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And being warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another route.

Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the vicinity of the Jordan were going out to him,

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

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.

Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John allowed him to be baptized.

and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:

He will give his angels orders concerning you,

and they will support you with their hands

so that you will not strike

your foot against a stone.”

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

“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.

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

“Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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

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

“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.' ”

“And his sisters, aren't they all with us? So where does he get all these things? ”

Jesus came toward them walking on the sea very early in the morning.[fn]

“Lord, if it's you,” Peter answered him, “command me to come to you on the water.”

When they reached the crowd, a man approached and knelt down before him.

He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not like that from the beginning.

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

“For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him. Tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; but you, when you saw it, didn't even change your minds then and believe him.

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

“Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,' he said.

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

“This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal,[fn] to capture me? Every day I used to sit, teaching in the temple, and you didn't arrest me.

Those who had arrested Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had convened.

“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

“What's that to us? ” they said. “See to it yourself! ”

But he didn't answer him on even one charge, so that the governor was quite amazed.

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

The next day, which followed the preparation day, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

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

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

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

Then a man with leprosy[fn] came to him and, on his knees,[fn] begged him, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”

Yet he went out and began to proclaim it widely and to spread the news, with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But he was out in deserted places, and they came to him from everywhere.

So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and he was speaking the word to them.

Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.

Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee, and a large crowd followed from Judea,

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

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

Again he began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around him. So he got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was by the sea on the shore.

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

A large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside.

They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

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

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

“Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us? ” So they were offended by him.

At once she hurried to the king and said, “I want you to give me John the Baptist's head on a platter immediately.”

The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all that they had done and taught.

but many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they ran on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.[fn]

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.

He saw them straining at the oars,[fn] because the wind was against them. Very early in the morning[fn] he came toward them walking on the sea and wanted to pass by them.

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

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

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

Again, leaving the region of Tyre, he went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through[fn] the region of the Decapolis.

They were discussing among themselves that they did not have any bread.

They kept this word to themselves, questioning what “rising from the dead” meant.

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

He asked them, “What are you arguing with them about? ”

He replied to them, “You unbelieving generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.”

They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way? ”

He set out from there and went to the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Then crowds converged on him again, and as was his custom he taught them again.

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother[fn]

They were even more astonished, saying to one another, “Then who can be saved? ”

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

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

So they went and found a colt outside in the street, tied by a door. They untied it,

They brought the colt to Jesus and threw their clothes on it, and he sat on it.

They came again to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came

They discussed it among themselves: “If we say, ‘From heaven,' he will say, ‘Then why didn't you believe him? '

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

“Again he sent another servant to them, and they[fn] hit him on the head and treated him shamefully.[fn]

“He still had one to send, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.'

They were looking for a way to arrest him but feared the crowd because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and questioned him:

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

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

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

“Every day I was among you, teaching in the temple, and you didn't arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”

They led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes assembled.

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

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.

They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us? ”

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

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

to a virgin engaged[fn] to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

Mary asked the angel, “How can this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man? ”[fn]

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

to Abraham and his descendants[fn] forever,

just as he spoke to our ancestors.

Then they said to her, “None of your relatives has that name.”

the oath that he swore to our father Abraham,

to grant that we,

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.

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.”

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

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had seen and heard, which were just as they had been told.

Then Simeon blessed them and told his mother Mary, “Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed[fn] ​— ​

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

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

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do? ”

But Jesus answered him, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone.”[fn]

“and

they will support you with their hands,

so that you will not strike

your foot against a stone.”

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

Then he said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb[fn] to me: ‘Doctor, heal yourself. What we've heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in your hometown also.' ”

“Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them except a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

Amazement came over them all, and they were saying to one another, “What is this message? For he commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out! ”

When the sun was setting, all those who had anyone sick with various diseases brought them to him. As he laid his hands on each one of them, he healed them.

But he said to them, “It is necessary for me to proclaim the good news about the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because I was sent for this purpose.”

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

and so were James and John, Zebedee's sons, who were Simon's partners.

“Don't be afraid,” Jesus told Simon. “From now on you will be catching people.”

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

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

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

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.

Jesus answered them, “Haven't you read what David and those who were with him did when he was hungry ​— ​

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you: Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it? ”

They, however, were filled with rage and started discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

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

Jesus went with them, and when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, “Lord, don't trouble yourself, since I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

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

After John's messengers left, he began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

Jesus replied to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”

He said, “Say it, teacher.”

Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she, with her tears, has washed my feet and wiped them with her hair.

And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

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

“And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and fall away in a time of testing.

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

But he replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear and do the word of God.”

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

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

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.

“Take nothing for the road,” he told them, “no staff, no traveling bag, no bread, no money; and don't take an extra shirt.

“You give them something to eat,” he told them.

“We have no more than five loaves and two fish,” they said, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to follow after[fn] me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily,[fn] and follow me.

As the two men were departing from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it's good for us to be here. Let's set up three shelters: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah” ​— ​not knowing what he was saying.

Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and perverse[fn] generation, how long will I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”

And they were all astonished at the greatness of God.

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

“Don't stop him,” Jesus told him, “because whoever is not against you is for you.”[fn]

As they were traveling on the road someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

Then he said to another, “Follow me.”

“Lord,” he said, “first let me go bury my father.”

But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

He told them, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

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

“What is written in the law? ” he asked him. “How do you read it? ”

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor? ”

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

He also said to them, “Suppose one of you[fn] has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

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.

When he left there,[fn] the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose him fiercely and to cross-examine him about many things;

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

“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.

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

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

“Lord,” Peter asked, “are you telling this parable to us or to everyone? ”

“And that servant who knew his master's will and didn't prepare himself or do it[fn] will be severely beaten.

“As you are going with your adversary to the ruler, make an effort to settle with him on the way. Then he won't drag you before the judge, the judge hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff throw you into prison.

“He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil? '

“Lord,” someone asked him, “are only a few people going to be saved? ”

He said to them,

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

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

And to them, he said, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day? ”

“Then the master told the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.

Now great crowds were traveling with him. So he turned and said to them,

“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

“If not, while the other is still far off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

So he told them this parable:

“I'll get up, go to my father, and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.

So he got up and went to his father. But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him.

“But the father told his servants, ‘Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

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

“But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was lying at his gate.

“Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to pass over from here to you cannot; neither can those from there cross over to us.'

“ ‘No, father Abraham,' he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

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

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

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

“And a widow in that town kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.'

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

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

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

Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to him. When he came closer, he asked him,

When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today it is necessary for me to stay at your house.”

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I'll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord. And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I'll pay back four times as much.”

“He called ten of his servants, gave them ten minas,[fn] and told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.'

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

As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt? ”

Then they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their clothes on the colt, they helped Jesus get on it.

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

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

saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace ​— ​but now it is hidden from your eyes.

and said to him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority? ”

They discussed it among themselves: “If we say, ‘From heaven,' he will say, ‘Why didn't you believe him? '

Now he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

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

Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on him that very hour, because they knew he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

But detecting their craftiness, he said to them,[fn]

Then he said to them, “How can they say that the Messiah is the son of David?

Then all the people would come early in the morning to hear him in the temple.

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

So they began to argue among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do it.

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

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

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

They all asked, “Are you, then, the Son of God? ”

And he said to them, “You say that I am.”

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

Finding that he was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

That very day Herod and Pilate became friends.[fn] Previously, they had been enemies.

and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who misleads the people. But in fact, after examining him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse him of.

A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have him whipped and then release him.”

But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and your children.

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

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

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

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.

Together they were discussing everything that had taken place.

Then he asked them, “What is this dispute that you're having[fn] with each other as you are walking? ” And they stopped walking and looked discouraged.

He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow[fn] to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

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

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

He told them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you ​— ​that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

and he brought Simon to Jesus.

When Jesus saw him, he said, “You are Simon, son of John.[fn] You will be called Cephas” (which is translated “Peter”[fn]).

Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”

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

This man came to him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could perform these signs you do unless God were with him.”

“How can anyone be born when he is old? ” Nicodemus asked him. “Can he enter his mother's womb a second time and be born? ”

“For everyone who does evil hates the light and avoids it,[fn] so that his deeds may not be exposed.

So they came to John and told him, “Rabbi, the one you testified about, and who was with you across the Jordan, is baptizing ​— ​and everyone is going to him.”

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

They left the town and made their way to him.

The disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought him something to eat? ”

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

So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.

When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to him and pleaded with him to come down and heal his son, since he was about to die.

“You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth.

“John[fn] was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

“Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

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

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

“What can we do to perform the works of God? ” they asked.

Then they said, “Sir, give us this bread always.”

“Everyone the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never cast out.

“It is written in the Prophets: And they will all be taught by God. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to me ​— ​

At that, the Jews argued among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat? ”

Simon Peter answered, “Lord, to whom will we go? You have the words of eternal life.

So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples can see your works that you are doing.

Then Jesus said, “I am only with you for a short time. Then I'm going to the one who sent me.

Then the Jews said to one another, “Where does he intend to go that we won't find him? He doesn't intend to go to the Jewish people dispersed[fn] among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, does he?

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

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.

When they persisted in questioning him, he stood up and said to them, “The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her.”

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

The Jews replied, “You aren't fifty years old yet, and you've seen Abraham? ”[fn]

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

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

Many came to him and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.”

So the sisters sent a message to him: “Lord, the one you love is sick.”

“I'm glad for you that I wasn't there so that you may believe. But let's go to him.”

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

Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn't have died.

As soon as Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.

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

Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You've accomplished nothing. Look, the world has gone after him! ”

“As for me, if I am lifted up[fn] from the earth I will draw all people to myself.”

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

Jesus knew that the Father had given everything into his hands, that he had come from God, and that he was going back to God.

He came to Simon Peter, who asked him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet? ”

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

“If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am you may be also.

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

“Truly I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do. And he will do even greater works than these, because I am going to the Father.

“I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.

Jesus answered, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

“You have heard me tell you, ‘I am going away and I am coming to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

“But now I am going away to him who sent me, and not one of you asks me, ‘Where are you going? '

“Nevertheless, I am telling you the truth. It is for your benefit that I go away, because if I don't go away the Counselor will not come to you. If I go, I will send him to you.

“about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me;

“In a little while, you will no longer see me; again in a little while, you will see me.”[fn]

“I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

“I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect[fn] them by your name that you have given me, so that they may be one as we are one.

“Now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy completed in them.

First they led him to Annas, since he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

But Peter remained standing outside by the door. So the other disciple, the one known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the girl who was the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.

Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

So Pilate came out to them and said, “What charge do you bring against this man? ”

“What is truth? ” said Pilate.

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

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

Nicodemus (who had previously come to him at night) also came, bringing a mixture of about seventy-five pounds[fn] of myrrh and aloes.

So she went running to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said to them, “They've taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they've put him! ”

Then the disciples returned to the place where they were staying.

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

“If I want him to remain until I come,” Jesus answered, “what is that to you? As for you, follow me.”

He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

They were astounded and amazed, saying,[fn] “Look, aren't all these who are speaking Galileans?

They were all astounded and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean? ”

“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.

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

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

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.

and they recognized that he was the one who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. So they were filled with awe and astonishment at what had happened to him.

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

“You are the sons[fn] of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.

While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple police, and the Sadducees confronted them,

Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders:[fn]

After they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, they conferred among themselves,

Peter and John answered them, “Whether it's right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;

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

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.”

He said to them, “Men of Israel, be careful about what you're about to do to these men.

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

“and said to him: Leave your country and relatives, and come to the land that I will show you.

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

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

But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

“Pray to the Lord for me,” Simon replied, “so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

An angel of the Lord spoke to Philip: “Get up and go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is the desert road.[fn])

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

“Who are you, Lord? ” Saul said.

“I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting,” he replied.

There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.”

“Here I am, Lord,” he replied.

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to take my name to Gentiles, kings, and Israelites.

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

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

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

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to him who urged him, “Don't delay in coming with us.”

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.

About three in the afternoon[fn] he distinctly saw in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him, “Cornelius.”

A voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat.”

Again, a second time, the voice said to him, “What God has made clean, do not call impure.”

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

Peter said to them, “You know it's forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person impure or unclean.

“So I immediately sent for you, and it was good of you to come. So now we are all in the presence of God to hear everything you have been commanded by the Lord.”

When Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him,

“He will speak a message to you by which you and all your household will be saved.'

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

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

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was praying fervently to God for him.

“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.”

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

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.

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

“and he appeared for many days to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

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

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form! ”

After Paul and Barnabas had engaged them in serious argument and debate, Paul and Barnabas and some others were appointed to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this issue.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you,[fn] that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe.

“we have unanimously decided to select men and send them to you along with our dearly loved Barnabas and Paul,

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

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

The jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders for you to be released. So come out now and go in peace.”

As usual, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.

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

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.”

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.

but he said farewell and added,[fn] “I'll come back to you again, if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? ”

“No,” they told him, “we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

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.

but we sailed away from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread. In five days we reached them at Troas, where we spent seven days.

When they came to him, he said to them, “You know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time,

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.' ”

The following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

As he was about to be brought into the barracks, Paul said to the commander, “Am I allowed to say something to you? ”

He replied, “You know how to speak Greek?

Paul said, “I am a Jewish man from Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Now I ask you, let me speak to the people.”

“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”

“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.

“since you will be a witness for him to all people of what you have seen and heard.

As they stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing by, “Is it legal for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen and is uncondemned? ”

Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! You are sitting there judging me according to the law, and yet in violation of the law are you ordering me to be struck? ”

“So now you, along with the Sanhedrin, make a request to the commander that he bring him down to you[fn] as if you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly. But, before he gets near, we are ready to kill him.”

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

“Also provide mounts to ride so that Paul may be brought safely to Felix the governor.”

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

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

“It is they who ought to be here before you to bring charges, if they have anything against me.

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

“Instead they had some disagreements with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, a dead man Paul claimed to be alive.

“But when Paul appealed to be held for trial by the Emperor,[fn] I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.”

Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.”

Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:

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

“In fact, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

“We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice speaking to me in Aramaic,[fn] ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

“For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak boldly to him. For I am convinced that none of these things has escaped his notice, since this was not done in a corner.

Agrippa said to Paul, “Are you going to persuade me to become a Christian so easily? ”[fn]

and when they had left they talked with each other and said, “This man is not doing anything to deserve death or imprisonment.”

The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to receive their care.

Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to set sail from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenix, a harbor on Crete facing the southwest and northwest, and to winter there.

“So I urge you to take some food. For this is for your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.”

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.”

Publius's father was in bed suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went to him, and praying and laying his hands on him, he healed him.

So they heaped many honors on us, and when we sailed, they gave us what we needed.

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

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

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

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

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

always asking in my prayers that if it is somehow in God's will, I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

Now I don't want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often planned to come to you (but was prevented until now) in order that I might have a fruitful ministry[fn] among you, just as I have had among the rest of the Gentiles.

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.

If Abraham was justified[fn] by works, he has something to boast about ​— ​but not before God.

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace[fn] with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.

What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

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

But to Israel he says, All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and defiant people.

Each one of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

Therefore I have reason to boast in Christ Jesus regarding what pertains to God.

That is why I have been prevented many times from coming to you.

I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing[fn] of Christ.

and that, by God's will, I may come to you with joy and be refreshed together with you.

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.

I came to you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

Now some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.

What do you want? Should I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

If any of you has a dispute against another, how dare you take it to court before the unrighteous,[fn] and not before the saints?

I say this to your shame! Can it be that there is not one wise person among you who is able to arbitrate between fellow believers?

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.

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.

These things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages[fn] have come.

You know that when you were pagans, you used to be enticed and led astray by mute idols.

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

For now we see only a reflection[fn] as in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, as I am fully known.

So now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you with a revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

So also you ​— ​since you are zealous for spiritual gifts,[fn] seek to excel in building up the church.

What then, brothers and sisters? Whenever you come together, each one[fn] has a hymn, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Everything is to be done for building up.

Come to your senses[fn] and stop sinning; for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

I will come to you after I pass through Macedonia ​— ​for I will be traveling through Macedonia ​— ​

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.

Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers, but he was not at all willing to come now. However, he will come when he has an opportunity.

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.

Because of this confidence, I planned to come to you first, so that you could have a second benefit,[fn]

As God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes and no.”

For every one of God's promises is “Yes” in him. Therefore, through him we also say “Amen” to the glory of God.

In fact, I made up my mind about this: I would not come to you on another painful visit.[fn]

To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. Who is adequate for these things?

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

Such is the confidence we have through Christ before God.

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,

but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful things, not acting deceitfully or distorting the word of God, but commending ourselves before God to everyone's conscience by an open display of the truth.

For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus Christ.

In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

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