TR Concordance for Καὶ

“And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

are by no means least among the rulers of Judah:

Because out of you will come a ruler

who will shepherd my people Israel.”

Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father, preparing their nets, and he called them.

Now Jesus began to go all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every[fn] disease and sickness[fn] among the people.

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at his teaching,

Jesus went into Peter's house and saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.

As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.

When he had come to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes,[fn] two demon-possessed men met him as they came out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

So he got into a boat, crossed over, and came to his own town.

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me,” and he got up and followed him.

Just then, a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years approached from behind and touched the end of his robe,

When Jesus came to the leader's house, he saw the flute players and a crowd lamenting loudly.

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David! ”

Jesus continued going around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every[fn] disease and every sickness.[fn][fn]

Summoning his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every[fn] disease and sickness.[fn]

When Jesus had finished giving instructions to his twelve disciples, he moved on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

Moving on from there, he entered their synagogue.

Then the disciples came up and asked him, “Why are you speaking to them in parables? ”

When Jesus had finished these parables, he left there.

Immediately he[fn] made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.

When they had crossed over, they came to shore at Gennesaret.

Summoning the crowd, he told them, “Listen and understand:

When Jesus left there, he withdrew to the area of Tyre and Sidon.

Moving on from there, Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee. He went up on a mountain and sat there,

After dismissing the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.[fn]

The Pharisees and Sadducees approached, and tested him, asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

The disciples reached the other shore,[fn] and they had forgotten to take bread.

After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Don't tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised[fn] from the dead.”

When they reached the crowd, a man approached and knelt down before him.

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he departed from Galilee and went to the region of Judea across the Jordan.

Some Pharisees approached him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds? ”

Just then someone came up and asked him, “Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life? ”

While going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples aside privately and said to them on the way,

When the ten disciples heard this, they became indignant with the two brothers.

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.

When they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus then sent two disciples,

Jesus went into the temple[fn] and threw out all those buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.

The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

Then he left them, went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority? ”

“Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will shatter him.”[fn]

Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables:

As Jesus left and was going out of the temple, his disciples came up and called his attention to its buildings.

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. A large mob with swords and clubs was with him from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant girl approached him and said, “You were with Jesus the Galilean too.”

Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took[fn] the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him whose price was set by the Israelites,

When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of the Skull),

Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

They took the money and did as they were instructed, and this story has been spread among Jewish people to this day.

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.

Immediately the Spirit drove him into the wilderness.

As he passed alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting a net into the sea ​— ​for they were fishermen.

Going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat putting their nets in order.

They went into Capernaum, and right away he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.

As soon as they left the synagogue, they went into Simon and Andrew's house with James and John.

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he got up, went out, and made his way to a deserted place; and there he was praying.

Then a man with leprosy[fn] came to him and, on his knees,[fn] begged him, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”

When he entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that he was at home.

Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.

While he was reclining at the table in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating[fn] with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who were following him.

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees[fn] were fasting. People came and asked him, “Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples fast, but your disciples do not fast? ”

On the Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to make their way, picking some heads of grain.

Jesus entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a shriveled hand.

Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee, and a large crowd followed from Judea,

Jesus went up the mountain and summoned those he wanted, and they came to him.

Jesus entered a house, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat.[fn]

His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to him and called him.

Again he began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around him. So he got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was by the sea on the shore.

Then he said to them, “Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand all of the parables?

He also said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it to be put on a lampstand?

And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured to you ​— ​and more will be added to you.

“The kingdom of God is like this,” he said. “A man scatters seed on the ground.

And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it?

He was speaking the word to them with many parables like these, as they were able to understand.

On that day, when evening had come, he told them, “Let's cross over to the other side of the sea.”

They came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.[fn]

When Jesus had crossed over again by boat[fn] to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the sea.

So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against him.

He left there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

And he was amazed at their unbelief. He was going around the villages teaching.

So they went out and preached that people should repent.

King Herod heard about it, because Jesus's name had become well known. Some[fn] said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that's why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

An opportune time came on his birthday, when Herod gave a banquet for his nobles, military commanders, and the leading men of Galilee.

The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all that they had done and taught.

When it grew late, his disciples approached him and said, “This place is deserted, and it is already late.

Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.

When they had crossed over, they came to shore at Gennesaret and anchored there.

The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him.

He also said to them, “You have a fine way of invalidating God's command in order to set up[fn] your tradition!

Summoning the crowd again, he told them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand:

When he went into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

He got up and departed from there to the region of Tyre.[fn] He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it, but he could not escape notice.

Again, leaving the region of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through[fn] the region of the Decapolis.

And he immediately got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

The disciples had forgotten to take bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat.

They came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.

Jesus went out with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am? ”

Then he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and rise after three days.

Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Then he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power.”

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes disputing with them.

And he told them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer.”[fn]

They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way? ”

“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to fall away ​— ​it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

He set out from there and went to the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Then crowds converged on him again, and as was his custom he taught them again.

But Jesus told them, “He wrote this command for you because of the hardness of your hearts.

When they were in the house again, the disciples questioned him about this matter.

People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.

As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? ”

Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! ”

They were even more astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved? ”

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do whatever we ask you.”

When the ten disciples heard this, they began to be indignant with James and John.

They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

When they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples

He went into Jerusalem and into the temple. After looking around at everything, since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

They came to Jerusalem, and he went into the temple and began to throw out those buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,

Whenever evening came, they would go out of the city.

They came again to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came

He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

They were looking for a way to arrest him but feared the crowd because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and questioned him:

One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which command is the most important of all? ”

While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he asked, “How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David?

He also said in his teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who want greetings in the marketplaces,

Sitting across from the temple treasury, he watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich people were putting in large sums.

As he was going out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look! What massive stones! What impressive buildings! ”

While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives across from the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

While he was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,[fn] as he was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured it on his head.

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.

On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrifice the Passover lamb, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare the Passover so that you may eat it? ”

When evening came, he arrived with the Twelve.

As they were eating, he took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is my body.”

After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. With him was a mob, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.

Now a certain young man, wearing nothing but a linen cloth, was following him. They caught hold of him,

They led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes assembled.

Then some began to spit on him, to blindfold him, and to beat him, saying, “Prophesy! ” The temple servants also took him and slapped him.

As soon as it was morning, having held a meeting with the elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin, the chief priests tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

They forced a man coming in from the country, who was passing by, to carry Jesus's cross. He was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

They crucified two criminals[fn] with him, one on his right and one on his left.[fn]

Then the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

When it was already evening, because it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they could go and anoint him.

“How can I know this? ” Zechariah asked the angel. “For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah, amazed that he stayed so long in the sanctuary.

And Mary said:

My soul magnifies the Lord,

When they came to circumcise the child on the eighth day, they were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.

Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

And you, child, will be called

a prophet of the Most High,

for you will go before the Lord

to prepare his ways,

In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock.

When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let's go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

When the eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus ​— ​the name given by the angel before he was conceived.

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel's consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

There was also a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,[fn]

When they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

Every year his parents traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and with people.

“What then should we do? ” the crowds were asking him.

As he began his ministry, Jesus was about thirty years old and was thought to be the

son of Joseph, son of Heli,

So he took him up[fn] and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

After the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from him for a time.

He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. As usual, he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.

They were all speaking well of him[fn] and were amazed by the gracious words that came from his mouth; yet they said, “Isn't this Joseph's son? ”

Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.

But he said to them, “It is necessary for me to proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this purpose.”

While he was in one of the towns, a man was there who had leprosy[fn] all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

On one of those days while he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and also from Jerusalem. And the Lord's power to heal was in him.

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.”

Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining at the table with them.

After coming down with them, he stood on a level place with a large crowd of his disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

Then looking up at his disciples, he said:

Blessed are you who are poor,

because the kingdom of God is yours.

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Afterward he was on his way to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd were traveling with him.

Then John's disciples told him about all these things. So John summoned two of his disciples

(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God's way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John's baptism.

Afterward he was traveling from one town and village to another, preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him,

One day he and his disciples got into a boat, and he told them, “Let's cross over to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,

Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes,[fn] which is opposite Galilee.

When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus all that they had done. He took them along and withdrew privately to a[fn] town called Bethsaida.

While he was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am? ”

“‘We are wiping off even the dust of your town that clings to our feet as a witness against you. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.'

Then turning to his disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see the things you see!

Then an expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? ”

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor? ”

He was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

He also said to them, “Suppose one of you[fn] has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

Now he was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon came out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed.

Then he said, “Woe also to you experts in the law! You load people with burdens that are hard to carry, and yet you yourselves don't touch these burdens with one of your fingers.

Again he said, “What can I compare the kingdom of God to?

He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem.

One Sabbath, when he went in to eat[fn] at the house of one of the leading Pharisees, they were watching him closely.

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

While traveling to Jerusalem, he passed between[fn] Samaria and Galilee.

A ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? ”

Those who heard this asked, “Then who can be saved? ”

He entered Jericho and was passing through.

“At his return, having received the authority to be king, he summoned those servants he had given the money to, so that he could find out how much they had made in business.

“So he said to him, ‘You will be over five towns.'

When he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

As he approached and saw the city, he wept for it,

He went into the temple and began to throw out those who were selling,[fn]

Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to kill him,

One day as he was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came

Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on him that very hour, because they knew he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

“Then there will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and there will be anguish on the earth among nations bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the waves.

Then he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.

When the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him.

He also said to them, “When I sent you out without money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals, did you lack anything? ”

“Not a thing,” they said.

“For I tell you, what is written must be fulfilled in me:[fn] And he was counted among the lawless. Yes, what is written about me is coming to its fulfillment.”

He went out and made his way as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.

When a servant saw him sitting in the light, and looked closely at him, she said, “This man was with him too.”

After a little while, someone else saw him and said, “You're one of them too.”

“Man, I am not! ” Peter said.

The men who were holding Jesus started mocking and beating him.

When daylight came, the elders[fn] of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes, convened and brought him before their Sanhedrin.

Then their whole assembly rose up and brought him before Pilate.

As they led him away, they seized Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

It was now about noon,[fn] and darkness came over the whole land[fn] until three,[fn]

There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,

Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles[fn] from Jerusalem.

They came near the village where they were going, and he gave the impression that he was going farther.

The Word became flesh and dwelt[fn] among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son[fn] from the Father, full of grace and truth.

This was John's testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you? ”

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and he rested on him.

On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus's mother was there,

The Jewish Passover was near, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Just then his disciples arrived, and they were amazed that he was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, “What do you want? ” or “Why are you talking with her? ”

“It is written in the Prophets: And they will all be taught by God. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to me ​— ​

After this, Jesus traveled in Galilee, since he did not want to travel in Judea because the Jews were trying to kill him.

[[fn]Then each one went to his house.

As he was passing by, he saw a man blind from birth.

Jesus answered, “You have seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”

So he departed again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there.

Having said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

“Father, glorify your name.”[fn]

Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”

“What is truth? ” said Pilate.

After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, “I find no grounds for charging him.

Pilate went outside again and said to them, “Look, I'm bringing him out to you to let you know I find no grounds for charging him.”

A week later his disciples were indoors again, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

In those days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters[fn] ​— ​the number of people who were together was about a hundred twenty ​— ​and said,

When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place.

“And it will be in the last days, says God,

that I will pour out my Spirit on all people;

then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,

your young men will see visions,

and your old men will dream dreams.

“You are the sons[fn] of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.

So the word of God spread, the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly in number, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him

“After forty years had passed, an angel[fn] appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

“And now I know that none of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will ever see me again.

After he said this, he knelt down and prayed with all of them.

He summoned two of his centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready with seventy cavalry and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.[fn]

The king, the governor, Bernice, and those sitting with them got up,

Once safely ashore, we then learned that the island was called Malta.

Besides this, since you know the time, it is already the hour for you[fn] to wake up from sleep, because now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ.

But desire the greater gifts. And I will show you an even better way.

Because of this confidence, I planned to come to you first, so that you could have a second benefit,[fn]

In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we[fn] had no rest. Instead, we were troubled in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears within.

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say “and to seeds,” as though referring to many, but referring to one, and to your seed, who is Christ.

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins

Fathers, don't stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

Once you were alienated and hostile in your minds as expressed in your evil actions.

This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe.

I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful, appointing me to the ministry ​— ​

Again, when he[fn] brings his firstborn into the world, he says,

And let all God's angels worship him.

For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in this way: And on the seventh day God rested from all his works.

None of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,

Therefore, he is the mediator of a new covenant,[fn] so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

Every priest stands day after day ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins.

And what more can I say? Time is too short for me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

All these were approved through their faith, but they did not receive what was promised,

If you appeal to the Father who judges impartially according to each one's work, you are to conduct yourselves in reverence during your time living as strangers.

Who then will harm you if you are devoted to what is good?

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him.

This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commands.

So now, little children, remain in him so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts before him

Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me. When I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me and said, “Don't be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

“Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna: Thus says the First and the Last, the one who was dead and came to life:

“Write to the angel of the church in Pergamum: Thus says the one who has the sharp, double-edged sword:

“Write to the angel of the church in Thyatira: Thus says the Son of God, the one whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like fine bronze:

“Write to the angel[fn] of the church in Sardis: Thus says the one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your works; you have a reputation[fn] for being alive, but you are dead.

“Write to the angel of the church in Philadelphia: Thus says the Holy One, the true one, the one who has the key of David, who opens and no one will close, and who closes and no one opens:

“Write to the angel of the church in Laodicea: Thus says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator[fn] of God's creation:

Something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal, was also before the throne.

Four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back were around the throne on each side.

Then I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides, sealed with seven seals.

Then I saw one like a slaughtered lamb standing in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.

Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels around the throne, and also of the living creatures and of the elders. Their number was countless thousands, plus thousands of thousands.

Then I saw the Lamb open one of the seven[fn] seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come! ”

When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come! ”

When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come! ” And I looked, and there was a black horse. Its rider held a set of scales in his hand.

When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come! ”

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and the testimony they had given.[fn]

Then I saw him open[fn] the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred; the sun turned black like sackcloth made of hair; the entire moon[fn] became like blood;

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.

Then one of the elders asked me, “Who are these people in white robes, and where did they come from? ”

When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

Another angel, with a golden incense burner, came and stood at the altar. He was given a large amount of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar in front of the throne.

And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from heaven. It fell on a third of the rivers and springs of water.

The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day was without light and also a third of the night.

The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth. The key for the shaft to the abyss was given to him.

The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. Something like golden crowns was on their heads; their faces were like human faces;

The sixth angel blew his trumpet. From the four[fn] horns of the golden altar that is before God, I heard a voice

The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head.[fn] His face was like the sun, his legs[fn] were like pillars of fire,

Then the angel that I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven.

Then the voice that I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

Then I was given a measuring reed like a rod,[fn] with these words: “Go[fn] and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who worship there.

At that moment a violent earthquake took place, a tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake. The survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying,

The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom

of our Lord and of his Christ,

and he will reign forever and ever.

A great sign[fn] appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought,

When the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he persecuted[fn] the woman who had given birth to the male child.

And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads. On its horns were ten crowns,[fn] and on its heads were blasphemous names.[fn]

The beast was given a mouth to utter boasts and blasphemies. It was allowed to exercise authority[fn][fn] for forty-two months.

Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb,[fn] but it spoke like a dragon.

Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.

Then I saw another angel flying high overhead, with the eternal gospel to announce to the inhabitants of the earth ​— ​to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

And another, a second angel, followed, saying, “It has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen.[fn] She made all the nations drink the wine of her sexual immorality,[fn] which brings wrath.”

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they will rest from their labors, since their works follow them.”

Then another angel who also had a sharp sickle came out of the temple in heaven.

Then I saw another great and awe-inspiring sign[fn] in heaven: seven angels with the seven last plagues; for with them God's wrath will be completed.

After this I looked, and the heavenly temple ​— ​the tabernacle of testimony ​— ​was opened.

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven[fn] bowls of God's wrath on the earth.”

The fourth[fn] poured out his bowl on the sun. It was allowed to scorch people with fire,

The fifth[fn] poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People[fn] gnawed their tongues because of their pain

The sixth[fn] poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

Then the seventh[fn] poured out his bowl into the air,[fn] and a loud voice came out of the temple[fn] from the throne, saying, “It is done! ”

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the judgment of the notorious prostitute[fn] who is seated on many[fn] waters.

Then I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

He also said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

After this I saw another angel with great authority coming down from heaven, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.

Then I heard another voice from heaven:

Come out of her, my people,

so that you will not share in her sins

or receive any of her plagues.

The kings of the earth who have committed sexual immorality and shared her sensual and excessive ways will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke from her burning.

The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any longer ​— ​

for in a single hour

such fabulous wealth was destroyed!

And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off

Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,

In this way, Babylon the great city

will be thrown down violently

and never be found again.

A voice came from the throne, saying,

Praise our God,

all his servants, and the ones who fear him,

both small and great!

Then he[fn] said to me, “Write: Blessed are those invited to the marriage feast of the Lamb! ” He also said to me, “These words of God are true.”

Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and with justice he judges and makes war.

Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he called out in a loud voice, saying to all the birds flying high overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,

Then I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and against his army.

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven holding the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison

Then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

Then the one seated on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new.” He also said, “Write, because these words[fn] are faithful and true.”

Then one of the seven angels, who had held the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

The one who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.

I did not see a temple in it, because the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

Then he showed me the river[fn] of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Then he said to me, “These words are faithful[fn] and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets,[fn] has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”

Both the Spirit and the bride say, “Come! ” Let anyone who hears, say, “Come! ” Let the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who desires take the water of life freely.