together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!" 009:026 Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead." 009:027 But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose. 009:028 When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast it out?" 009:029 He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting." 009:030 They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didn't want anyone to know it. 009:031 For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again." 009:032 But they didn't understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him. 009:033 He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?" 009:034 But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest. 009:035 He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all." 009:036 He took a little child, and set him in the midst of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them, 009:037 "Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who sent me." 009:038 John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone who doesn't follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow us." 009:039 But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me. 009:040 For whoever is not against us is on our side. 009:041 For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward. 009:042 Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck. 009:043 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna,{or, Hell} into the unquenchable fire, 009:044 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' 009:045 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna,{or, Hell} into the fire that will never be quenched— 009:046 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.' 009:047 If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna{or, Hell} of fire, 009:048 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'{Isaiah 66:24} 009:049 For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt. 009:050 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another." 010:001 He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them. 010:002 Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" 010:003 He answered, "What did Moses command you?" 010:004 They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her." 010:005 But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment. 010:006 But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.{Genesis 1:27} 010:007 For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, 010:008 and the two will become one flesh,{Genesis 2:24} so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. 010:009 What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." 010:010 In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter. 010:011 He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her. 010:012 If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery." 010:013 They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. 010:014 But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me! Don't forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 010:015 Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it." 010:016 He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them. 010:017 As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" 010:018 Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God. 010:019 You know the commandments: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honor your father and mother.'"{Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20} 010:020 He said to him, "Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth." 010:021 Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross." 010:022 But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions. 010:023 Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!" 010:024 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God! 010:025 It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God." 010:026 They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, "Then who can be saved?" 010:027 Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God." 010:028 Peter began to tell him, "Behold, we have left all, and have followed you." 010:029 Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, 010:030 but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life. 010:031 But many who are first will be last; and the last first." 010:032 They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him. 010:033 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles. 010:034 They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again." 010:035 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask." 010:036 He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" 010:037 They said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory." 010:038 But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" 010:039 They said to him, "We are able." Jesus said to them, "You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; 010:040 but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared." 010:041 When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and John. 010:042 Jesus summoned them, and said to them, "You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 010:043 But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant. 010:044 Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all. 010:045 For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." 010:046 They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. 010:047 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!" 010:048 Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, "You son of David, have mercy on me!" 010:049 Jesus stood still, and said, "Call him." They called the blind man, saying to him, "Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!" 010:050 He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. 010:051 Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "Rhabboni,{Rhabboni is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for "great teacher."} that I may see again." 010:052 Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your faith has made you well." Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. 011:001 When they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage{TR & NU read "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"} and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, 011:002 and said to them, "Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has sat. Untie him, and bring him. 011:003 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs him;' and immediately he will send him back here." 011:004 They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him. 011:005 Some of those who stood there asked them, "What are you doing, untying the young donkey?" 011:006 They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go. 011:007 They brought the young donkey to Jesus, and threw their garments on it, and Jesus sat on it. 011:008 Many spread their garments on the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees, and spreading them on the road. 011:009 Those who went in front, and those who followed, cried out, "Hosanna{"Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, we pray."}! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!{Psalm 118:25-26} 011:010 Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" 011:011 Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. 011:012 The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry. 011:013 Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 011:014 Jesus told it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" and his disciples heard it. 011:015 They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple, and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those who sold the doves. 011:016 He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple. 011:017 He taught, saying to them, "Isn't it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?'{Isaiah 56:7} But you have made it a den of robbers!"{Jeremiah 7:11} 011:018 The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching. 011:019 When evening came, he went out of the city. 011:020 As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots. 011:021 Peter, remembering, said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away." 011:022 Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God. 011:023 For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says. 011:024 Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them. 011:025 Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions. 011:026 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions." 011:027 They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him, 011:028 and they began saying to him, "By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?" 011:029 Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 011:030 The baptism of John—was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me." 011:031 They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we should say, 'From heaven;' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?' 011:032 If we should say, 'From men'"—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet. 011:033 They answered Jesus, "We don't know." Jesus said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things." 012:001 He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country. 012:002 When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard. 012:003 They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty. 012:004 Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. 012:005 Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some. 012:006 Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' 012:007 But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' 012:008 They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. 012:009 What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. 012:010 Haven't you even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. 012:011 This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes'?"{Psalm 118:22-23} 012:012 They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away. 012:013 They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words. 012:014 When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don't defer to anyone; for you aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? 012:015 Shall we give, or shall we not give?" But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it." 012:016 They brought it. He said to them, "Whose is this image and inscription?" They said to him, "Caesar's." 012:017 Jesus answered them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." They marveled greatly at him. 012:018 There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying, 012:019 "Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.' 012:020 There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring. 012:021 The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise; 012:022 and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died. 012:023 In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife." 012:024 Jesus answered them, "Isn't this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God? 012:025 For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 012:026 But about the dead, that they are raised; haven't you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'{Exodus 3:6}? 012:027 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken." 012:028 One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the greatest of all?" 012:029 Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one: 012:030 you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.'{Deuteronomy 6:4-5} This is the first commandment. 012:031 The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'{Leviticus 19:18} There is no other commandment greater than these." 012:032 The scribe said to him, "Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he, 012:033 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." 012:034 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one dared ask him any question after that. 012:035 Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 012:036 For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'{Psalm 110:1} 012:037 Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?" The common people heard him gladly. 012:038 In his teaching he said to them, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces, 012:039 and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts: 012:040 those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation." 012:041 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. 012:042 A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins,{literally, lepta (or widow's mites). Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker's daily wages.} which equal a quadrans coin.{A quadrans is a coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day's wages for an agricultural laborer.} 012:043 He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury, 012:044 for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on." 013:001 As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!" 013:002 Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down." 013:003 As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, 013:004 "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?" 013:005 Jesus, answering, began to tell them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray. 013:006 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!{or, "I AM!"}' and will lead many astray. 013:007 "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet. 013:008 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains. 013:009 But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them. 013:010 The Good News must first be preached to all the nations. 013:011 When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. 013:012 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. 013:013 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved. 013:014 But when you see the abomination of desolation,{Daniel 9:17; 11:31; 12:11} spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, 013:015 and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house. 013:016 Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak. 013:017 But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days! 013:018 Pray that your flight won't be in the winter. 013:019 For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be. 013:020 Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days. 013:021 Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it. 013:022 For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones. 013:023 But you watch. "Behold, I have told you all things beforehand. 013:024 But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, 013:025 the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.{Isaiah 13:10; 34:4} 013:026 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 013:027 Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky. 013:028 "Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near; 013:029 even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors. 013:030 Most certainly I say to you, this generation{The word translated "generation" (genea) could also be translated "race," "family," or "people."} will not pass away until all these things happen. 013:031 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. 013:032 But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 013:033 Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is. 013:034 "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. 013:035 Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning; 013:036 lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping. 013:037 What I tell you, I tell all: Watch." 014:001 It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him. 014:002 For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people." 014:003 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head. 014:004 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted? 014:005 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii,{300 denarii was about a years wages for an agricultural laborer.} and given to the poor." They grumbled against her. 014:006 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me. 014:007 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me. 014:008 She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying. 014:009 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her." 014:010 Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them. 014:011 They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him. 014:012 On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and make ready that you may eat the Passover?" 014:013 He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him, 014:014 and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"' 014:015 He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make ready for us there." 014:016 His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover. 014:017 When it was evening he came with the twelve. 014:018 As they sat and were eating, Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, one of you will betray me—he who eats with me." 014:019 They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, "Surely not I?" And another said, "Surely not I?" 014:020 He answered them, "It is one of the twelve, he who dips with me in the dish. 014:021 For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born." 014:022 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had blessed, he broke it, and gave to them, and said, "Take, eat. This is my body." 014:023 He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them. They all drank of it. 014:024 He said to them, "This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many. 014:025 Most certainly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it anew in the Kingdom of God." 014:026 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 014:027 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 will be scattered.'{Zechariah 13:7} 014:028 However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee." 014:029 But Peter said to him, "Although all will be offended, yet I will not." 014:030 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." 014:031 But he spoke all the more, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." They all said the same thing. 014:032 They came to a place which was named Gethsemane. He said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray." 014:033 He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed. 014:034 He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch." 014:035 He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him. 014:036 He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire." 014:037 He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you watch one hour? 014:038 Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." 014:039 Again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words. 014:040 Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they didn't know what to answer him. 014:041 He came the third time, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 014:042 Arise, let us be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand." 014:043 Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came—and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. 014:044 Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, "Whoever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely." 014:045 When he had come, immediately he came to him, and said, "Rabbi! Rabbi!" and kissed him. 014:046 They laid their hands on him, and seized him. 014:047 But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 014:048 Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me? 014:049 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled." 014:050 They all left him, and fled. 014:051 A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself, over his naked body. The young men grabbed him, 014:052 but he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. 014:053 They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together with him. 014:054 Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire. 014:055 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none. 014:056 For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn't agree with each other. 014:057 Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying, 014:058 "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'" 014:059 Even so, their testimony did not agree. 014:060 The high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?" 014:061 But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" 014:062 Jesus said, "I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky." 014:063 The high priest tore his clothes, and said, "What further need have we of witnesses? 014:064 You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?" They all condemned him to be worthy of death. 014:065 Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers struck him with the palms of their hands. 014:066 As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came, 014:067 and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, "You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!" 014:068 But he denied it, saying, "I neither know, nor understand what you are saying." He went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed. 014:069 The maid saw him, and began again to tell those who stood by, "This is one of them." 014:070 But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, "You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it." 014:071 But he began to curse, and to swear, "I don't know this man of whom you speak!" 014:072 The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." When he thought about that, he wept. 015:001 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate. 015:002 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say." 015:003 The chief priests accused him of many things. 015:004 Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!" 015:005 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled. 015:006 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him. 015:007 There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder. 015:008 The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them. 015:009 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" 015:010 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up. 015:011 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead. 015:012 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?" 015:013 They cried out again, "Crucify him!" 015:014 Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!" 015:015 Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified. 015:016 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort. 015:017 They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 015:018 They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" 015:019 They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him. 015:020 When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him. 015:021 They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross. 015:022 They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, "The place of a skull." 015:023 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn't take it. 015:024 Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take. 015:025 It was the third hour,{9:00 A. M.} and they crucified him. 015:026 The superscription of his accusation was written over him, "THE KING OF THE JEWS." 015:027 With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left. 015:028 The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, "He was numbered with transgressors." 015:029 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, 015:030 save yourself, and come down from the cross!" 015:031 Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. He can't save himself. 015:032 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.{TR omits "him"}" Those who were crucified with him insulted him. 015:033 When the sixth hour{or, noon} had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.{3:00 PM} 015:034 At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"{Psalm 22:1} 015:035 Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah." 015:036 One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to take him down." 015:037 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit. 015:038 The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. 015:039 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!" 015:040 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; 015:041 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem. 015:042 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, 015:043 Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. 015:044 Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long. 015:045 When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. 015:046 He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. 015:047 Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid. 016:001 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. 016:002 Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. 016:003 They were saying among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?" 016:004 for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back. 016:005 Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed. 016:006 He said to them, "Don't be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him! 016:007 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.'" 016:008 They went out,{TR adds "quickly"} and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid. 016:009 Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. 016:010 She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 016:011 When they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, they disbelieved. 016:012 After these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country. 016:013 They went away and told it to the rest. They didn't believe them, either. 016:014 Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn't believe those who had seen him after he had risen. 016:015 He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation. 016:016 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned. 016:017 These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; 016:018 they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." 016:019 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 016:020 They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen. 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