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{\MTB The
\par }{\MTB Good News According to
\par }{\MT Luke

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Dedication
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}To
his
Excellency, Theophilus.
\par }{\PP Many
attempts
have
been
already
made
to
draw
up
an
account
of
those
events
which
have
reached
their
conclusion
among
us,
\VS{2}just
as
they
were
reported
to
us
by
those
who
from
the
beginning
were eye-witnesses,
and
afterward
became
bearers
of
the
message.
\VS{3}And,
therefore,
I
also,
since
I
have
investigated
all
these
events
with
great
care
from
their
very
beginning,
have
resolved
to
write
a
connected
history
of
them
for
you,
\VS{4}in
order
that
you
may
be
able
to
satisfy
yourself
of
the accuracy
of
the
story
which
you
have
heard
from
the
lips
of
others.
\par }{\SH Birth, Parentage,
Infancy
and Boyhood
\par }{\PP \VS{5}In
the
reign
of
Herod,
king
of
Judea,
there
was
a
priest
named
Zechariah,
who
belonged
to
the
division
called
after
Abijah.
His
wife,
whose
name
was
Elizabeth,
was
also
a
descendant
of
Aaron.
\VS{6}They
were
both
righteous
people,
who
lived
blameless
lives,
guiding
their
steps
by
all
the
commandments
and
ordinances
of
the
Lord.
\VS{7}But
they
had
no
child,
Elizabeth
being
barren;
and
both
of
them
were
advanced
in
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}One
day,
when
Zechariah
was officiating
as
priest
before
God,
during
the
turn
of
his
division,
\VS{9}it
fell
to
him
by
lot,
in
accordance
with
the
practice
among
the
priests,
to
go
into
the
Temple
of
the
Lord
and
burn
incense;
\VS{10}and,
as
it
was
the
Hour
of
Incense,
the
people
were
all
praying
outside.
\VS{11}And
an
angel
of
the
Lord
appeared
to
him,
standing
on
the
right
of
the
Altar
of
Incense.
\VS{12}Zechariah
was
startled
at
the
sight
and
was awe-struck.
\VS{13}But
the
angel
said
to
him, “Do
not
be
afraid,
Zechariah;
your
prayer
has
been
heard,
and
your
wife
Elizabeth
will
bear
you
a
son,
whom
you
will
call
by
the
name
John.
\VS{14}He
will
be
to
you
a
joy
and
a
delight;
and
many
will
rejoice
over
his
birth.
\VS{15}For
he
will
be
great
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord;
he
will
not
drink
any
wine
or
strong
drink,
and
he
will
be
filled
with
the
Holy
Spirit
from
the
very
hour
of
his
birth,
\VS{16}and
will
reconcile
many
of
the
Israelites
to
the
Lord
their
God.
\VS{17}He
will
go
before
him
in
the
spirit
and
with
the
power
of
Elijah,
to
reconcile
fathers
to
their
children
and
the
disobedient
to
the
wisdom
of
the
righteous,
and
so
make
ready
for
the
Lord
a
people
prepared
for
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}“How
can
I
be
sure
of
this?”
Zechariah
asked
the
angel. “For
I
am
an
old
man
and
my
wife
is
advanced
in
years.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}“I
am
Gabriel,”
the
angel
answered, “who
stand
in
the
presence
of
God,
and
I
have
been
sent
to
speak
to
you
and
to
bring
you
this
good
news.
\VS{20}And
now
you
will
be
silent
and
unable
to
speak
until
the
day
when
this
takes
place,
because
you
did
not
believe
what
I
said,
though
my
words
will
be
fulfilled
in
due
course.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Meanwhile
the
people
were
watching
for
Zechariah,
wondering
at
his
remaining
so
long
in
the
Temple.
\VS{22}When
he
came
out,
he
was
unable
to
speak
to
them,
and
they
perceived
that
he
had
seen
a
vision
there.
But
Zechariah
kept
making
signs
to
them,
and
remained
dumb.
\VS{23}And,
as
soon
as
his term
of
service
was
finished,
he
returned
home.
\VS{24}After
this
his
wife,
Elizabeth,
became
pregnant
and
lived
in
seclusion
for
five
months.
\VS{25}“The
Lord
has
done
this
for
me,”
she
said, “he
has
shown
me
kindness
and
taken
away
the
public
disgrace
of childlessness
under
which
I
have
been
living.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{26}Six
months
later
the
angel
Gabriel
was
sent
from
God
to
a
town
in
Galilee
called
Nazareth,
\VS{27}to
a
maiden
there
who
was
engaged
to
a
man
named
Joseph,
a
descendant
of
David.
Her
name
was
Mary.
\VS{28}Gabriel
came
into
her
presence
and
greeted
her,
saying, “You
have
been
shown
great
favor –
the
Lord
is
with
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Mary
was
much
disturbed
at
his
words,
and
was
wondering
to
herself
what
such
a greeting
could
mean,
\VS{30}when
the
angel
spoke
again, “Do
not
be
afraid,
Mary,
for
you
have
found
favor
with
God.
\VS{31}And
now,
you
will
conceive
and
give
birth
to
a
son,
and
you
will
give
him
the
name
Jesus.
\VS{32}The
child
will
be
great
and
will
be
called ‘Son
of
the
Most
High,’
and
the
Lord
God
will
give
him
the
throne
of
his
ancestor
David,
\VS{33}and
he
will
reign
over
the
descendants
of
Jacob
for
ever;
And
to
his
kingdom
there
will
be
no
end.”
\par }{\PP \VS{34}“How
can
this
be?”
Mary
asked
the
angel. “For
I
have
no
husband.”
\par }{\PP \VS{35}“The
Holy
Spirit
will
descend
on
you,”
answered
the
angel, “and
the
Power
of
the
Most
High
will
overshadow
you;
and
therefore
the
child
will
be
called ‘holy,’
and ‘Son
of
God.’
\VS{36}And
Elizabeth,
your
cousin,
is
herself
also expecting
a
son
in
her
old
age;
and
it
is
now
the
sixth
month
with
her,
though
she
is
called
barren;
\VS{37}for
no
promise
from
God
will
fail
to
be
fulfilled.”
\par }{\PP \VS{38}“I
am
the
servant
of
the
Lord,”
exclaimed
Mary. “Let
it
be
with
me
as
you
have
said.”
Then
the
angel
left
her.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}Soon
after
this
Mary
set
out,
and
made
her
way
quickly
into
the hill-country,
to
a
town
in
Judah;
\VS{40}and
there
she
went
into
Zechariah’s
house
and
greeted
Elizabeth.
\VS{41}When
Elizabeth
heard
Mary’s greeting,
the
child
moved
within
her,
and
Elizabeth
herself
was
filled
with
the
Holy
Spirit,
\VS{42}and
cried
aloud, “Blessed
are
you
among
women,
and
blessed
is
your unborn
child!
\VS{43}But
how
have
I
this
honor,
that
the
mother
of
my
Lord
should
come
to
me?
\VS{44}For,
as
soon
as
your greeting
reached
my
ears,
the
child
moved
within
me
with
delight!
\VS{45}Happy
indeed
is
she
who
believed
that
the
promise
which
she
received
from
the
Lord
would
be
fulfilled.”
\par }{\PP \VS{46}And
Mary
said:
\par }{\Q “My
soul
exalts
the
Lord,
\par }{\QB \VS{47}and
my
spirit
delights
in
God
my
Savior,
\par }{\Q \VS{48}for
he
has
looked
with
favor
on
his
humble
servant
girl.
\par }{\QB From
now
on
all
generations
will
call
me
blessed!
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{49}“For
the
Almighty
has
done
great
things
for
me,
\par }{\QB and
holy
is
his
name.
\par }{\Q \VS{50}He
has
mercy
on
those
who
revere
him
\par }{\QB in
every
generation.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{51}“Mighty
are
the
deeds
of
his
arm!
\par }{\QB He
has
scattered
the self-satisfied
proud,
\par }{\Q \VS{52}he
has
cast
down
the
mighty
from
their
thrones,
\par }{\QB and
he uplifts
the
humble,
\par }{\Q \VS{53}he
has
filled
the
hungry
with
good
things,
\par }{\QB and
the
rich
he
has
sent
away
empty.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{54}“He
has
stretched
out
his
hand
to
his
servant
Israel,
\par }{\QB ever
mindful
of
his
mercy,
\par }{\Q \VS{55}as
he
promised
to
our
ancestors,
\par }{\QB to
Abraham
and
his
descendants
for
ever.”
\par }{\MM \VS{56}Mary
stayed
with Elizabeth
about
three
months,
and
then
returned
to
her
home.
\VS{57}When Elizabeth’s
time
came,
she
gave
birth
to
a
son;
\VS{58}and
her
neighbors
and
relatives,
hearing
of
the
great
goodness
of
the
Lord
to
her,
came
to
share
her
joy.
\VS{59}A
week
later
they
met
to
circumcise
the
child,
and
were
about
to
call
him
Zechariah
after
his
father,
\VS{60}when
his
mother
spoke
up, “No,
he
is
to
be
called
John.”
\par }{\PP \VS{61}“You
have
no relation
of
that
name!”
they
exclaimed;
\VS{62}and
they
made
signs
to
the
child’s
father,
to
find
out
what
he
wished
the
child
to
be
called.
\VS{63}Asking
for
a
writing
tablet,
he
wrote
the
words – ‘His
name
is
John.’
Everyone
was
surprised
\VS{64}and
immediately
Zechariah
recovered
his
voice
and
the
use
of
his
tongue,
and
began
to
bless
God.
\VS{65}All
their
neighbors
were awe-struck
at
this,
and
throughout
the hill-country
of
Judea
the
whole
story
was
much
talked
about.
\VS{66}All
who
heard
it
kept
it
in
mind,
asking
one
another – “What
can
this
child
be
destined
to
become?”
For
the
Power
of
the
Lord
was
with
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{67}Then
his
father
Zechariah
was
filled
with
the
Holy
Spirit,
and,
speaking
under
inspiration,
said:
\par }{\Q \VS{68}“Blessed
is
the
Lord,
the
God
of
Israel,
\par }{\QB who
has
visited
his
people
and
wrought
their
deliverance,
\par }{\Q \VS{69}and
has
raised
up
for
us
the
strength
of
our
salvation
\par }{\QB in
the
house
of
his
servant
David –
\par }{\Q \VS{70}as
he
promised
by
the
lips
of
his
holy
prophets
of
old –
\par }{\QB \VS{71}salvation
from
our
enemies
and
from
the
hands
of
all
who
hate
us,
\par }{\Q \VS{72}showing
mercy
to
our
ancestors,
\par }{\QB and
mindful
of
his
sacred
covenant.
\par }{\MM \par }{\Q \VS{73}This
was
the
oath
which
he
swore
to
our
ancestor
Abraham –
\par }{\QB \VS{74}that
we
should
be
rescued
from
the
hands
of
our
enemies,
\par }{\Q \VS{75}and
should
serve
him
without
fear
in
holiness
and
righteousness,
\par }{\QB in
his
presence
all
our
days.
\par }{\MM \par }{\Q \VS{76}And
you,
child,
will
be
called
prophet
of
the
Most
High,
\par }{\QB for
you
will
go
before
the
Lord
to
make
ready
his
way,
\par }{\Q \VS{77}to
give
his
people
the
knowledge
of
salvation
\par }{\QB through
the
forgiveness
of
their
sins,
\par }{\Q \VS{78}through
the
tender
mercy
of
our
God,
\par }{\QB whereby
the
dawn
will
break
on
us
from
heaven,
\par }{\Q \VS{79}to
give
light
to
those
who
live
in
darkness
and
the
shadow
of
death,
\par }{\QB and
guide
our
feet
into
the
way
of
peace.”
\par }{\MM \VS{80}The
child
grew
and
became
strong
in
spirit,
and
he
lived
in
the wilds
until
the
time
came
for
his
appearance
before
Israel.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}About
that
time
an
edict
was
issued
by
the Emperor Augustus
that
a
census
should
be
taken
of
the
whole
Empire.
\VS{2}(This
was
the
first
census
taken
while
Quirinius
was
Governor
of
Syria).
\VS{3}And
everyone
went
to
his
own
town
to
be
registered.
\VS{4}Among
others
Joseph
went
up
from
the
town
of
Nazareth
in
Galilee
to
Bethlehem,
the
town
of
David,
in
Judea –
because
he
belonged
to
the
family
and
house
of
David –
\VS{5}to
be
registered
with
Mary,
his
engaged
wife,
who
was
about
to
become
a
mother.
\VS{6}While
they
were
there
her
time
came,
\VS{7}and
she
gave
birth
to
her
first
child,
a
son.
And
because
there
was
no
room
for
them
in
the
inn,
she swathed
him
around
and
laid
him
in
a
manger.
\VS{8}In
that
same
countryside
were
shepherds
out
in
the
open
fields,
watching
their
flocks
that
night,
\VS{9}when
an
angel
of
the
Lord
suddenly
stood
by
them,
and
the
glory
of
the
Lord
shone
around
them;
and
they
were
seized
with
fear.
\VS{10}“Have
no
fear,”
the
angel
said. “For
I
bring
you
good
news
of
a
great
joy
in
store
for
all
the
nation.
\VS{11}This
day
there
has
been
born
to
you,
in
the
town
of
David,
a
Savior,
who
is
Christ
and
Lord.
\VS{12}And
this
will
be
the
sign
for
you.
You
will
find
the
infant swathed,
and
lying
in
a
manger.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
suddenly
there
appeared
with
the
angel
a
multitude
of
the
heavenly
Host,
praising
God,
and
singing –
\par }{\Q \VS{14}“glory
to
God
on
high,
\par }{\QB and
on
earth
peace
among
those
in
whom
he
finds
pleasure.”
\par }{\MM \VS{15}Now,
when
the
angels
had
left
them
and
gone
back
to
heaven,
the
shepherds
said
to
one
another, “Let
us
go
at
once
to
Bethlehem,
and
see
this
thing
that
has
happened,
of
which
the
Lord
has
told
us.”
\VS{16}So
they
went
quickly,
and
found
Mary
and
Joseph,
and
the
infant
lying
in
a
manger;
\VS{17}and,
when
they
saw
it,
they
told
of
all
that
had
been
said
to
them
about
this
child.
\VS{18}All
who
heard
the
shepherds
were
astonished
at
their
story,
\VS{19}while
Mary
treasured
in
her
heart
all
that
they
said,
and
thought
about
it
often.
\VS{20}And
the
shepherds
went
back,
giving
glory
and
praise
to
God
for
all
that
they
had
heard
and
seen.
It
had
all
happened
as
they
had
been
told.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{21}Eight
days
after
the
birth
of
the
child,
when
it
was
time
to
circumcise
him,
he
received
the
name
Jesus –
the
name
given
him
by
the
angel
before
his
conception.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{22}When
the
period
of
purification
of
mother
and
child,
required
by
the
Law
of
Moses,
came
to
an
end,
his
parents
took
the
child
up
to
Jerusalem
to
present
him
to
the
Lord,
\VS{23}in compliance
with
the
Law
of
the
Lord
that
every
firstborn
male
will
be
dedicated
to
the
Lord,
\VS{24}and
also
to
offer
the
sacrifice
required
by
the
Law
of
the
Lord –
a
pair
of turtle-doves
or
two
young
pigeons.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}There
was
at
that
time
in
Jerusalem
a
man
named
Simeon,
a
righteous
and
devout
man,
who
lived
in
constant
expectation
of
Israel’s consulation,
and
under
the
guidance
of
the
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{26}It
had
been
revealed
to
him
by
the
Holy
Spirit
that
he
should
not
die
until
he
had
seen
the
Lord’s
Christ.
\VS{27}Moved
by
the
Spirit,
Simeon
came
into
the
Temple
Courts,
and,
when
the
parents
brought
in
the
child
Jesus,
to
do
for
him
what
was
customary
under
the
Law,
\VS{28}Simeon
himself
took
the
child
in
his
arms,
and
blessed
God,
and
said:
\par }{\Q \VS{29}“Now,
Lord,
you
will
let
your
servant
go,
\par }{\QB according
to
your
word,
in
peace,
\par }{\Q \VS{30}for
my
eyes
have
seen
the
salvation
\par }{\QB \VS{31}which
you
have
prepared
in
the
sight
of
all
nations –
\par }{\Q \VS{32}a
light
to
bring
light
to
the
Gentiles,
\par }{\QB and
to
be
the
glory
of
your
people
Israel.”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}While
the
child’s
father
and
mother
were
wondering
at
what
was
said
about
him,
\VS{34}Simeon
gave
them
his
blessing,
and
said
to
Mary,
the
child’s
mother, “This
child
is
appointed
to
be
the
cause
of
the
fall
and
rise
of
many
in
Israel,
and
to
be
a
sign
much
spoken
against –
\VS{35}Yes,
the
sword
will
pierce
your
own
heart –
and
so
the
thoughts
in
many
minds
will
be
disclosed.”
\par }{\PP \VS{36}There
was
also
a
prophet
named
Hannah,
a
daughter
of
Phanuel
and
of
the
tribe
of
Asher.
She
was
far
advanced
in
years,
having
lived
with
her
husband
for
seven
years
after
marriage,
\VS{37}and
then
a
widow,
until
she
had
reached
the
age
of
eighty-four.
She
never
left
the
Temple
Courts,
but,
fasting
and
praying,
worshiped
God
night
and
day.
\VS{38}At
that
moment
she
came
up,
and
began
publicly
to
thank
God
and
to
speak
about
the
child
to
all
who
were
looking
for
the
deliverance
of
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}When
the
child’s
parents
had
done
everything
required
by
the
Law
of
the
Lord,
they
returned
to
Galilee
to
their
own
town
of
Nazareth.
\VS{40}The
child
grew
and
became
strong
and
wise,
and
the
blessing
of
God
was
on
him.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{41}Every
year
the
child’s
parents
used
to
go
to
Jerusalem
at
the
Passover
Festival.
\VS{42}When
Jesus
was
twelve
years
old,
they
went
according
to
custom
to
Jerusalem,
\VS{43}and
had
finished
their
visit;
but,
when
they
started
to
return,
the
boy
Jesus
remained
behind
in
Jerusalem,
without
their
knowing
it.
\VS{44}Thinking
that
he
was
with
their
fellow
travelers,
they
went
one
day’s
journey
before
searching
for
him
among
their
relatives
and
acquaintances;
\VS{45}and
then,
as
they
did
not
find
him,
they
returned
to
Jerusalem,
searching
everywhere
for
him.
\VS{46}It
was
not
until
the
third
day
that
they
found
him
in
the
Temple
Courts,
sitting
among
the
teachers,
now
listening
to
them,
now
asking
them
questions.
\VS{47}All
who
listened
to
him marveled
at
his
intelligence
and
his
answers.
\par }{\PP \VS{48}His
parents
were
amazed
when
they
saw
him,
and
his
mother
said
to
him, “My
child,
why
have
you
treated
us
like
this?
Your
father
and
I
have
been
searching
for
you
in
great
distress.”
\par }{\PP \VS{49}{\WJ{“What
made
you
search
for
me?”}}
he
answered.
{\WJ{“Didn’t
you
know
that
I
must
be
in
my
Father’s
house?”}}
\VS{50}His
parents
did
not
understand
what
he
meant.
\VS{51}However
he
went
down
with
them
to
Nazareth,
and
submitted
himself
to
their
control;
and
his
mother
treasured
all
that
was
said
in
her
heart.
\VS{52}And
Jesus
grew
in
wisdom
as
he
grew
in
years,
and
gained
the
blessing
of
God
and
people.

\par }\Chap{3}{\SH The Preparation
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
fifteenth
year
of
the
reign
of
the Emperor
Tiberius,
when
Pontius
Pilate
was
governor
of
Judea,
Herod
ruler
of
Galilee,
his
brother
Philip
ruler
of
the
territory comprising
Ituraea
and
Trachonitis,
and
Lysanias
ruler
of Abilene,
\VS{2}and
when Annas
and
Caiaphas
were
high
priests,
a
command
from
God
came
to
John,
the
son
of
Zechariah,
while
he
was
in
the
wilderness.
\VS{3}And
John
went
through
the
whole
district
of
the
Jordan,
proclaiming
a baptism
of
repentance,
for
the
forgiveness
of
sins.
\VS{4}This
was
in
fulfillment
of
what
is
said
in
the writings
of
the
prophet
Isaiah –
\par }{\Q ‘The
voice
of
one
crying
aloud
in
the
wilderness:
\par }{\Q “Make
ready
the
way
of
the
Lord,
\par }{\QB make
his
paths
straight.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Every
chasm
will
be
filled,
\par }{\QB every
mountain
and
hill
will
be
leveled.
\par }{\Q The
winding
ways
will
be
straightened,
\par }{\QB the
rough
roads
made
smooth,
\par }{\QC \VS{6}and
everyone
will
see
the
salvation
of
God.” ’
\par }{\MM \VS{7}And
John
said
to
the
crowds
that
went
to
be baptized
by
him, “You
children
of
snakes!
Who
has
prompted
you
to
seek
refuge
from
the
coming
judgment?
\VS{8}Let
your
lives,
then,
prove
your
repentance;
and
do
not
begin
to
say
among
yourselves ‘Abraham
is
our
ancestor,’
for
I
tell
you
that
out
of
these
stones
God
is
able
to
raise
descendants
for
Abraham!
\VS{9}Already,
indeed,
the
axe
is
lying
at
the
root
of
the
trees.
Therefore
every
tree
that
fails
to
bear
good
fruit
will
be
cut
down
and
thrown
into
the
fire.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}“What
are
we
to
do
then?”
the
people
asked.
\VS{11}“Let
anyone
who
has
two
coats,”
answered
John, “share
with
the
person
who
has
none;
and
anyone
who
has
food
do
the
same.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Even
tax
collectors
came
to
be baptized,
and
said
to
John, “Teacher,
what
are
we
to
do?”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}“Do
not
collect
more
than
you
have
authority
to
demand,”
John
answered.
\VS{14}And
when
some
soldiers
on
active
service
asked “And
we –
what
are
we
to
do?”
he
said, “Never
use
violence,
or
exact
anything
by
false
accusation;
and
be
content
with
your
pay.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Then,
while
the
people
were
in suspense,
and
were
all debating
with
themselves
whether
John
could
be
the
Christ,
\VS{16}John,
addressing
them
all,
said, “I,
indeed, baptize
you
with
water;
but
there
is
coming
one
more
powerful
than
I,
and
I
am
not
fit
even
to unfasten
his
sandals.
He
will baptize
you
with
the
Holy
Spirit
and
with
fire.
\VS{17}His winnowing-fan
is
in
his
hand
so
that
he
may
clear
his threshing-floor,
and
store
the
grain
in
his
barn,
but
the
chaff
he
will
burn
with
a
fire
that
cannot
be
put
out.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}And
so
with
many
different appeals
John
told
his
good
news
to
the
people.
\VS{19}But
when
John
rebuked
Herod
the
ruler,
for Herodia
his
brother’s
wife,
and
for
all
the
evil
things
that
he
had
done,
\VS{20}Herod
crowned
them
all
by
shutting
John
up
in
prison.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{21}Now
after
the baptism
of
all
the
people,
and
when
Jesus
had
been baptized
and
was
still
praying,
the
heavens
opened,
\VS{22}and
the
Holy
Spirit
came
down
on
him
in
the
form
of
a
dove,
and
from
the
heavens
came
a
voice – “You
are
my
dearly
loved
son;
you
bring
me
great
joy.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}When
beginning
his
work,
Jesus
was
about
thirty
years
old.
He
was
regarded
as
the
son
of
Joseph,
whose
ancestors
were –
\par }{\Q Eli,
\VS{24}Mattith,
Levi,
Melchiah,
Janna,
Joseph,
\VS{25}Mattithiah,
Amos,
Nahum,
Azaliah,
Nogah,
\VS{26}Mattith,
Mattithiah,
Shimei,
Joseph, Josheh,
\VS{27}Johanan,
Rhesa,
Zerubbabel,
Salathiel,
Neriah,
\VS{28}Melchiah, Addi,
Cosam,
Elmodam,
Er,
\VS{29}Joshua,
Eliezer,
Joram, Mattith,
Levi,
\VS{30}Simeon,
Judah,
Joseph,
Jonam,
Eliakim,
\VS{31}Meleah,
Menan,
Mattithiah,
Nathan,
David,
\VS{32}Jesse,
Obed,
Boaz,
Salah,
Nahshon,
\VS{33}Aminadab, Arni,
Hezron,
Perez,
Judah,
\VS{34}Jacob,
Isaac,
Abraham,
Terah,
Nahor,
\VS{35}Serug,
Reu,
Peleg,
Eber,
Shelah,
\VS{36}Kenan,
Arpachshad,
Shem,
Noah,
Lamech,
\VS{37}Methuselah,
Enoch,
Jared,
Mahalalel,
Kenan,
\VS{38}Enosh,
Seth,
son
of
Adam,
and
Adam,
son
of
God.
\par }{\MM \par }
\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}On
returning
from
the
Jordan,
full
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
Jesus
was
led
by
the
power
of
the
Spirit
through
the
wilderness
for
forty
days,
tempted
by
the devil.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}All
that
time
he
ate
nothing;
and,
when
it
was
over,
he
became
hungry.
\VS{3}So
the
devil
said
to
him, “If
you
are
God’s
Son,
tell
this
stone
to
become
a
loaf
of
bread.”
\VS{4}And
Jesus
answered
him,
{\WJ{“Scripture
says – ‘It
is
not
on
bread
alone
that
a
person
is
to
live.’ ”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{5}And
the devil
led
Jesus
up,
and
showing
him
in
a
single
moment
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth,
said
to
him,
\VS{6}“I
will
give
you
all
this
power,
and
the
splendor
of
them;
for
it
has
been
given
into
my
hands
and
I
give
it
to
whom
I
wish.
\VS{7}If
you
worship
me,
it
will
all
be
yours.”
\VS{8}And
Jesus
answered
him,
{\WJ{“Scripture
says – ‘You
should
worship
the
Lord
your
God,
and
worship
him
only.’ ”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The devil
next
led
him
into
Jerusalem,
and,
placing
him
on
the
parapet
of
the
Temple,
said, “If
you
are
God’s
Son
throw
yourself
down
from
here,
\VS{10}for
scripture
says – ‘He
will
give
his
angels
commands
about
you,
to
guard
you
safely,’
\VS{11}And ‘On
their
hands
they
will
lift
you
up,
otherwise
you
might
strike
your
foot
against
a
stone.’ ”
\VS{12}But
Jesus
answered
him,
{\WJ{“It
is
said – ‘You
must
not
tempt
the
Lord
your
God.’ ”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{13}When
he
had
tried
every
kind
of
temptation,
the
devil
left
Jesus,
until
another
opportunity.
\par }{\SH The
Work
in
Galilee
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Moved
by
the
power
of
the
Spirit,
Jesus
returned
to
Galilee.
Reports
about
him
spread
through
all
that
region;
\VS{15}and
he
began
to
teach
in
their
synagogues,
and
was
honored
by
everyone.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{16}Coming
to
Nazareth,
where
he
had
been
brought
up,
Jesus,
as
was
his
custom,
went
on
the
Sabbath
into
the
synagogue,
and
stood
up
to
read
the scriptures.
\VS{17}He
was
given
the
book
of
the
prophet
Isaiah;
and
Jesus
opened
the
book
and
found
the
place
where
it
says –
\par }{\QB \VS{18}{\WJ{‘The
Spirit
of
the
Lord
is
on
me,
}}
\par }{\Q {\WJ{
for
he
has
consecrated
me
to
bring
good
news
to
the
poor,
}}
\par }{\Q {\WJ{
he
has
sent
me
to
proclaim
release
to
captives
and restoration
of
sight
to
the
blind,
}}
\par }{\QB {\WJ{
to
set
the
oppressed
at
liberty,}}
\par }{\QC \VS{19}{\WJ{
to
proclaim
the
year
of
the
Lord’s
favor.’}}
\par }{\MM \VS{20}Then, closing
the
book
and
returning
it
to
the
attendant,
he
sat
down.
The
eyes
of
all
in
the
synagogue
were
fixed
on
him,
\VS{21}and
Jesus
began,
\par }{\PP {\WJ{“This
very
day
this
passage
has
been
fulfilled
in
your
hearing.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{22}All
who
were
present
spoke
well
of
him,
and
were
astonished
at
the
beautiful
words
that
fell
from
his
lips. “Isn’t
Joseph’s
son?”
they
asked.
\VS{23}{\WJ{“Doubtless,”}}
said
Jesus,
{\WJ{“you
will
remind
me
of
the
saying – ‘Doctor,
cure
yourself;’
and
you
will
say ‘Do
here
in
your
own
country
all
that
we
have
heard
that
has
been
done
at
Capernaum.’}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
I
tell
you,”}}
he
continued,
{\WJ{“that
no
prophet
is
acceptable
in
his
own
country.}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
There
were,
doubtless,
many
widows
in
Israel
in
Elijah’s
days,
when
the
heavens
were
closed
for
three
years
and
six
months,
and
a
severe
famine
prevailed
throughout
the
country;}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
and
yet
it
was
not
to
one
of
them
that
Elijah
was
sent,
but
to
a
widow
at
Zarephath
in Sidonia.}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{
And
there
were
many
lepers
in
Israel
in
the
time
of
the
prophet
Elisha,
yet
it
was
not
one
of
them
who
was
made
clean,
but
Naaman
the
Syrian.”}}
\VS{28}All
the
people
in
the
synagogue,
as
they
listened
to
this,
became
enraged.
\VS{29}Starting
up,
they
drove
Jesus
out
of
the
town,
and
led
him
to
the
brow
of
the
hill
on
which
their
town
stood,
intending
to
hurl
him
down.
\VS{30}But
he
passed
through
the
middle
of
the
crowd
and
went
on
his
way.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{31}Then
Jesus
went
down
to
Capernaum,
a
city
in
Galilee.
On
the
Sabbath
he
taught
the
people.
\VS{32}They
were
amazed
at
his
teaching,
because
his
words
were
spoken
with
authority.
\VS{33}In
the
synagogue
there
was
a
man
with
the
spirit
of
a
foul
demon
in
him,
who
called
out
loudly,
\VS{34}“Stop!
What
do
you
want
with
us,
Jesus
of
Nazareth?
Have
you
come
to
destroy
us?
I
know
who
you
are –
the
Holy
One
of
God!”
\VS{35}But
Jesus
rebuked
the
demon.
{\WJ{“Be
silent!
Come
out
from
him,”}}
he
said.
The
demon flung
the
man
down
in
the
middle
of
the
people,
and
then
came
out
from
him,
without
causing
him
further
harm.
\VS{36}And
they
were
all
lost
in
amazement,
and
kept
saying
to
one
another, “What
words
are
these?
For
he
gives
his
commands
to
the
foul
spirits
with
a
marvelous
authority,
and
they
come
out.”
\VS{37}And
rumors
about
Jesus
traveled
through
every
place
in
the
region.
\par }{\PP \VS{38}On
leaving
the
synagogue,
Jesus
went
into
Simon’s
house.
Now
Simon’s
mother-in-law
was
suffering
from
a
severe
attack
of
fever,
and
they
asked
Jesus
to
cure
her.
\VS{39}Bending
over
her,
he
rebuked
the
fever;
the
fever
left
her,
and
she
immediately
got
up
and
began
to
take
care
of
them.
\VS{40}At
sunset,
all
who
had
friends
suffering
from
various
diseases
took
them
to
Jesus;
and
he
placed
his
hands
on
everyone
of
them
and
cured
them.
\VS{41}And
even
demons
came
out
from
many
people, screaming ‘You
are
the
Son
of
God.’
Jesus
rebuked
them,
and
would
not
allow
them
to
speak,
because
they
knew
that
he
was
the
Christ.
\par }{\PP \VS{42}At
daybreak,
Jesus
went
out
and
walked
to
a
lonely
spot.
But
crowds
of
people
began
to
look
for
him;
and
they
came
to
where
he
was
and
tried
to
detain
him
and
prevent
his
leaving
them.
\VS{43}Jesus,
however,
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“I
must
take
the
good
news
of
the
kingdom
of
God
to
the
other
towns
too,
for
that
was
why
I
was
sent.”}}
\VS{44}And
he
continued
to
make
his
proclamation
in
the
synagogues
of
Judea.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Once,
when
the
people
were
pressing
around
Jesus
as
they
listened
to
God’s
message,
he
happened
to
be
standing
by
the
shore
of
the
Lake
of
Gennesaret,
and
saw
two
boats
close
to
the
shore.
\VS{2}The
fishermen
had
gone
away
from
them
and
were
washing
the
nets.
\VS{3}So,
getting
into
one
of
the
boats,
which
belonged
to
Simon,
Jesus
asked
him
to
push
off
a
little
way
from
the
shore,
and
then
sat
down
and
taught
the
people
from
the
boat.
\VS{4}When
he
had
finished
speaking,
he
said
to
Simon,
{\WJ{“Push
off
into
deep
water,
and
throw
out
your
nets
for
a
haul.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{5}“We
have
been
hard
at
work
all
night,
Sir,”
answered
Simon, “and
have
not
caught
anything,
but,
at
your
bidding,
I
will
throw
out
the
nets.”
\VS{6}They
did
so,
and
enclosed
such
a
great shoal
of
fish
that
their
nets
began
to
break.
\VS{7}So
they
signaled
to
their
partners
in
the
other
boat
to
come
and
help
them;
and
they
came
and
filled
both
the
boats
so
full
of
fish
that
they
were
almost sinking.
\VS{8}When
Simon
Peter
saw
this,
he
threw
himself
down
at
Jesus’
knees, exclaiming, “Master,
leave
me,
for
I
am
a
sinful
man!”
\VS{9}For
he
and
all
who
were
with
him
were
lost
in
amazement
at
the
haul
of
fish
which
they
had
made;
\VS{10}and
so,
too,
were
James
and
John,
Zebedee’s
sons,
who
were
Simon’s
partners.
{\WJ{“Do
not
be
afraid,”}}
Jesus
said
to
Simon,
{\WJ{“from
today
you
will
catch
people.”}}
\VS{11}And,
when
they
had
brought
their
boats
to
shore,
they
left
everything,
and
followed
him.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{12}On
one
occasion
Jesus
was
staying
in
a
town,
when
he
saw
a
man
who
was
covered
with
leprosy.
When
the
leper
saw
Jesus,
he
threw
himself
on
his
face
and
implored
his
help, “Master,
if
only
you
are
willing,
you
are
able
to
make
me
clean.”
\VS{13}Stretching
out
his
hand,
Jesus
touched
him,
saying
as
he
did
so,
{\WJ{“I
am
willing;
become
clean.”}}
\par }{\PP Instantly
the
leprosy
left
the
man;
\VS{14}and
then
Jesus
impressed
on
him
that
he
was
not
to
say
a
word
to
anyone,
{\WJ{“but,”}}
he
added,
{\WJ{“set
out
and
show
yourself
to
the
priest,
and
make
the
offerings
for
your
cleansing,
in
the
manner
directed
by
Moses,
as
evidence
of
your
cure.”}}
\VS{15}However,
the
story
about
Jesus
spread
all
the
more,
and
great
crowds
came
together
to
listen
to
him,
and
to
be
cured
of
their
illnesses;
\VS{16}but
Jesus
used
to
withdraw
to
lonely
places
and
pray.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}On
one
of
those
days,
when
Jesus
was
teaching,
some
Pharisees
and Doctors
of
the
Law
were
sitting
near
by. (They
had
come
from
all
the
villages
in
Galilee
and
Judea,
and
from
Jerusalem;
and
the
power
of
the
Lord
was
on
Jesus,
so
that
he
could
work cures.)
\VS{18}And
there
some
men
brought
on
a
bed
a
man
who
was
paralyzed.
They
tried
to
get
him
in
and
lay
him
before
Jesus;
\VS{19}but,
finding
no
way
of
getting
him
in owing
to
the
crowd,
they
went
up
on
the
roof
and
lowered
him
through
the
tiles,
with
his pallet,
into
the
middle
of
the
people
and
in
front
of
Jesus.
\VS{20}When
he
saw
their
faith,
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“Friend,
your
sins
have
been
forgiven
you.”}}
\VS{21}The
teachers
of
the
Law
and
the
Pharisees
began debating
about
this. “Who
is
this
man
who
speaks
so blasphemously?”
they
asked. “Who
can
forgive
sins
except
God?”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}When
Jesus
became
aware
of
the
way
in
which
they
were debating,
he
turned
to
them
and
exclaimed,
{\WJ{“What
are
you debating
with
yourselves?}}
\VS{23}{\WJ{
Which
is
the
easier? –
to
say ‘Your
sins
have
been
forgiven you’?
Or
to
say ‘Get
up,
and walk’?}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
But
so
that
you
may
know
that
the
Son
of
Man
has
power
on
earth
to
forgive
sins”}} –
he
spoke
to
the
paralyzed
man –
{\WJ{“To
you
I
say,
Get
up,
and
take
up
your pallet,
and
go
to
your
home.”}}
\VS{25}Instantly
the
man
stood
up
before
their
eyes,
took
up
what
he
had
been
lying
on,
and
went
to
his
home,
praising
God.
\VS{26}The
people,
one
and
all,
were
lost
in
amazement,
and
praised
God;
and
in
great
awe
they
said, “We
have
seen
marvelous
things
today!”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{27}After
this,
Jesus
went
out;
and
he
noticed
a tax-gatherer,
named
Levi,
sitting
in
the
tax
office,
and
said
to
him,
{\WJ{“Follow
me.”}}
\VS{28}Levi
left
everything
and
got
up
and
followed
him.
\VS{29}And
Levi
gave
a
great
banquet
at
his
house,
in
honor
of
Jesus;
and
a
large
number
of
tax
collectors
and
others
were
having
dinner
with
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}The
Pharisees
and
the
teachers
of
the
Law belonging
to
their
party
complained
of
this
to
the
disciples
of
Jesus.
\VS{31}In
answer
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“It
is
not
those
who
are
well
who
need
a
doctor,
but
those
who
are
ill.}}
\VS{32}{\WJ{
I
have
not
come
to
call
the religious,
but
the
outcast,
to
repent.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{33}“John’s
disciples,”
they
said
to
Jesus, “Often
fast
and
say
prayers,
and
so
do
the
disciples
of
the
Pharisees,
while
yours
are
eating
and
drinking!”
\par }{\PP \VS{34}But
Jesus
answered
them,
{\WJ{“Can
you
make
the groom’s
friends
fast
while
the
groom
is
with
them?}}
\VS{35}{\WJ{
But
the
days
will
come –
a
time
when
the
groom
will
be
taken
away
from
them;
and
they
will
fast
then,
when
those
days
come.”}}
\VS{36}Then,
as
an illustration,
Jesus
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“No
one
ever
tears
a
piece
from
a
new
garment
and
puts
it
on
an
old
one;
for,
if
they
do,
they
will
not
only
tear
the
new
garment,
but
the
piece
from
the
new
one
will
not
match
the
old.}}
\VS{37}{\WJ{
And
no
one
puts
new
wine
into
old wine-skins;
for,
if
they
do,
the
new
wine
will
burst
the
skins,
and
the
wine
itself
will
run
out,
and
the
skins
be
lost.}}
\VS{38}{\WJ{
But
new
wine
must
be
put
into
fresh
skins.}}
\VS{39}{\WJ{
No
one
after
drinking
old
wine
wishes
for
new. ‘No,’
they
say, ‘the
old
is
excellent.’ ”}}

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{6}{\PP p
\VerseOne{1}One
Sabbath
Jesus
was
walking
through cornfields,
and
his
disciples
were
picking
the
ears
of
wheat,
and
rubbing
them
in
their
hands,
and
eating
them.
\VS{2}“Why
are
you
doing
what
it
is
not allowable
to
do
on
the
Sabbath?”
asked
some
of
the
Pharisees.
\VS{3}Jesus’
answer
was,
{\WJ{“Haven’t
you
read
even
of
what
David
did,
when
he
was
hungry,
he
and
his
companions –}}
\VS{4}{\WJ{
That
he
went
into
the
house
of
God,
and
took
the
consecrated
bread
and
ate
it,
and
gave
some
to
his
companions,
though
only
the
priests
are
allowed
to
eat
it?”}}
\VS{5}Then
Jesus
added,
{\WJ{“The
Son
of
Man
is
lord
even
of
the
Sabbath.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{6}On
another
Sabbath
Jesus
went
into
the
synagogue
and
taught;
and
there
was
a
man
there
whose
right
hand
was
withered.
\VS{7}The
teachers
of
the
Law
and
the
Pharisees
watched
Jesus
closely,
to
see
if
he
would
work cures
on
the
Sabbath,
so
that
they
might
find
a
charge
to
bring
against
him.
\VS{8}Jesus,
however,
knew
what
was
in
the
their
minds,
and
said
to
the
man
whose
hand
was
withered,
{\WJ{“Stand
up
and
come
out
into
the
middle.”}}
The
man
stood
up;
\VS{9}and
Jesus
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“I
ask
you,
is
it allowable
to
do
good
on
the
Sabbath –
or
harm?
To
save
a
life,
or
let
it
perish?”}}
\VS{10}Then,
looking
around
at
them
all,
he
said
to
the
man,
{\WJ{“Stretch
out
your
hand.”}}
The
man
did
so;
and
his
hand
had
become
sound.
\VS{11}But
the
teachers
of
the
Law
and
the Pharisees
were
mad
with
rage,
and
consulted
together
what
they
could
do
to
Jesus.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Now
about
that
time,
Jesus
went
out,
up
the
hill,
to
pray,
and
spent
the
whole
night
in
prayer
to
God.
\VS{13}When
day
came,
he
summoned
his
disciples,
and
chose
twelve
of
them,
whom
he
also
named ‘apostles.’
\VS{14}They
were
Simon (whom
Jesus
also
named
Peter),
and
his
brother Andrew,
James,
John,
Philip, Bartholomew,
\VS{15}Matthew,
Thomas,
James
son
of Alphaeus,
Simon
known
as
the
Zealot,
\VS{16}Judas
son
of
James,
and
Judas
Iscariot,
who
proved
a
traitor.
\VS{17}Afterward
Jesus
came
down
the
hill
with
them
and
took
his
stand
on
a
level
place.
With
him
were
a
large
crowd
of
his
disciples,
and
great
numbers
of
people
from
the
whole
of
Judea,
Jerusalem,
and
the
coast
district
of
Tyre
and
Sidon,
\VS{18}who
had
come
to
hear
him
and
to
be
restored
to
health.
Those,
too,
who
were
troubled
with
foul
spirits
were
cured;
\VS{19}and
everyone
in
the
crowd
was
trying
to
touch
him,
because
a
power
went
out
from
him
which
restored
them
all.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then,
raising
his
eyes
and
looking
at
his
disciples,
Jesus
said:
\par }{\Q {\WJ{“Blessed
are
you
who
are
poor,
for
yours
is
the
kingdom
of
God.}}
\par }{\Q \VS{21}{\WJ{
Blessed
are
you
who
hunger
now,
for
you
will
be
satisfied.
}}
\par }{\Q {\WJ{
Blessed
are
you
who
weep
now,
for
you
will
laugh.}}
\par }{\Q \VS{22}{\WJ{
Blessed
are
you
when
people
hate
you,
}}
\par }{\QB {\WJ{
and
when
they
expel
you
from
among
them,
}}
\par }{\QB {\WJ{
and
insult
you,
}}
\par }{\QB {\WJ{
and
reject
your
name
as
an
evil
thing –
}}
\par }{\Q {\WJ{
because
of
the
Son
of
Man.}}
\par }{\MM \par }{\Q \VS{23}{\WJ{
Then
indeed
you
may
be
glad
and
dance
for
joy,
for
be
sure
that
your
reward
in
heaven
will
be
great;
for
that
is
what
their
ancestors
did
to
the
prophets.}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
But
}}
\par }{\MM \par }{\Q {\WJ{
alas
for
you
who
are
rich,
}}
\par }{\QB {\WJ{
for
you
have
had
your
comforts
in
full.}}
\par }{\Q \VS{25}{\WJ{
Alas
for
you
who
are
sated
now,
}}
\par }{\QB {\WJ{
for
you
will
hunger.
}}
\par }{\Q {\WJ{
Alas
for
you
who
laugh
now,
}}
\par }{\QB {\WJ{
for
you
will
mourn
and
weep.}}
\par }{\Q \VS{26}{\WJ{
Alas
for
you
when
everyone
speaks
well
of
you;
}}
\par }{\QB {\WJ{
for
this
is
what
their
ancestors
did
to
the
false
prophets.}}
\par }{\MM \par }{\Q \VS{27}{\WJ{
But
to
you
who
hear
I
say –
love
your
enemies,
show
kindness
to
those
who
hate
you,}}
\VS{28}{\WJ{
bless
those
who
curse
you,
pray
for
those
who
insult
you.}}
\VS{29}{\WJ{
When
someone
gives
one
of
you
a
blow
on
the
cheek,
offer
the
other
cheek
as
well;
and,
when
anyone
takes
away
your
cloak,
do
not
keep
back
your
coat
either.}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
Give
to
everyone
who
asks
of
you;
and,
when
anyone
takes
away
what
is
yours,
do
not
demand
its
return.}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{
Do
to
others
as
you
wish
them
to
do
to
you.}}
\par }{\MM \par }{\Q \VS{32}{\WJ{
If
you
love
only
those
who
love
you,
what
thanks
will
be
due
to
you?
Why,
even
the
outcast
love
those
who
love
them!}}
\VS{33}{\WJ{
For,
if
you
show
kindness
only
to
those
who
show
kindness
to
you,
what
thanks
will
be
due
to
you?
Even
the
outcast
do
that!}}
\VS{34}{\WJ{
If
you
lend
only
to
those
from
whom
you
expect
to
get
something,
what
thanks
will
be
due
to
you?
Even
the
outcast
lend
to
the
outcast
in
the
hope
of
getting
as
much
in
return!}}
\VS{35}{\WJ{
But
love
your
enemies,
and
show
them
kindness,
and
lend
to
them,
never
despairing.
Then
your
reward
will
be
great,
and
you
will
be
sons
of
the
Most
High,
for
he
is
kind
to
the thankless
and
the
bad.}}
\par }{\MM \par }{\Q \VS{36}{\WJ{
Learn
to
be
merciful –
even
as
your
Father
is
merciful.}}
\VS{37}{\WJ{
Do
not
judge,
and
you
will
not
be
judged;
do
not
condemn,
and
you
will
not
be
condemned.
Forgive,
and
you
will
be
forgiven.}}
\VS{38}{\WJ{
Give,
and
others
will
give
to
you.
A
generous
measure,
pressed
and
shaken
down,
and
running
over,
will
they
pour
into
your
lap;
for
the
standard
you
use
will
be
the
standard
used
for
you.”}}
\par }{\MM \VS{39}{\WJ{
Then,
speaking
in
parables,
Jesus
said, “Can
one
blind
person
guide
another?
Will
they
not
both
fall
into
a
ditch?}}
\VS{40}{\WJ{
A student
is
not
above
their
teacher;
yet
every
finished student
will
be
like
their
teacher.}}
\VS{41}{\WJ{
And
why
do
you
look
at
the
speck
of sawdust
in
someone’s
eye,
while
you
pay
no
attention
at
all
to
the plank
of
wood
in
your
own?}}
\VS{42}{\WJ{
How
can
you
say
to
your
friend ‘Friend,
let
me
take
out
the
speck
in
your
eye,’
while
you
yourself
do
not
see
the plank
in
your
own?
Hypocrite!
Take
out
the plank
from
your
own
eye
first,
and
then
you
will
see
clearly
how
to
take
out
the
speck
in
your
friend’s.}}
\VS{43}{\WJ{
There
is
no
such
thing
as
a
good
tree
bearing
worthless
fruit,
or,
on
the
other
hand,
a
worthless
tree
bearing
good
fruit.}}
\VS{44}{\WJ{
For
every
tree
is
known
by
its
own
fruit.
People
do
not
gather
figs
off
thorn
bushes,
nor
pick
a
bunch
of
grapes
off
a
bramble.}}
\VS{45}{\WJ{
A
good
person,
from
the
good
stores
of
their
heart,
brings
out
what
is
good;
while
a
bad
person,
from
their
bad
stores,
brings
out
what
is
bad.
For
what
fills
someone’s
heart
will
rise
to
their
lips.}}
\VS{46}{\WJ{
Why
do
you
call
me ‘Master!
Master!’
and
yet
fail
to
do
what
I
tell
you?}}
\VS{47}{\WJ{
Everyone
who
comes
to
me
and
listens
to
my
teaching
and
acts
on
it –
I
will
show
you
to
whom
they
may
be
compared.}}
\VS{48}{\WJ{
They
may
be
compared
to
a
person
building
a
house,
who
dug,
and
went
deep,
and
laid
the
foundation
on
the
rock.
Then,
when
a
flood
came,
the
river
swept
down
on
that
house,
but
had
no
power
to
shake
it,
because
it
had
been
built
well.}}
\VS{49}{\WJ{
But
those
who
have
listened
and
not
acted
on
what
they
have
heard
may
be
compared
to
a
person
who
built
a
house
on
the
ground
without
any
foundation.
The
river
swept
down
on
it,
and
the
house
immediately
collapsed;
and
great
was
the
crash
that
followed.”}}

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{7}{\PP p
\VerseOne{1}When
Jesus
had
brought
to
a
conclusion
all
that
he
had
then
had
to
say
to
the
people,
he
entered
Capernaum.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}A
centurion
in
the Roman
army
had
a
slave
whom
he
valued,
and
who
was
seriously
ill –
almost
at
the
point
of
death.
\VS{3}And,
hearing
about
Jesus,
he
sent
some
Jewish
elders
to
him,
with
the
request
that
he
would
come
and
save
his
slave’s
life.
\VS{4}When
they
found
Jesus,
they
earnestly
implored
him
to
do
so. “He
deserves
the
favor
from
you,”
they
said,
\VS{5}“For
he
is
devoted
to
our
nation,
and
himself
built
our
synagogue
for
us.”
\VS{6}So
Jesus
went
with
them.
But,
when
he
was
no
great
distance
from
the
house,
the
centurion
sent
some
friends
with
the
message – “Do
not
trouble
yourself,
Sir;
for
I
am
unworthy
to
receive
you
under
my
roof.
\VS{7}That
was
why
I
did
not
even
venture
to
come
to
you
myself;
but
speak,
and
let
my
manservant
be
cured.
\VS{8}For
I
myself
am
a
man
under
the
orders
of
others,
with
soldiers
under
me;
and
if
I
say
to
one
of
them ‘Go,’
he
goes,
and
to
another ‘Come,’
he
comes,
and
to
my
slave ‘Do
this,’
he
does
it.”
\VS{9}Jesus
was
surprised
to
hear
these
words
from
him;
and,
turning
to
the
crowd
which
was
following
him,
he
said,
{\WJ{“I
tell
you,
nowhere
in
Israel
have
I
met
with
such
faith
as
this!”}}
\VS{10}And,
when
the
messengers
returned
to
the
house,
they
found
the
slave
recovered.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Shortly
after,
Jesus
went
to
a
town
called
Nain,
his
disciples
and
a
great
crowd
going
with
him.
\VS{12}Just
as
he
approached
the
gate
of
the
town,
there
was
a
dead
man
being
carried
out
for
burial –
an
only
son,
and
his
mother
was
a
widow.
A
large
number
of
the
people
of
the
town
were
with
her.
\VS{13}When
he
saw
her,
the
Master
was
moved
with
compassion
for
her,
and
he
said
to
her,
{\WJ{“Do
not
weep.”}}
\VS{14}Then
he
went
up
and
touched
the
bier,
and
the
bearers
stopped;
and
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“Young
man,
I
am
speaking
to
you –
Rise!”}}
\VS{15}The
dead
man
sat
up
and
began
to
talk,
and
Jesus
restored
him
to
his
mother.
\VS{16}Everyone
was awe-struck
and
began
praising
God. “A
great
prophet
has
arisen
among
us,”
they
said. “God
has
visited
his
people.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
this
story
about
Jesus
spread
all
through
Judea,
and
in
the
neighboring
countries
as
well.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{18}All
these
events
were
reported
to
John
by
his
disciples.
\VS{19}So
he
summoned
two
of
them,
and
sent
them
to
the
Master
to
ask – “Are
you ‘the
coming
one,’
or
are
we
to
look
for
someone
else?”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}When
these
men
found
Jesus,
they
said, “John
the Baptist
has
sent
us
to
you
to
ask –
Are
you ‘the
coming
one,’
or
are
we
to
look
for somebody
else?”
\VS{21}At
that
very
time
Jesus
had
cured
many
people
of
diseases,
afflictions,
and
wicked
spirits,
and
had
given
many
blind
people
their
sight.
\VS{22}So
his
answer
to
the
question
was,
{\WJ{“Go
and
report
to
John
what
you
have
witnessed
and
heard –
the
blind
recover
their
sight,
the
lame
walk,
the
lepers
are
made
clean,
and
the
deaf
hear,
the
dead
are
raised
to
life,
the
good
news
is
told
to
the
poor.}}
\VS{23}{\WJ{
And
blessed
is
the
person
who
finds
no hindrance
in
me.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{24}When
John’s
messengers
had
left,
Jesus,
speaking
to
the
crowds,
began
to
say
with
reference
to
John,
\VS{25}{\WJ{“What
did
you
go
out
into
the
wilderness
to
look
at?
A
reed
waving
in
the
wind?
If
not,
what
did
you
go
out
to
see?
A
man
dressed
in
rich
clothing?
Why,
those
who
are
accustomed
to
fine
clothes
and
luxury
live
in
royal
palaces.}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
What
then
did
you
go
to
see?
A
prophet?
Yes,
I
tell
you,
and
far
more
than
a
prophet.}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{
This
is
the
man
of
whom
scripture
says –
}}
\par }{\Q {\WJ{‘I
am
sending
my
messenger
ahead
of
you,
}}
\par }{\QB {\WJ{
and
he
will
prepare
your
way
before
you.’}}
\par }{\MM \VS{28}{\WJ{
There
is,
I
tell
you,
no
one
born
of
a
woman
who
is
greater
than
John;
and
yet
the
least
in
the
kingdom
of
God
is
greater
than
he.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{29}(All
the
people,
when
they
heard
this,
and
even
the
tax
collectors,
having
accepted
John’s baptism,
acknowledged
the
justice
of
God.
\VS{30}But
the
Pharisees
and
the students
of
the
Law,
having
rejected John’s baptism,
frustrated
God’s
purpose
in
regard
to
them.)
\par }{\PP \VS{31}{\WJ{“To
what
then,”}}
Jesus
continued,
{\WJ{“should
I
compare
the
people
of
the
present
generation?
What
are
they
like?}}
\VS{32}{\WJ{
They
are
like
some
little
children
who
are
sitting
in
the marketplace
and
calling
out
to
one
another – ‘We
have
played
the
flute
for
you,
but
you
have
not
danced;
We
have
wailed,
but
you
have
not
wept!’}}
\VS{33}{\WJ{
For
now
that
John
the Baptist
has
come,
not
eating
bread
or
drinking
wine,
you
are
saying ‘He
has
a
demon
in him’;}}
\VS{34}{\WJ{
and
now
that
the
Son
of
Man
has
come,
eating
and
drinking,
you
are
saying ‘Here
is
a
glutton
and
a wine-drinker,
a
friend
of
tax
collectors
and
outcasts.’}}
\VS{35}{\WJ{
And
yet
wisdom
is
vindicated
by
all
her
children.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP p
\VS{36}One
of
the
Pharisees
asked
Jesus
to
dine
with
him,
so
Jesus
went
to
his
house
and
took
his
place
at
the
table.
\VS{37}Just
then
a
woman,
who
was
an
outcast
in
the
town,
having
heard
that
Jesus
was
eating
in
the
Pharisee’s
house,
brought
an
alabaster
jar
of
perfume,
\VS{38}and
placed
herself
behind
Jesus,
near
his
feet,
weeping.
Then
she
began
to
make
his
feet
wet
with
her
tears,
and
she
dried
them
with
the
hair
of
her
head,
repeatedly
kissing
his
feet
and
anointing
them
with
the
perfume.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}When
the
Pharisee
who
had
invited
Jesus
saw
this,
he
said
to
himself, “Had
this
man
been ‘the
prophet,’
he
would
have
known
who,
and
what
sort
of
woman,
this
is
who
is
touching
him,
and
that
she
is
an
outcast.”
\VS{40}But,
addressing
him,
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“Simon,
I
have
something
to
say
to
you.”}}
\par }{\PP “Pray
do
so,
teacher,”
Simon
answered;
and
Jesus
began,
\VS{41}{\WJ{“There
were
two
people
who
were
in
debt
to
a
moneylender;
one
owed
five
hundred
silver coins,
and
the
other
fifty.}}
\VS{42}{\WJ{
As
they
were
unable
to
pay,
he
forgave
them
both.
Which
of
them,
do
you
think,
will
love
him
the
more?”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{43}“I
suppose,”
answered
Simon, “it
will
be
the
man
to
whom
he
forgave
the
greater
debt.”
\par }{\PP {\WJ{“You
are
right,”}}
said
Jesus,
\VS{44}and
then,
turning
to
the
woman,
he
said
to
Simon,
{\WJ{“Do
you
see
this
woman?
I
came
into
your
house –
you
gave
me
no
water
for
my
feet,
but
she
has
made
my
feet
wet
with
her
tears
and
dried
them
with
her
hair.}}
\VS{45}{\WJ{
You
did
not
give
me
one
kiss,
but
she,
from
the
moment
I
came
in,
has
not
ceased
to
kiss
my
feet.}}
\VS{46}{\WJ{
You
did
not
anoint
even
my
head
with
oil,
but
she
has
anointed
my
feet
with
perfume.}}
\VS{47}{\WJ{
So
I
tell
you,
her
great
love
shows
that
her
sins,
many
as
they
are,
have
been
pardoned.
One
who
is
pardoned
little
loves
little.”}}
\VS{48}Then
he
said
to
the
woman,
{\WJ{“Your
sins
have
been
pardoned.”}}
\VS{49}The
other
guests
began
to
say
to
one
another, “Who
is
this
man
who
even
pardons
sins?”
\VS{50}But
Jesus
said
to
the
woman,
{\WJ{“Your
faith
has
delivered
you;
go,
and
peace
be
with
you.”}}

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Shortly
afterward,
Jesus
went
on
a
journey
through
the
towns
and
villages,
proclaiming
the
good
news
of
the
kingdom
of
God.
With
him
went
the
Twelve,
\VS{2}as
well
as
some
women
who
had
been
cured
of
wicked
spirits
and
of infirmities.
They
were
Mary,
known
as
Mary
of Magdala (from
whom
seven
demons
had
been
expelled),
\VS{3}and
Joanna (the
wife
of
Herod’s
steward,
Chuza),
and Susannah,
and
many
others –
all
of
whom
provided
for
Jesus
and
his apostles
out
of
their
own resources.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Once,
when
a
great
crowd
was
collecting,
and,
when
the
people
of
town
after
town
were flocking
to
Jesus,
he
spoke
to
them
in
the
form
of
a
parable,
\VS{5}{\WJ{“The
sower
went
out
to
sow
his
seed;
and,
as
he
was
sowing,
some
of
the
seed
fell
along
the
path
and
was
trodden
on;
and
the
wild
birds
ate
it
up.}}
\VS{6}{\WJ{
Other
seed
fell
on
rock,
and,
as
soon
as
it
began
to
grow,
because
it
had
no
moisture,
it
withered
away.}}
\VS{7}{\WJ{
Other
seed
fell
in
the
middle
of
brambles,
but
the
brambles
grew
up
with
it
and choked
it
entirely.}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{
Other
seed
fell
into
rich
soil,
and
grew,
and
gave
a
hundredfold
return.”}}
After
saying
this,
Jesus
cried
aloud,
{\WJ{“Let
those
who
have
ears
to
hear
with
hear.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{9}His
disciples
asked
Jesus
the
meaning
of
this
parable.
\VS{10}{\WJ{“To
you,”}}
he
said,
{\WJ{“the
knowledge
of
the
hidden truths
of
the
kingdom
of
God
has
been
imparted,
but
to
others
in
parables
only,
so
that
though
they
have
eyes
they
may
not
see,
and
though
they
have
ears,
they
may
not
understand.}}
\VS{11}{\WJ{
This
is
the
parable –
The
seed
is
God’s
message.}}
\VS{12}{\WJ{
By
the
seed
which
fell
along
the
path
are
meant
those
who
hear
the
message;
but
then
comes
the
devil
and
carries
away
the
message
from
their
minds,
to
prevent
their
believing
it
and
being
saved.}}
\VS{13}{\WJ{
By
the
seed
which
fell
on
the
rock
are
meant
those
who,
as
soon
as
they
hear
the
message,
welcome
it
joyfully;
but
they
have
no
root,
and
believe
it
only
for
a
time,
and,
when
the
time
of
temptation
comes,
they
draw
back.}}
\VS{14}{\WJ{
By
that
which
fell
among
the
brambles
are
meant
those
who
hear
the
message,
but
who,
as
they
go
on
their
way,
are
completely
choked
by
this world’s
cares
and
wealth
and
pleasures,
and
bring
nothing
to
perfection.}}
\VS{15}{\WJ{
But
by
that
in
the
good
ground
are
meant
those
who,
having
heard
the
message,
keep
it
in
the
good,
rich
soil
of
their
hearts,
and
patiently
yield
a
return.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{16}{\WJ{“No
one
sets
light
to
a
lamp
and
then
covers
it
with
a
bowl
or
puts
it
underneath
a
couch,
but
they
put
it
on
a lamp-stand,
so
that
anyone
who
comes
in
may
see
the
light.}}
\VS{17}{\WJ{
Nothing
is
hidden
which
will
not
be
brought
into
the
light
of
day,
not
ever
kept
hidden
which
will
not
some
day
become
known
and
come
into
the
light
of
day.}}
\VS{18}{\WJ{
Take
care,
then,
how
you
listen.
For,
to
all
those
who
have,
more
will
be
given;
while,
from
all
those
who
have
nothing,
even
what
they
seem
to
have
will
be
taken
away.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP p
\VS{19}Presently
Jesus’
mother
and
brothers
came
where
he
was,
but
they
were
not
able
to
join
him
because
of
the
crowd.
\VS{20}So
word
was
brought
to
him – ‘Your
mother
and
your
brothers
are
standing
outside,
wanting
to
see
you.’
\VS{21}His
reply,
spoken
to
them
all,
was,
{\WJ{“My
mother
and
my
brothers
are
those
who
listen
to
God’s
teaching
and
do
what
it
says.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{22}One
day
about
that
time,
Jesus
got
into
a
boat
with
his
disciples
and
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“Let
us
go
across
the
lake.”}}
\VS{23}So
they
put
off.
While
they
were
sailing,
Jesus
fell
asleep.
A squall
swept
down
on
the
lake,
and
their
boat
was
filling
and
they
were
in
danger.
\VS{24}So
the
disciples
came
and
roused
him. “Sir,
Sir,”
they
cried, “we
are
lost!”
Jesus
rose
and
rebuked
the
wind
and
the
rushing
waves,
and
they
fell,
and
a
calm
followed.
\VS{25}{\WJ{“Where
is
your
faith?”}}
he
exclaimed.
But
in
great
awe
and
amazement
they
said
to
one
another, “Who
can
this
be,
who
commands
even
the
winds
and
the
waves,
and
they
obey
him?”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}They
reached
the
region
of
the
Gerasenes,
which
is
on
the
opposite
side
to
Galilee,
\VS{27}and,
on
getting
ashore,
Jesus
met
a
man,
who
had
demons
in
him,
coming
out
of
the
town.
For
a
long
time
this
man
had
worn
no
clothing,
and
he
had
not
lived
in
a
house,
but
in
the
tombs.
\VS{28}Catching
sight
of
Jesus,
he shrieked
out
and
threw
himself
down
before
him,
and
in
a
loud
voice
exclaimed, “What
do
you
want
with
me,
Jesus,
Son
of
the
Most
High
God?
I
beg
you
not
to
torment
me.”
\VS{29}For
Jesus
was
commanding
the
foul
spirit
to
come
out
of
the
man.
On
many
occasions
it
had
seized
him,
and,
even
when
secured
with
chains
and
fetters,
and
watched,
he
would
break
through
anything
that
bound
him,
and
be
driven
by
the
demon
into
the wilds.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}{\WJ{“What
is
your
name?”}}
Jesus
asked.
\par }{\PP “Legion,”
he
answered (for
many
demons
had
taken
possession
of
him);
\VS{31}and
the
demons
begged
Jesus
not
to
order
them
away
into
the bottomless
pit.
\VS{32}There
was
a
herd
of
many
pigs
close
by
feeding
on
the hill-side;
and
the
demons
begged
Jesus
to
give
them
leave
to
enter
into
them.
Jesus
gave
them
leave.
\VS{33}They
came
out
from
the
man
and
took
possession
of
the
pigs;
and
the
herd
rushed
down
the
steep
slope
into
the
lake
and
were
drowned.
\VS{34}When
the
men
who tended
them
saw
what
had
happened,
they
ran
away,
and
carried
the
news
to
the
town,
and
to
the
country
around.
\VS{35}The
people
went
out
to
see
what
had
happened,
and,
when
they
came
to
Jesus,
they
found
the
man
from
whom
the
demons
had
gone
out,
sitting,
clothed
and
in
his
right
mind,
at
Jesus’
feet;
and
they
were awe-struck.
\VS{36}Those
who
had
seen
it
told
them
how
the
possessed
man
had
been
delivered.
\VS{37}Then
all
the
people
in
the
region
of
the
Gerasenes
asked
Jesus
to
leave
them,
for
they
were
terrified.
Jesus
got
into
a
boat
and
returned.
\VS{38}The
man
from
whom
the
demons
had
gone
out
begged
Jesus
to
let
him
be
with
him;
but
Jesus
sent
him
away.
\VS{39}{\WJ{“Go
back
to
your
home,”}}
he
said,
{\WJ{“and
relate
the
story
of
all
that
God
has
done
for
you.”
So
the
man
went
through
the
whole
town
and
proclaimed,
as
he
went,
all
that
Jesus
had
done
for
him.}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{40}On
his
return,
Jesus
was
welcomed
by
the
people;
for
everyone
was
looking
out
for
him.
\VS{41}And
a
man
named
Jairus,
who
was
a
synagogue
leader,
came
to
Jesus,
and
threw
himself
at
Jesus’
feet,
with entreaties
that
he
would
come
to
his
house,
\VS{42}because
his
only
daughter,
who
was
about
twelve
years
old,
was
dying.
As
Jesus
was
going,
the
people
were
pressing
closely
around
him.
\VS{43}And
a
woman,
who
had
suffered
from
hemorrhage
for
twelve
years,
and
whom
no
one
could
cure,
\VS{44}came
up
behind
and
touched
the
tassel
of
his
cloak.
Instantly
the
hemorrhage
ceased.
\par }{\PP \VS{45}{\WJ{“Who
touched
me?”}}
Jesus
asked;
and,
while
everyone
was
denying
having
done
so,
Peter
exclaimed, “Why,
Sir,
the
people
are
crowding
around
you
and
pressing
against
you!”
\par }{\PP \VS{46}{\WJ{“Somebody
touched
me,”}}
said
Jesus,
{\WJ{“for
I
felt
that
power
had
gone
out
from
me.”}}
\VS{47}Then
the
woman,
when
she
saw
that
she
was
discovered,
came
forward
trembling,
and
threw
herself
down
before
him;
and,
in
the
presence
of
all
the
people,
she
told
him
her
reason
for
touching
him,
and
that
she
had
been
cured
instantly.
\par }{\PP \VS{48}{\WJ{“Daughter,”}}
he
said,
{\WJ{“your
faith
has
delivered
you.
Go,
and
peace
be
with
you.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{49}Before
he
had
finished
speaking,
someone
came
from
the
house
of
the synagogue
leader
and
said, “Your
daughter
is
dead!
Do
not
trouble
the
teacher
further.”
\VS{50}But
Jesus,
hearing
this,
spoke
to
the
leader,
{\WJ{“Do
not
be
afraid;
only
have
faith,
and
she
will
yet
be
delivered.”}}
\VS{51}When
he
reached
the
house,
he
did
not
allow
anyone
to
go
in
with
him,
except
Peter,
John,
and
James,
and
the
child’s
father
and
mother.
\VS{52}And
everyone
was
weeping
and
mourning
for
her.
\par }{\PP {\WJ{“Do
not
weep,”}}
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“she
is
not
dead;
she
is
asleep.”}}
\VS{53}They
began
to
laugh
at
him,
for
they
knew
that
she
was
dead.
\VS{54}But,
taking
her
by
the
hand,
Jesus
said
in
a
loud
voice,
{\WJ{“Child,
rise!”}}
\VS{55}The
child’s
spirit
returned
to
her,
and
she
instantly
stood
up;
and
Jesus
ordered
them
to
give
her
something
to
eat.
\VS{56}Her
parents
were
amazed,
but
Jesus
impressed
on
them
that
they
were
not
to
tell
anyone
what
had
happened.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jesus
called
the
Twelve
together,
and
gave
them
power
and
authority
over
all
demons,
as
well
as
to
cure
diseases.
\VS{2}He
sent
them
out
as
his
messengers,
to
proclaim
the
kingdom
of
God,
and
to
work cures.
\VS{3}{\WJ{“Do
not,”}}
he
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“take
anything
for
your
journey;
not
even
a
staff,
or
a
bag,
or
bread,
or
any
silver,
or
a
change
of
clothes
with
you.}}
\VS{4}{\WJ{
Whatever
house
you
go
to
stay
in,
remain
there,
and
leave
from
that
place.}}
\VS{5}{\WJ{
If
people
do
not
welcome
you,
as
you
leave
that
town,
shake
even
the
dust
off
your
feet,
as
a
protest
against
them.”}}
\VS{6}Then
they
set
out
and
went
from
village
to
village,
telling
the
good
news
and curing
people
everywhere.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Herod
the
ruler
heard
of
all
that
was
happening,
and
was
perplexed,
because
it
was
said
by
some
that
John
must
be
risen
from
the
dead.
\VS{8}Some
again
said
that
Elijah
had
appeared,
and
others
that
one
of
the
old
prophets
had
risen
again.
\VS{9}But
Herod
himself
said, “John
I
beheaded;
but
who
is
this
of
whom
I
hear
such
things?”
And
he endeavored
to
see
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}When
the apostles
returned,
they
related
to
Jesus
all
that
they
had
done.
Then
Jesus
went
privately
to
a
town
called Bethsaida,
taking
the apostles
with
him.
\VS{11}But
the
people
recognized
him
and
followed
him
in
crowds;
and
Jesus
welcomed
them
and
spoke
to
them
about
the
kingdom
of
God,
while
he
cured
those
who
were
in
need
of
help.
\VS{12}The
day
was
drawing
to
a
close,
when
the
twelve
came
up
to
him,
and
said, “Send
the
crowd
away,
so
that
they
may
make
their
way
to
the
villages
and farms
around
about,
and
find
themselves
lodgings
and
provisions,
for
we
are
in
a
lonely
spot
here.”
\VS{13}But
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“It
is
for
you
to
give
them
something
to
eat.”}}
\par }{\PP “We
have
not
more
than
five
loaves
and
two
fish,”
they
answered. “Unless
indeed
we
are
to
go
and
buy
food
for
all
these
people.”
\VS{14}(For
the
men
among
them
were
about
five
thousand.)
{\WJ{“Get
them
seated
in
companies,”}}
was
his
reply,
{\WJ{“about
fifty
in
each.”}}
\VS{15}This
they
did,
and
got
all
the
people
seated.
\VS{16}Taking
the
five
loaves
and
the
two
fish,
Jesus
looked
up
to
heaven
and
said
the
blessing
over
them.
Then
he
broke
them
in
pieces,
and
gave
them
to
his
disciples
to
set
before
the
people.
\VS{17}Everyone
had
sufficient
to
eat,
and
what
was
left
of
the
broken
pieces
was
picked
up –
twelve
baskets.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Afterward,
when
Jesus
was
alone,
praying,
his
disciples
joined
him,
and
he
asked
them
this
question –
{\WJ{“Who
do
the
people
say
that
I
am?”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{19}“John
the Baptist,”
was
their
answer. “Others,
however,
say
that
you
are
Elijah,
while
others
say
that
one
of
the
old
prophets
has
risen
again.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}{\WJ{“But
you,”}}
he
went
on,
{\WJ{“who
do
you
say
that
I
am?”}}
And
to
this
Peter
answered, “The
Christ
of
God.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Jesus,
however,
strictly
charged
them
not
to
say
this
to
anyone;
\VS{22}he
told
them
that
the
Son
of
Man
must
undergo
much
suffering,
and
be
rejected
by
the
elders,
and
chief
priests,
and
teachers
of
the
Law,
and
be
put
to
death,
and
rise
on
the
third
day.
\VS{23}And
to
all
present
he
said,
{\WJ{“If
any
one
wishes
to
walk
in
my
steps,
they
must renounce self,
and
take
up
their
cross
daily,
and
follow
me.}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
For
whoever
wishes
to
save
their
life
will
lose
it,
and
whoever,
for
my
sake,
loses
his
life –
that
person
will
save
it.}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
What
good
does
it
do
someone
if,
when
they
has
gained
the
whole
world,
they
has
lost
or
forfeited
themselves?}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
Whoever
is
ashamed
of
me
and
of
my
teaching,
the
Son
of
Man
will
be
ashamed
of
them,
when
he
comes
in
his
glory
and
the
glory
of
the
father
and
of
the
holy
angels.}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{
Indeed,
I
tell
you,
some
who
are
standing
before
me
will
not
know
death,
until
they
have
seen
the
kingdom
of
God.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP p
\VS{28}About
eight
days
after
speaking
these
words,
Jesus
went
up
the
mountain
to
pray,
taking
with
him
Peter,
John,
and
James.
\VS{29}As
he
was
praying,
the aspect
of
his
face
was
changed,
and
his
clothing
became
a
dazzling
white.
\VS{30}And
all
at
once
two
men
were
talking
with
Jesus;
they
were
Moses
and
Elijah,
\VS{31}who
appeared
in
a
glorified
state,
and
spoke
of
his
departure,
which
was
destined
to
take
place
at
Jerusalem.
\VS{32}Peter
and
his
companions
had
been
overpowered
by
sleep
but,
suddenly
becoming
wide
awake,
they
saw
Jesus
glorified
and
the
two
men
who
were
standing
beside
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}And,
as
Moses
and
Elijah
were
passing
away
from
Jesus,
Peter
exclaimed, “Sir,
it
is
good
to
be
here;
let
us
make
three
tents,
one
for
you,
and
one
for
Moses,
and
one
for
Elijah.”
He
did
not
know
what
he
was
saying;
\VS{34}and,
while
he
was
speaking,
a
cloud
came
down
and enveloped
them;
and
they
were
afraid,
as
they
passed
into
the
cloud;
\VS{35}and
from
the
cloud
came
a
voice
which
said – “This
is
my
Son,
the
Chosen
One;
him
you
must
hear.”
\VS{36}And,
as
the
voice
ceased,
Jesus
was
found
alone.
The apostles
kept
silence,
and
told
no
one
about
any
of
the
things
that
they
had
seen.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{37}The
next
day,
when
they
had
come
down
from
the
mountain,
a
great
crowd
met
Jesus.
\VS{38}And
just
then
a
man
in
the
crowd
shouted
out, “Teacher,
I
entreat
you
to
look
at
my
son,
for
he
is
my
only
child;
\VS{39}all
at
once
a
spirit
will
seize
him,
suddenly shriek
out,
and
throw
him
into
convulsions
until
he
foams,
and
will
leave
him
only
when
he
is
utterly
exhausted.
\VS{40}I
entreated
your
disciples
to
drive
the
spirit
out,
but
they
could
not.”
\par }{\PP \VS{41}{\WJ{“Faithless
and
perverse
generation!”}}
Jesus
exclaimed,
{\WJ{“How
long
must
I
be
with
you
and
have
patience
with
you?
Lead
your
son
here.”}}
\VS{42}While
the
boy
was
coming
up
to
Jesus,
the
demon
dashed
him
down
and
threw
him
into convulsions.
But
Jesus
rebuked
the
foul
spirit,
and
cured
the
boy,
and
gave
him
back
to
his
father.
\VS{43}And
all
present
were
struck
with
awe
at
the
majesty
of
God.
\par }{\PP In
the
midst
of
the
general
astonishment
at
all
that
Jesus
was
doing,
he
said
to
his
disciples,
\VS{44}{\WJ{“Listen
carefully
to
my
words.
For
the
Son
of
Man
is
destined
to
be
betrayed
into
the
hands
of
his
fellow
men.”}}
\VS{45}But
the
disciples
did
not
understand
the
meaning
of
this;
it
had
been
concealed
from
them
so
that
they
did
not
see
it,
and
they
were
afraid
to
question
him
as
to
what
he
meant.
\par }{\PP \VS{46}A discussion
arose
among
the
disciples
as
to
which
of
them
was
the
greatest;
\VS{47}and
Jesus,
knowing
of
the discussion
that
was
occupying
their
thoughts,
took
hold
of
a
little
child,
and
placed
it
beside
him,
\VS{48}and
then
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“Anyone
who,
for
the
sake
of
my
name,
welcomes
even
this
little
child
is welcoming
me;
and
anyone
who
welcomes
me
is welcoming
him
who
sent
me
as
his
messenger.
For
whoever
is
least
among
you
all –
that
person
is
great.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{49}John
said, “Sir,
we
saw
a
man
driving
out
demons
by
using
your
name,
and
we
tried
to
prevent
him,
because
he
does
not
follow
you
with
us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{50}{\WJ{“None
of
you
must
prevent
him,”}}
Jesus
said
to
John,
{\WJ{“whoever
is
not
against
you
is
for
you.”}}
\par }{\SH The
Journey
to
Jerusalem
\par }{\PP \VS{51}As
the
days
before
his
being
taken
up
to
heaven
were
growing
few,
Jesus
set
his
face
resolutely
in
the
direction
of
Jerusalem;
and
he
sent
on
messengers
in
advance.
\VS{52}On
their
way,
they
went
into
a
Samaritan
village
to
make
preparations
for
him,
\VS{53}but
the
people
there
did
not
welcome
him,
because
his
face
was
set
in
the
direction
of
Jerusalem.
\VS{54}When
James
and
John
saw
this,
they
said, “Master,
do
you
wish
us
to
call
for
fire
to
come
down
from
the
heavens
and
consume
them?”
\VS{55}But
Jesus
turned
and
rebuked
them.
\VS{56}{\WJ{
And
they
made
their
way
to
another
village.}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP p
\VS{57}And,
while
they
were
on
their
way,
a
man
said
to
Jesus, “I
will
follow
you
wherever
you
go.”
\par }{\PP \VS{58}{\WJ{“Foxes
have
holes,”}}
he
replied,
{\WJ{“and
wild
birds
their
nests,
but
the
Son
of
Man
has
nowhere
to
lay
his
head.”}}
\VS{59}To
another
man
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“Follow
me.”}}
\par }{\PP “Let
me
first
go
and
bury
my
father,”
said
the
man.
\VS{60}But
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“Leave
the
dead
to
bury
their
dead;
but
go
yourself
and
carry
far
and
wide
the
news
of
the
kingdom
of
God.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{61}“Master,”
said
another, “I
will
follow
you;
but
first
let
me
say goodbye
to
my
family.”
\VS{62}But
Jesus
answered,
{\WJ{“No
one
who
looks
back,
after
putting
their
hand
to
the
plow,
is
fitted
for
the
kingdom
of
God.”}}

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
this,
the
Master
appointed
seventy-two
other
disciples,
and
sent
them
on
as
his
messengers,
two
and
two,
in
advance,
to
every
town
and
place
that
he
was
himself
intending
to
visit.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}{\WJ{“The
harvest,”}}
he
said,
{\WJ{“is
abundant,
but
the
laborers
are
few.
Therefore
pray
to
the
owner
of
the
harvest
to
send
laborers
to
gather
in
his
harvest.}}
\VS{3}{\WJ{
Now,
go.
Remember,
I
am
sending
you
out
as
my
messengers
like
lambs
among
wolves.}}
\VS{4}{\WJ{
Do
not
take
a
purse
with
you,
or
a
bag,
or
sandals;
and
do
not
stop
to
greet
anyone
on
your
journey.}}
\VS{5}{\WJ{
Whatever
house
you
go
to
stay
at,
begin
by
praying
for
a
blessing
on
it.}}
\VS{6}{\WJ{
Then,
if
anyone
there
is
deserving
of
a
blessing,
your
blessing
will
rest
on
him;
but
if
not,
it
will
come
back
on
yourselves.}}
\VS{7}{\WJ{
Remain
at
that
same
house,
and
eat
and
drink
whatever
they
offer
you;
for
the
worker
is
worth
their
wages.
Do
not
keep
changing
from
one
house
to
another.}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{
Whatever
town
you
visit,
if
the
people
welcome
you,
eat
what
is
set
before
you;}}
\VS{9}{\WJ{
cure
the
sick
there,
and
tell
people
that
the
kingdom
of
God
is
close
at
hand.}}
\VS{10}{\WJ{
But,
whatever
town
you
go
to
visit,
if
the
people
do
not
welcome
you,
go
out
into
its
streets
and
say}}
\VS{11}{\WJ{‘We
wipe
off
the
dust
of
your
town
which
has
clung
to
Our
feet;
still,
be
assured
that
the
kingdom
of
God
is
close
at
Hand.’}}
\VS{12}{\WJ{
I
tell
you
that
the
doom
of
Sodom
will
be
more bearable
on
that
day
than
the
doom
of
that
town.}}
\VS{13}{\WJ{
Alas
for
you,
Chorazin!
Alas
for
you, Bethsaida!
For,
if
the
miracles
which
have
been
done
in
you
had
been
done
in
Tyre
and
Sidon,
they
would
have
sat
in
sackcloth
and
ashes
and
repented
long
ago.}}
\VS{14}{\WJ{
Yet
the
doom
of
Tyre
and
Sidon
will
be
more bearable
at
the
judgment
than
yours.}}
\VS{15}{\WJ{
And
you,
Capernaum!
Will
you
exalt
yourself
to
heaven?
You
will
be flung
down
to Hades.}}
\VS{16}{\WJ{
Anyone
who
listens
to
you
is
listening
to
me,
and
anyone
who
rejects
you
is rejecting
me;
while
the
person
who
rejects
me
is rejecting
him
who
sent
me
as
his
messenger.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{17}When
the
seventy-two
returned,
they
exclaimed
joyfully, “Master,
even
the
demons
submit
to
us
when
we
use
your
name.”
\VS{18}And
Jesus
replied,
{\WJ{“I
have
had
visions
of
Satan,
fallen,
like
lightning
from
the
heavens.}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
Remember,
I
have
given
you
the
power
to
trample
on
snakes
and
scorpions,
and
to
meet
all
the
strength
of
the
Enemy.
Nothing
will
ever
harm
you
in
any
way.}}
\VS{20}{\WJ{
Yet
do
not
rejoice
in
the
fact
that
the
spirits
submit
to
you,
but
rejoice
that
your
names
have
been
enrolled
in
heaven.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{21}At
that
same
time,
moved
to
exultation
by
the
Holy
Spirit,
Jesus
said:
\par }{\Q {\WJ{“I
thank
you,
Father,
Lord
of
heaven
and
earth,
that,
though
you
have
hidden
these
things
from
the
wise
and
learned,
you
have
revealed
them
to
the childlike!
Yes,
Father,
I
thank
you
that
this
has
seemed
good
to
you.}}
\par }{\MM \par }{\Q \VS{22}{\WJ{
Everything
has
been
committed
to
me
by
my
Father;
nor
does
anyone
know
who
the
Son
is,
except
the
Father,
or
who
the
Father
is,
except
the
Son
and
those
to
whom
the
Son
may
choose
to
reveal
him.”}}
\par }{\MM \VS{23}Then,
turning
to
his
disciples,
Jesus
said
to
them
alone,
{\WJ{“Blessed
are
the
eyes
that
see
what
you
are
seeing;}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
for,
I
tell
you,
many
prophets
and
kings
wished
for
the
sight
of
the
things
which
you
are
seeing,
yet
never
heard
them.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP p
\VS{25}Just
then
a student
of
the
Law
came
forward
to
test
Jesus
further. “Teacher,”
he
said, “what
must
I
do
if
I
am
to
gain
eternal
life?”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}{\WJ{“What
is
said
in
the
Law?”}}
answered
Jesus.
{\WJ{“What
do
you
read
there?”}}
\VS{27}His
reply
was –
\par }{\Q “You
must
love
the
Lord
your
God
with
all
your
heart,
and
with
all
your
soul,
and
with
all
your
strength,
and
with
all
your
mind;
and
your
neighbor
as
you
love
yourself.”
\par }{\MM \VS{28}{\WJ{“You
have
answered
right,”}}
said
Jesus,
{\WJ{“Do
that,
and
you
will
live.”}}
\VS{29}But
the
man,
wanting
to
justify
himself,
said
to
Jesus, “And
who
is
my
neighbor?”
\par }{\PP \VS{30}To
which
Jesus
replied,
{\WJ{“A
man
was
once
going
down
from
Jerusalem
to
Jericho
when
he
fell
into
the
hands
of
robbers,
who
stripped
him
of
everything,
and
beat
him,
and
went
away
leaving
him
half
dead.}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{
As
it chanced,
a
priest
was
going
down
by
that
road.
He
saw
the
man,
but
passed
by
on
the
opposite
side.}}
\VS{32}{\WJ{
A
Levite,
too,
did
the
same;
he
came
up
to
the
spot,
but,
when
he
saw
the
man,
passed
by
on
the
opposite
side.}}
\VS{33}{\WJ{
But
a
Samaritan,
traveling
that
way,
came
upon
the
man,
and,
when
he
saw
him,
he
was
moved
with
compassion.}}
\VS{34}{\WJ{
He
went
to
him
and
bound
up
his
wounds, dressing
them
with
oil
and
wine,
and
then
put
him
on
his
own
mule,
and
brought
him
to
an
inn,
and
took
care
of
him.}}
\VS{35}{\WJ{
The
next
day
he
took
out
two
silver coins
and
gave
them
to
the
innkeeper. ‘Take
care
of
him,’
he
said, ‘and
whatever
more
you
may
spend
I
will
myself
repay
you
on
my
way
back.’}}
\VS{36}{\WJ{
Now
which,
do
you
think,
of
these
three
men,”
asked
Jesus, “proved
himself
a
neighbor
to
the
man
who
fell
into
the
robbers’
hands?”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{37}“The
one
that
took
pity
on
him,”
was
the
answer;
at
which
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“Go
and
do
the
same
yourself.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{38}As
they
continued
their
journey,
Jesus
came
to
a
village,
where
a
woman
named
Martha
welcomed
him
to
her
house.
\VS{39}She
had
a
sister
called
Mary,
who
seated
herself
at
the
Master’s
feet,
and
listened
to
his
teaching;
\VS{40}but
Martha
was
distracted
by
the
many
preparations
that
she
was
making.
So
she
went
up
to
Jesus
and
said, “Master,
do
you
approve
of
my
sister’s
leaving
me
to
make
preparations
alone?
Tell
her
to
help
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{41}{\WJ{“Martha,
Martha,”}}
replied
the
Master,
{\WJ{“you
are
anxious
and
trouble
yourself
about
many
things;}}
\VS{42}{\WJ{
but
only
a
few
are
necessary,
or
rather
one.
Mary
has
chosen
the
good
part,
and
it
will
not
be
taken
away
from
her.”}}

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}One
day
Jesus
was
at
a
certain
place
praying,
and,
when
he
had
finished,
one
of
his
disciples
said
to
him, “Master,
teach
us
to
pray,
as
John
taught
his
disciples.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}{\WJ{“When
you
pray,”}}
Jesus
answered,
{\WJ{“say –
}}
\par }{\Q {\WJ{‘Father,
}}
\par }{\QB {\WJ{
may
your
name
be
held
holy,
}}
\par }{\QB {\WJ{
your
kingdom
come.}}
\par }{\Q \VS{3}{\WJ{
Give
us
each
day
the
bread
that
we
will
need;}}
\par }{\Q \VS{4}{\WJ{
and
forgive
us
our
sins,
}}
\par }{\Q {\WJ{
for
we
ourselves
forgive
everyone
who
wrongs
us;
}}
\par }{\Q {\WJ{
and
take
us
not
into
temptation.’ ”}}
\par }{\MM \VS{5}Jesus
also
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“Suppose
that
one
of
you
who
has
a
friend
were
to
go
to
him
in
the
middle
of
the
night
and
say ‘Friend,
lend
me
three
loaves,}}
\VS{6}{\WJ{
for
a
friend
of
mine
has
arrived
at
my
house
after
a
journey,
and
I
have
nothing
to
offer
him;’}}
\VS{7}{\WJ{
And
suppose
that
the
other
should
answer
from
inside ‘Do
not
trouble
me;
the
door
is
already
fastened,
and
my
children
and
I
are
in
bed;
I
cannot
get
up
and
give
you anything’;}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{
I
tell
you
that,
even
though
he
will
not
get
up
and
give
him
anything
because
he
is
a
friend,
yet
because
of
his persistence
he
will
rouse
himself
and
give
him
what
he
wants.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{9}{\WJ{“And
so
I
say
to
you –
Ask,
and
your
prayer
will
be
granted,
search,
and
you
will
find;
knock,
and
the
door
will
be
opened
to
you.}}
\VS{10}{\WJ{
For
the
person
who
asks
receives,
everyone
who
searches
finds,
and
to
the
person
who
knocks
the
door
will
be
opened.}}
\VS{11}{\WJ{
What
father
among
you,
if
his
son
asks
him
for
a
fish,
will
give
him
a
snake
instead,}}
\VS{12}{\WJ{
or,
if
he
asks
for
an
egg,
will
give
him
a
scorpion?}}
\VS{13}{\WJ{
If
you,
then, naturally
wicked
though
you
are,
know
how
to
give
good
gifts
to
your
children,
how
much
more
will
the
Father
in
heaven
give
the
Holy
Spirit
to
those
who
ask
him!”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{14}Once
Jesus
was
driving
out
a
mute
demon,
and,
when
the
demon
had
gone
out,
the
mute
man
spoke.
The
people
were
amazed
at
this;
\VS{15}but
some
of
them
said, “He
drives
out
demons
by
the
help
of Beelzebul,
the
chief
of
the
demons”;
\VS{16}while
others,
to
test
him,
asked
him
for
some
sign
from
the
heavens.
\VS{17}Jesus
himself,
however,
was
aware
of
what
they
were
thinking,
and
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“Any
kingdom
wholly
divided
against
itself
becomes
a
desolation;
and
a
divided
house
falls.}}
\VS{18}{\WJ{
So,
too,
if
Satan
is
wholly
divided
against
himself,
how
can
his
kingdom
last?
Yet
you
say
that
I
drive
out
demons
by
the
help
of Beelzebul.}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
But,
if
it
is
by Beelzebul’s
help
that
I
drive
out
demons,
by
whose
help
is
it
that
your
own
sons
drive
them
out?
Therefore
they
will
themselves
be
your
judges.}}
\VS{20}{\WJ{
But,
if
it
is
by
the
hand
of
God
that
I
drive
out
demons,
then
the
kingdom
of
God
must
already
be
upon
you.}}
\VS{21}{\WJ{
When
a
strong
man
is
keeping
guard,
fully
armed,
over
his
own mansion,
his
property
is
in
safety;}}
\VS{22}{\WJ{
but,
when
one
still
stronger
has
attacked
and
overpowered
him,
he
takes
away
all
the
weapons
on
which
the
other
had
relied,
and
divides
his
spoil.}}
\VS{23}{\WJ{
Whoever
is
not
with
me
is
against
me,
and
the
person
who
does
not
help
me
to
gather
is
scattering.}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
No sooner
does
a
foul
spirit
leave
someone,
than
it
passes
through
places
where
there
is
no
water,
in
search
of
rest;
and
finding
none,
it
says ‘I
will
go
back
to
the
home
which
I left’;}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
but,
on
coming
there,
it
finds
it
unoccupied,
swept,
and
put
in
order.}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
Then
it
goes
and
brings
with
it
seven
other
spirits
more
wicked
than
itself,
and
they
go
in,
and
make
their
home
there;
and
the
last
state
of
that
person
proves
to
be
worse
than
the
first.”}}
\VS{27}As
Jesus
was
saying
this,
a
woman
in
the
crowd,
raising
her
voice,
exclaimed, “Happy
was
the
mother
who
bore
you
and
nursed
you!”
\VS{28}But
Jesus
replied,
{\WJ{“Rather,
happy
are
those
who
listen
to
God’s
message
and
keep
it.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP p
\VS{29}As
the
crowds
increased,
Jesus
began
to
speak,
{\WJ{“This
generation
is
a
wicked
generation.
It
is
asking
a
sign,
but
no
sign
will
be
given
it
except
the
sign
of
Jonah.}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
For,
as
Jonah
became
a
sign
to
the
people
of
Nineveh,
so
will
the
Son
of
Man
be
to
this
generation.}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{
At
the
judgment
the
Queen
of
the
South
will
rise
up
with
the
people
of
this
generation,
and
will
condemn
them,
because
she
came
from
the
ends
of
the
earth
to
listen
to
the
wisdom
of
Solomon;
and
here
is
more
than
a
Solomon!}}
\VS{32}{\WJ{
At
the
judgment
the
men
of
Nineveh
will
stand
up
with
this
generation,
and
will
condemn
it,
because
they
repented
at
Jonah’s
proclamation;
and
here
is
more
than
a
Jonah!}}
\VS{33}{\WJ{
No
one
lights
a
lamp,
and
then
puts
it
in
the
cellar
or
under
a
basket,
but
he
puts
it
on
the lamp-stand,
so
that
anyone
who
comes
in
may
see
the
light.}}
\VS{34}{\WJ{
The
lamp
of
the
body
is
your
eye.
When
your
eye
is unclouded,
your
whole
body,
also,
is
lit
up;
but,
as
soon
as
your
eye
is
diseased,
your
body,
also,
is
darkened.}}
\VS{35}{\WJ{
Take
care,
therefore,
that
the
inner
light
is
not
darkness.}}
\VS{36}{\WJ{
If,
then,
your
whole
body
is
lit
up,
and
no
corner
of
it
darkened,
the
whole
will
be
lit
up,
just
as
when
a
lamp
gives
you
light
by
its brilliance.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP p
\VS{37}As
Jesus
finished
speaking,
a
Pharisee
asked
him
to breakfast
with
him,
and
Jesus
went
in
and
took
his
place
at
the
table.
\VS{38}The
Pharisee
noticed,
to
his
astonishment,
that
Jesus omitted
the
ceremonial
washing
before breakfast.
\VS{39}But
the
Master
said
to
him,
{\WJ{“You
Pharisees
do,
it
is
true,
clean
the
outside
of
the
cup
and
of
the
plate,
but
inside
you
yourselves
are
filled
with
greed
and
wickedness.}}
\VS{40}{\WJ{
Fools!
Did
not
the
maker
of
the
outside
make
the
inside
too?}}
\VS{41}{\WJ{
Only
give
away
what
is
in
them
in
charity,
and
at
once
you
have
the
whole
clean.}}
\VS{42}{\WJ{
But
alas
for
you
Pharisees!
You
pay
tithes
on
mint,
rue,
and
herbs
of
all
kinds,
and
pass
over
justice
and
love
to
God.
These
last
you
ought
to
have
put
into
practice
without
neglecting
the
first.}}
\VS{43}{\WJ{
Alas
for
you
Pharisees!
You
delight
to
have
the
front
seat
in
the
synagogues,
and
to
be
greeted
in
the markets
with
respect.}}
\VS{44}{\WJ{
Alas
for
you!
You
are
like unsuspected
graves,
over
which
men
walk
unawares.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{45}Here
one
of
the students
of
the
Law interrupted
him
by
saying, “Teacher,
when
you
say
this,
you
are insulting
us
also.”
\VS{46}But
Jesus
went
on,
{\WJ{“Alas
for
you,
too,
you students
of
the
Law!
You
load
people
with
loads
that
are
too
heavy
to
carry,
but
do
not,
yourselves,
touch
them
with
one
of
your
fingers.}}
\VS{47}{\WJ{
Alas
for
you!
You
build
the
monuments
of
the
prophets
whom
your
ancestors
killed.}}
\VS{48}{\WJ{
You
are
actually
witnesses
to
your ancestors’
acts
and
show
your
approval
of
them,
because,
while
they
killed
the
prophets,
you
build
tombs
for
them.}}
\VS{49}{\WJ{
That
is
why
the
wisdom
of
God
said – ‘I
will
send
to
them
prophets
and apostles,}}
\VS{50}{\WJ{
some
of
whom
they
will
persecute
and
kill,
in
order
that
the
blood
of
all
the
prophets
that
has
been
spilt
since
the
creation
of
the
world
may
be
exacted
from
this
generation –}}
\VS{51}{\WJ{
from
the
blood
of
Abel
down
to
the
blood
of
Zechariah,
who
was
slain
between
the
altar
and
the
house
of
God.’
Yes,
I
tell
you,
it
will
be
exacted
from
this
generation.}}
\VS{52}{\WJ{
Alas
for
you students
of
the
Law!
You
have
taken
away
the
key
of
the
door
of
knowledge.
You
have
not
gone
in
yourselves
and
you
have
hindered
those
who
try
to
go
in.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{53}When
Jesus
left
the
house,
the
teachers
of
the
Law
and
the
Pharisees
began
to
press
him
hard
and
question
him
closely
on
many
subjects,
\VS{54}laying
traps
for
him,
so
as
to
seize
on
anything
that
he
might
say.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Meanwhile
the
people
had
gathered
in
thousands,
so
that
they
trod
on
one
another,
when
Jesus,
addressing
himself
to
his
disciples,
began
by
saying
to
them,
{\WJ{“Be
on
your
guard
against
the
leaven –
that
is,
the
hypocrisy –
of
the
Pharisees.}}
\VS{2}{\WJ{
There
is
nothing,
however
covered
up,
which
will
not
be
uncovered,
nor
anything
kept
secret
which
will
not
become
known.}}
\VS{3}{\WJ{
So
all
that
you
have
said
in
the
dark
will
be
heard
in
the
light,
and
what
you
have
spoken
in
the
ear,
within
closed
doors,
will
be
proclaimed
on
the
housetops.}}
\VS{4}{\WJ{
To
you
who
are
my
friends
I
say,
Do
not
be
afraid
of
those
who
kill
the
body,
but
after
that
can
do
no
more.}}
\VS{5}{\WJ{
I
will
show
you
of
whom
you
should
be
afraid.
Be
afraid
of
him
who,
after
killing
you,
has
the
power
to
fling
you
into Gehenna.
Yes,
I
say,
be
afraid
of
him.}}
\VS{6}{\WJ{
Are
not
five
sparrows
sold
for
two
copper coins?
Yet
not
one
of
them
has
escaped
God’s
notice.}}
\VS{7}{\WJ{
No,
even
the
hairs
of
your
head
are
all
numbered.
Do
not
be
afraid;
you
are
of
more
value
than
many
sparrows.}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{
Everyone,
I
tell
you,
who
publicly
acknowledges
me,
the
Son
of
Man,
also,
will
acknowledge
before
God’s
angels;}}
\VS{9}{\WJ{
but
the
person
who
publicly disowns
me
will
be
altogether disowned
before
God’s
angels.}}
\VS{10}{\WJ{
Everyone
who
will
say
anything
against
the
Son
of
Man
will
be
forgiven,
but
for
the
person
who
slanders
the
Holy
Spirit
there
will
be
no
forgiveness.}}
\VS{11}{\WJ{
Whenever
they
take
you
before
the
synagogue
Courts
or
the
magistrates
or
other
authorities,
do
not
be
anxious
as
to
how
you
will
defend
yourselves,
or
what
your
defense
will
be,
or
what
you
will
say;}}
\VS{12}{\WJ{
for
the
Holy
Spirit
will
show
you
at
the
moment
what
you
ought
to
say.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{13}“Teacher,”
a
man
in
the
crowd
said
to
Jesus, “tell
my
brother
to
share
the
property
with
me.”
\VS{14}But
Jesus
said
to
him,
{\WJ{“Man,
who
made
me
a
judge
or
an arbiter
between
you?”}}
\VS{15}And
then
he
added,
{\WJ{“Take
care
to
keep
yourselves
free
from
every
form
of
covetousness;
for
even
in
the
height
of
their
prosperity
a
person’s
true
life
does
not
depend
on
what
they
have.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Then
Jesus
told
them
this
parable –
{\WJ{“There
was
once
a
rich
man
whose
land
was
very
fertile;}}
\VS{17}{\WJ{
and
he
began
to
ask
himself ‘What
will
I
do,
for
I
have
nowhere
to
store
my
crops?}}
\VS{18}{\WJ{
This
is
what
I
will
do,’
he
said; ‘I
will
pull
down
my
barns
and
build
larger
ones,
and
store
all
my
grain
and
my
goods
in
them;}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
and
I
will
say
to
myself,
Now
you
have
plenty
of
good
things
put
by
for
many
years;
take
your
ease,
eat,
drink,
and
enjoy
yourself.’}}
\VS{20}{\WJ{
But
God
said
to
the
man ‘Fool!
This
very
night
your
life
is
being
demanded;
and
as
for
all
you
have
prepared –
who
will
have
it?’}}
\VS{21}{\WJ{
So
it
is
with
those
who
lay
by
wealth
for
themselves
and
are
not
rich
to
the
glory
of
God.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{22}And
Jesus
said
to
his
disciples,
{\WJ{“That
is
why
I
say
to
you,
Do
not
be
anxious
about
the
life
here –
what
you
can
get
to
eat;
or
about
your
body –
what
you
can
get
to
wear.}}
\VS{23}{\WJ{
For
life
is
more
than
food,
and
the
body
than
its
clothes.}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
Think
of
the
ravens –
they
neither
sow
nor
reap;
they
have
neither
storehouse
nor
barn;
and
yet
God
feeds
them!
And
how
much
more
precious
are
you
than
birds!}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
But
which
of
you,
by
being
anxious,
can
prolong
your
life
a
moment?}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
And,
if
you
cannot
do
even
the
smallest
thing,
why
be
anxious
about
other
things?}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{
Think
of
the
lilies,
and
how
they
grow.
They
neither
toil
nor
spin;
yet,
I
tell
you,
even
Solomon
in
all
his
splendor
was
not robed
like
one
of
these.}}
\VS{28}{\WJ{
If,
even
in
the
field,
God
so
clothes
the
grass
which
is
living
today
and
tomorrow
will
be
thrown
into
the
oven,
how
much
more
will
he
clothe
you,
you
of
little
faith!}}
\VS{29}{\WJ{
And
you –
do
not
be
always
seeking
what
you
can
get
to
eat
or
what
you
can
get
to
drink;
and
do
not
waver.}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
These
are
the
things
for
which
all
the
nations
of
the
world
are
seeking,
and
your
Father
knows
that
you
need
them.}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{
No,
seek
his
kingdom,
and
these
things
will
be
added
for
you.}}
\VS{32}{\WJ{
So
do
not
be
afraid,
my
little
flock,
for
your
Father
has
been
pleased
to
give
you
the
kingdom.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{33}{\WJ{“Sell
what
belongs
to
you,
and
give
in
charity.
Make
yourselves
purses
that
will
not
wear
out –
an inexhaustible
treasure
in
heaven,
where
no
thief
comes
near,
or
moth
works
ruin.}}
\VS{34}{\WJ{
For
where
your
treasure
is,
there
also
will
your
heart
be.}}
\VS{35}{\WJ{
Make
yourselves
ready,
with
your
lamps
alight;}}
\VS{36}{\WJ{
and
be
like
servants
who
are
waiting
for
their
Master’s
return
from
his
wedding,
so
that,
when
he
comes
and
knocks,
they
may
open
the
door
for
him
at
once.}}
\VS{37}{\WJ{
Happy
are
those
servants
whom,
on
his
return,
the
Master
will
find
watching.
I
tell
you
that
he
will
make
himself
ready,
and
have
them
take
their
places
at
the
table,
and
will
come
and
serve
them.}}
\VS{38}{\WJ{
Whether
it
is
late
at
night,
or
in
the
early
morning
that
he
comes,
if
he
finds
all
as
it
should
be,
then
happy
are
they.}}
\VS{39}{\WJ{
This
you
do
know,
that,
had
the
owner
of
the
house
known
at
what
time
the
thief
was
coming,
he
would
have
been
on
the
watch,
and
would
not
have
let
his
house
be
broken
into.}}
\VS{40}{\WJ{
You
must
also
prepare,
for
when
you
are
least expecting
him
the
Son
of
Man
will
come.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{41}“Master,”
said
Peter, “are
you
telling
this
parable
with reference
to
us
or
to
everyone?”
\par }{\PP \VS{42}{\WJ{“Who,
then,”}}
replied
the
Master,
{\WJ{“is
that
trustworthy
steward,
the
careful
man,
who
will
be
placed
by
his
master
over
his
establishment,
to
give
them
their
rations
at
the
proper
time?}}
\VS{43}{\WJ{
Happy
will
that
servant
be
whom
his
master,
when
he
comes
home,
will
find
doing
this.}}
\VS{44}{\WJ{
His
master,
I
tell
you,
will
put
him
in
charge
of
the
whole
of
his
property.}}
\VS{45}{\WJ{
But
should
that
servant
say
to
himself ‘My
master
is
a
long
time
coming,’
and
begin
to
beat
the
menservants
and
the
maidservants,
and
to
eat
and
drink
and
get
drunk,}}
\VS{46}{\WJ{
that
servant’s
master
will
come
on
a
day
when
he
does
not
expect
him,
and
at
an
hour
of
which
he
is
unaware,
and
will
flog
him
severely
and
assign
him
his
place
among
the untrustworthy.}}
\VS{47}{\WJ{
The
servant
who
knows
his
master’s
wishes
and
yet
does
not
prepare
and
act
accordingly
will
receive
many
lashes;}}
\VS{48}{\WJ{
while
one
who
does
not
know
his
master’s
wishes,
but
acts
so
as
to
deserve
a
flogging,
will
receive
but
few.
From
everyone
to
whom
much
has
been
given
much
will
be
expected,
and
from
the
man
to
whom
much
has
been
entrusted
the
more
will
be
demanded.}}
\VS{49}{\WJ{
I
came
to
cast
fire
on
the
earth;
and
what
more
can
I
wish,
if
it
is
already
kindled?}}
\VS{50}{\WJ{
There
is
a baptism
that
I
must
undergo,
and
how
great
is
my
distress
until
it
is
over!}}
\VS{51}{\WJ{
Do
you
think
that
I
am
here
to
bring
peace
on
earth?
No,
I
tell
you,
but
to
cause
division.}}
\VS{52}{\WJ{
For
from
this
time,
if
there
are
five
people
in
a
house,
they
will
be
divided,
three
against
two,
and
two
against
three.}}
\VS{53}{\WJ{
Father
will
be
opposed
to
son
and
son
to
father,
mother
to
daughter
and
daughter
to
mother,
mother-in-law
to
her
daughter-in-law
and
daughter-in-law
to
her
mother-in-law.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{54}And
to
the
people
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“When
you
see
a
cloud
rising
in
the
west,
you
say
at
once ‘There
is
a
storm
coming,’
and
come
it
does.}}
\VS{55}{\WJ{
And
when
you
see
that
the
wind
is
in
the
south,
you
say ‘It
will
be
burning
hot,’
and
so
it
proves.}}
\VS{56}{\WJ{
Hypocrites!
You
know
how
to
judge
of
the
earth
and
the
sky;
how
is
it,
then,
that
you
cannot
judge
of
this
time?}}
\VS{57}{\WJ{
Why
don’t
you
yourselves
decide
what
is
right?}}
\VS{58}{\WJ{
When,
for instance,
you
are
going
with
your
opponent
before
a
magistrate,
on
your
way
to
the
court
do
your
best
to
be
quit
of
him;
otherwise
he
might
drag
you
before
the
judge,
then
the
judge
will
hand
you
over
to
the bailiff
of
the
court,
and
the bailiff
throw
you
into
prison.}}
\VS{59}{\WJ{
You
will
not,
I
tell
you,
come
out
until
you
have
paid
the
very
last
cent.”}}

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{13}{\PP p
\VerseOne{1}Just
at
that
time
some
people
had
come
to
tell
Jesus
about
the
Galileans,
whose
blood
Pilate
had
mingled
with
the
blood
of
their
sacrifices.
\VS{2}{\WJ{“Do
you
suppose,”}}
replied
Jesus,
{\WJ{“that,
because
these
Galileans
have
suffered
in
this
way,
they
were
worse
sinners
than
any
other
Galileans?}}
\VS{3}{\WJ{
No,
I
tell
you;
but,
unless
you
repent,
you
will
all
perish
as
they
did.}}
\VS{4}{\WJ{
Or
those
eighteen
men
at
Siloam
on
whom
the
tower
fell,
killing
them
all,
do
you
suppose
that
they
were
worse
offenders
than
any
other
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem?}}
\VS{5}{\WJ{
No,
I
tell
you;
but,
unless
you
repent,
you
will
all
perish
in
the
same
manner.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{6}And
Jesus
told
them
this
parable –
{\WJ{“A
man,
who
had
a
fig
tree
growing
in
his
vineyard,
came
to
look
for
fruit
on
it,
but
could
not
find
any.}}
\VS{7}{\WJ{
So
he
said
to
his gardener ‘Three
years
now
I
have
come
to
look
for
fruit
on
this
fig
tree,
without
finding
any!
Cut
it
down.
Why
should
it
rob
the
soil?’}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{‘Leave
it
this
one
year
more,
Sir,’
the
man
answered, ‘until
I
have
dug
around
it
and manured
it.}}
\VS{9}{\WJ{
Then,
if
it
bears
in
future,
well
and
good;
but
if
not,
you
can
have
it
cut
down.’ ”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{10}Jesus
was
teaching
on
a
Sabbath
in
one
of
the
synagogues,
\VS{11}and
he
saw
before
him
a
woman
who
for
eighteen
years
had
suffered
from
weakness owing
to
her
having
an
evil
spirit
in
her.
She
was
bent
double,
and
was
wholly
unable
to
raise
herself.
\VS{12}When
Jesus
saw
her,
he
called
her
to
him,
and
said,
{\WJ{“Woman,
you
are
released
from
your
weakness.”}}
\VS{13}He
placed
his
hands
on
her,
and
she
was
instantly
made
straight,
and
began
to
praise
God.
\VS{14}But
the synagogue
leader,
indignant
that
Jesus
had
worked
the
cure
on
the
Sabbath, intervened
and
said
to
the
people, “There
are
six
days
on
which
work
ought
to
be
done;
come
to
be
cured
on
one
of
those,
and
not
on
the
Sabbath.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}{\WJ{“You
hypocrites!”}}
the
Master
answered
him.
{\WJ{“Does
not
everyone
of
you
let
your
ox
or
your
donkey
loose
from
its
manger,
and
take
it
out
to
drink,
on
the
Sabbath?}}
\VS{16}{\WJ{
But
this
woman,
a
daughter
of
Abraham,
who
has
been
kept
in
bondage
by
Satan
for
now
eighteen
years,
ought
not
she
to
have
been
released
from
her
bondage
on
the
Sabbath?”}}
\VS{17}As
he
said
this,
his
opponents
all
felt
ashamed;
but
all
the
people
rejoiced
to
see
all
the
wonderful
things
that
he
was
doing.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}So
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“What
is
the
kingdom
of
God
like?
And
to
what
can
I
liken
it?}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
It
is
like
a
mustard
seed
which
a
man
took
and
put
in
his
garden.
The
seed
grew
and
became
a
tree,
and
the
wild
birds roosted
in
its
branches.”}}
\VS{20}And
again
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“To
what
can
I
liken
the
kingdom
of
God?}}
\VS{21}{\WJ{
It
is
like
some
yeast
which
a
woman
took
and
covered
in
three
pecks
of
flour,
until
the
whole
had
risen.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Jesus
went
through
towns
and
villages,
teaching
as
he
went,
and
making
his
way towards
Jerusalem.
\VS{23}“Master,”
someone
asked, “are
there
but
few
in
the
path
of
salvation?”
And
Jesus
answered,
\VS{24}{\WJ{“Strive
to
go
in
by
the
narrow
door.
Many,
I
tell
you,
will
seek
to
go
in,
but
they
will
not
be
able,}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
when
once
the
master
of
the
house
has
got
up
and
shut
the
door,
while
you
begin
to
say,
as
you
stand
outside
and
knock, ‘Sir,
open
the
door
for
us.’
His
answer
will
be – ‘I
do
not
know
where
you
come
from.’}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
Then
you
will
begin
to
say ‘We
have
eaten
and
drunk
in
your
presence,
and
you
have
taught
in
our
streets,’
and
his
reply
will
be –}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{‘I
do
not
know
where
you
come
from.
Leave
my
presence,
all
you
who
are
living
in
wickedness.’}}
\VS{28}{\WJ{
There,
there
will
be
weeping
and
grinding
of
teeth,
when
you
see
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob,
and
all
the
prophets,
in
the
kingdom
of
God,
while
you
yourselves
are
being
driven
outside.}}
\VS{29}{\WJ{
People
will
come
from
East
and
West,
and
from
North
and
South,
and
take
their
places
at
the
banquet
in
the
kingdom
of
God.}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
There
are
some
who
are
last
now
who
will
then
be
first,
and
some
who
are
first
now
who
will
then
be
last!”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Just
then
some
Pharisees
came
up
to
Jesus
and
said, “Go
away
and
leave
this
place,
for
Herod
wants
to
kill
you.”
\VS{32}But
Jesus
answered,
{\WJ{“Go
and
say
to
that
fox ‘Look
you,
I
am
driving
out
demons
and
will
be completing
cures
today
and
tomorrow,
and
on
the
third
day
I
will
have
done.’}}
\VS{33}{\WJ{
But
today
and
tomorrow
and
the
day
after
I
must
go
on
my
way,
because
it
cannot
be
that
a
prophet
should
meet
his
end
outside
Jerusalem.}}
\VS{34}{\WJ{
Jerusalem!
Jerusalem!
You
who
slays
the
prophets
and
stones
the
messengers
sent
to
you –
Oh,
how
often
have
I
wished
to
gather
your
children
around
me,
as
a
hen
takes
her
brood
under
her
wings,
and
you
would
not
come!}}
\VS{35}{\WJ{
Verily
your
house
is
left
to
you
desolate!
And
never,
I
tell
you,
will
you
see
me,
until
you
say –
}}
\par }{\Q {\WJ{‘Blessed
is
He
who
comes
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.’ ”}}
\par }{\MM \par }
{\BB \par }\Chap{14}{\PP p
\VerseOne{1}On
one
occasion,
as
Jesus
was
going,
on
a
Sabbath
into
the
house
of
one
of
the
leading
Pharisees
to
dine,
they
were
watching
him
closely.
\VS{2}There
he
saw
before
him
a
man
who
was
suffering
from
dropsy.
\VS{3}{\WJ{“Is
it allowable,”}}
said
Jesus,
addressing
the students
of
the
Law
and
the
Pharisees,
{\WJ{“to
work
a
cure
on
the
Sabbath,
or
is
it
not?”}}
\VS{4}They
remained
silent.
Jesus
took
hold
of
the
man
and
cured
him,
and
sent
him
away.
\VS{5}And
he
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“Which
of
you,
finding
that
your
son
or
your
ox
has
fallen
into
a
well,
will
not
immediately
pull
them
out
on
the
Sabbath
day?”}}
\VS{6}And
they
could
not
make
any
answer
to
that.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Observing
that
the
guests
were
choosing
the
best
places
for
themselves,
Jesus
told
them
this
parable –
\VS{8}{\WJ{“When
you
are
invited
by
anyone
to
a
wedding
banquet,
do
not
seat
yourself
in
the
best
place.
Someone
of
higher
rank
might
have
been
invited
by
your
host;}}
\VS{9}{\WJ{
and
the
host
who
invited
you
both
will
come
and
say
to
you ‘Make
room
for
this
person,’
and
then
you
will
begin
in
confusion
to
take
the
lowest
place.}}
\VS{10}{\WJ{
No,
when
you
are
invited,
go
and
take
the
lowest
place,
so
that,
when
the
host
who
has
invited
you
comes,
he
may
say
to
you ‘Friend,
come
higher up’;
and
then
you
will
be
honored
in
the
eyes
of
all
your
fellow
guests.}}
\VS{11}{\WJ{
For
everyone
who
exalts
themselves
will
be
humbled,
and
everyone
who
humbles
themselves
will
be
exalted.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
Jesus
went
on
to
say
to
the
man
who
had
invited
him,
{\WJ{“When
you
give
a breakfast
or
a
dinner,
do
not
ask
your
friends,
or
your
brothers
or
sisters,
or
your
relatives,
or
rich
neighbors,
because
they
might
invite
you
in
return,
and
so
you
should
be
repaid.}}
\VS{13}{\WJ{
No,
when
you
entertain,
invite
the
poor,
the
crippled,
the
lame,
the
blind;}}
\VS{14}{\WJ{
and
then
you
will
be
happy
indeed,
since
they
cannot
reward
you;
for
you
will
be
rewarded
at
the resurrection
of
the
just.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{15}One
of
the
guests
heard
what
he
said
and
exclaimed, “Happy
will
be
the
person
who
will
eat
bread
in
the
kingdom
of
God!”
\VS{16}But
Jesus
said
to
him,
{\WJ{“A
man
was
once
giving
a
great
dinner.
He
invited
many
people,}}
\VS{17}{\WJ{
and
sent
his
servant,
when
it
was
time
for
the
dinner,
to
say
to
those
who
had
been
invited ‘Come,
for
everything
is
now
ready.’}}
\VS{18}{\WJ{
They
all
with
one
accord
began
to
ask
to
be
excused.
The
first
said
to
the
servant ‘I
have
bought
a
field
and
am
obliged
to
go
and
look
at
it.
I
must
ask
you
to
consider
me
excused.’}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
The
next
said ‘I
have
bought
five
pairs
of
bullocks,
and
I
am
on
my
way
to
try
them.
I
must
ask
you
to
consider
me excused’;}}
\VS{20}{\WJ{
while
the
next
said ‘I
am
just
married,
and
for
that
reason
I
am
unable
to
come.’}}
\VS{21}{\WJ{
On
his
return
the
servant
told
his
master
all
these
answers.
Then
in
anger
the
owner
of
the
house
said
to
his
servant ‘Go
out
at
once
into
the
streets
and
alleys
of
the
town,
and
bring
in
here
the
poor,
and
the
crippled,
and
the
blind,
and
the
lame.’}}
\VS{22}{\WJ{
Presently
the
servant
said ‘Sir,
your
order
has
been
carried
out,
and
still
there
is
room.’}}
\VS{23}{\WJ{‘Go
out,’
the
master
said, ‘into
the
roads
and hedgerows,
and
make
people
come
in,
so
that
my
house
may
be
filled;}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
for
I
tell
you
all
that
not
one
of
those
people
who
were
invited
will
taste
my
dinner.’ ”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{25}One
day,
when
great
crowds
of
people
were
walking
with
Jesus,
he
turned
and
said
to
them,
\VS{26}{\WJ{“If
any
one
comes
to
me
and
does
not
hate
their
father,
and
mother,
and
wife,
and
children,
and
brothers,
and
sisters,
yes
and
even
their
life,
he
can
be
no
disciple
of
mine.}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{
Whoever
does
not
carry
their
own
cross,
and
walk
in
my
steps,
can
be
no
disciple
of
mine.}}
\VS{28}{\WJ{
Why,
which
of
you,
when
you
want
to
build
a
tower,
does
not
first
sit
down
and
reckon
the
cost,
to
see
if
you
have
enough
to
complete
it? –}}
\VS{29}{\WJ{
Otherwise,
if
you
have
laid
the
foundation
and
are
not
able
to
finish
it,
everyone
who
sees
it
will
laugh
at
you,}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
and
say ‘Here
is
a
person
who
began
to
build
and
was
not
able
to
finish!’}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{
Or
what
king,
when
he
is
setting
out
to
fight
another
king,
does
not
first
sit
down
and
consider
if
with
ten
thousand
men
he
is
able
to
meet
one
who
is
coming
against
him
with
twenty
thousand?}}
\VS{32}{\WJ{
And
if
he
cannot,
then,
while
the
other
is
still
at
a
distance,
he
sends
envoys
and
asks
for
terms
of
peace.}}
\VS{33}{\WJ{
And
so
with
everyone
of
you
who
does
not
bid
farewell
to
all
you
have –
you
cannot
be
a
disciple
of
mine.}}
\VS{34}{\WJ{
Yes,
salt
is
good;
but,
if
the
salt
itself
should
lose
its
strength,
what
will
be
used
to
season
it?}}
\VS{35}{\WJ{
It
is
not
fit
either
for
the
land
or
for
the
manure
heap.
People
throw
it
away.
Let
those
who
have
ears
to
hear
with
hear!”}}

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
tax
collectors
and
the
outcasts
were
all
drawing
near
to
Jesus
to
listen
to
him;
\VS{2}but
the
Pharisees
and
the
teachers
of
the
Law
found
fault.
\par }{\PP “This
man
always
welcomes
outcasts,
and
takes
meals
with
them!”
they
complained.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}So
Jesus
told
them
this
parable –
\VS{4}{\WJ{“Who
among
you
who
has
a
hundred
sheep,
and
has
lost
one
of
them,
does
not
leave
the
ninety-nine
out
in
the
open
country,
and
go
after
the
lost
sheep
until
he
finds
it?}}
\VS{5}{\WJ{
And,
when
he
has
found
it,
he
puts
in
on
his
shoulders
rejoicing;}}
\VS{6}{\WJ{
and,
on
reaching
home,
he
calls
his
friends
and
his
neighbors
together,
and
says ‘Come
and
rejoice
with
me,
for
I
have
found
my
sheep
which
was
lost.’}}
\VS{7}{\WJ{
So,
I
tell
you,
there
will
be
more
rejoicing
in
heaven
over
one
outcast
who
repents,
than
over
ninety-nine religious
people,
who
have
no
need
to
repent.}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{
Or
again,
what
woman
who
has
ten
silver
coins,
if
she
loses
one
of
them,
does
not
light
a
lamp,
and
sweep
the
house,
and
search
carefully
until
she
finds
it?}}
\VS{9}{\WJ{
And,
when
she
has
found
it,
she
calls
her
friends
and
neighbors
together,
and
says ‘Come
and
rejoice
with
me,
for
I
have
found
the
coin
which
I
lost.’}}
\VS{10}{\WJ{
So,
I
tell
you,
there
is
rejoicing
in
the
presence
of
God’s
angels
over
one
outcast
who
repents.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Jesus
continued,
{\WJ{“A
man
had
two
sons;}}
\VS{12}{\WJ{
and
the
younger
of
them
said
to
his
father ‘Father,
give
me
my
share
of
the
inheritance.’
So
the
father
divided
the
property
between
them.}}
\VS{13}{\WJ{
A
few
days
later
the
younger
son
got
together
all
that
he
had,
and
went
away
into
a
distant
land;
and
there
he
squandered
his
inheritance
by
leading
a dissolute
life.}}
\VS{14}{\WJ{
After
he
has
spent
all
that
he
had,
there
was
a
severe
famine
through
all
that
country,
and
he
began
to
be
in actual
want.}}
\VS{15}{\WJ{
So
he
went
and
engaged
himself
to
one
of
the
people
of
that
country,
who
sent
him
into
his
fields
to
tend
pigs.}}
\VS{16}{\WJ{
He
even
longed
to
satisfy
his
hunger
with
the bean-pods
on
which
the
pigs
were
feeding;
and
no
one
gave
him
anything.}}
\VS{17}{\WJ{
But,
when
he
came
to
himself,
he
said ‘How
many
of
my
father’s
hired
servants
have
more
bread
than
they
can
eat,
while
here
am
I starving
to
death!}}
\VS{18}{\WJ{
I
will
get
up
and
go
to
my
father,
and
say
to
him “Father,
I
sinned
against
heaven
and
against
you;}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
I
am
no
longer
fit
to
be
called
your
son;
make
me
one
of
your
hired
servants.” ’}}
\VS{20}{\WJ{
And
he
got
up
and
went
to
his
father.
But,
while
he
was
still
a
long
way
off,
his
father
saw
him
and
was
deeply
moved;
he
ran
and
threw
his
arms
around
his
neck
and
kissed
him.}}
\VS{21}{\WJ{‘Father,’
the
son
said, ‘I
sinned
against
heaven
and
against
you;
I
am
no
longer
fit
to
be
called
your
son;
make
me
one
of
your
hired
servants.’}}
\VS{22}{\WJ{
But
the
father
turned
to
his
servants
and
said ‘Be
quick
and
fetch
a
robe –
the
very
best –
and
put
it
on
him;
give
him
a
ring
for
his
finger
and
sandals
for
his
feet;}}
\VS{23}{\WJ{
and
bring
the
fattened
calf
and
kill
it,
and
let
us
eat
and
make
merry;}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
for
here
is
my
son
who
was
dead,
and
is
alive
again,
was
lost,
and
is
found.’
So
they
began
making
merry.}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
Meanwhile
the
elder
son
was
out
in
the
fields;
but,
on
coming
home,
when
he
got
near
the
house,
he
heard
music
and
dancing,}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
and
he
called
one
of
the
servants
and
asked
what
it
all
meant.}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{‘Your
brother
has
come
back,’
the
servant
told
him, ‘and
your
father
has
killed
the
fattened
calf,
because
he
has
him
back
safe
and
sound.’}}
\VS{28}{\WJ{
This
made
him
angry,
and
he
would
not
go
in.
But
his
father
came
out
and
begged
him
to
do
so.}}
\VS{29}{\WJ{‘No,’
he
said
to
his
father, ‘look
at
all
the
years
I
have
been
serving
you,
without
ever
once disobeying
you,
and
yet
you
have
never
given
me
even
a
young
goat,
so
that
I
might
have
a
party
with
my
friends.}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
But,
no sooner
has
this
son
of
yours
come,
who
has
eaten
up
your
property
in
the
company
of
prostitutes,
than
you
have
killed
the
fattened
calf
for
him.’}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{‘Child,’
the
father
answered, ‘you
are
always
with
me,
and
everything
that
I
have
is
yours.}}
\VS{32}{\WJ{
We
could
but
make
merry
and
rejoice,
for
here
is
your
brother
who
was
dead,
and
is
alive;
who
was
lost,
and
is
found.’ ”}}

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jesus
said
to
his
disciples,
{\WJ{“There
was
a
rich
man
who
had
a
steward;
and
this
steward
was
maliciously
accused
to
him
of
wasting
his
estate.}}
\VS{2}{\WJ{
So
the
master
called
him
and
said ‘What
is
this
that
I
hear
about
you?
Give
in
your
accounts,
for
you
cannot
act
as
steward
any
longer.’}}
\VS{3}{\WJ{‘What
am
I
to
do,’
the
steward
asked
himself, ‘now
that
my
master
is
taking
the steward’s
place
away
from
me?
I
have
not
strength
to
dig,
and
I
am
ashamed
to
beg.}}
\VS{4}{\WJ{
I
know
what
I
will
do,
so
that,
as
soon
as
I
am
turned
out
of
my
stewardship,
people
may
welcome
me
into
their
homes.’}}
\VS{5}{\WJ{
One
by
one
he
called
up
his
master’s
debtors. ‘How
much
do
you
owe
my
master?’
he
asked
of
the
first.}}
\VS{6}{\WJ{‘Four
hundred
and
forty
gallons
of
oil,’
answered
the
man. ‘Here
is
your
agreement,’
he
said; ‘sit
down
at
once
and
make
it
two
hundred
and
twenty.’}}
\VS{7}{\WJ{
And
you,
the
steward
said
to
the
next, ‘how
much
do
you
owe?’ ‘Seventy
quarters
of
wheat,’
he
replied. ‘Here
is
your
agreement,’
the
steward
said; ‘make
it fifty-six.’}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{
His
master complimented
this
dishonest
steward
on
the
shrewdness
of
his
action.
And
indeed
men
of
the
world
are shrewder
in dealing
with
their
fellow
men
than
those
who
have
the
light.}}
\VS{9}{\WJ{
And
I
say
to
you ‘Win
friends
for
yourselves
with
your
dishonest
money,’
so
that,
when
it
comes
to
an
end,
there
may
be
a
welcome
for
you
into
the
Eternal
Home.}}
\VS{10}{\WJ{
The
person
who
is
trustworthy
in
the
smallest
matter
is
trustworthy
in
a
great
one
also;
and
the
person
who
is
dishonest
in
the
smallest
matter
is
dishonest
in
a
great
one
also.}}
\VS{11}{\WJ{
So,
if
you
have
proved untrustworthy
with
the
dishonest
money,
who
will
trust
you
with
the
true?}}
\VS{12}{\WJ{
And,
if
you
have
proved untrustworthy
with
what
does
not
belong
to
us,
who
will
give
you
what
is
really
our
own?}}
\VS{13}{\WJ{
No
servant
can
serve
two
masters,
for,
either
they
will
hate
one
and
love
the
other,
or
else
they
will
attach
themselves
to
one
and
despise
the
other.
You
cannot
serve
both
God
and
money.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{14}All
this
was
said
within
hearing
of
the
Pharisees,
who
were
lovers
of
money,
and
they
began
to
sneer
at
Jesus.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}{\WJ{“You,”}}
said
Jesus,
{\WJ{“are
the
ones
who
justify
themselves
before
the
world,
but
God
can
read
your
hearts;
and
what
is
highly
esteemed
among
people
may
be
an
abomination
in
the
sight
of
God.}}
\VS{16}{\WJ{
The
Law
and
the
prophets
sufficed
until
the
time
of
John.
Since
then
the
good
news
of
the
kingdom
of
God
has
been
told,
and
everybody
has
been
forcing
their
way
into
it.}}
\VS{17}{\WJ{
It
would
be
easier
for
the
heavens
and
the
earth
to
disappear
than
for
one
stroke
of
a
letter
in
the
Law
to
be
lost.}}
\VS{18}{\WJ{
Everyone
who
divorces
his
wife
and
marries
another
woman
is
an
adulterer,
and
the
man
who
marries
a
divorced
woman
is
an
adulterer.}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
There
was
once
a
rich
man,
who
dressed
in
purple
robes
and
fine
linen,
and
feasted
every
day
in
great
splendor.}}
\VS{20}{\WJ{
Near
his
gateway
there
had
been
laid
a
beggar
named
Lazarus,
who
was
covered
with
sores,}}
\VS{21}{\WJ{
and
who
longed
to
satisfy
his
hunger
with
what
fell
from
the
rich
man’s
table.
Even
the
dogs
came
and
licked
his
sores.}}
\VS{22}{\WJ{
After
a
time
the
beggar
died,
and
was
taken
by
the
angels
to
be
with
Abraham.
The
rich
man
also
died
and
was
buried.}}
\VS{23}{\WJ{
In Hades
he
looked
up
in
his
torment,
and
saw
Abraham
at
a
distance
and
Lazarus
at
his
side.}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
So
he
called
out ‘Pity
me,
Father
Abraham,
and
send
Lazarus
to
dip
the
tip
of
his
finger
in
water
and
cool
my
tongue,
for
I
am
suffering
agony
in
this
flame.’}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{‘Child,’
answered
Abraham, ‘remember
that
you
in
your
lifetime
received
what
you
thought
desirable,
just
as
Lazarus
received
what
was
not
desirable;
but
now
he
has
his
consolation
here,
while
you
are
suffering
agony.}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
And
not
only
that,
but
between
you
and
us
there
lies
a
great
chasm,
so
that
those
who
wish
to
pass
from
here
to
you
cannot,
nor
can
they
cross
from
there
to
us.’}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{‘Then,
Father,’
he
said, ‘I
beg
you
to
send Lazarus
to
my
father’s
house –}}
\VS{28}{\WJ{
For
I
have
five
brothers
to
warn
them,
so
that
they
may
not
come
to
this
place
of torture
also.’}}
\VS{29}{\WJ{‘They
have
the writings
of
Moses
and
the
prophets,’
replied
Abraham; ‘let
them
listen
to
them.’}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{‘But,
Father
Abraham,’
he
urged, ‘if
someone
from
the
dead
were
to
go
to
them,
they
would
repent.’}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{‘If
they
do
not
listen
to
Moses
and
the
prophets,’
answered
Abraham, ‘they
will
not
be
persuaded,
even
if
someone
were
to
rise
from
the
dead.’ ”}}

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{17}{\PP p
\VerseOne{1}Jesus
said
to
his
disciples,
{\WJ{“It
is inevitable
that
there
should
be
temptations
but
sorrow
awaits
the
person
who
does
the tempting!}}
\VS{2}{\WJ{
It
would
be
better
for
them
if
they
had
been flung
into
the
sea
with
a
millstone
around
their
neck,
rather
than
that
they
should
cause
even
one
of
these
little
ones
to
stumble.}}
\VS{3}{\WJ{
Be
on
your
guard!
If
your
brother
or
sister
does
wrong,
rebuke
them;
but
if
they
repent,
forgive
them.}}
\VS{4}{\WJ{
Even
if
they
wrong
you
seven
times
a
day,
but
turns
to
you
every
time
and
says ‘I
am
sorry,’
you
must
forgive
them.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{5}“Give
us
more
faith,”
said
the apostles
to
the
Master;
\VS{6}but
the
Master
said,
{\WJ{“If
your
faith
were
only
like
a
mustard
seed,
you
could
say
to
this
mulberry
tree ‘Be
uprooted
and
planted
in
the
sea,’
and
it
would
obey
you.}}
\VS{7}{\WJ{
Which
of
you,
if
he
had
a
servant ploughing,
or
tending
the
sheep,
would
say
to
him,
when
he
came
in
from
the
fields, ‘Come
at
once
and
take
your
place
at
the
table,’}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{
Instead
of
saying ‘Prepare
my
dinner,
and
then
make
yourself
ready
and
serve
me
while
I
am
eating
and
drinking,
and
after
that
you
will
eat
and
drink yourself’?}}
\VS{9}{\WJ{
Does
he
feel
grateful
to
his
servant
for
doing
what
he
is
told?}}
\VS{10}{\WJ{
And
so
with
you –
when
you
have
done
all
that
you
have
been
told,
still
say ‘We
are
but
useless
servants;
we
have
done
no
more
than
we
ought
to
have
done.’ ”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{11}On
the
way
to
Jerusalem
Jesus
passed
between
Samaria
and
Galilee.
\VS{12}As
he
was
entering
a
village,
ten
lepers
met
him.
\VS{13}Standing
still,
some
distance
off,
they
called
out
loudly, “Jesus!
Sir!
Pity
us!”
\VS{14}When
Jesus
saw
them,
he
said,
{\WJ{“Go
and
show
yourselves
to
the
priest.”}}
And,
as
they
were
on
their
way,
they
were
made
clean.
\VS{15}One
of
them,
finding
he
was
cured,
came
back,
praising
God
loudly,
\VS{16}and
threw
himself
on
his
face
at Jesus’
feet,
thanking
him
for
what
he
had
done;
and
this
man
was
a
Samaritan.
\VS{17}{\WJ{“Were
not
all
the
ten
made
clean?}}
exclaimed
Jesus.
{\WJ{
But
the
nine –
where
are
they?}}
\VS{18}{\WJ{
Were
there
none
to
come
back
and
praise
God
except
this
foreigner?}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
Get
up,”}}
he
said
to
him,
{\WJ{“and
go
on
your
way.
Your
faith
has
delivered
you.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{20}Being
once
asked
by
the
Pharisees
when
the
kingdom
of
God
was
to
come,
Jesus
answered,
{\WJ{“The
kingdom
of
God
does
not
come
in
a
way
that
can
be
seen,}}
\VS{21}{\WJ{
nor
will
people
say ‘Look,
here
it
is!’
or ‘There
it
is!’;
for
the
kingdom
of
God
is
within
you!}}
\VS{22}{\WJ{
The
day
will
come,”}}
he
said
to
his
disciples,
{\WJ{“when
you
will
long
to
see
but
one
of
the
days
of
the
Son
of
Man,
and
will
not
see
it.}}
\VS{23}{\WJ{
People
will
say
to
you ‘There
he
is!’
Or ‘Here
he
is!’
Do
not
go
and
follow
them.}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
For,
just
as
lightning
will
lighten
and flare
from
one
side
of
the
heavens
to
the
other,
so
will
it
be
with
the
Son
of
Man.}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
But
first
he
must
undergo
much
suffering,
and
he
must
be
rejected
by
the
present
generation.}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
As
it
was
in
the
days
of
Noah,
so
will
it
be
again
in
the
days
of
the
Son
of
Man.}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{
They
were
eating
and
drinking
and
marrying
and
being
married,
up
to
the
very
day
on
which
Noah
entered
the
ark,
and
then
the
flood
came
and
destroyed
them
all.}}
\VS{28}{\WJ{
So,
too,
in
the
days
of
Lot.
People
were
eating,
drinking,
buying,
selling,
planting,
building;}}
\VS{29}{\WJ{
but,
on
the
very
day
on
which
Lot
came
out
of
Sodom,
it
rained
fire
and
sulfur
from
the
skies
and
destroyed
them
all.}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
It
will
be
the
same
on
the
day
on
which
the
Son
of
Man
reveals
himself.}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{
On
that
day,
if
a
person
is
on
their house-top
and
their
goods
in
the
house,
they
must
not
go
down
to
get
them;
nor
again
must
one
who
is
on
the
farm
turn
back.}}
\VS{32}{\WJ{
Remember
Lot’s
wife.}}
\VS{33}{\WJ{
Whoever
is
eager
to
get
the
most
out
of
their
life
will
lose
it;
but
whoever
will
lose
it
will
preserve
it.}}
\VS{34}{\WJ{
On
that
night,
I
tell
you,
of
two
people
on
the
same
bed,
one
will
be
taken
and
the
other
left;}}
\VS{35}{\WJ{
of
two
women
grinding
grain
together,
one
will
be
taken
and
the
other
left.”}}
\VS{36}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 17:36 }
Some later manuscripts add: There will be two in the field; one will be taken and the other left.}
\par }{\PP \VS{37}“Where
will
it
be,
Master?”
asked
the
disciples.
{\WJ{“Where
there
is
a
body,”}}
said
Jesus,
{\WJ{“there
will
the
vultures
flock.”}}

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jesus
told
his
disciples
a
parable
to
show
them
that
they
should
always
pray
and
never
despair.
\VS{2}{\WJ{“There
was,”}}
he
said,
{\WJ{“in
a
certain
town
a
judge,
who
had
no
fear
of
God
nor
regard
for
people.}}
\VS{3}{\WJ{
In
the
same
town
there
was
a
widow
who
went
to
him
again
and
again,
and
said ‘Grant
me
justice
against
my
opponent.’}}
\VS{4}{\WJ{
For
a
time
the
judge
refused,
but
afterward
he
said
to
himself ‘Although
I
am
without
fear
of
God
or
regard
for
people,}}
\VS{5}{\WJ{
yet,
as
this
widow
is
so
troublesome,
I
will
grant
her
justice,
to
stop
her
from plaguing
me
with
her
endless visits.’ ”}}
\VS{6}Then
the
Master
added,
{\WJ{“Listen
to
what
this iniquitous
judge
says!}}
\VS{7}{\WJ{
And
God –
won’t
he
see
that
his
own
people,
who
cry
to
him
night
and
day,
have
justice
done
them –
though
he
holds
his
hand?}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{
He
will,
I
tell
you,
give
them
justice
soon
enough!
Yet,
when
the
Son
of
Man
comes,
will
he
find
faith
on
earth?”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP p
\VS{9}Another
time,
speaking
to
people
who
were
satisfied
that
they
were religious,
and
who
regarded
everyone
else
with
scorn,
Jesus
told
this
parable –
\VS{10}{\WJ{“Two
men
went
up
into
the
Temple
Courts
to
pray.
One
was
a
Pharisee
and
the
other
a tax-gatherer.}}
\VS{11}{\WJ{
The
Pharisee
stood
forward
and
began
praying
to
himself
in
this
way – ‘God,
I
thank
you
that
I
am
not
like
other
men –
thieves, rogues,
adulterers –
or
even
like
this tax-gatherer.}}
\VS{12}{\WJ{
I
fast
twice
a
week,
and
give
a
tenth
of
everything
I
get
to
God.’}}
\VS{13}{\WJ{
Meanwhile
the tax-gatherer
stood
at
a
distance,
not venturing
even
to
raise
his
eyes
to
heaven,
but
he
kept
striking
his
breast
and
saying ‘God,
have
mercy
on
me,
a
sinner.’}}
\VS{14}{\WJ{
This
man,
I
tell
you,
went
home
pardoned,
rather
than
the
other.
For
everyone
who
exalts
himself
will
be
humbled,
while
everyone
who
humbles
himself
will
be
exalted.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{15}Some
of
the
people
were
bringing
even
their
babies
to
Jesus,
for
him
to
touch
them;
but,
when
the
disciples
saw
it,
they
began
to
find
fault
with
those
who
had
brought
them.
\VS{16}Jesus,
however,
called
the
little
children
to
him.
{\WJ{“Let
the
little
children
come
to
me,”}}
he
said,
{\WJ{“and
do
not
hinder
them,
for
it
is
to
the childlike
that
the
kingdom
of
God
belongs.}}
\VS{17}{\WJ{
I
tell
you,
unless
a
man
receives
the
kingdom
of
God
like
a
child,
he
will
not
enter
it
at
all.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP p
\VS{18}And
one
of
the
leaders
asked
Jesus
this
question – “Good
teacher,
what
must
I
do
if
I
am
to
gain
eternal
life?”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}{\WJ{“Why
do
you
call
me
good?”}}
answered
Jesus.
{\WJ{“No
one
is
good
but
God.}}
\VS{20}{\WJ{
You
know
the
commandments –
Do
not
commit
adultery,
Do
not
kill,
Do
not
steal,
Do
not
say
what
is
false
about
others,
Honor
your
father
and
your
mother.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{21}“I
have
observed
all
these,”
he
replied, “from
childhood.”
\VS{22}Hearing
this,
Jesus
said
to
him,
{\WJ{“There
is
one
thing
still
lacking
in
you;
sell
everything
that
you
have,
and
distribute
to
the
poor,
and
you
will
have
wealth
in
heaven;
then
come
and
follow
me.”}}
\VS{23}But
the
man
became
greatly
distressed
on
hearing
this,
for
he
was
extremely
rich.
\VS{24}Seeing
this,
Jesus
said
to
his
disciples,
{\WJ{“How
hard
it
is
for
the
wealthy
to
enter
the
kingdom
of
God!}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
It
is
easier,
indeed,
for
a
camel
to
get
through
a needle’s
eye
than
for
a
rich
person
to
enter
the
kingdom
of
God!”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{26}“Then
who
can
be
saved?”
asked
those
who
heard
this.
\VS{27}But
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“What
is
impossible
with
people
is
possible
with
God.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{28}“But
we,”
said
Peter, “we
left
what
belonged
to
us
and
followed
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{29}{\WJ{“I
tell
you,”}}
he
answered,
{\WJ{“that
there
is
no
one
who
has
left
house,
or
wife,
or
brothers,
or
parents,
or
children,
for
the
sake
of
the
kingdom
of
God,}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
who
will
not
receive
many
times
as
much
in
the
present,
and
in
the
age
that
is
coming
eternal
life.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP p
\VS{31}Gathering
the
Twelve
around
him,
Jesus
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“Listen!
We
are
going
up
to
Jerusalem;
and
there
everything
that
is
written
in
the
prophets
will
be
done
to
the
Son
of
Man.}}
\VS{32}{\WJ{
For
he
will
be
given
up
to
the
Gentiles,
mocked,
insulted
and
spat
on;}}
\VS{33}{\WJ{
they
will
scourge
him,
and
then
put
him
to
death;
and
on
the
third
day
he
will
rise
again.”}}
\VS{34}The apostles
did
not
comprehend
any
of
this.
His
meaning
was
unintelligible
to
them
and
they
did
not
understand
what
he
was
saying.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{35}As
Jesus
was
getting
near
Jericho,
a
blind
man
was
sitting
by
the roadside,
begging.
\VS{36}Hearing
a
crowd
going
by,
the
man
asked
what
was
the
matter;
\VS{37}and,
when
people
told
him
that
Jesus
of
Nazareth
was
passing,
\VS{38}he
shouted
out, “Jesus,
Son
of
David,
take
pity
on
me!”
\VS{39}Those
who
were
in
front
kept
telling
him
to
be
quiet,
but
he
continued
to
call
out
the
louder, “Son
of
David,
take
pity
on
me!”
\VS{40}Then
Jesus
stopped
and
ordered
the
man
to
be
brought
to
him.
And,
when
he
had
come
close
up
to
him,
Jesus
asked
him,
\VS{41}{\WJ{“What
do
you
want
me
to
do
for
you?”}}
\par }{\PP “Master,”
he
said, “I
want
to
recover
my
sight.”
\VS{42}And
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“Recover
your
sight,
your
faith
has
delivered
you.”}}
\VS{43}Instantly
he
recovered
his
sight,
and
began
to
follow
Jesus,
praising
God.
And
all
the
people,
on
seeing
it,
gave
glory
to
God.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jesus
entered
Jericho
and
made
his
way
through
the
town.
\VS{2}There
was
a
man
there,
known
by
the
name
of
Zacchaeus,
who
was
a
senior
tax collector
and
a
rich
man.
\VS{3}He
tried
to
see
what
Jesus
was
like;
but,
being
short,
he
was
unable
to
do
so
because
of
the
crowd.
\VS{4}So
he
ran
on
ahead
and
climbed
into
a mulberry
tree
to
see
Jesus,
for
he
knew
that
he
must
pass
that
way.
\VS{5}When
Jesus
came
to
the
place,
he
looked
up
and
said
to
him,
{\WJ{“Zacchaeus,
be
quick
and
come
down,
for
I
must
stop
at
your
house
today.”}}
\VS{6}So Zacchaeus
got
down
quickly,
and
joyfully
welcomed
him.
\VS{7}On
seeing
this,
everyone
began
to
complain, “He
has
gone
to
stay
with
a
man
who
is
an
outcast.”
\VS{8}But
Zacchaeus
stood
forward
and
said
to
the
Master, “Listen,
Master!
I
will
give
half
my
property
to
the
poor,
and,
if
I
have
defrauded
anyone
of
anything,
I
will
give
him
back
four
times
as
much.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}{\WJ{“Salvation
has
come
to
this
house
today,”}}
answered
Jesus,
{\WJ{“for
even
this
man
is
a
son
of
Abraham.}}
\VS{10}{\WJ{
The
Son
of
Man
has
come
to
search
for
those
who
are
lost
and
to
save
them.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{11}As
the
people
were
listening
to
this,
Jesus
went
on
to
tell
them
a
parable.
He
did
so
because
he
was
near
Jerusalem,
and
because
they
thought
that
the
kingdom
of
God
was
going
to
be
proclaimed
at
once.
\VS{12}He
said,
{\WJ{“A
nobleman
once
went
to
a
distant
country
to
receive
his
appointment
to
a
kingdom
and
then
return.}}
\VS{13}{\WJ{
He
called
ten
of
his
servants
and
gave
them
ten
pounds
of
silver
each,
and
told
them
to
trade
with
them
during
his absence.}}
\VS{14}{\WJ{
But
his
subjects
hated
him
and
sent
envoys
after
him
to
say ‘We
will
not
have
this
man
as
our
king.’}}
\VS{15}{\WJ{
On
his
return,
after
having
been
appointed
king,
he
directed
that
the
servants
to
whom
he
had
given
his
money
should
be
summoned,
so
that
he
might
learn
what
amount
of
trade
they
had
done.}}
\VS{16}{\WJ{
The
first
came
up,
and
said ‘Sir,
your
ten
pounds
have
made
a
hundred.’}}
\VS{17}{\WJ{‘Well
done,
good
servant!’
exclaimed
the
master. ‘As
you
have
proved
trustworthy
in
a
very
small
matter,
I
appoint
you
governor
over
ten
towns.’}}
\VS{18}{\WJ{
When
the
second
came,
he
said ‘Your
ten
pounds,
Sir,
have
produced
fifty.’}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
So
the
master
said
to
him ‘And
you
I
appoint
over
five
towns.’}}
\VS{20}{\WJ{
Another
servant
also
came
and
said ‘Sir,
here
are
your
ten
pounds;
I
have
kept
them
put
away
in
a
handkerchief.}}
\VS{21}{\WJ{
For
I
was
afraid
of
you,
because
you
are
a
stern
man.
You
take
what
you
have
not
planted,
and
reap
what
you
have
not
sown.’}}
\VS{22}{\WJ{
The
master
answered ‘Out
of
your
own
mouth
I
judge
you,
you
worthless
servant.
You
knew
that
I
am
a
stern
man,
that
I
take
what
I
have
not
planted,
and
reap
what
I
have
not
sown?}}
\VS{23}{\WJ{
Then
why
didn’t
you
put
my
money
into
a
bank?
And
I,
on
my
return,
could
have
claimed
it
with
interest.}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
Take
away
from
him
the
ten
pounds,’
he
said
to
those
standing
by, ‘and
give
them
to
the
one
who
has
the
hundred.’}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{‘But,
Sir,’
they
said, ‘he
has
a
hundred
pounds
already!’}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{‘I
tell
you,’
he
answered, ‘that,
to
him
who
has,
more
will
be
given,
but,
from
him
who
has
nothing,
even
what
he
has
will
be
taken
away.}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{
But
as
for
my
enemies,
these
men
who
would
not
have
me
as
their
king,
bring
them
here
and
put
them
to
death
in
my
presence.’ ”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{28}After
saying
this,
Jesus
went
on
in
front,
going
up
to
Jerusalem.
\par }{\SH The
Last
Days
\par }{\PP \VS{29}It
was
when
Jesus
had
almost
reached Bethphage
and Bethany,
near
the
Mount
of
Olives,
that
he
sent
on
two
of
the
disciples.
\VS{30}{\WJ{“Go
to
the
village
facing
us,”}}
he
said,
{\WJ{“and,
when
you
get
there,
you
will
find
a
foal tethered,
which
no
one
has
yet
ridden;
untie
it
and
lead
it
here.}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{
And,
if anybody
asks
you ‘Why
are
you
untying
it?’,
you
are
to
say
this – ‘The
Master
wants
it.’ ”}}
\VS{32}So
the
two
who
were
sent
went
and
found
it
as
Jesus
had
told
them.
\VS{33}While
they
were
untying
the
foal,
the
owners
asked
them – “Why
are
you
untying
the
foal?”
\VS{34}And
the
two
disciples
answered – “The
Master
wants
it.”
\VS{35}Then
they
led
it
back
to
Jesus,
and
threw
their
cloaks
on
the
foal
and
put
Jesus
on
it.
\VS{36}As
he
went
along,
the
people
kept
spreading
their
cloaks
in
the
road.
\VS{37}When
he
had
almost
reached
the
place
where
the
road
led
down
the
Mount
of
Olives,
everyone
of
the
many
disciples
began
in
their
joy
to
praise
God
loudly
for
all
the
miracles
that
they
had
seen:
\par }{\Q \VS{38}“Blessed
is
He
who
comes –
our
king –
in
the
name
of
the
Lord!
\par }{\Q Peace
in
heaven,
\par }{\QB and
glory
on
high.”
\par }{\MM \VS{39}Some
of
the
Pharisees
in
the
crowd
said
to
him, “Teacher,
restrain
your
disciples.”
\VS{40}But
Jesus
answered,
{\WJ{“I
tell
you
that
if
they
are
silent,
the
stones
will
call
out.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{41}When
he
drew
near,
on
seeing
the
city,
he
wept
over
it,
and
said,
\VS{42}{\WJ{“If
only
you
had
known,
while
yet
there
was
time –
even
you –
the
things
that
make
for
peace!
But
now
they
have
been
hidden
from
your
sight.}}
\VS{43}{\WJ{
For
a
time
is
coming
when
your
enemies
will
surround
you
with earthworks,
and
encircle
you,
and
hem
you
in
on
all
sides;}}
\VS{44}{\WJ{
they
will
trample
you
down
and
your
children
within
you,
and
they
will
not
leave
in
you
one
stone
on
another,
because
you
did
not
know
the
time
of
your
visitation.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{45}Jesus
went
into
the
Temple
Courts
and
began
to
drive
out
those
who
were
selling,
\VS{46}saying
as
he
did
so,
{\WJ{“Scripture
says – ‘My
house
will
be
a
house
of prayer’;
but
you
have
made
it
a
den
of
robbers.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{47}Jesus
continued
to
teach
each
day
in
the
Temple
Courts;
but
the
chief
priests
and
teachers
of
the
Law
were
eager
to
take
his
life,
and
so
also
were
the
leaders
of
the
people.
\VS{48}Yet
they
could
not
see
what
to
do,
for
the
people
all
hung
on
his
words.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}On
one
of
these
days,
when
Jesus
was
teaching
the
people
in
the
Temple
Courts
and
telling
the
good
news,
the
chief
priests
and
the
teachers
of
the
Law,
joined
by
the
elders,
confronted
him,
\VS{2}and
addressing
him,
said, “Tell
us
what
authority
you
have
to
do
these
things.
Who
is
it
who
has
given
you
this
authority?”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}{\WJ{“I,
too,”}}
said
Jesus
in
reply,
{\WJ{“will
ask
you
one
question.
Give
me
an
answer
to
it.}}
\VS{4}{\WJ{
It
is
about
John’s baptism –
was
it
of
divine
or
of
human
origin?”}}
\VS{5}But
they
began
arguing
together, “If
we
say ‘divine,’
he
will
say ‘Why
didn’t
you
believe
him?’
\VS{6}But,
if
we
say ‘human,’
the
people
will
all
stone
us,
for
they
are
persuaded
that
John
was
a
prophet.”
\VS{7}So
they
answered
that
they
did
not
know
its
origin.
\VS{8}{\WJ{“Then
I,”}}
said
Jesus,
{\WJ{“refuse
to
tell
you
what
authority
I
have
to
do
these
things.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{9}But
Jesus
began
to
tell
the
people
this
parable –
{\WJ{“A
man
once
planted
a
vineyard,
and
then
let
it
out
to
tenants,
and
went
abroad
for
a
long
while.}}
\VS{10}{\WJ{
At
the
proper
time
he
sent
a
servant
to
the
tenants,
so
that
they
could
give
him
a
share
of
the
produce
of
the
vineyard.
The
tenants,
however,
beat
him
and
sent
him
away
empty-handed.}}
\VS{11}{\WJ{
The
owner
afterward
sent
another
servant;
but
the
tenants
beat
and
insulted
this
man
too,
and
sent
him
away
empty-handed.}}
\VS{12}{\WJ{
He
sent
a
third;
but
they
wounded
this
man
also,
and
threw
him
outside.}}
\VS{13}{\WJ{‘What
should
I
do?’
said
the
owner
of
the
vineyard. ‘I
will
send
my
son,
who
is
very
dear
to
me.
Perhaps
they
will
respect
him.’}}
\VS{14}{\WJ{
But,
on
seeing
him,
the
tenants
consulted
with
one
another. ‘Here
is
the
heir!’
they
said. ‘Let
us
kill
him,
and
then
the
inheritance
will
become
ours.’}}
\VS{15}{\WJ{
So
they
threw
him
outside
the
vineyard
and
killed
him.
Now
what
will
the
owner
of
the
vineyard
do
to
them?}}
\VS{16}{\WJ{
He
will
come
and
put
those
tenants
to
death,
and
will
let
the
vineyard
to
others.”}}
\par }{\PP “Heaven
forbid!”
they
exclaimed
when
they
heard
it.
\VS{17}But
Jesus
looked
at
them
and
said,
{\WJ{“What
then
is
the
meaning
of
this
passage? –
}}
\par }{\Q {\WJ{‘The
stone
which
the
builders
despised
has
now
itself
become
the
cornerstone.’}}
\par }{\MM \VS{18}{\WJ{
Everyone
who
falls
on
that
stone
will
be
dashed
to
pieces,
while
anyone
on
whom
it
falls –
it
will
scatter
him
as
dust.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{19}After
this
the
teachers
of
the
Law
and
the
chief
priest
were
eager
to
lay
hands
on
Jesus
then
and
there,
but
they
were
afraid
of
the
people;
for
they
saw
that
it
was
at
them
that
he
had
aimed
this
parable.
\VS{20}Having
watched
their opportunity,
they
afterward
sent
some
spies,
who
pretended
to
be
good
men,
to
catch
Jesus
in
the
course
of
conversation,
and
so
enable
them
to
give
him
up
to
the
Governor’s
jurisdiction
and
authority.
\VS{21}These
spies
asked
Jesus
a
question.
They
said, “Teacher,
we
know
that
you
are
right
in
what
you
say
and
teach,
and
that
you
do
not
take
any
account
of
a
person’s
position,
but
teach
the
way
of
God
honestly;
\VS{22}are
we
right
in
paying
tribute
to
the Emperor
or
not?”
\VS{23}Seeing
through
their
deceitfulness,
Jesus
said
to
them,
\VS{24}{\WJ{“Show
me
a coin.
Whose
head
and
title
are
on
it?”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{25}“The Emperor’s,”
they
said;
and
Jesus
replied,
{\WJ{“Well
then,
pay
to
the Emperor
what
belongs
to
the Emperor,
and
to
God
what
belongs
to
God.”}}
\VS{26}They
could
not
object
to
this
answer
before
the
people;
and,
in
their
wonder
at
his
reply,
they
held
their
tongues.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{27}Presently
there
came
up
some
Sadducees,
who
maintain
that
there
is
no resurrection.
Their
question
was
this –
\VS{28}“Teacher,
Moses
laid
down
for
us
in
his writings
that –
\par }{\Q ‘Should
a
man’s
married
brother
die,
and
should
he
be
childless,
the
man
should
take
the
widow
as
his
wife,
and
raise
up
a
family
for
his
brother.’
\par }{\MM \VS{29}Well,
there
were
once
seven
brothers;
of
whom
the
eldest,
after
taking
a
wife,
died
childless.
\VS{30}The
second
and
third
brothers
both
took
her
as
their
wife;
\VS{31}and
so,
too,
did
all
seven –
dying
without
children.
\VS{32}The
woman
herself
was
the
last
to
die.
\VS{33}About
the
woman,
then –
at
the resurrection,
whose
wife
is
she
to
be,
all
seven
brothers
having
had
her
as
their
wife?”
\par }{\PP \VS{34}{\WJ{“The
men
and
women
of
this
world,”}}
said
Jesus,
{\WJ{“marry
and
are
given
in
marriage;}}
\VS{35}{\WJ{
but,
for
those
who
are
thought
worthy
to
attain
to
that
other
world
and
the resurrection
from
the
dead,
there
is
no
marrying
or
being
married,}}
\VS{36}{\WJ{
nor
indeed
can
they
die
again,
for
they
are
like
angels
and,
having
shared
in
the resurrection,
they
are
God’s
children.}}
\VS{37}{\WJ{
As
to
the
fact
that
the
dead
rise,
even
Moses indicated
that,
in
the
passage
about
the
Bush,
when
he
calls
the
Lord –
}}
\par }{\Q {\WJ{‘The
God
of
Abraham,
and
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob.’}}
\par }{\MM \VS{38}{\WJ{
Now
he
is
not
God
of
dead
people,
but
of
living.
For
in
his
sight
all
are
alive.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{39}“Well
said,
teacher!”
exclaimed
some
of
the
teachers
of
the
Law,
\VS{40}for
they
did
not
venture
to
question
him
any
further.
\VS{41}But
Jesus
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“How
is
it
that
people
say
that
the
Christ
is
to
be
David’s
son?}}
\VS{42}{\WJ{
For
David,
in
the
book
of
Psalms,
says
himself –
}}
\par }{\Q {\WJ{‘The
Lord
said
to
my
lord:
Sit
at
my
right
hand,}}
\par }{\Q \VS{43}{\WJ{
until
I
put
your
enemies
as
a
stool
for
your
feet.’}}
\par }{\MM \VS{44}{\WJ{
David,
then,
calls
him ‘lord,’
so
how
is
he
David’s
son?”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{45}While
all
the
people
were
listening,
Jesus
said
to
the
disciples,
\VS{46}{\WJ{“Be
on
your
guard
against
the
teachers
of
the
Law,
who
delight
to
walk
about
in
long
robes,
and
like
to
be
greeted
in
the
streets
with
respect,
and
to
have
the
best
seats
in
the
synagogues,
and
places
of
honor
at
dinner.}}
\VS{47}{\WJ{
These
are
the
men
who
rob
widows
of
their
houses,
and
make
a
pretense
of
saying
long
prayers.
Their
sentence
will
be
all
the
heavier.”}}

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Looking
up, Jesus
saw
the
rich
people
putting
their
gifts
into
the
chests
for
the
Temple
offerings.
\VS{2}He
saw,
too,
a
widow
in
poor
circumstances
putting
two
small
coins
into
them.
\VS{3}{\WJ{“I
tell
you”}},
he
said
{\WJ{“that
this
poor
widow
has
put
in
more
than
all
the
others;}}
\VS{4}{\WJ{
for
everyone
else
here
put
in
something
from
what
he
had
to
spare,
while
she,
in
her
need,
has
put
in
all
she
had
to
live
on.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{5}When
some
of
them
spoke
about
the
Temple
being
decorated
with
beautiful
stones
and
offerings,
Jesus
said,
\VS{6}{\WJ{“As
for
these
things
that
you
are
looking
at,
a
time
is
coming
when
not
one
stone
will
be
left
on
another
here.
Every
one
will
be
thrown
down.”}}
\VS{7}So
the
disciples
questioned
Jesus, “But,
teacher,
when
will
this
happen?
And
what
sign
will
there
be
when
this
is
near?”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}And
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“See
that
you
are
not
led
astray;
for
many
will
take
my
name,
and
come
saying ‘I
am
He,’
and ‘The
time
is
close
at
hand.’
Do
not
follow
them.}}
\VS{9}{\WJ{
And,
when
you
hear
of
wars
and
disturbances,
do
not
be
terrified,
for
these
things
must
occur
first;
but
the
end
will
not
be
at
once.”}}
\VS{10}Then
he
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“Nation
will
rise
against
nation
and
kingdom
against
kingdom,}}
\VS{11}{\WJ{
and
there
will
be
great
earthquakes,
and
plagues
and
famines
in
various
places,
and
there
will
be
terrible
appearances
and
signs
in
the
heavens.}}
\VS{12}{\WJ{
Before
all
this,
they
will
lay
hands
on
you
and
persecute
you,
and
they
will
betray
you
to
synagogues
and
put
you
in
prison,
when
you
will
be
brought
before
kings
and
governors
for
the
sake
of
my
name.}}
\VS{13}{\WJ{
Then
will
be
your opportunity
of witnessing
for
me.}}
\VS{14}{\WJ{
Make
up
your
minds,
therefore,
not
to
prepare
your
defense;}}
\VS{15}{\WJ{
for
I
will
myself
give
you
words,
and
a
wisdom
which
all
your
opponents
together
will
be
unable
to
resist
or
defy.}}
\VS{16}{\WJ{
You
will
be
betrayed
even
by
your
parents
and
brothers
and
sisters
and
relatives
and
friends,
and
they
will
cause
some
of
you
to
be
put
to
death,}}
\VS{17}{\WJ{
and
you
will
be
hated
by
everyone
because
of
me
my
name.}}
\VS{18}{\WJ{
Yet
not
a
single
hair
of
your
heads
will
be
lost!}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
By
your
endurance
you
will
win
yourselves
life.}}
\VS{20}{\WJ{
As
soon,
however,
as
you
see
Jerusalem
surrounded
by
armed
camps,
then
you
may
know
that
the
hour
of
her desecration
is
at
hand.}}
\VS{21}{\WJ{
Then
those
of
you
who
are
in
Judea
must
take
refuge
in
the
mountains,
those
who
are
in
Jerusalem
must
leave
at
once,
and
those
who
are
in
the
country
places
must
not
go
into
it.}}
\VS{22}{\WJ{
For
these
are
to
be
the
days
of
vengeance,
when
all
that
scripture
says
will
be
fulfilled.}}
\VS{23}{\WJ{
Alas
for
pregnant
women,
and
for
those
who
are
nursing
infants
in
those
days!
For
there
will
be
great
suffering
in
the
land,
and
anger
against
this
people.}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
They
will
fall
by
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
will
be
taken
prisoners
to
every
land,
and
Jerusalem
will
be
under
the
heel
of
the
Gentiles,
until
their
day
is
over –
as
it
will
be.}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
There
will
be
signs,
too,
in
the
sun
and
moon
and
stars,
and
on
the
earth
despair
among
the
nations,
in
their
dismay
at
the
roar
of
the
sea
and
the
surge.}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
People’s
hearts
will
fail
them
through
dread
of
what
is
coming
upon
the
world;
for
the
forces
of
the
heavens
will
be convulsed.}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{
Then
will
be
seen
the
Son
of
Man
coming
in
a
cloud
with
power
and
great
glory.}}
\VS{28}{\WJ{
And,
when
these
things
begin
to
occur,
look
upwards
and
lift
your
heads,
for
your
deliverance
will
be
at
hand.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Then
he
taught
them
a lesson,
saying –
{\WJ{“Look
at
the
fig
tree
and
all
the
other
trees.}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
As
soon
as
they
shoot,
you
know,
as
you
look
at
them,
without
being
told,
that
summer
is
near.}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{
And
so
may
you,
as
soon
as
you
see
these
things
happening,
know
that
the
kingdom
of
God
is
near.}}
\VS{32}{\WJ{
I
tell
you
that
even
the
present
generation
will
not
pass
away
until
all
has
taken
place.}}
\VS{33}{\WJ{
The
heavens
and
the
earth
will
pass
away,
but
my
words
will
never
pass
away.}}
\VS{34}{\WJ{
Be
on
your
guard
or
your
minds
will
become dulled
by debauches
or
drunkenness
or
the anxieties
of
life,
and ‘that day’
will
close
on
you
suddenly
like
a
trap.}}
\VS{35}{\WJ{
For
it
will
come
on
all
who
are
living
upon
the
face
of
the
whole
earth.}}
\VS{36}{\WJ{
Be
on
the
watch
at
all
times,
and
pray
that
you
may
have
strength
to
escape
all
that
is
destined
to
happen,
and
to
stand
in
the
presence
of
the
Son
of
Man.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{37}During
the
days,
Jesus
continued
to
teach
in
the
Temple
Courts,
but
he
went
out
and
spent
the
nights
on
the
hill
called
the ‘Mount
of
Olives.’
\VS{38}And
all
the
people
would
get
up
early
in
the
morning
and
come
to
listen
to
him
in
the
Temple
Courts.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
feast
of
the
unleavened
bread,
known
as
the
Passover,
was
near.
\VS{2}The
chief
priest
and
the
teachers
of
the
Law
were
looking
for
an opportunity
of
destroying
Jesus,
for
they
were
afraid
of
the
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Now
Satan
took
possession
of
Judas,
who
was
known
as
Iscariot,
and
who
belonged
to
the
Twelve;
\VS{4}and
he
went
and
discussed
with
the
chief
priests
and
officers
in
charge
at
the
Temple
the
best
way
of
betraying
Jesus
to
them.
\VS{5}They
were
glad
of
this,
and
agreed
to
pay
him.
\VS{6}So
Judas assented,
and
looked
for
an
opportunity
to
betray
Jesus
to
them,
in
the absence
of
a
crowd.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}When
the
day
of
the
Festival
of
the
unleavened
bread
came,
on
which
the
Passover
lambs
had
to
be
killed,
\VS{8}Jesus
sent
forward
Peter
and
John,
saying
to
them,
{\WJ{“Go
and
make
preparations
for
our
eating
the
Passover.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{9}“Where
do
you
wish
us
to
make
preparations?”
they
asked.
\VS{10}{\WJ{“Listen,”}}
he
answered,
{\WJ{“when
you
have
reached
the
city,
a
man
carrying
a
pitcher
of
water
will
meet
you;
follow
him
into
whatever
house
he
enters;}}
\VS{11}{\WJ{
and
you
will
say
to
the
owner
of
the
house ‘The
teacher
says
to
you –
Where
is
the
room
where
I
am
to
eat
the
Passover
with
my
disciples?’}}
\VS{12}{\WJ{
The
man
will
show
you
a
large upstairs
room,
set
out;
there
make
preparations.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{13}So
Peter
and
John
went
on,
and
found
everything
just
as
Jesus
had
told
them,
and
they
prepared
the
Passover.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}When
the
time
came,
Jesus
took
his
place
at
the
table,
and
the apostles
with
him.
\VS{15}{\WJ{“I
have
most
earnestly
wished,”}}
he
said,
{\WJ{“to
eat
this
Passover
with
you
before
I
suffer.}}
\VS{16}{\WJ{
For
I
tell
you
that
I
will
not
eat
it
again,
until
it
has
had
its
fulfillment
in
the
kingdom
of
God.”}}
\VS{17}Then,
on
receiving
a
cup,
after
saying
the
thanksgiving,
he
said,
{\WJ{“Take
this
and
share
it
among
you.}}
\VS{18}{\WJ{
For
I
tell
you
that
I
will
not,
after
today,
drink
of
the
fruit
of
the
vine,
until
the
kingdom
of
God
has
come.”}}
\VS{19}Then
Jesus
took
some
bread,
and,
after
saying
the
thanksgiving,
broke
it
and
gave
to
them,
with
the
words,
{\WJ{“This
is
my
body.}}
\VS{20}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:20 }
Some later manuscripts add: which is now to be given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me. And in the same way with the cup, after supper, saying: “This cup is the New Covenant made by my blood which is being poured out on your behalf.”}
\VS{21}{\WJ{
Yet
see!
The
hand
of
the
man
who
is
betraying
me
is
beside
me
on
the
table!}}
\VS{22}{\WJ{
True,
the
Son
of
Man
is
passing,
by
the
way
ordained
for
him,
yet
alas
for
that
man
by
whom
he
is
being
betrayed!”}}
\VS{23}Then
they
began
questioning
one
another
which
of
them
it
could
be
who
was
going
to
do
this.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}And
a
dispute
arose
among
them
as
to
which
of
them
was
to
be
regarded
as
the
greatest.
\VS{25}Jesus,
however,
said,
{\WJ{“The
kings
of
the
Gentiles
lord
it
over
them,
and
their
oppressors
are styled ‘Benefactors.’}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
But
with
you
it
must
not
be
so.
No,
let
the
greatest
among
you
become
like
the
youngest,
and
him
who
leads
like
him
who
serves.}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{
Which
is
the
greater –
the
master
at
the
table
or
his
servant?
Is
not
it
the
master
at
the
table?
Yet
I
myself
am
among
you
as
one
who
serves.}}
\VS{28}{\WJ{
You
are
the
men
who
have
stood
by
me
in
my
trials;}}
\VS{29}{\WJ{
and,
just
as
my
Father
has
assigned
me
a
kingdom,
I
assign
you
places,}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
so
that
you
may
eat
and
drink
at
my
table
in
my
kingdom,
and
be
seated
on
twelve
thrones
as
judges
of
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel.}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{
Simon!
Simon!
listen.
Satan
demanded
leave
to
sift
you
all
like
wheat,}}
\VS{32}{\WJ{
but
I
prayed
for
you, Simon,
that
your
faith
should
not
fail.
And
you,
when
you
have
returned
to
me,
are
to
strengthen
the
others.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{33}“Master,”
said
Peter, “with
you
I
am
ready
to
go
both
to
prison
and
to
death.”
\par }{\PP \VS{34}{\WJ{“I
tell
you,
Peter,”}}
replied
Jesus,
{\WJ{“the cock
will
not
crow
today
until
you
have disowned
all
knowledge
of
me
three
times.”}}
\VS{35}Then
he
said
to
them
all,
{\WJ{“When
I
sent
you
out
as
my
messengers,
without
either
purse,
or
bag,
or
sandals,
were
you
in
need
of
anything?”}}
\par }{\PP “No;
nothing,”
they
answered.
\VS{36}{\WJ{“Now,
however,”}}
he
said,
{\WJ{“he
who
has
a
purse
must
take
it
and
his
bag
as
well;
and
he
who
has
not
must
sell
his
cloak
and
buy
a
sword.}}
\VS{37}{\WJ{
For,
I
tell
you,
that
passage
of
scripture
must
be
fulfilled
in
me,
which
says – ‘He
was
counted
among
the godless’;
indeed
all
that
refers
to
me
is
finding
its
fulfillment.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{38}“Master,”
they
exclaimed, “look,
here
are
two
swords!”
\par }{\PP {\WJ{“Enough!”}}
said
Jesus.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{39}Jesus
then
went
out,
and
made
his
way
as
usual
to
the
Mount
of
Olives,
followed
by
his
disciples.
\VS{40}And,
when
he
reached
the
spot,
he
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“Pray
that
you
may
not
fall
into
temptation.”}}
\VS{41}Then
he
withdrew
about
a
stone’s
throw,
and
knelt
down
and
began
to
pray.
\VS{42}{\WJ{“Father,”}}
he
said,
{\WJ{“if
it
is
your
pleasure,
spare
me
this
cup;
only,
not
my
will
but
your
be
done.”}}
\VS{43}Presently
there
appeared
to
him
an
angel
from
heaven,
who
strengthened
him.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 22:43 }
Some later manuscripts do not contain verses 43 or 44.}
\VS{44}And,
as
his
anguish
became
intense,
he
prayed
still
more
earnestly,
while
his
sweat
was
like
great
drops
of
blood
falling
on
the
ground.
\VS{45}Then
he
rose
from
praying,
and
came
to
the
disciples
and
found
them
sleeping
for
sorrow.
\VS{46}{\WJ{“Why
are
you
asleep?”}}
he
asked
them.
{\WJ{“Rise
and
pray
so
that
you
don’t
fall
into
temptation.”}}
\VS{47}While
he
was
still
speaking,
a
crowd
appeared
in
sight,
led
by
the
man
called
Judas,
who
was
one
of
the
Twelve.
Judas
approached
Jesus,
to
kiss
him;
\VS{48}at
which
Jesus
said
to
him,
{\WJ{“Judas,
is
it
by
a
kiss
that
you
betray
the
Son
of
Man?”}}
\VS{49}But
when
those
who
were
around
Jesus
saw
what
was
going
to
happen,
they
exclaimed, “Master,
should
we
use
our
swords?”
\VS{50}And
one
of
them
struck
the
high
priest’s
servant
and
cut
off
his
right
ear;
\VS{51}at
which
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“Let
me
at
least
do
this”;
and,
touching
his
ear,
he
healed
the
wound.}}
\VS{52}Then,
turning
to
the
chief
priests
and
officers
in
charge
at
the
Temple
and
the
elders,
who
had
come
for
him,
he
said,
{\WJ{“Have
you
come
out,
as
if
after
a
robber,
with
swords
and
clubs?}}
\VS{53}{\WJ{
When
I
was
with
you
day
after
day
in
the
Temple
Courts,
you
did
not
lay
hands
on
me;
but
now
your
time
has
come,
and
the
power
of
darkness.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP p
\VS{54}Those
who
had
taken
Jesus
prisoner
took
him
away
into
the
house
of
the
high
priest.
Peter
followed
at
a
distance.
\VS{55}But,
when
they
had
lit
a
fire
in
the centre
of
the
courtyard
and
had
all
sat
down
there,
Peter
seated
himself
in
the
middle
of
them.
\VS{56}Presently
a
maidservant
saw
him
sitting
near
the
blaze
of
the
fire.
She
looked
carefully
at
him
and
said, “Why,
this
man
was
one
of
his
companions!”
\VS{57}But Peter
denied
it. “I
do
not
know
him,”
he
replied.
\VS{58}A
little
while
afterward
someone
else –
a
man –
saw
him
and
said, “Why,
you
are
one
of
them!”
\par }{\PP “No,”
Peter
said, “I
am
not.”
\VS{59}About
an
hour
later
another
man
declared positively, “This
man
also
was
certainly
with
him.
Why,
he
is
a
Galilean!”
\VS{60}But
Peter
said, “I
do
not
know
what
you
are
speaking
about.”
Instantly,
while
he
was
still
speaking,
a cock
crowed.
\VS{61}And
the
Master
turned
and
looked
at
Peter;
and
Peter
remembered
the
words
that
the
Master
had
said
to
him –
{\WJ{“Before
a cock
has
crowed
today,
you
will disown
me
three
times”;}}
\VS{62}and
he
went
outside
and
wept
bitterly.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{63}The
men
who
held
Jesus
kept
making
sport
of
him
and
beating
him.
\VS{64}They
blindfolded
him
and
then
questioned
him. “Now
play
the
prophet,”
they
said. “Who
was
it
that
struck
you?”
\VS{65}And
they heaped
many
other
insults
on
him.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{66}At
daybreak
the
assembly
of
the
elders
of
the
people
met –
both
the
chief
priests
and
the
teachers
of
the
Law –
and
took
Jesus
before
their
High
Council.
\VS{67}“If
you
are
the
Christ,”
they
said, “tell
us
so.”
\par }{\PP {\WJ{“If
I
tell
you,”}}
replied
Jesus,
{\WJ{“you
will
not
believe
me;}}
\VS{68}{\WJ{
and,
if
I
question
you,
you
will
not
answer.}}
\VS{69}{\WJ{
But
from
this
hour
the
Son
of
Man
will
be
seated
on
the
right
hand
of
God
Almighty.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{70}“Are
you,
then,
the
Son
of
God?”
they
all
asked.
{\WJ{“It
is
true,”}}
answered
Jesus,
{\WJ{“I
am.”}}
\VS{71}At
this
they
exclaimed, “Why
do
we
want
any
more
evidence?
We
have
heard
it
ourselves
from
his
own
lips!”

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
they
all
rose
in
a
body
and
led
Jesus
before
Pilate.
\VS{2}And
they
began
to
accuse
him, “This
is
a
man
whom
we
found
misleading
our
people, preventing
them
from
paying
taxes
to
the Emperor,
and
giving
out
that
he
himself
is ‘Christ,
a
king.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}“Are
you
the
king
of
the
Jews?”
Pilate
asked
him.
{\WJ{“It
is
true,”}}
replied
Jesus.
\VS{4}But
Pilate,
turning
to
the
chief
priests
and
the
people,
said, “I
do
not
see
anything
to
find
fault
with
in
this
man.”
\VS{5}But
they
insisted, “He
is
stirring
up
the
people
by
his
teaching
all
through
Judea;
he
began
with
Galilee
and
has
now
come
here.”
\VS{6}Hearing
this,
Pilate
asked
if
the
man
was
a
Galilean;
\VS{7}and,
having
satisfied
himself
that
Jesus
came
under
Herod’s
jurisdiction,
he
sent
him
to
Herod,
who
also
was
at
Jerusalem
at
the
time.
\VS{8}When
Herod
saw
Jesus,
he
was
exceedingly
pleased,
for
he
had
been
wanting
to
see
him
for
a
long
time,
having
heard
a
great
deal
about
him;
and
he
was
hoping
to
see
some
sign
given
by
him.
\VS{9}So
he
questioned
him
at
some
length,
but
Jesus
made
no
reply.
\VS{10}Meanwhile
the
chief
priests
and
the
teachers
of
the
Law
stood
by
and
vehemently
accused
him.
\VS{11}And
Herod,
with
his
soldiers,
treated
Jesus
with
scorn;
he
mocked
him
by
throwing
a
gorgeous
robe
around
him,
and
then
sent
him
back
to
Pilate.
\VS{12}And
Herod
and
Pilate
became
friends
that
very
day,
for
before
that
there
had
been ill-will
between
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}So
Pilate
summoned
the
chief
priests,
and
the
leading
men,
and
the
people,
\VS{14}and
said
to
them, “You
brought
this
man
before
me
charged
with
misleading
the
people;
and
yet,
for
my
part,
though
I
examined
him
before
you,
I
did
not
find
this
man
to
blame
for
any
of
the
things
of
which
you
accuse
him;
\VS{15}nor
did
Herod
either;
for
he
has
sent
him
back
to
us.
And,
as
a
fact,
he
has
not
done
anything
deserving
death;
\VS{16}so
I
will
have
him
scourged,
and
then
release
him.”
\VS{17}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 23:17 }
Some later manuscripts add: He had to release someone to them at the feast.}
\VS{18}But
they
began
to
shout
as
one
man, “Kill
this
fellow,
but
release Barabbas
for
us.”
\VS{19}(Barabbas
was
a
man
who
had
been
put
in
prison
for
a
riot
that
had
broken
out
in
the
city
and
for
murder.)
\VS{20}Pilate,
however,
wanting
to
release
Jesus,
called
to
them
again;
\VS{21}but
they
kept
calling
out, “Crucify,
crucify
him!”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}“Why,
what
harm
has
this
man
done?”
Pilate
said
to
them
for
the
third
time. “I
have
found
nothing
in
him
for
which
he
could
be
condemned
to
death.
So
I
will
have
him
scourged,
and
then
release
him.”
\VS{23}But
they
persisted
in
loudly demanding
his
crucifixion;
and
their
clamor
gained
the
day.
\VS{24}Pilate
decided
that
their
demand
should
be
granted.
\VS{25}He
released
the
man
who
had
been
put
in
prison
for
riot
and
murder,
as
they
demanded,
and
gave
Jesus
up
to
be
dealt
with
as
they
pleased.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{26}And,
as
they
were
leading
Jesus
away,
they
laid
hold
of
Simon
from
Cyrene,
who
was
on
his
way
in
from
the
country,
and
they
put
the
cross
on
his
shoulders,
for
him
to
carry
it
behind
Jesus.
\VS{27}There
was
a
great
crowd
of
people
following
him,
many
being
women
who
were
beating
their
breasts
and
wailing
for
him.
\VS{28}So
Jesus
turned
and
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“Women
of
Jerusalem,
do
not
weep
for
me,
but
weep
for
yourselves
and
for
your
children.}}
\VS{29}{\WJ{
A
time,
I
tell
you,
is
coming,
when
it
will
be
said – ‘Happy
are
the
women
who
are
barren,
and
those
who
have
never
borne
children
or
nursed
them!’}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
At
that
time
people
will
begin
to
say
to
the
mountains ‘Fall
on
us,’
and
to
the
hills ‘Cover
us.’}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{
If
what
you
see
is
done
while
the
tree
is
green,
what
will
happen
when
it
is
dry?”}}
\VS{32}There
were
two
others
also,
criminals,
led
out
to
be
executed
with
Jesus.
\VS{33}When
they
had
reached
the
place
called ‘The
Skull,’
there
they
crucified
Jesus
and
the
criminals,
one
on
the
right,
and
one
on
the
left.
\VS{34}Then
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{“Father,
forgive
them;
they
do
not
know
what
they
are
doing.”}}
His
clothes
they
divided
among
them
by
casting
lots.
\VS{35}Meanwhile
the
people
stood
looking
on.
Even
the
leading
men
said
with
a
sneer, “He
saved
others,
let
him
save
himself,
if
he
is
God’s
Christ,
his
chosen
one.”
\VS{36}The
soldiers,
too,
came
up
in
mockery,
bringing
him
common
wine,
\VS{37}and
saying
as
they
did
so, “If
you
are
the
king
of
the
Jews,
save
yourself.”
\VS{38}Above
him
were
the
words –
\par }{\Q ‘THIS
IS
THE
KING
OF
THE
JEWS.’
\par }{\MM \VS{39}One
of
the
criminals
who
were
hanging
beside
Jesus
railed
at
him. “Aren’t
you
the
Christ?
Save
yourself
and
us,”
he
said.
\VS{40}But
the
other
rebuked
him. “Haven’t
you,”
he
said, “any
fear
of
God,
now
that
you
are
under
the
same
sentence?
\VS{41}And
we
justly
so,
for
we
are
only
reaping
our
deserts,
but
this
man
has
not
done
anything
wrong.
\VS{42}Jesus,”
he
went
on, “do
not
forget
me
when
you
have
come
to
your
kingdom.”
\VS{43}And
Jesus
answered,
{\WJ{“I
tell
you,
this
very
day
you
will
be
with
me
in
Paradise.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{44}It
was
nearly
midday,
when
a
darkness
came
over
the
whole
country,
lasting
until
three
in
the
afternoon,
\VS{45}the
sun
being eclipsed;
and
the
Temple
curtain
was
torn
down
the
middle.
\VS{46}Then
Jesus,
with
a
loud
cry,
said,
{\WJ{“Father,
into
your
hands
I
commit
my
spirit.”}}
And
with
these
words
he
expired.
\VS{47}The Roman
centurion,
on
seeing
what
had
happened,
praised
God, exclaiming, “This
must
have
been
a
good
man!”
\VS{48}All
the
people
who
had
collected
to
see
the
sight
watched
what
occurred,
and
then
went
home
beating
their
breasts.
\VS{49}All
the
friends
of
Jesus
had
been
standing
at
a
distance,
with
the
women
who
accompanied
him
from
Galilee,
watching
all
this.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{50}Now
there
was
a
man
of
the
name
of
Joseph,
who
was
a
member
of
the
Council,
and
who
bore
a
good
and
upright
character.
\VS{51}(This
man
had
not assented
to
the
decision
and
action
of
the
Council.)
He
belonged
to Arimathea,
a
town
in
Judea,
and
lived
in
expectation
of
the
kingdom
of
God.
\VS{52}He
now
went
to
see
Pilate,
and
asked
for
the
body
of
Jesus;
\VS{53}and,
when
he
had
taken
it
down,
he
wrapped
it
in
a
linen
sheet,
and
laid
him
in
a
tomb
cut
out
of
stone,
in
which
no
one
had
yet
been
buried.
\VS{54}It
was
the
Preparation
day,
and
just
before
the
Sabbath
began.
\VS{55}The
women
who
had
accompanied
Jesus
from
Galilee
followed,
and
saw
the
tomb
and
how
the
body
of
Jesus
was
laid,
\VS{56}and
then
went
home,
and
prepared
spices
and
perfumes.
\par }{\SH The
Risen
Life
\par }{\PP During
the
Sabbath
they
rested,
as
directed
by
the
commandment.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
very
early
on
the
first
day
of
the
week
they
went
to
the
tomb,
taking
with
them
the
spices
that
they
had
prepared.
\VS{2}They
found
that
the
stone
had
been
rolled
away
from
the
tomb;
\VS{3}and,
on
going
into
it,
they
could
not
find
the
body\FTNT{*}{{\FR 24:3 }
Some later manuscripts add: of the Lord Jesus.}.
\VS{4}While
they
were
at
a
loss
to
account
for
this,
all
at
once
two
men
stood
beside
them,
in
dazzling
clothing.
\VS{5}But,
when
in
their
fear
the
women
bowed
their
faces
to
the
ground,
the
men
said
to
them, “Why
are
you
looking
among
the
dead
for
him
who
is
living?
\VS{6}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 24:6 }
Some later manuscripts add: He is not here but he has risen.}
Remember
how
he
spoke
to
you
before
he
left
Galilee –
\VS{7}How
he
said
that
the
Son
of
Man
must
be
betrayed
into
the
hands
of
wicked
men,
and
be
crucified,
and
rise
again
on
the
third
day.”
\VS{8}Then
they
remembered
the
words
of
Jesus,
\VS{9}and,
on
returning
from
the
tomb,
they
told
all
this
to
the
Eleven
and
to
all
the
rest.
\VS{10}There
were
Mary
of Magdala,
and
Joanna,
and
Mary,
the
mother
of
James.
The
other
women,
too,
spoke
about
this
to
the apostles.
\VS{11}What
they
said
seemed
to
the apostles
mere
nonsense,
and
they
did
not
believe
them.
\VS{12}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 24:12 }
Some later manuscripts add: Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping down he saw nothing but the linen wrappings, and he went away, wondering to himself at what had taken place.}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{13}It
happened
that
very
day
that
two
of
the
disciples
were
going
to
a
village
called
Emmaus,
which
was
about
seven
miles
from
Jerusalem,
\VS{14}talking
together,
as
they
went,
about
all
that
had
just
taken
place.
\VS{15}While
they
were
talking
about
these
things
and
discussing
them,
Jesus
himself
came
up
and
went
on
their
way
with
them;
\VS{16}but
their
eyes
were
blinded
so
that
they
could
not
recognize
him.
\VS{17}{\WJ{“What
is
this
that
you
are
saying
to
each
other
as
you
walk
along?”}}
Jesus
asked.
They
stopped,
with
sad
looks
on
their
faces,
\VS{18}and
then
one
of
them,
whose
name
was
Cleopas,
said
to
Jesus, “Are
you
staying
by
yourself
at
Jerusalem,
that
you
have
not
heard
of
the
things
that
have
happened
there
within
the
last
few
days?”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}{\WJ{“What
things
do
you
mean?”}}
asked
Jesus. “Why,
about
Jesus
of
Nazareth,”
they
answered, “who,
in
the
eyes
of
God
and
all
the
people,
was
a
prophet,
whose
power
was
felt
in
both
his
words
and
actions;
\VS{20}and
how
the
chief
priests
and
our
leading
men
gave
him
up
to
be
sentenced
to
death,
and
afterward
crucified
him.
\VS{21}But
we
were
hoping
that
he
was
the
Destined
Deliverer
of
Israel;
yes,
and
besides
all
this,
it
is
now
three
days
since
these
things
occurred.
\VS{22}And
what
is
more,
some
of
the
women
among
us
have
greatly
astonished
us.
They
went
to
the
tomb
at
daybreak
\VS{23}And,
not
finding
the
body
of
Jesus
there,
came
and
told
us
that
they
had
seen
a
vision
of
angels
who
told
them
that
he
was
alive.
\VS{24}So
some
of
our
number
went
to
the
tomb
and
found
everything
just
as
the
women
had
said,
but
they
did
not
see
Jesus.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Then
Jesus
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“Foolish
men,
slow
to
accept
all
that
the
prophets
have
said!}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
Was
not
the
Christ
bound
to
undergo
this
suffering
before
entering
into
his
glory?”}}
\VS{27}Then,
beginning
with
Moses
and
all
the
prophets,
he
explained
to
them
all
through
the
scriptures
the
passages
that referred
to
himself.
\VS{28}When
they
got
near
the
village
to
which
they
were
walking,
Jesus
appeared
to
be
going
further;
\VS{29}but
they
pressed
him
not
to
do
so. “Stay
with
us,”
they
said, “for
it
is
getting towards
evening,
and
the
sun
in
already
low.”
So
Jesus
went
in
to
stay
with
them.
\VS{30}After
he
had
taken
his
place
at
the
table
with
them,
he
took
the
bread
and
said
the
blessing,
and
broke
it,
and
gave
it
to
them.
\VS{31}Then
their
eyes
were
opened
and
they
recognized
him;
but
he
disappeared
from
their
sight.
\VS{32}“How
our
hearts glowed,”
the
disciples
said
to
each
other, “while
he
was
talking
to
us
on
the
road,
and
when
he
explained
the
scriptures
to
us!”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Then
they
immediately
got
up
and
returned
to
Jerusalem,
where
they
found
the
Eleven
and
their
companions
all
together,
\VS{34}who
told
them
that
the
Master
had
really
risen,
and
had
appeared
to
Simon.
\VS{35}So
they
also
related
what
had
happened
during
their
walk,
and
how
they
had
recognized
Jesus
at
the
breaking
of
the
bread.
\VS{36}While
they
were
still
talking
about
these
things,
Jesus
himself
stood
among
them.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 24:36 }
Some later manuscripts add: and said, “Peace be with you.”}
\VS{37}In
their
terror
and
alarm
they
thought
they
saw
a
ghost,
\VS{38}but
Jesus
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“Why
are
you
so
startled?
And
why
do
doubts
arise
in
your
minds?}}
\VS{39}{\WJ{
Look
at
my
hands
and
my
feet,
and
you
will
know
that
it
is
I.
Feel
me,
and
look
at
me,
for
a
ghost
has
not
flesh
and
bones,
as
you
see
that
I
have.”}}
\VS{40}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 24:40 }
Some later manuscripts add: After saying this he showed them his hands and his feet.}
\VS{41}While
they
were
still
unable
to
believe
it
all,
overcome
with
joy,
and
were
wondering
if
it
were
true,
Jesus
said
to
them,
{\WJ{“Have
you
anything
here
to
eat?”}}
\VS{42}They
handed
him
a
piece
of
broiled
fish,
\VS{43}and
he
took
it
and
ate
it
before
their
eyes.
\VS{44}{\WJ{“This
is
what
I
told
you,”}}
he
said,
{\WJ{“when
I
was
still
with
you –
that
everything
that
had
been
written
about
me
in
the
Law
of
Moses,
the
prophets,
and
the
Psalms,
must
be
fulfilled.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{45}Then
he
enabled
them
to
understand
the
meaning
of
the
scriptures,
saying
to
them,
\VS{46}{\WJ{“Scripture
says
that
the
Christ
will
suffer,
and
that
he
will
rise
again
from
the
dead
on
the
third
day,}}
\VS{47}{\WJ{
and
that
repentance
for
forgiveness
of
sins
will
be
proclaimed
on
his
authority
to
all
the
nations –
beginning
at
Jerusalem.}}
\VS{48}{\WJ{
You
yourselves
are
to
be
witnesses
to
all
this.}}
\VS{49}{\WJ{
And
now
I
am
myself
about
to
send
you
that
which
my
Father
has
promised.
But
you
must
remain
in
the
city
until
you
have
been invested
with
power
from
above.”}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{50}After
this,
Jesus
led
them
out
as
far
as Bethany,
and
there
raised
his
hands
and
blessed
them.
\VS{51}As
he
was
in
the
act
of
blessing
them,
he
left
them.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 24:51 }
Some later manuscripts add: and was carried up into heaven.}
\VS{52}They
returned\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 24:52 }
Some later manuscripts read: They bowed to the ground before him and returned.}
to
Jerusalem
full
of
joy;
\VS{53}and
they
were
constantly
in
the
Temple
Courts,
blessing
God.\par }