The Gospel According to
Luke
1:1Since many have undertaken to set in order
a narrative concerning those matters which
have been fulfilled among us, 1:2even as those who from the beginning were
eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered
them to us, 1:3it 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; 1:4that you might know
the certainty concerning the things in which
you were instructed.
1:5There 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. 1:6They were both righteous before God, walking
blamelessly in all the commandments and
ordinances of the Lord. 1:7But they had no child, because Elizabeth
was barren, and they both were well advanced
in years. 1:8Now it happened, while he executed the
priest's office before God in the order
of his division, 1:9according to the custom of the priest's
office, his lot was to enter into the temple
of the Lord and burn incense. 1:10The whole multitude of the people were
praying outside at the hour of incense.
1:11An angel of the Lord appeared to him,
standing on the right side of the altar
of incense. 1:12Zacharias was troubled when he saw him,
and fear fell upon him. 1:13But 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. 1:14You will have joy and gladness; and many
will rejoice at his birth. 1:15For 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. 1:16He will turn many of the children of
Israel to the Lord, their God. 1:17He 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."
1:18Zacharias 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."
1:19The 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. 1:20Behold, 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."
1:21The people were waiting for Zacharias,
and they marveled that he delayed in the
temple. 1:22When 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.
1:23It happened, when the days of his service
were fulfilled, he departed to his house.
1:24After these days
Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she
hid herself five months, saying, 1:25"Thus has the Lord done to me in
the days in which he looked at me, to take
away my reproach among men."
1:26Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel
was sent from God to a city of Galilee,
named Nazareth, 1:27to a virgin pledged to be married to
a man whose name was Joseph, of the house
of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 1:28Having come in, the angel said to her,
"Rejoice, you highly favored one! The
Lord is with you. Blessed are you among
women!"
1:29But when she saw him, she was greatly
troubled at the saying, and considered what
kind of salutation this might be. 1:30The angel said to her, "Don't be
afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with
God. 1:31Behold, you will conceive in your womb,
and bring forth a son, and will call his
name 'Jesus.' 1:32He 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,
1:33and he will reign over the house of Jacob
forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom."
1:34Mary said to the angel, "How can
this be, seeing I am a virgin?"
1:35The 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. 1:36Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also
has conceived a son in her old age; and
this is the sixth month with her who was
called barren. 1:37For everything spoken by God is possible."
1:38Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid
of the Lord; be it to me according to your
word."
The angel departed from her. 1:39Mary arose in those
days and went into the hill country with
haste, into a city of Judah, 1:40and entered into the house of Zacharias
and greeted Elizabeth. 1:41It happened, when
Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the
baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was
filled with the Holy Spirit. 1:42She called out with a loud voice, and
said, "Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 1:43Why am I so favored, that the mother
of my Lord should come to me? 1:44For behold, when
the voice of your greeting came into my
ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!
1:45Blessed is she who believed, for there
will be a fulfillment of the things which
have been spoken to her from the Lord!"
1:46Mary said,
"My soul magnifies the Lord.
1:47My spirit has rejoiced
in God my Savior,
1:48For he has looked
at the humble state of his handmaid.
For behold, from now on, all generations
will call me blessed.
1:49For he who is mighty
has done great things for me.
Holy
is his name.
1:50His mercy is for
generations of generations on those who
fear him.
1:51He has shown strength with his arm.
He has
scattered the proud in the imagination of
their heart.
1:52He has put down princes from their thrones.
And
has exalted the lowly.
1:53He has filled the hungry with good things.
He has
sent the rich away empty.
1:54He has given help to Israel, his servant,
that he might remember mercy,
1:55As he spoke to
our fathers,
To Abraham
and his seed forever."
1:56Mary stayed with her about three months,
and then returned to her house. 1:57Now the time that
Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled,
and she brought forth a son. 1:58Her neighbors and her relatives heard
that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards
her, and they rejoiced with her. 1:59It 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. 1:60His mother answered,
"Not so; but he will be called John."
1:61They said to her, "There is no one
among your relatives who is called by this
name." 1:62They made signs to his father, what he
would have him called.
1:63He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote,
"His name is John."
They all marveled. 1:64His mouth was opened immediately, and
his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing
God. 1:65Fear came on all
who lived around them, and all these sayings
were talked about throughout all the hill
country of Judea. 1:66All who heard them
laid them up in their heart, saying, "What
then will this child be?" The hand
of the Lord was with him. 1:67His father, Zacharias,
was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied,
saying,
1:68"Blessed be the Lord, the God of
Israel,
For
he has visited and worked redemption for
his people;
1:69And has raised up a horn of salvation
for us in the house of his servant David
1:70(As he spoke by
the mouth of his holy prophets who have
been from of old),
1:71Salvation from
our enemies, and from the hand of all who
hate us;
1:72To show mercy towards our fathers,
To remember
his holy covenant,
1:73The oath which he spoke to Abraham, our
father,
1:74To grant to us
that we, being delivered out of the hand
of our enemies, should serve him without
fear,
1:75In holiness and
righteousness before him all the days of
our life.
1:76And 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,
1:77To give knowledge
of salvation to his people by the remission
of their sins,
1:78Because of the tender mercy of our God,
Whereby
the dawn from on high will visit us,
1:79To shine on those
who sit in darkness and the shadow of death;
To guide
our feet into the way of peace."
1:80The child was growing, and becoming strong
in spirit, and was in the desert until the
day of his public appearance to Israel.
2:1Now it happened in those days, that a
decree went out from Caesar Augustus that
all the world should be enrolled. 2:2This was the first enrollment made when
Quirinius was governor of Syria. 2:3All went to enroll
themselves, everyone to his own city. 2:4Joseph 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; 2:5to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged
to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.
2:6It happened, while they were there, that
the day had come that she should give birth.
2:7She 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. 2:8There were shepherds in the same country
staying in the field, and keeping watch
by night over their flock. 2:9Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by
them, and the glory of the Lord shone around
them, and they were terrified. 2:10The 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.
2:11For there is born
to you, this day, in the city of David,
a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 2:12This is the sign to you: you will find
a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying
in a feeding trough." 2:13Suddenly, there was with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly host praising
God, and saying,
2:14"Glory to God in the highest,
On earth
peace, good will toward men."
2:15It 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."
2:16They came with
haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and
the baby was lying in the feeding trough.
2:17When they saw it, they publicized widely
the saying which was spoken to them about
this child. 2:18All who heard it wondered at the things
which were spoken to them by the shepherds.
2:19But Mary kept all
these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
2:20The shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God for all the
things that they had heard and seen, just
as it was told them.
2:21When 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.
2:22When 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 2:23(as it is written
in the law of the Lord, "Every male
who opens the womb shall be called holy
to the Lord"), 2:24and to offer a
sacrifice according to that which is said
in the law of the Lord, "A pair of
turtledoves, or two young pigeons."
2:25Behold, 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.
2:26It had been revealed to him by the Holy
Spirit that he should not see death before
he had seen the Lord's Christ.
2:27He 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, 2:28then he received
him into his arms, and blessed God, and
said,
2:29"Now you are releasing your servant,
Master,
According
to your word, in peace;
2:30For my eyes have seen your salvation,
2:31Which you have
prepared before the face of all peoples;
2:32A light for revelation to the Gentiles,
And
the glory of your people Israel."
2:33Joseph and his mother were marveling
at the things which were spoken concerning
him, 2:34and 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. 2:35Yes, a sword will pierce through your
own soul, that the thoughts of many hearts
may be revealed."
2:36There 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,
2:37and 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. 2:38Coming 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.
2:39When they had accomplished all things
that were according to the law of the Lord,
they returned into Galilee, to their own
city, Nazareth. 2:40The child was growing,
and was becoming strong in spirit, being
filled with wisdom, and the grace of God
was upon him. 2:41His parents went
every year to Jerusalem at the feast of
the Passover.
2:42When he was twelve years old, they went
up to Jerusalem according to the custom
of the feast, 2:43and 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, 2:44but supposing him
to be in the company, they went a day's
journey, and they looked for him among their
relatives and acquaintances. 2:45When they didn't find him, they returned
to Jerusalem, looking for him. 2:46It 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.
2:47All who heard him were amazed at his
understanding and his answers. 2:48When 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."
2:49He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must
be in my Father's house?" 2:50They didn't understand
the saying which he spoke to them. 2:51And he went down
with them, and came to Nazareth. He was
subject to them, and his mother kept all
these sayings in her heart. 2:52And Jesus increased
in wisdom and stature, and in favor with
God and men.
3:1Now 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, 3:2in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas,
the word of God came to John, the son of
Zacharias, in the wilderness. 3:3He came into all the region around the
Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance
for remission of sins. 3:4As 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.
3:5Every valley will
be filled.
Every mountain and hill will be
brought low.
The
crooked will become straight,
And
the rough ways smooth.
3:6All flesh will see God's salvation.'"
3:7He 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? 3:8Bring 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!
3:9Even 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."
3:10The multitudes asked him, "What
then must we do?"
3:11He answered them, "He who has two
coats, let him give to him who has none.
He who has food, let him do likewise."
3:12Tax collectors also came to be baptized,
and they said to him, "Teacher, what
must we do?"
3:13He said to them, "Collect no more
than that which is appointed to you."
3:14Soldiers 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."
3:15As the people were in expectation, and
all men reasoned in their hearts concerning
John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
3:16John 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,
3:17whose 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."
3:18Then with many other exhortations he
preached good news to the people, 3:19but Herod the tetrarch,
being reproved by him for Herodias, his
brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
3:20added this also to them all, that he
shut up John in prison. 3:21Now it happened, when all the people
were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized,
and was praying. The sky was opened, 3:22and 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."
3:23Jesus himself, when he began to teach,
was about thirty years old, being the son
(as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of
Heli, 3:24the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the
son of Joseph, 3:25the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos,
the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son
of Naggai, 3:26the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias,
the son of Semein, the son of Joseph, the
son of Judah, 3:27the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa,
the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,
the son of Neri, 3:28the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the
son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son
of Er, 3:29the son of Josa, the son of Eliezer,
the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the
son of Levi, 3:30the son of Simeon, the son of Judah,
the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the
son of Eliakim, 3:31the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the
son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the
son of David, 3:32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the
son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son
of Nahshon, 3:33the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram,
the son of Joram, the
son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son
of Judah, 3:34the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the
son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son
of Nahor, 3:35the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the
son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of
Shelah 3:36the son of Cainan,
the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the
son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 3:37the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch,
the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel,
the son of Cainan, 3:38the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the
son of Adam, the son of God.
4:1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned
from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness 4:2for forty days, being tempted by the devil.
He ate nothing in those days. Afterward,
when they were completed, he was hungry.
4:3The devil said to him, "If you are
the Son of God, command this stone to become
bread."
4:4Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by
every word of God.'"
4:5The devil, leading him up on a high mountain,
showed him all the kingdoms of the world
in a moment of time. 4:6The 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. 4:7If you therefore
will worship before me, it will all be yours."
4:8Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship
the Lord your God, and him only shall you
serve.'"
4:9He 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, 4:10for it is written,
'He will give his angels charge
concerning you, to guard you;'
4:11and,
'On their hands they will bear you
up,
Lest
perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.'"
4:12Jesus answering, said to him, "It
has been said, 'You shall not tempt the
Lord your God.'"
4:13When the devil had completed every temptation,
he departed from him until another time.
4:14Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit
into Galilee, and news about him spread
through all the surrounding area. 4:15He taught in their synagogues, being
glorified by all.
4:16He 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. 4:17The book of the
prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened
the book, and found the place where it was
written,
4:18"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,
4:19And to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."
4:20He closed the book, gave it back to the
attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all
in the synagogue were fastened on him. 4:21He began to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."
4:22All testified about him, and wondered
at the gracious words which proceeded out
of his mouth, and they said, "Isn't
this Joseph's son?"
4:23He 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.'"
4:24He said, "Most assuredly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his
hometown. 4:25But 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. 4:26Elijah was sent
to none of them, except to Zarephath, in
the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a
widow. 4:27There were many
lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the
prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed,
except Naaman, the Syrian."
4:28They were all filled with wrath in the
synagogue, as they heard these things. 4:29They 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.
4:30But he, passing through the midst of
them, went his way.
4:31He came down to Capernaum, a city of
Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath
day, 4:32and they were astonished
at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
4:33In the synagogue there was a man who
had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he
cried out with a loud voice, 4:34saying, "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!"
4:35Jesus 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.
4:36Amazement 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!" 4:37News about him went out into every place
of the surrounding region.
4:38He 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. 4:39He stood over her,
and rebuked the fever; and it left her.
Immediately she rose up and served them.
4:40When 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. 4:41Demons 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.
4:42When 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. 4:43But 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." 4:44He was preaching in the synagogues of
Galilee.
5:1Now it happened, while the multitude pressed
on him and heard the word of God, that he
was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
5:2He saw two boats standing by the lake,
but the fishermen had gone out of them,
and were washing their nets. 5:3He 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. 5:4When he had finished
speaking, he said to Simon, "Put
out into the deep, and let down your nets
for a catch."
5:5Simon answered him, "Master, we worked
all night, and took nothing; but at your
word I will let down the net." 5:6When they had done this, they caught a
great multitude of fish, and their net was
breaking. 5:7They 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. 5:8But Simon Peter,
when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees,
saying, "Depart from me, for I am a
sinful man, Lord." 5:9For he was amazed,
and all who were with him, at the catch
of fish which they had caught; 5:10and 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."
5:11When they had brought their boats to
land, they left everything, and followed
him. 5:12It 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."
5:13He stretched out his hand, and touched
him, saying, "I
want to. Be made clean."
Immediately the leprosy left him. 5:14He 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." 5:15But the report concerning him spread
much more, and great multitudes came together
to hear, and to be healed by him of their
infirmities. 5:16But he withdrew
himself into the desert, and prayed.
5:17It 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. 5:18Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on
a cot, and they sought to bring him in to
lay before Jesus. 5:19Not 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. 5:20Seeing their faith, he said to him, "Man,
your sins are forgiven you."
5:21The scribes and the Pharisees began to
reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks
blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God
alone?"
5:22But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts,
answered them, "Why
are you reasoning so in your hearts? 5:23Which is easier
to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or
to say, 'Arise and walk?' 5:24But 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."
5:25Immediately he rose up before them, and
took up that which he was laying on, and
departed to his house, glorifying God. 5:26Amazement took hold on all, and they
glorified God. They were filled with fear,
saying, "We have seen strange things
today."
5:27After these things he went out, and saw
a tax collector named Levi sitting at the
tax office, and said to him, "Follow
me!"
5:28He left everything, and rose up and followed
him. 5:29Levi made a great feast for him in his
house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors
and others who were reclining with them.
5:30Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured
against his disciples, saying, "Why
do you eat and drink with the tax collectors
and sinners?" 5:31Jesus answered
them, "Those
who are healthy have no need for a physician,
but those who are sick do. 5:32I have not come
to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
5:33They said to him, "Why do John's
disciples often fast and pray, likewise
also the disciples of the Pharisees, but
yours eat and drink?"
5:34He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the
bridegroom is with them? 5:35But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away
from them. Then they will fast in those
days." 5:36He 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. 5:37No 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.
5:38But new wine must
be put into fresh wineskins, and both are
preserved. 5:39No man having drunk
old wine immediately desires new, for he
says, 'The old is better.'"
6:1Now 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. 6:2But some of the Pharisees said to them,
"Why do you do that which is not lawful
to do on the Sabbath day?"
6:3Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did when he was hungry, he,
and those who were with him; 6:4how 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?" 6:5He said to them,
"The Son of Man
is lord of the Sabbath."
6:6It also happened on another Sabbath that
he entered into the synagogue and taught.
There was a man there, and his right hand
was withered. 6:7The scribes and
the Pharisees watched him, to see whether
he would heal on the Sabbath, that they
might find an accusation against him. 6:8But 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. 6:9Then 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?" 6:10He 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.
6:11But they were filled with rage, and talked
with one another about what they might do
to Jesus.
6:12It happened in these days, that he went
out to the mountain to pray, and he continued
all night in prayer to God. 6:13When it was day, he called his disciples,
and from them he chose twelve, whom he also
named apostles: 6:14Simon, whom he also named Peter; Andrew,
his brother; James; John; Philip; Bartholomew;
6:15Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus;
Simon, who was called the Zealot; 6:16Judas the son of
James; and Judas Iscariot, who also became
a traitor. 6:17He 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; 6:18as well as those who were troubled by
unclean spirits, and they were being healed.
6:19All the multitude sought to touch him,
for power came out from him and healed them
all.
6:20He lifted up his eyes to his disciples,
and said,
"Blessed
are you who are poor,
For
yours is the Kingdom of God.
6:21Blessed are you who hunger now,
For
you will be filled.
Blessed are
you who weep now,
For
you will laugh.
6:22Blessed 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.
6:23Rejoice 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.
6:24"But woe to
you who are rich!
For
you have received your consolation.
6:25Woe to you, you who are full now!
For
you will be hungry.
Woe to you
who laugh now!
For
you will mourn and weep.
6:26Woe,* when* men speak well of you!
For
their fathers did the same thing to the
false prophets.
6:27"But I tell
you who hear: love your enemies, do good
to those who hate you, 6:28bless those who
curse you, and pray for those who mistreat
you. 6:29To 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. 6:30Give to everyone
who asks you, and don't ask him who takes
away your goods to give them back again.
6:31"As you would
like people to do to you, do exactly so
to them. 6:32If you love those
who love you, what credit is that to you?
For even sinners love those who love them.
6:33If you do good
to those who do good to you, what credit
is that to you? For even sinners do the
same. 6:34If 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. 6:35But 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.
6:36Therefore be merciful,
Even
as your Father is also merciful.
6:37Don'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.
6:38"Give, and
it will be given to you: good measure, pressed
down, shaken together, and running over,
will be given to you.
For with the same measure you measure it
will be measured back to you."
6:39He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into
a pit? 6:40A disciple is not
above his teacher, but everyone when he
is fully trained will be like his teacher.
6:41Why 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? 6:42Or 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. 6:43For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor
again a rotten tree that brings forth good
fruit. 6:44For 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. 6:45The 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.
6:46"Why do you
call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the
things which I say? 6:47Everyone who comes
to me, and hears my words, and does them,
I will show you who he is like. 6:48He 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. 6:49But 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."
7:1After he had finished speaking in the
hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
7:2A certain centurion's
servant, who was dear to him, was sick and
at the point of death. 7:3When he heard about Jesus, he sent to
him elders of the Jews, asking him to come
and save his servant. 7:4When they came to Jesus, they begged him
earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for
you to do this for him, 7:5for he loves our nation, and he built
our synagogue for us." 7:6Jesus 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. 7:7Therefore I didn't
even think myself worthy to come to you;
but say the word, and my servant will be
healed. 7:8For 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."
7:9When 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." 7:10Those who were
sent, returning to the house, found that
the servant who had been sick was well.
7:11It happened soon afterwards, that he
went to a city called Nain. Many of his
disciples, along with a great multitude,
went with him. 7:12Now 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. 7:13When the Lord saw her, he had compassion
on her, and said to her, "Don't
cry." 7:14He came near and touched the coffin,
and the bearers stood still. He said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!" 7:15He who was dead sat up, and began to
speak. And he gave him to his mother.
7:16Fear took hold of all, and they glorified
God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen
among us!" and, "God has visited
his people!" 7:17This report went
out concerning him in the whole of Judea,
and in all the surrounding region.
7:18The disciples of John told him about
all these things. 7:19John, 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?" 7:20When 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?'"
7:21In that hour he cured many of diseases
and plagues and evil spirits; and to many
who were blind he gave sight. 7:22Jesus 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. 7:23Blessed is he who
is not offended by me."
7:24When 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? 7:25But 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.
7:26But what did you
go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you,
and much more than a prophet. 7:27This is he of whom it is written,
'Behold, I
send my messenger before your face,
Who
will prepare your way before you.'
7:28"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."
7:29When all the people and the tax collectors
heard this, they declared God to be just,
having been baptized with John's baptism.
7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected
the counsel of God, not being baptized by
him themselves.
7:31But the Lord said,
"To what then
will I liken the people of this generation?
What are they like? 7:32They 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.' 7:33For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine,
and you say, 'He has a demon.' 7:34The 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!' 7:35Wisdom is justified
by all her children."
7:36One of the Pharisees invited him to eat
with him. He entered into the Pharisee's
house, and sat at the table. 7:37Behold, 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. 7:38Standing 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. 7:39Now 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."
7:40Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you."
He said, "Teacher, say on."
7:41"A certain
lender had two debtors. The one owed five
hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 7:42When they couldn't
pay, he forgave them both. Which of them
therefore will love him most?"
7:43Simon answered, "He, I suppose,
to whom he forgave the most."
He said to him, "You
have judged correctly." 7:44Turning 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. 7:45You gave me no
kiss, but she, since the time I came in,
has not ceased to kiss my feet. 7:46You didn't anoint
my head with oil, but she has anointed my
feet with ointment. 7:47Therefore I tell
you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven,
for she loved much. But to whom little is
forgiven, the same loves little."
7:48He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
7:49Those who sat at the table with him began
to say to themselves, "Who is this
who even forgives sins?"
7:50He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."
8:1It 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, 8:2and certain women
who had been healed of evil spirits and
infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene,
from whom seven demons had gone out; 8:3and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's
steward; Susanna; and many others; who ministered
to them from their possessions. 8:4When a great multitude
came together, and people from every city
were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
8:5"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. 8:6Other seed fell
on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it
withered away, because it had no moisture.
8:7Other fell amid
the thorns, and the thorns grew with it,
and choked it. 8:8Other fell into
the good ground, and grew, and brought forth
fruit one hundred times." As
he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
8:9Then his disciples asked him, "What
does this parable mean?"
8:10He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom
of God, but to the rest in parables; that
'seeing they may not see, and hearing they
may not understand.' 8:11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 8:12Those along the
road are those who hear, then the devil
comes, and takes away the word from their
heart, that they may not believe and be
saved. 8:13Those on the rock
are they who, when they hear, receive the
word with joy; but these have no root, who
believe for a while, then fall away in time
of temptation. 8:14That which fell
among the thorns, these are those who have
heard, and as they go on their way they
are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures
of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
8:15That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good
heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly,
and bring forth fruit with patience.
8:16"No one, when
he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container,
or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a
stand, that those who enter in may see the
light. 8:17For nothing is
hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything
secret, that will not be known and come
to light. 8:18Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will
be given; and whoever doesn't have, from
him will be taken away even that which he
thinks he has."
8:19His mother and brothers came to him,
and they could not come near him for the
crowd. 8:20It was told him
by some saying, "Your mother and your
brothers stand outside, desiring to see
you."
8:21But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of
God, and do it."
8:22Now it happened on one of those days,
that he entered into a boat, himself and
his disciples, and he said to them, "Let's
go over to the other side of the lake."
So they launched out. 8:23But as they sailed,
he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on
the lake, and they were taking on dangerous
amounts of water. 8:24They came to him,
and awoke him, saying, "Master, master,
we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked
the wind and the raging of the water, and
they ceased, and it was calm. 8:25He said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they marveled,
saying one to another, "Who is this,
then, that he commands even the winds and
the water, and they obey him?" 8:26They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes,
which is opposite Galilee.
8:27When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain
man out of the city who had demons for a
long time met him. He wore no clothes, and
didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.
8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and
fell down before him, and with a loud voice
said, "What do I have to do with you,
Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg
you, don't torment me!" 8:29For Jesus was commanding the unclean
spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean
spirit had often seized the man. He was
kept under guard, and bound with chains
and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he
was driven by the demon into the desert.
8:30Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"
He said, "Legion," for many demons
had entered into him. 8:31They begged him that he would not command
them to go into the abyss. 8:32Now there was there
a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain,
and they begged him that he would allow
them to enter into those. He allowed them.
8:33The demons came out from the man, and
entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed
down the steep bank into the lake, and were
drowned. 8:34When those who fed them saw what had
happened, they fled, and told it in the
city and in the country.
8:35People went out to see what had happened.
They came to Jesus, and found the man from
whom the demons had gone out, sitting at
Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind;
and they were afraid. 8:36Those who saw it told them how he who
had been possessed by demons was healed.
8:37All the people
of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes
asked him to depart from them, for they
were very much afraid. He entered into the
boat, and returned. 8:38But the man from whom the demons had
gone out begged him that he might go with
him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 8:39"Return to your house, and declare what great things God
has done for you." He went his
way, proclaiming throughout the whole city
what great things Jesus had done for him.
8:40It happened, when Jesus returned, that
the multitude welcomed him, for they were
all waiting for him. 8:41Behold, there came a man named Jairus,
and he was a ruler of the synagogue. He
fell down at Jesus' feet, and begged him
to come into his house, 8:42for he had an only
daughter, about twelve years of age, and
she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes
pressed against him. 8:43A woman who had
a flow of blood for twelve years, who had
spent all her living on physicians, and
could not be healed by any, 8:44came behind him,
and touched the fringe of his cloak, and
immediately the flow of her blood stopped.
8:45Jesus said, "Who touched me?"
When all denied it, Peter and those with
him said, "Master, the multitudes press
and jostle you, and you say, 'Who
touched me?'"
8:46But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone
out of me." 8:47When the woman saw that she was not hidden,
she came trembling, and falling down before
him declared to him in the presence of all
the people the reason why she had touched
him, and how she was healed immediately.
8:48He said to her,
"Daughter, cheer
up. Your faith has made you well. Go in
peace."
8:49While he still spoke, one from the ruler
of the synagogue's house came, saying to
him, "Your daughter is dead. Don't
trouble the Teacher."
8:50But Jesus hearing it, answered him, "Don't
be afraid. Only believe, and she will be
healed."
8:51When he came to the house, he didn't
allow anyone to enter in, except Peter,
John, James, the father of the child, and
her mother. 8:52All were weeping and mourning her, but
he said, "Don't
weep. She isn't dead, but sleeping."
8:53They were ridiculing him, knowing that
she was dead. 8:54But he put them all outside, and taking
her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child, arise!" 8:55Her spirit returned,
and she rose up immediately. He commanded
that something be given to her to eat. 8:56Her parents were amazed, but he charged
them to tell no one what had been done.
9:1He called the twelve
together, and gave them power and authority
over all demons, and to cure diseases. 9:2He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom
of God, and to heal the sick. 9:3He said to them,
"Take nothing
for your journey--neither staffs, nor wallet,
nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats
apiece. 9:4Into whatever house
you enter, stay there, and depart from there.
9:5As many as don't
receive you, when you depart from that city,
shake off even the dust from your feet for
a testimony against them."
9:6They departed, and went throughout the
villages, preaching the Gospel, and healing
everywhere. 9:7Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that
was done by him; and he was very perplexed,
because it was said by some that John had
risen from the dead, 9:8and by some that
Elijah had appeared, and by others that
one of the old prophets had risen again.
9:9Herod said, "John I beheaded, but
who is this, about whom I hear such things?"
He sought to see him. 9:10The apostles, when they had returned,
told him what things they had done.
He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted
place of a city called Bethsaida. 9:11But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed
him. He welcomed them, and spoke to them
of the Kingdom of God, and he cured those
who needed healing. 9:12The day began to
wear away; and the twelve came, and said
to him, "Send the multitude away, that
they may go into the surrounding villages
and farms, and lodge, and get food, for
we are here in a deserted place."
9:13But he said to them, "You give them something to eat."
They said, "We have no more than five
loaves and two fish, unless we should go
and buy food for all these people."
9:14For they were about five thousand men.
He said to his disciples, "Make
them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
9:15They did so, and
made them all sit down. 9:16He took the five
loaves and the two fish, and looking up
to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them,
and gave them to the disciples to set before
the multitude. 9:17They ate, and were all filled. They gathered
up twelve baskets of broken pieces that
were left over.
9:18It happened, as he was praying alone,
that the disciples were with him, and he
asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"
9:19They answered, "'John the Baptizer,'
but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that
one of the old prophets is risen again."
9:20He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
9:21But he warned them, and commanded them
to tell this to no one, 9:22saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected
by the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed, and the third day be raised
up."
9:23He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself,
take up his cross,* and follow me. 9:24For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever
will lose his life for my sake, the same
will save it. 9:25For what does it
profit a man if he gains the whole world,
and loses or forfeits his own self? 9:26For whoever will
be ashamed of me and of my words, of him
will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he
comes in his glory, and the glory of the
Father, and of the holy angels. 9:27But I tell you
the truth: There are some of those who stand
here, who will in no way taste of death,
until they see the Kingdom of God."
9:28It happened about eight days after these
sayings, that he took with him Peter, John,
and James, and went up onto the mountain
to pray. 9:29As he was praying,
the appearance of his face was altered,
and his clothing became white and dazzling.
9:30Behold, two men were talking with him,
who were Moses and Elijah, 9:31who appeared in
glory, and spoke of his departure,
which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
9:32Now Peter and those who were with him
were heavy with sleep, but when they were
fully awake, they saw his glory, and the
two men who stood with him. 9:33It happened, as
they were parting from him, that Peter said
to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us
to be here. Let's make three tents: one
for you, and one for Moses, and one for
Elijah," not knowing what he said.
9:34While he said these things, a cloud came
and overshadowed them, and they were afraid
as they entered into the cloud. 9:35A voice came out of the cloud, saying,
"This is my beloved Son. Listen to
him!" 9:36When the voice came, Jesus was found
alone. They were silent, and told no one
in those days any of the things which they
had seen.
9:37It happened on the next day, when they
had come down from the mountain, that a
great multitude met him. 9:38Behold, a man from the crowd called out,
saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look
at my son, for he is my only child. 9:39Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly
cries out, and it convulses him so that
he foams, and it hardly departs from him,
bruising him severely. 9:40I begged your disciples
to cast it out, and they couldn't."
9:41Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with
you and bear with you? Bring your son here."
9:42While he was still coming, the demon
threw him down and convulsed him violently.
But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and
healed the boy, and gave him back to his
father. 9:43They were all astonished at the majesty
of God.
But while all were marveling at all the
things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,
9:44"Let these
words sink into your ears, for the Son of
Man will be delivered up into the hands
of men." 9:45But they didn't
understand this saying. It was concealed
from them, that they should not perceive
it, and they were afraid to ask him about
this saying.
9:46There arose an argument among them about
which of them was the greatest. 9:47Jesus, perceiving
the reasoning of their hearts, took a little
child, and set him by his side, 9:48and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me.
Whoever receives me receives him who sent
me. For whoever is least among you all,
this one will be great."
9:49John answered, "Master, we saw someone
casting out demons in your name, and we
forbade him, because he doesn't follow with
us."
9:50Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us."
9:51It came to pass, when the days were near
that he should be taken up, he intently
set his face to go to Jerusalem, 9:52and sent messengers before his face.
They went, and entered into a village of
the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.
9:53They didn't receive him, because he was
traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.
9:54When his disciples, James and John, saw
this, they said, "Lord, do you want
us to command fire to come down from the
sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"
9:55But he turned and rebuked them, "You
don't know of what kind of spirit you are.
9:56For the Son of
Man didn't come to destroy men's lives,
but to save them."
They went to another village. 9:57As they went on
the way, a certain man said to him, "I
want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."
9:58Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests,
but the Son of Man has no place to lay his
head."
9:59He said to another, "Follow me!"
But he said, "Lord, allow me first
to go and bury my father."
9:60But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce
the Kingdom of God."
9:61Another also said, "I want to follow
you, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell
to those who are at my house."
9:62But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back,
is fit for the Kingdom of God."
10:1Now after these things, the Lord also
appointed seventy others, and sent them
two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to
come. 10:2Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest,
that he may send out laborers into his harvest.
10:3Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves. 10:4Carry no purse,
nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on
the way. 10:5Into whatever house
you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this
house.' 10:6If a son of peace
is there, your peace will rest on him; but
if not, it will return to you. 10:7Remain in that
same house, eating and drinking the things
they give, for the laborer is worthy of
his wages. Don't go from house to house.
10:8Into whatever city
you enter, and they receive you, eat the
things that are set before you. 10:9Heal the sick who
are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom
of God has come near to you.' 10:10But into whatever
city you enter, and they don't receive you,
go out into the streets of it and say, 10:11'Even the dust
from your city that clings to us, we wipe
off against you. Nevertheless know this,
that the Kingdom of God has come near to
you.' 10:12I tell you, it
will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom
than for that city.
10:13"Woe to you,
Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if
the mighty works had been done in Tyre and
Sidon which were done in you, they would
have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth
and ashes. 10:14But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment
than for you. 10:15You, Capernaum,
who are exalted to heaven, will be brought
down to Hades. 10:16Whoever listens
to you listens to me, and whoever rejects
you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects
him who sent me."
10:17The seventy returned with joy, saying,
"Lord, even the demons are subject
to us in your name!"
10:18He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven. 10:19Behold, I give
you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing
will in any way hurt you. 10:20Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject
to you, but rejoice that your names are
written in heaven."
10:21In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in
the Holy Spirit, and said, "I
thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, that you have hidden these things
from the wise and understanding, and revealed
them to little children. Yes, Father, for
so it was well-pleasing in your sight."
10:22Turning to the disciples, he said, "All
things have been delivered to me by my Father.
No one knows who the Son is, except the
Father, and who the Father is, except the
Son, and he to whomever the Son desires
to reveal him."
10:23Turning to the disciples, he said privately,
"Blessed are
the eyes which see the things that you see,
10:24for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the
things which you see, and didn't see them,
and to hear the things which you hear, and
didn't hear them."
10:25Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and
tested him, saying, "Teacher, what
shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
10:26He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"
10:27He answered, "You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart, with
all your soul, with all your strength, and
with all your mind; and your neighbor as
yourself."
10:28He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."
10:29But he, desiring to justify himself,
asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"
10:30Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho,
and he fell among robbers, who both stripped
him and beat him, and departed, leaving
him half dead. 10:31By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw
him, he passed by on the other side. 10:32In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and
saw him, passed by on the other side. 10:33But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When
he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
10:34came to him, and
bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and
wine. He set him on his own animal, and
brought him to an inn, and took care of
him. 10:35On the next day,
when he departed, he took out two denarii,
and gave them to the host, and said to him,
'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond
that, I will repay you when I return.' 10:36Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor
to him who fell among the robbers?"
10:37He said, "He who showed mercy on
him."
Then Jesus said to him, "Go
and do likewise."
10:38It happened as they went on their way,
he entered into a certain village, and a
certain woman named Martha received him
into her house. 10:39She had a sister
called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet,
and heard his word. 10:40But Martha was distracted with much
serving, and she came up to him, and said,
"Lord, don't you care that my sister
left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore
to help me."
10:41Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many
things, 10:42but one thing
is needed. Mary has chosen the good part,
which will not be taken away from her."
11:1It happened, that when he finished praying
in a certain place, one of his disciples
said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray,
just as John also taught his disciples."
11:2He said to them, "When you pray,
say,
'Our Father
in heaven,
May
your name be kept holy.
May your Kingdom
come.
May
your will be done on Earth, as it is in
heaven.
11:3Give us day by
day our daily bread.
11:4Forgive us our sins,
For
we ourselves also forgive everyone who is
indebted to us.
Bring us not
into temptation,
But
deliver us from the evil one.'"
11:5He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell
him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
11:6for a friend of
mine has come to me from a journey, and
I have nothing to set before him,' 11:7and he from within
will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The
door is now shut, and my children are with
me in bed. I can't get up and give it to
you'? 11:8I tell you, although
he will not rise and give it to him because
he is his friend, yet because of his persistence,
he will get up and give him as many as he
needs.
11:9"I tell you,
keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep
seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking,
and it will be opened to you. 11:10For everyone who
asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him
who knocks it will be opened.
11:11"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give
him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he
won't give him a snake instead of a fish,
will he? 11:12Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?
11:13If you then, being
evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your heavenly
Father give the Holy Spirit to those who
ask him?"
11:14He was casting out a demon, and it was
mute. It happened, when the demon had gone
out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes
marveled. 11:15But some of them said, "He casts
out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the
demons." 11:16Others, testing him, sought from him
a sign from heaven. 11:17But he, knowing their thoughts, said
to them, "Every
kingdom divided against itself is brought
to desolation. A house divided against itself
falls. 11:18If Satan also
is divided against himself, how will his
kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out
demons by Beelzebul. 11:19But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children
cast them out? Therefore will they be your
judges. 11:20But if I by the
finger of God cast out demons, then the
Kingdom of God has come to you.
11:21"When the
strong man, fully armed, guards his own
dwelling, his goods are safe. 11:22But when someone
stronger attacks him and overcomes him,
he takes from him his whole armor in which
he trusted, and divides his spoils.
11:23"He that
is not with me is against me. He who doesn't
gather with me scatters. 11:24The unclean spirit,
when he has gone out of the man, passes
through dry places, seeking rest, and finding
none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house
from which I came out.' 11:25When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order. 11:26Then he goes,
and takes seven other spirits more evil
than himself, and they enter in and dwell
there. The last state of that man becomes
worse than the first."
11:27It came to pass, as he said these things,
a certain woman out of the multitude lifted
up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed
is the womb that bore you, and the breasts
which nursed you!"
11:28But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of
God, and keep it."
11:29When the multitudes were gathering together
to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will
be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the
prophet. 11:30For even as Jonah
became a sign to the Ninevites, so will
also the Son of Man be to this generation.
11:31The Queen of the
South will rise up in the judgment with
the men of this generation, and will condemn
them: for she came from the ends of the
earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and
behold, one greater than Solomon is here.
11:32The men of Nineveh
will stand up in the judgment with this
generation, and will condemn it: for they
repented at the preaching of Jonah, and
behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
11:33"No man,
when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar,
nor under a basket, but on a stand, that
those who enter in may see the light. 11:34The lamp of the
body is the eye. Therefore when your eye
is good, your whole body is also full of
light; but when it is evil, your body also
is full of darkness. 11:35Therefore see
whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.
11:36If therefore your
whole body is full of light, having no part
dark, it will be wholly full of light, as
when the lamp with its bright shining gives
you light."
11:37Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee
asked him to dine with him. He went in,
and sat at the table. 11:38When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled
that he had not first washed himself before
dinner. 11:39The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of
the platter, but your inward part is full
of extortion and wickedness. 11:40You foolish ones,
didn't he who made the outside make the
inside also? 11:41But give for gifts
to the needy those things which are within,
and behold, all things will be clean to
you. 11:42But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every
herb, but you bypass justice and the love
of God. You ought to have done these, and
not to have left the other undone. 11:43Woe to you Pharisees!
For you love the best seats in the synagogues,
and the greetings in the marketplaces. 11:44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like
hidden graves, and the men who walk over
them don't know it."
11:45One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher,
in saying this you insult us also."
11:46He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that
are difficult to carry, and you yourselves
won't even lift one finger to help carry
those burdens. 11:47Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your
fathers killed them. 11:48So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they
killed them, and you build their tombs.
11:49Therefore also
the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to
them prophets and apostles; and some of
them they will kill and persecute, 11:50that the blood
of all the prophets, which was shed from
the foundation of the world, may be required
of this generation; 11:51from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished
between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes,
I tell you, it will be required of this
generation. 11:52Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You
didn't enter in yourselves, and those who
were entering in, you hindered."
11:53As he said these things to them, the
scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly
angry, and to draw many things out of him;
11:54lying in wait for him, and seeking to
catch him in something he might say, that
they might accuse him.
12:1Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands
had gathered together, so much so that they
trampled on each other, he began to tell
his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
12:2But there is nothing
covered up, that will not be revealed, nor
hidden, that will not be known. 12:3Therefore whatever
you have said in the darkness will be heard
in the light. What you have spoken in the
ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed
on the housetops.
12:4"I tell you,
my friends, don't be afraid of those who
kill the body, and after that have no more
that they can do. 12:5But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after
he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna.
Yes, I tell you, fear him.
12:6"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God. 12:7But the very hairs
of your head are all numbered. Therefore
don't be afraid. You are of more value than
many sparrows.
12:8"I tell you,
everyone who confesses me before men, him
will the Son of Man also confess before
the angels of God; 12:9but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in
the presence of the angels of God. 12:10Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven,
but those who blaspheme against the Holy
Spirit will not be forgiven. 12:11When they bring
you before the synagogues, the rulers, and
the authorities, don't be anxious how or
what you will answer, or what you will say;
12:12for the Holy Spirit
will teach you in that same hour what you
must say."
12:13One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher,
tell my brother to divide the inheritance
with me."
12:14But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"
12:15He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life
doesn't consist of the abundance of the
things which he possesses."
12:16He spoke a parable to them, saying,
"The ground of
a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
12:17He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I
don't have room to store my crops?' 12:18He said, 'This
is what I will do. I will pull down my barns,
and build bigger ones, and there I will
store all my grain and my goods. 12:19I will tell my
soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid
up for many years. Take your ease, eat,
drink, be merry."'
12:20"But God
said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your
soul is required of you. The things which
you have prepared--whose will they be?'
12:21So is he who lays
up treasure for himself, and is not rich
toward God."
12:22He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what
you will eat, nor yet for your body, what
you will wear. 12:23Life is more than
food, and the body is more than clothing.
12:24Consider the ravens:
they don't sow, they don't reap, they have
no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them.
How much more valuable are you than birds!
12:25Which of you by
being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
12:26If then you aren't
able to do even the least things, why are
you anxious about the rest? 12:27Consider the lilies,
how they grow. They don't toil, neither
do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon
in all his glory was not arrayed like one
of these. 12:28But if this is
how God clothes the grass in the field,
which today exists, and tomorrow is cast
into the oven, how much more will he clothe
you, O you of little faith? 12:29Don't seek what
you will eat or what you will drink; neither
be anxious. 12:30For the nations
of the world seek after all of these things,
but your Father knows that you need these
things. 12:31But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to
you. 12:32Don't be afraid,
little flock, for it is your Father's good
pleasure to give you the Kingdom. 12:33Sell that which
you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make
for yourselves purses which don't grow old,
a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail,
where no thief approaches, neither moth
destroys. 12:34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
12:35"Let your
loins be girded and your lamps burning.
12:36Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the
marriage feast; that, when he comes and
knocks, they may immediately open to him.
12:37Blessed are those
servants, whom the lord will find watching
when he comes. Most assuredly I tell you,
that he will dress himself, and make them
recline, and will come and serve them. 12:38They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch,
and finds them so. 12:39But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what
hour the thief was coming, he would have
watched, and not allowed his house to be
broken into. 12:40Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour
that you don't expect him."
12:41Peter said to him, "Lord, are you
telling this parable to us, or to everybody?"
12:42The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord
will set over his household, to give them
their portion of food at the right times?
12:43Blessed is that
servant whom his lord will find doing so
when he comes. 12:44Truly I tell you,
that he will set him over all that he has.
12:45But if that servant
says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,'
and begins to beat the menservants and the
maidservants, and to eat and drink, and
to be drunken, 12:46then the lord
of that servant will come in a day when
he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that
he doesn't know, and will cut him in two,
and place his portion with the unfaithful.
12:47That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor
do what he wanted, will be beaten with many
stripes, 12:48but he who didn't
know, and did things worthy of stripes,
will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever
much is given, of him will much be required;
and to whom much was entrusted, of him more
will be asked.
12:49"I came to
throw fire on the earth. I wish it were
already kindled. 12:50But I have a baptism
to be baptized with, and how distressed
I am until it is accomplished! 12:51Do you think that
I have come to give peace in the earth?
I tell you, no, but rather division. 12:52For from now on,
there will be five in one house divided,
three against two, and two against three.
12:53They will be divided,
father against son, and son against father;
mother against daughter, and daughter against
her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law,
and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
12:54He said to the multitudes also, "When
you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately
you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it
happens. 12:55When a south wind
blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching
heat,' and it happens. 12:56You hypocrites!
You know how to interpret the appearance
of the earth and the sky, but how is it
that you don't interpret this time? 12:57Why don't you
judge for yourselves what is right? 12:58For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate,
try diligently on the way to be released
from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the
judge, and the judge deliver you to the
officer, and the officer throw you into
prison. 12:59I tell you, you
will by no means get out of there, until
you have paid the very last penny."
13:1Now there were some present at the same
time who told him about the Galileans, whose
blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
13:2Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than
all the other Galileans, because they suffered
such things? 13:3I tell you, no,
but, unless you repent, you will all perish
in the same way. 13:4Or those eighteen,
on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed
them; do you think that they were worse
offenders than all the men who dwell in
Jerusalem? 13:5I tell you, no,
but, unless you repent, you will all perish
in the same way."
13:6He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and
he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
13:7He said to the
vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years
I have come looking for fruit on this fig
tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does
it waste the soil?' 13:8He answered, 'Lord,
leave it alone this year also, until I dig
around it, and fertilize it. 13:9If it bears fruit,
fine; but if not, after that, you can cut
it down.'"
13:10He was teaching in one of the synagogues
on the Sabbath day. 13:11Behold, there
was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity
eighteen years, and she was bent over, and
could in no way straighten herself up. 13:12When Jesus saw her, he called her, and
said to her, "Woman,
you are freed from your infirmity."
13:13He laid his hands
on her, and immediately she stood up straight,
and glorified God.
13:14The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant
because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath,
said to the multitude, "There are six
days in which men ought to work. Therefore
come on those days and be healed, and not
on the Sabbath day!"
13:15Therefore the Lord answered him, "You
hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free
his ox or his donkey from the stall on the
Sabbath, and lead him away to water? 13:16Ought not this
woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom
Satan had bound eighteen long years, be
freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"
13:17As he said these things, all his adversaries
were disappointed, and all the multitude
rejoiced for all the glorious things that
were done by him.
13:18He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare
it? 13:19It is like a grain
of mustard seed, which a man took, and put
in his own garden. It grew, and became a
large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged
in its branches."
13:20Again he said,
"To what shall I compare the Kingdom
of God? 13:21It is like yeast,
which a woman took and hid in three
measures of flour, until it was all
leavened."
13:22He went on his way through cities and
villages, teaching, and traveling on to
Jerusalem. 13:23One said to him, "Lord, are they
few who are saved?"
He said to them, 13:24"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell
you, will seek to enter in, and will not
be able. 13:25When once the
master of the house has risen up, and has
shut the door, and you begin to stand outside,
and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord,
Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and
tell you, 'I don't know you or where you
come from.' 13:26Then you will
begin to say, 'We ate and drink in your
presence, and you taught in our streets.'
13:27He will say, 'I
tell you, I don't know where you come from.
Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.'
13:28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the
Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown
outside. 13:29They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will
sit down in the Kingdom of God. 13:30Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there
are some who are first who will be last."
13:31On that same day, some Pharisees came,
saying to him, "Get out of here, and
go away, for Herod wants to kill you."
13:32He said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform
cures today and tomorrow, and the third
day I complete my mission. 13:33Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next
day, for it can't be that a prophet perish
outside of Jerusalem.'
13:34"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones
those who are sent to her! How often I wanted
to gather your children together, like a
hen gathers her own brood under her wings,
and you refused! 13:35Behold, your house
is left to you desolate. I tell you, you
will not see me, until you say, 'Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
14:1It happened, when he went into the house
of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on
a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching
him. 14:2Behold, a certain man who had dropsy
was in front of him. 14:3Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers
and Pharisees, saying, "Is
it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
14:4But they were silent.
He took him, and healed him, and let him
go. 14:5He answered them,
"Which of you,
if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out
on a Sabbath day?"
14:6They couldn't answer him regarding these
things.
14:7He spoke a parable to those who were
invited, when he noticed how they chose
the best seats, and said to them, 14:8"When you
are invited by anyone to a marriage feast,
don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps
someone more honorable than you might be
invited by him, 14:9and he who invited
both of you would come and tell you, 'Make
room for this person.' Then you would begin,
with shame, to take the lowest place. 14:10But when you are
invited, go and sit in the lowest place,
so that when he who invited you comes, he
may tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.'
Then you will be honored in the presence
of all who sit at the table with you. 14:11For everyone who
exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever
humbles himself will be exalted."
14:12He also said to the one who had invited
him, "When you
make a dinner or a supper, don't call your
friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen,
nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might
also return the favor, and pay you back.
14:13But when you make
a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame,
or the blind; 14:14and you will be
blessed, because they don't have the resources
to repay you. For you will be repaid in
the resurrection of the righteous."
14:15When one of those who sat at the table
with him heard these things, he said to
him, "Blessed is he who will feast
in the Kingdom of God!"
14:16But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
14:17He sent out his
servant at supper time to tell those who
were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready
now.' 14:18They all as one
began to make excuses.
"The first said
to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must
go and see it. Please have me excused.'
14:19"Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must
go try them out. Please have me excused.'
14:20"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't
come.'
14:21"That servant
came, and told his lord these things. Then
the master of the house, being angry, said
to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the
streets and lanes of the city, and bring
in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'
14:22"The servant
said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded,
and there is still room.'
14:23"The lord
said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways
and hedges, and compel them to come in,
that my house may be filled. 14:24For I tell you
that none of those men who were invited
will taste of my supper.'"
14:25Now great multitudes were going with
him. He turned and said to them, 14:26"If anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father,
mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters,
yes, and his own life also, he can't be
my disciple. 14:27Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be
my disciple. 14:28For which of you,
desiring to build a tower, doesn't first
sit down and count the cost, to see if he
has enough to complete it? 14:29Or perhaps, when
he has laid a foundation, and is not able
to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock
him, 14:30saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
14:31Or what king,
as he goes to encounter another king in
war, will not sit down first and consider
whether he is able with ten thousand to
meet him who comes against him with twenty
thousand? 14:32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy,
and asks for conditions of peace. 14:33So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has,
he can't be my disciple. 14:34Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with
what do you season it? 14:35It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is
thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let
him hear."
15:1Now all the tax collectors and sinners
were coming close to him to hear him. 15:2The Pharisees and
the scribes murmured, saying, "This
man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."
15:3He told them this parable. 15:4"Which of
you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and
lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine
in the wilderness, and go after the one
that was lost, until he found it? 15:5When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
15:6When he comes home,
he calls together his friends and his neighbors,
saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I
have found my sheep which was lost!' 15:7I tell you that
even so there will be more joy in heaven
over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine
righteous people who need no repentance.
15:8Or what woman,
if she had ten drachma
coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't
light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek
diligently until she found it? 15:9When she has found
it, she calls together her friends and neighbors,
saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found
the drachma which I had lost.' 15:10Even so, I tell
you, there is joy in the presence of the
angels of God over one sinner repenting."
15:11He said, "A certain man had two sons. 15:12The younger of
them said to his father, 'Father, give me
my share of your property.' He divided his
livelihood between them. 15:13Not many days
after, the younger son gathered all of this
together and traveled into a far country.
There he wasted his property with riotous
living. 15:14When he had spent
all of it, there arose a severe famine in
that country, and he began to be in need.
15:15He went and joined
himself to one of the citizens of that country,
and he sent him into his fields to feed
pigs. 15:16He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate,
but no one gave him any. 15:17But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired servants
of my father's have bread enough to spare,
and I'm dying with hunger! 15:18I will get up
and go to my father, and will tell him,
"Father, I have sinned against heaven,
and in your sight. 15:19I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your
hired servants."'
15:20"He arose,
and came to his father. But while he was
still far off, his father saw him, and was
moved with compassion, and ran, and fell
on his neck, and kissed him. 15:21The son said to
him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven,
and in your sight. I am no longer worthy
to be called your son.'
15:22"But the
father said to his servants, 'Bring out
the best robe, and put it on him. Put a
ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
15:23Bring the fattened
calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;
15:24for this, my son,
was dead, and is alive again. He was lost,
and is found.' They began to celebrate.
15:25"Now his
elder son was in the field. As he came near
to the house, he heard music and dancing.
15:26He called one
of the servants to him, and asked what was
going on. 15:27He said to him,
'Your brother has come, and your father
has killed the fattened calf, because he
has received him back safe and healthy.'
15:28But he was angry,
and would not go in. Therefore his father
came out, and begged him. 15:29But he answered
his father, 'Behold, these many years I
have served you, and I never disobeyed a
commandment of yours, but you never gave
me a goat, that I might celebrate with my
friends. 15:30But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with
prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf
for him.'
15:31"He said
to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and
all that is mine is yours. 15:32But it was appropriate
to celebrate and be glad, for this, your
brother, was dead, and is alive again. He
was lost, and is found.'"
16:1He also said to his disciples, "There
was a certain rich man who had a manager.
An accusation was made to him that this
man was wasting his possessions. 16:2He called him,
and said to him, 'What is this that I hear
about you? Give an accounting of your management,
for you can no longer be manager.'
16:3"The manager
said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing
that my lord is taking away the management
position from me? I don't have strength
to dig. I am ashamed to beg. 16:4I know what I will
do, so that when I am removed from management,
they may receive me into their houses.'
16:5Calling each one
of his lord's debtors to him, he said to
the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'
16:6He said, 'A hundred
batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take
your bill, and sit down quickly and write
fifty.' 16:7Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred
cors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take
your bill, and write eighty.'
16:8"His lord
commended the dishonest manager because
he had done wisely, for the children of
this world are, in their own generation,
wiser than the children of the light. 16:9I tell you, make
for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous
mammon, so that when you fail, they may
receive you into the eternal tents. 16:10He who is faithful
in a very little is faithful also in much.
He who is dishonest in a very little is
also dishonest in much. 16:11If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon,
who will commit to your trust the true riches?
16:12If you have not
been faithful in that which is another's,
who will give you that which is your own?
16:13No servant can
serve two masters, for either he will hate
the one, and love the other; or else he
will hold to one, and despise the other.
You aren't able to serve God and mammon."
16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money,
also heard all these things, and they scoffed
at him. 16:15He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men,
but God knows your hearts. For that which
is exalted among men is an abomination in
the sight of God. 16:16The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Gospel
of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone
is forcing his way into it. 16:17But it is easier
for heaven and earth to pass away, than
for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law
to fall. 16:18Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery.
He who marries one who is divorced from
a husband commits adultery.
16:19"Now there
was a certain rich man, and he was clothed
in purple and fine linen, living in luxury
every day. 16:20A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of
sores, 16:21and desiring to
be fed with the crumbs that fell from the
rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came
and licked his sores. 16:22It happened that
the beggar died, and that he was carried
away by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The
rich man also died, and was buried. 16:23In Hades, he lifted
up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham
far off, and Lazarus at his bosom. 16:24He cried and said,
'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his
finger in water, and cool my tongue! For
I am in anguish in this flame.'
16:25"But Abraham
said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime,
received your good things, and Lazarus,
in like manner, bad things. But now here
he is comforted and you are in anguish.
16:26Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed,
that those who want to pass from here to
you are not able, and that none may cross
over from there to us.'
16:27"He said,
'I ask you therefore, father, that you would
send him to my father's house; 16:28for I have five
brothers, that he may testify to them, so
they won't also come into this place of
torment.'
16:29"But Abraham
said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets.
Let them listen to them.'
16:30"He said,
'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to
them from the dead, they will repent.'
16:31"He said
to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and
the prophets, neither will they be persuaded
if one rises from the dead.'"
17:1He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come,
but woe to him through whom they come! 17:2It would be better
for him if a millstone were hung around
his neck, and he were thrown into the sea,
rather than that he should cause one of
these little ones to stumble. 17:3Be careful. If
your brother sins against you, rebuke him.
If he repents, forgive him. 17:4If he sins against
you seven times in the day, and seven times
returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive
him."
17:5The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase
our faith."
17:6The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would
tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and
be planted in the sea,' and it would obey
you. 17:7But who is there
among you, having a servant plowing or keeping
sheep, that will say, when he comes in from
the field, 'Come immediately and sit down
at the table,' 17:8and will not rather
tell him, 'Prepare my supper, clothe yourself
properly, and serve me, while I eat and
drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink'?
17:9Does he thank that
servant because he did the things that were
commanded? I think not. 17:10Even so you also,
when you have done all the things that are
commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants.
We have done our duty.'"
17:11It happened as he was on his way to
Jerusalem, that he was passing along the
borders of Samaria and Galilee. 17:12As he entered into a certain village,
ten men who were lepers met him, who stood
at a distance. 17:13They lifted up their voices, saying,
"Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"
17:14When he saw them, he said to them, "Go
and show yourselves to the priests."
It happened that as they went, they were
cleansed. 17:15One of them, when he saw that he was
healed, turned back, glorifying God with
a loud voice. 17:16He fell on his face at Jesus' feet,
giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.
17:17Jesus answered,
"Weren't the
ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 17:18Were there none
found who returned to give glory to God,
except this stranger?" 17:19Then he said to him, "Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you."
17:20Being asked by the Pharisees when the
Kingdom of God would come, he answered them,
"The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation; 17:21neither will they
say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for
behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."
17:22He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the
days of the Son of Man, and you will not
see it. 17:23They will tell
you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't
go away, nor follow after them, 17:24for as the lightning,
when it flashes out of the one part under
the sky, shines to the other part under
the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his
day. 17:25But first, he
must suffer many things and be rejected
by this generation. 17:26As it happened
in the days of Noah, even so will it be
also in the days of the Son of Man. 17:27They ate, they
drank, they married, they were given in
marriage, until the day that Noah entered
into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed
them all. 17:28Likewise, even
as it happened in the days of Lot: they
ate, they drank, they bought, they sold,
they planted, they built; 17:29but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and
sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them
all. 17:30It will be the
same way in the day that the Son of Man
is revealed. 17:31In that day, he
who will be on the housetop, and his goods
in the house, let him not go down to take
them away. Let him who is in the field likewise
not turn back. 17:32Remember Lot's
wife! 17:33Whoever seeks
to save his life loses it, but whoever loses
his life preserves it. 17:34I tell you, in
that night there will be two people in one
bed. The one will be taken, and the other
will be left. 17:35There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken,
and the other will be left."
17:36*
17:37They answering, asked him, "Where,
Lord?"
He said to them, "Where
the body is, there will the vultures also
be gathered together."
18:1He also spoke a parable to them that
they must always pray, and not give up,
18:2saying, "There
was a judge in a certain city who didn't
fear God, and didn't respect man. 18:3A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Defend
me from my adversary!' 18:4He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though
I neither fear God, nor respect man, 18:5yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else
she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"
18:6The Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says. 18:7Won't God avenge
his chosen ones, who are crying out to him
day and night, and yet he exercises patience
with them? 18:8I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when
the Son of Man comes, will he find faith
on the earth?"
18:9He spoke also this parable to certain
people who were convinced of their own righteousness,
and who despised all others. 18:10"Two men
went up into the temple to pray; one was
a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.
18:11The Pharisee stood
and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I
thank you, that I am not like the rest of
men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers,
or even like this tax collector. 18:12I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.' 18:13But the tax collector,
standing far away, wouldn't even lift up
his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast,
saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'
18:14I tell you, this
man went down to his house justified rather
than the other; for everyone who exalts
himself will be humbled, but he who humbles
himself will be exalted."
18:15They were also bringing their babies
to him, that he might touch them. But when
the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
18:16Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow
the little children to come to me, and don't
hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs
to such as these. 18:17Most assuredly,
I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the
Kingdom of God like a little child, he will
in no way enter into it."
18:18A certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good
Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal
life?"
18:19Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one--God.
18:20You know the commandments:
'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,'
'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,'
'Honor your father and your mother.'"
18:21He said, "I have observed all these
things from my youth up."
18:22When Jesus heard these things, he said
to him, "You
still lack one thing. Sell all that you
have, and distribute it to the poor. You
will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow
me."
18:23But when he heard these things, he became
very sad, for he was very rich.
18:24Jesus, seeing that he became very sad,
said, "How hard
it is for those who have riches to enter
into the Kingdom of God! 18:25For it is easier
for a camel to enter in through a needle's
eye, than for a rich man to enter into the
Kingdom of God."
18:26Those who heard it said, "Then
who can be saved?"
18:27But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with
God."
18:28Peter said, "Look, we have left
everything, and followed you."
18:29He said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left
house, or wife, or brothers, or parents,
or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake,
18:30who will not receive
many times more in this time, and in the
world to come, eternal life."
18:31He took the twelve aside, and said to
them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem,
and all the things that are written through
the prophets concerning the Son of Man will
be completed. 18:32For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles,
will be mocked, treated shamefully, and
spit on. 18:33They will scourge and kill him. On the
third day, he will rise again."
18:34They understood none of these things.
This saying was hidden from them, and they
didn't understand the things that were said.
18:35It happened, as he came near Jericho,
a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.
18:36Hearing a multitude going by, he asked
what this meant. 18:37They told him that Jesus of Nazareth
was passing by. 18:38He cried out, "Jesus, you son of
David, have mercy on me!" 18:39Those who led
the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet;
but he cried out all the more, "You
son of David, have mercy on me!"
18:40Standing still, Jesus commanded him
to be brought to him. When he had come near,
he asked him, 18:41"What do
you want me to do?"
He said, "Lord, that I may see again."
18:42Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you."
18:43Immediately he received his sight, and
followed him, glorifying God. All the people,
when they saw it, praised God.
19:1He entered and was passing through Jericho.
19:2There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was
a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
19:3He was trying to
see who Jesus was, and couldn't because
of the crowd, because he was short. 19:4He ran on ahead, and climbed up into
a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to
pass that way. 19:5When Jesus came to the place, he looked
up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at
your house." 19:6He hurried, came
down, and received him joyfully. 19:7When they saw it,
they all murmured, saying, "He has
gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."
19:8Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord,
"Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give
to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted
anything of anyone, I restore four times
as much."
19:9Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation
has come to this house, because he also
is a son of Abraham. 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and
to save that which was lost."
19:11As they heard these things, he went
on and told a parable, because he was near
Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom
of God would be revealed immediately. 19:12He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for
himself a kingdom, and to return. 19:13He called ten
servants of his, and gave them ten
mina coins, and told them, 'Conduct
business until I come.' 19:14But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying,
'We don't want this man to reign over us.'
19:15"It happened
when he had come back again, having received
the kingdom, that he commanded these servants,
to whom he had given the money, to be called
to him, that he might know what they had
gained by conducting business. 19:16The first came
before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has
made ten more minas.'
19:17"He said
to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because
you were found faithful with very little,
you shall have authority over ten cities.'
19:18"The second
came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made
five minas.'
19:19"So he said
to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
19:20Another came,
saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which
I kept laid away in a handkerchief, 19:21for I feared you,
because you are an exacting man. You take
up that which you didn't lay down, and reap
that which you didn't sow.'
19:22"He said
to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge
you, you wicked servant! You knew that I
am an exacting man, taking up that which
I didn't lay down, and reaping that which
I didn't sow. 19:23Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming,
I might have earned interest on it?' 19:24He said to those
who stood by, 'Take the mina away from him,
and give it to him who has the ten minas.'
19:25"They said
to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!' 19:26'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given;
but from him who doesn't have, even that
which he has will be taken away from him.
19:27But bring those
enemies of mine who didn't want me to reign
over them here, and kill them before me.'"
19:28Having said these things, he went on
ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
19:29It happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage
and Bethany, at the mountain that is called
Olivet, he sent two of his disciples, 19:30saying, "Go
your way into the village on the other side,
in which, as you enter, you will find a
colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat.
Untie it, and bring it. 19:31If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him: 'The
Lord needs it.'"
19:32Those who were sent went away, and found
things just as he had told them. 19:33As they were untying
the colt, the owners of it said to them,
"Why are you untying the colt?"
19:34They said, "The Lord needs it."
19:35They brought it to Jesus. They threw
their cloaks on the colt, and set Jesus
on them. 19:36As he went, they spread their cloaks
in the way. 19:37As he was now getting near, at the descent
of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude
of the disciples began to rejoice and praise
God with a loud voice for all the mighty
works which they had seen, 19:38saying, "Blessed is the King who
comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in
heaven, and glory in the highest!"
19:39Some of the Pharisees from the multitude
said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your
disciples!"
19:40He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry
out."
19:41When he drew near, he saw the city and
wept over it, 19:42saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong
to your peace! But now, they are hidden
from your eyes. 19:43For the days will
come on you, when your enemies will throw
up a barricade against you, surround you,
hem you in on every side, 19:44and will dash you and your children within you to the ground.
They will not leave in you one stone on
another, because you didn't know the time
of your visitation."
19:45He entered into the temple, and began
to drive out those who bought and sold in
it, 19:46saying to them,
"It is written,
'My house is a house of prayer,' but you
have made it a 'den of robbers'!"
19:47He was teaching daily in the temple,
but the chief priests and the scribes and
the leading men among the people sought
to destroy him. 19:48They couldn't
find what they might do, for all the people
hung on to every word that he said.
20:1It happened on one of those days, as
he was teaching the people in the temple
and preaching the Gospel, that the *priests and scribes came to him with the
elders. 20:2They asked him, "Tell us: by what
authority do you do these things? Or who
is giving you this authority?"
20:3He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me: 20:4the baptism of
John, was it from heaven, or from men?"
20:5They reasoned with themselves, saying,
"If we say, 'From heaven,' he will
say, 'Why didn't you believe him?' 20:6But if we say, 'From men,' all the people
will stone us, for they are persuaded that
John was a prophet." 20:7They answered that they didn't know where
it was from.
20:8Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."
20:9He began to tell the people this parable.
"A *man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and
went into another country for a long time.
20:10At the proper
season, he sent a servant to the farmers
to collect his share of the fruit of the
vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and
sent him away empty. 20:11He sent yet another
servant, and they also beat him, and treated
him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
20:12He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him
out. 20:13The lord of the
vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will
send my beloved son. It may be that seeing
him, they will respect him.'
20:14"But when
the farmers saw him, they reasoned among
themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come,
let's kill him, that the inheritance may
be ours.' 20:15They threw him
out of the vineyard, and killed him. What
therefore will the lord of the vineyard
do to them? 20:16He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard
to others."
When they heard it, they said, "May
it never be!"
20:17But he looked at them, and said, "Then
what is this that is written,
'The stone
which the builders rejected,
The
same was made the chief cornerstone?'
20:18"Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces,
But
it will crush whomever it falls on to dust."
20:19The chief priests and the scribes sought
to lay hands on Him that very hour, but
they feared the people--for they knew He
had spoken this parable against them. 20:20They watched him, and sent out spies,
who pretended to be righteous, that they
might trap him in something he said, so
as to deliver him up to the power and authority
of the governor. 20:21They asked him, "Teacher, we know
that you say and teach what is right, and
aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach
the way of God. 20:22Is it lawful for
us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"
20:23But he perceived their craftiness, and
said to them, "Why
do you test me? 20:24Show me a denarius.
Whose image and inscription are on it?"
They answered, "Caesar's."
20:25He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to
God the things that are God's."
20:26They weren't able to trap him in his
words before the people. They marveled at
his answer, and were silent. 20:27Some of the Sadducees came to him, those
who deny that there is a resurrection. 20:28They asked him,
"Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if
a man's brother dies having a wife, and
he is childless, his brother should take
the wife, and raise up children for his
brother. 20:29There were therefore seven brothers.
The first took a wife, and died childless.
20:30The second took her as wife, and he
died childless. 20:31The third took her, and likewise the
seven all left no children, and died. 20:32Afterward the
woman also died. 20:33Therefore in the resurrection whose
wife of them will she be? For the seven
had her as a wife."
20:34Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.
20:35But those who
are considered worthy to attain to that
age and the resurrection from the dead,
neither marry, nor are given in marriage.
20:36For they can't
die any more, for they are like the angels,
and are children of God, being children
of the resurrection. 20:37But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when
he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'
20:38Now he is not
the God of the dead, but of the living,
for all are alive to him."
20:39Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher,
you speak well." 20:40They didn't dare
to ask him any more questions.
20:41He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son? 20:42David himself
says in the book of Psalms,
'The Lord
said to my Lord,
"Sit
at my right hand,
20:43Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'
20:44"David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"
20:45In the hearing of all the people, he
said to his disciples, 20:46"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and
love greetings in the marketplaces, the
best seats in the synagogues, and the best
places at feasts; 20:47who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers:
these will receive greater condemnation."
21:1He looked up, and saw the rich people
who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
21:2He saw a certain poor widow casting in
two small brass coins.
21:3He said, "Truly
I tell you, this poor widow put in more
than all of them, 21:4for all these put
in gifts for God from their abundance, but
she, out of her poverty, put in all that
she had to live on."
21:5As some were talking about the temple
and how it was decorated with beautiful
stones and gifts, he said, 21:6"As for these
things which you see, the days will come,
in which there will not be left here one
stone on another that will not be thrown
down."
21:7They asked him, "Teacher, so when
will these things be? What is the sign that
these things are about to happen?"
21:8He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come
in my name, saying, 'I AM,' and, 'The time
is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them.
21:9When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified, for
these things must happen first, but the
end won't come immediately."
21:10Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
21:11There will be
great earthquakes, famines, and plagues
in various places. There will be terrors
and great signs from heaven. 21:12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you
and will persecute you, delivering you up
to synagogues and prisons, bringing you
before kings and governors for my name's
sake. 21:13It will turn out
as a testimony for you. 21:14Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand
how to answer, 21:15for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries
will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
21:16You will be handed
over even by parents, brothers, relatives,
and friends. Some of you they will cause
to be put to death. 21:17You will be hated by all men for my name's sake. 21:18And not a hair
of your head will perish.
21:19By your endurance
you will win your lives.
21:20"But when
you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies,
then know that its desolation is at hand.
21:21Then let those
who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Let those who are in the midst of her depart.
Let those who are in the country not enter
therein. 21:22For these are
days of vengeance, that all things which
are written may be fulfilled. 21:23Woe to those who
are pregnant and to those who nurse infants
in those days! For there will be great distress
in the land, and wrath to this people. 21:24They will fall
by the edge of the sword, and will be led
captive into all the nations. Jerusalem
will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until
the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
21:25There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth
anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the
roaring of the sea and the waves; 21:26men fainting for
fear, and for expectation of the things
which are coming on the world: for the powers
of the heavens will be shaken. 21:27Then they will
see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with
power and great glory. 21:28But when these
things begin to happen, look up, and lift
up your heads, because your redemption is
near."
21:29He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees. 21:30When they are
already budding, you see it and know by
your own selves that the summer is already
near. 21:31Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that
the Kingdom of God is near. 21:32Most assuredly I tell you, this generation will not pass away
until all things are accomplished. 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means
pass away.
21:34"So be careful,
or your hearts will be loaded down with
carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this
life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
21:35For it will come
like a snare on all those who dwell on the
surface of all the earth. 21:36Therefore be watchful
all the time, asking that you may be counted
worthy to escape all these things that will
happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
21:37Every day Jesus was teaching in the
temple, and every night he would go out
and spend the night on the mountain that
is called Olivet. 21:38All the people
came early in the morning to him in the
temple to hear him.
22:1Now the feast of unleavened bread, which
is called the Passover, drew near. 22:2The chief priests
and the scribes sought how they might put
him to death, for they feared the people.
22:3Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed
Iscariot, who was numbered with the twelve.
22:4He went away, and
talked with the chief priests and captains
about how he might deliver him to them.
22:5They were glad, and agreed to give him
money. 22:6He consented, and sought an opportunity
to deliver him to them in the absence of
the multitude. 22:7The day of unleavened bread came, on
which the Passover must be sacrificed. 22:8He sent Peter and
John, saying, "Go
and prepare the Passover for us, that we
may eat."
22:9They said to him, "Where do you
want us to prepare?"
22:10He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered into the city, a man carrying
a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow
him into the house which he enters. 22:11Tell the master
of the house, 'The Teacher says to you,
"Where is the guest room, where I may
eat the Passover with my disciples?"'
22:12He will show you
a large, furnished upper room. Make preparations
there."
22:13They went, found things as he had told
them, and they prepared the Passover. 22:14When the hour
had come, he sat down with the twelve apostles.
22:15He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before
I suffer, 22:16for I tell you,
I will no longer by any means eat of it
until it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of
God." 22:17He received a cup, and when he had given
thanks, he said, "Take
this, and share it among yourselves, 22:18for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of
the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes."
22:19He took bread, and when he had given
thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying,
"This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory
of me." 22:20Likewise, he took the cup after supper,
saying, "This
cup is the new covenant in my blood, which
is poured out for you. 22:21But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table.
22:22The Son of Man
indeed goes, as it has been determined,
but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!"
22:23They began to question among themselves,
which of them it was who would do this thing.
22:24There arose also a contention among
them, which of them was considered to be
greatest. 22:25He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who
have authority over them are called 'benefactors.'
22:26But not so with
you. But one who is the greater among you,
let him become as the younger, and one who
is governing, as one who serves. 22:27For who is greater,
one who sits at the table, or one who serves?
Isn't it he who sits at the table? But I
am in the midst of you as one who serves.
22:28But you are those
who have continued with me in my trials.
22:29I confer on you
a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on
me, 22:30that you may eat
and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You
will sit on thrones, judging the twelve
tribes of Israel."
22:31The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might
sift you as wheat, 22:32but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn't fail. You, when
once you have turned again, establish your
brothers."
22:33He said to him, "Lord, I am ready
to go with you both to prison and to death!"
22:34He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today
until you deny that you know me three times."
22:35He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes,
did you lack anything?"
They said, "Nothing."
22:36Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise
a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell
his cloak, and buy a sword. 22:37For I tell you
that this which is written must still be
fulfilled in me: 'He was counted with the
lawless.' For that which concerns me has
an end."
22:38They said, "Lord, behold, here
are two swords."
He said to them, "That
is enough."
22:39He came out, and went, as his custom
was, to the Mount of Olives. His disciples
also followed him. 22:40When he was at the place, he said to
them, "Pray that
you don't enter into temptation."
22:41He was withdrawn from them about a stone's
throw, and he knelt down and prayed, 22:42saying, "Father,
if you are willing, remove this cup from
me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours,
be done."
22:43An angel from heaven appeared to him,
strengthening him. 22:44Being in agony he prayed more earnestly.
His sweat became like great drops of blood
falling down on the ground.
22:45When he rose up from his prayer, he
came to the disciples, and found them sleeping
because of grief, 22:46and said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into
temptation."
22:47While he was still speaking, behold,
a multitude, and he who was called Judas,
one of the twelve, was leading them. He
came near to Jesus to kiss him. 22:48But Jesus said
to him, "Judas,
do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?"
22:49When those who were around him saw what
was about to happen, they said to him, "Lord,
shall we strike with the sword?" 22:50A certain one of them struck the servant
of the high priest, and cut off his right
ear.
22:51But Jesus answered, "Let me at least do this"--and he touched his
ear, and healed him. 22:52Jesus said to the chief priests, captains
of the temple, and elders, who had come
against him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
22:53When I was with
you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch
out your hands against me. But this is your
hour, and the power of darkness."
22:54They seized him, and led him away, and
brought him into the high priest's house.
But Peter followed from a distance. 22:55When they had kindled a fire in the
middle of the courtyard, and had sat down
together, Peter sat among them. 22:56A certain servant girl saw him as he
sat in the light, and looking intently at
him, said, "This man also was with
him."
22:57He denied Jesus, saying, "Woman,
I don't know him."
22:58After a little while someone else saw
him, and said, "You also are one of
them!"
But Peter answered, "Man, I am not!"
22:59After about one hour passed, another
confidently affirmed, saying, "Truly
this man also was with him, for he is a
Galilean!"
22:60But Peter said, "Man, I don't know
what you are talking about!" Immediately,
while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
22:61The Lord turned,
and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered
the Lord's word, how he said to him, "Before
the rooster crows you will deny me three
times." 22:62He went out, and
wept bitterly.
22:63The men who held Jesus mocked him and
beat him. 22:64Having blindfolded him, they struck
him on the face and asked him, "Prophesy!
Who is the one who struck you?" 22:65They spoke many other things against
him, insulting him.
22:66As soon as it was day, the assembly
of the elders of the people was gathered
together, both chief priests and scribes,
and they led him away into their council,
saying, 22:67"If you are the Christ, tell us."
But he said to them, "If
I tell you, you won't believe, 22:68and if I ask,
you will in no way answer me or let me go.
22:69From now on, the
Son of Man will be seated at the right hand
of the power of God."
22:70They all said, "Are you then the
Son of God?"
He said to them, "You
say it, because I AM."
22:71They said, "Why do we need any
more witness? For we ourselves have heard
from his own mouth!"
23:1The whole company of them rose up and
brought him before Pilate. 23:2They began to accuse him, saying, "We
found this man perverting the nation, forbidding
paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that
he himself is Christ, a king."
23:3Pilate asked him, "Are you the King
of the Jews?"
He answered him, "So
you say."
23:4Pilate said to the chief priests and
the multitudes, "I find no basis for
a charge against this man."
23:5But they insisted, saying, "He stirs
up the people, teaching throughout all Judea,
beginning from Galilee even to this place."
23:6But when Pilate
heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the
man was a Galilean. 23:7When he found out that he was in Herod's
jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who
was also in Jerusalem during those days.
23:8Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly
glad, for he had wanted to see him for a
long time, because he had heard many things
about him. He hoped to see some miracle
done by him. 23:9He questioned him with many words, but
he gave no answers. 23:10The chief priests
and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing
him. 23:11Herod with his soldiers humiliated him
and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious
clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.
23:12Herod and Pilate became friends with
each other that very day, for before that
they were enemies with each other.
23:13Pilate called together the chief priests
and the rulers and the people, 23:14and said to them,
"You brought this man to me as one
that perverts the people, and see, I have
examined him before you, and found no basis
for a charge against this man concerning
those things of which you accuse him. 23:15Neither has Herod, for I sent you to
him, and see, nothing worthy of death has
been done by him. 23:16I will therefore chastise him and release
him."
23:17Now he had to release one prisoner to
them at the feast. 23:18But they all cried
out together, saying, "Away with this
man! Release to us Barabbas!" -- 23:19one who was thrown into prison for a
certain revolt in the city, and for murder.
23:20Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting
to release Jesus, 23:21but they shouted, saying, "Crucify!
Crucify him!"
23:22He said to them the third time, "Why?
What evil has this man done? I have found
no capital crime in him. I will therefore
chastise him and release him." 23:23But they were urgent with loud voices,
asking that he might be crucified. Their
voices and the voices of the chief priests
prevailed. 23:24Pilate decreed that what they asked
for should be done. 23:25He released him who had been thrown
into prison for insurrection and murder,
for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus
up to their will.
23:26When they led him away, they grabbed
one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country,
and laid on him the cross, to carry it after
Jesus. 23:27A great multitude
of the people followed him, including women
who also mourned and lamented him. 23:28But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters
of Jerusalem, don't weep for me, but weep
for yourselves and for your children. 23:29For behold, the
days are coming in which they will say,
'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that
never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'
23:30Then they will
begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!'
and tell the hills, 'Cover us.' 23:31For if they do
these things in the green tree, what will
be done in the dry?"
23:32There were also others, two criminals,
led with him to be put to death. 23:33When they came
to the place that is called The Skull, they
crucified him there with the criminals,
one on the right and the other on the left.
23:34Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are
doing."
Dividing his garments among them, they
cast lots. 23:35The people stood watching. The rulers
with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He
saved others. Let him save himself, if this
is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"
23:36The soldiers also mocked him, coming
to him and offering him vinegar, 23:37and saying, "If
you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"
23:38An inscription was also written over
him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew:
"THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."
23:39One of the criminals who was hanged
insulted him, saying, "If you are the
Christ, save yourself and us!"
23:40But the other answered, and rebuking
him said, "Don't you even fear God,
seeing you are under the same condemnation?
23:41And we indeed justly, for we receive
the due reward for our deeds, but this man
has done nothing wrong." 23:42He said to Jesus, "Lord, remember
me when you come into your Kingdom."
23:43Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
23:44It was now about the
sixth hour, and darkness came over the
whole land until the ninth hour. 23:45The sun was darkened,
and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
23:46Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said,
"Father, into
your hands I commit my spirit!"
Having said this, he breathed his last.
23:47When the centurion saw what was done,
he glorified God, saying, "Certainly
this was a righteous man." 23:48All the multitudes that came together
to see this, when they saw the things that
were done, returned home beating their breasts.
23:49All his acquaintances, and the women
who followed with him from Galilee, stood
at a distance, watching these things.
23:50Behold, a man named Joseph, who was
a member of the council, a good and righteous
man 23:51(he had not consented to their counsel
and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the
Jews, who was also waiting for the Kingdom
of God: 23:52this man went
to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. 23:53He took it down,
and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid
him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where
no one had ever been laid. 23:54It was the day
of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was
drawing near. 23:55The women, who had come with him out
of Galilee, followed after, and saw the
tomb, and how his body was laid. 23:56They returned, and prepared spices and
ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according
to the commandment.
24:1But on the first day of the week, at
early dawn, they and some others came to
the tomb, bringing the spices which they
had prepared. 24:2They found the stone rolled away from
the tomb. 24:3They entered in, and didn't find the
Lord Jesus' body. 24:4It happened, while they were greatly
perplexed about this, behold, two men stood
by them in dazzling clothing. 24:5Becoming terrified, they bowed their
faces down to the earth.
They said to them, "Why do you seek
the living among the dead? 24:6He isn't here, but is risen. Remember
what he told you when he was still in Galilee,
24:7saying that the Son of Man must be delivered
up into the hands of sinful men, and be
crucified, and the third day rise again?"
24:8They remembered his words, 24:9returned from the tomb, and told all
these things to the eleven, and to all the
rest. 24:10Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna,
and Mary the mother of James. The other
women with them told these things to the
apostles. 24:11These words seemed to them to be nonsense,
and they didn't believe them. 24:12But Peter got
up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking
in, he saw the strips of linen lying by
themselves, and he departed to his home,
wondering what had happened.
24:13Behold, two of them were going that
very day to a village named Emmaus, which
was sixty stadia from
Jerusalem. 24:14They talked with each other about all
of these things which had happened. 24:15It happened, while
they talked and questioned together, that
Jesus himself came near, and went with them.
24:16But their eyes
were kept from recognizing him. 24:17He said to them,
"What are you
talking about as you walk, and are sad?"
24:18One of them, named Cleopas, answered
him, "Are you the only stranger in
Jerusalem who doesn't know the things which
have happened there in these days?"
24:19He said to them, "What things?"
They said to him, "The things concerning
Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty
in deed and word before God and all the
people; 24:20and how the chief priests and our rulers
delivered him up to be condemned to death,
and crucified him. 24:21But we were hoping that it was he who
would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all
this, it is now the third day since these
things happened. 24:22Also, certain
women of our company amazed us, having arrived
early at the tomb; 24:23and when they didn't find his body,
they came saying that they had also seen
a vision of angels, who said that he was
alive. 24:24Some of us went to the tomb, and found
it just like the women had said, but they
didn't see him."
24:25He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the
prophets have spoken! 24:26Didn't the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into
his glory?" 24:27Beginning from Moses and from all the
prophets, he explained to them in all the
Scriptures the things concerning himself.
24:28They drew near to the village, where
they were going, and he acted like he would
go further.
24:29They urged him, saying, "Stay with
us, for it is almost evening, and the day
is almost over."
He went in to stay with them. 24:30It happened, that
when he had sat down at the table with them,
he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking
it, he gave to them. 24:31Their eyes were opened, and they recognized
him, and he vanished out of their sight.
24:32They said one
to another, "Weren't our hearts burning
within us, while he spoke to us along the
way, and while he opened the Scriptures
to us?" 24:33They rose up that very hour, returned
to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered
together, and those who were with them,
24:34saying, "The Lord is risen indeed,
and has appeared to Simon!" 24:35They related the
things that happened along the way, and
how he was recognized by them in the breaking
of the bread.
24:36As they said these things, Jesus himself
stood among them, and said to them, "Peace be to you."
24:37But they were terrified and filled with
fear, and supposed that they had seen a
spirit.
24:38He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts?
24:39See my hands and
my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and
see, for a spirit doesn't have flesh and
bones, as you see that I have."
24:40When he had said this, he showed them
his hands and his feet. 24:41While they still didn't believe for
joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Do
you have anything here to eat?"
24:42They gave him a piece of a broiled fish
and some honeycomb. 24:43He took them,
and ate in front of them. 24:44He said to them,
"This is what
I told you, while I was still with you,
that all things which are written in the
law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms,
concerning me must be fulfilled."
24:45Then he opened their minds, that they
might understand the Scriptures. 24:46He said to them,
"Thus it is written,
and thus it was necessary for the Christ
to suffer and to rise from the dead the
third day, 24:47and that repentance
and remission of sins should be preached
in his name to all the nations, beginning
at Jerusalem. 24:48You are witnesses of these things. 24:49Behold, I send
forth the promise of my Father on you. But
wait in the city of Jerusalem until you
are clothed with power from on high."
24:50He led them out as far as Bethany, and
he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
24:51It happened, while he blessed them,
that he withdrew from them, and was carried
up into heaven. 24:52They worshiped him, and returned to
Jerusalem with great joy, 24:53and were continually in the temple,
praising and blessing God. Amen.
Notes:
[1] back
to 2:26 "Christ" (Greek) and
"Messiah" (Hebrew) both mean "Anointed
One"
[2] back to 3:19 TR reads "brother Philip's instead of brother's"
[3] back
to 3:33 TR omits "the son of Joram"
[4] back to 6:26 TR adds "to you"
[5] back to 6:26 TR adds "all"
[6] back
to 6:38 literally, into your bosom.
[7] back
to 7:31 So reads TR. MT omits "But
the Lord said,"
[8] back to 8:3 TR reads "him" instead
of "them"
[9] back
to 9:1 TR reads "his twelve disciples"
instead of "the twelve"
[10] back
to 9:23 TR, NU add "daily"
[11] back to 9:31 Literally, "exodus"
[12] back to 10:1 literally, "before his face"
[13] back
to 10:15 Hades is the lower realm of
the dead, or Hell.
[14] back to 12:5 or, Hell
[15] back to 12:6 An assarion was a small copper
coin worth about an hour's wages for an
agricultural laborer.
[16] back to 12:59 Literally, lepton. A
lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin
worth half a Roman quadrans each, which
is worth a quarter of the copper assarion.
Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural
worker's daily wages.
[17] back to 13:21 literally, three sata. 3 sata
is about 39 litres or a bit more than a
bushel
[18] back to 14:5 TR reads "donkey" instead
of "son"
[19] back
to 15:8 A drachma coin was worth about
2 days wages for an agricultural laborer.
[20] back to 16:6 100 batos is about 395 litres, 104 U. S. gallons,
or 87 imperial gallons.
[21] back to 16:7 100 cors = about 3,910 litres or 600 bushels.
[22] back
to 16:13 "Mammon" refers to
riches or a false god of wealth.
[23] back to 17:36 Some Greek manuscripts add:
"Two will be in the field, the one
taken, and the other left."
[24] back
to 19:13 10 minas was more than 3 year's
wages for an agricultural laborer.
[25] back to 19:29 TR, NU read "Bethpage"
instead of "Bethsphage"
[26] back to 20:1 TR adds "chief"
[27] back
to 20:9 NU (in brackets) and TR add
"certain"
[28] back to 21:2 literally, "two lepta."
2 lepta was about 1% of a day's wages for
an agricultural laborer.
[29] back
to 22:32 The word for "brothers"
here may be also correctly translated "brothers
and sisters" or "siblings."
[30] back to 23:44 Time was counted from sunrise,
so the sixth hour was about noon.
[31] back to 23:44 3:00 PM
[32] back to 24:13 60 stadia = about 11 kilometers or about 7 miles.
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