mGNT Concordance for τῆς

Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,

Perez fathered Hezron,

Hezron fathered Aram,

Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab,

Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth,

Obed fathered Jesse,

and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers

at the time of the exile to Babylon.

So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations; and from David until the exile to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon until the Messiah, fourteen generations.

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

“In Bethlehem of Judea,” they told him, “because this is what was written by the prophet:

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.

He stayed there until Herod's death, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: Out of Egypt I called my Son.

But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee.

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.

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.

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.

Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty?[fn] It's no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.

“Don't store up for yourselves treasures[fn] on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

“Therefore I tell you: Don't worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food and the body more than clothing?

“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.

“But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

So he touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve 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.

“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.”

Jesus turned and saw her. “Have courage, daughter,” he said. “Your faith has saved you.”[fn] And the woman was made well from that moment.[fn]

After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up.

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]

“Don't take a traveling bag for the road, or an extra shirt, sandals, or a staff, for the worker is worthy of his food.

“If anyone does not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that house or town.

“But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.

“For I came to turn

a man against his father,

a daughter against her mother,

a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

“And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today.

At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants.

“how he entered the house of God, and they ate[fn] the bread of the Presence ​— ​which is not lawful for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

“Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

“For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish[fn] three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

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

He answered, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.

“When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.

“the field is the world; and the good seed ​— ​these are the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one,

“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]

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.

When Herod's birthday celebration came, Herodias's daughter danced before them[fn] and pleased Herod.

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

Meanwhile, the boat was already some distance[fn] from land,[fn] battered by the waves, because the wind was against them.

“But what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a person.

“Yes, Lord,” she said, “yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.”

Then Jesus told them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven[fn] of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

“Why is it you don't understand that when I told you, ‘Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees,' it wasn't about bread? ”

“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound[fn] in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed[fn] in heaven.”

“For what will it benefit someone if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life?

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered[fn] them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased. Listen to him! ”

Then Jesus rebuked the demon,[fn] and it[fn] came out of him, and from that moment[fn] the boy was healed.

“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]

“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 drowned in the depths of the sea.

“If he doesn't pay attention to them, tell the church.[fn] If he doesn't pay attention even to the church, let him be like a Gentile and a tax collector to you.

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

His disciples said to him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it's better not to marry.”

“‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day's work and the burning heat.'

The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”

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

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, he went up to it and found nothing on it except leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again! ” At once the fig tree withered.

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.

“Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read what was spoken to you by God:

No one was able to answer him at all,[fn] and from that day no one dared to question him anymore.

“The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses.

“Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed[fn] and self-indulgence.

“Snakes! Brood of vipers! How can you escape being condemned to hell?[fn]

“So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you,[fn] from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what is the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? ”

“This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world[fn] as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

“A man on the housetop[fn] must not come down to get things out of his house,

“Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the peoples of the earth[fn] will mourn;[fn] and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

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

“Now concerning that day and hour no one knows ​— ​neither the angels of heaven nor the Son[fn] ​— ​except the Father alone.

“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?

a woman approached him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume. She poured it on his head as he was reclining at the table.

“For this is my blood of the covenant,[fn] which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Then Jesus said to them, “Tonight all of you will fall away because of me, for it is written:

I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

Peter was following him at a distance right to the high priest's courtyard. He went in and was sitting with the servants to see the outcome.

“You have said it,” Jesus told him. “But I tell you, in the future[fn] you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Therefore that field has been called “Field of Blood” to this day.

They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and placed a staff in his right hand. And they knelt down before him and mocked him: “Hail, king of the Jews! ”

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

Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and looked after him were there, watching from a distance.

“So give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come, steal him, and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

They went and secured the tomb by setting a seal on the stone and placing the guards.

As they were on their way, some of the guards came into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

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

Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

“teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember,[fn] I am with you always,[fn] to the end of the age.”

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

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.

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

So he went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her,[fn] and she began to serve them.

“But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” ​— ​he told the paralytic —

“how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence ​— ​which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests ​— ​and also gave some to his companions? ”

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,

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.

He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables

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

“It's like a mustard seed that, when sown upon the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on the ground.

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

And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the region.

Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.

“Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be healed from your affliction.”

Then he took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum”[fn] (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up”).

“Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us? ” So they were offended by him.

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

Well into the night, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on the land.

“For from within, out of people's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

The woman was a Gentile,[fn] a Syrophoenician by birth, and she was asking him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

But she replied to him, “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.”

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

So he took him away from the crowd in private. After putting his fingers in the man's ears and spitting, he touched his tongue.

Immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was loosened, and he began to speak clearly.

He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people. So they served them to the crowd.

Then he gave them strict orders: “Watch out! Beware of the leaven[fn] of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything? ”

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? ”

“What can anyone give in exchange for his life?

and his clothes became dazzling ​— ​extremely white as no launderer on earth could whiten them.

A cloud appeared, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my beloved Son; listen to him! ”

So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into convulsions. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

But Jesus, taking him by the hand, raised him, and he stood up.

Then they left that place and made their way through Galilee, but he did not want anyone to know it.

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.

“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

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.

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

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.[fn]

“And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding,[fn] and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

“For they all gave out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had ​— ​all she had to live on.”

“When you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be” (let the reader understand), “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

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

“Now concerning that day or hour no one knows ​— ​neither the angels in heaven nor the Son ​— ​but only the Father.

“Therefore be alert, since you don't know when the master of the house is coming ​— ​whether in the evening or at midnight or at the crowing of the rooster or early in the morning.

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.

He said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant,[fn] which is poured out for many.

He went a little farther, fell to the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

“I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

“You have heard the blasphemy. What is your decision? ” They all condemned him as deserving death.

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

The inscription of the charge written against him was: The King of the Jews.

They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us? ”

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word by the accompanying signs.]

In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah's division named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

When his division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,

When the days of his ministry were completed, he went back home.

In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

“He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will have no end.”

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped inside her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

because he has looked with favor

on the humble condition of his servant.

Surely, from now on all generations

will call me blessed,

Then they said to her, “None of your relatives has that name.”

Fear came on all those who lived around them, and all these things were being talked about throughout the hill country of Judea.

This first registration took place while[fn] Quirinius was governing Syria.

Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,

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

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 he was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the festival.

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch[fn] of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and all the evil things he had done,

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

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

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? ”

“Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them except a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

They got up, drove him out of town, and brought him to the edge of the hill that their town was built on, intending to hurl him over the cliff.

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

And news about him began to go out to every place in the vicinity.

And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.[fn]

He got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then he sat down and was teaching the crowds from the boat.

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.

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

“how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat? He even gave some to those who were with him.”

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.

“A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

“But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great.”

Jesus went with them, and when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, “Lord, don't trouble yourself, since I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

Just as he neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother's only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the town was also with her.

Then he came up and touched the open coffin, and the pallbearers stopped. And he said, “Young man, I tell you, get up! ”

“To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

and stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to wash his feet with her tears. She wiped his feet with her hair, kissing them and anointing them with the perfume.

So he said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that

Looking they may not see,

and hearing they may not understand.

“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.

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.

Then all the people of the Gerasene region[fn] asked him to leave them, because they were gripped by great fear. So getting into the boat, he returned.

Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus's feet and pleaded with him to come to his house,

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

So he[fn] took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up! ”

“If they do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

When the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.

Then a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, the Chosen One;[fn] listen to him! ”

But Jesus, knowing their inner thoughts,[fn] took a little child and had him stand next to him.

When the days were coming to a close for him to be taken up, he determined[fn] to journey to Jerusalem.

“‘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.'

At that time he[fn] rejoiced in the Holy[fn] Spirit and said, “I praise[fn] you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was your good pleasure.[fn]

He answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,” and “your neighbor as yourself.”

“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.

“so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world[fn] ​— ​

Meanwhile, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to his disciples first, “Be on your guard against the leaven[fn] of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

“Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

“For life is more than food and the body more than clothing.

The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?

“Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why don't you know how to interpret this present time?

When Jesus saw her, he called out to her,[fn] “Woman, you are free of your disability.”

But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water?

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won't be able

“So the servant came back and reported these things to his master. Then in anger, the master of the house told his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in here the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'

“The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate I have coming to me.' So he distributed the assets[fn] to them.

“Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

“So he called the manager in and asked, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be my manager.'

“I know what I'll do so that when I'm removed from management, people will welcome me into their homes.'

“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]

“He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man's table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.

“because I have five brothers ​— ​to warn them, so that they won't also come to this place of torment.'

“And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,' you must forgive him.”

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

“Remember Lot's wife!

Then the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.

“I tell you that he will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth? ”

So he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers or sisters, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

“They will crush you and your children among you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in your midst, because you did not recognize the time when God visited you.”

“But those who are counted worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

“but not a hair of your head will be lost.

“Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land[fn] and wrath against this 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.

“like a trap. For it will come on all who live on the face of the whole earth.

“Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples? ” '

“For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

“But look, the hand of the one betraying me is at the table with me.

“so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom. And you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

When he got up from prayer and came to the disciples, he found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief.

They lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, and Peter sat among them.

“But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he started even to here.”

Finding that he was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

But all who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

The women who had come with him from Galilee followed along and observed the tomb and how his body was placed.

But while they still were amazed and in disbelief because of their joy, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat? ”

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter.

Jesus responded to him, “Do you believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.”

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

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

“How can anyone be born when he is old? ” Nicodemus asked him. “Can he enter his mother's womb a second time and be born? ”

“Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.

The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth is earthly and speaks in earthly terms.[fn] The one who comes from heaven is above all.

He had to travel through Samaria;

They left the town and made their way to him.

Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of what the woman said[fn] when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.”

He went again to Cana of Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a certain royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum.

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

“Truly I tell you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

“Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear his voice

After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias).

got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. Darkness had already set in, but Jesus had not yet come to them.

After they had rowed about three or four miles,[fn] they saw Jesus walking on the sea. He was coming near the boat, and they were afraid.

Then they were willing to take him on board, and at once the boat was at the shore where they were heading.

When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you get here? ”

“I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “No one who comes to me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in me will ever be thirsty again.

“I am the bread of life.

“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

When the festival was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach.

“If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me[fn] and drink.

Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn't come from Galilee, does he?

“You aren't from Galilee too, are you? ” they replied. “Investigate and you will see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”

Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”

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

“Truly I tell you, anyone who doesn't enter the sheep pen by the gate but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber.

“But I have other sheep that are not from this sheep pen; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.

“My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.

Then they were trying again to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.

Now a man was sick ​— ​Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

When Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

“Aren't there twelve hours in a day? ” Jesus answered. “If anyone walks during the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought he was speaking about natural sleep.

So from that day on they plotted to kill him.

Then Mary took a pound of perfume, pure and expensive nard, anointed Jesus's feet, and wiped his feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

So they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

“Now my soul is troubled. What should I say ​— ​Father, save me from this hour? But that is why I came to this hour.

“As for me, if I am lifted up[fn] from the earth I will draw all people to myself.”

Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

“He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive him because it doesn't see him or know him. But you do know him, because he remains with you and will be[fn] in you.

“If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now they have no excuse for their sin.

“When the Counselor comes, the one I will send to you from the Father ​— ​the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father ​— ​he will testify about me.

“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak on his own, but he will speak whatever he hears. He will also declare to you what is to come.

“When a woman is in labor, she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.

“I have glorified you on the earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

“While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name that you have given me. I guarded them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction,[fn] so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

“You are a king then? ” Pilate asked.

“You say that I'm a king,” Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek.

Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

The wrapping that had been on his head was not lying with the linen cloths but was folded up in a separate place by itself.

After this, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples by the Sea of Tiberias.[fn] He revealed himself in this way:

Since they were not far from land (about a hundred yards[fn] away), the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish.

After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

“For he was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”

“beginning from the baptism of John until the day he was taken up from us ​— ​from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of his resurrection.”

“to take the place[fn] in this apostolic ministry that Judas left to go where he belongs.”

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

When this sound occurred, a crowd came together and was confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

“Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts),

“For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it's only nine in the morning.[fn]

“I will display wonders in the heaven above

and signs on the earth below:

blood and fire and a cloud of smoke.

“Brothers and sisters, I can confidently speak to you about the patriarch David: He is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

With many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt[fn] generation! ”

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple for the time of prayer at three in the afternoon.[fn]

Then, taking him by the right hand he raised him up, and at once his feet and ankles became strong.

“You killed the source[fn] of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this.

“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.

For this sign of healing had been performed on a man over forty years old.

“The kings of the earth take their stand

and the rulers assemble together

against the Lord and against his Messiah.

With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on all of them.

However, he kept back part of the proceeds with his wife's knowledge, and brought a portion of it and laid it at the apostles' feet.

But an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail during the night, brought them out, and said,

“Didn't we strictly order you not to teach in this name? Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man's blood.”

“After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and attracted a following. He also perished, and all his followers were scattered.

“Brothers and sisters, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we can appoint to this duty.

Opposition arose, however, from some members of the Freedmen's Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, and they began to argue with Stephen.

“Brothers and fathers,” he replied, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

“As the time was approaching to fulfill the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt

“Heaven is my throne,

and the earth my footstool.

What sort of house will you build for me?

says the Lord,

or what will be my resting place?

“Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Saul agreed with putting him to death.

On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria.

Philip went down to a[fn] city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.

A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and amazed the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.

But when they believed Philip, as he proclaimed the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized.

When Simon saw that the Spirit[fn] was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

“Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, your heart's intent may be forgiven.

So he got up and went. There was an Ethiopian man, a eunuch and high official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to worship in Jerusalem

Now the Scripture passage he was reading was this:

He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,

and as a lamb is silent before its shearer,

so he does not open his mouth.

Philip proceeded to tell him the good news about Jesus, beginning with that Scripture.

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the sound but seeing no one.

So the church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

This became known throughout Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment.

About three in the afternoon[fn] he distinctly saw in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him, “Cornelius.”

He saw heaven opened and an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the earth.

Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon,[fn] I was[fn] praying in my house. Just then a man in dazzling clothing stood before me

“You know the events that took place throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached:

“When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.

Now those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that started because of Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.

News about them reached[fn] the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel[fn] as far as Antioch.

About that time King Herod violently attacked some who belonged to the church,

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was praying fervently to God for him.

When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod's grasp and from all that the Jewish people expected.”

She recognized Peter's voice, and because of her joy, she did not open the gate but ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the outer gate.

Motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Tell these things to James and the brothers,” he said, and he left and went to another place.

After Herod had searched and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

But Elymas the sorcerer (that is the meaning of his name) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and went back to Jerusalem.

“Before his coming to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

“Brothers and sisters, children of Abraham's race, and those among you who fear God, it is to us that the word of this salvation has been sent.

“and he appeared for many days to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

After the synagogue had been dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

Paul and Barnabas boldly replied, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

The word of the Lord spread through the whole region.

So they stayed there a long time and spoke boldly for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace by enabling them to do signs and wonders.

they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding countryside.

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the town, brought bulls and wreaths to the gates because he intended, with the crowds, to offer sacrifice.

Some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved.”

When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the brothers and sisters.

“On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way they are.”

“but instead we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from blood.

During the night Paul had a vision in which a Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him, “Cross over to Macedonia and help us! ”

and from there to Philippi, a Roman colony and a leading city of the district of Macedonia. We stayed in that city for several days.

When her owners realized that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was going to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.

He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Right away he and all his family were baptized.

So they came to appease them, and escorting them from prison, they urged them to leave town.

But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and upsetting[fn] the crowds.

“From one man[fn] he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.

“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,

where he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul came to them,

When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself to preaching the word[fn] and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack against Paul and brought him to the tribunal.

but he said farewell and added,[fn] “I'll come back to you again, if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers and sisters wrote to the disciples to welcome him. After he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.

Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly over a period of three months, arguing and persuading them about the kingdom of God.

About that time there was a major disturbance about the Way.

When he had assembled them, as well as the workers engaged in this type of business, he said, “Men, you know that our prosperity is derived from this business.

So the city was filled with confusion, and they rushed all together into the amphitheater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.

When the city clerk had calmed the crowd down, he said, “People of Ephesus! What person is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple guardian of the great[fn] Artemis, and of the image that fell from heaven?

“In fact, we run a risk of being charged with rioting for what happened today, since there is no justification that we can give as a reason for this disturbance.”

and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on talking. When he was overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, for the day of Pentecost.

“But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course[fn] and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God's grace.

“And now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

When our time had come to an end, we left to continue our journey, while all of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach to pray,

After we had been there for several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

After greeting them, he reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd, and seized him,

As they were trying to kill him, word went up to the commander of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in chaos.

Paul said, “I am a Jewish man from Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Now I ask you, let me speak to the people.”

“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”

He continued, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of our ancestral law. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.

“Since I couldn't see because of the brightness of the light,[fn] I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and went into Damascus.

They listened to him up to this point. Then they raised their voices, shouting, “Wipe this man off the face of the earth! He should not be allowed to live! ”

Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience to this day.”

But the son of Paul's sister, hearing about their ambush, came and entered the barracks and reported it to Paul.

The commander took him by the hand, led him aside, and inquired privately, “What is it you have to report to me? ”

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]

When Paul was called in, Tertullus began to accuse him and said, “We enjoy great peace because of you, and reforms are taking place for the benefit of this nation because of your foresight.

“For we have found this man to be a plague, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the Roman world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

“While I was doing this, some Jews from Asia found me ritually purified in the temple, without a crowd and without any uproar.

Since Felix was well informed about the Way, he adjourned the hearing, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.”

Several days later, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him on the subject of faith in Christ Jesus.

“Instead they had some disagreements with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, a dead man Paul claimed to be alive.

So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium with the military commanders and prominent men of the city. When Festus gave the command, Paul was brought in.

“I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore, I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this examination is over, I may have something to write.

“They have known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.

“I was traveling to Damascus under these circumstances with authority and a commission from the chief priests.

“to open their eyes so that they may turn[fn] from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

“Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.

“To this very day, I have had help from God, and I stand and testify to both small and great, saying nothing other than what the prophets and Moses said would take place ​— ​

After sailing through the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia.