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The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After his mother Mary had been engaged[fn] to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant from the Holy Spirit.

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Blessed are the 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.

“For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter[fn] or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all things are accomplished.

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

“And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

“But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

“Your kingdom come.

Your will be done

on earth as it is in heaven.

“And do not bring us into[fn] temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.[fn]

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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

“Therefore don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

“Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,' and look, there's a beam of wood in your own eye?

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

“The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn't collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.

“The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. It collapsed with a great crash.”

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

The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him! ”

“Go! ” he told them. So when they had come out, they entered the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water.

At that, the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

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

Then news of this spread throughout that whole area.

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

“and if the household is worthy, let your peace be on it; but if it is unworthy, let your peace return to you.

“From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence,[fn] and the violent have been seizing it by force.

“The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! ' Yet wisdom is vindicated[fn] by her deeds.”[fn]

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

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

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.

“If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

“If I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

“Therefore, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against[fn] the Spirit will not be forgiven.[fn]

While he was still speaking with the crowds, his mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to speak to him.

“Isaiah's prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says:

You will listen and listen,

but never understand;

you will look and look,

but never perceive.

“Now the one sown among the thorns ​— ​this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the deceitfulness[fn] of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

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.”

“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,

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

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

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

His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother.

When evening came, the disciples approached him and said, “This place is deserted, and it is already late.[fn] Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

This people[fn] honors me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me.

Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came and kept crying out,[fn] “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely tormented by a demon.”

But she came, knelt before him, and said, “Lord, help me! ”

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

“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.

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

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

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]

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

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

When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in an uproar, saying, “Who is this? ”

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

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

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

“Whose image and inscription is this? ” he asked them.

“Last of all, the woman died.

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

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

“Pray that your escape may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.

“For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

“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.

“Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place.

“As the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

“They didn't know until the flood came and swept them all away. This is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be.

“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.

“When they had gone to buy some, the groom arrived, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

When the disciples saw it, they were indignant. “Why this waste? ” they asked.

He said to them, “I am deeply grieved[fn] to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”

“Stay awake and pray, so that you won't enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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.

After a little while those standing there approached and said to Peter, “You really are one of them, since even your accent[fn] gives you away.”

While he was sitting on the judge's bench, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I've suffered terribly in a dream because of him.”

Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

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

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were seated there, facing the tomb.

“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.”

After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to view the tomb.

His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow.

The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news! ”

They were all amazed, and so they began to ask each other, “What is this? A new teaching with authority![fn] He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”

Simon's mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once.

The whole town was assembled at the door,

Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.

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

“If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to him and called him.

“but the worries of this age, the deceitfulness[fn] of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

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

“The soil produces a crop by itself ​— ​first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head.

And they were terrified[fn] and asked one another, “Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him! ”

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

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

The woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things? ” they said. “What is this wisdom that has been given to him, and how are these miracles performed by his hands?

So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

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

“John the Baptist's head,” she said.

because they had not understood about the loaves. Instead, their hearts were hardened.

He answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

This people honors me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me.

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

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

Sighing deeply in his spirit, he said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

“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]

When Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me. Don't stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has saved you.” Immediately he could see and began to follow Jesus on the road.

Blessed is the coming kingdom

of our father David!

Hosanna in the highest heaven!

Then Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.”

“But those tenant farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

They brought a coin. “Whose image and inscription is this? ” he asked them.

“Caesar's,” they replied.

“None of the seven[fn] left offspring. Last of all, the woman died too.

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

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

“Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place.

But some were expressing indignation to one another: “Why has this perfume been wasted?

He said to them, “I am deeply grieved[fn] to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake.”

“Stay awake and pray so that you won't enter into temptation.[fn] The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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.

Yet their testimony did not agree even on this.

When the maidservant saw him again, she began to tell those standing nearby, “This man is one of them.”

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

There were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching where he was laid.

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they could go and anoint him.

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

But they had no children because Elizabeth could not conceive, and both of them were well along in years.

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.

“How can I know this? ” Zechariah asked the angel. “For I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”

After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived and kept herself in seclusion for five months. She said,

But she was deeply troubled by this statement, wondering what kind of greeting this could be.

“And consider your relative Elizabeth ​— ​even she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called childless.

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

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

“How could this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

But his mother responded, “No. He will be called John.”

Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God.

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

But Mary was treasuring up all these things in her heart and meditating on them.

His father and mother[fn] were amazed at what was being said about him.

After those days were over, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents[fn] did not know it.

When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”

Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them. His mother kept all these things in her heart.

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

He began by saying to them, “Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled.”

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.

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

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

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

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

Then looking up at his disciples, he said:

Blessed are you who are poor,

because the kingdom of God is yours.

“Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him ​— ​she's a sinner! ”

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary, called Magdalene (seven demons had come out of her);

Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean? ”

“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

Then his mother and brothers came to him, but they could not meet with him because of the crowd.

He said to them, “Where is your faith? ”

They were fearful and amazed, asking one another, “Who then is this? He commands even the winds and the waves, and they obey him! ”

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

approached from behind and touched the end of his robe. Instantly her bleeding stopped.

When the woman saw that she was discovered, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she declared the reason she had touched him and how she was instantly healed.

“If a person of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

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

“‘We are wiping off even the dust of your town that clings to our feet as a witness against you. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.'

“And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will go down to Hades.

But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, and she came up and asked, “Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to serve alone? So tell her to give me a hand.”[fn]

He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say,

Father,[fn]

your name be honored as holy.

Your kingdom come.[fn]

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

“If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

“If I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

As he was saying these things, a woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the one who nursed you! ”

“Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,'

He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because one's life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”

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

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

He said, therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like, and what can I compare it to?

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

“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urgently invited to enter it.[fn]

And he told him, “Get up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you.”[fn]

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

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

Jesus, however, invited them: “Let the little children come to me, and don't stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

“Receive your sight,” Jesus told him. “Your faith has saved you.”

As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

“The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten more minas.'

“And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it safe in a cloth

“But when the tenant farmers saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let's kill him, so that the inheritance will be ours.'

“Finally, the woman died too.

“Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all of them.

“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that its desolation has come near.

“But when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift your heads, because your redemption is near.”

“In the same way, when you see these things happening, recognize[fn] that the kingdom of God is near.

The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, was approaching.

Then the Day of Unleavened Bread came when the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

When the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him.

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

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]

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

“Every day while I was with you in the temple, you never laid a hand on me. But this is your hour ​— ​and the dominion of darkness.”

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

But they urged him, “Stay with us, because it's almost evening, and now the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.

They said to each other, “Weren't our hearts burning within us while he was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us? ”

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

for the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

This was John's testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you? ”

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

When the wine ran out, Jesus's mother told him, “They don't have any wine.”

After this, he went down to Capernaum, together with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.

“This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

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

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who rejects the Son[fn] will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.

“How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman? ” she asked him. For Jews do not associate with[fn] Samaritans.[fn]

“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.”

“I don't have a husband,” she answered.

“You have correctly said, ‘I don't have a husband,' ” Jesus said.

“Sir,” the woman replied, “I see that you are a prophet.

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

The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

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

The father realized this was the very hour at which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” So he himself believed, along with his whole household.

By the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda[fn] in Aramaic, which has five colonnades.

“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.

Now the Passover, a Jewish festival, was near.

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

“because my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.

“The Spirit is the one who gives life. The flesh doesn't help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

The Jewish Festival of Shelters[fn] was near.

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

“The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.”

“Doesn't the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David's offspring[fn] and from the town of Bethlehem, where David lived? ”

“Teacher,” they said to him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.

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

“No one, Lord,”[fn] she answered.

“Neither do I condemn you,” said Jesus. “Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.”]

So the Pharisees said to him, “You are testifying about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”

“And if I do judge, my judgment is true, because it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.

He spoke these words by the treasury, while teaching in the temple. But no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

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

“If I glorify myself,” Jesus answered, “my glory is nothing. My Father ​— ​about whom you say, ‘He is our God' ​— ​he is the one who glorifies me.

“If you were blind,” Jesus told them, “you wouldn't have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,' your sin remains.

Jesus said again, “Truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

“I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.

“If he called those to whom the word of God came ‘gods' ​— ​and the Scripture cannot be broken ​— ​

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

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

Bethany was near Jerusalem (less than two miles[fn] away).

As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary remained seated in the house.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.

Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still in the place where Martha had met him.

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

“Remove the stone,” Jesus said.

Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, “Lord, there is already a stench because he has been dead four days.”

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

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

Jesus replied to them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

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

Jesus responded, “This voice came, not for me, but for you.

“I know that his command is eternal life. So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told me.”

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

“I'm not speaking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: The one who eats my bread[fn] has raised his heel against me.

“Don't let your heart be troubled. Believe[fn] in God; believe also in me.

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Don't let your heart be troubled or fearful.

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without me.

“I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

“But I have told you these things so that when their time[fn] comes you will remember I told them to you. I didn't tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

“Yet, because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

“Truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice. You will become sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.

“Until now you have asked for nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

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

“This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent ​— ​Jesus Christ.

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

“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 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.

“My kingdom is not of this world,” said Jesus. “If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, so that I wouldn't be handed over to the Jews. But as it is,[fn] my kingdom is not from here.”

So they said to one another, “Let's not tear it, but cast lots for it, to see who gets it.” This happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled that says: They divided my clothes among themselves, and they cast lots for my clothing. This is what the soldiers did.

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

Since it was the preparation day, the Jews did not want the bodies to remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special[fn] day). They requested that Pilate have the men's legs broken and that their bodies be taken away.

He who saw this has testified so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows he is telling the truth.

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.

Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord! ” And she told them what[fn] he had said to her.

This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.

“For it is written in the Book of Psalms:

Let his dwelling become desolate;

let no one live in it; and

Let someone else take his position.

“The sun will be turned to darkness

and the moon to blood

before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

“Therefore my heart is glad

and my tongue rejoices.

Moreover, my flesh will rest in hope,

“Seeing what was to come, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah: He[fn] was not abandoned in Hades, and his flesh did not experience decay.

“For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

“By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. So the faith that comes through Jesus has given him this perfect health in front of all of you.

“There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.”

“to do whatever your hand and your will had predestined to take place.

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.

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

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

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.

“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;

“When he was put outside, Pharaoh's daughter adopted and raised him as her own son.

“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?

They all paid attention to him, from the least of them to the greatest, and they said, “This man is called the Great Power of God.”[fn]

When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

“You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.

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.

but Saul learned of their plot. So they were watching the gates day and night intending to kill him,

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.

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

“and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered in God's sight.

The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

“You're out of your mind! ” they told her. But she kept insisting that it was true, and they said, “It's his angel.”

The following Sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the word of the Lord.[fn]

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

They took him and brought him to the Areopagus,[fn] and said, “May we learn about this new teaching you are presenting?

So he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

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

“Not only do we run a risk that our business may be discredited, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be despised and her magnificence come to the verge of ruin ​— ​the very one all of Asia and the world worship.”

Some were shouting one thing and some another, because the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians! ”

But Paul went down, bent over him, embraced him, and said, “Don't be alarmed, because he's alive.”

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

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

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

But they struck a sandbar and ran the ship aground. The bow jammed fast and remained immovable, while the stern began to break up by the pounding of the waves.

Once safely ashore, we then learned that the island was called Malta.

When the local people saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man, no doubt, is a murderer. Even though he has escaped the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

“For the hearts of these people

have grown callous,

their ears are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes

and hear with their ears,

understand with their heart

and turn,

and I would heal them.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because the news of your faith[fn] is being reported in all the world.

For though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became worthless, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Circumcision benefits you if you observe the law, but if you are a lawbreaker, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

What then? If some were unfaithful, will their unfaithfulness nullify God's faithfulness?

But if our unrighteousness highlights[fn] God's righteousness, what are we to say? I am using a human argument:[fn] Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?

But if by my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law?[fn] By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law[fn] of faith.

For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.

But to the one who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited for righteousness.

Is this blessing only for the circumcised, then? Or is it also for the uncircumcised? For we say, Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

And not only that, but we also boast in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance,

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all people, because all sinned.[fn]

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man's trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift which comes through the grace of the one man Jesus Christ overflowed to the many.

The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more

What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey[fn] its desires.

For example, a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law regarding the husband.

And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.

So now I am no longer the one doing it, but it is sin living in me.

Now if I do what I do not want, I am no longer the one that does it, but it is the sin that lives in me.

For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God's sons to be revealed.

They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, and the promises.

For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to election might stand —

For the Scripture tells Pharaoh, I raised you up for this reason so that I may display my power in you and that my name may be proclaimed in the whole earth.

But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel,

Though the number of Israelites

is like the sand of the sea,

only the remnant will be saved;

Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God concerning them[fn] is for their salvation.

But the righteousness that comes from faith speaks like this: Do not say in your heart, “Who will go up to heaven? ” that is, to bring Christ down

For the Scripture says, Everyone who believes on him will not be put to shame,

So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ.[fn]

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Or don't you know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah ​— ​how he pleads with God against Israel?

Now if by grace, then it is not by works; otherwise grace ceases to be grace.[fn]

And David says,

Let their table become a snare and a trap,

a pitfall and a retribution to them.

I ask, then, have they stumbled so as to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.

For if their rejection brings reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?

do not boast that you are better than those branches. But if you do boast ​— ​you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you.

And this will be my covenant with them

when I take away their sins.

since God's gracious gifts and calling are irrevocable.[fn]

For from him and through him

and to him are all things.

To him be the glory forever. Amen.

Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Love, therefore, is the fulfillment of the law.

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

And again, Isaiah says,

The root of Jesse will appear,

the one who rises to rule the Gentiles;

the Gentiles will hope in him.

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God. God's purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Pray that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea, that my ministry to[fn] Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

The report of your obedience has reached everyone. Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise about what is good, and yet innocent about what is evil.

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

so that your faith might not be based on human wisdom but on God's power.

each one's work will become obvious. For the day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire; the fire will test the quality of each one's work.

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

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.

“Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food,” and God will do away with both of them. However, the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

A husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.

For the unbelieving husband is made holy by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy by the husband.[fn] Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy.

Circumcision does not matter and uncircumcision does not matter. Keeping God's commands is what matters.

However, if you do get married, you have not sinned, and if a virgin[fn] marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have trouble in this life,[fn] and I am trying to spare you.

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the things of the world ​— ​how she may please her husband.

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

However, not everyone has this knowledge. Some have been so used to idolatry up until now that when they eat food sacrificed to an idol, their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

But be careful that this right of yours in no way becomes a stumbling block to the weak.

If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, because you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.

since the earth is the Lord's, and all that is in it.

But if someone says to you, “This is food from a sacrifice,” do not eat it, out of consideration for the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience.[fn]

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman,[fn] and God is the head of Christ.

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

For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman, and all things come from God.

but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her[fn] as a covering.

In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good:

If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don't need you! ” Or again, the head can't say to the feet, “I don't need you! ”

Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant,

Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love ​— ​but the greatest of these is love.

I wish all of you spoke in tongues,[fn] but even more that you prophesied. The person who prophesies is greater than the person who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be built up.

Speaking in tongues, then, is intended as a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is in vain, and so is your faith.[fn]

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.

Not all flesh is the same flesh; there is one flesh for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.

So it is with the resurrection of the dead: Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption;

What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruption.

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn't have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident about all of you that my joy will also be yours.