mGNT Concordance for τὴν

After the exile to Babylon

Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel,

Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,

But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

When Joseph woke up, he did as the Lord's angel had commanded him. He married her

Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and falling to their knees, they worshiped him.[fn] Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, because those who intended to kill the child are dead.”

For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:

Prepare the way for the Lord;

make his paths straight!

“The ax is already at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

“His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn. But the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out.”

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

When he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee.

As he was walking along the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter), and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea ​— ​for they were fishermen.

Then the news about him spread throughout Syria. So they brought to him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics. And he healed them.

“Blessed are the humble,

for they will inherit the earth.

“No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house.

“For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.

“But I tell you, everyone who is angry with his brother or sister[fn] will be subject to judgment. Whoever insults[fn] his brother or sister will be subject to the court.[fn] Whoever says, ‘You fool! ' will be subject to hellfire.[fn]

“It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.

“But I tell you, don't resist[fn] an evildoer. On the contrary, if anyone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness[fn] in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

“But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.[fn]

“But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

“Can any of you add one moment to his life span[fn] by worrying?

“But seek first the kingdom of God[fn] and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

“Why do you look at the splinter in your brother's eye but don't notice the beam of wood in your own eye?

“Hypocrite! First take the beam of wood out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother's eye.

“Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it.

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

“Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you lawbreakers! '[fn]

Reaching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

“Lord,” the centurion replied, “I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

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

Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

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.

“If you drive us out,” the demons begged him, “send us into the herd of pigs.”

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

“But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” ​— ​then he told the paralytic, “Get up, take your stretcher, and go home.”

As he was telling them these things, suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before him, saying, “My daughter just died,[fn] but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”

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

Then news of this spread throughout that whole area.

When he entered the house, the blind men approached him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I can do this? ”

They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”

“Greet a household when you enter it,

“When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. For truly I tell you, you will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

“Don't fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

“Don't assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

“Anyone who finds his life will lose it, and anyone who loses his life because of me will find it.

As these men were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

“This is the one about whom it is written:

See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you;

he will prepare your way before you.

“To what should I compare this generation? It's like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to other children:

Moving on from there, he entered their synagogue.

Then he told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored, as good as the other.

He will not argue or shout,

and no one will hear his voice in the streets.

“How can someone enter a strong man's house and steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

“The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look ​— ​something greater than Solomon is here.

Stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

On that day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea.

“As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

“Still other seed fell on good ground and produced fruit: some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.

“So listen to the parable of the sower:

“But the one sown on the good ground ​— ​this is one who hears and understands the word, who does produce fruit and yields: some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times what was sown.”

“Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I'll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but collect the wheat in my barn.' ”

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

“The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all who cause sin[fn] and those guilty of lawlessness.[fn]

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea. It collected every kind of fish,

“and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

He went to his hometown and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus.

For Herod had arrested John, chained[fn] him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

Prompted by her mother, she answered, “Give me John the Baptist's head here on a platter.”

Jesus came toward them walking on the sea very early in the morning.[fn]

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand, caught hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt? ”

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

“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat.”[fn]

he does not have to honor his father.'[fn] In this way, you have nullified the word of God[fn] because of your tradition.

Then Peter said, “Explain this parable to us.”

“Don't you realize[fn] that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is eliminated?[fn]

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

After commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground,

“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

“Because of your little faith,” he[fn] told them. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of[fn] a mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”[fn]

“Yes,” he said.

When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first,[fn] “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes? From their sons or from strangers? ”[fn]

“Truly I tell you,” he said, “unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

“If your hand or your foot causes you to fall away, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

“Since he did not have the money to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.

“Then, after he had summoned him, his master said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

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

“and he also said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not like that from the beginning.

“For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept it should accept it.”

“Why do you ask me about what is good? ”[fn] he said to him. “There is only one who is good.[fn] If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

honor your father and your mother; and love your neighbor as yourself.

Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven.

“After agreeing with the workers on one denarius,[fn] he sent them into his vineyard for the day.

“Then about five[fn] he went and found others standing around[fn] and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing? '

“When those who were hired about five came, they each received one denarius.

“just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

There were two blind men sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David! ”

telling them, “Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied there with her colt. Untie them and bring them to me.

They brought the donkey and the colt; then they laid their clothes on them, and he sat on them.

Early in the morning, as he was returning to the city, he was hungry.

Jesus answered them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you tell this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' it will be done.

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? ”

“Which of the two did his father's will? ”

They said, “The first.”

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

“But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.'

“But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business,

“The king[fn] was enraged, and he sent out his troops, killed those murderers, and burned down their city.

So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You don't care what anyone thinks nor do you show partiality.[fn]

Perceiving their malicious intent, Jesus said, “Why are you testing me, hypocrites?

“Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, because you don't know the Scriptures or the power of God.

“They love the place of honor at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues,

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you don't go in, and you don't allow those entering to go in.[fn]

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to make one convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as you are!

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of[fn] mint, dill, and cumin, and yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law ​— ​justice, mercy, and faithfulness.[fn] These things should have been done without neglecting the others.

“Truly I tell you, all these things will come on this generation.

“Because lawlessness will multiply, the love of many will grow cold.

“Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

“Learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

“For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark.

“But know this: If the homeowner had known what time[fn] the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?

“Therefore be alert, because you don't know either the day or the hour.[fn]

“To one he gave five talents,[fn] to another two talents, and to another one talent, depending on each one's ability. Then he went on a journey. Immediately

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master's joy.'

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master's joy.'

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Then the chief priests[fn] and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,

“Go into the city to a certain man,” he said, “and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time is near; I am celebrating the Passover at your place[fn] with my disciples.' ”

He replied, “The one who dipped his hand with me in the bowl ​— ​he will betray me.

“But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

At that moment one of those with Jesus reached out his hand and drew his sword. He struck the high priest's servant and cut off his ear.

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? See, now you've heard the blasphemy.

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,

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's residence and gathered the whole company[fn] around him.

Then they spat on him, took the staff, and kept hitting him on the head.

Above his head they put up the charge against him in writing: This Is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

From noon until three in the afternoon,[fn] darkness came over the whole land.[fn]

And they came out of the tombs after his resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.

The next day, which followed the preparation day, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

“Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see him there.' Listen, I have told you.”

Then Jesus told them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see me there.”

The eleven disciples traveled to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had directed them.

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:[fn]

See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you;

he will prepare your way.[fn]

John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.

Immediately the Spirit drove him into the wilderness.

After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, proclaiming the good news[fn][fn] of God:

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.

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

At once the news about him spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee.

The whole town was assembled at the door,

He went into all of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.

Moved with compassion,[fn] Jesus reached out his hand and touched him. “I am willing,” he told him. “Be made clean.”

So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and he was speaking the word to them.

Since they were not able to bring him to[fn] Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and after digging through it, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

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

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

He told the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand before us.”

After looking around at them with anger, he was grieved at the hardness of their hearts and told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

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

“But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

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.

“As he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

“Still other seed fell on good ground and it grew up, producing fruit that increased thirty, sixty, and a hundred times.”

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

“Some are like the word sown on the path. When they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.[fn]

“And those like seed sown on good ground hear the word, welcome it, and produce fruit thirty, sixty, and a hundred times what was sown.”

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

“And when sown, it comes up and grows taller than all the garden plants, and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade.”

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

He lived in the tombs, and no one was able to restrain him anymore ​— ​not even with a chain ​— ​

So he gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned there.

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.

Immediately Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes? ”

But he was looking around to see who had done this.

They laughed at him, but he put them all outside. He took the child's father, mother, and those who were with him, and entered the place where the child was.

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.

He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a staff ​— ​no bread, no traveling bag, no money in their belts,

For Herod himself had given orders to arrest John and to chain him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her.

She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for? ”

“John the Baptist's head,” she said.

The king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring John's head. So he went and beheaded him in prison,

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

They hurried throughout that region and began to carry the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was.

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, keeping the tradition of the elders.

So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don't your disciples live[fn] according to the tradition of the elders, instead of eating bread with ceremonially unclean[fn] hands? ”

“Abandoning the command of God, you hold on to human tradition.”[fn]

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

“For it doesn't go into his heart but into the stomach and is eliminated” (thus he declared all foods clean).

When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.

Aware of this, he said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact you have no bread? Don't you understand or comprehend? Do you have hardened hearts?

Then he sent him home, saying, “Don't even go into the village.”[fn]

“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and the gospel will save it.

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.”

“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.

“And if your foot causes you to fall away, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.[fn]

“And if your eye causes you to fall away, gouge it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

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

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother[fn]

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

“Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive[fn] the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

“You know the commandments: Do not murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not bear false witness; do not defraud; honor your father and mother.”

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

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”[fn]

and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

Many people spread their clothes on the road, and others spread leafy branches cut from the fields.[fn]

Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.

“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

and asked him, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do these things? ”

“Haven't you read this Scripture:

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

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.

When they came, they said to him, “Teacher, we know you are truthful and don't care what anyone thinks, nor do you show partiality but teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we? ”

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, leaving a wife behind but no child, that man should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

Jesus spoke to them, “Isn't this the reason why you're mistaken: you don't know the Scriptures or the power of God?

“But in those days, after that tribulation: The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light;

“Learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

“It is like a man on a journey, who left his house, gave authority to his servants, gave each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to be alert.

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.

So he sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.

So the disciples went out, entered the city, and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

“But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

One of those who stood by drew his sword, struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his ear.

but he left the linen cloth behind and ran away naked.

Peter followed him at a distance, right into the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the servants,[fn] warming himself by the fire.

The soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor's residence) and called the whole company together.

They were hitting him on the head with a stick and spitting on him. Getting down on their knees, they were paying him homage.

When it was noon,[fn] darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.[fn]

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Sanhedrin who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came and boldly went to Pilate and asked for Jesus's body.

After he bought some linen cloth, Joseph took him down and wrapped him in the linen. Then he laid him in a tomb cut out of the rock and rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

“But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see him there just as he told you.' ”

Later he appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he had risen.

so that you may know the certainty of the things about which you have been instructed.[fn]

In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah

because he has looked with favor

on the humble condition of his servant.

Surely, from now on all generations

will call me blessed,

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire[fn] should be registered.

So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town.

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

Then Simeon blessed them and told his mother Mary, “Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed[fn] ​— ​

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

He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

“The ax is already at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

“His winnowing shovel is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out.”

The devil said to him, “I will give you their splendor and all this authority, because it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.

Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread throughout the entire vicinity.

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.

Then he said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb[fn] to me: ‘Doctor, heal yourself. What we've heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in your hometown also.' ”

“But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah's days, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land.

After he left the synagogue, he entered Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked him about her.

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.”

As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God's word, he was standing by Lake Gennesaret.[fn]

Then they brought the boats to land, left everything, and followed him.

Reaching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, “I am willing; be made clean,” and immediately the leprosy left him.

Seeing their faith he said, “Friend,[fn] your sins are forgiven.”

On another Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. A man was there whose right hand was shriveled.

But he knew their thoughts and told the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand here.”[fn] So he got up and stood there.

After looking around at them all, he told him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his hand was restored.[fn]

“But woe to you who are rich,

for you have received your comfort.

“If anyone hits you on the cheek, offer the other also. And if anyone takes away your coat, don't hold back your shirt either.

“Why do you look at the splinter in your brother's eye, but don't notice the beam of wood in your own eye?

“He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn't shake it, because it was well built.

“because he loves our nation and has built us a synagogue.”

After John's messengers left, he began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

“This is the one about whom it is written:

See, I am sending my messenger

ahead of you;

he will prepare your way before you.

But since the Pharisees and experts in the law had not been baptized by him, they rejected the plan of God for themselves.)

Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she, with her tears, has washed my feet and wiped them with her hair.

“You didn't anoint my head with olive oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume.

And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

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,

“A sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some seed fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

“Still other seed fell on good ground; when it grew up, it produced fruit: a hundred times what was sown.” As he said this, he called out, “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”

“The seed along the path are those who have heard and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

and as they were sailing he fell asleep. Then a fierce windstorm came down on the lake; they were being swamped and were in danger.

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

And they begged him not to banish them to the abyss.

The demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.

“Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you.” And off he went, proclaiming throughout the town how much Jesus had done for him.

After he came to the house, he let no one enter with him except Peter, John, James, and the child's father and mother.

Then he sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.

“Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”

They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish in Jerusalem.

While he was saying this, a cloud appeared and overshadowed them. They became afraid as they entered the cloud.

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. They kept silent, and at that time told no one what they had seen.

Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

But he told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.”

But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

“Don't carry a money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals; don't greet anyone along the road.

“Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing at all will harm you.

“The next day[fn] he took out two denarii,[fn] gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I'll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.'

“but one thing is necessary.[fn] Mary has made the right choice,[fn] and it will not be taken away from her.”

“Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don't bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I have gone to bed. I can't get up to give you anything.'

“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure.

“The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look ​— ​something greater than Solomon is here.

“No one lights a lamp and puts it in the cellar or under a basket,[fn] but on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see its light.

“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth[fn] of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass[fn] justice and love for God.[fn] These things you should have done without neglecting the others.

“Woe to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key to knowledge. You didn't go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were trying to go in.”

“But I will show you the one to fear: Fear him who has authority to throw people into hell after death. Yes, I say to you, this is the one to fear!

Someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared ​— ​whose will they be? '

“Can any of you add one moment to his life span[fn] by worrying?

“But seek his kingdom, and these things will be provided for you.

“Lord,” Peter asked, “are you telling this parable to us or to everyone? ”

“I came to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already set ablaze!

“They will be divided, father against son,

son against father,

mother against daughter,

daughter against mother,

mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law,

and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.

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

“once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us! ' He will answer you, ‘I don't know you or where you're from.'

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don't sit in the place of honor, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host.

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters ​— ​yes, and even his own life ​— ​he cannot be my disciple.

“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

So he told them this parable:

“Or what woman who has ten silver coins,[fn][fn] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

“Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his estate in foolish living.

“But the father told his servants, ‘Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

“Then the manager said to himself, ‘What will I do since my master is taking the management away from me? I'm not strong enough to dig; I'm ashamed to beg.

“The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age are more shrewd than the children of light in dealing with their own people.[fn]

“But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.

“‘Father Abraham! ' he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame! '

“It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

“For as the lightning flashes from horizon to horizon and lights up the sky, so the Son of Man will be in his day.

“People went on eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage until the day Noah boarded the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

“Whoever tries to make his life secure[fn][fn] will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

“yet because this widow keeps pestering me,[fn] I will give her justice, so that she doesn't wear me out[fn] by her persistent coming.' ”

“Will not God grant justice to his elect who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay helping them?[fn]

“Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

“You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not bear false witness; honor your father and mother.”

Seeing that he became sad,[fn] Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

As he approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

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 those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.'

and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

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

and said to him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority? ”

Now he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

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.

They questioned him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and you don't show partiality[fn] but teach truthfully the way of God.

But detecting their craftiness, he said to them,[fn]

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

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

“Listen,” he said to them, “when you've entered the city, a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters.

And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

Being in anguish, he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.[fn]

They seized him, led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. Meanwhile Peter was following at a distance.

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me[fn] when you come into your kingdom.”

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

All the crowds that had gathered for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, went home, striking their chests.

who had not agreed with their plan and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

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

So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground.

“Why are you looking for the living among the dead? ” asked the men.

“Wasn't it necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory? ”

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

“And look, I am sending you[fn] what my Father promised. As for you, stay in the city[fn] until you are empowered[fn] from on high.”

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.

He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord ​— ​just as Isaiah the prophet said.”

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

“Come and you'll see,” he replied. So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon.[fn]

The next day Jesus[fn] decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip and told him, “Follow me.”

“How do you know me? ” Nathanael asked.

“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you,” Jesus answered.

Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee. He revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again,[fn] he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

“The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

“Truly I tell you, we speak what we know and we testify to what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.

“But anyone who lives by[fn] the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be shown to be accomplished by God.”

since John had not yet been thrown into prison.

“He who has the bride is the groom. But the groom's friend, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly[fn] at the groom's voice. So this joy of mine is complete.

He testifies to what he has seen and heard, and yet no one accepts his testimony.

he left Judea and went again to Galilee.

because his disciples had gone into town to buy food.

Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,' you would ask him, and he would give you living water.”

Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the people,

And they told the woman, “We no longer believe because of what you said, since we have heard for ourselves and know that this really is the Savior of the world.”[fn]

When they entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen everything he did in Jerusalem during the festival. For they also had gone to the festival.

He asked them at what time he got better. “Yesterday at one in the afternoon[fn] the fever left him,” they answered.

Now this was also the second sign Jesus performed after he came from Judea to Galilee.

“Sir,” the disabled man answered, “I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, someone goes down ahead of me.”

“The Father, in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son,

“Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.

“I don't receive human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved.

“But I have a greater testimony than John's because of the works that the Father has given me to accomplish. These very works I am doing testify about me that the Father has sent me.

“but I know you ​— ​that you have no love for God within you.

“How can you believe, since you accept glory from one another but don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?

When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

“Don't work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal of approval on him.”

They were saying, “Isn't this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven'? ”

At that, the Jews argued among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat? ”

“The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples can see your works that you are doing.

“Go up to the festival yourselves. I'm not going up to this festival,[fn] because my time has not yet fully come.”

After his brothers had gone up to the festival, then he also went up, not openly but secretly.

“The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory; but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

“This is why Moses has given you circumcision ​— ​not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers ​— ​and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

“Stop judging according to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment.”

Then they tried to seize him. Yet no one laid a hand on him because his hour had not yet come.

Then the Jews said to one another, “Where does he intend to go that we won't find him? He doesn't intend to go to the Jewish people dispersed[fn] among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, does he?

They asked this to trap him, in order that they might have evidence to accuse him.

Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with his finger.

Then he stooped down again and continued writing on the ground.

“You judge by human standards.[fn] I judge no one.

“Who are you? ” they questioned.

“Exactly what I've been telling you from the very beginning,” Jesus told them.

“You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Jesus responded, “Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

“But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.