TR Concordance for τοὺς

Abraham fathered[fn] Isaac,

Isaac fathered Jacob,

Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,

and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers

at the time of the exile to Babylon.

So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah would be born.

Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared.

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.

Then Herod, when he realized that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.

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.

When he saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him.

“Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

“Don't think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.

“Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

“Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors, You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord.

“But I tell you, love your enemies[fn] and pray for those who[fn] persecute you,

“For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?

“Don't give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

“But everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn't act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

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

When evening came, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed. He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick,

But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

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

When he saw the crowds, he felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd.

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

Jesus sent out these twelve after giving them instructions: “Don't take the road that leads to the Gentiles, and don't enter any Samaritan town.

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

“It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,' how much more the members of his household!

“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?

“If you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent.

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

“For this people's heart has grown callous;

their ears are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes,

and hear with their ears, and

understand with their hearts,

and turn back —

and I would heal them.

“But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and left.

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]

“So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out, separate the evil people from the righteous,

Although the king regretted it, he commanded that it be granted because of his oaths and his guests.

When he went ashore,[fn] he saw a large crowd, had compassion on them, and healed their sick.

Then he commanded the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

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

When the men of that place recognized him, they alerted the whole vicinity and brought to him all who were sick.

and large crowds came to him, including the lame, the blind, the crippled, those unable to speak, and many others. They put them at his feet, and he healed them.

he took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

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

“Don't you understand yet? Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many baskets you collected?

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi,[fn] he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is? ”[fn]

When they looked up they saw no one except Jesus alone.

“At this, his fellow servant fell down[fn] and began begging him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'

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

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and give them their pay, starting with the last and ending with the first.'

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

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

When the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders that he did and the children shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David! ” they were indignant

“When the time came to harvest fruit, he sent his servants to the farmers to collect his fruit.

“He will completely destroy those terrible men,” they told him, “and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his fruit at the harvest.”

“Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.

Although they were looking for a way to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because the people regarded him as a prophet.

“He sent his servants to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn't want to come.

“while the rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

“Go then to where the roads exit the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.'

“When the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed for a wedding.

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]

When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they came together.

“The Lord declared to my Lord,

‘Sit at my right hand

until I put your enemies under your feet'?[fn]

“They tie up heavy loads that are hard to carry[fn] and put them on people's shoulders, but they themselves aren't willing to lift a finger to move them.

“greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi' by people.

“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 build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous,

“So you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

“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[fn] under her wings, but you were not willing!

“Unless those days were cut short, no one would[fn] be saved. But those days will be cut short because of the elect.

“For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

“He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

“and starts to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with drunkards,

“The wise ones answered, ‘No, there won't be enough for us and for you. Go instead to those who sell oil, and buy some for yourselves.'

“For it is just like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them.

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

“You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.

Then one of the Twelve, the man called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn't you stay awake with me one hour?

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? See, the time is near. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.

Just then[fn] Jesus met them and said, “Greetings! ” They came up, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.

As soon as he came up out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

When evening came, after the sun had set, they brought to him all those who were sick and demon-possessed.

“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins. No, new wine is put into fresh wineskins.”

“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? ”

Looking at those sitting in a circle around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

The demons[fn] begged him, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

Jesus did not let him but told him, “Go home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you.”

One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet

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 summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs and gave them authority over unclean spirits.

Although the king was deeply distressed, because of his oaths and the guests[fn] he did not want to refuse her.

“Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages to buy themselves something to eat.”

He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

Now those who had eaten the loaves were five thousand men.

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

Instead, immediately after hearing about him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit came and fell at his feet.

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.

They were extremely astonished and said, “He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

In those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He called the disciples and said to them,

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.

“When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of leftovers did you collect? ”

“Twelve,” they told him.

He looked up and said, “I see people ​— ​they look like trees walking.”

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? ”

But turning around and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! You are not thinking about God's concerns[fn] but human concerns.”

“For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

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

“Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't.”

For he was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed[fn] into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after he is killed, he will rise three days later.”

Sitting down, he called the Twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last and servant of all.”

“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]

The disciples were astonished at his words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is[fn] to enter the kingdom of God!

They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were astonished, but those who followed him were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them the things that would happen to him.

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

“At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from them.

“Then he sent another, and they killed that one. He also sent many others; some they beat, and others they killed.

“What then will the owner[fn] of the vineyard do? He will come and kill the farmers and give the vineyard to others.

“David himself says by the Holy Spirit:

The Lord declared to my Lord,

‘Sit at my right hand

until I put your enemies under your feet.'

Summoning his disciples, he said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.

“If the Lord had not cut those days short, no one would be saved. But he cut those days short for the sake of the elect, whom he chose.

“For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

“He will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

“You always have the poor with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have me.

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

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “Why do we still need witnesses?

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

to Abraham and his descendants[fn] forever,

just as he spoke to our ancestors.

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

to shine on those who live in darkness

and the shadow of death,

to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Guided by the Spirit, he entered the temple. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform for him what was customary under the law,

The Spirit of the Lord is on me,

because he has anointed me

to preach good news to the poor.

He has sent me[fn]

to proclaim release[fn] to the captives

and recovery of sight to the blind,

to set free the oppressed,

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.

For he and all those with him were amazed at the catch of fish they had taken,

But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus replied to them, “Why are you thinking this in your hearts?[fn]

But the Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners? ”

Jesus said to them, “You can't make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?

“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, it will spill, and the skins will be ruined.

On a Sabbath, he passed through the grainfields. His disciples were picking heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

“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.”

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.

When daylight came, he summoned his disciples, and he chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles:

Then looking up at his disciples, he said:

Blessed are you who are poor,

because the kingdom of God is yours.

“But I say to you who listen: Love your enemies, do what is good to those who hate you,

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

“But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High. For he is gracious to the ungrateful and evil.

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?

“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.

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.

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

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,

Summoning the Twelve, he gave them power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases.

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.

(For about five thousand men were there.)

Then he told his disciples, “Have them sit down[fn] in groups of about fifty each.”

Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke them. He kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

“For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and that of the Father and the holy angels.

About eight days after this conversation, he took along Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.

Peter and those with him were in a deep sleep,[fn] and when they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who were standing with him.

And they were all astonished at the greatness of God.

While everyone was amazed at all the things he was doing, he told his disciples,

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

“Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near you.'

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

“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers? ”

She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord's[fn] feet and was listening to what he said.[fn]

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

“Woe to you Pharisees! You love the front seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

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

“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.”

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.

“He thought to himself, ‘What should I do, since I don't have anywhere to store my crops?

Then he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don't worry about your life, what you will eat; or about the body, what you will wear.

“Consider the ravens: They don't sow or reap; they don't have a storeroom or a barn; yet God feeds them. Aren't you worth much more than the birds?

“But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,' and starts to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

And he[fn] responded to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all the other Galileans because they suffered these things?

“Or those eighteen that the tower in Siloam fell on and killed ​— ​do you think they were more sinful than all the other people who live in Jerusalem?

“There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown out.

“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!

In response, Jesus asked the law experts and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not? ”

He told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they would choose the best places for themselves:

He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don't invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.

“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.'

“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.

“When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,

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

“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.

Now he said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.

“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]

“And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.

“But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.'

He said to his disciples, “Offenses will certainly come,[fn] but woe to the one through whom they come!

He fell facedown at his feet, thanking him. And he was a Samaritan.

Then he told the disciples, “The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won't see it.

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, have mercy on me,[fn] a sinner! '

Then he took the Twelve aside and told them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.

“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.

“But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter[fn] them in my presence.' ”

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

“At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

“He will come and kill those farmers and give the vineyard to others.”

But when they heard this they said, “That must never happen! ”

“until I make your enemies your footstool.'

He looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury.

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

“But I have prayed for you[fn] that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

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

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?[fn]

Pilate then told the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no grounds for charging this man.”

Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people,

When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.

Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them were telling the apostles these things.

That very hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem. They found the Eleven and those with them gathered together,

“Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”

Then he said, “Truly I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

In the temple he found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and he also found the money changers sitting there.

“But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and in truth.[fn] Yes, the Father wants such people to worship him.

“Don't you say, ‘There are still four more months, and then comes the harvest'? Listen to what I'm telling you: Open[fn] your eyes and look at the fields, because they are ready[fn] for harvest.

“And just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom he wants.

So when Jesus looked up and noticed a huge crowd coming toward him, he asked Philip, “Where will we buy bread so that these people can eat? ”

Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.”

There was plenty of grass in that place; so they sat down. The men numbered about five thousand.

Jesus replied to them, “Didn't I choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”

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?

Then the servants came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn't you bring him? ”

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you continue in my word,[fn] you really are my disciples.

After he said these things he spit on the ground, made some mud from the saliva, and spread the mud on his eyes.

He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.' So when I went and washed I received my sight.”

They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.

Again they asked the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he opened your eyes? ”

“He's a prophet,” he said.

“But we don't know how he now sees, and we don't know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he's of age. He will speak for himself.”

Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes? ”

“This is an amazing thing! ” the man told them. “You don't know where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes.

Again the Jews were divided because of these words.

Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, and it was her brother Lazarus who was sick.

As soon as Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and told him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn't have died! ”

But some of them said, “Couldn't he who opened the blind man's eyes also have kept this man from dying? ”

So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you heard me.

The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him and let him go.”

But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

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.

“For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”

He has blinded their eyes

and hardened their hearts,

so that they would not see with their eyes

or understand with their hearts,

and turn,

and I would heal them.

Nevertheless, many did believe in him even among the rulers, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, so that they would not be banned from the synagogue.

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.

Next, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel tied around him.

“You will never wash my feet,” Peter said.

Jesus replied, “If I don't wash you, you have no part with me.”

When Jesus had washed their feet and put on his outer clothing, he reclined again and said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you?

“So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

“The one who doesn't love me will not keep my words. The word that you hear is not mine but is from the Father who sent me.

Jesus spoke these things, looked up to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you,

“Why do you question me? Question those who heard what I told them. Look, they know what I said.”

“What is truth? ” said Pilate.

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

“Don't cling to me,” Jesus told her, “since I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”

So this rumor[fn] spread to the brothers and sisters that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not tell him that he would not die, but, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? ”

“I will even pour out my Spirit

on my servants in those days, both men and women

and they will prophesy.

“Fellow Israelites, listen to these words: This Jesus of Nazareth was a man attested to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through him, just as you yourselves know.

“For it was not David who ascended into the heavens, but he himself says:

The Lord declared to my Lord,

‘Sit at my right hand

When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what should we do? ”

praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Every day the Lord added to their number[fn] those who were being saved.

“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.

The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem

After they were released, they went to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

and laid them at the apostles' feet. This was then distributed to each person as any had need.

sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

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.

When he heard these words, Ananias dropped dead, and a great fear came on all who heard.

Instantly she dropped dead at his feet. When the young men came in, they found her dead, carried her out, and buried her beside her husband.

As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

So they arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered the men[fn] to be taken outside for a little while.

After they called in the apostles and had them flogged, they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

In those days, as the disciples were increasing in number, there arose a complaint by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.

They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came, seized him, and took him to the Sanhedrin.

“And so he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

“When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

“He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them abandon their infants outside so that they wouldn't survive.

“When he was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites.

“He assumed his people would understand that God would give them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.

“You took up the tent of Moloch

and the star of your god Rephan,

the images that you made to worship.

So I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.

“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.

When they heard these things, they were enraged[fn] and gnashed their teeth at him.

He said, “Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God! ”

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, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.

Now Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest

“And he has authority here from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”

All who heard him were astounded and said, “Isn't this the man in Jerusalem who was causing havoc for those who called on this name and came here for the purpose of taking them as prisoners to the chief priests? ”

Barnabas, however, took him and brought him to the apostles and explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that the Lord had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

He conversed and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they tried to kill him.

As Peter was traveling from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.

Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down, prayed, and turning toward the body said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up.

Then Peter went down to the men and said, “Here I am, the one you're looking for. What is the reason you're here? ”

The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

“how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how he went about doing good and healing all who were under the tyranny of the devil, because God was with him.

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down on all those who heard the message.

But there were some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks[fn] also, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

They did this, sending it to the elders by means of Barnabas and Saul.

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.

“The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, made the people prosper during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty[fn] arm.

“And we ourselves proclaim to you the good news of the promise that was made to our ancestors.

“For David, after serving God's purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and decayed,

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what Paul was saying, insulting him.

But the Jews incited the prominent God-fearing women and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their district.

Paul said in a loud voice, “Stand up on your feet! ” And he jumped up and began to walk around.

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.

Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.

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.”

“For since ancient times, Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city, and every Sabbath day he is read aloud in the synagogues.”

Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers and sisters and strengthened them with a long message.

After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let's go back and visit the brothers and sisters in every town where we have preached the word of the Lord and see how they're doing.”

Paul wanted Timothy to go with him; so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.

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.

Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

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.

When daylight came, the chief magistrates sent the police to say, “Release those men.”

After leaving the jail, they came to Lydia's house, where they saw and encouraged the brothers and sisters, and departed.

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too,

The crowd and city officials who heard these things were upset.

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.

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with those who worshiped God, as well as in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.

“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,

“This man,” they said, “is persuading people to worship God in ways contrary to the law.”

After spending some time there, he set out, traveling through one place after another in the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

But when some became hardened and would not believe, slandering the Way in front of the crowd, he withdrew from them, taking the disciples, and conducted discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

so that even facecloths or aprons[fn] that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

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.

“For you have brought these men here who are not temple robbers or blasphemers of our[fn] goddess.

After the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, and after saying farewell, departed to go to Macedonia.

Now from Miletus, he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church.

“Men will rise up even from your own number and distort the truth to lure the disciples into following them.

We sought out the disciples and stayed there seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go to Jerusalem.

When we completed our voyage[fn] from Tyre, we reached Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed with them for a day.

He came to us, took Paul's belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him over to the Gentiles.' ”

“But they have been informed about you ​— ​that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to live according to our customs.

So the next day, Paul took the men, having purified himself along with them, and entered the temple, announcing the completion of the purification days when the offering would be made for each of them.

Taking along soldiers and centurions, he immediately ran down to them. Seeing the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

When Paul got to the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd,

“Aren't you the Egyptian who started a revolt some time ago and led four thousand men of the Assassins into the wilderness? ”

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.

“as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. After I received letters from them to the brothers, I traveled to Damascus to arrest those who were there and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

“But I said, ‘Lord, they know that in synagogue after synagogue I had those who believed in you imprisoned and beaten.

The next day, since he wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him[fn] and instructed the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to convene. He brought Paul down and placed him before them.

The next day, they returned to the barracks, allowing the cavalry to go on with him.

“I always strive to have a clear conscience toward God and men.

“I answered them that it is not the Roman custom to give someone up[fn] before the accused faces the accusers and has an opportunity for a defense against the charges.

“And now I stand on trial because of the hope in what God promised to our ancestors,

“King Agrippa, while on the road at midday, I saw a light from heaven brighter than the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me.

“But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.

“I wish before God,” replied Paul, “that whether easily or with difficulty,[fn] not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am ​— ​except for these chains.”

When we had boarded a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, intending to sail to ports along the coast of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us.

When we had put out to sea from there, we sailed along the northern coast[fn] of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

“and said, ‘Don't be afraid, Paul. It is necessary for you to appear before Caesar. And indeed, God has graciously given you all those who are sailing with you.'

The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.

When we entered Rome,[fn] Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

Disagreeing among themselves, they began to leave after Paul made one statement:[fn] “The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your[fn] ancestors through the prophet Isaiah

“For the hearts of these people

have grown callous,

their ears are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes

and hear with their ears,

understand with their heart

and turn,

and I would heal them.

Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house. And he welcomed all who visited him,

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen.

Now we know that God's judgment on those who do such things is based on the truth.

The righteousness of God is through faith in Jesus Christ[fn] to all who believe, since there is no distinction.

As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations ​— ​ in the presence of the God in whom he believed, the one who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.

Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam's transgression. He is a type of the Coming One.

The ancestors are theirs, and from them, by physical descent,[fn] came the Christ, who is God over all, praised forever.[fn] Amen.

since there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, because the same Lord of all richly blesses all who call on him.

Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life!

Therefore, consider God's kindness and severity: severity toward those who have fallen but God's kindness toward you ​— ​if you remain in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

Regarding the gospel, they are enemies for your advantage, but regarding election, they are loved because of the patriarchs,

For God has imprisoned all in disobedience so that he may have mercy on all.

For from him and through him

and to him are all things.

To him be the glory forever. Amen.

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

because Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

Give my greetings to Prisca[fn] and Aquila, my coworkers in Christ Jesus,

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews[fn] and fellow prisoners. They are noteworthy in the eyes of the apostles,[fn] and they were also in Christ before me.

Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers and sisters who are with them.

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them,

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ ​— ​to him be the glory forever![fn] Amen.

For since, in God's wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of what is preached.

Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written, He catches the wise in their craftiness;

For I think God has displayed us, the apostles, in last place, like men condemned to die: We have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.

For what business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Don't you judge those who are inside?

So if you have such matters, do you appoint as your judges those who have no standing in the church?

Now when you sin like this against brothers and sisters and wound their weak conscience, you are sinning against Christ.

Although I am free from all and not anyone's slave, I have made myself a slave to everyone, in order to win more people.

To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some.

This is why a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Don't you have homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you in this matter!

If they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home, since it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.

For he must reign until he puts all his enemies under his feet.

For God has put everything under his feet. Now when it says “everything” is put under him, it is obvious that he who puts everything under him is the exception.

Now about the collection for the saints: Do the same as I instructed the Galatian churches.

For they have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore recognize such people.

He comforts us in all our affliction,[fn] so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

Now if the ministry that brought death, chiseled in letters on stones, came with glory, so that the Israelites were not able to gaze steadily at Moses's face because of its glory, which was set aside,

We are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from gazing steadily until the end[fn] of the glory of what was being set aside,

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may have a reply for those who take pride in outward appearance rather than in the heart.

But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

they begged us earnestly for the privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints,

Now concerning the ministry to the saints, it is unnecessary for me to write to you.

Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.

I beg you that when I am present I will not need to be bold with the confidence by which I plan to challenge certain people who think we are living according to the flesh.

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying.

To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

I did not go up to Jerusalem to those who had become apostles before me; instead I went to Arabia and came back to Damascus.

This matter arose because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus in order to enslave us.

For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.

to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

Where, then, is your blessing? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.

so that we who had already put our hope in Christ might bring praise to his glory.

This is why, since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

And he subjected everything under his feet and appointed him[fn] as head over everything for the church,

he made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that he might create in himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.

And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,

Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God's wrath is coming on the disobedient[fn] because of these things.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens.

and your feet sandaled with readiness for the gospel of peace.

so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard, and to everyone else, that my imprisonment is because I am in Christ.

Therefore, welcome him in the Lord with great joy and hold people like him in honor,

Watch out for the dogs, watch out for the evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh.

Join in imitating me, brothers and sisters, and pay careful attention to those who live according to the example you have in us.

Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints

Because of these, God's wrath is coming upon the disobedient,[fn]

Act wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.

Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters in Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her home.

who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us. They displease God and are hostile to everyone,

In fact, you are doing this toward all the brothers and sisters in the entire region of Macedonia. But we encourage you, brothers and sisters, to do this even more,

so that you may behave properly in the presence of outsiders and not be dependent on anyone.[fn]

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in the same way, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.