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“She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
See, the virgin will become pregnant
and give birth to a son,
and they will name him Immanuel,
which is translated “God is with us.”
but did not have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son.[fn] And he named him Jesus.
Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and falling to their knees, they worshiped him.[fn] Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
After they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Get up! Take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. For Herod is about to search for the child to kill him.”
saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, because those who intended to kill the child are dead.”
Now John had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
“His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn. But the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out.”
When Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. The heavens suddenly opened for him,[fn] and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him.
Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,
When he saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him.
“So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother or sister has something against you,
“leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.
“But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
“As for the one who wants to sue you and take away your shirt, let him have your coat as well.
“For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness[fn] in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
“But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.[fn]
“Why do you look at the splinter in your brother's eye but don't notice the beam of wood in your own eye?
“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?
“Hypocrite! First take the beam of wood out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother's eye.
“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.
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
Then Jesus told him, “See that you don't tell anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
“But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
When Jesus saw a large crowd[fn] around him, he gave the order to go to the other side of the sea.
Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves — but Jesus kept sleeping.
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.
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me,” and he got up and followed him.
“No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse.
“You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
“What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper,[fn] proclaim on the housetops.
“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.
“Or haven't you read in the law that on Sabbath days the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and are innocent?
Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
my beloved in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
“Either make the tree good and its fruit will be good, or make the tree bad[fn] and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
“The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching; and look — something greater than Jonah is here.
“For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
“Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn't have much soil, and it grew up quickly since the soil wasn't deep.
“But when the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.
“When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.
“Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I'll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but collect the wheat in my barn.' ”
so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:
I will open my mouth in parables;
I will declare things kept secret
from the foundation of the world.[fn]
Then his disciples came, removed the corpse,[fn] buried it, and went and reported to Jesus.
Everyone ate and was satisfied. They picked up twelve baskets full of leftover pieces.
Immediately he[fn] made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.
After dismissing the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. Well into the night, he was there alone.
“It's not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth — this defiles a person.”
Moving on from there, Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee. He went up on a mountain and sat there,
They all ate and were satisfied. They collected the leftover pieces — seven large baskets full.
After dismissing the crowds, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan.[fn]
As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Don't tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised[fn] from the dead.”
“Lord,” he said, “have mercy on my son, because he has seizures[fn] and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire and often into the water.
“But, so we won't offend them, go to the sea, cast in a fishhook, and take the first fish that you catch. When you open its mouth you'll find a coin.[fn] Take it and give it to them for me and you.”
“If your hand or your foot causes you to fall away, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
“See to it that you don't despise one of these little ones, because I tell you that in heaven their angels continually view the face of my Father in heaven.[fn]
“What do you think? If someone has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, won't he leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go and search for the stray?
“Then the master of that servant had compassion, released him, and forgave him the loan.
“But he wasn't willing. Instead, he went and threw him into prison until he could pay what was owed.
“And because he was angry, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he could pay everything that was owed.
“Which ones? ” he asked him.
Jesus answered: Do not murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not bear false witness;
“So when the first ones came, they assumed they would get more, but they also received a denarius each.
“‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day's work and the burning heat.'
Jesus answered, “You don't know what you're asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? ”[fn]
“We are able,” they said to him.
He told them, “You will indeed drink my cup,[fn] but to sit at my right and left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
When they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus then sent two disciples,
Jesus went into the temple[fn] and threw out all those buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.
Jesus answered them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you tell this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' it will be done.
When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority? ”
“Which of the two did his father's will? ”
They said, “The first.”
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
“Again, he sent out other servants and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: See, I've prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.'
“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.'
“Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read what was spoken to you by God:
“Blind people![fn] For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed[fn] and self-indulgence.
“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of my name.
“So when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place” (let the reader understand),
“Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
“He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
“But the man who had received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money.
“The man who had received one talent also approached and said, ‘Master, I know you. You're a harsh man, reaping where you haven't sown and gathering where you haven't scattered seed.
“So I was afraid and went off and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.'
“And throw this good-for-nothing servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
“Then he will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels!
“You know[fn] that the Passover takes place after two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover? ”
“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.' ”
Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? See, the time is near. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
At that moment one of those with Jesus reached out his hand and drew his sword. He struck the high priest's servant and cut off his ear.
Peter was following him at a distance right to the high priest's courtyard. He went in and was sitting with the servants to see the outcome.
Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's residence and gathered the whole company[fn] around him.
After they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus's body. Then Pilate ordered that it[fn] be released.
The eleven disciples traveled to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had directed them.
“Go, therefore, and make disciples of[fn] all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
As soon as he came up out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
Then, passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me,” and he got up and followed him.
“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, and a worse tear is made.
“But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”[fn] —
“Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn't have much soil, and it grew up quickly, since the soil wasn't deep.
“As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
On that day, when evening had come, he told them, “Let's cross over to the other side of the sea.”
A great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped.
He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher! Don't you care that we're going to die? ”
because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had torn the chains apart and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him earnestly that he might remain with him.
When Jesus had crossed over again by boat[fn] to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the sea.
had endured much under many doctors. She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse.
When John's disciples heard about it, they came and removed his corpse and placed it in a tomb.
Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. They were completely astounded,
The woman was a Gentile,[fn] a Syrophoenician by birth, and she was asking him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.
And he immediately got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can'?[fn] Everything is possible for the one who believes.”
“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]
Jesus said to them, “You don't know what you're asking. Are you able to drink the cup I drink or to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with? ”
“We are able,” they told him.
Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.
“But to sit at my right or left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”
When they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples
He went into Jerusalem and into the temple. After looking around at everything, since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
They came to Jerusalem, and he went into the temple and began to throw out those buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,
Sitting across from the temple treasury, he watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich people were putting in large sums.
Summoning his disciples, he said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.
While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives across from the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,
“You will be hated by everyone because of my name, but the one who endures to the end will be saved.
“When you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be” (let the reader understand), “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.
“For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the elect.
“But in those days, after that tribulation: The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light;
“It is like a man on a journey, who left his house, gave authority to his servants, gave each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to be alert.
On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrifice the Passover lamb, his disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare the Passover so that you may eat it? ”
“Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples? ” '
So the disciples went out, entered the city, and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
He said to them, “It is one of the Twelve — the one who is dipping bread in the bowl with me.
And he said, “Abba,[fn] Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Nevertheless, not what I will, but what you will.”
Then he came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The time has come. See, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
One of those who stood by drew his sword, struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his ear.
Peter followed him at a distance, right into the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the servants,[fn] warming himself by the fire.
The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they could not find any.
Then some began to spit on him, to blindfold him, and to beat him, saying, “Prophesy! ” The temple servants also took him and slapped him.
Immediately a rooster crowed a second time, and Peter remembered when Jesus had spoken the word to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them; and after having Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.
Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Sanhedrin who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came and boldly went to Pilate and asked for Jesus's body.
Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they went to the tomb at sunrise.
When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; they were alarmed.
So the Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word by the accompanying signs.]
it happened that he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense.
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will name him John.
“See, I am the Lord's servant,” said Mary. “May it happen to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her.
Then her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her his great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
When they came to circumcise the child on the eighth day, they were going to name him Zechariah, after his father.
Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,
When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let's go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
They hurried off and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the manger.
and to offer a sacrifice (according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons).
Guided by the Spirit, he entered the temple. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform for him what was customary under the law,
“His winnowing shovel is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out.”
and the Holy Spirit descended on him in a physical appearance like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well-pleased.”
So he took him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here.
He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. As usual, he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.
The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him, and unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written:
He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him.
But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be silent and come out of him! ” And throwing him down before them, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all.
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
On one of those days while he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and also from Jerusalem. And the Lord's power to heal was in him.
Since they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the stretcher through the roof tiles into the middle of the crowd before Jesus.
“But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — he told the paralyzed man, “I tell you: Get up, take your stretcher, and go home.”
After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.”
He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, not only will he tear the new, but also the piece from the new garment will not match the old.
But he knew their thoughts and told the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand here.”[fn] So he got up and stood there.
During those days he went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.
Blessed are you when people hate you,
when they exclude you, insult you,
and slander your name as evil
because of the Son of Man.
“If anyone hits you on the cheek, offer the other also. And if anyone takes away your coat, don't hold back your shirt either.
“If you do what is good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.
“Why do you look at the splinter in your brother's eye, but don't notice the beam of wood in your own eye?
“Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam of wood in your eye? Hypocrite! First take the beam of wood out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the splinter in your brother's eye.
“A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.
“He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn't shake it, because it was well built.
(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God's way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John's baptism.
Simon answered, “I suppose the one he forgave more.”
“You have judged correctly,” he told him.
“Other seed fell on the rock; when it grew up, it withered away, since it lacked moisture.
“No one, after lighting a lamp, covers it with a basket or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in may see its light.
One day he and his disciples got into a boat, and he told them, “Let's cross over to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,
When the men who tended them saw what had happened, they ran off and reported it in the town and in the countryside.
Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man the demons had departed from, sitting at Jesus's feet, dressed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.
Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was going on. He was perplexed, because some said that John had been raised from the dead,
About eight days after this conversation, he took along Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
But they did not understand this statement; it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
He told them, “Whoever welcomes[fn] this little child in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me welcomes him who sent me. For whoever is least among you — this one is great.”
When the days were coming to a close for him to be taken up, he determined[fn] to journey to Jerusalem.
“He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
“The one who showed mercy to him,” he said.
Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”
“I tell you, even though he won't get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend's shameless boldness,[fn] he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
“The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching, and look — something greater than Jonah is here.
“No one lights a lamp and puts it in the cellar or under a basket,[fn] but on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see its light.
But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil.
“Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in an ear in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
“I say to you, my friends, don't fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.
“But I will show you the one to fear: Fear him who has authority to throw people into hell after death. Yes, I say to you, this is the one to fear!
“Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?
“And that servant who knew his master's will and didn't prepare himself or do it[fn] will be severely beaten.
“Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why don't you know how to interpret this present time?
“I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny.”[fn]
At that time, some people came and reported to him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
“But he replied to him, ‘Sir,[fn] leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
“What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field[fn] and go after the lost one until he finds it?
“and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep! '
“The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate I have coming to me.' So he distributed the assets[fn] to them.
“So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will trust you with what is genuine?
“And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what is your own?
“‘Father Abraham! ' he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame! '
“Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”[fn]
“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, have mercy on me,[fn] a sinner! '
So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since he was about to pass that way.
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.
“At his return, having received the authority to be king, he summoned those servants he had given the money to, so that he could find out how much they had made in business.
“why, then, didn't you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest.'
As he approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples
Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to kill him,
but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were captivated by what they heard.
During the day, he was teaching in the temple, but in the evening he would go out and spend the night on what is called the Mount of Olives.
The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the people.
He went away and discussed with the chief priests and temple police how he could hand him over to them.
Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”
“Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples? ” '
Then he said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.[fn]
“For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed! ”
So they began to argue among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do it.
Then he said to them, “But now, whoever has a money-bag should take it, and also a traveling bag. And whoever doesn't have a sword should sell his robe and buy one.
“For I tell you, what is written must be fulfilled in me:[fn] And he was counted among the lawless. Yes, what is written about me is coming to its fulfillment.”
He went out and made his way as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.
“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me — nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
When those around him saw what was going to happen, they asked, “Lord, should we strike with the sword? ”
When a servant saw him sitting in the light, and looked closely at him, she said, “This man was with him too.”
When daylight came, the elders[fn] of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes, convened and brought him before their Sanhedrin.
They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”
Herod was very glad to see Jesus; for a long time he had wanted to see him because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle[fn] performed by him.
And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.” Saying this, he breathed his last.
When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous! ”[fn]
The women who had come with him from Galilee followed along and observed the tomb and how his body was placed.
Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they[fn] came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. When he stooped to look in, he saw only the linen cloths.[fn] So he went away, amazed at what had happened.
“and when they didn't find his body, they came and reported that they had seen a vision of angels who said he was alive.
“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.”
But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be[fn] children of God, to those who believe in his name,
And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and he rested on him.
“I didn't know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The one you see the Spirit descending and resting on — he is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
When the headwaiter tasted the water (after it had become wine), he did not know where it came from — though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He called the groom
After making a whip out of cords, he drove everyone out of the temple with their sheep and oxen. He also poured out the money changers' coins and overturned the tables.
While he was in Jerusalem during the Passover Festival, many believed in his name when they saw the signs he was doing.
“Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
“This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.
“For everyone who does evil hates the light and avoids it,[fn] so that his deeds may not be exposed.
“But anyone who lives by[fn] the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be shown to be accomplished by God.”
For the one whom God sent speaks God's words, since he[fn] gives the Spirit without measure.
“Sir,” said the woman, “you don't even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do you get this ‘living water'?
“You aren't greater than our father Jacob, are you? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and livestock.”
“Sir,” the woman said to him, “give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and come here to draw water.”
“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work,” Jesus told them.
He went again to Cana of Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a certain royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum.
This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill him: Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God.
“I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
Therefore, when Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
Then they were willing to take him on board, and at once the boat was at the shore where they were heading.
The next day, the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the sea saw there had been only one boat.[fn] They also saw that Jesus had not boarded the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone off alone.
“Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”
“For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
So Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves.
“The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day,
When the festival was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach.
“If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.
Nicodemus — the one who came to him previously and who was one of them — said to them,
At dawn he went to the temple again, and all the people were coming to him. He sat down and began to teach them.
Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”
“You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature,[fn] because he is a liar and the father of lies.
His neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar said, “Isn't this the one who used to sit begging? ”
Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man perform such signs? ” And there was a division among them.
“We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does his will, he listens to him.
So he departed again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there.
“Aren't there twelve hours in a day? ” Jesus answered. “If anyone walks during the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw that Mary got up quickly and went out. They followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to cry there.
Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.
“If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
He didn't say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.
His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.
“Father, glorify your name.”[fn]
Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn't overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn't know where he's going.
“While you have the light, believe in the light so that you may become children of light.” Jesus said this, then went away and hid from them.
Jesus replied, “He's the one I give the piece of bread to after I have dipped it.” When he had dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas, Simon Iscariot's son.[fn]
After Judas ate the piece of bread, Satan entered him. So Jesus told him, “What you're doing, do quickly.”
Since Judas kept the money-bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.
“He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive him because it doesn't see him or know him. But you do know him, because he remains with you and will be[fn] in you.
“Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes, and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.
“If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
“If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.
“But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they don't know the one who sent me.
“When a woman is in labor, she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.
“I have revealed your name to the people you gave me from the world. They were yours, you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
“I made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them and I may be in them.”
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.)
At that, Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword away! Am I not to drink the cup the Father has given me? ”
One of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn't I see you with him in the garden? ”
Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
Then Pilate went back into the headquarters, summoned Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the king of the Jews? ”
Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Here is the man! ”
He went back into the headquarters and asked Jesus, “Where are you from? ” But Jesus did not give him an answer.
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then bowing his head, he gave up his spirit.
After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus — but secretly because of his fear of the Jews — asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus's body. Pilate gave him permission; so he came and took his body away.
Nicodemus (who had previously come to him at night) also came, bringing a mixture of about seventy-five pounds[fn] of myrrh and aloes.
They took Jesus's body and wrapped it in linen cloths with the fragrant spices, according to the burial custom of the Jews.
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.
The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first.
Then, following him, Simon Peter also came. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.
The wrapping that had been on his head was not lying with the linen cloths but was folded up in a separate place by itself.
The other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, then also went in, saw, and believed.
But Mary stood outside the tomb, crying. As she was crying, she stooped to look into the tomb.
When it was evening on that first day of the week, the disciples were gathered together with the doors locked because they feared the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
A week later his disciples were indoors again, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
“I'm going fishing,” Simon Peter said to them.
“We're coming with you,” they told him. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
“Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” he told them, “and you'll find some.” So they did,[fn] and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish.
Since they were not far from land (about a hundred yards[fn] away), the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish.
So Simon Peter climbed up and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish — 153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.
He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me? ”
Peter was grieved that he asked him the third time, “Do you love me? ” He said, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.”
“Feed my sheep,” Jesus said.
So Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them, the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is the one that's going to betray you? ”
After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
When they arrived, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
In those days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters[fn] — the number of people who were together was about a hundred twenty — and said,
This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field is called Hakeldama (that is, “Field of Blood”).
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Every day the Lord added to their number[fn] those who were being saved.
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple for the time of prayer at three in the afternoon.[fn]
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.
So he jumped up and started to walk, and he entered the temple with them — walking, leaping, and praising God.
because they were annoyed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
So they called for them and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
After threatening them further, they released them. They found no way to punish them because the people were all giving glory to God over what had been done.
“The kings of the earth take their stand
and the rulers assemble together
against the Lord and against his Messiah.
With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on all of them.
“Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds of the land?
“Wasn't it yours while you possessed it? And after it was sold, wasn't it at your disposal? Why is it that you planned this thing in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God.”
“Tell me,” Peter asked her, “did you sell the land for this price? ”
“Yes,” she said, “for that price.”
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.”
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.
“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
“Didn't we strictly order you not to teach in this name? Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man's blood.”
The Twelve summoned the whole company of the disciples and said, “It would not be right for us to give up preaching the word of God to wait on tables.
They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; so they came, seized him, and took him to the Sanhedrin.
And all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
“Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this land in which you are now living.
“I will judge the nation that they will serve as slaves, God said. After this, they will come out and worship me in this place.
“He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them abandon their infants outside so that they wouldn't survive.
“When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. As he was approaching to look at it, the voice of the Lord came:
“The Lord said to him: Take off the sandals from your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground.
“You took up the tent of Moloch
and the star of your god Rephan,
the images that you made to worship.
So I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.
A man named Simon had previously practiced sorcery in that city and amazed the Samaritan people, while claiming to be somebody great.
They were attentive to him because he had amazed them with his sorceries for a long time.
Now the Scripture passage he was reading was this:
He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb is silent before its shearer,
so he does not open his mouth.
Philip proceeded to tell him the good news about Jesus, beginning with that Scripture.
So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.
“And he has authority here from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”
But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to take my name to Gentiles, kings, and Israelites.
All who heard him were astounded and said, “Isn't this the man in Jerusalem who was causing havoc for those who called on this name and came here for the purpose of taking them as prisoners to the chief priests? ”
Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him to the room upstairs. And all the widows approached him, weeping and showing him the robes and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.
Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down, prayed, and turning toward the body said, “Tabitha, get up.” She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up.
The next day, as they were traveling and nearing the city, Peter went up to pray on the roof about noon.[fn]
“You know the events that took place throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached:
“not by all the people, but by us whom God appointed as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
“Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? ”
“ ‘No, Lord! ' I said. ‘For nothing impure or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth.'
After the arrest, he put him in prison and assigned four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
“Get dressed,” the angel told him, “and put on your sandals.” And he did. “Wrap your cloak around you,” he told him, “and follow me.”
Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. Together they presented themselves before him. After winning over Blastus, who was in charge of the king's bedroom, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king's country.
As they were worshiping[fn] the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Then, when he saw what happened, the proconsul believed, because he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
“Now as John was completing his mission, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the one. But one is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet.'
As they were leaving, the people[fn] urged them to speak about these matters the following Sabbath.
In Iconium they entered the Jewish synagogue, as usual, and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.
From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.
“And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us.
So they were sent off and went down to Antioch, and after gathering the assembly, they delivered the letter.
But Paul insisted that they should not take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.
After he had seen the vision, we immediately made efforts to set out for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
As usual, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
“Since, then, we are God's offspring, we shouldn't think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.
where he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul came to them,
and since they were of the same occupation, tentmakers by trade, he stayed with them and worked.
While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack against Paul and brought him to the tribunal.
As Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or of a serious crime, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you Jews.
He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit,[fn] he was speaking and teaching accurately about Jesus, although he knew only John's baptism.
“Into what then were you baptized? ” he asked them.
“Into John's baptism,” they replied.
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! ”
After these events, Paul resolved by the Spirit[fn] to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem. “After I've been there,” he said, “It is necessary for me to see Rome as well.”
“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.”
So the city was filled with confusion, and they rushed all together into the amphitheater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.
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.
After the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, and after saying farewell, departed to go to Macedonia.
We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul on board, because these were his instructions, since he himself was going by land.
“But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course[fn] and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God's grace.
“And now I know that none of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will ever see me again.
grieving most of all over his statement that they would never see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship.
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.
shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. What's more, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”
For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
Some in the crowd were shouting one thing and some another. Since he was not able to get reliable information because of the uproar, he ordered him to be taken into the barracks.
“I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? '
“Now those who were with me saw the light,[fn] but they did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
“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 now, why are you delaying? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'
The next day, since he wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him[fn] and instructed the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to convene. He brought Paul down and placed him before them.
The high priest Ananias ordered those who were standing next to him to strike him on the mouth.
When the dispute became violent, the commander feared that Paul might be torn apart by them and ordered the troops to go down, take him away from them, and bring him into the barracks.
“The Jews,” he said, “have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow, as though they are going to hold a somewhat more careful inquiry about him.
Wanting to know the charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down before their Sanhedrin.
So the soldiers took Paul during the night and brought him to Antipatris as they were ordered.
Now as he spoke about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid and replied, “Leave for now, but when I have an opportunity I'll call for you.”
Then Paul made his defense: “Neither against the Jewish law, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned in any way.”
“If then I did anything wrong and am deserving of death, I am not trying to escape death; but if there is nothing to what these men accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar! ”
So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium with the military commanders and prominent men of the city. When Festus gave the command, Paul was brought in.
“In fact, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
When we had put out to sea from there, we sailed along the northern coast[fn] of Cyprus because the winds were against us.
After sailing through the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia.
By now much time had passed, and the voyage was already dangerous. Since the Day of Atonement[fn] was already over, Paul gave his advice
After hoisting it up, they used ropes and tackle and girded the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the drift-anchor, and in this way they were driven along.
When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing the grain overboard into the sea.
When daylight came, they did not recognize the land but sighted a bay with a beach. They planned to run the ship ashore if they could.
The local people showed us extraordinary kindness. They lit a fire and took us all in, since it was raining and cold.
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.”
“After they examined me, they wanted to release me, since there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.
For I want very much to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
For I am not ashamed of the gospel,[fn] because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.
For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse.
Do you think — anyone of you who judges those who do such things yet do the same — that you will escape God's judgment?
There will be affliction and distress for every human being who does evil, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek;
but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does what is good, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.
on the day when God judges what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.
and know his will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,
God presented him to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so that he would be just and justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith[fn] while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.
This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, to guarantee it to all the descendants — not only to the one who is of the law[fn] but also to the one who is of Abraham's faith. He is the father of us all.
He believed, hoping against hope, so that he became the father of many nations according to what had been spoken: So will your descendants be.
He did not weaken in faith when he considered[fn] his own body to be already dead (since he was about a hundred years old) and also the deadness of Sarah's womb.
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey[fn] its desires.
But now, since you have been set free from sin and have become enslaved to God, you have your fruit, which results in sanctification — and the outcome is eternal life!
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were put to death in relation to the law through the body of Christ so that you may belong to another. You belong to him who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God.
For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions aroused through the law were working in us[fn] to bear fruit for death.
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it.
For what the law could not do since it was weakened by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh as a sin offering,[fn]
In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us[fn] with inexpressible groanings.
For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
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.
And what if God, wanting to display his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
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.
I don't want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited: A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
Regarding the gospel, they are enemies for your advantage, but regarding election, they are loved because of the patriarchs,
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
For by the grace given to me, I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he should think. Instead, think sensibly, as God has distributed a measure of faith to each one.
in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another.
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Do what is good, and you will have its approval.
For it is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For it is God's servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong.
Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor.
Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Therefore, let us no longer judge one another. Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in the way of your brother or sister.
Do not tear down God's work because of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong to make someone fall by what he eats.
Now may the God who gives[fn] endurance and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, according to Christ Jesus,
For I say that Christ became a servant of the circumcised[fn] on behalf of God's truth, to confirm the promises to the fathers,
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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.
by the power of miraculous signs and wonders, and by the power of God's Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum.[fn]
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.
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent for long ages
To the church of God at Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord — both their Lord and ours.
Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, that there be no divisions among you, and that you be united with the same understanding and the same conviction.
When I came to you, brothers and sisters, announcing the mystery[fn] of God to you, I did not come with brilliance of speech or wisdom.
Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.
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.
Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying: “Nothing beyond what is written.” The purpose is that none of you will be arrogant, favoring one person over another.
And you are arrogant! Shouldn't you be filled with grief and remove from your congregation the one who did this?
Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little leaven[fn] leavens the whole batch of dough?
Flee sexual immorality! Every other sin[fn] a person commits is outside the body, but the person who is sexually immoral sins against his own body.
Do not deprive one another — except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to[fn] prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is limited, so from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none,
I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote what is proper and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.
For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol's temple, won't his weak conscience be encouraged[fn] to eat food offered to idols?
In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should earn their living by the gospel.
For my part I have used none of these rights, nor have I written these things that they may be applied in my case. For it would be better for me to die than for anyone to deprive me of my boast!
What then is my reward? To preach the gospel and offer it free of charge and not make full use of my rights in the gospel.
Don't you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way to win the prize.
Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.
Now these things took place as examples for us, so that we will not desire evil things as they did.[fn]
Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, without raising questions for the sake of conscience,
If any of the unbelievers invites you over and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, without raising questions for the sake of conscience.
just as I also try to please everyone in everything, not seeking my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.
Now in giving this instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.
For at the meal, each one eats his own supper.[fn] So one person is hungry while another gets drunk!
Don't you have homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I do not praise you in this matter!
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.”
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
So, then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sin against the body[fn] and blood of the Lord.
For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing the body,[fn] eats and drinks judgment on himself.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, welcome one another.[fn]
to one is given a message of wisdom through the Spirit, to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
which our respectable parts do not need.
Instead, God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the less honorable,
so that there would be no division in the body, but that the members would have the same concern for each other.
And if I give away all my possessions, and if I give over my body in order to boast[fn] but do not have love, I gain nothing.
is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not irritable, and does not keep a record of wrongs.
If, therefore, the whole church assembles together and all are speaking in tongues and people who are outsiders or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
If anyone speaks in a tongue, there are to be only two, or at the most three, each in turn, and let someone interpret.
So then, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.
Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel I preached to you, which you received, on which you have taken your stand
And as for what you sow — you are not sowing the body that will be, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain.
For this corruptible body must be clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal body must be clothed with immortality.
If Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear while with you, because he is doing the Lord's work, just as I am.
I am delighted to have Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus present, because these men have made up for your absence.
He comforts us in all our affliction,[fn] so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
In fact, I made up my mind about this: I would not come to you on another painful visit.[fn]
When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord opened a door for me,
Now if the ministry that brought death, chiseled in letters on stones, came with glory, so that the Israelites were not able to gaze steadily at Moses's face because of its glory, which was set aside,
We are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from gazing steadily until the end[fn] of the glory of what was being set aside,
In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ,[fn] who is the image of God.
And since we have the same spirit of faith in keeping with what is written, I believed, therefore I spoke, we also believe, and therefore speak.
I don't say this to condemn you, since I have already said that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.
During a severe trial brought about by affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
So we urged Titus that just as he had begun, so he should also complete among you this act of grace.
I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love.
And in this matter I am giving advice because it is profitable for you, who began last year not only to do something but also to want to do it.
Now also finish the task, so that just as there was an eager desire, there may also be a completion, according to what you have.
At the present time your surplus is available for their need, so that their abundance may in turn meet your need, in order that there may be equality.
As it is written: The person who had much did not have too much, and the person who had little did not have too little.
Because of the proof provided by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone.
I beg you that when I am present I will not need to be bold with the confidence by which I plan to challenge certain people who think we are living according to the flesh.
We, however, will not boast beyond measure but according to the measure of the area of ministry that God has assigned to us, which reaches even to you.
Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
When I was present with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, since the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have kept myself, and will keep myself, from burdening you in any way.
I gave a warning when I was present the second time, and now I give a warning while I am absent to those who sinned before and to all the rest: If I come again, I will not be lenient,
But we pray to God that you do nothing wrong — not that we may appear to pass the test, but that you may do what is right, even though we may appear to fail.
who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.
not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.
For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin.
I went up according to a revelation and presented to them the gospel I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those recognized as leaders. I wanted to be sure I was not running, and had not been running, in vain.
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter was for the circumcised,
I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard?[fn]
So then, does God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law? Or is it by believing what you heard —
My point is this: The law, which came 430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously established by God[fn] and thus cancel the promise.
you know[fn] that previously I preached the gospel to you because of a weakness of the flesh.
I myself am persuaded in the Lord you will not accept any other view. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty.
Let each person examine his own work, and then he can take pride in himself alone, and not compare himself with someone else.
because the one who sows to his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
Let us not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don't give up.
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
He made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ
In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed.
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
so that in the coming ages he might display the immeasurable riches of his grace through his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
For he is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In his flesh,
This grace was given to me — the least of all the saints — to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of Christ,
I pray that he may grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power in your inner being through his Spirit,
and to know Christ's love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Therefore, putting away lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
Let the thief no longer steal. Instead, he is to do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need.
And don't grieve God's Holy Spirit. You were sealed by him[fn] for the day of redemption.
Don't work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing God's will from your heart.
Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel.
Indeed, it is right for me to think this way about all of you, because I have you in my heart,[fn] and you are all partners with me in grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
so that you may approve the things that are superior and may be pure and blameless in the day of Christ,
I am torn between the two. I long to depart and be with Christ — which is far better —
make my joy complete by thinking the same way, having the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.
who, existing in the form of God,
did not consider equality with God
as something to be exploited.[fn]
For it is God who is working in you both to will and to work according to his good purpose.
But you know his proven character, because he has served with me in the gospel ministry like a son with a father.
because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your ministry to me.
In addition, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write to you again about this is no trouble for me and is a safeguard for you.
More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ
He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject everything to himself.
Finally[fn] brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable — if there is any moral excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy — dwell on these things.
I rejoiced in the Lord greatly because once again you renewed your care for me. You were, in fact, concerned about me but lacked the opportunity to show it.
Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the profit[fn] that is increasing to your account.
And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, joyfully
For I want you to know how greatly I am struggling for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me in person.
For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.
He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.
Masters, deal with your slaves justly and fairly, since you know that you too have a Master in heaven.
At the same time, pray also for us that God may open a door to us for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains,
On the contrary, after we had previously suffered and were treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.
Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please people, but rather God, who examines our hearts.
We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
For you remember our labor and hardship, brothers and sisters. Working night and day so that we would not burden any of you, we preached God's gospel to you.
we encouraged, comforted, and implored each one of you to walk worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
by keeping us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are constantly filling up their sins to the limit, and wrath has overtaken them at last.[fn]
But as for us, brothers and sisters, after we were forced to leave you[fn] for a short time (in person, not in heart), we greatly desired and made every effort to return and see you face to face.
And we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker[fn] in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith,
so that no one will be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.
For this reason, when I could no longer stand it, I also sent him to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that our labor might be for nothing.
as we pray very earnestly night and day to see you face to face and to complete what is lacking in your faith?
May he make your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. Amen.[fn]
Additionally then, brothers and sisters, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received instruction from us on how you should live and please God — as you are doing[fn] — do this even more.
This means one must not transgress against and take advantage of a brother or sister in this manner, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offenses, as we also previously told and warned you.
Consequently, anyone who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.
About brotherly love: You don't need me to write you because you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
and to regard them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
It is clear evidence of God's righteous judgment that you will be counted worthy of God's kingdom, for which you also are suffering,
and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.
In addition, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you,
we did not eat anyone's food free of charge; instead, we labored and toiled, working night and day, so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
It is not that we don't have the right to support, but we did it to make ourselves an example to you so that you would imitate us.
that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which was entrusted to me.
even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I received mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief,
storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of what is truly life.
Therefore, I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.
So don't be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me his prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead and descended from David, according to my gospel,
Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, bearing this inscription: The Lord knows those who are his, and let everyone who calls on the name of[fn] the Lord turn away from wickedness.
Then they may come to their senses and escape the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
he saved us — not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy — through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right,
But we do see Jesus — made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God's grace he might taste death for everyone — crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death.
saying:
I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters;
I will sing hymns to you in the congregation.
Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through his death he might destroy the one holding the power of death — that is, the devil —
But Christ was faithful as a Son over his household. And we are that household if we hold on to our confidence and the hope in which we boast.[fn]
For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love[fn] you demonstrated for his name by serving the saints — and by continuing to serve them.
Because God wanted to show his unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with an oath,
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.
Without father, mother, or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.
Now many have become Levitical priests, since they are prevented by death from remaining in office.
Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to intercede for them.
For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore, it was necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.
It had the gold altar of incense and the ark of the covenant, covered with gold on all sides, in which was a gold jar containing the manna, Aaron's staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.
The cherubim of glory were above the ark overshadowing the mercy seat. It is not possible to speak about these things in detail right now.
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our[fn] consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God?
For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats,[fn] along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people,
so also Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but[fn] to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come, and not the reality itself of those things, it can never perfect the worshipers by the same sacrifices they continually offer year after year.
Otherwise, wouldn't they have stopped being offered, since the worshipers, purified once and for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?
Then I said, “See —
it is written about me
in the scroll —
I have come to do your will, God.”
he then says, See, I have come to do your will.[fn] He takes away the first to establish the second.
But this man, after offering one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.[fn]
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
For if we deliberately go on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, who has regarded as profane[fn] the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
For you need endurance, so that after you have done God's will, you may receive what was promised.
Therefore, from one man — in fact, from one as good as dead — came offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and as innumerable as the grains of sand along the seashore.
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and he worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
By faith Moses, after he was born, was hidden by his parents for three months, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they didn't fear the king's edict.
By faith he instituted the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites.
For they disciplined us for a short time based on what seemed good to them, but he does it for our benefit, so that we can share his holiness.
No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
for they could not bear what was commanded: If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.
By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like someone looking at his own face[fn] in a mirror.
if you look with favor on the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “Sit here in a good place,” and yet you say to the poor person, “Stand over there,” or “Sit here on the floor by my footstool,”
For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is mature, able also to control the whole body.
Now if we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we direct their whole bodies.
And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed[fn] among our members. It stains the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war.[fn] You do not have because you do not ask.
Or do you think it's without reason that the Scripture says: The spirit he made to dwell in us envies intensely?[fn]
Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring — what your life will be! For you are like vapor that appears for a little while, then vanishes.
See, we count as blessed those who have endured.[fn] You have heard of Job's endurance and have seen the outcome that the Lord brought about — the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
If you appeal to the Father who judges impartially according to each one's work, you are to conduct yourselves in reverence during your time living as strangers.
Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word,[fn] so that by it you may grow up into your salvation,
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree; so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker partner, showing them honor as coheirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another, and be compassionate and humble,[fn]
in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God's will.
For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.
For the time has come for judgment to begin with God's household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
So then, let those who suffer according to God's will entrust themselves to a faithful Creator while doing what is good.
It has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to its own vomit, and, “A washed sow returns to wallowing in the mud.”
But based on his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
I am writing to you, little children,
since your sins have been forgiven
on account of his name.
And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does the will of God remains forever.
This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us; anyone who is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
For some people, who were designated for this judgment long ago,[fn] have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.
Now I want to remind you, although you came to know all these things once and for all, that Jesus[fn] saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;
and the angels who did not keep their own position but abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deep darkness for the judgment on the great day.
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting expectantly for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life.
“I know that you have persevered and endured hardships for the sake of my name, and you have not grown weary.
“In the same way, the one who conquers will be dressed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels.
“I know your works. Look, I have placed before you an open door that no one can close because you have but little power; yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
“The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never go out again. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God — the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God — and my new name.
The first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature was like an ox; the third living creature had a face like a man; and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
Our Lord and God,[fn]
you are worthy to receive
glory and honor and power,
because you have created all things,
and by your will
they exist and were created.
I also saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals? ”
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or even to look in it.
I wept and wept because no one was found worthy to open[fn] the scroll or even to look in it.
Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Look, the Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered so that he is able to open the scroll and[fn] its seven seals.”
When he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and golden bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Then I heard something like a voice among the four living creatures say, “A quart of wheat for a denarius,[fn] and three quarts of barley for a denarius, but do not harm the oil and the wine.”
They cried out with a loud voice, “Lord,[fn] the one who is holy and true, how long until you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood? ”
Another angel, with a golden incense burner, came and stood at the altar. He was given a large amount of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar in front of the throne.
The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from heaven. It fell on a third of the rivers and springs of water.
He opened the shaft to the abyss, and smoke came up out of the shaft like smoke from a great[fn] furnace so that the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.
So the four angels who were prepared for the hour, day, month, and year were released to kill a third of the human race.
Then the voice that I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take and eat it; it will be bitter in your stomach, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”
Then I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I ate it, my stomach became bitter.
And some of[fn] the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will view their bodies for three and a half days and not permit their bodies to be put into a tomb.
The nations were angry,
but your wrath has come.
The time has come
for the dead to be judged
and to give the reward
to your servants the prophets,
to the saints, and to those who fear your name,
both small and great,
and the time has come to destroy
those who destroy the earth.
Its tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth it might devour her child.
They conquered him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony;
for they did not love their lives
to the point of death.
But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.
It began to speak[fn] blasphemies against God: to blaspheme his name and his dwelling — those who dwell in heaven.
It exercises all the authority of the first beast on its behalf and compels the earth and those who live on it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.
And it makes everyone — small and great, rich and poor, free and slave — to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,
so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast's name or the number of its name.
Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
And another, a third angel, followed them and spoke with a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,
“and the smoke of their torment will go up forever and ever. There is no rest[fn] day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or anyone who receives the mark of its name.
Another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the one who was seated on the cloud, “Use your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, since the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
Yet another angel, who had authority over fire, came from the altar, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vineyard of the earth, because its grapes have ripened.”
So the angel swung his sickle at the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath.
Lord, who will not fear
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All the nations will come
and worship before you
because your righteous acts
have been revealed.
The first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and severely painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped its image.
and people were scorched by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who has the power[fn] over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.
The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations[fn] fell. Babylon the Great was remembered in God's presence; he gave her the cup filled with the wine of his fierce anger.
On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Detestable Things of the Earth.
Then the angel said to me, “Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast, with the seven heads and the ten horns, that carries her.
“The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up from the abyss and go to destruction. Those who live on the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast that was, and is not, and is to come.
Rejoice over her, heaven,
and you saints, apostles, and prophets,
because God has pronounced on her the judgment she passed on you!
because his judgments are true[fn] and righteous,
because he has judged the notorious prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality;
and he has avenged the blood of his servants
that was on her hands.
Then he[fn] said to me, “Write: Blessed are those invited to the marriage feast of the Lamb! ” He also said to me, “These words of God are true.”
And he has a name written on his robe and on his thigh: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he called out in a loud voice, saying to all the birds flying high overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
Then I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and against his army.
But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with it the false prophet, who had performed the signs in its presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
They came up across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven[fn] and consumed them.
The one who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.
Then he measured its wall, 144 cubits according to human measurement, which the angel used.
“Blessed are those who wash their robes,[fn] so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.
But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
After hearing the king, they went on their way. And there it was — the star they had seen at its rising. It led them until it came and stopped above the place where the child was.
He stayed there until Herod's death, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: Out of Egypt I called my Son.
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.
“His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn. But the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out.”
“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.
“If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
“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 let your ‘yes' mean ‘yes,' and your ‘no' mean ‘no.' Anything more than this is from the evil one.
“Therefore, you should pray like this:
Our Father in heaven,
your name be honored as holy.
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
“But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness, how deep is that darkness!
“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?
“In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.
so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
He himself took our weaknesses
and carried our diseases.
“Leave,” he said, “because the girl is not dead but asleep.” And they laughed at him.
After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up.
“because it isn't you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking through you.
“Either make the tree good and its fruit will be good, or make the tree bad[fn] and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
“Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.
He answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
“When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but doesn't find any.
so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:
I will open my mouth in parables;
I will declare things kept secret
from the foundation of the world.[fn]
“the field is the world; and the good seed — these are the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one,
“It's not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth — this defiles a person.”
“These are the things that defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person.”
“An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of[fn] Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.
He was transfigured in front of them, and his face shone like the sun; his clothes became as white as the light.
“Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child — this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
“Woe to the world because of offenses. For offenses will inevitably come, but woe to that person by whom the offense comes.
“Did John's baptism come from heaven, or was it of human origin? ”
They discussed it among themselves, “If we say, ‘From heaven,' he will say to us, ‘Then why didn't you believe him? '
“Blind people![fn] For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what is the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? ”
“You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet.
“This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world[fn] as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
“Learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.
“You know[fn] that the Passover takes place after two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
“Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take and eat it; this is my body.”
“For this is my blood of the covenant,[fn] which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Going a little farther,[fn] he fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
“Stay awake and pray, so that you won't enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death,
Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took[fn] the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him whose price was set by the Israelites,
Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
And the unclean spirit threw him into convulsions, shouted with a loud voice, and came out of him.
“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, and a worse tear is made.
He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables
The men who tended them ran off and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened.
and begged him earnestly, “My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on her so that she can get well[fn] and live.”
He went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.”
They laughed at him, but he put them all outside. He took the child's father, mother, and those who were with him, and entered the place where the child was.
Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. (She was twelve years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.
King Herod heard about it, because Jesus's name had become well known. Some[fn] said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that's why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. Then the girl gave it to her mother.
Well into the night, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on the land.
He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don't you realize that nothing going into a person from the outside can defile him?
Instead, immediately after hearing about him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit came and fell at his feet.
Then he told her, “Because of this reply, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”
So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into convulsions. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
“Salt is good, but if the salt should lose its flavor, how can you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
“And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding,[fn] and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
“Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished? ”
“When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be alarmed; these things must take place, but it is not yet the end.
“So when they arrest you and hand you over, don't worry beforehand what you will say, but say whatever is given to you at that time, for it isn't you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
“Learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.
It was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a cunning way to arrest Jesus and kill him.
“For this perfume might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii[fn] and given to the poor.” And they began to scold her.
“Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
“Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples? ” '
As they were eating, he took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is my body.”
He said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant,[fn] which is poured out for many.
Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
“Stay awake and pray so that you won't enter into temptation.[fn] The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they could not find any.
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.
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.
to a virgin engaged[fn] to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.
The angel replied to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped inside her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
“For you see, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy inside me.
Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God.
All who heard about him took it to heart, saying, “What then will this child become? ” For, indeed, the Lord's hand was with him.
The child grew up and became strong in spirit,[fn] and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
“This will be the sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped tightly in cloth and lying in a manger.”
When the eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus — the name given by the angel before he was conceived.
“His winnowing shovel is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out.”
But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be silent and come out of him! ” And throwing him down before them, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all.
He also told them a parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, not only will he tear the new, but also the piece from the new garment will not match the old.
“A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.
“But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great.”
“As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who, when they have heard, go on their way and are choked with worries, riches, and pleasures of life, and produce no mature fruit.
“But the seed in the good ground — these are the ones who, having heard the word with an honest and good heart, hold on to it and by enduring, produce fruit.
Then all the people of the Gerasene region[fn] asked him to leave them, because they were gripped by great fear. So getting into the boat, he returned.
Her spirit returned, and she got up at once. Then he gave orders that she be given something to eat.
As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white.
As the boy was still approaching, the demon knocked him down and threw him into severe convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
“When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, it then[fn] says, ‘I'll go back to my house that I came from.'
As the crowds were increasing, he began saying, “This generation is an evil generation. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.[fn]
“Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is also full of light. But when it is bad, your body is also full of darkness.
“If, therefore, your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be entirely illuminated, as when a lamp shines its light on you.”
But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil.
“so that this generation may be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world[fn] —
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.
“Where, Lord? ” they asked him.
He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”
They understood none of these things. The meaning of the saying[fn] was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
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:
But he looked at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of this Scripture:[fn]
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone?
“Teacher,” they asked him, “so when will these things happen? And what will be the sign when these things are about to take place? ”
“When you hear of wars and rebellions,[fn] don't be alarmed. Indeed, it is necessary that these things take place first, but the end won't come right away.”
“As soon as they put out leaves you can see for yourselves and recognize that summer is already near.
“Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples? ” '
And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.[fn]
“For I tell you, what is written must be fulfilled in me:[fn] And he was counted among the lawless. Yes, what is written about me is coming to its fulfillment.”
“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me — nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
When daylight came, the elders[fn] of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes, convened and brought him before their Sanhedrin.
because the sun's light failed.[fn] The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.
The women who had come with him from Galilee followed along and observed the tomb and how his body was placed.
“Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.
“The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
“This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.
“Sir,” said the woman, “you don't even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do you get this ‘living water'?
“But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give him will become a well[fn] of water springing up in him for eternal life.”
“Sir,” the disabled man answered, “I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, someone goes down ahead of me.”
Then they were willing to take him on board, and at once the boat was at the shore where they were heading.
Jesus replied, “This is the work of God — that you believe in the one he has sent.”
“This is the will of him who sent me: that I should lose none of those he has given me but should raise them up on the last day.
“For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him will have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
“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.
Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”
“This is an amazing thing! ” the man told them. “You don't know where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes.
“But if anyone walks during the night, he does stumble, because the light is not in him.”
“You're not considering that it is to your[fn] advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish.”
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country to purify themselves before the Passover.
Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn't overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn't know where he's going.
“But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you.
“Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.
“If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
“When the Counselor comes, the one I will send to you from the Father — the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father — he will testify about me.
“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak on his own, but he will speak whatever he hears. He will also declare to you what is to come.
They said, “What is this he is saying,[fn] ‘In a little while'? We don't know what he's talking about.”
“I'm not a Jew, am I? ” Pilate replied. “Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done? ”
They placed Jesus there because of the Jewish day of preparation and since the tomb was nearby.
She saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus's body had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet.
So Simon Peter climbed up and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish — 153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.
“Brothers and sisters, it was necessary that the Scripture be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit through the mouth of David foretold about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues,[fn] as the Spirit enabled them.
When this sound occurred, a crowd came together and was confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
“Brothers and sisters, I can confidently speak to you about the patriarch David: He is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
“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.”
In addition, a multitude came together from the towns surrounding Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.
“We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”
“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;
“God spoke in this way: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and they would enslave and oppress them for four hundred years.
“The second time, Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
When Simon saw that the Spirit[fn] was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,
But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
While Peter was deeply perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, right away the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions to Simon's house, stood at the gate.
While Peter was thinking about the vision, the Spirit told him, “Three men are here looking for you.
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down on all those who heard the message.
“The Spirit told me to accompany them with no doubts at all. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we went into the man's house.
“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.
So he went out and followed, and he did not know that what the angel did was really happening, but he thought he was seeing a vision.
As they were worshiping[fn] the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
But Elymas the sorcerer (that is the meaning of his name) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and others with the apostles.
The whole assembly became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describe all the signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
“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
When they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed when he saw that the city was full of idols.
When they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his clothes and told them, “Your blood is on your own heads! I am innocent.[fn] From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in tongues[fn] and to prophesy.
The evil spirit answered them, “I know Jesus, and I recognize Paul — but who are you? ”
Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them, overpowered them all, and prevailed against them, so that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.
When this became known to everyone who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, they became afraid, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high esteem.
“except that in every town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.
“Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God,[fn] which he purchased with his own blood.
After we sighted Cyprus, passing to the south of it,[fn] we sailed on to Syria and arrived at Tyre, since the ship was to unload its cargo there.
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.' ”
“as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. After I received letters from them to the brothers, I traveled to Damascus to arrest those who were there and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
“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.'
When Paul realized that one part of them were Sadducees and the other part were Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am being judged because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead! ”
When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
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.
“Therefore, let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.”[fn]
since what can be known[fn] about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them.
Or do you despise the riches of his kindness, restraint, and patience, not recognizing[fn] that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.
And why not say, just as some people slanderously claim we say, “Let us do what is evil so that good may come”? Their condemnation is deserved!
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.
He believed, hoping against hope, so that he became the father of many nations according to what had been spoken: So will your descendants be.
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.
And the gift is not like the one man's sin, because from one sin came the judgment, resulting in condemnation, but from many trespasses came the gift, resulting in justification.[fn]
The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more
So what fruit was produced[fn] then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Therefore, did what is good become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it.
in order that the law's requirement would be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Now the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace.
The mindset of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit to God's law. Indeed, it is unable to do so.
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, then he who raised Christ from the dead will also bring your mortal bodies to life through[fn] his Spirit who lives in you.
In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us[fn] with inexpressible groanings.
And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
On the contrary, who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this? ”
But Isaiah cries out concerning Israel,
Though the number of Israelites
is like the sand of the sea,
only the remnant will be saved;
On the contrary, what does it say? The message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. This is the message of faith that we proclaim:
Now if their transgression brings riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness bring!
Now if the firstfruits are holy, so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.
I don't want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited: A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
The commandments, Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal;[fn] do not covet; and any other commandment, are summed up by this commandment: Love your neighbor as yourself.
It is a good thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother or sister stumble.[fn]
because God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength.
My speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom[fn] but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,
Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, since the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
For who knows a person's thoughts[fn] except his spirit within him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
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.
If anyone's work is burned up, he will experience[fn] loss, but he himself will be saved — but only as through fire.
Don't you yourselves know that you are God's temple and that the Spirit of God lives in you?
hand that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little leaven[fn] leavens the whole batch of dough?
Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new unleavened batch, as indeed you are. For Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed.[fn]
“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.
Don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
Because of the present distress, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?
Every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved.
For if a woman doesn't cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her head be covered.
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.”
One and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as he wills.
For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body — so also is Christ.
And if the ear should say, “Because I'm not an eye, I don't belong to the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body.
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?
Even lifeless instruments that produce sounds — whether flute or harp — if they don't make a distinction in the notes, how will what is played on the flute or harp be recognized?
In the same way, unless you use your tongue for intelligible speech, how will what is spoken be known? For you will be speaking into the air.
and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is in vain, and so is your faith.[fn]
Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he abolishes all rule and all authority and power.
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus as a mere man, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
When this corruptible body is clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal body is clothed with immortality, then the saying that is written will take place:
Death has been swallowed up in victory.
while you join in helping us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our[fn] behalf for the gift that came to us through the prayers of many.
Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom but by God's grace.
Now when I planned this, was I of two minds? Or what I plan, do I plan in a purely human[fn] way so that I say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?
For every one of God's promises is “Yes” in him. Therefore, through him we also say “Amen” to the glory of God.
He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
In fact, what had been glorious is not glorious now by comparison because of the glory that surpasses it.
but their minds were hardened. For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside only in Christ.
For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.
Indeed, we groan while we are in this tent, burdened as we are, because we do not want to be unclothed but clothed, so that mortality may be swallowed up by life.
For consider how much diligence this very thing — this grieving as God wills — has produced in you: what a desire to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what deep longing, what zeal, what justice! In every way you showed yourselves to be pure in this matter.
For this reason we have been comforted.
In addition to our own comfort, we rejoiced even more over the joy Titus had, because his spirit was refreshed by all of you.
Now also finish the task, so that just as there was an eager desire, there may also be a completion, according to what you have.
At the present time your surplus is available for their need, so that their abundance may in turn meet your need, in order that there may be equality.
For I know your eagerness, and I boast about you to the Macedonians, “Achaia has been ready since last year,” and your zeal has stirred up most of them.
But I am sending the brothers so that our boasting about you in this matter would not prove empty, and so that you would be ready just as I said.
So it is no great surprise if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their works.
Why, then, was the law given? It was added for the sake of transgressions[fn] until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come. The law was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.
When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
Now brothers and sisters, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don't do what you want.
and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the mighty working of his strength.
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift —
may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God's love,
From him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building itself up in love by the proper working of each individual part.
Now if I live on in the flesh, this means fruitful work for me; and I don't know which one I should choose.
so that, because of my coming to you again, your boasting in Christ Jesus may abound.
For it has been granted to you on Christ's behalf not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,
Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame; and they are focused on earthly things.
Our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
They don't hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, grows with growth from God.
because our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with full assurance. You know how we lived among you for your benefit,
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. And may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
on that day when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be marveled at by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed.
so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified by you, and you by him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one now restraining will do so until he is out of the way,
Now the goal of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great:
He[fn] was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated in the Spirit,
seen by angels,
preached among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.
Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
All who are under the yoke as slaves should regard their own masters[fn] as worthy of all respect, so that God's name and his teaching will not be blasphemed.
But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that I might fully preach the word and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.
But I didn't want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will.
But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin's deception.
But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and at the end will be burned.
By saying a new covenant, he has declared that the first is obsolete. And what is obsolete and growing old is about to pass away.
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our[fn] consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God?
and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated[fn] but healed instead.
This expression, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of what can be shaken — that is, created things — so that what is not shaken might remain.
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the most holy place by the high priest as a sin offering are burned outside the camp.
For the sun rises and, together with the scorching wind, dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance perishes. In the same way, the rich person will wither away while pursuing his activities.
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can such faith save him?
and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, stay warm, and be well fed,” but you don't give them what the body needs, what good is it?
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “yes” mean “yes,” and your “no” mean “no,” so that you won't fall under judgment.[fn]
so that the proven character of your faith — more valuable than gold which, though perishable, is refined by fire — may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
They inquired into what time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified in advance to the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.[fn]
For
All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory like a flower of the grass.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,
but the word of the Lord endures forever.
And this word is the gospel that was proclaimed to you.
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
If anyone speaks, let it be as one who speaks God's words; if anyone serves, let it be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God[fn] rests on you.
For the time has come for judgment to begin with God's household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.
It has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to its own vomit, and, “A washed sow returns to wallowing in the mud.”
If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
For everything in the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one's possessions — is not from the Father, but is from the world.
As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you don't need anyone to teach you. Instead, his anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie; just as it has taught you,[fn] remain in him.
but every spirit that does not confess Jesus[fn] is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming; even now it is already in the world.
because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.
Jesus Christ — he is the one who came by water and blood, not by water only, but by water and by blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
These people are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “the one who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in[fn] the paradise of God.
“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will never be harmed by the second death.
“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give some of the hidden manna.[fn] I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.
The first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature was like an ox; the third living creature had a face like a man; and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
They said with a loud voice,
Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered
to receive power and riches
and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and blessing!
I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them say,
Blessing and honor and glory and power
be to the one seated on the throne,
and to the Lamb, forever and ever!
Then I saw the Lamb open one of the seven[fn] seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come! ”
For the Lamb who is at the center of the throne
will shepherd them;
he will guide them to springs of the waters of life,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
The first angel blew his trumpet, and hail and fire, mixed with blood, were hurled to the earth. So a third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain ablaze with fire was hurled into the sea. So a third of the sea became blood,
a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
The name of the star is Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood. So, many of the people died from the waters, because they had been made bitter.
The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day was without light and also a third of the night.
A third of the human race was killed by these three plagues — by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came from their mouths.
“but in the days when the seventh angel will blow his trumpet, then the mystery of God will be completed, as he announced to his servants the prophets.”
When they finish their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war on them, conquer them, and kill them.
At that moment a violent earthquake took place, a tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake. The survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
She gave birth to a Son, a male who is going to rule[fn] all nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
The beast I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority.
Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they will rest from their labors, since their works follow them.”
The sixth[fn] poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east.
“The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up from the abyss and go to destruction. Those who live on the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast that was, and is not, and is to come.
“The beast that was and is not, is itself an eighth king, but it belongs to the seven and is going to destruction.
“These will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
“The ten horns you saw, and the beast, will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, devour her flesh, and burn her up with fire.
She was given fine linen to wear, bright and pure.
For the fine linen represents the righteous acts of the saints.
Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Don't do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold firmly to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit[fn] of prophecy.”
But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with it the false prophet, who had performed the signs in its presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Then he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give to the thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
“But the cowards, faithless,[fn] detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars — their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
The city wall had twelve foundations, and the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb were on the foundations.
The city is laid out in a square; its length and width are the same. He measured the city with the rod at 12,000 stadia.[fn] Its length, width, and height are equal.
I did not see a temple in it, because the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
“Look, I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to repay each person according to his work.
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to attest these things to you for the churches. I am the Root and descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
Then he took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum”[fn] (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up”).
When Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you: Come out of him and never enter him again.”
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