TR Concordance for τὸ

“She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

See, the virgin will become pregnant

and give birth to a son,

and they will name him Immanuel,

which is translated “God is with us.”

but did not have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son.[fn] And he named him Jesus.

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.

After they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Get up! Take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. For Herod is about to search for the child to kill him.”

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

Now John had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

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?

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

When Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. The heavens suddenly opened for him,[fn] and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him.

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

Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

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

“So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother or sister has something against you,

“But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

“As for the one who wants to sue you and take away your shirt, let him have your coat as well.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Then Jesus told him, “See that you don't tell anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

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

When Jesus saw a large crowd[fn] around him, he gave the order to go to the other side of the sea.

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

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

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

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

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]

“You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

“What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper,[fn] proclaim on the housetops.

“Or haven't you read in the law that on Sabbath days the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and are innocent?

Here is my servant whom I have chosen,

my beloved in whom I delight;

I will put my Spirit on him,

and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

“Either make the tree good and its fruit will be good, or make the tree bad[fn] and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

He answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

“The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching; and look ​— ​something greater than Jonah is here.

“For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

“Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn't have much soil, and it grew up quickly since the soil wasn't deep.

“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.

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

so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open my mouth in parables;

I will declare things kept secret

from the foundation of the world.[fn]

He replied, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;

Then his disciples came, removed the corpse,[fn] buried it, and went and reported to Jesus.

Everyone ate and was satisfied. They picked up twelve baskets full of leftover pieces.

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

When they got into the boat, the wind ceased.

“It's not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth ​— ​this defiles a person.”

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

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

They all ate and were satisfied. They collected the leftover pieces ​— ​seven large baskets full.

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

“And in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.' You[fn] know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can't read the signs of the times.[fn]

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

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

“Lord,” he said, “have mercy on my son, because he has seizures[fn] and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire and often into the water.

“But, so we won't offend them, go to the sea, cast in a fishhook, and take the first fish that you catch. When you open its mouth you'll find a coin.[fn] Take it and give it to them for me and you.”

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

“See to it that you don't despise one of these little ones, because I tell you that in heaven their angels continually view the face of my Father in heaven.[fn]

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.”

“Then the master of that servant had compassion, released him, and forgave him the loan.

“But he wasn't willing. Instead, he went and threw him into prison until he could pay what was owed.

“And because he was angry, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he could pay everything that was owed.

“‘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.'

“Take what's yours and go. I want to give this last man the same as I gave you.

“They will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked, flogged,[fn] and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised.”[fn]

Jesus answered, “You don't know what you're asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? ”[fn]

“We are able,” they said to him.

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

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

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

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

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

They said, “The first.”

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

“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot,[fn] and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

“Show me the coin used for the tax.” They brought him a denarius.[fn]

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

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

“They do everything[fn] to be seen by others: They enlarge their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.[fn]

“Blind people![fn] For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

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

“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.

“Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors' sins!

“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of my name.

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

“So when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place” (let the reader understand),

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

“He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

“But the man who had received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money.

“The man who had received one talent also approached and said, ‘Master, I know you. You're a harsh man, reaping where you haven't sown and gathering where you haven't scattered seed.

“then[fn] you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and I would have received my money[fn] back with interest when I returned.

“And throw this good-for-nothing servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

“Then he will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels!

“You know[fn] that the Passover takes place after two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

“By pouring this perfume on my body, she has prepared me for burial.

On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover? ”

Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks, he gave it to them and said, “Drink from it, all of you.

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

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

Going a little farther,[fn] he fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”

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.

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

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.

Then they spat in his face and beat him; others slapped him

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

After they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

In the same way even the criminals who were crucified with him taunted him.

But Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.

He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus's body. Then Pilate ordered that it[fn] be released.

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

“Go, therefore, and make disciples of[fn] all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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.

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

Then, passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me,” and he got up and followed him.

“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, and a worse tear is made.

Then he told them, “The Sabbath was made for[fn] man and not man for the Sabbath.

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

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

“But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”[fn] ​— ​

“Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

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.

“Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn't have much soil, and it grew up quickly, since the soil wasn't deep.

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

“As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

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

A great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped.

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

because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had torn the chains apart and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him earnestly that he might remain with him.

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

had endured much under many doctors. She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse.

When John's disciples heard about it, they came and removed his corpse and placed it in a tomb.

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

Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. They were completely astounded,

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

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

Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.

But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask him.

“And if your hand causes you to fall away, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go to hell, the unquenchable fire.[fn]

“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]

Jesus said to them, “You don't know what you're asking. Are you able to drink the cup I drink or to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with? ”

He threw off his coat, jumped up, and came to Jesus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“You will be hated by everyone because of my name, but the one who endures to the end will be saved.

“and a man in the field must not go back to get his coat.

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

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

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

“She has done what she could; she has anointed my body in advance for burial.

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

“Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples? ” '

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

He said to them, “It is one of the Twelve ​— ​the one who is dipping bread in the bowl with me.

Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

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

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

And he said, “Abba,[fn] Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Nevertheless, not what I will, but what you will.”

Then he came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The time has come. See, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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

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

Then the high priest stood up before them all and questioned Jesus, “Don't you have an answer to what these men are testifying against you? ”

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

But he denied it: “I don't know or understand what you're talking about.” Then he went out to the entryway,[fn] and a rooster crowed.[fn]

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

Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them; and after having Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

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

When he found out from the centurion, he gave the corpse to Joseph.

Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they went to the tomb at sunrise.

When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; they were alarmed.

Then he said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

So the Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

it happened that he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense.

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.

“The Lord has done this for me. He has looked with favor in these days to take away my disgrace among the people.”

“Now listen: You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

“See, I am the Lord's servant,” said Mary. “May it happen to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her.

Then her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her his great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

So they motioned to his father to find out what he wanted him to be called.

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,

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

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

and to offer a sacrifice (according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons).

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,

Now, Master,

you can dismiss your servant in peace,

as you promised.

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

But they did not understand what he said to them.

and everyone will see the salvation of God.

He told them, “Don't collect any more than what you have been authorized.”

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

So he took him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here.

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

He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him.

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.

But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be silent and come out of him! ” And throwing him down before them, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

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.

Since they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the stretcher through the roof tiles into the middle of the crowd before Jesus.

“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.”

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

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, not only will he tear the new, but also the piece from the new garment will not match the old.

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.

During those days he went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.

Blessed are you when people hate you,

when they exclude you, insult you,

and slander your name as evil

because of the Son of Man.

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

“If you do what is good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.

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

“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.

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

At that time Jesus healed many people of diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and he granted sight to many blind people.

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

Simon answered, “I suppose the one he forgave more.”

“You have judged correctly,” he told him.

“Other seed fell on the rock; when it grew up, it withered away, since it lacked moisture.

“No one, after lighting a lamp, covers it with a basket or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in may see its light.

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,

When the men who tended them saw what had happened, they ran off and reported it in the town and in the countryside.

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.

Her parents were astounded, but he instructed them to tell no one what had happened.

Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was going on. He was perplexed, because some said that John had been raised from the dead,

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

But they did not understand this statement; it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

He told them, “Whoever welcomes[fn] this little child in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me welcomes him who sent me. For whoever is least among you ​— ​this one is great.”

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

“He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said.

Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”

“Give us each day our daily bread.[fn]

“I tell you, even though he won't get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend's shameless boldness,[fn] he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

“The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching, and look ​— ​something greater than Jonah is here.

But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil.

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

“Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in an ear in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

“Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

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?

“that servant's master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him to pieces[fn] and assign him a place with the unfaithful.[fn]

“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?

“I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny.”[fn]

At that time, some people came and reported to him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

“But he replied to him, ‘Sir,[fn] leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit[fn] for over eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.[fn]

“What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field[fn] and go after the lost one until he finds it?

“and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep! '

“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.

“ ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,' he said.

“ ‘Take your invoice,' he told him, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.'

“So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will trust you with what is genuine?

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

“Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”[fn]

Now he told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not give up.

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

“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

“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! '

“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”

“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.

“why, then, didn't you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest.'

As he approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples

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

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

They watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous,[fn] so that they could catch him in what he said, to hand him over to the governor's rule and authority.

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

“You will be hated by everyone because of my name,

During the day, he was teaching in the temple, but in the evening he would go out and spend the night on what is called the Mount of Olives.

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the people.

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and temple police how he could hand him over to them.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”

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

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

Then he said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.[fn]

“For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed! ”

Then he said to them, “But now, whoever has a money-bag should take it, and also a traveling bag. And whoever doesn't have a sword should sell his robe and buy one.

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

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me ​— ​nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”

When those around him saw what was going to happen, they asked, “Lord, should we strike with the sword? ”

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

After blindfolding him, they kept[fn] asking, “Prophesy! Who was it that hit you? ”

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

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”

Herod was very glad to see Jesus; for a long time he had wanted to see him because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle[fn] performed by him.

And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.” Saying this, he breathed his last.

He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus's body.

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

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they[fn] came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.

They went in but did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

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

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

Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. When he stooped to look in, he saw only the linen cloths.[fn] So he went away, amazed at what had happened.

“Moreover, some women from our group astounded us. They arrived early at the tomb,

But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be[fn] children of God, to those who believe in his name,

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

When the headwaiter tasted the water (after it had become wine), he did not know where it came from ​— ​though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He called the groom

After making a whip out of cords, he drove everyone out of the temple with their sheep and oxen. He also poured out the money changers' coins and overturned the tables.

While he was in Jerusalem during the Passover Festival, many believed in his name when they saw the signs he was doing.

“Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

For the one whom God sent speaks God's words, since he[fn] gives the Spirit without measure.

“Sir,” said the woman, “you don't even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do you get this ‘living water'?

“Sir,” the woman said to him, “give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and come here to draw water.”

“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work,” Jesus told them.

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.

“Sir,” the official said to him, “come down before my boy dies.”

This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill him: Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

“I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

Jesus went up a mountain and sat down there with his disciples.

Therefore, when Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

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

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

“Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”

“For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

“Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

So Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves.

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

“This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna[fn] your ancestors ate ​— ​and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”

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.

But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

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.”

“You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature,[fn] because he is a liar and the father of lies.

His neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar said, “Isn't this the one who used to sit begging? ”

Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man perform such signs? ” And there was a division among them.

“We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does his will, he listens to him.

“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.

The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw that Mary got up quickly and went out. They followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to cry there.

Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.

“If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

He didn't say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.

His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.

This is also why the crowd met him, because they heard he had done this sign.

“Father, glorify your name.”[fn]

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

Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn't overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn't know where he's going.

So he leaned back against Jesus and asked him, “Lord, who is it? ”

Since Judas kept the money-bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.

“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.

“Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes, and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.

“If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.

“But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they don't know the one who sent me.

They said, “What is this he is saying,[fn] ‘In a little while'? We don't know what he's talking about.”

“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.

“I have revealed your name to the people you gave me from the world. They were yours, you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

“I made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them and I may be in them.”

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.)

One of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn't I see you with him in the garden? ”

Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

Then Pilate went back into the headquarters, summoned Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the king of the Jews? ”

Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Here is the man! ”

He went back into the headquarters and asked Jesus, “Where are you from? ” But Jesus did not give him an answer.

When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then bowing his head, he gave up his spirit.

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus ​— ​but secretly because of his fear of the Jews ​— ​asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus's body. Pilate gave him permission; so he came and took his body away.

On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

At that, Peter and the other disciple went out, heading for the tomb.

Then, following him, Simon Peter also came. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.

But Mary stood outside the tomb, crying. As she was crying, she stooped to look into the tomb.

When it was evening on that first day of the week, the disciples were gathered together with the doors locked because they feared the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

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

“I'm going fishing,” Simon Peter said to them.

“We're coming with you,” they told him. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

“Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” he told them, “and you'll find some.” So they did,[fn] and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish.

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.

So Simon Peter climbed up and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish ​— ​153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.

Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them. He did the same with the fish.

He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me? ”

Peter was grieved that he asked him the third time, “Do you love me? ” He said, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.”

“Feed my sheep,” Jesus said.

So Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them, the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is the one that's going to betray you? ”

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.

When they arrived, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

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

This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field is called Hakeldama (that is, “Field of Blood”).

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

“Then everyone who calls

on the name of the Lord will be saved.

“Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants[fn] on his throne.

Now all the believers were together and held all things in common.

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

So he jumped up and started to walk, and he entered the temple with them ​— ​walking, leaping, and praising God.

“Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,

because they were annoyed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

So they called for them and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

After threatening them further, they released them. They found no way to punish them because the people were all giving glory to God over what had been done.

“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.

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

“Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds of the land?

About three hours later, his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

Hearing this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach.

When the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin ​— ​the full council of the Israelites ​— ​and sent orders to the jail to have them brought.

“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.”

“We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”

The Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, “It would not be right for us to give up preaching the word of God to wait on tables.

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

And all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

“Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this land in which you are now living.

“I will judge the nation that they will serve as slaves, God said. After this, they will come out and worship me in this place.

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

“When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. As he was approaching to look at it, the voice of the Lord came:

“The Lord said to him: Take off the sandals from your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground.

“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.

While they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit! ”

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

They were attentive to him because he had amazed them with his sorceries for a long time.

(They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

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

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.

So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.

“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? ”

Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him to the room upstairs. And all the widows approached him, weeping and showing him the robes and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

The next day, as they were traveling and nearing the city, Peter went up to pray on the roof about noon.[fn]

Peter began to speak: “Now I truly understand that God doesn't show favoritism,

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

“not by all the people, but by us whom God appointed as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

“Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? ”

“ ‘No, Lord! ' I said. ‘For nothing impure or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

After the arrest, he put him in prison and assigned four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

“Get dressed,” the angel told him, “and put on your sandals.” And he did. “Wrap your cloak around you,” he told him, “and follow me.”

Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. Together they presented themselves before him. After winning over Blastus, who was in charge of the king's bedroom, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king's country.

As they were worshiping[fn] the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Then, when he saw what happened, the proconsul believed, because he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

“Now as John was completing his mission, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the one. But one is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet.'

“So beware that what is said in the prophets does not happen to you:

As they were leaving, the people[fn] urged them to speak about these matters the following Sabbath.

In Iconium they entered the Jewish synagogue, as usual, and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

“And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us.

After they stopped speaking, James responded, “Brothers, listen to me.

“so that the rest of humanity

may seek the Lord —

even all the Gentiles

who are called by my name —

declares the Lord

who makes these things 

So they were sent off and went down to Antioch, and after gathering the assembly, they delivered the letter.

But Paul insisted that they should not take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.

After he had seen the vision, we immediately made efforts to set out for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

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