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Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father, preparing their nets, and he called them.

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

“You'll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

“So you'll recognize them by their fruit.

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

“Therefore, don't be afraid of them, since there is nothing covered that won't be uncovered and nothing hidden that won't be made known.

“For this people's heart has grown callous;

their ears are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes,

and hear with their ears, and

understand with their hearts,

and turn back —

and I would heal them.

“Bring them here to me,” he said.

“Leave them alone! They are blind guides.[fn] And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

and large crowds came to him, including the lame, the blind, the crippled, those unable to speak, and many others. They put them at his feet, and he healed them.

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered[fn] them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased. Listen to him! ”

“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.”

“Haven't you read,” he replied, “that he who created[fn] them in the beginning made them male and female,

“If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them at once.”

The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

“He will completely destroy those terrible men,” they told him, “and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his fruit at the harvest.”

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

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

“Some are like the word sown on the path. When they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.[fn]

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

“Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages to buy themselves something to eat.”

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.

“How many loaves do you have? ” he asked them.

“Seven,” they said.

About four thousand were there. He dismissed them.

“But you,” he asked them, “who do you say that I am? ”

Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.”

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? ”

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.

“But from the beginning of creation God[fn] made them male and female.

They answered them just as Jesus had said; so they let them go.

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

Fear came on all those who lived around them, and all these things were being talked about throughout the hill country of Judea.

Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.[fn]

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.

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

“Why were you searching for me? ” he asked them. “Didn't you know that it was necessary for me to be in my Father's house? ”[fn]

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

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.' ”

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

Jesus replied to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are sick.

Jesus said to them, “You can't make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you?

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? ”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

While he was saying this, a cloud appeared and overshadowed them. They became afraid as they entered the cloud.

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them? ”[fn]

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.

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,

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

“Woe to you! You build tombs[fn] for the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

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.”

“Consider the ravens: They don't sow or reap; they don't have a storeroom or a barn; yet God feeds them. Aren't you worth much more than the birds?

“Or those eighteen that the tower in Siloam fell on and killed ​— ​do you think they were more sinful than all the other people who live in Jerusalem?

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

He said to them,

He told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they would choose the best places for themselves:

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

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.

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

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

He answered them, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me,

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

“Well then,” he told them, “give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

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

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

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

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.”

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!

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.”

Then he led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.

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.

He has blinded their eyes

and hardened their hearts,

so that they would not see with their eyes

or understand with their hearts,

and turn,

and I would heal them.

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

“I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

Then he asked them again, “Who is it that you're seeking? ”

“Jesus of Nazareth,” they said.

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

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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

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 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.

With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on all of them.

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.

Then the commander went with the servants and brought them in without force, because they were afraid the people might stone them.

When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.

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

“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;

“I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. And now, come, I will send you to Egypt.

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

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

“Get up, go downstairs, and go with them with no doubts at all, because I have sent them.”

The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

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.

On an appointed day, dressed in royal robes and seated on the throne, Herod delivered a speech to them.

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.”

When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat and stone them,

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.

“known from long ago.[fn]

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 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.

After they had severely flogged them, they threw them in jail, ordering the jailer to guard them carefully.

But Paul said to them, “They beat us in public without a trial, although we are Roman citizens, and threw us in jail. And now are they going to send us away secretly? Certainly not! On the contrary, let them come themselves and escort us out.”

So they came to appease them, and escorting them from prison, they urged them to leave town.

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

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 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.”

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.

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.

Taking along soldiers and centurions, he immediately ran down to them. Seeing the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

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.

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.

“For the hearts of these people

have grown callous,

their ears are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes

and hear with their ears,

understand with their heart

and turn,

and I would heal them.

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.

And even they, if they do not remain in unbelief, will be grafted in, because God has the power to graft them in again.

And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

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.

you will roll them up like a cloak,[fn]

and they will be changed like clothing.

But you are the same,

and your years will never end.

For this is the covenant

that I will make with the house of Israel

after those days, says the Lord:

I will put my laws into their minds

and write them on their hearts.

I will be their God,

and they will be my people.

This is the covenant I will make with them

after those days,

the Lord says,

I will put my laws on their hearts

and write them on their minds,

You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

For this reason they are before the throne of God,

and they serve him day and night in his temple.

The one seated on the throne will shelter[fn] them:

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.

They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it stings someone.

When they finish their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war on them, conquer them, and kill them.

But after three and a half days, the breath[fn] of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them.

And it was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. It was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

“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.”

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.

Night will be no more; people will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give them light, and they will reign forever and ever.