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saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star at its rising and have come to worship him.”[fn]

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 he went and settled in a town called Nazareth to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.

and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near! ”

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?

“And don't presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

And a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.”

From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,

for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

“Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,

for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

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

“In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

“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.

“or by the earth, because it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

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

“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.

“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.

“Be on your guard against false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves.

“So you'll recognize them by their fruit.

“I tell you that many will come from east and west to share the banquet[fn] with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

“Lord,” another of his disciples said, “first let me go bury my father.”

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

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

At this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “He's blaspheming! ”

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? ”

Then he touched their eyes, saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.”

“As you go, proclaim, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.'

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

“Beware of them, because they will hand you over to local courts[fn] and flog you in their synagogues.

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

“Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.

“And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple,[fn] truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

Now when John heard in prison what the Christ was doing, he sent a message through his disciples

“What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? See, those who wear soft clothes are in royal palaces.

“Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has appeared,[fn] but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

At that time Jesus passed through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick and eat some heads of grain.

“For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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

He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven[fn] that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds[fn] of flour until all of it was leavened.”

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

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

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

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

“Therefore,” he said to them, “every teacher of the law[fn] who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom treasures new and old.”

“This is John the Baptist,” he told his servants. “He has been raised from the dead, and that's why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

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

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

“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]

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

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

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

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

From then on Jesus began to point out to his disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.

Jesus turned and told Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me because you're not thinking about God's concerns[fn] but human concerns.”

“For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each according to what he has done.

“Yes,” he said.

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

At that time[fn] the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “So who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? ”

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

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

“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]

“In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

“That servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii.[fn] He grabbed him, started choking him, and said, ‘Pay what you owe! '

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

Jesus said, “Leave the little children alone, and don't try to keep them from coming to me, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”[fn]

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

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

“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.'

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons approached him with her sons. She knelt down to ask him for something.

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

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they could see, and they followed him.

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.

“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.

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

“Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, and they did the same to them.

“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

“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.'

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]

“The same thing happened to the second also, and the third, and so on to all seven.

“In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had married her.”[fn]

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

While the Pharisees were together, Jesus questioned them,

“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,

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

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

“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.

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

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

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

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins[fn] who took their lamps[fn] and went out to meet the groom.

“After a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

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

“All the nations[fn] will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

“And the King will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'

“Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

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

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

When evening came, he was reclining at the table with the Twelve.

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

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.

“But all this has happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and ran away.

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.

Now Jesus stood before the governor. “Are you the king of the Jews? ” the governor asked him.

Jesus answered, “You say so.”

The governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you? ”

“Barabbas! ” they answered.

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

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

In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders,[fn] mocked him and said,

When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He's calling for Elijah.”

The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

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

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

After the priests[fn] had assembled with the elders and agreed on a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

And a voice came from heaven: “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well-pleased.”

Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

But some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts:  

When the scribes who were Pharisees[fn] saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat[fn] with tax collectors and sinners? ”

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

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

Immediately the Pharisees went out and started plotting with the Herodians against him, how they might kill him.

“Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for all sins and whatever blasphemies they utter.

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

Those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and told about the pigs.

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

“If any place does not welcome you or listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”[fn]

But others said, “He's Elijah.” Still others said, “He's a prophet, like one of the prophets from long ago.”

They picked up twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and fish.

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

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

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

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

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

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

They answered him, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, one of the prophets.”

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

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.”

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

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

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

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

and some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt? ”

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,

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

Then they sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to Jesus to trap him in his words.

“And as for the dead being raised ​— ​haven't you read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God said to him: I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?

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

“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.'

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

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

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

“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.

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

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

When evening came, he arrived with the Twelve.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

There was one named Barabbas, who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion.

Pilate answered them, “Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you? ”

Pilate asked them again, “Then what do you want me to do with the one you call the king of the Jews? ”

And they began to salute him, “Hail, king of the Jews! ”

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

In the same way, the chief priests with the scribes were mocking him among themselves and saying, “He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “See, he's calling for Elijah.”

“He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

just as he spoke by the mouth

of his holy prophets in ancient times;

having been rescued

from the hand of our enemies,

would serve him without fear

and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

You have prepared it

in the presence of all peoples —

After three days, they found him in the temple sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

“Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don't start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

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

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.

Then they said to him, “John's disciples fast often and say prayers, and those of the Pharisees do the same, but yours eat and drink.”

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

“bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

“I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them:

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, requesting him to come and save the life of his servant.

and sent them to the Lord, asking, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else? ”

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?

Then one of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.

As a large crowd was gathering, and people were coming to Jesus from every town, he said in a parable,

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

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

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

some that Elijah had appeared, and others that one of the ancient prophets had risen.

They answered, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back.”[fn]

saying, “It is necessary that the Son of Man suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.”

“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.

“I begged your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn't.”

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

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.”

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

One of the experts in the law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things you insult us too.”

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

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

“I say to you, my friends, don't fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.

“And I say to you, anyone who acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God,

“You are to be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

“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]

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

“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.

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

“But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.' You will then be honored in the presence of all the other guests.

“And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

“For I tell you, not one of those people who were invited will enjoy my banquet.' ”

“I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God's angels over one sinner who repents.”

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

“I'm no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired workers.” '

“So he summoned one of the servants, questioning what these things meant.

“But he replied to his father, ‘Look, I have been slaving many years for you, and I have never disobeyed your orders, yet you never gave me a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends.

“So he summoned each one of his master's debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master? ' he asked the first one.

And he told them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God's sight.

“One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's side.[fn] The rich man also died and was buried.

“But he told him, ‘If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.' ”

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

When he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with something observable;

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

“The Pharisee was standing and praying like this about himself:[fn] ‘God, I thank you that I'm not like other people ​— ​greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

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.

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

Now he came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”

Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came up and questioned him:

Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.”

“until I make your enemies your footstool.'

“Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

“People will faint from fear and expectation of the things that are coming on the world, because the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, who was numbered among the Twelve.

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

While he was still speaking, suddenly a mob came, and one of the Twelve named Judas was leading them. He came near Jesus to kiss him,

So Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews? ”

He answered him, “You say so.”[fn]

But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that he be crucified, and their voices[fn] won out.

and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself! ”

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

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

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

“Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they didn't see him.”

Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures.

In him was life,[fn] and that life was the light of men.

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

The next day, John was standing with two of his disciples.

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed him.

Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification. Each contained twenty or thirty gallons.[fn]

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

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.

There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

Then a dispute arose between John's disciples and a Jew[fn] about purification.

“You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews.

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

After this, a Jewish festival took place, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Within these lay a large number of the disabled ​— ​blind, lame, and paralyzed.[fn]

A huge crowd was following him because they saw the signs that he was performing by healing the sick.

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten.

Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw[fn] the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

Therefore, when many of his disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard. Who can accept[fn] it? ”

From that moment[fn] many of his disciples turned back and no longer accompanied him.

He was referring to Judas, Simon Iscariot's son,[fn] one of the Twelve, because he was going to betray him.

The Jewish Festival of Shelters[fn] was near.

Still, nobody was talking publicly about him for fear of the Jews.

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

Some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?

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?

“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in him?

When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only he was left, with the woman in the center.

“You are from below,” he told them, “I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

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.

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things and asked him, “We aren't blind too, are we? ”

“They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don't know the voice of strangers.”

Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.

Therefore, many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what he did believed in him.

Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and he stayed there with the disciples.

So they gave a dinner for him there; Martha was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with him.

Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was about to betray him), said,

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.

Then a large crowd of the Jews learned he was there. They came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, the one he had raised from the dead.

because he was the reason many of the Jews were deserting them[fn] and believing in Jesus.

they took palm branches and went out to meet him. They kept shouting:

“Hosanna!

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord ​— ​the King of Israel! ”

Now some Greeks were among those who went up to worship at the festival.

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.

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

One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was reclining close beside Jesus.[fn]

None of those reclining at the table knew why he said this to him.

“No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends.

Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this he's telling us: ‘In a little while, you will not see me; again in a little while, you will see me,' and, ‘Because I am going to the Father'? ”

“I pray not only for these, but also for those who believe in me through their word.

After Jesus had said these things, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it.

Then the company of soldiers, the commander, and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus and tied him up.

Then the servant girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, “You aren't one of this man's disciples too, are you? ”

“I am not,” he said.

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

When he had said these things, one of the officials standing by slapped Jesus, saying, “Is this the way you answer the high priest? ”

Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, “You aren't one of his disciples too, are you? ”

He denied it and said, “I am not.”

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

“You have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So, do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews? ”

And they kept coming up to him and saying, “Hail, king of the Jews! ” and were slapping his face.

Pilate also had a sign made and put on the cross. It said: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.

When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, a part for each soldier. They also took the tunic, which was seamless, woven in one piece from the top.

But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out.

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.

They placed Jesus there because of the Jewish day of preparation and since the tomb was nearby.

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.”

But Thomas (called “Twin”[fn]), one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.

Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book.

Simon Peter, Thomas (called “Twin”[fn]), Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, Zebedee's sons, and two others of his disciples were together.

“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.

“Come and have breakfast,” Jesus told them. None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you? ” because they knew it was the Lord.

After he had said this, he was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

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,

“Therefore, from among the men who have accompanied us during the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us ​— ​

Then they prayed, “You, Lord, know everyone's hearts; show which of these two you have chosen

Then they cast lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias and he was added to the eleven apostles.

“until I make your enemies your footstool.'

They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching, to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer.

A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple.

“The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied before Pilate, though he had decided to release him.

“In this way God fulfilled what he had predicted through all the prophets ​— ​that his Messiah would suffer.

“Moses said:[fn] The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you.

“In addition, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, have also foretold these days.

But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men[fn] came to about five thousand.

“This Jesus is

the stone rejected by you builders,

which has become the cornerstone.

Now the entire group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.

For there was not a needy person among them because all those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the proceeds of what was sold,

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.

Then Peter said to her, “Why did you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

Many signs and wonders were being done among the people through the hands of the apostles. They were all together in Solomon's Colonnade.

Then the high priest rose up. He and all who were with him, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

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.

“The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, whom you had murdered by hanging him on a tree.

“So in the present case, I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this work is of human origin, it will fail;

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 had them stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

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

“were carried back to Shechem, and were placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

“I am the God of your ancestors ​— ​the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look.

“This is the Moses who said to the Israelites: God[fn] will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.

“God turned away and gave them up to worship the stars of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:

House of Israel, did you bring me offerings and sacrifices

for forty years in the wilderness?

“Our ancestors in turn received it and with Joshua brought it in when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them, until the days of David.

“Heaven is my throne,

and the earth my footstool.

What sort of house will you build for me?

says the Lord,

or what will be my resting place?

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

Saul agreed with putting him to death.

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

For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.

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

So, after they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they traveled back to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.

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

At once something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized.

When the angel who spoke to him had gone, he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier, who was one of those who attended him.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely directed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

“We ourselves are witnesses of everything he did in both the Judean country and in Jerusalem, and yet they killed him by hanging him on a tree.

Each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers and sisters who lived in Judea.

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

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

Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, you can speak.”

“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.'

“Since the residents of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him or the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, they have fulfilled their words by condemning him.

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

But Paul and Barnabas shook the dust off their feet against them and went to Iconium.

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.

“People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

After the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

strengthening the[fn] disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, “It is necessary to go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.”

When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

“Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples' necks that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

“And the words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:

“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 

After spending some time there, they were sent back in peace by the brothers and sisters to those who had sent them.[fn][fn]

But Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended by the brothers and sisters to the grace of the Lord.

The brothers and sisters at Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him.

As they traveled through the towns, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem for the people to observe.

After they passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a large number of God-fearing Greeks, as well as a number of the leading women.

After taking a security bond from Jason and the others, they released them.

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, “What is this ignorant show-off[fn] trying to say? ”

Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities” ​— ​because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

“For in him we live and move and have our being, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.'

Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, along with his whole household. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.

Now some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists also attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by the Jesus that Paul preaches! ”

And many who had become believers came confessing and disclosing their practices,

After sending to Macedonia two of those who assisted him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

Even some of the provincial officials of Asia, who were his friends, sent word to him, pleading with him not to venture[fn] into the amphitheater.

Some Jews in the crowd gave instructions to Alexander[fn] after they pushed him to the front. Motioning with his hand, Alexander wanted to make his defense to the people.

and stayed three months. The Jews plotted against him when he was about to set sail for Syria, and so he decided to go back through Macedonia.

On the first day of the week, we assembled to break bread. Paul spoke to them, and since he was about to depart the next day, he kept on talking until midnight.

“serving the Lord with all humility, with tears, and during the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.

“In every way I've shown you that it is necessary to help the weak by laboring like this and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.' ”

The next day we left and came to Caesarea, where we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven, and stayed with him.

Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us and brought us to Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to stay.

When they heard it, they glorified God and said, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

“With regard to the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter containing our decision that[fn] they should keep themselves from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.”

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? ”

After he had given permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand to the people. When there was a great hush, he addressed them in Aramaic:[fn]

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

“And he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the words from his mouth,

“And when the blood of your witness Stephen was being shed, I stood there giving approval[fn] and guarding the clothes of those who killed him.'

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.

When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

The shouting grew loud, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party got up and argued vehemently, “We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him? ”[fn]

When it was morning, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander, because he has something to report to him.”

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

When this man had been seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, I arrived with my troops and rescued him because I learned that he is a Roman citizen.

When I was informed that there was a plot against the man,[fn] I sent him to you right away. I also ordered his accusers to state their case against him in your presence.[fn]

Five days later Ananias the high priest came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus. These men presented their case against Paul to the governor.

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

He ordered that the centurion keep Paul under guard, though he could have some freedom, and that he should not prevent any of his friends from meeting[fn] his needs.

The chief priests and the leaders of the Jews presented their case against Paul to him; and they appealed,

Then Paul made his defense: “Neither against the Jewish law, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned in any way.”

“When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews presented their case and asked that he be condemned.

Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all men present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has appealed to me concerning him, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he should not live any longer.

“the promise our twelve tribes hope to reach as they earnestly serve him night and day. King Agrippa, I am being accused by the Jews because of this hope.

“I actually did this in Jerusalem, and I locked up many of the saints in prison, since I had received authority for that from the chief priests. When they were put to death, I was in agreement against them.

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

“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.”

Some sailors tried to escape from the ship; they had let down the skiff into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow.

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

After three days he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

“Because the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar; even though I had no charge to bring against my people.

Then they said to him, “We haven't received any letters about you from Judea. None of the brothers has come and reported or spoken anything evil about you.

After arranging a day with him, many came to him at his lodging. From dawn to dusk he expounded and testified about the kingdom of God. He tried to persuade them about Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures ​— ​