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When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

The people who live in darkness

have seen a great light,

and for those living in the land of the shadow of death,

a light has dawned.[fn]

“Follow me,” he told them, “and I will make you fish for[fn] people.”

“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.

“Don't be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask him.

“Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

“Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you lawbreakers! '[fn]

Then Jesus told him, “See that you don't tell anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

So he touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve him.

He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith? ” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

“Go! ” he told them. So when they had come out, they entered the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water.

Now when he heard this, he said, “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick.

Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests[fn] be sad while the groom is with them? The time[fn] will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

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.

When he entered the house, the blind men approached him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I can do this? ”

They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”

And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus warned them sternly, “Be sure that no one finds out.”

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

Jesus sent out these twelve after giving them instructions: “Don't take the road that leads to the Gentiles, and don't enter any Samaritan town.

“You will even be brought before governors and kings because of me, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.

Jesus replied to them, “Go and report to John what you hear and see:

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

He replied to them, “Who among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn't take hold of it and lift it out?

He warned them not to make him known,

Knowing their thoughts, he told them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.

He answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

Then the disciples came up and asked him, “Why are you speaking to them in parables? ”

“That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.

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

“ ‘An enemy did this,' he told them.

“ ‘So, do you want us to go and pull them up? ' the servants asked him.

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

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven[fn] that a woman took and mixed into fifty pounds[fn] of flour until all of it was leavened.”

He replied, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;

“Have you understood all these things? ”[fn]

They answered him, “Yes.”

And they were offended by him.

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.”

“They don't need to go away,” Jesus told them. “You give them something to eat.”

Immediately Jesus spoke to them. “Have courage! It is I. Don't be afraid.”

He answered them, “Why do you break God's commandment because of your tradition?

Summoning the crowd, he told them, “Listen and understand:

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

“Seven,” they said, “and a few small fish.”

The Pharisees and Sadducees approached, and tested him, asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

Then Jesus told them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven[fn] of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Aware of this, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves that you do not have bread?

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

Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him.

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Don't tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised[fn] from the dead.”

“Elijah is coming[fn] and will restore everything,” he replied.[fn]

Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about John the Baptist.

“Because of your little faith,” he[fn] told them. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of[fn] a mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”[fn]

As they were gathering together[fn] in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.

“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.”

“Again, truly I tell you, if two of you on earth agree about any matter that you[fn] pray for, it will be done for you[fn] by my Father in heaven.

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

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.

He responded, “Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given.

Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

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.

“ ‘Because no one hired us,' they said to him.

“ ‘You also go into my vineyard,' he told them.[fn]

While going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples aside privately and said to them on the way,

He told them, “You will indeed drink my cup,[fn] but to sit at my right and left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

The crowd demanded that they keep quiet, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David! ”

telling them, “Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied there with her colt. Untie them and bring them to me.

The disciples went and did just as Jesus directed them.

He said to them, “It is written, my house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves! ”

and said to him, “Do you hear what these children are saying? ”

Jesus replied, “Yes, have you never read:

You have prepared[fn] praise

from the mouths of infants and nursing babies? ”

Jesus answered them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you tell this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' it will be done.

Jesus answered them, “I will also ask you one question, and if you answer it for me, then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

So they answered Jesus, “We don't know.”

And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

“Which of the two did his father's will? ”

They said, “The first.”

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

“Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, and they did the same to them.

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.[fn]

This is what the Lord has done

and it is wonderful in our eyes?

Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables:

“Whose image and inscription is this? ” he asked them.

Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, because you don't know the Scriptures or the power of God.

He asked them, “How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit,[fn] calls him ‘Lord':

He replied to them, “Do you see all these things? Truly I tell you, not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down.”

Jesus replied to them, “Watch out that no one deceives you.

“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?

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

“And the King will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'

“Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a noble thing for me.

So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks, he gave it to them and said, “Drink from it, all of you.

Then Jesus said to them, “Tonight all of you will fall away because of me, for it is written:

I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

He said to them, “I am deeply grieved[fn] to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”

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.

His betrayer had given them a sign: “The one I kiss, he's the one; arrest him.”

So when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Who is it you want me to release for you ​— ​Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ? ”

The governor asked them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you? ”

“Barabbas! ” they answered.

Then he released Barabbas to them and, after having Jesus flogged, handed him over to be crucified.

“Take[fn] guards,” Pilate told them. “Go and make it as secure as you know how.”

The eleven disciples traveled to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had directed them.

Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

“Follow me,” Jesus told them, “and I will make you fish for[fn] people.”

So he went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her,[fn] and she began to serve them.

And he said to them, “Let's go on to the neighboring villages so that I may preach there too. This is why I have come.”

telling him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer what Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”[fn]

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

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?

When Jesus heard this, he told them, “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick. I didn't come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.

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

Then he told them, “The Sabbath was made for[fn] man and not man for the Sabbath.

Then he said to them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save life or to kill? ” But they were silent.

And he would strongly warn them not to make him known.

and to James the son of Zebedee, and to his brother John, he gave the name “Boanerges” (that is, “Sons of Thunder”);

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

He replied to them, “Who are my mother and my brothers? ”

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

Then he said, “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”

He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables

He also said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it to be put on a lampstand?

And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured to you ​— ​and more will be added to you.

He was speaking the word to them with many parables like these, as they were able to understand.

Then he said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith? ”

So he gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned there.

Those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and told about the pigs.

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.”

He went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.”

Then he gave them strict orders that no one should know about this and told them to give her something to eat.

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.”

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

He said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place.

He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

When he went ashore, he saw a large crowd and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Then he began to teach them many things.

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

They said to him, “Should we go and buy two hundred denarii[fn] worth of bread and give them something to eat? ”

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.

After he said good-bye to them, he went away to the mountain to pray.

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.

because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke with them and said, “Have courage! It is I. Don't be afraid.”

He answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

This people honors me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me.

He also said to them, “You have a fine way of invalidating God's command in order to set up[fn] your tradition!

Summoning the crowd again, he told them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand:

He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don't you realize that nothing going into a person from the outside can defile him?

He ordered them to tell no one, but the more he ordered them, the more they proclaimed it.

In those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He called the disciples and said to them,

Then he gave them strict orders: “Watch out! Beware of the leaven[fn] of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

Aware of this, he said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact you have no bread? Don't you understand or comprehend? Do you have hardened hearts?

And he said to them, “Don't you understand yet? ”

Jesus went out with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the road he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am? ”

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

Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.”

Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Then he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power.”

Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

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

As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

“Elijah does come first and restores all things,” he replied. “Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

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

And he told them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer.”[fn]

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.”

Sitting down, he called the Twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last and servant of all.”

He replied to them, “What did Moses command you? ”

But Jesus told them, “He wrote this command for you because of the hardness of your hearts.

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

When Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me. Don't stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

The disciples were astonished at his words. Again Jesus said to them, “Children, how hard it is[fn] to enter the kingdom of God!

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God.”

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.

“What do you want me to do for you? ” he asked them.

Jesus said to them, “You don't know what you're asking. Are you able to drink the cup I drink or to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with? ”

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.

and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

and some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt? ”

He was teaching them: “Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves! ”

Jesus replied to them, “Have faith in God.

Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; then answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

So they answered Jesus, “We don't know.”

And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius[fn] to look at.”

Jesus spoke to them, “Isn't this the reason why you're mistaken: you don't know the Scriptures or the power of God?

One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which command is the most important of all? ”

He also said in his teaching, “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who want greetings in the marketplaces,

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

Jesus told them, “Watch out that no one deceives you.

“But you, be on your guard! They will hand you over to local courts,[fn] and you will be flogged in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.

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

So he sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.

So the disciples went out, entered the city, and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

He said to them, “It is one of the Twelve ​— ​the one who is dipping bread in the bowl with me.

As they were eating, he took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is my body.”

Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will fall away,[fn] because it is written:

I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered.

He said to them, “I am deeply grieved[fn] to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake.”

Then he came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The time has come. See, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

His betrayer had given them a signal. “The one I kiss,” he said, “he's the one; arrest him and take him away under guard.”

Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal,[fn] to capture me?

At the festival Pilate used to release for the people a prisoner whom they requested.

The crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do for them as was his custom.

But the chief priests stirred up the crowd so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.

Pilate said to them, “Why? What has he done wrong? ”

But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him! ”

Later he appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he had risen.

So the Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

But they had no children because Elizabeth could not conceive, and both of them were well along in years.

When he did come out, he could not speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He was making signs to them and remained speechless.

Then she gave birth to her firstborn son, and she wrapped him tightly in cloth and laid him in a manger,[fn] because there was no guest room available for them.

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

After seeing them, they reported the message they were told about this child,

But they did not understand what he said to them.

He replied to them, “The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same.”

So he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and began to serve them.

So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

Then he ordered him to tell no one: “But go and show yourself to the priest, and offer what Moses commanded for your cleansing as a testimony to them.”

But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath? ”

Then he told them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

“Just as you want others to do for you, do the same for them.

He also told them a parable: “Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?

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.

He replied to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with leprosy[fn] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news,

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! ”

Meanwhile, the eyewitnesses reported to them how the demon-possessed man was delivered.

Her parents were astounded, but he instructed them to tell no one what had happened.

Summoning the Twelve, he gave them power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases.

When the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.

“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.”

Everyone ate and was filled. They picked up twelve baskets of leftover pieces.

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

Peter answered, “God's Messiah.”

An argument started among them about who was the greatest of them.

He told them, “Whoever welcomes[fn] this little child in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me welcomes him who sent me. For whoever is least among you ​— ​this one is great.”

But he turned and rebuked them,[fn]

“Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near you.'

He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning.

He said to them, “Whenever you pray, say,

Father,[fn]

your name be honored as holy.

Your kingdom come.[fn]

Knowing their thoughts, he told them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and a house divided against itself falls.

“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 he[fn] responded to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all the other Galileans because they suffered these things?

He said to them, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I'm driving out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work.'[fn]

And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

“and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep! '

“The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate I have coming to me.' So he distributed the assets[fn] to them.

And he told them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God's sight.

“because I have five brothers ​— ​to warn them, so that they won't also come to this place of torment.'

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

When he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with something observable;

“Where, Lord? ” they asked him.

He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”

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

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

People were bringing infants to him so that he might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

So he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers or sisters, parents or children because of the kingdom of God,

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

So those who were sent left and found it just as he had told them.

He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out.”

and he said, “It is written, my house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves! ”

And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

“So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

“What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

But he looked at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of this Scripture:[fn]

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone?

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

Jesus told them, “The children of this age marry and are given in marriage.

“For all these people have put in gifts out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

Then he told them, “Nation will be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

Then he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and temple police how he could hand him over to them.

So he accepted the offer and started looking for a good opportunity to betray him to them when the crowd was not present.

“Listen,” he said to them, “when you've entered the city, a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters.

So they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest.

He also said to them, “When I sent you out without money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals, did you lack anything? ”

“Not a thing,” they said.

“Lord,” they said, “look, here are two swords.”

“That is enough! ” he told them.

When he reached the place, he told them, “Pray that you may not fall into temptation.”

“Why are you sleeping? ” he asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you won't fall into temptation.”

They said, “If you are the Messiah, tell us.”

But he said to them, “If I do tell you, you will not believe.

and released the one they were asking for, who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”[fn] And they divided his clothes and cast lots.

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

“What things? ” he asked them.

So they said to him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,

Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures.

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.

That very hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem. They found the Eleven and those with them gathered together,

Then they began to describe what had happened on the road and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

“Why are you troubled? ” he asked them. “And why do doubts arise in your hearts?

Having said this, he showed them his hands and feet.

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.”

He also said to them, “This is what is written:[fn] The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead the third day,

But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be[fn] children of God, to those who believe in his name,

“I baptize with[fn] water,” John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don't know him.

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? ”

“Fill the jars with water,” Jesus told them. So they filled them to the brim.

Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple,[fn] and I will raise it up in three days.”

So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the statement Jesus had made.

Jesus, however, would not entrust himself to them, since he knew them all

But he said, “I have food to eat that you don't know about.”

“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work,” Jesus told them.

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

He replied, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.' ”

Jesus responded to them, “My Father is still working, and I am working also.”

Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, the Son is not able to do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father[fn] does, the Son likewise does these things.

Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii[fn] worth of bread wouldn't be enough for each of them to have a little.”

But he said to them, “It is I.[fn] Don't be afraid.”

Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw[fn] the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

Jesus replied, “This is the work of God ​— ​that you believe in the one he has sent.”

“Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”

“I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “No one who comes to me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in me will ever be thirsty again.

Jesus answered them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves.

So Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves.

Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, asked them, “Does this offend you?

Jesus replied to them, “Didn't I choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”

Jesus told them, “My time has not yet arrived, but your time is always at hand.

After he had said these things, he stayed in Galilee.

Jesus answered them, “My teaching isn't mine but is from the one who sent me.

“I performed one work, and you are all amazed,” Jesus answered.

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

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

Then the Pharisees responded to them, “Are you fooled too?

Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”

“Even if I testify about myself,” Jesus replied, “my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I'm going. But you don't know where I come from or where I'm going.

Then he said to them again, “I'm going away; you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I'm going, you cannot come.”

“You are from below,” he told them, “I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

“Who are you? ” they questioned.

“Exactly what I've been telling you from the very beginning,” Jesus told them.

They did not know he was speaking to them about the Father.

Jesus responded, “Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

“Our father is Abraham,” they replied.

“If you were Abraham's children,” Jesus told them, “you would do what Abraham did.

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn't come on my own, but he sent me.

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”

Then the Pharisees asked him again how he received his sight.

“He put mud on my eyes,” he told them. “I washed and I can see.”

“We know this is our son and that he was born blind,” his parents answered.

“I already told you,” he said, “and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't want to become his disciples too, do you? ”

“This is an amazing thing! ” the man told them. “You don't know where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes.

“If you were blind,” Jesus told them, “you wouldn't have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,' your sin remains.

Jesus gave them this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.

“I did tell you and you don't believe,” Jesus answered them. “The works that I do in my Father's name testify about me.

“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.

Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these works are you stoning me? ”

Jesus answered them, “Isn't it written in your law,[fn] I said, you are gods?

He said this, and then he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm on my way to wake him up.”

So Jesus then told them plainly, “Lazarus has died.

The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him and let him go.”

But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

One of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!

Jesus replied to them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn't overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn't know where he's going.

When Jesus had washed their feet and put on his outer clothing, he reclined again and said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you?

“If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now they have no excuse for their sin.

“If I had not done the works among them that no one else has done, they would not be guilty of sin. Now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

Jesus knew they wanted to ask him, and so he said to them, “Are you asking one another about what I said, ‘In a little while, you will not see me; again in a little while, you will see me'?

Jesus responded to them, “Do you now believe?

“since you gave him authority over all people,[fn] so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.

“because I have given them the words you gave me. They have received them and have known for certain that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.

“Everything I have is yours, and everything you have is mine, and I am glorified in them.

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

“I have given them the glory you have given me, so that they may be one as we are one.

“I made your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them and I may be in them.”

Then Jesus, knowing everything that was about to happen to him, went out and said to them, “Who is it that you're seeking? ”

“Why do you question me? Question those who heard what I told them. Look, they know what I said.”

Pilate told them, “You take him and judge him according to your law.”

“It's not legal for us to put anyone to death,” the Jews declared.

“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.

Pilate went outside again and said to them, “Look, I'm bringing him out to you to let you know I find no grounds for charging him.”

They shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him! ”

Pilate said to them, “Should I crucify your king? ”

“We have no king but Caesar! ” the chief priests answered.

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! ”

They said to her, “Woman, why are you crying? ”

“Because they've taken away my Lord,” she told them, “and I don't know where they've put him.”

“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.”

When it was evening on that first day of the week, the disciples were gathered together with the doors locked because they feared the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

So the other disciples were telling him, “We've seen the Lord! ”

But he said to them, “If I don't see the mark of the nails in his hands, put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

“I'm going fishing,” Simon Peter said to them.

“We're coming with you,” they told him. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

“Friends,”[fn] Jesus called to them, “you don't have any fish, do you? ”

“No,” they answered.

“Bring some of the fish you've just caught,” Jesus told them.

“Come and have breakfast,” Jesus told them. None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you? ” because they knew it was the Lord.

After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

While he was going, they were gazing into heaven, and suddenly two men in white clothes stood by them.

They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and rested on each one of them.

Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed to them, “Fellow Jews and all you residents of Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and pay attention to my words.

So he turned to them, expecting to get something from them.

So he jumped up and started to walk, and he entered the temple with them ​— ​walking, leaping, and praising God.

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

So they seized them and took them into custody until the next day since it was already evening.

And since they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in opposition.

“But so that this does not spread any further among the people, let's threaten them against speaking to anyone in this name again.”

Now the entire group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.

For there was not a needy person among them because all those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the proceeds of what was sold,

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

Someone came and reported to them, “Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple and teaching the people.”

They had them stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

“He assumed his people would understand that God would give them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.

“You took up the tent of Moloch

and the star of your god Rephan,

the images that you made to worship.

So I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.

He knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them! ” And after saying this, he fell asleep.

Philip went down to a[fn] city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.

When Simon saw that the Spirit[fn] was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

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.

Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him to the room upstairs. And all the widows approached him, weeping and showing him the robes and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

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

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

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.

saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

“The Spirit told me to accompany them with no doubts at all. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we went into the man's house.

“If, then, God gave them the same gift that he also gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I possibly hinder God? ”

After they passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went outside and passed one street, and suddenly the angel left him.

Motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Tell these things to James and the brothers,” he said, and he left and went to another place.

Then after they had fasted, prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them off.

But Elymas the sorcerer (that is the meaning of his name) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

“Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

As they were leaving, the people[fn] urged them to speak about these matters the following Sabbath.

“People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.

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.

“And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us.

“but instead we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from blood.

But Paul insisted that they should not take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.

As they traveled through the towns, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem for the people to observe.

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

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

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, “What is this ignorant show-off[fn] trying to say? ”

Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities” ​— ​because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

However, some people joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

where he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul came to them,

He stayed there a year and a half, teaching the word of God among them.

When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he declined,

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.

On the first day of the week, we assembled to break bread. Paul spoke to them, and since he was about to depart the next day, he kept on talking until midnight.

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,

After he said this, he knelt down and prayed with all of them.

When we completed our voyage[fn] from Tyre, we reached Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed with them for a day.

“Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay for them to get their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that what they were told about you amounts to nothing, but that you yourself are also careful about observing the law.

So the next day, Paul took the men, having purified himself along with them, and entered the temple, announcing the completion of the purification days when the offering would be made for each of them.

When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic,[fn] they became even quieter.

“Don't let them persuade you, because there are more than forty of them lying in ambush ​— ​men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, waiting for your consent.”

So the soldiers took Paul during the night and brought him to Antipatris as they were ordered.

“other than this one statement I shouted while standing among them, ‘Today I am on trial before you concerning the resurrection of the dead.' ”

When he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea. The next day, seated at the tribunal, he commanded Paul to be brought in.

“If then I did anything wrong and am deserving of death, I am not trying to escape death; but if there is nothing to what these men accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar! ”

“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.

The king, the governor, Bernice, and those sitting with them got up,

and told them, “Men, I can see that this voyage is headed toward disaster and heavy loss, not only of the cargo and the ship but also of our lives.”

When the fourteenth night came, we were drifting in the Adriatic Sea, and about midnight the sailors thought they were approaching land.

There we found brothers and sisters and were invited to stay a week with them. And so we came to Rome.

since what can be known[fn] about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them.

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith[fn] while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.