1:2: Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of
1:3:
1:4: Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.
1:5: Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
1:6: Jesse became the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
1:7: Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.
1:8: Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.
1:9: Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.
1:20: But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
1:22: Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
1:23: "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, And shall bring forth a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;" Which is, being interpreted, "God with us."
2:1: Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men{The word for "wise men" (magoi) can also mean teachers, priests, physicians, astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, or sorcerers.} from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
2:2: "Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him."
2:3: When Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all
2:4: Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.
2:5: They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written through the prophet,
2:6: 'You Bethlehem, land of Judah, Are in no way least among the princes of Judah: For out of you shall come forth a governor, Who shall shepherd my people, Israel.'"
2:7: Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.
2:8: He sent them to
2:9: They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.
2:13: Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."
2:14: He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,
2:15: and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."
2:16: Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
2:17: Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
2:18: "A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; She wouldn't be comforted, Because they are no more."
2:19: But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
2:20: "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."
2:21: He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
3:1: In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
3:2: "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"
3:3: For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight."
3:4: Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
3:5: Then people from
3:6: They were baptized by him in the
3:7: But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
3:8: Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance!
3:9: Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
3:13: Then Jesus came from
4:1: Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
4:2: When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
4:3: The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."
4:4: But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"
4:5: Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
4:6: and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will give his angels charge concerning you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, So that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"
4:7: Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"
4:8: Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.
4:9: He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship
4:10: Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me,{TR and NU read "Go away" instead of "Get behind me"} Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"
4:13: Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
4:14: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
4:15: "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
4:16: The people who sat in darkness saw a great light, To those who sat in the region and shadow of death, To them light has dawned."
4:17: From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent! For the
5:1: Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
5:2: He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
5:3: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the
5:4: Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.
5:5: Blessed are the gentle, For they shall inherit the earth.
5:6: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, For they shall be filled.
5:7: Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.
5:8: Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
5:9: Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called children of God.
5:18: For most assuredly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter{literally, iota} or one tiny pen stroke{or, serif} shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
5:21: "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.'
5:22: But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca{"Raca" is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for "empty" and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.}!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna{Gehenna is another name for Hell that brings to mind an image of a burning garbage dump with dead bodies in it.}.
5:26: Most assuredly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.{Literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta (widow's mites)--not enough to buy very much of anything.}
5:31: "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'
5:32: but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
5:33: "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'
5:34: but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
5:35: nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
5:39: But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
5:43: "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'
5:44: But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
5:45: that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
6:1: "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
6:2: Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward.
6:3: But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,
6:4: so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
6:5: "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most assuredly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
6:6: But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
6:7: In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
6:8: Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.
6:9: Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
6:14: "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
6:17: But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
6:18: so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
6:19: "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
6:20: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break through and steal;
6:21: for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
7:1: "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.
7:2: For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
7:3: Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?
7:4: Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
7:5: You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.
7:6: "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
7:7: "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
7:8: For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
7:9: Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
7:22: Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'
7:23: Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
7:27: The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
7:28: It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
7:29: for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
8:1: When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
8:2: Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
8:3: Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
8:4: Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
8:5: When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,
8:6: and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented."
8:7: Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."
8:8: The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
8:9: For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
8:10: When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, "Most assuredly I tell you, I haven't found so great a faith, not even in Israel.
8:13: Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed." His servant was healed in that hour.
8:17: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."
8:19: A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
8:20: Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
8:21: Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."
8:22: But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
8:23: When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
8:27: The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
8:28: When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass by that way.
8:30: Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
8:32: He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
9:1: He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.
9:2: Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you."
9:3: Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man blasphemes."
9:4: Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
9:5: For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Get up, and walk?'
9:6: But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house."
9:7: He arose and departed to his house.
9:8: But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
9:9: As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him.
9:12: When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
9:13: But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
9:14: Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
9:15: Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
9:18: While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."
9:19: Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples.
9:20: Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the tassels of his garment;
9:21: for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."
9:22: But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.
9:28: When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."
9:30: Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly charged them, saying, "See that no one knows about this."
9:31: But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
9:35: Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
9:36: But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed{TR reads "weary" instead of "harassed"} and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
10:1: He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
10:2: Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;
10:3: Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
10:4: Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
10:5: Jesus sent these twelve out, and charged them, saying, "Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the Samaritans.
10:6: Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of
10:7: As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!'
10:8: Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers{TR adds ", raise the dead"}, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
10:9: Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.
11:1: It happened that when Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.
11:2: Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples
11:3: and said to him, "Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?"
11:4: Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
11:5: 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.
11:6: Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in
11:7: As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
11:8: But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.
11:9: But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
11:10: For this is he, of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
11:11: Most assuredly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
11:17: and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'
11:19: The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."
11:24: But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than for you."
11:25: At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
12:1: At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
12:2: But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
12:3: But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;
12:4: how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
12:5: Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
12:6: But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
12:7: But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
12:8: For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
12:9: He departed there, and went into their synagogue.
12:13: Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.
12:23: All the multitudes were amazed, and said, "Can this be the son of David?"
12:24: But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
12:25: Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
12:37: For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
12:38: Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."
12:39: But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
12:40: For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
12:46: While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
12:49: He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!
13:1: On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.
13:2: Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.
13:3: He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
13:4: As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
13:5: Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
13:6: When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
13:7: Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them:
13:8: and others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
13:9: He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
13:11: He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the
13:14: In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, And will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, And will in no way perceive:
13:15: For this people's heart has grown callous, Their ears are dull of hearing, They have closed their eyes; Or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, And should turn again; And I would heal them.'
13:16: "But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
13:23: What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most assuredly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."
13:24: He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
13:25: but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel{darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the difference becomes very apparent.} also among the wheat, and went away.
13:28: "He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'
13:29: "But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel, you root up the wheat with them.
13:30: Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"
13:31: He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;
13:32: which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."
13:34: Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,
13:35: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."
13:36: Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field."
13:37: He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
13:45: "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
13:46: who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
13:47: "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,
13:48: which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.
13:51: Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They answered him, "Yes, Lord."
13:52: He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."
13:53: It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.
13:57: They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."
13:58: He didn't do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
14:1: At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,
14:2: and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him."
14:3: For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
14:4: For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."
14:5: When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
14:6: But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.
14:7: Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.
14:8: She, being prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer."
14:9: The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,
14:16: But Jesus said to them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."
14:17: They told him, "We only have here five loaves and two fish."
14:18: He said, "Bring them here to me."
14:19: He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
14:28: Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters."
14:30: But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"
14:31: Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?"
14:32: When they got up into the boat, the wind ceased.
15:1: Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from
15:2: "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."
15:3: He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
15:4: For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
15:5: But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"
15:6: he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
15:7: You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
15:8: 'These people draw near to me with their mouth, And honor me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.
15:9: And in vain do they worship me, Teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"
15:13: But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted.
15:15: Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."
15:16: So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand?
15:23: But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."
15:24: But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
15:25: But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."
15:26: But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
15:27: But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
15:28: Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
15:34: Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
16:1: The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
16:2: But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
16:3: In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times!
16:4: An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah." He left them, and departed.
16:5: The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.
16:6: Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
16:7: They reasoned among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread."
16:8: Jesus, perceiving it, said, "Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, 'because you have brought no bread?'
16:9: Don't you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
16:12: Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
16:13: Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"
16:14: They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."
16:15: He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
16:16: Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
16:17: Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
16:19: I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven."
16:20: Then he charged the disciples that they should tell no one that he is Jesus the Christ.
16:21: From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
16:23: But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."
16:24: Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
17:1: After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.
17:2: He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.
17:3: Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.
17:4: Peter answered, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let's make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
17:5: While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."
17:6: When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
17:7: Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up, and don't be afraid."
17:8: Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
17:9: As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Don't tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead."
17:10: His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
17:11: Jesus answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things,
17:12: but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them."
17:13: Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
17:18: Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
17:20: He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most assuredly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
17:23: and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up." They were exceedingly sorry.
17:25: He said, "Yes." When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?"
18:1: In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"
18:2: Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the midst of them,
18:3: and said, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
18:4: Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the
18:5: Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,
18:6: but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.
18:7: "Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!
18:8: If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
18:9: If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna{or, Hell} of fire.
18:24: When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.{Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day's wages for agricultural labor.}
18:25: But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
18:29: "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'
19:1: It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from
19:2: Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
19:3: Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
19:4: He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
19:5: and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'
19:6: So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart."
19:7: They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"
19:8: He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
19:9: I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."
19:10: His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."
19:11: But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.
19:13: Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
19:17: He said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."
19:18: He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "'You shall not murder.' 'You shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not steal.' 'You shall not offer false testimony.'
19:19: 'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"
19:21: Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
19:22: But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.
19:24: Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
19:25: When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?"
19:26: Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
19:27: Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?"
20:1: "For the
20:2: When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius{A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor.} a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
20:3: He went out about the third hour,{Time was measured from sunrise to sunset, so the third hour would be about
20:4: To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went their way.
20:5: Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,{
20:6: About the eleventh hour{
20:7: "They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' "He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.'
20:8: When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'
20:9: "When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
20:11: When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
20:12: saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!'
20:13: "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me for a denarius?
20:17: As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
20:18: "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
20:19: and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up."
20:20: Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
20:22: But Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to him, "We are able."
20:23: He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
20:24: When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
20:27: Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
20:28: even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
20:29: As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
20:30: Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"
20:31: The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"
20:32: Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"
20:33: They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."
20:34: Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
21:1: When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage,{TR reads "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"} to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
21:2: saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me.
21:3: If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and immediately he will send them."
21:4: All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
21:5: "Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, Humble, and riding on a donkey, On a colt, the foal of a donkey."
21:6: The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them,
21:7: and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
21:8: A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
21:9: The multitudes who went before him, and who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
21:10: When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"
21:11: The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."
21:12: Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money-changers' tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
21:14: The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
21:20: When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?"
21:21: Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, if you have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done.
21:22: All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
21:23: When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"
21:24: Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
21:39: So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
21:40: When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?"
21:41: 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."
21:42: 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?'
21:43: "Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruits.
21:44: He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."
21:45: When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
22:1: Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,
22:2: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,
22:3: and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
22:4: 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!"'
22:5: But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,
22:6: and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
22:7: When the king heard that, he was angry, and he sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
22:8: "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy.
22:9: Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'
22:13: 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.'
22:14: For many are called, but few chosen."
22:15: Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.
22:21: 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."
22:29: But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
22:33: When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
22:37: Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
22:43: He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
22:44: 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?'
22:45: "If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?"
22:46: No one was able to answer him a word, neither dared any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
23:1: Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
23:2: saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat.
23:3: 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.
23:4: 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.
23:5: But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,
23:6: and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
23:7: the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi, Rabbi' by men.
23:8: But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
23:9: Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
23:15: 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 as yourselves.
23:17: You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
23:19: You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
23:35: 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.
24:1: 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.
24:2: But he answered them, "Don't you see all of these things? Most assuredly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."
24:3: As he sat on the
24:4: Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.
24:5: For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.
24:6: 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.
24:7: For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.
24:8: But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
24:9: 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.
24:10: Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
24:11: Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.
24:12: Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
24:13: But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
24:14: This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
24:15: "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
24:16: then let those who are in
24:17: Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.
24:18: Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.
24:19: But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!
24:20: Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,
24:21: 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.
24:22: 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.
24:23: "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it.
24:24: 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.
24:25: "Behold, I have told you beforehand.
24:26: 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.
24:27: For as the lightning comes forth from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
24:28: For wherever the carcass is, there will the vultures{or, eagles} be gathered together.
24:29: 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;
24:30: 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.
24:31: 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.
24:32: "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.
24:33: Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
24:34: Most assuredly 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.
24:35: Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
24:36: But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
24:37: "As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
24:38: 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,
24:39: and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
24:40: Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left;
24:41: two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left.
24:42: Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.
24:43: 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.
24:44: Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.
24:45: "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
24:46: Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
24:47: Most assuredly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
24:48: But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'
24:49: and begins to beat his fellow-servants, and eat and drink with the drunken,
24:50: 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,
24:51: and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
25:1: "Then the
25:2: Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
25:3: Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
25:4: but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
25:5: Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
25:6: But at
25:7: Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
25:8: The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
25:9: 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.'
25:10: 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.
25:11: Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'
25:12: But he answered, 'Most assuredly I tell you, I don't know you.'
25:13: Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
25:14: "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.
25:15: 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.
25:16: Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
25:17: In like manner he also who got the two gained another two.
25:18: But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
25:19: "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.
25:20: 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.'
25:21: "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.'
25:22: "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.'
25:23: "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.'
25:24: "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.
25:25: I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'
25:26: "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.
25:27: You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.
25:28: Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.
25:29: For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who has not, even that which he has will be taken away.
25:30: Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
25:31: "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.
25:32: 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.
25:33: He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
25:34: 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;
25:35: 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;
25:36: naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.'
25:37: "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?
25:38: When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?
25:39: When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'
25:40: "The King will answer them, 'Most assuredly 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.'
25:41: 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;
25:42: for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;
25:43: 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.'
25:44: "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?'
25:45: "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'
25:46: These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
26:1: It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,
26:2: "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
26:3: 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.
26:4: They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
26:5: But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."
26:6: Now when Jesus was in
26:7: 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.
26:8: But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?
26:9: For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor."
26:10: But Jesus, knowing this, said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.
26:11: For you always have the poor with you; but you don't always have me.
26:12: For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
26:13: Most assuredly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her."
26:14: Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests,
26:15: 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.
26:16: From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
26:17: 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?"
26:18: 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."'"
26:19: The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the Passover.
26:20: Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.
26:21: As they were eating, he said, "Most assuredly I tell you that one of you will betray
26:22: They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, "It isn't me, is it, Lord?"
26:23: He answered, "He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me.
26:24: 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."
26:25: Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It isn't me, is it, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You said it."
26:26: 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."
26:27: He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, "All of you drink it,
26:28: for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.
26:29: 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."
26:30: When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
26:31: 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.'
26:32: But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."
26:33: But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble."
26:34: Jesus said to him, "Most assuredly I tell you that tonight, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times."
26:35: Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you." All of the disciples also said likewise.
26:36: Then Jesus came with them to a place called
26:37: He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled.
26:38: Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."
26:39: 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."
26:40: He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?
26:41: Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
26:42: 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."
26:43: He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
26:44: He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.
26:45: 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.
26:46: Arise, let's be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."
26:47: 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.
26:48: Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, "Whoever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him."
26:49: Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed him.
26:50: Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
26:51: 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.
26:52: Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.
26:53: Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
26:54: How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"
26:55: 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.
26:56: But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
26:57: Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
26:58: 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.
26:59: Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
26:60: and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,
26:61: and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.'"
26:62: The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?"
26:63: 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."
26:64: Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, henceforth you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
26:65: 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.
26:66: What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of death!"
26:67: Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,
26:68: saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"
26:69: Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!"
26:70: But he denied it before them all, saying, "I don't know what you are talking about."
26:71: 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."
26:72: Again he denied it with an oath, "I don't know the man."
26:73: 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."
26:74: Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!" Immediately the cock crowed.
26:75: Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times." He went out and wept bitterly.
27:1: Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
27:2: and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
27:3: 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,
27:4: saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."
27:5: He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.
27:6: 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."
27:7: They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in.
27:8: Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day.
27:9: Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah 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,
27:10: And they gave them for the potter's field, As the Lord commanded me."
27:11: 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."
27:12: When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
27:13: Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they testify against you?"
27:14: He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
27:15: Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.
27:16: They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
27:17: 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?"
27:18: For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
27:19: 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."
27:20: Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
27:21: But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!"
27:22: Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"
27:23: But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"
27:24: 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."
27:25: All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!"
27:26: Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
27:27: Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
27:28: They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
27:29: 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!"
27:30: They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
27:31: 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.
27:32: As they came out, they found a man of
27:33: They came to a place called "
27:34: They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.
27:35: 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
27:36: and they sat and watched him there.
27:37: They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
27:38: Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
27:39: Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
27:40: 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!"
27:41: Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees,{TR omits "the Pharisees"} and the elders, said,
27:42: "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.
27:43: He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
27:44: The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
27:45: Now from the sixth hour{
27:46: About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli,
27:47: Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah."
27:48: 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.
27:49: The rest said, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to save him."
27:50: Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
27:51: Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
27:52: The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
27:53: and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
27:54: 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."
27:55: Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.
27:56: Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
27:57: When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus' disciple came.
27:58: This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
27:59: Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
27:60: 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.
27:61: Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
27:62: Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
27:63: saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.'
27:64: 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."
27:65: Pilate said to them, "You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can."
27:66: So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.
28:1: 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.
28:2: 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.
28:3: His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.
28:4: For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.
28:5: The angel answered the women, "Don't be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.
28:6: He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.
28:7: Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into
28:8: They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word.
28:9: As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
28:10: 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."
28:11: 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.
28:12: When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,
28:13: saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
28:14: If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry."
28:15: So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until this day.
28:16: But the eleven disciples went into
28:17: When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.
28:18: Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
28:19: Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
28:20: teaching them to observe all things which I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
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