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember? 008:019 When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Twelve." 008:020 "When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Seven." 008:021 He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?" 008:022 He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him. 008:023 He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything. 008:024 He looked up, and said, "I see men; for I see them like trees walking." 008:025 Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly. 008:026 He sent him away to his house, saying, "Don't enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village." 008:027 Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?" 008:028 They told him, "John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets." 008:029 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ." 008:030 He charged them that they should tell no one about him. 008:031 He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 008:032 He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 008:033 But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men." 008:034 He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 008:035 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it. 008:036 For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? 008:037 For what will a man give in exchange for his life? 008:038 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." 009:001 He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power." 009:002 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them. 009:003 His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them. 009:004 Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus. 009:005 Peter answered Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." 009:006 For he didn't know what to say, for they were very afraid. 009:007 A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him." 009:008 Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only. 009:009 As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 009:010 They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant. 009:011 They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" 009:012 He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised? 009:013 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him." 009:014 Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them. 009:015 Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him greeted him. 009:016 He asked the scribes, "What are you asking them?" 009:017 One of the multitude answered, "Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit; 009:018 and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able." 009:019 He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me." 009:020 They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth. 009:021 He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?" He said, "From childhood. 009:022 Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us." 009:023 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." 009:024 Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, "I believe. Help my unbelief!" 009:025 When Jesus saw that a multitude came running