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{\MTB The
\par }{\MTB Good News According to
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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH The Preparation
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
beginning
of
the
good
news
about
Jesus
Christ.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}It
is
said
in
the
prophet
Isaiah –
\par }{\Q “I
am
sending
my
messenger
ahead
of
you;
\par }{\QB he
will
prepare
your
way.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}The
voice
of
one
crying
aloud
in
the
wilderness:
\par }{\QB ‘Prepare
the
road
for
the
Lord,
\par }{\QC make
a
straight
path
for
him.’ ”
\par }{\MM \VS{4}John
the Baptizer
appeared
in
the
wilderness,
proclaiming
a baptism
on
repentance,
for
the
forgiveness
of
sins.
\VS{5}The
whole
of
Judea,
as
well
as
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
went
out
to
him;
and
they
were baptized
by
him
in
the
Jordan
River,
confessing
their
sins.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}John
wore
clothes
made
of
camels’
hair,
with
a
leather
strap
round
his
waist,
and
lived
on
locusts
and
wild
honey;
\VS{7}and
he
proclaimed – ‘After
me
is
coming
someone
more
powerful
than
I
am,
and
I
am
not
fit
even
to
stoop
down
and unfasten
his
sandals.
\VS{8}I
have baptized
you
with
water,
but
he
will baptize
you
with
the
Holy
Spirit.’
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Now
about
that
time
Jesus
came
from
Nazareth
in
Galilee,
and
was baptized
by
John
in
the
Jordan.
\VS{10}Just
as
he
was
coming
up
out
of
the
water,
he
saw
the
heavens
split
open
and
the
Spirit
coming
down
to
him
like
a
dove,
\VS{11}and
from
the
heavens
came
a
voice – ‘You
are
my
dearly
loved
son;
you
bring
me
great
joy.’
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Immediately
afterwards
the
Spirit
drove
Jesus
out
into
the
wilderness;
\VS{13}and
he
was
there
in
the
wilderness
forty
days,
tempted
by
Satan,
and
among
the
wild
beasts,
while
the
angels
helped
him.
\par }{\SH The
Work
in
Galilee
\par }{\PP \VS{14}After
John
had
been
arrested,
Jesus
went
to
Galilee,
proclaiming
the
good
news
of
God –
\VS{15}{\WJ{‘The
time
has
come,
and
the
kingdom
of
God
is
at
hand;
repent,
and
believe
the
good
news.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{16}As
Jesus
was
going
along
the
shore
of
the
Sea
of
Galilee,
he
saw
Simon
and
his
brother Andrew
casting
a
net
in
the
sea,
for
they
were
fishermen.
\VS{17}{\WJ{‘Come
and
follow
me,’}}
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{‘and
I
will
teach
you
to
fish
for
people.’}}
\VS{18}They
left
their
nets
at
once,
and
followed
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Going
on
a
little
further,
he
saw
James,
Zebedee’s
son,
and
his
brother
John,
who
were
in
their
boat
mending
the
nets.
\VS{20}Jesus
called
them
at
once,
and
they
left
their
father
Zebedee
in
the
boat
with
the crew,
and
went
after
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}They
walked
to
Capernaum.
On
the
next
Sabbath
Jesus
went
into
the
synagogue
and
began
to
teach.
\VS{22}The
people
were
amazed
at
his
teaching,
for
he
taught
them
like
one
who
had
authority,
and
not
like
the
teachers
of
the
Law.
\VS{23}Now
there
was
in
their
synagogue
at
the
time
a
man
under
the
power
of
a
foul
spirit,
who
called
out,
\VS{24}‘What
do
you
want
with
us,
Jesus
the
Nazarene?
Have
you
come
to
destroy
us?
I
know
who
you
are –
the
Holy
One
of
God!’
\VS{25}But
Jesus
rebuked
the
spirit,
{\WJ{‘Be
silent!
Come
out
from
him.’}}
\VS{26}The
foul
spirit
threw
the
man
into
a
fit,
and
with
a
loud
cry
came
out
from
him.
\VS{27}They
were
all
so
amazed
that
they
kept
asking
each
other, ‘What
is
this?
What
is
this,
a
new
kind
of
teaching?
He
gives
his
commands
with
authority
even
to
the
foul
spirits,
and
they
obey
him!’
\VS{28}His
fame
spread
at
once
in
all
directions,
through
the
whole
region
of
Galilee.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}As
soon
as
they
had
left
the
synagogue,
they
went
to
the
house
of
Simon
and Andrew,
along
with
James
and
John.
\VS{30}Now
Simon’s
mother-in-law
was
lying
ill
with
a
fever,
and
they
at
once
told
Jesus
about
her.
\VS{31}Jesus
went
up
to
her
and, grasping
her
hand,
raised
her
up;
the
fever
left
her,
and
she
began
to
take
care
of
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}In
the
evening,
after
sunset,
the
people
brought
to
Jesus
all
who
were
ill
or
possessed
by
demons;
\VS{33}and
the
whole
city
was
gathered
round
the
door.
\VS{34}Jesus
cured
many
who
were
ill
with
various
diseases,
and
drove
out
many
demons,
and
would
not
permit
them
to
speak,
because
they
knew
him
to
be
the Christ.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}In
the
morning,
long
before
daylight,
Jesus
got
up
and
went
out
to
a
lonely
spot,
where
he
began
to
pray.
\VS{36}But
Simon
and
his
companions
went
out
searching
for
him;
\VS{37}and,
when
they
found
him,
they
exclaimed, ‘Everyone
is
looking
for
you!’
\VS{38}But
Jesus
said
to
them,
{\WJ{‘Let
us
go
somewhere
else,
into
the
country
towns
nearby
so
that
I
can
make
my
proclamation
in
them
also;
for
that
was
why
I
came.’}}
\VS{39}And
he
went
about
making
his
proclamation
in
their
synagogues
all
through
Galilee,
and
driving
out
the
demons.
\par }{\PP \VS{40}One
day
a
leper
came
to
Jesus
and,
falling
on
his
knees,
begged
him
for
help. ‘If
only
you
are
willing,’
he
said, ‘you
are
able
to
make
me
clean.’
\VS{41}Moved
with
compassion,
Jesus
stretched
out
his
hand
and
touched
him,
saying
as
he
did
so,
{\WJ{‘I
am
willing;
become
clean.’}}
\VS{42}Instantly
the
leprosy
left
the
man,
and
he
became
clean;
\VS{43}and
then
Jesus,
after
sternly
warning
him,
immediately
sent
him
away,
\VS{44}and
said
to
him,
{\WJ{‘Be
careful
not
to
say
anything
to
anyone;
but
go
and
show
yourself
to
the
priest,
and
make
the
offerings
for
your
cleansing
directed
by
Moses,
as
evidence
of
your
cure.’}}
\VS{45}The
man,
however,
went
away,
and
began
to
speak
about
it
publicly,
and
to
spread
the
story
so
widely,
that
Jesus
could
no
longer
go
openly
into
a
town,
but
stayed
outside
in
lonely
places;
and
people
came
to
him
from
every
direction.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Some
days
later,
when
Jesus
came
back
to
Capernaum,
the
news
spread
that
he
was
in
a
house
there;
\VS{2}and
so
many
people
collected
together,
that
after
a
while
there
was
no
room
for
them
even
round
the
door;
and
he
began
to
tell
them
his
message.
\VS{3}Some
people
came,
bringing
to
him
a paralysed
man,
who
was
being
carried
by
four
of
them.
\VS{4}They
were
unable
to
get
him
near
to
Jesus,
because
of
the
crowd,
so
they
removed
the
roof
above
Jesus,
and,
when
they
had
made
an
opening,
they
let
down
the
mat
on
which
the paralysed
man
was
lying.
\VS{5}When
Jesus
saw
their
faith,
he
said
to
the
man,
{\WJ{‘Child,
your
sins
are
forgiven.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{6}But
some
of
the
teachers
of
the
Law
who
were
sitting
there
were debating
in
their
minds,
\VS{7}‘Why
does
this
man
speak
like
this?
He
is
blaspheming!
Who
can
forgive
sins
except
God?’
\VS{8}Jesus,
at
once intuitively
aware
that
they
were debating
with
themselves
in
this
way,
said
to
them,
{\WJ{‘Why
are
you debating
in
your
minds
about
this?}}
\VS{9}{\WJ{
Which
is
easier? –
to
say
to
the paralysed
man, “Your
sins
are
forgiven”?
Or
to
say “Get
up,
and
take
up
your
mat,
and
walk”?}}
\VS{10}{\WJ{
But
so
you
may
know
that
the
Son
of
Man
has
power
to
forgive
sins
on earth’}} –
here
he
said
to
the paralysed
man –
\VS{11}{\WJ{‘To
you
I
say,
Get
up,
take
up
your
mat,
and
return
to
your
home.’}}
\VS{12}The
man
got
up,
and
immediately
took
up
his
mat,
and
went
out
before
them
all;
at
which
they
were
amazed,
and,
as
they
praised
God,
they
said, ‘We
have
never
seen
anything
like
this!’
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Jesus
went
out
again
to
the
sea;
and
all
the
people
came
to
him,
and
he
taught
them.
\VS{14}As
he
went
along,
he
saw
Levi,
the
son
of Alphaeus,
sitting
in
the
tax
office,
and
said
to
him,
{\WJ{‘Follow
me.’}}
Levi
got
up
and
followed
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Later
on
he
was
in
his
house
having
dinner,
and
a
number
of
tax
collectors
and
outcasts
took
their
places
at
the
table
with
Jesus
and
his
disciples;
for
many
of
them
were
following
him.
\VS{16}When
the
teachers
of
the
Law belonging
to
the
party
of
the
Pharisees
saw
that
he
was
eating
in
the
company
of
such
people,
they
said
to
his
disciples, ‘Why
does
he
eat
with
the
tax
collectors
and
outcasts?’
\VS{17}Hearing
this,
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{‘It
is
not
those
who
are
healthy
who
need
a
doctor,
but
those
who
are
ill.
I
did
not
come
to
call
the religious,
but
the
outcast.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Now
John’s
disciples
and
the
Pharisees
were
fasting,
and
people
came
and
asked
Jesus, ‘Why
is
it
that
John’s
disciples
and
the
disciples
of
the
Pharisees
fast,
while
yours
do
not?’
\VS{19}Jesus
answered,
{\WJ{‘Can
the groom’s
friends
fast,
while
the
groom
is
with
them?
As
long
as
they
have
the
groom
with
them,
they
cannot
fast.}}
\VS{20}{\WJ{
But
the
days
will
come,
when
the
groom
will
be
taken
away
from
them,
and
they
will
fast
then –
when
that
day
comes.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{21}{\WJ{‘No
one
ever
sews
a
piece
of unshrunk
cloth
on
an
old
garment;
if
they
do,
the
patch
tears
away
from
it –
the
new
from
the
old –
and
a
worse
tear
is
made.}}
\VS{22}{\WJ{
And
no
one
ever
puts
new
wine
into
old wine-skins;
if
they
do,
the
wine
will
burst
the
skins,
and
both
the
wine
and
the
skins
are
lost.
But
new
wine
is
put
into
fresh
skins.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{23}One
Sabbath,
as
Jesus
was
walking
through
the cornfields,
his
disciples
began
to
pick
the
ears
of
wheat
as
they
went
along.
\VS{24}‘Look!’
the
Pharisees
said
to
him, ‘why
are
they
doing
what
is
not
allowed
on
the
Sabbath?’
\par }{\PP \VS{25}{\WJ{‘Have
you
never
read,’}}
answered
Jesus,
{\WJ{‘what
David
did
when
he
was
in
need
and
hungry,
he
and
his
companions –}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
how
he
went
into
the
house
of
God,
in
the
time
of
Abiathar
the
high
priest,
and
ate
the
consecrated
bread,
which
only
the
priests
are
allowed
to
eat,
and
gave
some
to
his comrades
as
well?’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Then
Jesus
added,
{\WJ{‘The
Sabbath
was
made
for
people,
and
not
people
for
the
Sabbath;}}
\VS{28}{\WJ{
so
the
Son
of
Man
is
lord
even
of
the
Sabbath.’}}

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}On
another
occasion
Jesus
went
in
to
a
synagogue,
where
there
was
a
man
whose
hand
was
withered.
\VS{2}And
they
watched
Jesus
closely,
to
see
if
he
would
cure
the
man
on
the
Sabbath,
so
that
they
might
have
a
charge
to
bring
against
him.
\VS{3}{\WJ{‘Stand
out
in
the
middle,’}}
Jesus
said
to
the
man
with
the
withered
hand;
\VS{4}and
to
the
people
he
said,
{\WJ{‘Is
it allowable
to
do
good
at
the
Sabbath –
or
harm?
To
save
a
life,
or
destroy
it?’}}
\VS{5}As
they
remained
silent,
Jesus
looked
round
at
them
in
anger,
grieving
at
the
hardness
of
their
hearts,
and
said
to
the
man,
{\WJ{‘Stretch
out
your
hand.’}}
The
man
stretched
it
out;
and
his
hand
had
become
sound.
\VS{6}Immediately
on
leaving
the synagogue,
the
Pharisees
and
the
Herodians
united
in
laying
a
plot
against
Jesus,
to
put
him
to
death.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
Jesus
went
away
with
his
disciples
to
the
sea,
followed
by
a
great
number
of
people
from
Galilee.
\VS{8}A
great
number,
hearing
of
all
that
he
was
doing,
came
to
him
from
Judea,
from
Jerusalem,
from
Edom,
from
beyond
the
Jordan,
and
from
the
country
round
Tyre
and
Sidon.
\VS{9}So
Jesus
told
his
disciples
to
keep
a
small
boat
close
by,
so
that
the
crowd
would
not
crush
him.
\VS{10}For
he
had
cured
many
of
them,
and
so
people
kept crowding
around
him,
so
all
who
were
sick
might
touch
him.
\VS{11}The
foul
spirits,
too,
whenever
they
caught
sight
of
him, flung
themselves
down
before
him,
and
screamed
out, ‘You
are
the
Son
of God’!
\VS{12}But
he
repeatedly
warned
them
not
to
make
him
known.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Jesus
made
his
way
up
the
hill,
and
called
those
whom
he
wished;
and
they
went
to
him.
\VS{14}He
appointed
twelve –
whom
he
also
named “apostles” –
so
that
they
might
be
with
him,
and
that
he
might
send
them
out
as
his
messengers,
to
preach,
\VS{15}and
with
power
to
drive
out
demons.
\VS{16}So
he
appointed
the
Twelve –
Peter (which
was
the
name
that
Jesus
gave
to
Simon),
\VS{17}James,
the
son
of
Zebedee,
and
his
brother
John (to
whom
he
gave
the
name
of Boanerges,
which
means
the Thunderers),
\VS{18}Andrew,
Philip, Bartholomew,
Matthew,
Thomas,
James
the
son
of Alphaeus,
Thaddaeus,
Simon
the
Zealot,
\VS{19}and
Judas
Iscariot,
the
man
who
betrayed
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Jesus
went
into
a
house;
and
again
a
crowd
collected,
so
that
they
were
not
even
able
to
eat
their
food.
\VS{21}When
his
relatives
heard
of
it,
they
went
to
take
charge
of
him,
for
they
said
that
he
was
out
of
his
mind.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}The
teachers
of
the
Law,
who
had
come
down
from
Jerusalem,
said, ‘He
has Beelzebul
in
him!
He
drives
the
demons
out
by
the
help
of
their
chief.’
\VS{23}So
Jesus
called
them
to
him,
and
answered
them
in
parables,
{\WJ{‘How
can
Satan
drive
out
Satan?}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
When
a
kingdom
is
divided
against
itself,
it
cannot
last;}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
and
when
a
household
is
divided
against
itself,
it
will
not
be
able
to
last.}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
So,
if
Satan
is
in
revolt
against
himself
and
is
divided,
he
cannot
last –
his
end
has
come!}}
\par }{\PP \VS{27}{\WJ{‘No
man
who
has
broken
into
a
strong
man’s
house
can
carry
off
his
goods,
without
first tying
him
up;
and
not
until
then
will
he
plunder
his
house.}}
\VS{28}{\WJ{
I
tell
you
that
people
will
be
forgiven
everything –
their
sins,
and
all
the
slanders
that
they
utter;}}
\VS{29}{\WJ{
but
whoever
slanders
the
Holy
Spirit
remains unforgiven
to
the
end;
he
has
to
answer
for
an
enduring
sin.’}}
\VS{30}This
was
said
in
reply
to
the
charge
that
he
had
a
foul
spirit
in
him.
\VS{31}His
mother
and
his
brothers
came,
and
stood
outside,
and
sent
to
ask
him
to
come
to
them.
\VS{32}There
was
a
crowd
sitting
round
Jesus,
and
some
of
them
said
to
him, ‘Look,
your
mother
and
your
brothers
are
outside,
asking
for
you.’
\par }{\PP \VS{33}{\WJ{‘Who
is
my
mother?
And
my
brothers?’}}
was
his
reply.
\VS{34}Then
he
looked
around
on
the
people
sitting
in
a
circle
round
him,
and
said,
{\WJ{‘Here
are
my
mother
and
my
brothers!}}
\VS{35}{\WJ{
Whoever
does
the
will
of
God
is
my
brother
and
sister
and
mother.’}}

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jesus
again
began
to
teach
by
the
sea;
and,
as
an
immense
crowd
was
gathering
round
him,
he
got
into
a
boat,
and
sat
in
it
on
the
sea,
while
all
the
people
were
on
the
shore
at
the water’s
edge.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Then
he
taught
them
many truths
in
parables;
and
in
the
course
of
his
teaching
he
said
to
them:
\par }{\PP \VS{3}{\WJ{‘Listen!
The
sower
went
out
to
sow;}}
\VS{4}{\WJ{
and
presently,
as
he
was
sowing,
some
of
the
seed
fell
along
the
path;
and
the
birds
came,
and
ate
it
up.}}
\VS{5}{\WJ{
Some
fell
on
rocky
ground,
where
it
had
not
much
soil,
and,
because
the
soil
wasn’t
deep,
sprang
up
at
once;}}
\VS{6}{\WJ{
but,
when
the
sun
rose,
it
was
scorched,
and,
because
their
roots
were
not
deep
enough,
withered
away.}}
\VS{7}{\WJ{
Some
of
the
seed
fell
among
brambles;
but
the
brambles
shot
up
and
completely
choked
it,
and
it
yielded
no
return.}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{
Some
fell
into
good
soil,
and,
shooting
up
and
growing,
yielded
a
return, amounting
to
thirty,
sixty,
and
even
a
hundred
fold.’}}
\VS{9}And
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{‘Let
anyone
who
has
ears
to
hear
with
hear.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Afterwards,
when
he
was
alone,
his
followers
and
the
Twelve
asked
him
about
his
parables;
\VS{11}and
he
said,
{\WJ{‘To
you
the
hidden
truth
of
the
kingdom
of
God
has
been
imparted;
but
to
those
who
are
outside
it
all
teaching
takes
the
form
of
parables
so
that –}}
\VS{12}{\WJ{“Though
they
have
eyes,
they
may
see
without perceiving;
and
though
they
have
ears,
they
may
hear
without
understanding;
otherwise
some
day
they
might
turn
and
be
forgiven.” ’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{13}{\WJ{‘You
do
not
know
the
meaning
of
this
parable?’}}
he
went
on,
{\WJ{‘Then
how
will
you
understand
all
the
other
parables?}}
\VS{14}{\WJ{
The
sower
sows
the
message.}}
\VS{15}{\WJ{
The
people
meant
by
the
seed
that
falls
along
the
path
are
these –
where
the
message
is
sown,
but,
as
soon
as
they
have
heard
it,
Satan
immediately
comes
and
carries
away
the
message
that
has
been
sown
in
them.}}
\VS{16}{\WJ{
So,
too,
those
meant
by
the
seed
sown
on
the
rocky
places
are
the
people
who,
when
they
have
heard
the
message,
at
once
accept
it
joyfully;}}
\VS{17}{\WJ{
but,
as
they
have
no
root,
they
stand
only
for
a
short
time;
and
so,
when
trouble
or
persecution
arises
because
of
the
message,
they
fall
away
at
once.}}
\VS{18}{\WJ{
Those
meant
by
the
seed
sown
among
the
brambles
are
different;
they
are
the
people
who
hear
the
message,}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
but
the
cares
of
life,
and
the glamour
of
wealth,
and cravings
for
many
other
things
come
in
and
completely
choke
the
message,
so
that
it
gives
no
return.}}
\VS{20}{\WJ{
But
the
people
meant
by
the
seed
sown
on
the
good
ground
are
those
who
hear
the
message,
and
welcome
it,
and
yield
a
return,
thirty,
sixty,
and
even
a
hundred
fold.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Jesus
said
to
them,
{\WJ{‘Is
a
lamp
brought
to
be
put
under
a
basket
or
under
the
couch,
instead
of
being
put
on
the lamp-stand?}}
\VS{22}{\WJ{
There
is
nothing
hidden
that
will
not
come
to
light
and
nothing
is
concealed
that
will
not
be
brought
into
the
open.}}
\VS{23}{\WJ{
Let
all
who
have
ears
to
hear
with
hear.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{24}{\WJ{‘Take
care
what
you
listen
to,’}}
said
Jesus.
{\WJ{‘The
standard
you
use
will
be
used
for
you,
and
more
will
be
added
for
you.}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
For,
to
those
who
have,
more
will
be
given;
while,
from
those
who
have
nothing,
even
what
they
have
will
be
taken
away.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Jesus
also
said,
{\WJ{‘This
is
what
the
kingdom
of
God
is
like –
like
a
man
who
has
scattered
seed
on
the
ground,}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{
and
then
sleeps
by
night
and
rises
by
day,
while
the
seed
is
shooting
up
and
growing –
he
knows
not
how.}}
\VS{28}{\WJ{
The
ground
bears
the
crop
of
itself –
first
the
blade,
then
the
ear,
and
then
the
full
grain
in
the
ear;}}
\VS{29}{\WJ{
but,
as
soon
as
the
crop
is
ready,
immediately
he
puts
in
the
sickle
because
harvest
has
come.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Jesus
also
said,
{\WJ{‘To
what
can
we
liken
the
kingdom
of
God?}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{
By
what
can
we illustrate
it?
Perhaps
by
the
growth
of
a
mustard
seed.
This
seed,
when
sown
in
the
ground,
though
it
is
smaller
than
all
other
seeds,}}
\VS{32}{\WJ{
yet,
when
sown,
shoots
up,
and
becomes
larger
than
any
other
herb,
and
puts
out
great
branches,
so
that
even
the
wild
birds
can roost
in
its
shelter.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{33}With
many
such
parables
Jesus
used
to
speak
to
the
people
of
his
message,
as
far
as
they
were
able
to
receive
it;
\VS{34}and
to
them
he
never
used
to
speak
except
in
parables;
but
in
private
to
his
own
disciples
he
explained
everything.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{35}In
the
evening
of
the
same
day,
Jesus
said
to
them,
{\WJ{‘Let
us
go
across.’}}
\VS{36}So,
leaving
the
crowd
behind,
they
took
him
with
them,
just
as
he
was,
in
the
boat;
and
there
were
other
boats
with
him.
\VS{37}A
violent squall
came
on,
and
the
waves
kept
dashing
into
the
boat,
so
that
the
boat
was
actually
filling.
\VS{38}Jesus
was
in
the
stern
asleep
on
the
cushion;
and
the
disciples
roused
him
and
cried, ‘Teacher!
Is
it
nothing
to
you
that
we
are
lost?’
\VS{39}Jesus
rose
and
rebuked
the
wind,
and
said
to
the
sea,
{\WJ{‘Hush!
Be
still!’}}
Then
the
wind
dropped,
and
a
great
calm
followed.
\VS{40}{\WJ{‘Why
are
you
so
timid?’}}
he
exclaimed.
{\WJ{‘Have
you
no
faith
yet?’}}
\VS{41}But
they
were
struck
with
great
awe,
and
said
to
one
another, ‘Who
can
this
be
that
even
the
wind
and
the
sea
obey
him?’

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}They
came
to
the
other
side
of
the
sea –
the
region
of
the
Gerasenes;
\VS{2}and,
as
soon
as
Jesus
had
got
out
of
the
boat,
he
met
a
man
coming
out
of
the
tombs,
who
was
under
the
power
of
a
foul
spirit,
\VS{3}and
who
made
his
home
in
the
tombs.
No
one
had
ever
been
able
to
secure
him,
even
with
a
chain;
\VS{4}for,
though
he
had
many
times
been
left
secured
with
fetters
and
chains,
he
had
snapped
the
chains
and
broken
the
fetters
to
pieces,
and
no
one
could
master
him.
\VS{5}Night
and
day
alike,
he
was
continually shrieking
in
the
tombs
and
among
the
hills,
and
cutting
himself
with
stones.
\VS{6}Catching
sight
of
Jesus
from
a
distance,
he
ran
and
bowed
to
the
ground
before
him,
\VS{7}shrieking
out
in
a
loud
voice, ‘What
do
you
want
with
me,
Jesus,
Son
of
the
Most
High
God?
For
God’s
sake
do
not
torment
me!’
\VS{8}For
Jesus
had
said,
{\WJ{‘Come
out
from
the
man,
you
foul
spirit.’}}
\VS{9}And
he
asked
him,
{\WJ{‘What
is
your
name?’}} ‘My
name,’
he
said, ‘is
Legion,
for
there
are
many
of
us;’
\VS{10}and
he
begged
Jesus
again
and
again
not
to
send
them
away
out
of
that
country.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}There
was
a
large
herd
of
pigs
close
by,
feeding
on
the
hillside;
\VS{12}and
the
spirits
begged
Jesus, ‘Send
us
into
the
pigs
so
that
we
can
take
possession
of
them.’
\VS{13}Jesus
gave
them
leave.
They
came
out,
and
entered
into
the
pigs;
and
the
herd –
about
two
thousand
in
number –
rushed
down
the
steep
slope
into
the
sea
and
were
drowned
in
the
sea.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
the
men
who tended
them
ran
away,
and
carried
the
news
to
the
town,
and
to
the
country
round;
and
the
people
went
to
see
what
had
happened.
\VS{15}When
they
came
to
Jesus,
they
found
the
possessed
man
sitting
there,
clothed
and
in
his
right
mind –
the
man
who
had
had
the “Legion”
in
him –
and
they
were awe-struck.
\VS{16}Then
those
who
had
seen
it
related
to
them
all
that
had
happened
to
the
possessed
man,
as
well
as
about
the
pigs;
\VS{17}so
they
began
to
beg
Jesus
to
leave
their
region.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}As
Jesus
was
getting
into
the
boat,
the
possessed
man
begged
him
to
let
him
stay
with
him.
\VS{19}But
Jesus
refused.
{\WJ{‘Go
back
to
your
home,
to
your
own
people,’}}
he
said,
{\WJ{‘and
tell
them
of
all
that
the
Lord
has
done
for
you,
and
how
he
took
pity
on
you.’}}
\VS{20}So
the
man
went,
and
began
to
proclaim
in
the
district
of
the
Ten
Towns
all
that
Jesus
had
done
for
him;
and
everyone
was
amazed.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}By
the
time
Jesus
had recrossed
in
the
boat
to
the
opposite
shore,
a
great
number
of
people
had
gathered
to
meet
him,
and
were
standing
by
the
sea.
\VS{22}One
of
the
leaders
of
the synagogue,
whose
name
was
Jairus,
came
and,
as
soon
as
he
saw
Jesus,
threw
himself
at
his
feet
and
begged
him
repeatedly,
\VS{23}saying, ‘My
little
daughter
is
at death’s
door.
Please
come
and
place
your
hands
on
her
so
that
she
may
recover
and
live.’
\VS{24}So
Jesus
went
with
him.
A
great
number
of
people
followed
Jesus,
and
kept
pressing
round
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Meanwhile
a
woman
who
for
twelve
years
had
suffered
from haemorrhage,
\VS{26}and undergone
much
at
the
hands
of
many
doctors, (spending
all
she
had
without obtaining
any
relief,
but,
on
the
contrary,
growing
worse),
\VS{27}heard
about
Jesus,
came
behind
in
the
crowd,
and
touched
his
cloak.
\VS{28}‘If
I
can
only
touch
his
clothes,’
she
said, ‘I
will
get
well!’
\VS{29}At
once
her bleeding
stopped,
and
she
felt
in
herself
that
she
was
cured
of
her
affliction.
\VS{30}Jesus
at
once
became
aware
of
the
power
that
had
gone
out
from
him,
and,
turning
round
in
the
crowd,
he
said,
{\WJ{‘Who
touched
my
clothes?’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{31}‘You
see
the
people
pressing
round
you,’
exclaimed
his
disciples, ‘and
yet
you
say
{\WJ{“Who
touched
me?” ’}}
\VS{32}But
Jesus
looked
about
to
see
who
had
done
it.
\VS{33}Then
the
woman,
in
fear
and
trembling,
knowing
what
had
happened
to
her,
came
and
threw
herself
down
before
him,
and
told
him
the
whole
truth.
\VS{34}{\WJ{‘Daughter,’}}
he
said,
{\WJ{‘your
faith
has
delivered
you.
Go,
and
peace
be
with
you;
be
free
from
your
affliction.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{35}Before
he
had
finished
speaking,
some
people
from
the
house
of
the synagogue
leader
came
and
said, ‘Your
daughter
is
dead!
Why
should
you
trouble
the
teacher
further?’
\VS{36}But
Jesus,
overhearing
what
they
were
saying,
said
to
the synagogue
leader,
{\WJ{‘Do
not
be
afraid;
only
have
faith.’}}
\VS{37}And
he
allowed
no
one
to
accompany
him,
except
Peter,
James,
and
John,
the
brother
of
James.
\VS{38}Presently
they
reached
the leader’s
house,
where
Jesus
saw
a scene
of
confusion –
people
weeping
and
wailing incessantly.
\VS{39}{\WJ{‘Why
this
confusion
and
weeping?’}}
he
said
on
entering.
{\WJ{‘The
little
child
is
not
dead;
she
is
asleep.’}}
\VS{40}They
began
to
laugh
at
him;
but
he
sent
them
all
out,
and
then,
with
the
child’s
father
and
mother
and
his
companions,
went
into
the
room
where
she
was
lying.
\VS{41}Taking
her
hand,
Jesus
said
to
her,
{\WJ{‘Talitha,
koum!’}} –
which
means
{\WJ{“little
girl,
I
am
speaking
to
you –
Rise!”}}
\VS{42}The
little
girl
stood
up
at
once,
and
began
to
walk
about;
for
she
was
twelve
years
old.
And,
as
soon
as
they
saw
it,
they
were
overwhelmed
with
amazement;
\VS{43}but
Jesus
repeatedly cautioned
them
not
to
let
anyone
know
of
it,
and
told
them
to
give
her
something
to
eat.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}On
leaving
that
place,
Jesus,
followed
by
his
disciples,
went
to
his
own
part
of
the
country.
\VS{2}When
the
Sabbath
came,
he
began
to
teach
in
the
synagogue;
and
the
people,
as
they
listened,
were
deeply
impressed. ‘Where
did
he
get
this?’
they
said, ‘and
what
is
this
wisdom
that
has
been
given
him?
And
these
miracles
which
he
is
doing?
\VS{3}Isn’t
he
the
carpenter,
the
son
of
Mary,
and
the
brother
of
James,
and
Joses,
and
Judas,
and
Simon?
And
aren’t
his
sisters,
too,
living
here
among
us?’
This
proved
a hindrance
to
their believing
in
him;
\VS{4}at
which
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{‘A
prophet
is
not
without
honour,
except
in
his
home
town,
and
among
his
own
relatives,
and
in
his
own
home.’}}
\VS{5}And
he
could
not
work
any
miracle
there,
beyond
placing
his
hands
on
a
few
infirm
persons,
and curing
them;
\VS{6}and
he
wondered
at
the
want
of
faith
shown
by
the
people.
Jesus
went
round
the
villages,
one
after
another,
teaching.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{7}He
called
the
Twelve
to
him,
and
began
to
send
them
out
as
his
messengers,
two
and
two,
and
gave
them
authority
over
foul
spirits.
\VS{8}He
instructed
them
to
take
nothing
but
a
staff
for
the
journey –
not
even
bread,
or
a
bag,
or
coins
in
their
purse;
\VS{9}but
they
were
to
wear
sandals,
and
not
to
put
on
a
second
coat.
\VS{10}{\WJ{‘Whenever
you
go
to
stay
at
a
house,’}}
he
said,
{\WJ{‘remain
there
until
you
leave
that
place;}}
\VS{11}{\WJ{
and
if
a
place
does
not
welcome
you,
or
listen
to
you,
as
you
go
out
of
it
shake
off
the
dust
that
is
on
the
soles
of
your
feet,
as
a
protest
against
them.’}}
\VS{12}So
they
set
out,
and
proclaimed
the
need
of
repentance.
\VS{13}They
drove
out
many
demons,
and
anointed
with
oil
many
who
were
infirm,
and
cured
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Now
King
Herod
heard
of
Jesus;
for
his
name
had
become
well
known.
People
were
saying – ‘John
the Baptizer
must
have
risen
from
the
dead,
and
that
is
why
these
miraculous
powers
are active
in
him.’
\VS{15}Others
again
said – ‘He
is
Elijah,’
and
others – ‘He
is
a
prophet,
like
one
of
the
great
prophets.’
\VS{16}But
when
Herod
heard
of
him,
he
said – ‘The
man
whom
I
beheaded –
John –
he
must
be
risen!’
\par }{\PP \VS{17}For
Herod
himself
had
sent
and
arrested
John,
and
put
him
in
prison,
in
chains,
to
please
Herodias,
the
wife
of
his
brother
Philip,
because
Herod
had
married
her.
\VS{18}For
John
had
said
to
Herod – ‘You
have
no
right
to
be
living
with
your
brother’s
wife.’
\VS{19}So
Herodias
was
incensed
against
John,
and
wanted
to
put
him
to
death,
but
was
unable
to
do
so,
\VS{20}because
Herod
stood
in
fear
of
John,
knowing
him
to
be
an
upright
and
holy
man,
and
protected
him.
He
had
listened
to
John,
but
still
remained
much
perplexed,
and
yet
he
found
pleasure
in
listening
to
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}A
suitable opportunity,
however,
occurred
when
Herod,
on
his
birthday,
gave
a
dinner
to
his
high
officials,
and
his
generals,
and
the
foremost
men
in
Galilee.
\VS{22}When
his
daughter –
that
is,
the
daughter
of
Herodias –
came
in
and
danced,
she
delighted
Herod
and
those
who
were
dining
with
him. ‘Ask
me
for
whatever
you
like,’
the
king
said
to
the
girl, ‘and
I
will
give
it
to you’;
\VS{23}and
he
swore
to
her
that
he
would
give
her
whatever
she
asked
him –
up
to
half
his
kingdom.
\VS{24}The
girl
went
out,
and
said
to
her
mother ‘What
must
I
ask
for?’
\par }{\PP ‘The
head
of
John
the Baptizer,’
answered
her
mother.
\VS{25}So
she
went
in
as
quickly
as possible
to
the
king,
and
made
her
request. ‘I
want
you,’
she
said, ‘to
give
me
at
once,
on
a
dish,
the
head
of
John
the Baptist.’
\VS{26}The
king
was
much
distressed;
yet,
because
of
his
oath
and
of
the
guests
at
his
table,
he
did
not
like
to
refuse
her.
\VS{27}He
immediately dispatched
one
of
his
bodyguard,
with
orders
to
bring John’s
head.
The
man
went
and
beheaded
John
in
the
prison,
\VS{28}and,
bringing
his
head
on
a
dish,
gave
it
to
the
girl,
and
the
girl
gave
it
to
her
mother.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}When John’s
disciples
heard
of
it,
they
came
and
took
his
body
away,
and
laid
it
in
a
tomb.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}When
the apostles
came
back
to
Jesus,
they
told
him
all
that
they
had
done
and
all
that
they
had
taught.
\VS{31}{\WJ{‘Come
by
yourselves
privately
to
some
lonely
spot,’}}
he
said,
{\WJ{‘and
rest
for
a while’}} –
for
there
were
so
many
people
coming
and
going
that
they
had
not
time
even
to
eat.
\VS{32}So
they
set
off
privately
in
their
boat
for
a
lonely
spot.
\VS{33}Many
people
saw
them
going,
and recognised
them,
and
from
all
the
towns
they flocked
together
to
the
place
on
foot,
and
got
there
before
them.
\VS{34}On
getting
out
of
the
boat,
Jesus
saw
a
great
crowd,
and
his
heart
was
moved
at
the
sight
of
them,
because
they
were
like
sheep
without
a
shepherd;
and
he
began
to
teach
them
many
things.
\VS{35}When
it
grew
late,
his
disciples
came
up
to
him,
and
said, ‘This
is
a
lonely
spot,
and
it
is
already
late.
\VS{36}Send
the
people
away,
so
that
they
may
go
to
the farms
and
villages
around
and
buy
themselves
something
to
eat.’
\VS{37}But
Jesus
answered,
{\WJ{‘It
is
for
you
to
give
them
something
to
eat.’}} ‘Are
we
to
go
and
spend
almost
a
year’s
wages
on
bread,’
they
asked, ‘to
give
them
to
eat?’
\par }{\PP \VS{38}{\WJ{‘How
many
loaves
have
you?’}}
he
asked,
{\WJ{‘Go,
and
see.’}}
When
they
had
found
out,
they
told
him, ‘Five,
and
two
fish.’
\VS{39}Jesus
directed
them
to
make
all
the
people
take
their seats
on
the
green
grass,
in
parties;
\VS{40}and
they
sat
down
in
groups –
in
hundreds,
and
in
fifties.
\VS{41}Taking
the
five
loaves
and
the
two
fish,
Jesus
looked
up
to
heaven,
and
said
the
blessing;
he
broke
the
loaves
into
pieces,
and
gave
them
to
his
disciples
for
them
to
serve
out
to
the
people,
and
he
divided
the
two
fish
also
among
them
all.
\VS{42}Everyone
had
sufficient
to
eat;
\VS{43}and
they
picked
up
enough
broken
pieces
to
fill
twelve
baskets,
as
well
as
some
of
the
fish.
\VS{44}The
people
who
ate
the
bread
were
five
thousand
in
number.
\par }{\PP \VS{45}Immediately
afterwards
Jesus
made
his
disciples
get
into
the
boat,
and
cross
over
in
advance,
in
the
direction
of Bethsaida,
while
he
himself
was dismissing
the
crowd.
\VS{46}After
he
had
taken
leave
of
the
people,
he
went
away
up
the
hill
to
pray.
\VS{47}When
evening
fell,
the
boat
was
out
in
the
middle
of
the
sea,
and
Jesus
on
the
shore
alone.
\VS{48}Seeing
them labouring
at
the
oars –
for
the
wind
was
against
them –
about
three
hours
after
midnight
Jesus
came towards
them,
walking
on
the
water,
intending
to
join
them.
\VS{49}But,
when
they
saw
him
walking
on
the
water,
they
thought
it
was
a
ghost,
and
cried
out;
\VS{50}for
all
of
them
saw
him,
and
were
terrified.
But
Jesus
at
once
spoke
to
them.
{\WJ{‘Courage!’}}
he
said,
{\WJ{‘it
is
I;
do
not
be
afraid!’}}
\VS{51}Then
he
got
into
the
boat
with
them,
and
the
wind
dropped.
The
disciples
were
utterly
amazed,
\VS{52}for
they
had
not
understood
about
the
loaves,
their
minds
being
slow
to
learn.
\VS{53}When
they
had
crossed
over,
they
landed
at
Gennesaret,
and
moored
the
boat.
\VS{54}But
they
had
no sooner
left
her
than
the
people, recognising
Jesus,
\VS{55}hurried
over
the
whole
countryside,
and
began
to
carry
about
on
mats
those
who
were
ill,
wherever
they
heard
he
was.
\VS{56}So
wherever
he
went –
to
villages,
or
towns,
or farms –
they
would
lay
their
sick
in
the market-places,
begging
him
to
let
them
touch
only
the
tassel
of
his
cloak;
and
all
who
touched
were
made
well.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}One
day
the
Pharisees
and
some
of
the
teachers
of
the
Law
who
had
come
from
Jerusalem
gathered
round
Jesus.
\VS{2}They
had
noticed
that
some
of
his
disciples
ate
their
food
with
their
hands “defiled,”
by
which
they
meant unwashed.
\VS{3}(For
the
Pharisees,
and
indeed
all strict
Jews,
will
not
eat
without
first scrupulously
washing
their
hands,
holding
in
this
to
the
traditions
of
their
ancestors.
\VS{4}When
they
come
from
market,
they
will
not
eat
without
first sprinkling
themselves;
and
there
are
many
other
customs
which
they
have
inherited
and
hold
to,
such
as
the
ceremonial
washing
of
cups,
and
jugs,
and
copper
pans).
\VS{5}So
the
Pharisees
and
the
teachers
of
the
Law
asked
Jesus
this
question – ‘How
is
it
that
your
disciples
do
not
follow
the
traditions
of
our
ancestors,
but
eat
their
food
with
defiled
hands?’
\VS{6}His
answer
was,
{\WJ{‘It
was
well
said
by
Isaiah
when
he
prophesied
about
you
hypocrites
in
the
words – “This
is
a
people
who
honour
me
with
their
lips,
while
their
hearts
are
far
removed
from
me;}}
\VS{7}{\WJ{
but
vainly
do
they
worship
me,
For
they
teach
but
human
precepts.”}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{
You
neglect
God’s
commandments
and
hold
to
human
traditions.}}
\VS{9}{\WJ{
Wisely
do
you
set
aside
God’s
commandments,’}}
he
exclaimed,
{\WJ{‘to
keep
your
own
traditions!}}
\VS{10}{\WJ{
For
while
Moses
said “Honour
your
father
and
your
mother,”
and “Let
anyone
who
abuses
their
father
or
mother
suffer
death,”}}
\VS{11}{\WJ{
you
say “If
a
person
says
to
their
father
or
mother ‘Whatever
of
mine
might
have
been
of
service
to
you
is Corban’ ”}} (which
means “Set
apart
for
God”) –
\VS{12}{\WJ{
why,
then
you
do
not
allow
them
to
do
anything
further
for
their
father
or
mother!}}
\VS{13}{\WJ{
In
this
way
you nullify
the
words
of
God
by
your
traditions,
which
you
hand
down;
and
you
do
many
similar
things.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
Jesus
called
the
people
to
him
again,
and
said,
{\WJ{‘Listen
to
me,
all
of
you,
and
mark
my
words.}}
\VS{15}{\WJ{
There
is
nothing
external
to
a
person,
which
by
going
into
them
can
defile
them;
but
the
things
that
come
out
of
a
person
are
the
things
that
defile
them.’}}
\VS{16}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:16 }
Some later manuscripts add: Let anyone with ears to hear, listen.}
\par }{\PP \VS{17}When
Jesus
went indoors,
away
from
the
crowd,
his
disciples
began
questioning
him
about
this
saying.
\VS{18}{\WJ{‘What,
do
even
you
understand
so
little?’}}
exclaimed
Jesus.
{\WJ{‘Don’t
you
see
that
there
is
nothing
external
to
a
person,
which
by
going
into
a
person,
can
defile
them,}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
because
it
does
not
pass
into
his
heart,
but
into
his
stomach,
and
is
afterwards
got
rid
of?’ –
in
saying
this
Jesus
pronounced
all
food
clean.}}
\VS{20}{\WJ{‘It
is
what
comes
out
from
a
person,’}}
he
added,
{\WJ{‘that
defiles
them,}}
\VS{21}{\WJ{
for
it
is
from
within,
out
of
the
hearts
of
people,
that
there
come
evil
thoughts –
sexual
immorality,
theft,
murder,
adultery,}}
\VS{22}{\WJ{
greed,
wickedness,
deceit,
indecency,
envy,
slander,
haughtiness,
folly;}}
\VS{23}{\WJ{
all
these
wicked
things
come
from
within,
and
do
defile
a
person.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{24}On
leaving
that
place,
Jesus
went
to
the
district
of
Tyre
and
Sidon.
He
went
into
a
house,
and
did
not
wish
anyone
to
know
it,
but
could
not
escape
notice.
\VS{25}For
a
woman,
whose
little
daughter
had
a
foul
spirit
in
her,
heard
of
him
immediately,
and
came
and
threw
herself
at
his
feet –
\VS{26}the
woman
was
a
foreigner,
from
Syrian Phoenicia –
and
she
begged
him
to
drive
the
demon
out
of
her
daughter.
\VS{27}{\WJ{‘Let
the
children
be
satisfied
first,’}}
answered
Jesus.
{\WJ{‘For
it
is
not
fair
to
take
the
children’s
food,
and
throw
it
to
dogs.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{28}‘Yes,
Master,’
she
replied. ‘Even
the
dogs
under
the
table
do
feed
on
the
children’s
crumbs.’
\par }{\PP \VS{29}{\WJ{‘For
saying
that,’}}
he
answered,
{\WJ{‘you
may
go.
The
demon
has
gone
out
of
your
daughter.’}}
\VS{30}The
woman
went
home,
and
found
the
child
lying
on
her
bed,
and
the
demon
gone.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}On
returning
from
the
district
of
Tyre,
Jesus
went,
by
way
of
Sidon,
to
the
Sea
of
Galilee,
across
the
district
of
the
Ten
Towns.
\VS{32}Some
people
brought
to
him
a
man
who
was
deaf
and
almost
dumb,
and
they
begged
Jesus
to
place
his
hand
on
him.
\VS{33}Jesus
took
him
aside
from
the
crowd
quietly,
put
his
fingers
into
the
man’s
ears,
and
touched
his
tongue
with
saliva.
\VS{34}Then,
looking
up
to
heaven,
he
sighed,
and
said
to
the
man,
{\WJ{‘Ephphatha!’}}
which
means
{\WJ{“Be
opened.”}}
\VS{35}The
man’s
ears
were
opened,
the
string
of
his
tongue
was
freed,
and
he
began
to
talk
plainly.
\VS{36}Jesus
insisted
on
their
not
telling
anyone;
but
the
more
he
insisted,
the
more perseveringly
they
made
it
known,
\VS{37}and
a
profound impression
was
made
on
the
people. ‘He
has
done
everything
well!’
they
exclaimed. ‘He
makes
even
the
deaf
hear
and
the
dumb
speak!’

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}About
that
time,
when
there
was
again
a
great
crowd
of
people
who
had
nothing
to
eat,
Jesus
called
his
disciples
to
him,
and
said,
\VS{2}{\WJ{‘My
heart
is
moved
at
the
sight
of
all
these
people,
for
they
have
already
been
with
me
three
days
and
they
have
nothing
to
eat;}}
\VS{3}{\WJ{
and
if
I
send
them
away
to
their
homes
hungry,
they
will
break
down
on
the
way;
and
some
of
them
have
come
a
long
distance.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{4}‘Where
will
it
be
possible,’
his
disciples
answered, ‘to
get
sufficient
bread
for
these
people
in
this
lonely
place?’
\par }{\PP \VS{5}{\WJ{‘How
many
loaves
have
you?’}}
he
asked. ‘Seven,’
they
answered.
\VS{6}Jesus
told
the
crowd
to
sit
down
on
the
ground.
Then
he
took
the
seven
loaves,
and,
after
saying
the
thanksgiving,
broke
them,
and
gave
them
to
his
disciples
to
serve
out;
and
they
served
them
out
to
the
crowd.
\VS{7}They
had
also
a
few
small
fish;
and,
after
he
had
said
the
blessing,
he
told
the
disciples
to
serve
out
these
as
well.
\VS{8}The
people
had
sufficient
to
eat,
and
they
picked
up
seven
baskets
full
of
the
broken
pieces
that
were
left.
\VS{9}There
were
about
four
thousand
people.
Then
Jesus
dismissed
them.
\VS{10}Immediately
afterwards,
getting
into
the
boat
with
his
disciples,
Jesus
went
to
the
district
of
Dalmanutha.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Here
the
Pharisees
came
out,
and
began
to
argue
with
Jesus,
asking
him
for
some
sign
from
the
heavens,
to
test
him.
\VS{12}Sighing
deeply,
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{‘Why
does
this
generation
ask
for
a
sign?
I
tell
you,
no
sign
will
be
given
it.’}}
\VS{13}So
he
left
them
to
themselves,
and,
getting
into
the
boat
again,
went
away
to
the
opposite
shore.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Now
the
disciples
had
forgotten
to
take
any
bread
with
them,
one
loaf
being
all
that
they
had
in
the
boat.
\VS{15}So
Jesus
gave
them
this
warning.
{\WJ{‘Take
care,’}}
he
said,
{\WJ{‘beware
of
the
leaven
of
the
Pharisees
and
the
leaven
of
Herod.’}}
\VS{16}They
began
talking
to
one
another
about
their
being
short
of
bread;
\VS{17}and, noticing
this,
Jesus
said
to
them,
{\WJ{‘Why
are
you
talking
about
your
being
short
of
bread?
Don’t
you
yet
see
or
understand?
Are
your
minds
still
so
slow
or
comprehension?}}
\VS{18}{\WJ{
Though
you
have
eyes,
do
you
not
see?
And
though
you
have
ears,
do
you
not
hear?
Don’t
you
remember,}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
when
I
broke
up
the
five
loaves
for
the
five
thousand,
how
many
baskets
of
broken
pieces
you
picked
up?’}}
\par }{\PP ‘Twelve,’
they
said.
\VS{20}{\WJ{‘And
when
the
seven
for
the
four
thousand,
how
many basketfuls
of
broken
pieces
did
you
pick
up?’}}
\par }{\PP ‘Seven,’
they
said.
\VS{21}{\WJ{‘Don’t
you
understand
now?’}}
he
repeated.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}They
came
to Bethsaida.
There
some
people
brought
a
blind
man
to
Jesus,
and
begged
him
to
touch
him.
\VS{23}Taking
the
blind
man’s
hand,
Jesus
led
him
to
the
outskirts
of
the
village,
and,
when
he
had
put
saliva
on
the
man’s
eyes,
he
placed
his
hands
on
him,
and
asked
him,
{\WJ{‘Do
you
see
anything?’}}
\VS{24}The
man
looked
up,
and
said, ‘I
see
the
people,
for,
as
they
walk
about,
they
look
to
me
like
trees.’
\VS{25}Then
Jesus
again
placed
his
hands
on
the
man’s
eyes;
and
the
man
saw
clearly,
his
sight
was
restored,
and
he
saw
everything
with
perfect distinctness.
\VS{26}Jesus
sent
him
to
his
home,
and
said,
{\WJ{‘Do
not
go
even
into
the
village.’}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{27}Afterwards
Jesus
and
his
disciples
went
into
the
villages
round
Caesarea
Philippi;
and
on
the
way
he
asked
his
disciples
this
question –
{\WJ{‘Who
do
people
say
that
I
am?’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{28}‘John
the Baptist,’
they
answered, ‘but
others
say
Elijah,
while
others
say
one
of
the
prophets.’
\par }{\PP \VS{29}{\WJ{‘But
you,’}}
he
asked,
{\WJ{‘who
do
you
say
that
I
am?’}}
To
this
Peter
replied, ‘You
are
the
Christ.’
\VS{30}At
which
Jesus
charged
them
not
to
say
this
about
him
to
anyone.
\VS{31}Then
he
began
to
teach
them
that
the
Son
of
Man
must
undergo
much
suffering,
and
that
he
must
be
rejected
by
the
elders,
and
the
chief
priests,
and
the
teachers
of
the
Law,
and
be
put
to
death,
and
rise
again
after
three
days.
\VS{32}He
said
all
this
quite
openly.
But
Peter
took
Jesus
aside,
and
began
to
rebuke
him.
\VS{33}Jesus,
however,
turning
round
and
seeing
his
disciples,
rebuked
Peter.
{\WJ{‘Out
of
my
sight,
Satan!’}}
he
exclaimed.
{\WJ{‘For
you
look
at
things,
not
as
God
does,
but
as
people
do.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Calling
the
people
and
his
disciples
to
him,
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{‘If
anyone
wishes
to
walk
in
my
steps,
they
must renounce self,
take
up
their
cross,
and
follow
me.}}
\VS{35}{\WJ{
For
whoever
wishes
to
save
their
life
will
lose
it,
and
whoever,
for
my
sake
and
for
the
sake
of
the
good
news,
will
lose
their
life
will
save
it.}}
\VS{36}{\WJ{
What
good
is
it
to
a
person
to
gain
the
whole
world
and
forfeit
their
life?}}
\VS{37}{\WJ{
For
what
could
a
person
give
that
is
of
equal
value
with
their
life?}}
\VS{38}{\WJ{
Whoever
is
ashamed
of
me
and
of
my
teaching,
in
this
unfaithful
and
wicked
generation,
of
them
will
the
Son
of
Man
be
ashamed,
when
he
comes
in
his
Father’s
glory
with
the
holy
angels.’}}

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\WJ{‘I
tell
you,’}}
he
added,
{\WJ{‘that
some
of
those
who
are
standing
here
will
not
know
death
until
they
have
seen
the
kingdom
of
God
come
in
power.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Six
days
later,
Jesus
took
with
him
Peter,
James,
and
John,
and
led
them
up
a
high
mountain
alone
by
themselves.
There
his
appearance
was
transformed
before
their
eyes,
\VS{3}and
his
clothes
became
whiter
than
any
launderer
in
the
whole
world
could
bleach
them.
\VS{4}And
Elijah
appeared
to
them,
in
company
with
Moses;
and
they
were
talking
with
Jesus.
\VS{5}‘Rabbi,’
said
Peter, interposing, ‘it
is
good
to
be
here;
let
us
make
three
tents,
one
for
you,
one
for
Moses,
and
one
for
Elijah.’
\VS{6}For
he
did
not
know
what
to
say,
because
they
were
much
afraid.
\VS{7}Then
a
cloud
came
down
and enveloped
them;
and
from
the
cloud
there
came
a
voice – ‘This
is
my
dearly
loved
son;
listen
to
him.’
\VS{8}And
suddenly,
on
looking
round,
they
saw
that
there
was
now
no
one
with
them
but
Jesus
alone.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}As
they
were
going
down
the mountainside,
Jesus cautioned
them
not
to
relate
what
they
had
seen
to
anyone,
until
after
the
Son
of
Man
had
risen
from
the
dead.
\VS{10}They
seized
on
these
words
and discussed
with
one
another
what
this “rising
from
the
dead”
meant.
\VS{11}‘How
is
it,’
they
asked
Jesus, ‘that
our
teachers
of
the
Law
say
that
Elijah
has
to
come
first?’
\par }{\PP \VS{12}{\WJ{‘Elijah
does
indeed
come
first,’}}
answered
Jesus,
{\WJ{‘and re-establish
everything;
and
does
not
scripture
speak,
with
regard
to
the
Son
of
Man,
of
his undergoing
much
suffering
and
being
utterly
despised?}}
\VS{13}{\WJ{
But
I
tell
you
that
Elijah
has
come,
and
people
have
treated
him
just
as
they
pleased,
as
scripture
says
of
him.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{14}When
they
came
to
the
other
disciples,
they
saw
a
great
crowd
round
them,
and
some
teachers
of
the
Law
arguing
with
them.
\VS{15}But,
as
soon
as
they
saw
Jesus,
all
the
people,
in
great
astonishment,
ran
up
and
greeted
him.
\VS{16}{\WJ{‘What
are
you
arguing
about
with
them?’}}
Jesus
asked.
\VS{17}‘Teacher,’
answered
a
man
in
the
crowd, ‘I
brought
my
son
to
see
you,
as
he
has
a
spirit
in
him
that
makes
him
mute;
\VS{18}and,
wherever
it
seizes
him,
it
dashes
him
down;
he
foams
at
the
mouth
and
grinds
his
teeth,
and
he
is
pining
away.
I
asked
your
disciples
to
drive
the
spirit
out,
but
they
failed.’
\par }{\PP \VS{19}{\WJ{‘Faithless
generation!’}}
exclaimed
Jesus.
{\WJ{‘How
long
must
I
be
with
you?
How
long
must
I
have
patience
with
you?
Bring
the
boy
to
me.’}}
\VS{20}They
brought
him
to
Jesus;
but
no sooner
did
the
boy
see
him
than
the
spirit
threw
him
into convulsions;
and
he
fell
on
the
ground,
and
rolled
about, foaming
at
the
mouth.
\VS{21}{\WJ{‘How
long
has
he
been
like
this?’}}
Jesus
asked
the
boy’s
father.
\VS{22}‘From
his
childhood,’
he
answered. ‘It
has
often
thrown
him
into
fire
and
into
water
to
put
an
end
to
his
life;
but,
if
you
can
possibly
do
anything,
take
pity
on
us,
and
help
us!’
\VS{23}{\WJ{‘Why
say “possibly”?’}}
Jesus
replied.
{\WJ{‘Everything
is
possible
for
one
who
has
faith.’}}
\VS{24}The
boy’s
father
immediately
cried
out, ‘I
have
faith;
help
my
want
of
faith!’
\VS{25}But,
when
Jesus
saw
that
a
crowd
was
quickly
collecting,
he
rebuked
the
foul
spirit,
{\WJ{‘Deaf
and
dumb
spirit,
it
is
I
who
command
you.
Come
out
from
him
and
never
enter
him
again.’}}
\VS{26}With
a
loud
cry
the
spirit
threw
the
boy
into
repeated
convulsions,
and
then
came
out
from
him.
The
boy
looked
like
a
corpse,
so
that
most
of
them
said
that
he
was
dead.
\VS{27}But
Jesus
took
his
hand,
and
lifted
him;
and
he
stood
up.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}When
Jesus
had
gone indoors,
his
disciples
asked
him
privately, ‘Why
couldn’t
we
drive
it
out?’
\par }{\PP \VS{29}{\WJ{‘A
spirit
of
this
kind,’}}
he
said,
{\WJ{‘can
be
driven
out
only
by
prayer.’}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{30}Leaving
that
place,
Jesus
and
his
disciples
went
on
their
way
through
Galilee;
but
he
did
not
wish
anyone
to
know
it,
\VS{31}for
he
was instructing
his
disciples,
and
telling
them –
{\WJ{‘The
Son
of
Man
is
being
betrayed
into
the
hands
of
his
fellow
men,
and
they
will
put
him
to
death,
but,
when
he
has
been
put
to
death,
he
will
rise
again
after
three
days.’}}
\VS{32}But
the
disciples
did
not
understand
his
meaning
and
were
afraid
to
question
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}They
came
to
Capernaum.
When
Jesus
had
gone
into
the
house,
he
asked
them,
{\WJ{‘What
were
you
discussing
on
the
way?’}}
\VS{34}But
they
were
silent;
for
on
the
way
they
had
been
arguing
with
one
another
which
was
the
greatest.
\VS{35}Sitting
down,
Jesus
called
the
Twelve
and
said,
{\WJ{‘If
anyone
wishes
to
be
first,
he
must
be
last
of
all,
and
servant
of
all.’}}
\VS{36}Then
Jesus
took
a
little
child,
and
placed
it
in
the
middle
of
them.
Taking
it
in
his
arms,
he
said
to
them,
\VS{37}{\WJ{‘Anyone
who,
for
the
sake
of
my
name,
welcomes
even
a
little
child
like
this
is welcoming
me,
and
anyone
who
welcomes
me
is welcoming
not
me,
but
him
who
sent
me
as
his
messenger.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{38}‘Teacher,’
said
John, ‘we
saw
a
man
driving
out
demons
by
using
your
name,
and
we
tried
to
prevent
him,
because
he
did
not
follow
us.’
\par }{\PP \VS{39}{\WJ{‘None
of
you
must
prevent
the
man,’}}
answered
Jesus,
{\WJ{‘for
no
one
will
use
my
name
in
working
a
miracle,
and
yet
find
it
easy
to
speak
evil
of
me.}}
\VS{40}{\WJ{
He
who
is
not
against
us
is
for
us.}}
\VS{41}{\WJ{
If
anyone
gives
you
a
cup
of
water
because
you
belong
to
Christ,
I
tell
you,
he
will
assuredly
not
lose
his
reward.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{42}{\WJ{‘And,
if
anyone
puts
temptation
in
the
way
of
one
of
these
little
ones
who
believe
in
me,
it
would
be
far
better
for
him
if
he
had
been
thrown
into
the
sea
with
a
great
millstone
round
his
neck.}}
\VS{43}{\WJ{
If
your
hand
causes
you
to
sin,
cut
it
off.
It
would
be
better
for
you
to
enter
the
life
maimed,
than
to
have
both
your
hands
and
go
into Gehenna,
into
the
fire
that
cannot
be
put
out.}}
\VS{44}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9:44 }
Some later manuscripts add here or at verse 46: where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched.}
\VS{45}{\WJ{
If
your
foot
causes
you
to
sin,
cut
it
off.
It
would
be
better
for
you
to
enter
the
life
lame,
than
to
have
both
your
feet
and
be
thrown
into Gehenna.}}
\VS{46}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 9:46 }
See the note on verse 44.}
\VS{47}{\WJ{
If
your
eye
causes
you
to
sin,
tear
it
out.
It
would
be
better
for
you
to
enter
the
kingdom
of
God
with
only
one
eye,
than
to
have
both
eyes
and
be
thrown
into Gehenna,}}
\VS{48}{\WJ{
where
their
worm
does
not
die,
and
the
fire
is
not
put
out.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{49}{\WJ{
For
it
is
by
fire
that
everyone
will
be
salted.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{50}{\WJ{
Salt
is
good,
but,
if
the
salt
should
lose
its saltiness,
what
will
you
use
to
season
it?}}
\par }{\PP {\WJ{
You
must
have
salt
in
yourselves,
and
live
at
peace
with
one
another.’}}

\par }\Chap{10}{\SH The Journey to Jerusalem
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}On
leaving
that
place,
Jesus
went
into
the
district
of
Judea
on
the
other
side
of
the
Jordan.
Crowds
gathered
about
him
again;
and
again,
as
usual,
he
began
teaching
them.
\VS{2}Presently
some
Pharisees
came
up
and,
to
test
him,
asked, ‘Has
a
husband
the
right
to
divorce
his
wife?’
\par }{\PP \VS{3}{\WJ{‘What
direction
did
Moses
give
you?’}}
replied
Jesus.
\VS{4}‘Moses,’
they
said, ‘permitted
a
man
to
draw
up
in
writing
a
notice
of
separation
and
divorce
his
wife.’
\par }{\PP \VS{5}{\WJ{‘It
was owing
to
the
hardness
of
your
hearts,’}}
said
Jesus,
{\WJ{‘that
Moses
gave
you
this
direction;}}
\VS{6}{\WJ{
but,
at
the
beginning
of
the
Creation, “God
made
them
male
and
female.”}}
\VS{7}{\WJ{“For
this
reason
a
man
will
leave
his
father
and
mother,}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{
and
the
man
and
his
wife
will
become
one;”
so
that
they
are
no
longer
two,
but
one.}}
\VS{9}{\WJ{
What
God
himself,
then,
has yoked
together
no
one
must
separate.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{10}When
they
were indoors,
the
disciples
asked
him
again
about
this,
\VS{11}and
he
said,
{\WJ{‘Anyone
who
divorces
his
wife
and
marries
another
woman
is
guilty
of
adultery
against
his
wife;}}
\VS{12}{\WJ{
and,
if
the
woman
divorces
her
husband
and
marries
another
man,
she
is
guilty
of
adultery.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Some
of
the
people
were
bringing
little
children
to
Jesus,
for
him
to
touch
them;
but
the
disciples
rebuked
those
who
had
brought
them.
\VS{14}When,
however,
Jesus
saw
this,
he
was
indignant.
{\WJ{‘Let
the
little
children
come
to
me,’}}
he
said,
{\WJ{‘do
not
hinder
them;
for
it
is
to
the childlike
that
the
kingdom
of
God
belongs.}}
\VS{15}{\WJ{
I
tell
you,
unless
a
person
receives
the
kingdom
of
God
like
a
child,
they
will
not
enter
it
at
all.’}}
\VS{16}Then
he
embraced
the
children,
and,
placing
his
hands
on
them,
gave
them
his
blessing.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}As
Jesus
was resuming
his
journey,
a
man
came
running
up
to
him,
and
threw
himself
on
his
knees
before
him. ‘Good
teacher,’
he
asked, ‘what
must
I
do
to
gain
eternal
life?’
\par }{\PP \VS{18}{\WJ{‘Why
do
you
call
me
good?’}}
answered
Jesus.
{\WJ{‘No
one
is
good
but
God.}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
You
know
the
commandments – “Do
not
kill.
Do
not
commit
adultery.
Do
not
steal.
Do
not
say
what
is
false
about
others.
Do
not
cheat.
Honour
your
father
and
your
mother.” ’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{20}‘Teacher,’
he
replied, ‘I
have
observed
all
these
from
my
childhood.’
\VS{21}Jesus
looked
at
the
man,
and
his
heart
went
out
to
him,
and
he
said,
{\WJ{‘There
is
still
one
thing
wanting
in
you;
go
and
sell
all
that
you
have,
and
give
to
the
poor,
and
you
will
have
wealth
in
heaven;
then
come
and
follow
me.’}}
\VS{22}But
the
man’s
face clouded
at
these
words,
and
he
went
away
distressed,
for
he
had
great
possessions.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Then
Jesus
looked
round,
and
said
to
his
disciples,
{\WJ{‘How
hard
it
will
be
for
people
of
wealth
to
enter
the
kingdom
of
God!’}}
\VS{24}The
disciples
were
amazed
at
his
words.
But
Jesus
said
again,
{\WJ{‘My
children,
how
hard
a
thing
it
is
to
enter
the
kingdom
of
God!}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
It
is
easier
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?’
they
exclaimed
in
the
greatest
astonishment.
\VS{27}Jesus
looked
at
them,
and
answered,
{\WJ{‘With
people
it
is
impossible,
but
not
with
God;
for
everything
is
possible
with
God.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{28}‘But
we,’
began
Peter, ‘we
left
everything
and
have
followed
you.’
\par }{\PP \VS{29}{\WJ{‘I
tell
you,’}}
said
Jesus,
{\WJ{‘there
is
no
one
who
has
left
house,
or
brothers,
or
sisters,
or
mother,
or
father,
or
children,
or
land,
for
my
sake
and
for
the
good
news,}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
who
will
not
receive
a
hundred
times
as
much,
even
now
in
the
present –
houses,
and
brothers,
and
sisters,
and
mothers,
and
children,
and
land,
though
not
without
persecutions –
and
in
the
age
that
is
coming,
eternal
life.}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{
But
many
who
are
first
now
will
then
be
last,
and
the
last
will
be
first.’}}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{32}They
were
on
the
road
going
up
to
Jerusalem,
with
Jesus
walking
in
front
of
them.
The
disciples
were
filled
with
awe,
while
those
who
were
following
behind
were
overwhelmed
with
fear.
Gathering
the
Twelve
round
him
once
more,
Jesus
began
to
tell
them
what
was
about
to
happen
to
him.
\VS{33}{\WJ{‘Listen!’}}
he
said.
{\WJ{‘We
are
going
up
to
Jerusalem;
and
there
the
Son
of
Man
will
be
betrayed
to
the
chief
priests
and
the
teachers
of
the
Law,
and
they
will
condemn
him
to
death,
and
they
will
give
him
up
to
the
Gentiles,}}
\VS{34}{\WJ{
who
will
mock
him,
spit
on
him,
and
scourge
him,
and
put
him
to
death;
and
after
three
days
he
will
rise
again.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{35}James
and
John,
the
two
sons
of
Zebedee,
went
to
Jesus,
and
said, ‘Teacher,
we
want
you
to
do
for
us
whatever
we
ask.’
\par }{\PP \VS{36}{\WJ{‘What
do
you
want
me
to
do
for
you?’}}
he
asked.
\VS{37}‘Grant
us
this,’
they
answered, ‘to
sit,
one
on
your
right,
and
the
other
on
your
left,
when
you
come
in
glory.’
\par }{\PP \VS{38}{\WJ{‘You
do
not
know
what
you
are
asking,’}}
Jesus
said
to
them.
{\WJ{‘Can
you
drink
the
cup
that
I
am
to
drink?
Or
receive
the baptism
that
I
am
to
receive?’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{39}‘Yes,’
they
answered, ‘we
can.’
\par }{\PP {\WJ{‘You
will
indeed
drink
the
cup
that
I
am
to
drink,’}}
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{‘and
receive
the baptism
that
I
am
to
receive,}}
\VS{40}{\WJ{
but
as
to
a
seat
at
my
right
or
at
my
left –
that
is
not
mine
to
give,
but
it
is
for
those
for
whom
it
has
been
prepared.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{41}On
hearing
of
this,
the
ten
others
were
at
first
very
indignant
about
James
and
John.
\VS{42}But
Jesus
called
the
ten
to
him,
and
said,
{\WJ{‘Those
who
are
regarded
as
ruling
among
the
Gentiles
lord
it
over
them,
as
you
know,
and
their
great
men
oppress
them.}}
\VS{43}{\WJ{
But
among
you
it
is
not
so.
No,
whoever
wants
to
become
great
among
you
must
be
your
servant,}}
\VS{44}{\WJ{
and
whoever
wants
to
take
the
first
place
among
you
must
be
the
servant
of
all;}}
\VS{45}{\WJ{
for
even
the
Son
of
Man
came,
not
be
served,
but
to
serve,
and
to
give
his
life
as
a
ransom
for
many.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{46}They
came
to
Jericho.
When
Jesus
was
going
out
of
the
town
with
his
disciples
and
a
large
crowd, Bartimaeus,
the
son
of
Timaeus,
a
blind
beggar,
was
sitting
by
the roadside.
\VS{47}Hearing
that
it
was
Jesus
the
Nazarene,
he
began
to
call
out, ‘Jesus,
Son
of
David,
take
pity
on
me.’
\VS{48}Many
of
the
people
kept
telling
him
to
be
quiet;
but
the
man
continued
to
call
out
all
the
louder, ‘Son
of
David,
take
pity
on
me.’
\VS{49}Then
Jesus
stopped.
{\WJ{‘Call
him,’}}
he
said.
So
they
called
the
blind
man. ‘Have
courage!’
they
exclaimed. ‘Get
up;
he
is
calling
you.’
\VS{50}The
man
threw
off
his
cloak,
sprang
up,
and
came
to
Jesus.
\VS{51}{\WJ{‘What
do
you
want
me
to
do
for
you?’}}
said
Jesus,
addressing
him. ‘Rabboni,’
the
blind
man
answered, ‘I
want
to
recover
my
sight.’
\par }{\PP \VS{52}{\WJ{‘You
may
go,’}}
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{‘Your
faith
has
delivered
you.’}}
Immediately
he
recovered
his
sight,
and
began
to
follow
Jesus
along
the
road.

\par }\Chap{11}{\SH The Last Days
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
they
had
almost
reached
Jerusalem,
as
far
as Bethphage
and Bethany,
near
the
Mount
of
Olives,
Jesus
sent
on
two
of
his
disciples.
\VS{2}{\WJ{‘Go
to
the
village
facing
you,’}}
he
said,
{\WJ{‘and,
as
soon
as
you
get
there,
you
will
find
a
foal tethered,
which
no
one
has
ever
ridden;
untie
it,
and
bring
it.}}
\VS{3}{\WJ{
And,
if
anyone
says
to
you “Why
are
you
doing
that?”,
say “The
Master
wants
it,
and
will
be
sure
to
send
it
back
here
at
once.” ’}}
\VS{4}The
two
disciples
went,
and,
finding
a
foal tethered
outside
a
door
in
the
street,
they
untied
it.
\VS{5}Some
of
the
bystanders
said
to
them, ‘What
are
you
doing,
untying
the
foal?’
\VS{6}And
the
two
disciples
answered
as
Jesus
had
told
them;
and
they
allowed
them
to
go.
\VS{7}Then
they
brought
the
foal
to
Jesus,
and,
when
they
had
laid
their
cloaks
on
it,
he
seated
himself
on
it.
\VS{8}Many
of
the
people
spread
their
cloaks
on
the
road,
while
some strewed
boughs
which
they
had
cut
from
the
fields;
\VS{9}and
those
who
led
the
way,
as
well
as
those
who
followed,
kept
shouting, ‘God
save
him!
Blessed
is
He
who
comes
in
the
name
of
the
Lord!
\VS{10}Blessed
is
the
coming
kingdom
of
our
father
David!
God
save
him
from
on
high!’
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Jesus
entered
Jerusalem,
and
went
into
the
Temple
Courts;
and,
after
looking
round
at
everything,
as
it
was
already
late,
he
went
out
to Bethany
with
the
Twelve.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}The
next
day,
after
they
had
left Bethany,
Jesus
became
hungry;
\VS{13}and, noticing
a
fig
tree
at
a
distance
in
leaf,
he
went
to
it
to
see
if
by
any
chance
he
could
find
something
on
it;
but,
on
coming
up
to
it,
he
found
nothing
but
leaves,
for
it
was
not
the
season
for
figs.
\VS{14}So,
addressing
the
tree,
he
exclaimed,
{\WJ{‘May
no
one
ever
again
eat
of
your
fruit!’}}
And
his
disciples
heard
what
he
said.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}They
came
to
Jerusalem.
Jesus
went
into
the
Temple
Courts,
and
began
to
drive
out
those
who
were
buying
and
selling
there.
He
overturned
the
tables
of
the
money
changers,
and
the
seats
of
the pigeon-dealers,
\VS{16}and
would
not
allow
anyone
to
carry
anything
across
the
Temple
Courts.
\VS{17}Then
he
began
to
teach.
{\WJ{‘Does
not
scripture
say,’}}
he
asked,
{\WJ{‘ “My
house
will
be
called
a
house
of
prayer
for
all
the
nations”?
But
you
have
made
it
a
den
of
robbers.’}}
\VS{18}Now
the
chief
priests
and
the
teachers
of
the
Law
heard
this
and
began
to
look
for
some
way
of
putting
Jesus
to
death;
for
they
were
afraid
of
him,
since
all
the
people
were
greatly
impressed
by
his
teaching.
\VS{19}As
soon
as
evening
fell,
Jesus
and
his
disciples
went
out
of
the
city.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}As
they
passed
by
early
in
the
morning,
they
noticed
that
the
fig
tree
was
withered
up
from
the
roots.
\VS{21}Then
Peter recalled
what
had
occurred. ‘Look,
Rabbi,’
he
exclaimed, ‘the
fig
tree
which
you
doomed
is
withered
up!’
\par }{\PP \VS{22}{\WJ{‘Have
faith
in
God!’}}
replied
Jesus.
\VS{23}{\WJ{‘I
tell
you
that
if
anyone
should
say
to
this
hill “Be
lifted
up
and
hurled
into
the
sea!”,
without
ever
a
doubt
in
his
mind,
but
in
the
faith
that
what
he
says
will
be
done,
he
would
find
that
it
would
be.}}
\VS{24}{\WJ{
And
therefore
I
say
to
you “Have
faith
that
whatever
you
ask
for
in
prayer
is
already
granted
you,
and
you
will
find
that
it
will
be.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{25}{\WJ{‘And,
whenever
you
stand
up
to
pray,
forgive
any
grievance
that
you
have
against
anyone,
so
that
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven
also
may
forgive
you
your
offences.’}}
\VS{26}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 11:26 }
Some later manuscripts add: But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your offences.}
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{27}They
came
to
Jerusalem
again.
While
Jesus
was
walking
about
in
the
Temple
Courts,
the
chief
priests,
the
teachers
of
the
Law,
and
the
elders
came
up
to
him.
\VS{28}‘What
authority
have
you
to
do
these
things?’
they
said. ‘Who
gave
you
the
authority
to
do
them?’
\par }{\PP \VS{29}{\WJ{‘I
will
put
one
question
to
you,’}}
said
Jesus.
{\WJ{‘Answer
me
that,
and
then
I
will
tell
you
what
authority
I
have
to
act
as
I
do.}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
It
is
about
John’s baptism.
Was
it
of
divine
or
human
origin?
Answer
me
that.’}}
\VS{31}They
began
arguing
together. ‘If
we
say “divine,”
he
will
say “Why
then
didn’t
you
believe
him?”
\VS{32}Yet
can
we
say “human”?’
They
were
afraid
of
the
people,
for
everyone
regarded
John
as undoubtedly
a
prophet.
\VS{33}So
their
answer
to
Jesus
was – ‘We
do
not
know.’
\par }{\PP {\WJ{‘Then
I,’}}
replied
Jesus,
{\WJ{‘refuse
to
tell
you
what
authority
I
have
to
do
these
things.’}}

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jesus
began
to
speak
to
them
in
parables,
{\WJ{‘A
man
once
planted
a
vineyard,
put
a
fence
round
it,
dug
a wine-press,
built
a
tower,
and
then
let
it
out
to
tenants
and
went
abroad.}}
\VS{2}{\WJ{
At
the
proper
time
he
sent
a
servant
to
the
tenants,
to
receive
from
them
a
share
of
the
produce
of
the
grape
harvest;}}
\VS{3}{\WJ{
but
they
seized
him,
and
beat
him,
and
sent
him
away
empty-handed.}}
\VS{4}{\WJ{
A
second
time
the
owner
sent
a
servant
to
them;
this
man,
too,
the
tenants
struck
on
the
head,
and
insulted.}}
\VS{5}{\WJ{
He
sent
another,
but
him
they
killed;
and
so
with
many
others –
some
they
beat
and
some
they
killed.}}
\VS{6}{\WJ{
He
had
still
one
son,
who
was
very
dear
to
him;
and
him
he
sent
to
them
last
of
all. “They
will
respect
my
son,”
he
said.}}
\VS{7}{\WJ{
But
those
tenants
said
to
one
another “Here
is
the
heir!
Come,
let
us
kill
him,
and
his
inheritance
will
be
ours.”}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{
So
they
seized
him,
and
killed
him,
and
threw
his
body
outside
the
vineyard.}}
\VS{9}{\WJ{
What
will
the
owner
of
the
vineyard
do?
He
will
come
and
put
the
tenants
to
death,
and
he
will
let
the
vineyard
to
others.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{10}{\WJ{‘Have
you
never
read
this
passage
of
scripture? – “The
stone
which
the
builders
despised
has
now
itself
become
the
cornerstone;}}
\VS{11}{\WJ{
this
cornerstone
has
come
from
the
Lord,
and
is
marvellous
in
our
eyes.” ’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{12}After
this
his
enemies
were
eager
to
arrest
him,
but
they
were
afraid
of
the
crowd;
for
they
saw
that
it
was
at
them
that
he
had
aimed
the
parable.
So
they
left
him
alone,
and
went
away.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{13}Afterwards
they
sent
to
Jesus
some
of
the
Pharisees
and
Herodians,
to
set
a
trap
for
him
in
the
course
of
conversation.
\VS{14}These
men
came
to
him
and
said, ‘Teacher,
we
know
that
you
are
an
honest
man,
and
are
not
afraid
of
anyone,
for
you
pay
no
regard
to
a
person’s
position,
but
teach
the
way
of
God
honestly;
are
we
right
in
paying
taxes
to
the Emperor,
or
not?
\VS{15}Should
we
pay,
or
should
we
not
pay?’
Knowing
their
hypocrisy,
Jesus
said
to
them,
{\WJ{‘Why
are
you
testing
me?
Bring
me
a coin
to
look
at.’}}
\VS{16}And,
when
they
had
brought
it,
he
asked,
{\WJ{‘Whose
head
and
title
are
these?’}}
\par }{\PP ‘The Emperor’s,’
they
said;
\VS{17}and
Jesus
replied,
{\WJ{‘Pay
to
the Emperor
what
belongs
to
the Emperor,
and
to
God
what
belongs
to
God.’}}
And
they
were
amazed
at
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Next
came
some
Sadducees –
the
men
who
maintain
that
there
is
no resurrection.
Their
question
was
this –
\VS{19}‘Teacher,
in
our scriptures
Moses
decreed
that,
should
a
man’s
brother
die,
leaving
a
widow
but
no
child,
the
man
should
take
the
widow
as
his
wife,
and
raise
up
a
family
for
his
brother.
\VS{20}There
were
once
seven
brothers.
The
eldest
married,
but
died
and
left
no
family;
\VS{21}and
the
second
married
his
widow,
and
died
without
family;
and
so
did
the
third.
\VS{22}All
the
seven
died
and
left
no
family.
The
woman
herself
died
last
of
all.
\VS{23}At
the resurrection
whose
wife
will
she
be,
all
seven
brothers
having
had
her
as
their
wife?’
\par }{\PP \VS{24}{\WJ{‘Is
not
the
reason
of
your
mistake,’}}
answered
Jesus,
{\WJ{‘your
ignorance
of
the
scriptures
and
of
the
power
of
God?}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
When
people
rise
from
the
dead,
there
is
no
marrying
or
being
married;
but
they
are
as
angels
in
heaven.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{26}{\WJ{‘As
to
the
dead,
and
the
fact
that
they
rise,
have
you
never
read
in
the
book
of
Moses,
in
the
passage
about
the
Bush,
how
God
spoke
to
him
saying – “I
am
the
God
of
Abraham,
and
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob”?}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{
He
is
not
God
of
dead
people,
but
of
living.
You
are
greatly
mistaken.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Then
came
up
one
of
the
teachers
of
the
Law
who
had
heard
their discussions.
Knowing
that
Jesus
had
answered
them
wisely,
he
asked
him
this
question, ‘Which
commandment
is
the
most
important
of
all?’
\par }{\PP \VS{29}{\WJ{‘The
most
important,’}}
answered
Jesus,
{\WJ{‘is – “Hear,
Israel;
the
Lord
our
God
is
the
one
Lord;}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
and
you
must
love
the
Lord
your
God
with
all
your
heart,
and
with
all
your
soul,
and
with
all
your
mind,
and
with
all
your
strength.”}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{
The
second
is
this – “You
must
love
your
neighbour
as
you
love
yourself.”
There
is
no
commandment
greater
than
these.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{32}‘Wisely
answered,
teacher!’
exclaimed
the
teacher
of
the
Law. ‘It
is
true,
as
you
say,
that
there
is
one
God,
and
that
there
is
no
other
besides
him;
\VS{33}and
to
love
him
with
all
one’s
heart,
and
with
all
one’s
understanding,
and
with
all
one’s
strength,
and
to
love
one’s
neighbour
as
one
loves
oneself
is
far
beyond
all
burnt
offerings
and
sacrifices.’
\VS{34}Seeing
that
he
had
answered
with
discernment,
Jesus
said
to
him,
{\WJ{‘You
are
not
far
from
the
kingdom
of
God.’}}
\par }{\PP After
that
no
one
ventured
to
question
him
further.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}While
Jesus
was
teaching
in
the
Temple
Courts,
he
asked,
{\WJ{‘How
is
it
that
the
teachers
of
the
Law
say
that
the
Christ
is
to
be
David’s
son?}}
\VS{36}{\WJ{
David
said
himself,
speaking
under
the
inspiration
of
the
Holy
Spirit – “The
Lord
said
to
my
lord:
Sit
at
my
right
hand,
until
I
put
your
enemies
beneath
your
feet.”}}
\VS{37}{\WJ{
David
himself
calls
him “lord,”
how
comes
it,
then,
that
he
is
to
be
his
son?’}}
\par }{\PP The
mass
of
the
people
listened
to
Jesus
with
delight.
\VS{38}In
the
course
of
his
teaching,
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{‘See
that
you
are
on
your
guard
against
the
teachers
of
the
Law,
who
delight
to
walk
about
in
long
robes,
and
to
be
greeted
in
the
streets
with
respect,}}
\VS{39}{\WJ{
and
to
have
the
best
seats
in
the
synagogues,
and
places
of
honour
at
dinner.}}
\VS{40}{\WJ{
They
are
the
men
who
rob
widows
of
their
homes,
and
make
a
pretence
of
saying
long
prayers.
Their
sentence
will
be
all
the
heavier.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{41}Then
Jesus
sat
down
opposite
the
chests
for
the
Temple
offerings,
and
watched
how
the
people
put
money
into
them.
Many
rich
people
were
putting
in
large
sums;
\VS{42}but
one
poor
widow
came
and
put
in
two
small
coins,
worth
very
little.
\VS{43}Then,
calling
his
disciples
to
him,
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{‘I
tell
you
that
this
poor
widow
has
put
in
more
than
all
the
others
who
were
putting
money
into
the
chests;}}
\VS{44}{\WJ{
for
everyone
else
put
in
something
from
what
he
had
to
spare,
while
she,
in
her
need,
put
in
all
she
had –
everything
that
she
had
to
live
on.’}}

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}As
Jesus
was
walking
out
of
the
Temple
Courts,
one
of
his
disciples
said
to
him, ‘Teacher,
look
what
fine
stones
and
buildings
these
are!’
\par }{\PP \VS{2}{\WJ{‘Do
you
see
these
great
buildings?’}}
asked
Jesus.
{\WJ{‘Not
a
single
stone
will
be
left
here
on
another,
which
will
not
be
thrown
down.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{3}When
Jesus
had
sat
down
on
the
Mount
of
Olives,
facing
the
Temple,
Peter,
James,
John
and Andrew
questioned
him
privately,
\VS{4}‘Tell
us
when
this
will
be,
and
what
will
be
the
sign
when
all
this
is
drawing
to
its
close.’
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
Jesus
began,
{\WJ{‘See
that
no
one
leads
you
astray.}}
\VS{6}{\WJ{
Many
will
take
my
name,
and
come
saying “I
am
He”,
and
will
lead
many
astray.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\WJ{‘And,
when
you
hear
of
wars
and rumours
of
wars,
do
not
be
alarmed;
such
things
must
occur;
but
the
end
is
not
yet.}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{
For
nation
will
rise
against
nation,
and
kingdom
against
kingdom;
there
will
be
earthquakes
in
various
places;
there
will
be
famines.
This
will
be
but
the
beginning
of
the birth-pangs.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{9}{\WJ{‘See
to
yourselves!
They
will
betray
you
to
courts
of
law;
and
you
will
be
taken
to
synagogues
and
beaten;
and
you
will
be
brought
up
before
governors
and
kings
for
my
sake,
so
that
you
can
bear
witness
before
them.}}
\VS{10}{\WJ{
But
the
good
news
must
first
be
proclaimed
to
every
nation.}}
\VS{11}{\WJ{
Whenever
they
betray
you
and
hand
you
over
for
trial,
do
not
be
anxious
beforehand
as
to
what
you
will
say,
but
say
whatever
is
given
you
at
the
moment;
for
it
will
not
be
you
who
speak,
but
the
Holy
Spirit.}}
\VS{12}{\WJ{
Brother
will
betray
brother
to
death,
and
the
father
his
child;
and
children
will
turn
against
their
parents,
and
cause
them
to
be
put
to
death;}}
\VS{13}{\WJ{
and
you
will
be
hated
by
everyone
because
of
me.
Yet
the
person
who
endures
to
the
end
will
be
saved.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{14}{\WJ{‘As
soon,
however,
as
you
see “the
Foul Desecration”
standing
where
it
ought not’}} (the
reader
must
consider
what
this
means)
{\WJ{‘then
those
of
you
who
are
in
Judea
must
take
refuge
in
the
mountains;}}
\VS{15}{\WJ{
and
a
person
on
the house-top
must
not
go
down,
or
go
in
to
get
anything
out
of
their
house:}}
\VS{16}{\WJ{
nor
must
one
who
is
on
their
farm
turn
back
to
get
their
cloak.}}
\VS{17}{\WJ{
And
alas
for
pregnant
women,
and
for
those
who
are
nursing
infants
in
those
days!}}
\VS{18}{\WJ{
Pray,
too,
that
this
may
not
occur
in
winter.}}
\VS{19}{\WJ{
For
those
days
will
be
a
time
of
distress,
the
like
of
which
has
not
occurred
from
the
beginning
of
God’s
creation
until
now –
and
never
will
again.}}
\VS{20}{\WJ{
And,
had
not
the
Lord
put
a
limit
to
those
days,
not
a
single
soul
would
escape;
but,
for
the
sake
of
God’s
own
chosen
people,
he
did
limit
them.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{21}{\WJ{‘And
at
that
time
if
anyone
should
say
to
you “Look,
here
is
the
Christ!” “Look,
there
he
is!”,
do
not
believe
it;}}
\VS{22}{\WJ{
for
false
Christs
and
false
prophets
will
arise,
and
display
signs
and
marvels,
to
lead
astray,
were
it
possible,
even
God’s
people.}}
\VS{23}{\WJ{
But
see
that
you
are
on
your
guard!
I
have
told
you
all
this
beforehand.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{24}{\WJ{‘In
those
days,
after
that
time
of
distress,
the
sun
will
be
darkened,
the
moon
will
not
give
her
light,}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
the
stars
will
be
falling
from
the
heavens,
and
the
forces
that
are
in
the
heavens
will
be convulsed.}}
\VS{26}{\WJ{
Then
will
be
seen
the
Son
of
Man
coming
in
clouds
with
great
power
and
glory;}}
\VS{27}{\WJ{
and
then
he
will
send
the
angels,
and
gather
his
people
from
the
four
winds,
from
one
end
of
the
world
to
the
other.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{28}{\WJ{‘Learn
the lesson
taught
by
the
fig
tree.
As
soon
as
its
branches
are
full
of
sap,
and
it
is
bursting
into
leaf,
you
know
that
summer
is
near.}}
\VS{29}{\WJ{
And
so
may
you,
as
soon
as
you
see
these
things
happening,
know
that
he
is
at
your
doors.}}
\VS{30}{\WJ{
I
tell
you
that
even
the
present
generation
will
not
pass
away,
until
all
these
things
have
taken
place.}}
\VS{31}{\WJ{
The
heavens
and
the
earth
will
pass
away,
but
my
words
will
not
pass
away.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{32}{\WJ{‘But
about
that
day,
or
the
hour,
no
one
knows –
not
even
the
angels
in
heaven,
not
even
the
Son –
but
only
the
Father.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{33}{\WJ{‘See
that
you
are
on
the
watch;
for
you
do
not
know
when
the
time
will
be.}}
\VS{34}{\WJ{
It
is
like
a
man
going
on
a
journey,
who
leaves
his
home,
puts
his
servants
in
charge –
each
having
their
special
duty –
and
orders
the
porter
to
watch.}}
\VS{35}{\WJ{
Therefore
watch,
for
you
cannot
be
sure
when
the
Master
of
the
house
is
coming –
whether
in
the
evening,
at
midnight,
at
daybreak,
or
in
the
morning –}}
\VS{36}{\WJ{
otherwise
he
might
come
suddenly
and
find
you
asleep.}}
\VS{37}{\WJ{
And
what
I
say
to
you
I
say
to
all –
Watch!’}}

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}It
was
now
two
days
before
the
Festival
of
the
Passover
and
the
unleavened
bread.
The
chief
priests
and
the
teachers
of
the
Law
were
looking
for
an opportunity
to
arrest
Jesus
by
stealth,
and
to
put
him
to
death;
\VS{2}for
they
said, ‘Not
during
the
Festival,
or
the
people
may
riot.’
\par }{\PP \VS{3}When
Jesus
was
still
at Bethany,
in
the
house
of
Simon
the
leper,
while
he
was
sitting
at
the
table,
a
woman
came
with
an
alabaster
jar
of
choice
spikenard
perfume
of
great
value.
She
broke
the
jar,
and
poured
the
perfume
on
his
head.
\VS{4}Some
of
those
who
were
present
said
to
one
another indignantly, ‘Why
has
the
perfume
been
wasted
like
this?
\VS{5}This
perfume
could
have
been
sold
for
more
than
a
year’s
wages,
and
the
money
given
to
the
poor.’
\par }{\PP \VS{6}{\WJ{‘Leave
her
alone,’}}
said
Jesus,
as
they
began
to
find
fault
with
her,
{\WJ{‘why
are
you
troubling
her?
This
is
a
beautiful
deed
that
she
has
done
for
me.}}
\VS{7}{\WJ{
You
always
have
the
poor
with
you,
and
whenever
you
wish
you
can
do
good
to
them;
but
you
will
not
always
have
me.}}
\VS{8}{\WJ{
She
has
done
what
she
could;
she
has
perfumed
my
body
beforehand
for
my
burial.}}
\VS{9}{\WJ{
And
I
tell
you,
wherever,
in
the
whole
world,
the
good
news
is
proclaimed,
what
this
woman
has
done
will
be
told
in
memory
of
her.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{10}After
this,
Judas
Iscariot,
one
of
the
Twelve,
went
to
the
chief
priests,
to
betray
Jesus
to
them.
\VS{11}They
were
glad
to
hear
what
he
said,
and
promised
to
pay
him.
So
he
began
looking
for
a
good opportunity
to
betray
Jesus.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{12}On
the
first
day
of
the
Festival
of
the
unleavened
bread,
when
it
was
customary
to
kill
the
Passover
lambs,
his
disciples
said
to
Jesus, ‘Where
do
you
wish
us
to
go
and
make
preparations
for
your
eating
the
Passover?’
\VS{13}Jesus
sent
forward
two
of
his
disciples
and
said
to
them,
{\WJ{‘Go
into
the
city,
and
there
a
man
carrying
a
pitcher
of
water
will
meet
you;
follow
him;}}
\VS{14}{\WJ{
and,
wherever
he
goes
in,
say
to
the
owner
of
the
house “The
teacher
says –
Where
is
my
room
where
I
am
to
eat
the
Passover
with
my
disciples?”}}
\VS{15}{\WJ{
He
will
himself
show
you
a
large upstairs
room,
set
out
ready;
and
there
make
preparations
for
us.’}}
\VS{16}So
the
disciples
set
out
and
went
into
the
city,
and
found
everything
just
as
Jesus
had
told
them;
and
they
prepared
the
Passover.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}In
the
evening
he
went
there
with
the
Twelve,
\VS{18}and
when
they
had
taken
their
places
and
were
eating,
Jesus
said,
{\WJ{‘I
tell
you
that
one
of
you
is
going
to
betray
me –
one
who
is
eating
with
me.’}}
\VS{19}They
were
grieved
at
this,
and
began
to
say
to
him,
one
after
another, ‘Can
it
be
I?’
\par }{\PP \VS{20}{\WJ{‘It
is
one
of
you
Twelve,’}}
said
Jesus,
{\WJ{‘the
one
who
is dipping
his
bread
beside
me
into
the
dish.}}
\VS{21}{\WJ{
True,
the
Son
of
Man
must
go,
as
scripture
says
of
him,
yet
alas
for
that
man
by
whom
the
Son
of
Man
is
being
betrayed!
For
that
man
it
would
be
better
never
to
have
been
born!’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{22}While
they
were
eating,
Jesus
took
some
bread,
and,
after
saying
the
blessing,
broke
it,
and
gave
it
to
them,
and
said,
{\WJ{‘Take
it;
this
is
my
body.’}}
\VS{23}Then
he
took
a
cup,
and,
after
saying
the
thanksgiving,
gave
it
to
them,
and
they
all
drank
from
it.
\VS{24}{\WJ{‘This
is
my covenant-blood,’}}
he
said,
{\WJ{‘which
is
poured
out
on
behalf
of
many.}}
\VS{25}{\WJ{
I
tell
you
that
I
will
never
again
drink
of
the
fruit
of
the
vine,
until
that
day
when
I
will
drink
it
new
in
the
kingdom
of
God.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{26}They
then
sang
a
hymn,
and
went
out
up
the
Mount
of
Olives,
\VS{27}presently
Jesus
said
to
them,
{\WJ{‘All
of
you
will
fall
away;
for
scripture
says – “I
will
strike
down
the
shepherd,
and
the
sheep
will
be
scattered.”}}
\VS{28}{\WJ{
Yet,
after
I
have
risen,
I
will
go
before
you
into
Galilee.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{29}‘Even
if
everyone
else
falls
away,’
said
Peter, ‘I
will
not.’
\par }{\PP \VS{30}{\WJ{‘I
tell
you,’}}
answered
Jesus,
{\WJ{‘that
you
yourself
today –
yes,
this
very
night –
before
the cock
crows
twice,
will disown
me
three
times.’}}
\VS{31}But
Peter
vehemently
protested, ‘Even
if
I
must
die
with
you,
I
will
never disown
you!’
And
they
all
said
the
same.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{32}Presently
they
came
to
a
garden
known
as
Gethsemane,
and
Jesus
said
to
his
disciples
{\WJ{‘Sit
down
here
while
I
pray.’}}
\VS{33}He
took
with
him
Peter,
James,
and
John;
and
began
to
show
signs
of
great
dismay
and
deep
distress
of
mind.
\VS{34}{\WJ{‘I
am
sad
at
heart,’}}
he
said,
{\WJ{‘sad
even
to
death;
wait
here,
and
watch.’}}
\VS{35}Going
on
a
little
further,
he
threw
himself
on
the
ground,
and
began
to
pray
that,
if
it
were
possible,
he
might
be
spared
that
hour.
\VS{36}{\WJ{‘Abba,
Father,’}}
he
said,
{\WJ{‘all
things
are
possible
to
you;
take
away
this
cup
from
me;
yet,
not
what
I
will,
but
what
you
will.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{37}Then
he
came
and
found
the
three apostles
asleep.
{\WJ{‘Simon,’}}
he
said
to
Peter,
{\WJ{‘are
you
asleep?
Couldn’t
you
watch
for
one
hour?}}
\VS{38}{\WJ{
Watch
and
pray,’
he
said
to
them
all, ‘so
that
you
may
not
fall
into
temptation.
True,
the
spirit
is
willing,
but
the
flesh
is
weak.’}}
\VS{39}Again
he
went
away,
and
prayed
in
the
same
words;
\VS{40}and
coming
back
again
he
found
them
asleep,
for
their
eyes
were
heavy;
and
they
did
not
know
what
to
say
to
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{41}A
third
time
he
came,
and
said
to
them,
{\WJ{‘Sleep
on
now,
and
rest
yourselves.
Enough!
My
time
has
come.
Look,
the
Son
of
Man
is
being
betrayed
into
the
hands
of
wicked
people.}}
\VS{42}{\WJ{
Up,
and
let
us
be
going.
Look!
My
betrayer
is
close
at
hand.’}}
\par }{\PP \VS{43}And
just
then,
while
he
was
still
speaking,
Judas,
who
was
one
of
the
Twelve,
came
up;
and
with
him
a
crowd
of
people,
with
swords
and
clubs,
sent
by
the
chief
priests,
the
teachers
of
the
Law,
and
the
elders.
\VS{44}Now
the
betrayer
had
arranged
a
signal
with
them. ‘The
man
whom
I
kiss,’
he
had
said, ‘will
be
the
one;
arrest
him
and
take
him
away
safely.’
\VS{45}As
soon
as
Judas
came,
he
went
up
to
Jesus
at
once,
and
said, ‘Rabbi!’
and
kissed
him.
\VS{46}Then
the
men
seized
Jesus,
and
arrested
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{47}One
of
those
who
were
standing
by
drew
his
sword,
and
struck
at
the
high
priest’s
servant,
and
cut
off
his
ear.
\VS{48}But
Jesus
spoke
up,
and
said
to
the
men,
{\WJ{‘Have
you
come
out,
as
if
after
a
robber,
with
swords
and
clubs,
to
take
me?}}
\VS{49}{\WJ{
I
have
been
among
you
day
after
day
in
the
Temple
Courts
teaching,
and
yet
you
did
not
arrest
me;
but
this
is
in fulfilment
of
the
scriptures.’}}
\VS{50}And
all
the apostles
deserted
him
and
fled.
\VS{51}One
young
man
did
indeed
follow
him,
wrapped
only
in
a
linen
sheet.
They
tried
to
arrest
him;
\VS{52}but
he
left
the
sheet
in
their
hands,
and
fled
naked.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{53}Then
they
took
Jesus
to
the
high
priest;
and
all
the
chief
priests,
elders,
and
the
teachers
of
the
Law
assembled.
\VS{54}Peter,
who
had
followed
Jesus
at
a
distance
into
the
courtyard
of
the
high
priest,
was
sitting
there
among
the
guards,
warming
himself
at
the
blaze
of
the
fire.
\par }{\PP \VS{55}Meanwhile
the
chief
priest
and
the
whole
of
the
High
Council
were
trying
to
get
such
evidence
against
Jesus
as
would warrant
his
being
put
to
death,
but
they
could
not
find
any;
\VS{56}for,
though
there
were
many
who
gave
false
evidence
against
him,
yet
their
evidence
did
not
agree.
\VS{57}Presently
some
men
stood
up,
and
gave
this
false
evidence
against
him –
\VS{58}‘We
ourselves
heard
him
say “I
will
destroy
this
Temple
made
with
hands,
and
in
three
days
build
another
made
without
hands.” ’
\VS{59}Yet
not
even
on
that
point
did
their
evidence
agree.
\par }{\PP \VS{60}Then
the
high
priest
stood
forward,
and
questioned
Jesus. ‘Have
you
no
answer
to
make?’
he
asked. ‘What
is
this
evidence
which
these
men
are
giving
against
you?’
\VS{61}But
Jesus
remained
silent,
and
made
no
answer.
\par }{\PP A
second
time
the
high
priest
questioned
him. ‘Are
you,’
he
asked, ‘the
Christ,
the
Son
of
the
Blessed
One?’
\par }{\PP \VS{62}{\WJ{‘I
am,’}}
replied
Jesus,
{\WJ{‘and
you
will
all
see
the
Son
of
Man
sitting
on
the
right
hand
of
the
Almighty,
and
coming
in
the
clouds
of
heaven.’}}
\VS{63}At
this
the
high
priest
tore
his
vestments. ‘Why
do
we
want
any
more
witnesses?’
he
exclaimed.
\VS{64}‘You
heard
his
blasphemy?
What
is
your
verdict?’
They
all
condemned
him,
declaring
that
he
deserved
death.
\par }{\PP \VS{65}Some
of
those
present
began
to
spit
at
him,
and
to
blindfold
his
eyes,
and
strike
him,
saying,
as
they
did
so, ‘Now
play
the
prophet!’
and
even
the
guards
received
him
with
blows.
\par }{\PP \VS{66}While
Peter
was
in
the
courtyard
down
below,
one
of
the
high
priest’s
maidservants
came
up;
\VS{67}and,
seeing
Peter
warming
himself,
she
looked
closely
at
him,
and
exclaimed, ‘Why,
you
were
with
Jesus,
the
Nazarene!’
\VS{68}But
Peter
denied
it. ‘I
do
not
know
or
understand
what
you
mean,’
he
replied.
Then
he
went
out
into
the
porch;
\VS{69}and
there
the
maidservant,
on
seeing
him,
began
to
say
again
to
the
bystanders, ‘This
is
one
of
them!’
\VS{70}But
Peter
again
denied
it.
\par }{\PP Soon
afterwards
the
bystanders
again
said
to
him, ‘You
certainly
are
one
of
them;
why
you
are
a
Galilean!’
\VS{71}But
he
said
to
them, ‘I
swear
that
I
do
not
know
the
man
you
are
talking
about!
May
God
punish
me
if
I
am
lying!’
\VS{72}At
that
moment,
for
the
second
time,
a cock
crowed;
and
Peter
remembered
the
words
that
Jesus
had
said
to
him –
{\WJ{“Before
a cock
has
crowed
twice,
you
will disown
me
three
times”;}}
and,
as
he
thought
of
it,
he
began
to
weep.

\par }{\BB \par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}As
soon
as
it
was
daylight,
the
chief
priests,
after
holding
a
consultation
with
elders
and
teachers
of
the
Law –
that
is
to
say,
the
whole
High
Council –
put
Jesus
in
chains,
and
took
him
away,
and
gave
him
up
to
Pilate.
\VS{2}‘Are
you
the
king
of
the
Jews?’
asked
Pilate.
{\WJ{‘It
is
true,’}}
replied
Jesus.
\VS{3}Then
the
chief
priests
brought
a
number
of
charges
against
him.
\VS{4}So
Pilate
questioned
Jesus
again. ‘Have
you
no
reply
to
make?’
he
asked. ‘Listen,
how
many
charges
they
are
bringing
against
you.’
\VS{5}But
Jesus
still
made
no
reply
whatever;
at
which
Pilate
was
astonished.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Now,
at
the
feast, Pilate
used
to
grant
the
people
the
release
of
any
one
prisoner
whom
they
might
ask
for.
\VS{7}A
man
called Barabbas
was
in
prison,
with
the rioters
who
had
committed
murder
during
a
riot.
\VS{8}So,
when
the
crowd
went
up
and
began
to
ask Pilate
to
follow
his
usual
custom,
\VS{9}he
answered, ‘Do
you
want
me
to
release
the “king
of
the
Jews”
for
you?’
\VS{10}For
he
was
aware
that
it
was
out
of
jealousy
that
the
chief
priests
had
given Jesus
up
to
him.
\VS{11}But
the
chief
priests
incited
the
crowd
to
get Barabbas
released
instead.
\VS{12}Pilate,
however,
spoke
to
them
again, ‘What
should
I
do
then
with
the
man
whom
you
call
the “king
of
the
Jews”?’
\VS{13}Again
they
shouted, ‘Crucify
him!’
\par }{\PP \VS{14}‘Why,
what
harm
has
he
done?’
Pilate
kept
saying
to
them.
But
they
shouted
furiously, ‘Crucify
him!’
\VS{15}And
Pilate,
wishing
to
satisfy
the
crowd,
released Barabbas
to
them,
and,
after
scourging
Jesus,
gave
him
up
to
be
crucified.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}The
soldiers
then
took
Jesus
away
into
the
courtyard –
that
is
the
Government
house –
and
they
called
the
whole
garrison
together.
\VS{17}They
dressed
him
in
a
purple
robe,
and,
having
twisted
a
crown
of
thorns,
put
it
on
him,
\VS{18}and
then
began
to
salute
him. ‘Long
life
to
you,
king
of
the
Jews!’
they
said.
\VS{19}And
they
kept
striking
him
on
the
head
with
a
rod,
spitting
at
him,
and
bowing
to
the
ground
before
him –
going
down
on
their
knees;
\VS{20}and,
when
they
had
left
off
mocking
him,
they
took
off
the
purple
robe,
and
put
his
own
clothes
on
him.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{21}They
led
Jesus
out
to crucify
him;
and
they
compelled
a
passer-by,
Simon
from
Cyrene,
who
was
on
his
way
in
from
the
country,
the
father
of Alexander
and
Rufus,
to
go
with
them
to
carry
his
cross.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}They
brought
Jesus
to
the
place
which
was
known
as
Golgotha –
a
name
which
means “place
of
a
Skull.”
\VS{23}There
they
offered
him drugged
wine;
but
Jesus
refused
it.
\VS{24}Then
they
crucified
him,
and
divided
his
clothes
among
them,
casting
lots
for
them,
to
settle
what
each
should
take.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}It
was
nine
in
the
morning
when
they
crucified
him.
\VS{26}The
words
of
the
charge
against
him,
written
up
over
his
head,
read – “THE
KING
OF
THE
JEWS.”
\VS{27}And
with
him
they
crucified
two
robbers,
one
on
the
right,
and
the
other
on
the
left.
\VS{28}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 15:28 }
Some later manuscripts add: And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “He was counted among outlaws.”}
\par }{\PP \VS{29}The
passers-by
railed
at
him,
shaking
their
heads,
as
they
said, ‘Ah!
You
who
would
destroy
the
Temple
and
build
one
in
three
days,
\VS{30}come
down
from
the
cross
and
save
yourself!’
\VS{31}In
the
same
way
the
chief
priests,
with
the
teachers
of
the
Law,
said
to
one
another
in
mockery,
\VS{32}‘He
saved
others,
but
he
cannot
save
himself!
Let
the
Christ,
the “king
of
Israel,”
come
down
from
the
cross
now
so
that
we
can
see
it
and
believe.’
Even
the
men
who
had
been
crucified
with
Jesus
insulted
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}At
midday,
a
darkness
came
over
the
whole
country,
lasting
until
three
in
the
afternoon.
\VS{34}And,
at
three,
Jesus
called
out
loudly,
{\WJ{‘Eloi,
Eloi,
lama sabacthani?’}}
which
means
{\WJ{“My
God,
my
God,
why
have
you
forsaken
me?”}}
\VS{35}Some
of
those
standing
round
heard
this,
and
said, ‘Listen!
He
is
calling
for
Elijah!’
\VS{36}And
a
man
ran,
and, soaking
a
sponge
in
common
wine,
put
it
on
the
end
of
a
rod,
and
offered
it
to
him
to
drink,
saying
as
he
did
so, ‘Wait
and
let
us
see
if
Elijah
is
coming
to
take
him
down.’
\VS{37}But
Jesus,
giving
a
loud
cry,
breathed
his
last.
\VS{38}The
Temple
curtain
was
torn
in
two
from
top
to
bottom.
\VS{39}The Roman
officer,
who
was
standing
facing
Jesus,
on
seeing
the
way
in
which
he
breathed
his
last,
exclaimed, ‘This
man
must
indeed
have
been
God’s
son!’
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{40}There
were
some
women
also
watching
from
a
distance,
among
them
being
Mary
of Magdala,
Mary
the
mother
of
James
the
Little
and
of
Joseph,
and
Salome –
\VS{41}all
of
whom
used
to
accompany
Jesus
when
he
was
in
Galilee,
and
give
him
support –
besides
many
other
women
who
had
come
up
with
him
to
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{42}The
evening
had
already
fallen,
when,
as
it
was
the
Preparation
day –
the
day
before
the
Sabbath –
\VS{43}Joseph
from Arimathea,
a councillor
of
good
position,
who
was
himself
living
in
expectation
of
the
kingdom
of
God,
came
and
ventured
to
go
in
to
see
Pilate,
and
to
ask
for
the
body
of
Jesus.
\VS{44}But
Pilate
was
surprised
to
hear
that
he
had
already
died.
So
he
sent
for
the
officer,
and
asked
if
he
were
already
dead;
\VS{45}and,
on
learning
from
the
officer
that
it
was
so,
he
gave
the
corpse
to
Joseph.
\VS{46}Joseph,
having
bought
a
linen
sheet,
took
Jesus
down,
and
wound
the
sheet
round
him,
and
laid
him
in
a
tomb
which
had
been
cut
out
of
the
rock;
and
then
rolled
a
stone
up
against
the
entrance
of
the
tomb.
\VS{47}Mary
of Magdala
and
Mary,
the
mother
of
Joseph,
were
watching
to
see
where
he
was
laid.

\par }\Chap{16}{\SH The Risen Life Announced
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
the
Sabbath
was
over,
Mary
of Magdala,
Mary
the
mother
of
James,
and
Salome
bought
some
spices,
so
that
they
might
go
and
anoint
the
body
of
Jesus.
\VS{2}Very
early
on
the
first
day
of
the
week
they
went
to
the
tomb,
after
sunrise.
\VS{3}They
were
saying
to
one
another, ‘Who
will
roll
away
the
stone
for
us
from
the
entrance
of
the
tomb?’
\VS{4}But,
on
looking
up,
they
saw
that
the
stone
had
already
been
rolled
back;
it
was
a
very
large
one.
\VS{5}Going
into
the
tomb,
they
saw
a
young
man
sitting
on
their
right,
in
a
white
robe,
and
they
were
dismayed;
but
he
said
to
them,
\VS{6}‘Do
not
be
dismayed;
you
are
looking
for
Jesus,
the
Nazarene,
who
has
been
crucified;
he
has
risen,
he
is
not
here!
Look!
Here
is
the
place
where
they
laid
him.
\VS{7}But
go,
and
say
to
his
disciples
and
to
Peter “He
is
going
before
you
into
Galilee;
there
you
will
see
him,
as
he
told
you.” ’
\VS{8}They
went
out,
and
fled
from
the
tomb,
for
they
were
trembling
and
bewildered;
and
they
did
not
say
a
word
to
anyone,
for
they
were
frightened.
\par }{\SH A
late appendix
\par }{\PP \par }{\SHB (Inserted
in
some manuscripts
from
an
ancient
source)
\par }{\PP \VS{9}After
his
rising
again,
early
on
the
first
day
of
the
week,
Jesus
appeared
first
of
all
to
Mary
of Magdala,
from
whom
he
had
driven
out
seven
demons.
\VS{10}She
went
and
told
the
news
to
those
who
had
been
with
him
and
who
were
now
in
sorrow
and
tears;
\VS{11}yet
even
they,
when
they
heard
that
he
was
alive
and
had
been
seen
by
her,
did
not
believe
it.
\VS{12}Afterwards,
altered
in
appearance,
he
made
himself
known
to
two
of
them,
as
they
were
walking,
on
their
way
into
the
country.
\VS{13}They
also
went
and
told
the
rest,
but
they
did
not
believe
even
them.
\VS{14}Later
on,
he
made
himself
known
to
the
Eleven
themselves
as
they
were
at
a
meal,
and
reproached
them
with
their
want
of
faith
and
their
stubbornness,
because
they
did
not
believe
those
who
had
seen
him
after
he
had
risen
from
the
dead.
\VS{15}Then
he
said
to
them,
{\WJ{‘Go
into
all
the
world,
and
proclaim
the
good
news
to
all
creation.}}
\VS{16}{\WJ{
He
who
believes
and
is baptized
will
be
saved;
but
he
who
refuses
to
believe
will
be
condemned.}}
\VS{17}{\WJ{
Moreover
these
signs
will
attend
those
who
believe.
In
my
name
they
will
drive
out
demons;
they
will
speak
in
new
languages;}}
\VS{18}{\WJ{
they
will
take
up
snakes
in
their
hands;
and,
if
they
drink
any
poison,
it
will
not
hurt
them;
they
will
place
their
hands
on
sick
people
and
they
will
recover.’}}
\VS{19}So
the
Lord
Jesus,
after
he
had
spoken
to
them,
was
taken
up
into
heaven,
and
sat
at
the
right
hand
of
God.
\VS{20}But
they
set
out,
and
made
the
proclamation
everywhere,
the
Lord
working
with
them,
and
confirming
the
message
by
the
signs
which
attended
it.
\par }{\SH Another appendix
\par }{\PP But
all
that
had
been
revealed
to
them
they
reported
briefly
to
Peter
and
his
companions.
Afterwards
Jesus
himself
sent
them
out,
from
east
to
west,
the
sacred
and imperishable
proclamation
of
eternal
salvation.
\par }