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He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you find him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship him.”[fn]

Then[fn] he began to teach them, saying:

“Don't give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.

“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.

because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.

Jesus was aware of this and withdrew. Large crowds[fn] followed him, and he healed them all.

“They will throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

“and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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?

“Bring them here to me,” he said.

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

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.”

“An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of[fn] Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.

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

Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

“After agreeing with the workers on one denarius,[fn] he sent them into his vineyard for the day.

“‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day's work and the burning heat.'

Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them.

Jesus stopped, called them, and said, “What do you want me to do for you? ”

Then he left them, went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

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

While the Pharisees were together, Jesus questioned them,

“All the nations[fn] will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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

And he came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open.

“Go, therefore, and make disciples of[fn] all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

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.

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.”

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.

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

Jesus entered a house, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat.[fn]

So he summoned them and spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

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

And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the region.

The demons[fn] begged him, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs and gave them authority over unclean spirits.

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

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,

“If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a long distance.”

Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.

Then he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and rise after three days.

After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain by themselves to be alone. He was transfigured in front of them,

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

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

They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were astonished, but those who followed him were afraid. Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them the things that would happen to him.

Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over 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.

Then he came and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you stay awake one hour?

And again he came and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open. They did not know what to say to him.

“they will pick up snakes;[fn] if they should drink anything deadly, it will not harm them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well.”

While they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

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,

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] ​— ​

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

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

Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.

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.”

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 ​— ​

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

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

Then he sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus all that they had done. He took them along and withdrew privately to a[fn] town called Bethsaida.

(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 took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke them. He kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

While he was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am? ”

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.

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.

While they were traveling, he entered a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.[fn]

“Therefore, you are witnesses that you approve[fn] the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their monuments.[fn]

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

Then he told them a parable: “A rich man's land was very productive.

“Blessed will be those servants the master finds alert when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will get ready,[fn] have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.

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? ”

So he told them this parable:

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

When he saw them, he told them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And while they were going, they were cleansed.

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

“But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter[fn] them in my presence.' ”

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.

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

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

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

And while they were discussing and arguing, Jesus himself came near and began to walk along with them.

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

When Jesus turned and noticed them following him, he asked them, “What are you looking for? ”

They said to him, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying? ”

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

They asked them, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How then does he now see? ”

“I have revealed your name to the people you gave me from the world. They were yours, you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

“I 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.

“I am not praying that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

“Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

“I am in them and you are in me, so that they may be made completely one, that the world may know you have sent me and have loved them as you have loved me.

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

While he[fn] was holding on to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astonished, ran toward them in what is called Solomon's Colonnade.

because they were annoyed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

After they had Peter and John stand before them, they began to question them: “By what power or in what name have you done this? ”

When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.

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

So they called for them and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

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

No one else dared to join them, but the people spoke well of them.

So they arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

But when the servants[fn] got there, they did not find them in the jail; so they returned and reported,

After they brought them in, they had them stand before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked,

“The next day he showed up while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other? '

“This man led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

“God turned away and gave them up to worship the stars of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:

House of Israel, did you bring me offerings and sacrifices

for forty years in the wilderness?

The crowds were all paying attention to what Philip said, as they listened and saw the signs he was performing.

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

All who heard him were astounded and said, “Isn't this the man in Jerusalem who was causing havoc for those who called on this name and came here for the purpose of taking them as prisoners to the chief priests? ”

After explaining everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

Peter then invited them in and gave them lodging.

The next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went with him.

He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.

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.”

“The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, made the people prosper during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty[fn] arm.

After the synagogue had been dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

But the Jews incited the prominent God-fearing women and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their district.

In Iconium they entered the Jewish synagogue, as usual, and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

When they had appointed elders for them in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

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.

But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”

After they stopped speaking, James responded, “Brothers, listen to me.

“Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, who will personally report the same things by word of mouth.

They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed off to Cyprus.

When they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.

Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews

Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

He escorted them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved? ”

He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Right away he and all his family were baptized.

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

But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason's house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed when he saw that the city was full of idols.

So he drove them from the tribunal.

“Into what then were you baptized? ” he asked them.

“Into John's baptism,” they replied.

Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them, overpowered them all, and prevailed against them, so that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.

And when he had passed through those areas and offered them many words of encouragement, he came to Greece

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.

After greeting them, he reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

“But they have been informed about you ​— ​that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to live according to our customs.

“With regard to the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter containing our decision that[fn] they should keep themselves from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from what is strangled, and from sexual immorality.”

Since Felix was well informed about the Way, he adjourned the hearing, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.”

“In all the synagogues I often punished them and tried to make them blaspheme. Since I was terribly enraged at them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.

“to open their eyes so that they may turn[fn] from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, and so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

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.

For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse.

Therefore God delivered them over in the desires of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves.

For this reason God delivered them over to disgraceful passions. Their women[fn] exchanged natural sexual relations[fn] for unnatural ones.

And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.

Therefore, show them proof before the churches of your love and of our boasting about you.

Because of the proof provided by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone.

They court you eagerly, but not for good. They want to exclude you from me, so that you would pursue them.

May peace come to all those who follow this standard, and mercy even to the Israel of God![fn]

He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; he triumphed over them in him.[fn]

by keeping us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are constantly filling up their sins to the limit, and wrath has overtaken them at last.[fn]

and to regard them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

Therefore, we ourselves boast about you among God's churches ​— ​about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions that you are enduring.

For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie,

This testimony is true. For this reason, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith

Remind them to submit to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,

So he became superior to the angels, just as the name he inherited is more excellent than theirs.

For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father.[fn] That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

not like the covenant

that I made with their ancestors

on the day I took them by the hand

to lead them out of the land of Egypt.

I showed no concern for them, says the Lord,

because they did not continue in my covenant.

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,

But they now desire a better place ​— ​a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

Now if we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we direct their whole bodies.

If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God[fn] rests on you.

There were indeed false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.

They deliberately overlook this: By the word of God the heavens came into being long ago and the earth was brought about from water and through water.

“I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars.

and he will rule[fn] them with an iron scepter;

he will shatter them like pottery —

“Note this: I will make those from the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews and are not, but are lying ​— ​I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.

They will no longer hunger;

they will no longer thirst;

the sun will no longer strike them,

nor will any scorching heat.

If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.

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

Then they heard[fn] a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” They went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies watched them.

Its tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth it might devour her child.

For they are demonic spirits performing signs, who travel to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle on the great day of God, the Almighty.

So they assembled the kings at the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.[fn]

A sharp[fn] sword came from his mouth, so that he might strike the nations with it. He will rule[fn] them with an iron rod. He will also trample the winepress of the fierce anger of God, the Almighty.

and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the sea.

The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.