mGNT Concordance for αὐτοῦ

Abraham fathered[fn] Isaac,

Isaac fathered Jacob,

Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,

and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers

at the time of the exile to Babylon.

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

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.

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.”

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

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.”

For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:

Prepare the way for the Lord;

make his paths straight!

and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

“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.”

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.”

As he was walking along the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter), and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea ​— ​for they were fishermen.

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.

When he saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him.

“But I tell you, everyone who is angry with his brother or sister[fn] will be subject to judgment. Whoever insults[fn] his brother or sister will be subject to the court.[fn] Whoever says, ‘You fool! ' will be subject to hellfire.[fn]

“Reach a settlement quickly with your adversary while you're on the way with him to the court, or your adversary will hand you over to the judge, and the judge to[fn] the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.

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

“It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.

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

“And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

“so that you may be[fn] children of your Father in heaven. For he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

“Can any of you add one moment to his life span[fn] by worrying?

“Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these.

“But seek first the kingdom of God[fn] and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

“Who among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

“But everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn't act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at his teaching,

When he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him.

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

When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, pleading with him,

Then Jesus told the centurion, “Go. As you have believed, let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that very moment.[fn]

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

As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.

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.

So he got up and went home.

While he was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came to eat with Jesus and his disciples.

As he was telling them these things, suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before him, saying, “My daughter just died,[fn] but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”

“Leave,” he said, “because the girl is not dead but asleep.” And they laughed at him.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few.

Summoning his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every[fn] disease and sickness.[fn]

“Don't take a traveling bag for the road, or an extra shirt, sandals, or a staff, for the worker is worthy of his food.

“A disciple[fn] is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master.

“For I came to turn

a man against his father,

a daughter against her mother,

a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

“And whoever doesn't take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

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

When Jesus had finished giving instructions to his twelve disciples, he moved on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

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

Then he proceeded to denounce the towns where most of his miracles were done, because they did not repent:

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

He said to them, “Haven't you read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry:

There he saw a man who had a shriveled hand, and in order to accuse him they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? ”

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, how they might kill him.

He will not argue or shout,

and no one will hear his voice in the streets.

The nations will put their hope in his name.

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

“How can someone enter a strong man's house and steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

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

Stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

“For whoever has, more will be given to him, and he will have more than enough; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

“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.

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

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

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

“The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all who cause sin[fn] and those guilty of lawlessness.[fn]

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

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

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

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

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

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand, caught hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt? ”

They begged him that they might only touch the end of his robe, and as many as touched it were healed.

he does not have to honor his father.'[fn] In this way, you have nullified the word of God[fn] because of your tradition.

Jesus did not say a word to her. His disciples approached him and urged him, “Send her away because she's crying out after us.”

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.

Jesus called his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they've already stayed with me three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry, otherwise they might collapse on the way.”

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi,[fn] he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is? ”[fn]

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

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

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! ”

Then Jesus rebuked the demon,[fn] and it[fn] came out of him, and from that moment[fn] the boy was healed.

“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.”

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

“If your brother sins against you,[fn] go tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.

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

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

“When the other servants saw what had taken place, they were deeply distressed and went and reported to their master everything that had happened.

“And because he was angry, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he could pay everything that was owed.

Some Pharisees approached him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds? ”

“and he also said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

“I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”[fn]

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

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his foreman, ‘Call the workers and give them their pay, starting with the last and ending with the first.'

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

“just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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

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? ”

“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.

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew he was speaking about them.

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

“But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm, another to his business,

“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.'

“Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

And when the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.

“If David calls him ‘Lord,' how, then, can he be his son? ”

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples:

“And the one who takes an oath by heaven takes an oath by God's throne and by him who sits on it.

As Jesus left and was going out of the temple, his disciples came up and called his attention to its buildings.

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? ”

“A man on the housetop[fn] must not come down to get things out of his house,

“He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

“But know this: If the homeowner had known what time[fn] the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?

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

“In the middle of the night there was a shout: ‘Here's the groom! Come out to meet him.'

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

“For it is just like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them.

“But the man who had received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money.

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master's joy.'

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master's joy.'

“His master replied to him, ‘You evil, lazy servant! If you knew that I reap where I haven't sown and gather where I haven't scattered,

“ ‘So take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels[fn] with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

“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!

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

a woman approached him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume. She poured it on his head as he was reclining at the table.

“The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had not been born.”

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.”

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

At that moment one of those with Jesus reached out his hand and drew his sword. He struck the high priest's servant and cut off his ear.

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? See, now you've heard the blasphemy.

Then they spat in his face and beat him; others slapped him

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.”

All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children! ”

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

After crucifying him, they divided his clothes by casting lots.[fn]

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

And they came out of the tombs after his resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.

and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut into the rock. He left after rolling a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.

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

There was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it.

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

and told them, “Say this, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him while we were sleeping.'

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:

Prepare the way for the Lord;

make his paths straight!

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.

Going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat putting their nets in order.

They were astonished at his teaching because he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not like the scribes.

Jesus rebuked him saying, “Be silent, and come out of him! ”

At once the news about him spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee.

Simon and his companions searched for him,

Moved with compassion,[fn] Jesus reached out his hand and touched him. “I am willing,” he told him. “Be made clean.”

Right away Jesus perceived in his spirit that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

While he was reclining at the table in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating[fn] with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who were following him.

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

He said to them, “Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and hungry ​— ​

In order to accuse him, they were watching him closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath.

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

Then he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, so that the crowd wouldn't crush him.

He appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles,[fn] to be with him, to send them out to preach,

When his family heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, “He's out of his mind.”

“But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

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

He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them,

“For whoever has, more will be given to him, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”

So they left the crowd and took him along since he was in the boat. And other boats were with him.

As soon as he got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him.

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.

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

So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against him.

Having heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothing.

Immediately Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes? ”

While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader's house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher anymore? ”

He did not let anyone accompany him except Peter, James, and John, James's brother.

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.

He left there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

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.”

For Herod himself had given orders to arrest John and to chain him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her.

because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing he was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him he would be very perplexed,[fn] and yet he liked to listen to him.

The king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring John's head. So he went and beheaded him in prison,

When it grew late, his disciples approached him and said, “This place is deserted, and it is already late.

He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

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.

Wherever he went, into villages, towns, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch just the end of his robe. And everyone who touched it was healed.

They observed that some of his disciples were eating bread with unclean ​— ​that is, unwashed ​— ​hands.

When he went into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

“For it doesn't go into his heart but into the stomach and is eliminated” (thus he declared all foods clean).

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

So he took him away from the crowd in private. After putting his fingers in the man's ears and spitting, he touched his tongue.

Immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was loosened, and he began to speak clearly.

His disciples answered him, “Where can anyone get enough bread here in this desolate place to feed these people? ”

He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. Taking the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people. So they served them to the crowd.

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

They came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.

Again Jesus placed his hands on the man's eyes. The man looked intently and his sight was restored and he saw everything clearly.

And he strictly warned them to tell no one about him.

But turning around and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! You are not thinking about God's concerns[fn] but human concerns.”

and his clothes became dazzling ​— ​extremely white as no launderer on earth could whiten them.

A cloud appeared, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my beloved Son; listen to him! ”

“How long has this been happening to him? ” Jesus asked his father.

“From childhood,” he said.

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.”

But Jesus, taking him by the hand, raised him, and he stood up.

For he was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed[fn] into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after he is killed, he will rise three days later.”

“And whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ ​— ​truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.

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

He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? ”

Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! ”

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”[fn]

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

“If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this? ' say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here right away.' ”

He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again! ” And his disciples heard it.

The chief priests and the scribes heard it and started looking for a way to kill him. For they were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was astonished by his teaching.

“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

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

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, leaving a wife behind but no child, that man should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

Then the scribe said to him, “You are right, teacher. You have correctly said that he is one, and there is no one else except him.

“David himself calls him ‘Lord.' How, then, can he be his son? ” And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.

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

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

While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives across from the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

“A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house,

“He will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

“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.

While he was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,[fn] as he was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured it on his head.

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? ”

“For the Son of Man will go just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had not been born.”

Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”

He went a little farther, fell to the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

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

One of those who stood by drew his sword, struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his ear.

For many were giving false testimony against him, and the testimonies did not agree.

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “Why do we still need witnesses?

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.

And the chief priests accused him of many things.

They were hitting him on the head with a stick and spitting on him. Getting down on their knees, they were paying him homage.

Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, casting lots for them to decide what each would get.

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

When the centurion, who was standing opposite him, saw the way he[fn] breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God! ”[fn]

“But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see him there just as he told you.' ”

She went and reported to those who had been with him, as they were mourning and weeping.

When his division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,

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.

“And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.”

When the days of his ministry were completed, he went back home.

“Now listen: You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

because he has looked with favor

on the humble condition of his servant.

Surely, from now on all generations

will call me blessed,

He has helped his servant Israel,

remembering his mercy

Then her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her his great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

So they motioned to his father to find out what he wanted him to be called.

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.

He has dealt mercifully with our ancestors

and remembered his holy covenant —

in holiness and righteousness

in his presence all our days.

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 eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus ​— ​the name given by the angel before he was conceived.

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

At that very moment,[fn] she came up and began to thank God and to speak about him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.[fn]

Every year his parents traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival.

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

And all those who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers.

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

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch[fn] of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:

Prepare the way for the Lord;

make his paths straight!

He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

John answered them all, “I baptize you with water, but one who is more powerful than I am is coming. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with[fn] the Holy Spirit and fire.

But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and all the evil things he had done,

“For it is written:

He will give his angels orders concerning you,

to protect you,

After the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from him for a time.

They were all speaking well of him[fn] and were amazed by the gracious words that came from his mouth; yet they said, “Isn't this Joseph's son? ”

He also said, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

They were astonished at his teaching because his message had authority.

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.

And news about him began to go out to every place in the vicinity.

When it was day, he went out and made his way to a deserted place. But the crowds were searching for him. They came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.

While he was in one of the towns, a man was there who had leprosy[fn] all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

But the news[fn] about him spread even more, and large crowds would come together to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

Just then some men came, carrying on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed. They tried to bring him in and set him down before him.

Immediately he got up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining at the table with them.

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

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

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

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

When daylight came, he summoned his disciples, and he chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles:

After coming down with them, he stood on a level place with a large crowd of his disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

“A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.

“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.

When he had concluded saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum.

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.

Afterward he was on his way to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd were traveling with him.

The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.

“I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John,[fn] but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

But since the Pharisees and experts in the law had not been baptized by him, they rejected the plan of God for themselves.)

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

and stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to wash his feet with her tears. She wiped his feet with her hair, kissing them and anointing them with the perfume.

“A sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some seed fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

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

“Therefore take care how you listen. For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

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,

The man from whom the demons had departed begged him earnestly to be with him. But he sent him away and said,

Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus's feet and pleaded with him to come to his house,

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

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

While he was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue leader's house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Don't bother the teacher anymore.”

They laughed at him, because they knew she was dead.

(For about five thousand men were there.)

Then he told his disciples, “Have them sit down[fn] in groups of about fifty each.”

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.

“For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and that of the Father and the holy angels.

As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white.

They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish in Jerusalem.

“A spirit seizes him; suddenly he shrieks, and it throws him into convulsions until he foams at the mouth; severely bruising him, it scarcely ever leaves him.

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 the days were coming to a close for him to be taken up, he determined[fn] to journey to Jerusalem.

After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two[fn] others, and he sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go.

“Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Don't move from house to house.

“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.”

She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord's[fn] feet and was listening to what he said.[fn]

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.”

“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.

And others, as a test, were demanding of him a sign from heaven.

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

“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure.

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.

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.

“Can any of you add one moment to his life span[fn] by worrying?

“Consider how the wildflowers grow: They don't labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these.

“But seek his kingdom, and these things will be provided for you.

“But know this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

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?