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“She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah would be born.

Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared.

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.

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

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.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,

for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

“Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,

for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

“So whenever you give to the poor, don't sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

“When you pray, don't babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they'll be heard for their many words.

“For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.

“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.

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

“So you'll recognize them by their fruit.

A long way off from them, a large herd of pigs was feeding.

At that, the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

Just then some men[fn] brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Have courage, son, your sins are forgiven.”

Perceiving their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts?[fn]

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.

Then he touched their eyes, saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.”

Jesus continued going around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every[fn] disease and every sickness.[fn][fn]

“Beware of them, because they will hand you over to local courts[fn] and flog you in their synagogues.

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

Moving on from there, he entered their synagogue.

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.

“For this people's heart has grown callous;

their ears are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes,

and hear with their ears, and

understand with their hearts,

and turn back —

and I would heal them.

“Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. Let anyone who has ears[fn] listen.

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?

And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

When he went ashore,[fn] he saw a large crowd, had compassion on them, and healed their sick.

When they got into the boat, the wind ceased.

“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat.”[fn]

This people[fn] honors me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me.

He was transfigured in front of them, and his face shone like the sun; his clothes became as white as the light.

When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown and were terrified.

“But I tell you: Elijah has already come, and they didn't recognize him. On the contrary, they did whatever they pleased to him. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”

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

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.

When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the temple tax approached Peter and said, “Doesn't your teacher pay the temple tax? ”

He called a small child and had him stand among them.

“See to it that you don't despise one of these little ones, because I tell you that in heaven their angels continually view the face of my Father in heaven.[fn]

“If he doesn't pay attention to them, tell the church.[fn] If he doesn't pay attention even to the church, let him be like a Gentile and a tax collector to you.

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.”

“So also my heavenly Father will do to you unless every one of you forgives his brother or sister[fn] from your[fn] heart.”

“He replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I'm doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me on a denarius?

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they could see, and they followed him.

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

They brought the donkey and the colt; then they laid their clothes on them, and he sat on them.

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

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

“The king[fn] was enraged, and he sent out his troops, killed those murderers, and burned down their city.

So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You don't care what anyone thinks nor do you show partiality.[fn]

Perceiving their malicious intent, Jesus said, “Why are you testing me, hypocrites?

And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test him:

“Therefore do whatever they tell you, and observe it. But don't do what they do, because they don't practice what they teach.

“Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup,[fn] so that the outside of it[fn] may also become clean.

“and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we wouldn't have taken part with them in shedding the prophets' blood.'

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

“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.

“After a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

While they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”

As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take and eat it; this is my body.”

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

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

After a little while those standing there approached and said to Peter, “You really are one of them, since even your accent[fn] gives you away.”

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? ”

Those who passed by were yelling insults at[fn] him, shaking their heads

Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and offered him a drink.

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.

Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

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

Just then a man with an unclean spirit was in their synagogue. He cried out,

He went into all of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.

Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

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.

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.

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

Then they began to beg him to leave their region.

And he was amazed at their unbelief. He was going around the villages teaching.

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

because they had not understood about the loaves. Instead, their hearts were hardened.

As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized him.

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.

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

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,

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.

He took a child, had him stand among them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,

“where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them.

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.

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

The next day when they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.

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

“In the resurrection, when they rise,[fn] whose wife will she be, since the seven had married her? ”

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? ”

While they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me ​— ​one who is eating 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.”

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.

but he left the linen cloth behind and ran away naked.

Yet their testimony did not agree even on this.

When the maidservant saw him again, she began to tell those standing nearby, “This man is one of them.”

Those who passed by were yelling insults at[fn] him, shaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

After this, he appeared in a different form to two of them walking on their way into the country.

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.

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

“He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

“Now listen. You will become silent and unable to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

He has done a mighty deed with his arm;

he has scattered the proud

because of the thoughts of their hearts;

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.

to give his people knowledge of salvation

through the forgiveness of their sins.

In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock.

When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let's go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were finished, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

When he was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the festival.

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

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

Now the people were waiting expectantly, and all of them were questioning in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah.

He was teaching in their synagogues, being praised[fn] by everyone.

“And in the prophet Elisha's time, there were many in Israel who had leprosy,[fn] and yet not one of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”

They got up, drove him out of town, and brought him to the edge of the hill that their town was built on, intending to hurl him over the cliff.

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.

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.

When they did this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets[fn] began to tear.

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.

Seeing their faith he said, “Friend,[fn] your sins are forgiven.”

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

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.

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

But he knew their thoughts and told the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand here.”[fn] So he got up and stood there.

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.

“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. Take note ​— ​your reward is great in heaven, for this is the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.

“Woe to you[fn]

when all people speak well of you,

for this is the way their ancestors

used to treat the false prophets.

“Since they could not pay it back, he graciously forgave them both. So, which of them will love him more? ”

“The seed along the path are those who have heard and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

and as they were sailing he fell asleep. Then a fierce windstorm came down on the lake; they were being swamped and were in danger.

The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met him.

But they did not understand this statement; it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

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

But some of them said, “He drives out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”

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

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

At that time, some people came and reported to him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

“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.

“I know what I'll do so that when I'm removed from management, people will welcome me into their homes.'

“But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.'

But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God.

“I tell you that he will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth? ”

They understood none of these things. The meaning of the saying[fn] was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

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.

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

As he was going along, they were spreading their clothes on the road.

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

“In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For all seven had married her.”

He looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury.

Then he said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,' and, ‘The time is near.' Don't follow them.

“But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

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

Then he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, knelt down, and began to pray,

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

Then one of them struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear.

They lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, and Peter sat among them.

After a little while, someone else saw him and said, “You're one of them too.”

“Man, I am not! ” Peter said.

Then their whole assembly rose up and brought him before Pilate.

But they kept up the pressure, demanding with loud voices that he be crucified, and their voices[fn] won out.

who had not agreed with their plan and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.

Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles[fn] from Jerusalem.

But they[fn] were prevented from recognizing him.

It was as he reclined at the table with them that he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

As they were saying these things, he himself stood in their midst. He said to them, “Peace to you! ”

But while they still were amazed and in disbelief because of their joy, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat? ”

and he took it and ate in their presence.

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

And while he was blessing them, he left them and was carried up into heaven.

“This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

After this, Jesus and his disciples went to the Judean countryside, where he spent time with them and baptized.

“I sent you to reap what you didn't labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from[fn] their labor.”

He asked them at what time he got better. “Yesterday at one in the afternoon[fn] the fever left him,” they answered.

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

Some of them wanted to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.

Nicodemus ​— ​the one who came to him previously and who was one of them ​— ​said to them,

So they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden[fn] and went out of the temple.[fn]

“All who came before me[fn] are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and he's crazy. Why do you listen to him? ”

Then they were trying again to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.

But some of them said, “Couldn't he who opened the blind man's eyes also have kept this man from dying? ”

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!

“While you have the light, believe in the light so that you may become children of light.” Jesus said this, then went away and hid from them.

He has blinded their eyes

and hardened their hearts,

so that they would not see with their eyes

or understand with their hearts,

and turn,

and I would heal them.

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.

“But this happened so that the statement written in their law might be fulfilled: They hated me for no reason.

“I pray[fn] for them. I am not praying for the world but for those you have given me, because they are yours.

“While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name that you have given me. I guarded them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction,[fn] so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

“I sanctify myself for them, so that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

“Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.

“I am he,” Jesus told them.

Judas, who betrayed him, was also standing with them.

This was to fulfill the words he had said: “I have not lost one of those you have given me.”

Now the servants and the officials had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold. They were standing there warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, warming himself.

Since it was the preparation day, the Jews did not want the bodies to remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special[fn] day). They requested that Pilate have the men's legs broken and that their bodies be taken away.

But Thomas (called “Twin”[fn]), one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.

A week later his disciples were indoors again, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

After he had said this, he was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field is called Hakeldama (that is, “Field of Blood”).

Then they cast lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias and he was added to the eleven apostles.

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

When this sound occurred, a crowd came together and was confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

“Cretans and Arabs ​— ​we hear them declaring the magnificent acts of God in our own tongues.”

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

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

The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem

saying, “What should we do with these men? For an obvious sign has been done through them, clear to everyone living in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

“And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant that your servants may speak your word with all boldness,

When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God boldly.

As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

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

As[fn] the captain of the temple police and the chief priests heard these things, they were baffled about them, wondering what would come of this.

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

“He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them abandon their infants outside so that they wouldn't survive.

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

“Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him. Instead, they pushed him aside, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

“They even made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and were celebrating what their hands had made.

When they heard these things, they were enraged[fn] and gnashed their teeth at him.

They yelled at the top of their voices, covered their ears, and together rushed against him.

After they went down there, they prayed for them so that the Samaritans might receive the Holy Spirit because he had not yet come down on any of them.

but Saul learned of their plot. So they were watching the gates day and night intending to kill him,

Saul was coming and going with them in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

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

For they heard them speaking in tongues[fn] and declaring the greatness of God.

Then Peter responded,

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

One of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world.[fn] This took place during the reign of Claudius.

Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. Together they presented themselves before him. After winning over Blastus, who was in charge of the king's bedroom, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king's country.

As they were worshiping[fn] the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and went back to Jerusalem.

“and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

“Since the residents of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him or the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, they have fulfilled their words by condemning him.

“God has fulfilled this for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm:

You are my Son;

today I have become your Father.[fn]

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.

So they stayed there a long time and spoke boldly for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace by enabling them to do signs and wonders.

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

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

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the town, brought bulls and wreaths to the gates because he intended, with the crowds, to offer sacrifice.

“In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own way,

After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

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.

When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

“He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

The whole assembly became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describe all the signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.

“who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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.

When her owners realized that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates stripped off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

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

Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a large number of God-fearing Greeks, as well as a number of the leading women.

Consequently, many of them believed, including a number of the prominent Greek women as well as men.

“From one man[fn] he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.

So Paul left their presence.

When they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his clothes and told them, “Your blood is on your own heads! I am innocent.[fn] From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

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

But when some became hardened and would not believe, slandering the Way in front of the crowd, he withdrew from them, taking the disciples, and conducted discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

so that even facecloths or aprons[fn] that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

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 many who had become believers came confessing and disclosing their practices,

“Men will rise up even from your own number and distort the truth to lure the disciples into following them.

After we tore ourselves away from them, we set sail straight for Cos, the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

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.

They listened to him up to this point. Then they raised their voices, shouting, “Wipe this man off the face of the earth! He should not be allowed to live! ”

The next day, since he wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him[fn] and instructed the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to convene. He brought Paul down and placed him before them.

When the dispute became violent, the commander feared that Paul might be torn apart by them and ordered the troops to go down, take him away from them, and bring him into the barracks.

“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.”

When this man had been seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, I arrived with my troops and rescued him because I learned that he is a Roman citizen.

“So when they had assembled here, I did not delay. The next day I took my seat at the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.

“I actually did this in Jerusalem, and I locked up many of the saints in prison, since I had received authority for that from the chief priests. When they were put to death, I was in agreement against them.

“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.'

Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul then stood up among them and said, “You men should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete and sustain this damage and loss.

They expected that he would begin to swell up or suddenly drop dead. After they waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

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

“For the hearts of these people

have grown callous,

their ears are hard of hearing,

and they have shut their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes

and hear with their ears,

understand with their heart

and turn,

and I would heal them.

For though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became worthless, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

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.

They show that the work of the law[fn] is written on their hearts. Their consciences confirm this. Their competing thoughts either accuse or even excuse them[fn]

What then? If some were unfaithful, will their unfaithfulness nullify God's faithfulness?

Their throat is an open grave;

they deceive with their tongues.

Vipers' venom is under their lips.

Their feet are swift to shed blood;

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

But I ask, “Did they not hear? ” Yes, they did:

Their voice has gone out to the whole earth,

and their words to the ends of the world.

And David says,

Let their table become a snare and a trap,

a pitfall and a retribution to them.

if I might somehow make my own people[fn] jealous and save some of them.

And this will be my covenant with them

when I take away their sins.

Yes, they were pleased, and indeed are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual benefits, then they are obligated to minister to them in material needs.

Greet also the church that meets in their home. Greet my dear friend Epaenetus, who is the first convert[fn] to Christ from Asia.[fn]

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them,

To the church of God at Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord ​— ​both their Lord and ours.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written, He catches the wise in their craftiness;

God judges outsiders. Remove the evil person from among you.

I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote what is proper and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.

However, not everyone has this knowledge. Some have been so used to idolatry up until now that when they eat food sacrificed to an idol, their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

Now when you sin like this against brothers and sisters and wound their weak conscience, you are sinning against Christ.

Nevertheless God was not pleased with most of them, since they were struck down in the wilderness.

Don't become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to party.[fn]

There are doubtless many different kinds of languages in the world, none is without meaning.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla send you greetings warmly in the Lord, along with the church that meets in their home.

but their minds were hardened. For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside only in Christ.

And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.

That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us.

And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we[fn] are the temple of the living God, as God said:

I will dwell

and walk among them,

and I will be their God,

and they will be my people.

During a severe trial brought about by affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

And as they pray on your behalf, they will have deep affection for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.

So it is no great surprise if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their works.

Then the rest of the Jews joined his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.

They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because[fn] of the hardness of their hearts.

Therefore, do not become their partners.

For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.

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

Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame; and they are focused on earthly things.

I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God's mystery ​— ​Christ.[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.

and their teaching will spread like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are among them.

But they will not make further progress, for their foolishness will be clear to all, as was the foolishness of Jannes and Jambres.

One of their very own prophets said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

For in bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God ​— ​for whom and through whom all things exist ​— ​should make the pioneer[fn] of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people ​— ​that is, from their brothers and sisters ​— ​though they have also descended from Abraham.

Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to intercede for them.

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.

By faith he instituted the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites.

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

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

Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days.

because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous

and his ears are open to their prayer.

But the face of the Lord is against

those who do what is evil.

But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear them[fn] or be intimidated,

Many will follow their depraved ways, and the way of truth will be maligned because of them.

however, angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring a slanderous charge against them before the Lord.[fn]

Above all, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days scoffing and following their own evil desires,

He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some things hard to understand in them. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.

They are from the world. Therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them.

“to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly concerning all the ungodly acts that they have done in an ungodly way, and concerning all the harsh things ungodly sinners have said against him.”

“So repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

“Look, I will throw her into a sickbed and those who commit adultery with her into great affliction. Unless they repent of her[fn] works,

Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white clothes, with golden crowns on their heads.

the twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne and say,

So they were each given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little while longer until the number would be completed of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters, who were going to be killed just as they had been.

the sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

“Don't harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands.

All the angels stood around the throne, and along with the elders and the four living creatures they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,

I said to him, “Sir,[fn] you know.”

Then he told me: These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

For the Lamb who is at the center of the throne

will shepherd them;

he will guide them to springs of the waters of life,

and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day was without light and also a third of the night.

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree, but only those people who do not have God's seal on their foreheads.

In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.

This is how I saw the horses and their riders in the vision: They had breastplates that were fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and from their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur.

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.

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

The twenty-four elders, who were seated before God on their thrones, fell facedown and worshiped God,

but he could not prevail, and there was no place for them in heaven any longer.

They conquered him

by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony;

for they did not love their lives

to the point of death.

And it makes everyone ​— ​small and great, rich and poor, free and slave ​— ​to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,

Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.

No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

“and the smoke of their torment will go up forever and ever. There is no rest[fn] day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or anyone who receives the mark of its name.

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they will rest from their labors, since their works follow them.”

The fifth[fn] poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People[fn] gnawed their tongues because of their pain

“For God has put it into their hearts to carry out his plan by having one purpose and to give their kingdom[fn] to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled.

The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any longer ​— ​

They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning,

Woe, woe, the great city,

where all those who have ships on the sea

became rich from her wealth;

for in a single hour she was destroyed.

“so that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of military commanders, the flesh of the mighty, the flesh of horses and of their riders, and the flesh of everyone, both free and slave, small and great.”

The rest were killed with the sword that came from the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds ate their fill of their flesh.

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books.

Then I heard a loud voice from the throne:[fn] Look, God's dwelling[fn] is with humanity, and he will live with them. They will be his peoples,[fn] and God himself will be with them and will be their God.[fn]

“But the cowards, faithless,[fn] detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars ​— ​their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.[fn]

They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

“Blessed are those who wash their robes,[fn] so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.

“Consider the birds of the sky: They don't sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you worth more than they?

“Aren't two sparrows sold for a penny?[fn] Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's consent.[fn]

“To what should I compare this generation? It's like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to other children:

“Yes, Lord,” she said, “yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.”

“What do you think? If someone has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, won't he leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go and search for the stray?

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.

They brought the donkey and the colt; then they laid their clothes on them, and he sat on them.

They conferred together and bought the potter's field with it as a burial place for foreigners.

He saw two boats at the edge of the lake; the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.

Then all the people of the Gerasene region[fn] asked him to leave them, because they were gripped by great fear. So getting into the boat, he returned.

“Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies?[fn] Yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight.

“What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field[fn] and go after the lost one until he finds it?

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

But he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them have themselves called[fn] ‘Benefactors.'

“When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they know his voice.

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

“But I have told you these things so that when their time[fn] comes you will remember I told them to you. I didn't tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

But as it is, God has arranged each one of the parts in the body just as he wanted.

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings that we suffer.

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thoughts.

Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through his death he might destroy the one holding the power of death ​— ​that is, the devil ​— ​

“But you have a few people[fn] in Sardis who have not defiled[fn] their clothes, and they will walk with me in white, because they are worthy.

The number of mounted troops was two hundred million;[fn] I heard their number.

“This calls for a mind that has wisdom.[fn]

“The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated. They are also seven kings:

Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

“Five of them were foolish and five were wise.

“but the wise ones took oil in their flasks with their lamps.

“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.

As they were on their way, some of the guards came into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

for forty days to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, he was hungry.

The devil said to him, “I will give you their splendor and all this authority, because it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.

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

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

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

But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.