\NormalFont\ShortTitle{MATTHEW}
{\MTB This book is the Gospel that Matthew wrote. We call this book
\par }{\MT Matthew

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH The genealogy of Jesus, with the names listed in three groups of 14 generations each.
\par }{\SR Matthew 1:1-17
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
This
is}}
the
record
of
the
ancestors
of
Jesus
the
Messiah,
the
descendant
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David
and
of
Abraham,
{\ADD{
from
whom
all
we
Jews
have
descended}}.
\VS{2}Abraham
was
the
father
of
Isaac.
Isaac
was
the
father
of
Jacob.
Jacob
was
the
father
of
Judah
and
Judah’s
{\ADD{
older
and
younger}}
brothers.
\VS{3}Judah
was
the
father
of
Perez
and
Zerah,
{\ADD{
and
their
mother}}
was
Tamar.
Perez
was
the
father
of
Hezron.
Hezron
was
the
father
of
Ram.
\VS{4}Ram
was
the
father
of
Amminadab.
Amminadab
was
the
father
of
Nahshon.
Nahshon
was
the
father
of
Salmon.
\VS{5}Salmon
and
his
wife
Rahab,
{\ADD{
a non-Jewish
woman}},
were
the
parents
of
Boaz.
Boaz
was
the
father
of
Obed.
{\ADD{Obed’s
mother
was}}
Ruth,
{\ADD{
another non-Jewish
woman}}.
Obed
was
the
father
of
Jesse.
\VS{6}Jesse
was
the
father
of
King
David.
David
was
the
father
of
Solomon.
{\ADD{
Solomon’s
mother
was
previously
married
to}}
Uriah.
\VS{7}Solomon
was
the
father
of
Rehoboam.
Rehoboam
was
the
father
of
Abijah.
Abijah
was
the
father
of
Asaph.
\VS{8}Asaph
was
the
father
of
Jehoshaphat.
Jehoshaphat
was
the
father
of
Jehoram.
Jehoram
was
an ancestor
of
Uzziah.
\VS{9}Uzziah
was
the
father
of
Jotham.
Jotham
was
the
father
of
Ahaz.
Ahaz
was
the
father
of
Hezekiah.
\VS{10}Hezekiah
was
the
father
of
Manasseh.
Manasseh
was
the
father
of
Amon.
Amon
was
the
father
of
Josiah.
\VS{11}Josiah
was
the
grandfather
of
Jeconiah
and Jeconiah’s
brothers.
{\ADD{
They
lived}}
at
the
time
when
the
{\ADD{
Babylonian
army}}
took
the
Israelites
as
captives
to
the
{\ADD{
country
of}}
Babylon.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}After
the
Babylonians
took
the
Israelites
to
Babylon,
Jeconiah
became
the
father
of
Shealtiel.
Shealtiel
was
the
grandfather
of
Zerubbabel.
\VS{13}Zerubbabel
was
the
father
of Abiud. Abiud
was
the
father
of
Eliakim.
\VS{14}Eliakim
was
the
father
of Azor. Azor
was
the
father
of
Zadok.
Zadok
was
the
father
of Akim.
\VS{15}Akim
was
the
father
of
Eliud.
Eliud
was
the
father
of
Eleazar.
Eleazar
was
the
father
of
Matthan.
Matthan
was
the
father
of
Jacob.
\VS{16}Jacob
was
the
father
of
Joseph.
Joseph
was
Mary’s
husband,
and
Mary
was
Jesus’
mother.
Jesus
is
the
one
who
is
called $\{$whom
we
call$\}$
the
Messiah.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}{\ADD{
As
you
can
calculate,
I
have grouped Jesus’}}
ancestors
{\ADD{
as
follows:}}
There
was
{\ADD{
a
succession
of}} 14
of
them
from
{\ADD{
the
time
when}}
Abraham
{\ADD{
lived}}
to
{\ADD{
the
time
when
King}}
David
{\ADD{
lived}}.
There
was
{\ADD{
a
succession
of}} 14
of
them
from
{\ADD{
the
time
when}}
David
{\ADD{
lived}}
to
{\ADD{
the
time
when}}
the
{\ADD{
Israelites
were
taken}} $\{${\ADD{
the
Babylonian
army
took
the
Israelites}}$\}$
away
to
Babylon.
There
was
{\ADD{
a
succession
of}} 14
of
them
from
{\ADD{
the
time
when
the
Israelites
were
taken}} $\{${\ADD{
the
Babylonian
army
took
the
Israelites}}$\}$
away
to
Babylon
until
{\ADD{
the
time
when}}
the
Messiah
{\ADD{
was
born}}.
\par }{\SH When
Joseph
learned
that Mary
was
pregnant,
he
decided
to
divorce
her,
but
an
angel
told
him
to
take
her
as
his
wife
because
it
was
the
power
of
the
Holy
Spirit
that
had
enabled
her
to
be
pregnant
\par }{\SR Matthew 1:18-25
\par }{\PP \VS{18}This
is
{\ADD{
the
account
of
what
happened
just
before}}
Jesus
Christ
was
born.
Mary,
his
mother, $\{$had
publicly
promised
Joseph
that
she
would
marry
him$\}$
had
been
publicly
promised
to
marry
Joseph.
Before
they
began
to
sleep
together,
{\ADD{
Mary}}
realized
that
she
was
pregnant.
{\ADD{
It
was
the
power
of}}
the
Holy
Spirit
that
had
caused
her
to
become
pregnant.
\VS{19}Joseph,
her
{\ADD{
future}}
husband,
was
a
man
who
obeyed
God’s
commands.
{\ADD{
One
of
those
commands
was
that
men
must
divorce
women
who
had
acted immorally.
So
when
Joseph
learned
that Mary
was
pregnant,
he assumed
that
she
was
pregnant
as
a
result
of
her
acting immorally}}.
So
he
decided
to
break
the engagement.
But
because
he
did
not
want
to
shame
her
publicly,
he
decided
to
do
it
privately.
\VS{20}While
he
was
seriously
considering
this,
much
to
his surprise,
in
a
dream
he
saw
an
angel
whom
the
Lord
{\ADD{
had
sent}}.
The
angel
said, “Joseph,
descendant
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David,
do
not
be
afraid
that
{\ADD{
you(sg)
would
be
doing
wrong
if
you(sg)
would
marry}}
Mary.
Instead,
{\ADD{
begin
to
treat
her}}
as
your
wife,
because
the
Holy
Spirit,
{\ADD{
not
a
man}},
has
caused
her
to
be
pregnant.
\VS{21}She
will
give
birth
to
a
son.
Since
it
is
he
who
will
cause
that
his
people
will
be
saved
from
{\ADD{
the
guilt
of}}
their
having
sinned,
name
{\ADD{
the
baby}}
Jesus,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘the
Lord
saves people’}}.”
\VS{22}All
this
happened
as
a
result
of
what
the
Lord
told
the
prophet
{\ADD{
Isaiah
to
write
long
ago
about
what
was
going
to
happen}}.
This
is
what
Isaiah
wrote:
\VS{23}“Listen,
a
virgin
will
become
pregnant
and
will
give
birth
to
a
son.
They
will
call
him
Emmanuel.”
Emmanuel
means ‘God
is
with us’.
\VS{24}When
Joseph
got
up
from
sleep,
he
did
what
the
angel
whom
the
Lord
{\ADD{
had
sent}}
commanded
him
to
do.
He
took
{\ADD{Mary}}
home
to
be
his
wife.
\VS{25}But
he
did
not
have
sexual
relations
with
her
until
she
had
given
birth
to
a
son.
And
{\ADD{
Joseph}}
named
him
Jesus.

\par }\Chap{2}{\SH After some astrologers saw an unusual star, they traveled westwards to find the place where the infant Jesus was. King Herod helped direct them, but then an angel told them not to go back to King Herod.
\par }{\SR Matthew 2:1-12
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jesus
was
born
in
Bethlehem
{\ADD{
town}}
in
Judea
{\ADD{
province}}
during
the
time [MTY]
that
King
Herod
{\ADD{
the
Great
ruled
there.
Some
time}}
after
Jesus
was
born,
some
men
who
studied
the
stars
and
who
lived
in
a
{\ADD{
country}}
east
{\ADD{
of
Judea}}
came
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}They
asked
{\ADD{
people}}, “Where
is
the
one
who
has
been
born
{\ADD{
in
order
that
he
might
be}}
the
king
of
{\ADD{
you}}
Jews?
{\ADD{
We
believe
that
your
new
king}}
has
been
born,
because
we
have
seen
the
star
{\ADD{
that
we
believe indicated
that}}
he
has
been
{\ADD{
born}}.
{\ADD{
We
saw
it
while
we
were
in
our
country}}
east
{\ADD{
of
here}}.
So
we
have
come
to
worship
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}When
King
Herod
heard
{\ADD{
what
those
men
were
asking}},
he
became
worried
{\ADD{
that
someone
else
might
be
proclaimed}} $\{${\ADD{
people
might
proclaim
someone
else}}$\}$
{\ADD{
king
of
the
Jews
to
replace
him}}.
Many
{\ADD{
of
the
people}}
of
Jerusalem [MTY, HYP]
{\ADD{
also}}
became
worried
{\ADD{
because
they
were
afraid
of
what
King
Herod
might
do}}.
\VS{4}Then Herod
gathered
together
all
the
ruling
priests
and
men
who
taught
the
people
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
and
he
asked
them
where
{\ADD{
the
prophets
had
predicted
that}}
the
Messiah
was
to
be
born.
\VS{5}They
said
to
him, “{\ADD{
He
will
be
born}}
in
Bethlehem,
{\ADD{
here}}
in
Judea
{\ADD{
province}},
because
it
was
written
by
the
prophet
{\ADD{
Micah}} $\{$the
prophet
{\ADD{
Micah}}
wrote$\}$
{\ADD{
long
ago
what
God
said}}:
\VS{6}‘You
{\ADD{
who
live
in}}
Bethlehem [APO],
in
Judea
{\ADD{
province}},
your
town
is
certainly
very
important [LIT],
because
a
man
from
your
{\ADD{
town}}
will
become
a
ruler.
He
will
guide
my
people
{\ADD{
who
live
in}}
Israel.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
{\ADD{
King}}
Herod
secretly
summoned
those
men
who
studied
the
stars.
He
asked
them
exactly
when
the
star
{\ADD{
first}}
appeared.
{\ADD{
By
what
they
told
him,
he
was
able
to
know
the approximate
age
of
the
baby}}.
\VS{8}Then
he
{\ADD{
concealed
what
he
really
planned
to
do
and}}
said
to
them, “Go
to
Bethlehem
and
inquire
thoroughly
{\ADD{
where}}
the
infant
is.
When
you
have
found
him,
{\ADD{
come
back
and}}
report
to
me
so
that
I,
myself,
can
go
{\ADD{
there
and}}
worship
him,
too.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}After
the
men
heard
what
the
king
{\ADD{
told
them}},
they
went
{\ADD{
toward
Bethlehem}}.
To
their surprise,
the
star
that
they
had
seen
while
they
were
in
the
eastern
{\ADD{
country}}
went
ahead
of
them
{\ADD{
again}}
until
it
stood
above
{\ADD{
the
house}}
where
the
child
was.
\VS{10}When
they
saw
the
star,
they
rejoiced
greatly
{\ADD{
and
followed
it}}.
\VS{11}They
{\ADD{
found}}
the
house
and
entered
it
and
saw
the
child
and
his
mother,
Mary.
They
bowed
down
and
worshipped
him.
Then
they
opened
their
treasure
{\ADD{
boxes}} [MTY]
and
they
gave
gold,
{\ADD{
costly}}
frankincense,
and
myrrh
to
him.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
Because}}
God
{\ADD{
knew
that
King
Herod
planned
to
kill
Jesus}},
in
a
dream
the
men
who
studied
the
stars
were
warned $\{$he
warned
the
men
who
studied
the
stars$\}$
that
they
should
not
return
to
{\ADD{
King}}
Herod.
So
they
returned
to
their
country,
{\ADD{
but
instead
of
traveling
back
on
the
same
road,
they}}
went
on
a
different
road.
\par }{\SH Following
an angel’s
instructions,
Joseph
took
his
family
to
the
country
of
Egypt
to
escape
from
Herod.
\par }{\SR Matthew 2:13-21
\par }{\PP \VS{13}After
the
men
who
studied
the
stars
left
{\ADD{
Bethlehem}},
an
angel
{\ADD{
from}}
the
Lord
appeared
to
Joseph
in
a
dream.
He
said, “Get
up,
take
the
child
and
his
mother,
and
flee
to
Egypt.
Stay
there
until
I
tell
you
{\ADD{(sg)
that
you
should
leave}},
because
{\ADD{
King}}
Herod
is
about
{\ADD{
to
send
soldiers}}
to
look
for
the
child
so
that
they
can
kill
him.”
\VS{14}So
Joseph
got
up,
he
took
the
child
and
his
mother
{\ADD{
that}}
night,
and
they
fled
to
Egypt.
\VS{15}They
stayed
there
until
{\ADD{
King}}
Herod
died,
{\ADD{
and
then
they
left
Egypt}}.
By
doing
that,
it
was $\{$they$\}$
fulfilled
what
the
prophet
{\ADD{
Hosea}}
wrote,
which
had
been
said
by
the
Lord $\{$which
the
Lord
had
said$\}$,
\par }{\Q I
have
told
my
son
to
come
out
of
Egypt.
\par }{\MM \VS{16}{\ADD{
While
King}}
Herod
{\ADD{
was
still
living}},
because
he
realized
that
he
had
been
tricked
by
the
men
who
studied
the
stars $\{$the
men
who
studied
the
stars
had
tricked
him$\}$,
he
became
furious.
Then,
{\ADD{assuming
that
Jesus
was
still
in
Bethlehem
or
the
surrounding
regions}},
Herod
sent
{\ADD{
soldiers
there}}
to
kill
all
the
boy
babies
two
years
old
and
younger.
{\ADD{
Herod
calculated
how
old
the
baby
was}},
according
to
what
the
men
who
studied
the
stars
told
him
{\ADD{
about
when
the
star
first
appeared}}.
\VS{17}{\ADD{
Because
Bethlehem
and
Ramah
towns
were
in
the
area
where
the
descendants
of
Jacob’s
wife
Rachel
lived,
when
soldiers
killed
the
infant
boys}},
they
fulfilled
what
Jeremiah
the
prophet
wrote,
\par }{\PI \VS{18}{\ADD{
Women}}
in
Ramah
were
weeping
and
wailing
loudly.
{\ADD{
Women
who
were
the
descendants}}
of
Rachel,
{\ADD{
the ancestor
of
the
women
there}} [SYN],
were
grieving
for
{\ADD{
what
happened
to}}
their
children.
{\ADD{
Even
though
people
tried
to
comfort
them}},
they
would
not
be
comforted $\{$stop
mourning$\}$,
because
their
children
were
dead.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}After
Herod
died
{\ADD{
and
while
Joseph
and
his
family
were
still
in
Egypt}},
an
angel
that
the
Lord
{\ADD{
had
sent}}
appeared
to
Joseph
in
Egypt
in
a
dream.
\VS{20}He
said
to
Joseph, “Take
the
child
and
his
mother
and
go
back
to
Israel
{\ADD{
to
live}},
because
the
people
who
were
looking
for
the
child
{\ADD{
in
order
to
kill
him}}
have
died.”
\VS{21}So
Joseph
took
the
child
and
his
mother,
and
they
went
back
to
Israel.
\par }{\SH Following
an angel’s
warning,
Joseph
and
his
family
returned
to Nazareth,
and
thus
a
prophecy
about
the
Messiah
was
fulfilled.
\par }{\SR Matthew 2:22-23
\par }{\PP \VS{22}When
Joseph
heard
that Archaelaus
now
ruled
in
Judea
{\ADD{
district}}
instead
of
his
father,
{\ADD{
King}}
Herod
{\ADD{
the
Great}},
he
was
afraid
to
go
there.
Because
he
was
warned $\{${\ADD{
God}}
warned
Joseph$\}$
in
a
dream
{\ADD{
that
it
was
still
dangerous
for
them
to
live
in
Judea}},
he
{\ADD{
and Mary
and Jesus}}
went
to
Galilee
{\ADD{
District}}
\VS{23}to
Nazareth
{\ADD{
to
live
there}}.
The
result
was
that
what
had
been
said
by
the
ancient
prophets $\{$what
the
ancient
prophets
had
said$\}$
{\ADD{
about
the
Messiah}},
that
he
would
be
called $\{$people
would
call
him$\}$
a Nazareth-man,
was
fulfilled $\{$came
true$\}$.

\par }\Chap{3}{\SH John the Baptizer announced the coming of Jesus, and he baptized many people who heard his message.
\par }{\SR Matthew 3:1-6
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}While
{\ADD{
Jesus
was
still
in Nazareth
town}},
John,
{\ADD{
whom
the
people
called}}
the Baptizer,
went
to
a
desolate
place
in
Judea
{\ADD{
district}}.
\VS{2}He
was
preaching
{\ADD{
to
the
people
who
came
there}}.
He
kept
saying, “{\ADD{
You
need
to}}
turn
away
from
your
sinful
behavior,
because
God [MET]
will
soon
begin
to
rule
{\ADD{
over
people,
and
he
will
reject
you
if
you
do
not
turn
away
from
your
sinful
life}}.”
\VS{3}John
was
the
person
who
{\ADD{
fulfilled}}
what
was
said
by
Isaiah
the
prophet $\{$what
Isaiah
the
prophet
{\ADD{
predicted}}
when
he
said$\}$,
long
ago:
\par }{\PI In
a
desolate
area ◄{\ADD{
people
will
hear
someone/someone
will
be
heard}}►
shouting
{\ADD{
to
the
people
who
pass
by}},
\par }{\PI Prepare
{\ADD{
yourselves
to
receive}}
the
Lord
when
he
comes!
\par }{\PI {\ADD{
Make
yourselves
ready
so
that
you
will
be
prepared
when
he
comes}} [MET, DOU],
just
like
people
{\ADD{improve
and}}
straighten
out
the
road
{\ADD{
for
an
important
official!}}
\par }{\PP \VS{4}John
wore
{\ADD{coarse}}
clothing
made
from
camel’s
hair.
And
{\ADD{
as
the
prophet
Elijah
did
long
ago}},
he
wore
a
leather
belt
around
his
waist.
His
food
was
{\ADD{
only}}
grasshoppers
and
honey
{\ADD{
that
he
found}}
in
that
desolate
area.
\VS{5}{\ADD{
People
who
lived
in}}
Jerusalem
{\ADD{
city}} [MTY],
many [HYP]
{\ADD{
people
who
lived
in
other
places
in}}
Judea
{\ADD{
district}} [MTY],
and
many [HYP]
{\ADD{
people
who
lived
in}}
the
area
around
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}} [MTY]
came
to
John
{\ADD{
to
hear
him
preach}}.
\VS{6}After
{\ADD{
they
heard
him
tell
them
to
turn
away
from
their
sinful
behavior}},
they
{\ADD{
openly}}
confessed
their
sins,
and
as
a
result
they
were baptized
by
John $\{$John baptized
them$\}$
in
the
Jordan
River.
\par }{\SH John
told
the Pharisees
and Sadducees
that
they
needed
to
repent
before
he
would baptize
them.
\par }{\SR Matthew 3:7-10
\par }{\PP \VS{7}After
John
noted
that
many
men
of
the
Pharisee
{\ADD{religious
group}}
and
of
the Sadducee
{\ADD{religious
group}}
were
coming
{\ADD{
to
him}}
to
be baptized $\{$in
order
that
he
would baptize
them$\}$,
he
said
to
them, “You
people
are
{\ADD{
evil
like
poisonous}}
snakes [MET]!
I
warn
you
that
God
will
some
day
punish [MTY]
everyone
who
sins. ◄And
do
not
think
that
you
can
escape
from
his
punishing
you [MTY]
{\ADD{
if
you
do
not
turn
from
your
sinful
behavior}}!/Did
someone
tell
you
that
you
can
escape
from
his
punishing
you [MTY]
{\ADD{
if
you
do
not
turn
from
your
sinful
behavior}}?► [RHQ]
\VS{8}Do
what
is
appropriate [IDM]
for
people
who
have
truly
turned
away
from
their
sinful
behavior
{\ADD{
before
you
come
to
me
in
order
to
be baptized}} $\{${\ADD{
that
I baptize
you}}$\}$.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
God
promised
to
give
Abraham
many
descendants.
In
order
to
fulfill
that
promise}},
God
{\ADD{
does
not
need
you!
I}}
tell
you
that
he
can
change
these
stones
to
make
them
descendants
of
Abraham.
So
do
not
start
to
say
to
yourselves, ‘Since
we
are
descendants
of
{\ADD{
our
ancestor}}
Abraham,
{\ADD{
God
will
not
punish
us
even
though
we
have
sinned}}.’
\VS{10}{\ADD{
God
is}}
ready
{\ADD{
to
punish
you
if
you
do
not
turn
away
from
your
sinful
behavior,
just
like}}
a
man
who
lays
his
axe
at
the
roots
of
a
{\ADD{
fruit}}
tree
{\ADD{
in
order
to}}
chop
it
down
and
throw
it
into
the
fire
if
it
does
not
produce
good
fruit [MET].”
\par }{\SH John
said
that
someone
greater
than
him
would
soon
come
who
would
enable
some
of
the
people
to
change
their
lives
and
who
would
severely
punish
the
others.
\par }{\SR Matthew 3:11-12
\par }{\PP \VS{11}“As
for
me,
I
{\ADD{
am
not
very
important,
because}}
I baptize
you
{\ADD{
only}}
with
water.
I
{\ADD{baptize
you}}
because
of
your feeling
sorry
that
you
have
sinned.
But
someone
else
will
come
soon
who
is
very
great;
{\ADD{
he
will
do
powerful
deeds}} (OR,
{\ADD{
act powerfully}}).
{\ADD{
Because
he
is}}
superior
to
me,
I
am
not
worthy
{\ADD{
even
to
do
a menial
task
for
him,
such
as}}
to
carry
his
sandals.
\par }{\PP He
will
put
{\ADD{
his}}
Holy
Spirit
{\ADD{
within}}
you
{\ADD{
to
truly
change}}
the
way
you
live [MET],
and
{\ADD{
he
will
judge
others
of
you
and
punish
you
in}}
the
fire
{\ADD{
in
hell}}.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
He
is
like
a
farmer
who
wants
to
clear
away
the
grain
that
is
on
the
ground
where
it
has
been
threshed}} $\{${\ADD{
they
have
threshed
it}}$\}$.
{\ADD{
That
farmer
uses
a}}
huge
fork
to
throw
the
grain
into
the
air
{\ADD{
to
separate
the
wheat
from
the
chaff}} [MET],
and
then
he cleans
up
the
threshing
area.
{\ADD{
Similarly}},
God
will
{\ADD{
separate
righteous
people
from
the
evil
people
like
a
farmer
who}}
gathers
the
wheat
into
his
storage
area,
and
then
{\ADD{
God}}
will
burn
the
{\ADD{
people
who
are
like}}
chaff
with
a
fire
that
will
never
be
put
out [MET].”
\par }{\SH When
John baptized
Jesus,
God
showed
that
Jesus
was
his
Son
by
sending
the
Holy
Spirit
upon
him.
\par }{\SR Matthew 3:13-17
\par }{\PP \VS{13}During
that
time,
Jesus
went
from
Galilee
{\ADD{
District}}
to
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}},
where
John
was.
{\ADD{
He
did
that}}
in
order
to
be baptized
by
John $\{$in
order
to
ask
that
John
would baptize
him$\}$.
\VS{14}{\ADD{
When
Jesus
asked
John
to baptize
him}},
John objected,
saying, “I
need
to
be baptized
by
{\BD{
you}} $\{${\BD{
you}}
to baptize
{\BD{
me}}$\}$
{\ADD{
because
you
are
superior
to
me.
Since
you
are
not
a
sinner}}, ◄{\ADD{
you(sg)}}
should
not
come
to
me
{\ADD{
to
be baptized
by
me}} $\{${\ADD{
to
ask
that
I baptize
you(sg)}}$\}$!/why
do
you
come
to
me
{\ADD{
to
be baptized
by
me}} $\{${\ADD{
ask
that
I baptize
you(sg)}}$\}$ [RHQ]?►”
\VS{15}But
Jesus
said
to
him, “Baptize
me
at
this
time,
because
in
this
way
we
{\ADD{
two}}
will
do
{\ADD{
everything
that
God}}
requires.”
Then
John
consented
to baptize
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}After
he
was baptized $\{$John baptized
Jesus$\}$,
Jesus
immediately
came
up
out
of
the
water.
Just
then,
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
the
sky
was
opened $\{$split
apart$\}$.
Then
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
saw
God’s
Spirit
coming
down
upon
him.
He
came
in
the
form
of
a
dove.
\VS{17}Then
{\ADD{
God}} [SYN]
spoke
from
heaven,
saying, “This
is
my
Son.
I
love
him.
I
am
very
pleased
with
him.”

\par }\Chap{4}{\SH After Jesus fasted 40 days, Satan tempted him in various ways.
\par }{\SR Matthew 4:1-11
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Jesus
was
led
by
the
Spirit $\{${\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
led
Jesus$\}$
into
a
desolate
area
to
be
tempted
by
the
devil $\{$in
order
that
the
devil
would
tempt
him$\}$.
\VS{2}After
he
did
not
eat
food
for 40
days,
and 40
nights.
he
was
hungry.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
Satan}},
the
tempter,
came
to
him
and
said, “Because
you
{\ADD{
claim
that
you
have
a relationship
with}}
God
{\ADD{
as}}
a
son
{\ADD{
has
with
his
father}} [MET],
{\ADD{
prove
it}}
by
commanding
these
stones
to
become
bread
{\ADD{
so
that
you
can
eat
them}}!”
\VS{4}But
Jesus
said
{\ADD{
to
him}}, “{\ADD{
No!
I
will
not
change
stones
into
bread,
because}}
it
is
written
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}} $\{$in
the Scriptures
{\ADD{
Moses}}
wrote$\}$,
{\ADD{‘Eating}}
food [SYN]
{\ADD{
sustains}}
people
{\ADD{physically,
but}}
it
does
not
sustain
them
{\ADD{spiritually}} [SYN].
Instead,
{\ADD{
paying
attention
to}}
everything
that
God
has
spoken
{\ADD{
to
them
is
what
sustains
people spiritually}}.’ ”
\VS{5}Then
the
devil
took
Jesus
to
{\ADD{
Jerusalem}},
the
city
that
is
dedicated
to
God.
He
set
him
on
the
highest
part
of
the
Temple,
\VS{6}and
said
to
him, “Because
you
{\ADD{
claim
that
you
have
a relationship
with}}
God
{\ADD{
as}}
a
son
{\ADD{
has
with
his
father,
prove
it
by}}
jumping
down
{\ADD{
to
the
ground.
You
will
not
be
hurt}},
because
it
is
written
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}},
{\ADD{‘God}}
will
command
his
angels
to
protect
you.
They
will
lift
you
up
in
their
hands
{\ADD{
when
you
are
falling}},
in
order
that
{\ADD{
you
will
not
get
hurt}}.
You
will
not
{\ADD{
even}}
strike
your
foot
on
a
stone.’ ”
\VS{7}But
Jesus
said, “{\ADD{
No!
I}}
will
not
{\ADD{
jump
down,
because}}
in
another
place
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}}
it
is
written $\{$there
are
these
words
that
{\ADD{
Moses}}
wrote$\}$: ‘Do
not
{\ADD{
try
to}}
test
the
Lord
your
God
{\ADD{
to
see
if
he
will
prevent
something
bad
from happening
to
you
when
you
do
something
foolish!}}’ ”
\VS{8}Then
the
devil
took
him
on
{\ADD{
top
of}}
a
very
high
mountain.
There
he
showed
him
all
the
nations
in
the
world
and
the
magnificent
things
in
those
nations.
\VS{9}And
then
he
said
to
him, “I
will
{\ADD{
let
you
rule
all
these
nations
and}}
give
you
the
magnificent
things
in
them
if
you
bow
down
and
worship
me.”
\VS{10}But
Jesus
said
to
him, “{\ADD{
No,
I
will
not
worship
you}},
Satan,
{\ADD{
so}}
go
away!
It
is
written
in
the Scriptures, ‘It
is
the
Lord
your
God
whom
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}
must
worship,
and
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}
must
serve
only
him!’ ”
\VS{11}Then
the
devil
went
away,
and
right
away,
angels
came
to
Jesus
and
took
care
of
him.
\par }{\SH Jesus
went
to
Galilee
and
preached
that
people
needed
to
repent
to
belong
to
the
group
whom
God
would
consider
his
people.
\par }{\SR Matthew 4:12-17
\par }{\PP \VS{12}{\ADD{
While}} Jesus
{\ADD{
was
in
Judea,
John
the Baptizer’s
disciples}}
told
him
that
John
had
been
put
in
prison
and
kept
there $\{$that
{\ADD{Herod Antipas}}
had
put
John
{\ADD{
the Baptizer}}
in
prison
{\ADD{
and
kept
him
there}}$\}$.
{\ADD{
So}} Jesus
returned
to
Galilee
{\ADD{
District}}.
While
he
was
in
Galilee,
he
first
went
to Nazareth
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{13}Then
he
left
Nazareth
and
went
to
Capernaum
{\ADD{
city
in
order
to
live
there.
Capernaum
is
located
beside
Galilee Lake
in
the
region
which
was
formerly}}
the
regions
of
{\ADD{
the
tribes
of}}
Zebulun
and
Naphtali.
\VS{14}{\ADD{
One
reason
that
he
went
there}}
was
so
that
{\ADD{
these
words}}
that
were
written
by
the
prophet
Isaiah
might
be
fulfilled $\{$so
that
he
might
fulfill
these
words
that
the
prophet
Isaiah
wrote$\}$:
\par }{\PP \VS{15}“Zebulun
region
and
Naphtali
region
{\ADD{
are
on}}
the
road
{\ADD{
which
is}}
near
Galilee
{\ADD{
Lake
and}}
on
the
eastern
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River.
They
are}}
the
regions
in
Galilee
{\ADD{
District
where
many}} non-Jews
{\ADD{
are
living}}.
\VS{16}{\ADD{
Although
the
people
there
will
be
like}}
people
who
sit
in
a
dark
place [MET],
{\ADD{
they
will
suddenly
perceive
clearly
a
new
teaching,
as}}
people
who
have
seen
a
big
light
shining
on
them [MET]
perceive
everything
clearly.
{\ADD{
The}}
people
who
are
located
in
a
dangerous [MET]
region
{\ADD{
will
suddenly
perceive
clearly
what
God
teaches}},
as
people
on
whom
a
light
shines
perceive
things
clearly [MET, DOU].
\par }{\PP \VS{17}From
that
time,
{\ADD{
while}}
Jesus
was
{\ADD{
in Capernaum
city,
he
began
to
preach
this
to
people: “God [MTY/EUP]
will
very
soon
begin
to
rule,
and
he
will
judge
you
when
he
rules}}.
So
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}
need
to
turn
from
your
sinful
ways
{\ADD{
so
that
God
will
not
punish
you}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
summoned
four
fishermen,
who
immediately
left
their
work
and
went
with
him.
\par }{\SR Matthew 4:18-23
\par }{\PP \VS{18}{\ADD{
One
day}}
while
Jesus
was
walking
by
Galilee
Lake,
he
saw
two
men,
Simon,
who
was
{\ADD{
later}}
called
Peter,
and Andrew,
his
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother.
They
were
casting
their
{\ADD{
fishing}}
net
into
the
lake
because
they
{\ADD{earned
money
by}}
catching
{\ADD{
and
selling}}
fish.
\VS{19}He
said
to
them, “{\ADD{
Just
like
you
have
been}}
gathering
fish,
come
with
me
and
I
will
teach
you
how
to
gather
people
{\ADD{
to
become
my
disciples}}.” [MET]
\VS{20}They
immediately
left
{\ADD{
the
work
that
they
were
doing
with}}
their
{\ADD{
fishing}}
nets,
and
they
went
with
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}As
{\ADD{
the
three
of
them}}
walked
on
from
there,
Jesus
saw
two
other
men,
James,
and
John,
the
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
of
James.
{\ADD{
They
were}}
in
their
boat
with
Zebedee,
their
father,
mending
their
{\ADD{
fishing}}
nets.
Jesus
told
them
that
{\ADD{
they
should
leave
their
work
and}}
go
with
him.
\VS{22}They
immediately
left
their
fishing
boat
and
their
father,
and
they
went
with
Jesus.
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
and
healed
many
people
when
he
was
in
Galilee
District.
\par }{\SR Matthew 4:23-25
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Jesus
went
{\ADD{
with
those
four
men}}
throughout
all
of
Galilee
{\ADD{
District}}.
He
was
teaching
{\ADD{
the
people}}
in
the
buildings
where
we
Jews
worship
God.
He
was
preaching
the
good
message
that
tells
how
to
become
members
of
the
group
of
people
whose
lives
God
rules
over.
He
was
also
healing
all
{\ADD{
the Galileans}}
who
had
diseases
or
who
were
sick.
\VS{24}When
people
who
lived
in
other
parts
of
Syria
{\ADD{
District}}
heard [PRS]
what
he
was
doing,
they
brought
to
him
people
who
suffered
from
illnesses,
people
who
suffered
from
many
kinds
of
diseases,
people
who
{\ADD{
suffered
from}}
severe
pains,
people
who
were
controlled
by
demons $\{$whom
demons
controlled$\}$,
people
who
were
epileptics,
and
people
who
were
paralyzed.
And
Jesus
healed
them
all.
\VS{25}Then
crowds
started
to
go
with
him.
{\ADD{
They
were
people
from}}
Galilee
{\ADD{
District}}, ◄from
the
Decapolis/from
the
Ten
Towns
{\ADD{
area}}►,
from
Jerusalem
{\ADD{
city}},
from
other
{\ADD{
parts
of}}
Judea
{\ADD{
district}},
and
from
areas
east
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.

\par }\Chap{5}{\SH On a hillside, Jesus taught his disciples and others what kind of people God esteems.
\par }{\SR Matthew 5:1-12
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Jesus
saw
the
crowds,
he
went
up
on
a
hillside.
He
sat
down
{\ADD{
in
order
to
teach}}
his
disciples.
They
came
near
to
him
{\ADD{
to
listen
to
him}}.
\VS{2}Then
he
began
to
teach
them
by
saying,
\par }{\Q \VS{3}{\ADD{
God}}
is
pleased
with
people
who
recognize
that
they
have
a
spiritual
{\ADD{
need}};
\par }{\Q he
will
allow
them
to
be
the
people
whose
lives
he
rules
over.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}{\ADD{
God}}
is
pleased
with
people
who
mourn
{\ADD{
because
they
have
sinned;}}
\par }{\Q they
will
be
encouraged $\{$he
will
encourage
them.$\}$
\par }{\Q \VS{5}{\ADD{
God}}
is
pleased
with
people
who
are
meek;
\par }{\Q they
will
inherit
the
earth
{\ADD{
that
God
will recreate}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}{\ADD{
God}}
is
pleased
with
people
who
sincerely
{\ADD{
desire
to
live}}
righteously
{\ADD{
just
like
they}}
desire
to
eat
and
drink [MET];
\par }{\Q they
will
be
enabled $\{$he
will
enable
them$\}$
to
do
all
that
he
desires [MET].
\par }{\Q \VS{7}{\ADD{
God}}
is
pleased
with
people
who
act mercifully;
\par }{\Q he
will
act mercifully
to
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}{\ADD{
God}}
is
pleased
with
people
who
think
only
about
that
which
pleases
him;
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
some
day}}
they
will
{\ADD{
be
where}}
God
is
and
will
see
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}{\ADD{
God}}
is
pleased
with
people
who
help
other
people
to
live
peacefully;
\par }{\Q they
will
be
considered
to
be $\{$he
will
consider
that
they
are$\}$
his
children [MET].
\par }{\Q \VS{10}{\ADD{
God
is
pleased
with}}
people
to
whom
evil
things
are
done $\{$to
whom
{\ADD{
other
people}}
do
evil
things$\}$
because
they
{\ADD{
conducted
themselves}}
righteously;
\par }{\Q he
will
allow
them
to
be
where
he
rules
over
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}{\ADD{
God
is
pleased
with}}
you
when
{\ADD{
other}}
people
insult
you,
when
{\ADD{
other
people}}
do
evil
things
to
you
and
when
{\ADD{
other
people}}
say
falsely
{\ADD{
that}}
you
are
evil
because
{\ADD{
you
believe
in}}
me.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
When
that
happens}},
rejoice
and
be
glad [DOU],
because
{\ADD{
God
will
give}}
you
a
great
reward
in
heaven.
{\ADD{
God
will
think
highly
of
you}},
just
like
{\ADD{
he
thought
highly
of}}
the
prophets
whom
your
{\ADD{
ancestors
persecuted}}
long
ago.
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
we
should
live
in
such
a
way
that
other
people
will
see
how
we
live
and
will
praise
God.
\par }{\SR Matthew 5:13-16
\par }{\PP \VS{13}“{\BD{
You}}
are
{\ADD{
able
to
influence}}
evil
{\ADD{
people}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
and improve
the
way
they
live
in
order
that
they
do
not
become
more
evil,
just
like}}
salt
{\ADD{
is
able
to improve
the
flavor
of
food
and
to
preserve
it}} [MET]
{\ADD{
from
spoiling}}.
Salt
that
no
longer
tastes salty
cannot
become salty
again [RHQ].
As
a
result,
that
salt
becomes
useless.
It
is
rejected
by
people,
thrown
on
the
ground,
and
walked
on $\{$People
reject
it,
throw
it
on
the
ground
and
walk
on
it$\}$ [MET].
{\ADD{
Similarly,
if
the
way
you
live
no
longer
influences
people
to
live
in
a
godly
manner,
God
will
reject
you}}.
\VS{14}{\BD{
You}}
{\ADD{
enable}}
evil
{\ADD{
people}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
to
perceive
God’s
truth
as}}
a
light
{\ADD{enables
people
to
perceive
what
is
around
them.
Just
like}}
everyone
can
see [LIT]
{\ADD{
the
lights
of}}
a
city
on
a
hill [MET],
{\ADD{
other
people
can
see
what
you
do}}.
\VS{15}After
people
light
a
lamp,
they
never
put
it
under
a
basket.
Instead,
{\ADD{
they
put
it}}
on
a
lampstand
in
their
houses
in
order
that
it
can
shine
on
everyone
there.
\VS{16}{\ADD{
Similarly}},
you
need
to
do
{\ADD{
what
is
right}} [MET]
in
such
a
manner
that
other
people
can
see
the
good
deeds
that
you
do,
and
as
a
result
they
will
praise
your
Father
{\ADD{
who
is}}
in
heaven.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
it
is
important
to
obey
all
of
God’s
commandments.
\par }{\SR Matthew 5:17-20
\par }{\PP \VS{17}“I
came
to
earth,
not
to
annul
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
Moses}}
or
{\ADD{
what}}
the
prophets [MTY]
{\ADD{
wrote}}.
Instead,
I
{\ADD{
came}}
to
cause
to
happen
{\ADD{
what
the authors
of
those
books
predicted
would
happen}}.
So
do
not
think
any
longer
that
I
have
come
{\ADD{
to
earth}}
in
order
that
I
might
annul
{\ADD{
what
they
wrote}}.
\VS{18}Keep
this
in
mind:
{\ADD{
Every}}
point
of
those
laws,
{\ADD{
including
those
points
that
seem}}
least
important,
and
even
the
smallest
details
of
the
laws [MTY]
will
surely
be
in
effect [HYP,
LIT]
until
the
heavens
and
the
earth
disappear
and
until
all
{\ADD{
that
God
told
their authors
to
write}}
happens.
\VS{19}Since
{\ADD{
all
God’s
laws
are
important}},
if
anyone disobeys
any
of
those
commandments,
{\ADD{
even
if
it
would
be}}
one
of
the
least
{\ADD{
important
ones}},
and
if
that
person
teaches
people
{\ADD{
to
disobey
any
of
those
commandments}},
it
will
be
said $\{${\ADD{
God}}
will
say$\}$
that
that
person
is
the
least
{\ADD{
important}}
of
those
in
the
place
where [EUP]
God
rules.
But
those
who
obey
{\ADD{
those
commandments}}
and
teach
{\ADD{
other
people
to
obey
them,
it
will
be
said}} $\{${\ADD{
God}}
will
say$\}$
that
they
are
very
important
among
those
that
God
rules.
\VS{20}Keep
this
in
mind:
{\ADD{
You
assume
that}}
the
Pharisees
and
the
men
who
teach
our
laws
{\ADD{
faithfully
obey}}
what
God
commands.
But
if
you
do
not
obey
those
laws
better
than
they
obey
them,
you
will
by
no
means
enter
the
place
where
God
rules.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
we
should
not
be
angry,
and
that
we
should
quickly
settle
accounts
with
those
whom
we
have
wronged.
\par }{\SR Matthew 5:21-26
\par }{\PP \VS{21}“You
have
heard
{\ADD{
your religious
teachers
say}}
that
it
was
said $\{$that
{\ADD{
Moses}}
said$\}$
to
your
ancestors, ‘Do
not
murder
{\ADD{
anyone.’
This implied
that}}
if
someone
murders
{\ADD{
another
person}},
the
judge
will
condemn
that
person
{\ADD{
and}}
sentence
him
to
be
{\ADD{
executed}} $\{${\ADD{
say
that
someone
must
execute
him}}$\}$.
\VS{22}But
what
I
say
to
you
is
this:
{\ADD{
If
you
are}}
angry
with
someone,
{\ADD{
God}}
will
judge
you.
If
you
say
to
someone, ‘{\ADD{
You
are
worthless}},’
the
Jewish
Council
will
judge
you.
If
you
{\ADD{
hate
someone}},
and
say
to
them 'You
fool!'
you.
yourself,
will
be
in
danger
of
being
thrown
into
the
fires
in
hell.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}So,
when
you
take
your
gift
{\ADD{
for
God}}
to
the
altar,
if
you
remember
that
you
have
offended
someone,
\VS{24}leave
your
gift
by
the
altar,
and
first
go
{\ADD{
to
the
person
you
have
offended}}.
Tell
that
person
that
you
are
sorry
for
what
you
have
done,
and
ask
that
person
to
forgive
you.
Then
go
back
and
offer
your
gift
{\ADD{
to
God}}.
\VS{25}{\ADD{
Also}},
when
a
fellow
citizen
{\ADD{
takes
you
to
court
in
order
to}}
accuse
you,
settle
accounts
with
that
person
quickly
while
you
are
walking
with
that
person
{\ADD{
to
court}}.
Do
that
{\ADD{
while
there
still
is
time
to
do
so}}
in
order
that
he
will
not
take
you
to
the
judge,
{\ADD{
because
if}}
the
judge
{\ADD{
favors
the
person
who
is
accusing
you,
he
will
declare
that
you
are
guilty
and
send
you}}
to
the
prison
guard,
and
the
prison
guard
will
put
you
in
prison.
\VS{26}Keep
this
in
mind:
{\ADD{
If
you
go
to
prison}},
you
will
never
get
out
{\ADD{
because
you
will
never
be
able
to}}
pay
all
that
the
judge
says
that
you owe [MET].
{\ADD{
And
remember
also
that}}
you
{\ADD{
ought
to
settle
accounts
with
God
before
you
die,
too}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
about
the
way
to
refuse
to
sin
when
we
are
tempted
to
do
something
wrong.
\par }{\SR Matthew 5:27-30
\par }{\PP \VS{27}“You
have
heard
{\ADD{
God’s}}
commandment, ‘Do
not
commit
adultery.’
\VS{28}But
what
I
say
to
you
is
this:
If
a
man
only
looks
at
a
woman
desiring
to
have
sex
with
her,
{\ADD{
God
considers
that}}
his
doing
that [MET]
is
sin.
\VS{29}If
because
of
what
you
see [MTY]
you
{\ADD{
are
tempted
to}}
sin,
{\ADD{
stop
looking
at
those
things!
Even
if
you
have
to}}
gouge
out
one
of
your
eyes
and
throw
it
away [HYP]
{\ADD{
to
avoid
sinning,
do
it!}}
It
is
good
{\ADD{
that
you
not
sin
and}}
as
a
result
{\ADD{
go
to
heaven,
even
though
while
you
are
still
here
on
earth}}
you
lack
one
{\ADD{
or
both
of}}
your
eyes.
But
it
is
not
good
{\ADD{
that
you
continue
to
have
two
eyes
and
sin
and,
as
a
result,
God}}
sends
your
whole
body
to
hell.
\VS{30}If
you
are
{\ADD{
tempted
to}}
use
one
of
your
hands
to
sin [MTY],
{\ADD{
stop
using
your
hand.
Even
if
you
have
to}}
cut
your
hand
off
and
throw
it
away
{\ADD{
to
avoid
sinning,
do
it}} [HYP]!
It
is
good
{\ADD{
that
you
do
not
sin
and
as
a
result
you
go
to
heaven,
even
though
while
you
are
still
here
on
earth}}
you
lack
one
{\ADD{
or
both}}
of
your
{\ADD{
hands}}.
But
it
is
not
good
{\ADD{
that
you
sin
and,
as
a
result,
God}}
sends
your
whole
body
to
hell.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
people
should
not
divorce
their
spouses.
\par }{\SR Matthew 5:31-32
\par }{\PP \VS{31}“It
is
written $\{${\ADD{
Moses}}
wrote$\}$, ‘If
a
man
is divorcing
his
wife,
he
should
write
a
document
{\ADD{
on
which
he states
that
he
is}} divorcing
her.’
\VS{32}But
{\ADD{
now
listen
to
what}}
I
say
to
you:
{\ADD{
A
man}}
may
{\ADD{
divorce
his
wife}}
only
if
she
has
committed
adultery,
{\ADD{
and
not
for
any
other
reason}}.
If
a
man
divorces
his
wife
{\ADD{
for
any
other
reason,
and
he
has
sex
with
another
woman}},
he
makes
his
wife
become
one
against
whom
he
has
committed
adultery,
{\ADD{
because
in
God’s
estimation
she
still
is
his
wife}}.
Also,
if
a
man
marries
a
woman
who
is
divorced $\{$whose
husband
has
divorced
her$\}$,
{\ADD{
God
considers}}
him
{\ADD{
guilty
of}}
committing
adultery.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
people
should
not
add
anything
to
make
their
words
more credible
when
they
promise
to
do
something.
\par }{\SR Matthew 5:33-37
\par }{\PP \VS{33}“You
have
also
heard
{\ADD{
your religious
teachers
say}}
that
it
was
written $\{$that
{\ADD{
Moses}}
wrote$\}$
to
your
ancestors, ‘Make
sure
that
you
do
what
you
promised
the
Lord
that
you
would
do!’ [DOU]
\VS{34}But
{\ADD{
now
listen
to
what}}
I
say
to
you:
Never
promise
to
do
anything
and
then
ask
a
superior
being
to
affirm
{\ADD{
that
what
you
are
saying
will
happen.
For
example,
do}}
not
{\ADD{
promise
that
you
will
give
something
and
then
ask
spiritual
beings
in}}
heaven [MTY]
{\ADD{
to
affirm
that
you
will
do
it}},
because
heaven
is
where
God
{\ADD{
sits}}
on
his
throne [MTY]
{\ADD{
to
rule
over
people}}.
\VS{35}{\ADD{
Also,
do}}
not
{\ADD{
promise
that
you
will
give
something
and
then
ask
spiritual
beings}}
on
earth [MTY]
{\ADD{
to
affirm
that
you
will
do
it}},
because
the
earth
is
where
God
rests
his
feet [MET].
{\ADD{
Also,
do}}
not
{\ADD{
promise
that
you
will
do
something
and
ask religious
authorities}}
in
Jerusalem
{\ADD{
to
affirm
that
you
will
do
it}},
because
Jerusalem
is
the
city
where
{\ADD{
God}},
the
great
King
{\ADD{
rules}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}{\ADD{
Also,
do
not
promise
that
you
will
do
something
and
then
say
that}}
your
head
{\ADD{
should
be
cut
off}} $\{${\ADD{
someone
should
cut
off}}
your
head$\}$
{\ADD{
if
you
do
not
do
it}}.
You
are
not
{\ADD{
even}}
able
to
{\ADD{
change
the
color
of
the
hair
of
your
head
by}}
making
one
{\ADD{
black}}
hair
white
or
one
{\ADD{
white}}
hair
black.
\VS{37}{\ADD{
If
you
talk
about
doing
something}},
just
say ‘Yes,
I
{\ADD{
will
do
it}},’
or ‘No,
I
{\ADD{
will
not
do
it}}.’
{\ADD{
If
you
say}}
anything
more
than
that,
it
is
from
{\ADD{
Satan}},
the
Evil
One.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
everyone
should
be
kind
to
all
people,
even
to
people
who
mistreat
us.
\par }{\SR Matthew 5:38-42
\par }{\PP \VS{38}“You
have
heard
{\ADD{
your religious
teachers
say}}
that
{\ADD{
it
is
written}} $\{${\ADD{
Moses
wrote}}$\}$, ‘{\ADD{Retaliate
like
this}}:
{\ADD{
If
someone
damages}}
one
of
your
eyes,
{\ADD{
someone
should
damage}}
one
of
that
person’s
eyes.
{\ADD{
If
someone
damages}}
one
of
your
teeth,
{\ADD{
someone
should
damage}}
one
of
that
person’s
teeth.’
\VS{39}But
{\ADD{
now
listen
to
what}}
I
say
to
you:
Do
not
take
revenge
for
evil
{\ADD{
deeds
done}} $\{${\ADD{
that
other
people
do}}$\}$
{\ADD{
to
you}}.
Instead,
if
someone
{\ADD{
insults
you
by}}
striking
you
on
one
cheek,
turn
your
other
cheek
toward
that
person
{\ADD{
in
order
that
he
can
strike
it
also}}.
\VS{40}If
someone
wants
to
sue
you
and
take
your ◄inner
garment/shirt►,
give
him
your ◄outer
garment/coat►
also.
\VS{41}If
a
{\ADD{
military
authority}} compels
you
to
go
with
him
one
mile
{\ADD{
and
carry
his
gear}},
go
with
him
two
miles
{\ADD{
and
carry
his
gear}}.
\VS{42}Also,
if
someone
asks
you
for
{\ADD{
something}},
give
{\ADD{
him
what
he
is
asking
for}}.
If
someone
requests
you
to
lend
him
{\ADD{
something}},
do
not
refuse
{\ADD{
to
lend
it
to
him}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
we
should
love
the
people
whom
we
would
not
normally
love.
\par }{\SR Matthew 5:43-48
\par }{\PP \VS{43}“You
have
heard
{\ADD{
your religious
teachers
say
that
it
is
written
that
Moses
wrote}}, ‘Love
the
citizens
of
your
country
and
hate
your
enemies.’
\VS{44}But
{\ADD{
now
listen
to
what}}
I
say
to
you:
Love
your
enemies
{\ADD{
as
well
as
your
friends}},
and
pray
for
those
who
cause
you
to
suffer.
\VS{45}Do
that
in
order
to
imitate
what
{\ADD{
God}},
your
Father
{\ADD{
who
is}}
in
heaven,
does.
He
desires
that
you [MET]
do
{\ADD{
like
he
does}}.
{\ADD{
He
acts
kindly
to
all
people.
For
example,
he
causes}}
the
sun
to
shine
{\ADD{equally}}
on
wicked
{\ADD{
people}}
and
on
good
{\ADD{
people}},
and
{\ADD{
he
sends}}
rain
{\ADD{
both}}
on
righteous
{\ADD{
people}}
and
on
unrighteous
{\ADD{
people}}.
\VS{46}If
you
love
{\ADD{
only}}
the
people
who
love
you, ◄{\ADD{
do
not
expect
God
to}}
reward
you
{\ADD{
in
heaven}}!/will
{\ADD{
God}}
reward
you
{\ADD{
in
heaven}}?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
This
is based
on
the
fact
that
everyone}},
even
the
tax
collectors,
{\ADD{
who
you
think
are
very
great
sinners}},
love [RHQ]
those
who
love
them.
{\ADD{
If
you
act
like
them}}, ◄{\ADD{
you
are
not
any
different
from
tax
collectors!/in
what
way
are
you
different
from
tax
collectors}}?► [RHQ]
\VS{47}If
you
want
{\ADD{
God}}
to
bless
only
your
friends, ◄you
are
not
acting
any
better
than
other
people!/are
you
acting
any
better
than
other
people?► [RHQ]
Even
the non-Jews,
{\ADD{
who
you
think
sin
very
much}} (OR,
{\ADD{
you
think
are
unacceptable
to
God}}),
want
God
to
bless
their
friends [RHQ],
{\ADD{
but
God
does
not
reward
them
for
that}}.
\VS{48}{\ADD{
You
need
to
love
those
who
do
not
love
you}},
and
in
that
way
become
perfect
as
{\ADD{
God}}
your
Father,
{\ADD{
who
is}}
in
heaven,
is
perfect.”

\par }\Chap{6}{\SH Jesus taught how we should give to needy people. He also taught his disciples how to pray.
\par }{\SR Matthew 6:1-13
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}“When
you
do
your
good
deeds,
make
certain
that
you
do
not
do
them
when
other
people
are
watching
so
that
they
may
see
you
{\ADD{
and
think
highly
of
you}}.
If
{\ADD{
you
do
good
deeds
merely
in
order
that
other
people
may
think
highly
of
you,
God}},
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven,
will
not
give
you
any
reward.
\VS{2}So,
whenever
you
give
something
to
the
poor,
do
not
{\ADD{
announce
it
as
people
announce
something
that
they
want
other
people
to
know
about}}
by
playing
a
{\ADD{fanfare}}
on
a
trumpet [MET].
That
is
what
the
hypocrites
do ◄in
the
synagogues/in
the
Jewish
meeting
places►
and
on
the
main
roads
in
order
that
people
might
{\ADD{
see
what
they
do
and}}
praise
them.
Keep
this
in
mind:
{\ADD{
People
praise
those
hypocrites}},
{\ADD{
but}}
that
is
the
{\ADD{
only}}
reward
they
will
receive!
\VS{3}Instead
{\ADD{
of
doing
as
they
do}},
when
you
give
something
to
the
poor,
do
not
let
other
people
know
that
you
are
doing
that [MET].
\VS{4}In
that
way,
you
will
be
giving
to
the
poor
secretly.
{\ADD{
As
a
result
God}},
your
Father
who
observes
{\ADD{
you}}
while
no
one
else
sees
{\ADD{
you}},
will
reward
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Also
when
you
pray,
do
not
do
what
the
hypocrites
do.
They
like
to
stand
in
the
Jewish
meeting
places
and
on
the
corners
of
the
main
streets
to
pray,
in
order
that
other
people
will
see
them
{\ADD{
and
think
highly
of
them}}.
Keep
this
in
mind:
{\ADD{
People
praise
them,
but}}
that
is
the
{\ADD{
only}}
reward
they
will
get.
\VS{6}But
as
for
you,
when
you
pray,
go
into
your
private
room
and
close
the
door
in
order
to
pray
to
{\ADD{
God}},
your
Father,
whom
no
one
can
see.
He
observes
you
where
no
one
else
observes
you,
and
he
will
reward
you.
\VS{7}When
you
pray,
do
not
repeat
words
many
times
as
the
people
who
do
not
know
God
do
{\ADD{
when
they
pray.
They
repeat
meaningless
words}}
because
they
think
that
if
they
use
many
words,
their
gods
will
listen
to
them
and
give
them
{\ADD{
what
they
ask
for}}.
\VS{8}Do
not
{\ADD{
repeat
words}}
as
they
do,
because
{\ADD{
God}}
your
Father
knows
what
you
need
before
you
ask
him.
\VS{9}So
pray
{\ADD{
things}}
like
this:
Father,
{\ADD{
you
who
are}}
in
heaven,
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
desire
that
you
be
honored/revered $\{$that
people
honor/revere
you$\}$.
\VS{10}We
{\ADD{(exc)}}
desire
that
people
let
you
rule
{\ADD{
over
their
lives}}.
We(exc)
want
{\ADD{
people
who
live}}
on
the
earth
to
do
what
you
desire,
as
those
who
live
in
heaven
{\ADD{
do
what
you
want
them
to
do}}.
\VS{11}Give
us
{\ADD{(exc)}}
each
day
the
food [SYN]
that
we
{\ADD{(exc)
need
for}}
that
day.
\VS{12}Forgive
our
sins
just
like
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
have
forgiven
the
people
who
sin
against
us
{\ADD{(exc)}}.
\VS{13}Do
not
let
us(exc)
do
wrong
things
when
we(exc)
are
tempted $\{$someone
or
something tempts
us$\}$,
and
rescue
us
{\ADD{(exc)}}
when
{\BD{
Satan}}
the
evil
one tempts
us
to
do
evil
things.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6:13 }
people should praise you forever.}”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
more
about
forgiving
others.
\par }{\SR Matthew 6:14-15
\par }{\PP \VS{14}“{\ADD{
Forgive
the
people
who
sin
against
you}},
because,
if
you
forgive
other
people,
{\ADD{
God}},
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven,
will
forgive
your
{\ADD{
sins}}.
\VS{15}But
if
you
do
not
forgive
other
people,
neither
will
God
forgive
your
sins.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
about abstaining
from
food.
\par }{\SR Matthew 6:16-18
\par }{\PP \VS{16}“When
you
abstain
from
eating
food
{\ADD{
in
order
to
please
God}},
do
not
look
sad
as
the
hypocrites
look.
They
make
their
faces
appear
sad
in
order
that
people
will
see
that
they
are abstaining
from
food
{\ADD{
and
will
think
highly
of
them}}.
Keep
this
in
mind:
{\ADD{
People
will
think
highly
of
those
people
for
that}},
but
{\ADD{
that
is
the
only}}
reward
those
people
will
get!
\VS{17}Instead,
{\ADD{
each
of}}
you,
when
you
abstain
from
food,
should
comb
your
hair
and
wash
your
face
{\ADD{
as
usual}},
\VS{18}in
order
that
other
people
will
not
notice
that
you
are
fasting
{\ADD{
because
you
will
look
as
you
always
do}}.
But
{\ADD{
God}},
your
Father,
whom
no
one
can
see,
{\ADD{
will
observe
that
you
are abstaining
from
food.
God}}
your
Father
sees
{\ADD{
you}}
even
though
no
one
else
sees
{\ADD{
you}},
and
he
will
reward
you.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
we
should
do
deeds
that
please
God.
That
will
be
like
putting
treasures
in
heaven.
\par }{\SR Matthew 6:19-21
\par }{\PP \VS{19}“Do
not
{\ADD{selfishly}}
accumulate
large
quantities
of
money
and
material
goods
for
yourselves
on
{\ADD{
this}}
earth,
because
{\ADD{
the
earth
is
where
everything
is
destroyed.
For
example}},
on
earth termites
ruin
things,
and
things
rust,
and
thieves
enter
{\ADD{
buildings}}
and
steal
things.
\VS{20}Instead,
do
{\ADD{
deeds
that
will
please
God.
Your
doing
such
deeds
will
be
like}}
storing
treasures
in
heaven [MET].
{\ADD{
Nothing
perishes
in
heaven}}.
In
heaven
no termites
ruin
{\ADD{
things}},
nothing rusts,
and
thieves
do
not
enter
buildings
and
steal.
\VS{21}{\ADD{
Remember
that}}
the
things
{\ADD{
that
you
think
are
the
most}}
valuable
are
{\ADD{
the
things
that}}
you
will
be
constantly
concerned
about [MET].
{\ADD{
So
if
you
want
to
be storing
treasures
in
heaven}},
you
{\ADD{
need
to
be}}
constantly
thinking
{\ADD{
about
God
and
heaven}},
{\ADD{
instead
of
your earthly
possessions}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
we
should
be
generous
with
what
we
possess.
\par }{\SR Matthew 6:22-23
\par }{\PP \VS{22}“Your
eyes
are
{\ADD{
like}}
a
lamp [MET]
for
your
body,
because
they
enable
you
to
see
things.
So
if
your
eyes
are
healthy,
you
are
able
to
see
everything
well [MET].
{\ADD{
Similarly,
if
you
are
generous
with
your
money
and
other
possessions,
you
will
be
able
to
know
much
of
what
God
wants
you
to
know}} [MET].
\VS{23}But
if
your
eyes
are
bad,
you
are
not
able
to
see
things
well.
And
if
that
continues,
the
time
will
come
when
you
will
not
be
able
to
see
at
all.
You
will
be
in
complete
darkness [MET].
{\ADD{
Similarly,
if
you
continue
to
be
greedy,
you
will
be
in
spiritual
darkness.
If
all
that
your
eyes
can
see
and
your
mind
can
think
about involves
your
greedily desiring
material
possessions,
all
that
you
do
will
be
evil}} [MET].”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
we
should
not
try
to
serve
God
and
accumulate
money
at
the
same
time.
\par }{\SR Matthew 6:24
\par }{\PP \VS{24}“No
one
is
able
to
serve
two
{\ADD{
different}}
bosses
{\ADD{
at
the
same
time}}.
If
{\ADD{
he
tried
to
do
that}},
he
would
dislike
one
of
them
and
love
the
other
one,
or
he
would
be
loyal
to
one
of
them
and
despise
the
other
one [DOU].
{\ADD{
Similarly}},
you
cannot
{\ADD{
devote
your
life
to}}
worshipping
God
and
{\ADD{
worshipping}}
money
and
material
goods
{\ADD{
at
the
same
time}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
we
should
not
worry
about
having
enough
food
and
clothes.
\par }{\SR Matthew 6:25-34
\par }{\PP \VS{25}“Because
{\ADD{
you
should
be
concerned
about
what
God
thinks
is
important
and
not
about
material
goods,
I}}
tell
you
that
you
should
not
worry
about
{\ADD{
things
that
you
need
in
order
to}}
live.
{\ADD{
Do
not
worry}}
about
whether
you
will
have
{\ADD{
enough
food}}
to
eat,
and
{\ADD{
something}}
to
drink,
or
{\ADD{
enough}}
clothes
to
wear.
It
is
important
to
have
{\ADD{
sufficient}}
food
{\ADD{
and
drink}}
and
clothing,
but
the
way
you
conduct
your
lives
is
much
more
important [RHQ].
\VS{26}Look
at
the
birds.
They
do
not
plant
{\ADD{
seeds,
and
they
do
not}}
harvest
{\ADD{
crops}}
and
gather
them
into
barns.
{\ADD{
But
they
always
have
food
to
eat
because
God}},
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven,
provides
food
for
them.
And
you
are
certainly
worth
a
lot
more
than
birds [RHQ]!
{\ADD{
So
you
can
be
assured
that
God
will
supply
what
you
need!}}
\VS{27}◄None
of
you
can,
just
by
worrying,
{\ADD{
add
time
to
your
life}}./Can
any
of
you,
just
by
worrying,
{\ADD{
add
time
to
your
life}}?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
You
cannot}}
add
{\ADD{
even}}
one minute
to
your
life!
{\ADD{
So
you
should
not
worry
about
things
such
as
food
and
clothing!}}
\par }{\PP \VS{28}You
should
also
not
worry
about
{\ADD{
whether
you
will
have
enough}}
clothes
{\ADD{
to
wear}} [RHQ].
Think
about
the
way
flowers
{\ADD{
grow}}
in
the
fields.
They
do
not
work
{\ADD{
to earn
money}},
and
they
do
not
make
their
own
clothes.
\VS{29}But
I
tell
you
that
even
though
{\ADD{
King}}
Solomon,
who
{\ADD{
lived
long
ago}},
{\ADD{
wore
very
beautiful
clothes}},
his
clothes
were
not
as
beautiful
as
one
of
those
{\ADD{
flowers}}.
\VS{30}God
makes
the
wild
plants
very
beautiful,
{\ADD{
but
they
grow}}
in
the
field
{\ADD{
for
only
a
short
time}}.
One
day
they
grow,
and
the
next
day
they
are
thrown
into
an
oven $\{$someone
{\ADD{
cuts
them
and}}
throws
them
into
an
oven$\}$
{\ADD{
to
be
burned
to
make
heat
for baking
bread.
But
you
are
more
important
to
God
than
wild
plants
are,
and
you
live
much
longer}}.
So ◄God
will
certainly
provide
clothes
for
you
who
{\ADD{
live
a
long
time
but}}
trust
him
so
little!/will
not
God
surely
very
adequately
clothe
you,
{\ADD{
who
live
a
long
time
but}}
trust
him
so
little?► [RHQ]
\VS{31}Because
of
God’s caring
for
you,
do
not
worry
and
say, ‘Will
we
have
anything
to
eat?’
or ‘Will
we
have
anything
to
drink?’
or ‘Will
we
have
clothes
to
wear?’ [RHQ]
\VS{32}Those
who
do
not
know
God
are
always
worrying
about
things
like
that.
But
God,
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven,
knows
that
you
need
all
those
things,
{\ADD{
so
you
should
not
worry
about
them}}.
\VS{33}Instead,
the
most
important
thing
you
should
be
concerned
about
is
to
let
{\ADD{
God}}
completely
direct
your
life,
and
to
strive
{\ADD{
to
live}}
righteously.
{\ADD{
If
you
do
that}},
all
the
things
that
you
{\ADD{
need}}
will
be
given
to
you $\{$God
will
give
you
all
the
things
{\ADD{
that
you
need}}$\}$.
\VS{34}So
{\ADD{
each
day}}
do
not
be
worried
about
what
will
happen
to
you
the
next
day,
because
{\ADD{
when}}
that
day [PRS]
comes,
{\ADD{
you}}
will
be
concerned
about
{\ADD{
what
happens
during}}
that
day.
You
will
have
enough
to
be
concerned
about
each
day.
{\ADD{
So
do
not
worry
ahead
of
time}}.”

\par }\Chap{7}{\SH Jesus taught that we should not condemn others for their faults since we have faults ourselves.
\par }{\SR Matthew 7:1-5
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}“Do
not
talk
about
how
sinfully
others
have
acted,
in
order
that
God
will
not
say
how
sinfully
you
have
acted.
\VS{2}If
you
condemn
{\ADD{
other
people}},
{\ADD{
God}}
will
condemn
you.
To
the
same
extent
that
you
condemn
others,
you
will
be
condemned $\{${\ADD{
God}}
will
condemn
you$\}$.
\VS{3}◄None
of
you
should
be
concerned
{\ADD{
about
someone
else’s
small
faults}} [MET]!/Why
should
any
of
you
be
concerned
{\ADD{
about
someone
else’s
small
faults}}?► [MET, RHQ]
{\ADD{
That
would
be
like noticing}}
a
speck
in
that
person’s
eye.
But
you
should
{\ADD{
be
concerned
about
your
own
big
faults.
They
are
like}} [MET]
planks
in
your
own
eye,
which
you
do
not
notice.
\VS{4}◄You
should
not
say
to
other
people
{\ADD{
about
their
minor
faults}}, ‘Let
me
remove
the specks
from
your
eyes!’/Why
do
you
say
to
other
people
{\ADD{
about
their
minor
faults}}, ‘Let
me
remove
the specks
from
your
eyes?’► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
You
should
not
say
that}}
if
a plank
is
still
in
your
own
eye [MET].
\VS{5}You
hypocrite,
{\ADD{
stop
committing
your
own
sins!
That
will
be
like}}
removing
the plank
from
your
own
eye [MET].
Then,
as
a
result,
you
will
be
able
to
perceive
things spiritually
so
that
you
can
help
other
people
get
rid
of
the
{\ADD{
faults}} [MET]
{\ADD{
that
are
like}} specks
in
their
eyes.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
we
should
not
teach
spiritual
truth
to
those
who
will
not appreciate
it.
\par }{\SR Matthew 7:6
\par }{\PP \VS{6}“You
do
not
give
holy
things
to
dogs
{\ADD{
that
would
ignore
those
things}}
and
attack
you [CHI].
You
do
not
throw
pearls
in
front
of hogs,
{\ADD{
because
they
would
just
ignore
them}}
and
trample
them.
{\ADD{
Similarly}},
do
not
give
{\ADD{
precious
spiritual
truth
to
people
you
know
will
not
value
it
but
instead
will
do
evil
things
to
you}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
God
is
ready
to
give
good
things
to
us
if
we
persist
in
prayer.
\par }{\SR Matthew 7:7-11
\par }{\PP \VS{7}“Keep
asking
{\ADD{
God
for
what
you
need}}.
If
you
do
that,
{\ADD{
he}}
will
give
it
to
you.
Confidently
keep
{\ADD{expecting
God
to
give
you
the
things
that
you
need,
and
he
will
give
them
to
you.
It
will
be
like}} [MET]
looking
for
what
you
need
and
finding
it.
Keep
on
{\ADD{
praying
persistently
to
God.
Then
God
will
answer
you.
It
will
be
like}} [MET]
knocking
{\ADD{
on
a
door
in
order
to
enter
a
room}}.
And
the
way
will
be
opened $\{${\ADD{
God}}
will
open
the
way$\}$
for
you
{\ADD{
to
get
what
you
pray
for}}.
\VS{8}Remember
that
{\ADD{
God}}
will
give
things
to
everyone
who
continues
to
ask
{\ADD{
him
for
them}}.
{\ADD{
He}}
will
give
things
to
whoever
confidently
keeps
asking.
{\ADD{
He}}
will
open
{\ADD{
the
way}}
for
people
{\ADD{
to
get
the
things
that
they
keep
persistently
praying
for}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}◄No
man
among
you
would
give
a
stone
to
his
son
if
his
son
were
to
ask
for
bread./Would
anyone
among
you
give
a
stone
to
his
son
if
his
son
were
to
ask
for
bread?► [RHQ]
\VS{10}Likewise, ◄no
man
would
give
a
{\ADD{
poisonous}}
snake
to
his
son
if
his
son
would
ask
for
a
fish./would
anyone
give
a
{\ADD{
poisonous}}
snake
to
his
son
if
his
son
would
ask
for
a
fish?► [RHQ]
\VS{11}You,
who
are
evil,
know
how
to
give
good
things
to
your
children.
So
{\ADD{
God}},
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven,
will
certainly
give
good
things
to
the
people
who
ask
him.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
we
should
treat
others
as
we
would
like
them
to
treat
us.
\par }{\SR Matthew 7:12
\par }{\PP \VS{12}“So
in
whatever
way
you
want
others
to
act
toward
you
{\ADD{(pl)}},
that
is
the
way
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}
should
act
toward
them,
because
that
{\ADD{sums
up
what
Moses
wrote
in}}
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
him}}
and
{\ADD{
also
what}}
the
prophets
{\ADD{
wrote
long
ago}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
we
should
try
to
walk
on
the
narrow
road
that
leads
to
heaven.
\par }{\SR Matthew 7:13-14
\par }{\PP \VS{13-14}“{\ADD{
Going
to}}
where
people
live
eternally
{\ADD{
with
God
in
heaven}}
is
difficult.
{\ADD{
It
is
like}}
going
along
a
narrow
road [PRS,
MET]
that
leads
to
a
narrow
gate.
Not
many
people
find
that
way.
{\ADD{
The
way}}
that
most
{\ADD{
people
take}}
is
easy,
{\ADD{
but
it
results
in
their
being
punished}} $\{${\ADD{
God
punishing
them}}$\}$
{\ADD{
in
hell.
That
way
is
like
a}}
wide
road
that
people
walk
on [PRS,
MET]
until
they
reach
the
wide
gate,
but
that
road
and
that
gate
lead
to
where
{\ADD{
they}}
will
be
destroyed $\{${\ADD{
God}}
will
destroy
them$\}$.
Many
people
enter
that
gate.
So
I
{\ADD{
am
telling
you
to
leave
the
wide
road
and}}
enter
the
narrow
gate
{\ADD{
to
heaven}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
about
how
to
recognize
false
prophets.
\par }{\SR Matthew 7:15-20
\par }{\PP \VS{15}“Beware
of
people
who
come
to
you
and
say
falsely
that
they
are
telling
you
{\ADD{
what
God
has
said}}.
{\ADD{
They
seem
to
be harmless,
but
they
are
extremely
harmful.
They
are
like}}
wolves
that
have
covered
themselves
with sheepskins
{\ADD{
to
make
people
believe
that
they
are
sheep}} [MET],
but
they
actually
are
wolves
that
attack
people [MET].
\VS{16}{\ADD{
So
how
will
you
know
that
they
are
false?}}
Well,
by
seeing
what
plants
produce,
you
know
{\ADD{
what
kind
of
plants}}
they
are [MET].
{\ADD{
For
example, thornbushes
cannot
produce
grapes}},
so ◄no
one
can
pick
grapes
from thornbushes./can
anyone
pick
grapes
from thornbushes?► [RHQ]
And
{\ADD{
thistles
cannot
produce
figs}},
so ◄no
one
can
pick
figs
from
thistles./can
anyone
pick
figs
from
thistles?► [RHQ]
\VS{17}{\ADD{
Here
is
another
example}}:
All
good
fruit
trees
produce
good
fruit,
but
all unhealthy
trees
produce
worthless
fruit.
\VS{18}No
good
fruit
tree
is
able
to
produce
worthless
fruit,
and
no unhealthy
tree
is
able
to
produce
good
fruit.
\VS{19}{\ADD{
And}}
all
the
trees
that
do
not
produce
good
fruit
are
chopped
down
and
burned
in
a
fire $\{$people
chop
them
down
and
burn
them
in
a
fire$\}$
{\ADD{
to
get
rid
of
them}}.
{\ADD{
Similarly}},
those
who
falsely
claim
to
be
prophets
{\ADD{
will
be
thrown}} $\{${\ADD{
God
will
throw
false
prophets}}$\}$
{\ADD{
into
the
fires
of
hell}}.
\VS{20}By
seeing
{\ADD{
what
plants}}
produce,
you
know
{\ADD{
what
kind
of
plants}}
they
are.
{\ADD{
Similarly,
when
you
see
what
the
people
who
come
to
you
do}},
{\ADD{
you
will
know
if
they
are
false
prophets}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
warned
that
he
will
reject
those
who
do
not
do
what
God
desires.
\par }{\SR Matthew 7:21-23
\par }{\PP \VS{21}“{\ADD{
Even
though
many}}
people
{\ADD{habitually}}
call
me ‘Lord’,
{\ADD{
pretending
that
they
have
my
authority}},
some
of
them
will
not
go
to
heaven
where
God
rules,
{\ADD{
because
they
do
not
do
what
he
desires}}.
{\ADD{
Only}}
those
people
who
do
what
my
Father,
who
is
in
heaven,
desires
{\ADD{
will
go
there}}.
\VS{22}On
the
day [MTY]
{\ADD{
that
God
judges
everyone}},
many
{\ADD{
people,
trying
to
tell
me
that
they
deserve
to
go
to
heaven}},
will
say
to
me, ‘Lord,
we(exc)
spoke
God’s
message
as
your
representatives [MTY, RHQ]!
As
your
representatives
we(exc)
expelled
demons
from
{\ADD{
people}} [RHQ]!
And
as
your
representatives,
many
times
we(exc)
performed
miracles [RHQ]!’
\VS{23}Then
I
will
declare
to
them, ‘I
have
never
said
that
you
belonged
to
me.
Go
away
from
me,
you
who
do
what
is
evil!’ ”
\par }{\SH Jesus
warned
that
undesirable
things
would
happen
to
those
who
did
not
obey
his
teaching.
\par }{\SR Matthew 7:24-27
\par }{\PP \VS{24}“So
then,
anyone
who
hears
what
I
say
and
does
what
I
command,
will
be
like
a
wise
man
who
built
his
house
on
rock.
\VS{25}{\ADD{
Even
though}}
the
rain
came
down
and
the
river
flooded,
and
the
winds
blew
and
beat
against
that
house,
it
did
not
fall
down
because
it
had
been
built $\{$he
built
it$\}$
on
a
solid
foundation.
\VS{26}On
the
other
hand,
anyone
who
hears
what
I
say
but
does
not
obey
what
I
say
will
be
like
a
foolish
man
who
built
his
house
on
the
sand.
\VS{27}When
the
rain
fell
and
the
rivers
flooded,
and
the
winds
blew
and
beat
against
that
house,
it crashed
down
and
broke
completely
apart,
{\ADD{
because
it
was
built
on
the
sand.
So
it
is
important
for
you
to
obey
what
I
teach
you}}.”
\par }{\SH The
crowds
were
amazed
at
Jesus,
because
he
taught
with
his
own
authority.
\par }{\SR Matthew 7:28-29
\par }{\PP \VS{28}When
Jesus
finished
saying
all
those
things,
the
crowds{\ADD{
who
had
been
listening
to
him
were}}
amazed
at
the
{\ADD{
new}}
teaching
that
he
had
taught
them.
\VS{29}The
reason
they
were
amazed
was
that
he
was
teaching
as
a
person
does
who
has
authority.
He
was
not
teaching
like
the
men
who
taught
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws,
{\ADD{
who
just
repeated
what
other
people
had
taught
them}}.

\par }\Chap{8}{\SH Jesus healed a leper and made it possible for him to associate with people again.
\par }{\SR Matthew 8:1-4
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Jesus
went
down
from
the
hillside,
large
crowds
followed
him.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
After
he
left
the
crowds}},
a
man
who
had
{\ADD{
the
skin
disease
called}}
leprosy
unexpectedly
came
and
knelt
before
him.
He
said
{\ADD{
to
Jesus}}, “Lord/Sir,
{\ADD{
please
heal
me,
because
I
know}}
you
are
able
to
heal
me
if
you
are
willing
to.”
\VS{3}Then
Jesus,
{\ADD{disregarding
the religious
law
that forbade
people
to
come
close
to
lepers}},
stretched
out
his
hand
and
touched
the
man.
He
said
{\ADD{
to
him}}, “I
am
willing
to
{\ADD{
heal
you}},
and
I
heal
you
{\ADD{
now}}!”
Immediately
the
man
was
healed
from
his
leprosy $\{$he
was
no
longer
a
leper$\}$.
\VS{4}Then
Jesus
said
to
him, “Go
and
show
yourself
to
a
{\ADD{
nearby}}
priest
{\ADD{
so
that
he
can
examine
you
and verify
that
you
no
longer
have
leprosy}}.
{\ADD{
Then}},
after
he
tells
{\ADD{
the local
people}},
they
will
know
{\ADD{
that
you
no
longer
have
leprosy}},
{\ADD{
and
you
will
be
able
to
associate
with
them
again}}.
Make
sure
that
{\ADD{
now}}
you
do
not
report
{\ADD{
about
my
healing
you}}
to
anyone
{\ADD{
other
than
the
priest}}.
Then
go
{\ADD{
to
the
Temple
in
Jerusalem
and
give
the
priest}}
the
offering
that
Moses
commanded
{\ADD{
that
people
who
have
been
healed
from
leprosy
should
offer}}
as
a
sacrifice
to
God.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
healed
from
a
distance
a Roman officer’s
servant
because
the
officer
trusted
in
him.
\par }{\SR Matthew 8:5-13
\par }{\PP \VS{5}When
Jesus
went
to
Capernaum
{\ADD{
city}},
a
{\ADD{Roman}}
officer
who
commanded 100
soldiers
came
to
him.
He
begged
Jesus
{\ADD{
to
help
him}}.
\VS{6}He
said
{\ADD{
to
him}}, “Sir,
my
servant
is
lying
{\ADD{
in
bed}}
at
home
and
is
paralyzed,
and
he
has
severe
pain.”
\VS{7}Jesus
said
{\ADD{
to
him}}, “I
will
go
{\ADD{
to
your
house}}
and
heal
him.”
\VS{8}But
the
officer
said
{\ADD{
to
him}}, “Lord/Sir,
{\ADD{
do
not
bother
to
go.
I
am
a non-Jew}},
so
I
am
not
worthy
for
you,
{\ADD{
a
Jew}},
to
come
into
my
house [MTY]
{\ADD{
and
associate
with
me}}.
Instead,
{\ADD{
just}} comman
{\ADD{
that}}
my
servant
{\ADD{
be
healed}},
and
he
will
be
healed.
\VS{9}I
{\ADD{
believe
this}}
because,
as
for
me,
I
am
a
man
under
the
authority
of
others,
and
I
also
have
soldiers
under
my
authority.
When
I
say
to
one
of
them ‘Go!’
he
goes.
When
I
say
to
another ‘Come!’
he
comes.
When
I
say
to
my
slave, ‘Do
this!’
he
does
it.
{\ADD{
And
I
believe
that
you
speak
with
a
similar
kind
of
authority}}.”
\VS{10}When
Jesus
heard
this,
he
marveled.
He
said
to
the
crowd
that
was
walking
with
him, “Listen
to
this:
I
have
never
before
found
anyone
who
has
as
firm
a
faith
{\ADD{
in
me
as
this non-Jewish
man
has}}.
Not
even
in
Israel,
{\ADD{
where
I
would
expect
people
to
believe
in
me}},
have
I
found
anyone
who
has
the
kind
of
faith
in
me
that
he
has!
\VS{11}I
tell
you
truly
that
many
{\ADD{
other non-Jewish
people}}
who
{\ADD{
will
believe
in
me
like
this Roman
officer}}
will
come
from
{\ADD{
distant
countries,
including}}
those
{\ADD{
far}}
to
the
east
and
far
to
the
west [SYN],
and
they
will
sit
down
to
eat
with [MTY]
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob
in
heaven,
where
God
rules.
\VS{12}But
{\ADD{
the
Jews}} [IDM]
{\ADD{
who
should
have
allowed}}
God
to
rule
over
them
will
be
sent
to
{\ADD{
hell,
where
there
is}}
total
darkness.
And
as
a
result,
they
will
weep
{\ADD{
because
of
their
suffering}}
and
will
grind
their
teeth
{\ADD{
because
they
will
have
severe
pain}} [MTY].”
\VS{13}Then
Jesus
said
to
the
officer, “Go
{\ADD{
home}}.
What
you
believed
{\ADD{
would
happen}},
{\ADD{
that
I
would
heal
your
servant
from
a
distance}},
will
happen.”
{\ADD{
Then
the
officer
went
home
and
found
out
that}}
his
servant
became
well
at
the
exact
time
{\ADD{
that
Jesus
told
him
that
he
would
heal
him}}.
\par }{\SH Jesus
healed Peter’s
mother-in-law.
\par }{\SR Matthew 8:14-15
\par }{\PP \VS{14}When
Jesus
{\ADD{
and
some
of
his
disciples}}
went
to
the
home
of
Peter,
Jesus
saw
Peter’s
mother-in-law.
She
was
lying
on
a
bed
because
she
had
a
fever.
\VS{15}He
touched
her
hand,
and
as
a
result,
{\ADD{
immediately}}
she
no
longer
had
a
fever [PRS].
Then
she
got
up
and
served
them
{\ADD{
some
food}}.
\par }{\SH Jesus
healed
many
sick
people
and
expelled
demons
from
other
people.
\par }{\SR Matthew 8:16-17
\par }{\PP \VS{16}That
evening
{\ADD{
when}} ◄{\ADD{
the
Sabbath/the
Jewish
rest
day}}►
{\ADD{
ended
and
restrictions
about
traveling
ended}},
many
people
who
were
controlled
by
demons $\{$whom
demons
controlled$\}$
{\ADD{
and
people
who
were
sick}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
were}}
brought
to
Jesus.
He
caused
the
demons
to
leave
just
by
speaking
to
them,
and
he
healed
all
the
people
who
were
sick.
\VS{17}By
doing
this
he
fulfilled
the
words
that
had
been
said
by
the
prophet
Isaiah $\{$that
the
prophet
Isaiah
had
said$\}$
{\ADD{
about
the
Messiah}}: “He
healed
people
who
had
sicknesses
and
he
cured
them
of
their
diseases.” [DOU]
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
a
man
what
to
expect
if
he
went
with
Jesus.
He
told
another
man
to
follow
Jesus
immediately,
not
to
wait
until
later.
\par }{\SR Matthew 8:18-22
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Jesus
saw
the
crowd
around
him,
but
{\ADD{
he
needed
to
rest}}.
So
he
told
{\ADD{
his
disciples
to
take
him
by
boat}}
to
the
other
side
{\ADD{
of
the lake}}.
\VS{19}{\ADD{
As
they
were
walking
toward
the
boat}},
a
man
who
taught
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
came
to
him
and
said, “Teacher,
I
will
go
with
you
wherever
you
go.”
\VS{20}{\ADD{
In
order
that
the
man
might
know
what
he
could
expect
if
he
went
with
him}},
Jesus
said
to
him, “Foxes
have
holes
{\ADD{
in
the
ground
in
which
to
live}},
and
birds
have
nests,
but
{\ADD{
even
though
I}}
am
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
I
do
not
have
a
home
where
I
can
sleep [MTY].”
\VS{21}Another
man
who
was
one
of Jesus’
disciples
said
to
him, “Sir/Lord,
permit
me
first
to
go
{\ADD{
home.
After}}
my
father
{\ADD{
dies
I
will}}
bury
him,
{\ADD{
and
then
I
will
come
with
you}}.”
\VS{22}But
Jesus
said
to
him, “Come
with
me
{\ADD{
now}}.
{\ADD{
God
considers
that
people
who
do
not
have
eternal
life
are}}
dead [MET].
Let
those
people
{\ADD{
do
the
work
of}}
burying
people
who
die.”
\par }{\SH The
disciples
were
amazed
when
Jesus
calmed
a
storm
on
the lake.
\par }{\SR Matthew 8:23-27
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Then
Jesus
got
into
the
boat.
The
disciples
also
got
{\ADD{
in,
and}}
they
{\ADD{
started
sailing
close
to
the shoreline
around Lake
Galilee}}.
\VS{24}Suddenly
strong
winds
blew
on
the
lake,
and
very
high
waves
were splashing
into
the
boat
and
filling
it.
But
Jesus
was
sleeping.
\VS{25}They
went
and
woke
him
up,
and
said
{\ADD{
to
him}}, “Sir/Lord,
rescue
{\ADD{
us!}}
We
are
about
to
drown!”
\VS{26}He
said
{\ADD{
to
them}}, “◄You
should
not
be
terrified!/Why
are
you
terrified?► [RHQ]
I
{\ADD{
am
disappointed
that
in
spite
of
all
you
have
seen
me
do}}, ◄you
do
not
believe
very
much
{\ADD{
that
I
can
rescue
you./}}do
you
not
believe
{\ADD{
that
I
can
rescue
you}}?► [RHQ]”
Then
he
got
up
and
rebuked
the
wind
and
told
the
waves
to
calm
down.
And
{\ADD{
the
wind
stopped
blowing
and
the
lake}}
became
calm.
\VS{27}{\ADD{
As
a
result}},
they
were
amazed,
and
they
said
{\ADD{
to
one
another}}, “This
man
is
certainly
an
{\ADD{
extraordinary}}
person [RHQ]!
{\ADD{
All
things
are
under
his
control!}}
Even
the
winds
and
the
waves
obey
him [PRS]!”
\par }{\SH Jesus
expelled
some
demons
from
two
men.
\par }{\SR Matthew 8:28-34
\par }{\PP \VS{28}When
they
came
to
the
{\ADD{
east}}
side
{\ADD{
of
the lake}},
they
arrived
in
the
region
where
the
Gadarenes
{\ADD{
lived}}.
{\ADD{
Jesus
got
out
of
the
boat
and
began
walking
on
the
road.
Then}}
two
men
who
were
controlled
by
demons $\{$whom
demons
controlled$\}$
came
out
of
the
burial
caves
{\ADD{
where
they
were
living}}.
Because
they
were
extremely
violent
{\ADD{
and
attacked
people}},
no
one
dared
to
travel
on
the
road
{\ADD{
near
where
they
were
living}}.
\VS{29}Suddenly
they
shouted
{\ADD{
to
Jesus}}, “You
are
the
Son
of
God!
{\ADD{
Because}}
you
have
nothing
in
common
with
us [IDM, RHQ],
{\ADD{
leave
us
alone}}
Have
you
come
here [RHQ]
to torture
us
before
the
time [MTY]
{\ADD{
God
has
appointed
to
punish
us}}?”
\VS{30}There
was
a
large
herd
of
pigs
not
far
away, digging
for
food
with
their
noses.
\VS{31}So
the
demons
begged
Jesus,
saying, “You
are
going
to
cast
us
out
of
the
men,
so
send
us
into
the
herd
of
pigs!”
\VS{32}Jesus
said
{\ADD{
to
them}}, “{\ADD{
If
that
is
what
you
want}},
go!”
So
the
demons
left
{\ADD{
the
men}}
and
entered
the
pigs.
Suddenly
the
whole
herd
{\ADD{
of
pigs}}
rushed
down
the
steep
bank
into
the
lake
and
drowned.
\VS{33}The
men
who
were
tending
the pigs
{\ADD{
became
afraid
and}}
ran
into
the
town
and
reported
everything
{\ADD{
that
had
happened}},
including
what
had
happened
to
the
two
men
who
had
been
controlled
by
demons $\{$whom
demons
had
controlled$\}$.
\VS{34}Then
{\ADD{
it
seemed
as
if}}
all
{\ADD{
the
people}} [HYP]
{\ADD{
who
lived
in}}
that
town [MTY]
went
to
meet
Jesus.
When
they
saw
him
{\ADD{
and
the
two
men
who
had
been
controlled
by
the
demons}},
they
begged
Jesus
to
leave
their
region
{\ADD{
because
they
thought
that
he
would
destroy
more
things
than
just
the pigs}} (OR,
{\ADD{
because
they
realized
he
must
be
very
powerful}}).

\par }\Chap{9}{\SH Jesus showed that he had power to forgive sins as well as to heal a paralyzed man.
\par }{\SR Matthew 9:1-8
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jesus
and
his
disciples
got
into
the
boat.
They skirted
around
{\ADD{
the lake}}
and
went
to
{\ADD{Capernaum,
the
city
where
he
was
living}}.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
Some
men}}
brought
to
him
a
man
who
was
paralyzed
and
who
was
lying
on
a
sleeping pad.
When
Jesus
perceived
that
they
believed
{\ADD{
that
he
could
heal
the
paralyzed
man}},
he
said
to
him, “Young
man,
be
encouraged!
I
forgive
your
sins.”
\VS{3}Some
of
the
men
who
taught
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
said
among
themselves, “{\ADD{
He
claims
that
he
can
forgive
sins!
That
means
that
he
claims
to
be
equal
with
God}}
He
is insulting
God!”
\VS{4}Jesus
knew
what
they
were
thinking.
So
he
said, “◄You
should
not
think
evil
{\ADD{
thoughts}},
{\ADD{
accusing
me
because
I
claim
that
I
am
God}}!/Why
do
you
think
evil
{\ADD{
thoughts}},
{\ADD{
saying
that
it
is
wrong
for
me
to
claim
that
I
am
God}}?► [RHQ]
\VS{5}It
would
{\ADD{
not}}
be risky
{\ADD{
for
someone}}
to
say
{\ADD{
to
this
man}}, ‘{\ADD{
I}}
forgive
your sins’,
{\ADD{
because
no
one
could
see
whether
or
not
it
really
happened}}.
But
{\ADD{
no
one,
without
having
the
power
to
heal}},
would
say
{\ADD{
to
him}}, ‘{\ADD{
Get}}
up
and
walk!’,
{\ADD{
because
people
could
easily
see
whether
it
happened
or
not!}} [RHQ]
\VS{6}{\ADD{
So
I
am
going
to
do
something}}
in
order
that
you
may
know
that
{\ADD{
God}}
has
authorized
{\ADD{
me}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
to
forgive
the
sins
{\ADD{
of
people
while
I
am}}
on
the
earth,
{\ADD{
as
well
as
to
heal
people}}.”
Then
he
said
to
the
paralyzed
man, “Get
up,
pick
up
your
sleeping pad,
and
go
home!”
\VS{7}And
{\ADD{
immediately}}
the
man
got
up,
{\ADD{
picked
up
his
sleeping pad}},
and
went
home!
\VS{8}When
the
crowds
saw
this,
they
were
awestruck.
They
praised
God
for
giving
authority
to
a
human
being
{\ADD{
to
do}}
such
{\ADD{
things}}.
\par }{\SH Jesus
invited Matthew
to
go
with
him,
and
he
told
the Pharisees
that
they
needed
to
repent.
\par }{\SR Matthew 9:9-13
\par }{\PP \VS{9}As
Jesus
was
going
away
from
there,
he
saw
me,
a
man
named
Matthew.
I
was
sitting
at
a
table
where
I
collected
taxes
{\ADD{
for
the Roman
government}}.
He
said
to
me, “Come
with
me
{\ADD{
and
become
my
disciple}}!”
So
I
got
up
and
went
with
him.
\VS{10}{\ADD{
Then
I
invited}}
Jesus
and
his
disciples
to
my
home
for
a
meal.
While
{\ADD{
they}}
were
sitting
and
eating
in
my
home,
many
tax
collectors
and
{\ADD{
other
people
who
were}} $\{$whom
{\ADD{
the Pharisees}}$\}$
{\ADD{
considered
to
be habitual}}
sinners
came
unexpectedly
to
eat
with
us.
\VS{11}When
the
Pharisees
saw
{\ADD{
that,
they
came}}
to
us
disciples
and
said, “◄{\ADD{
It
is
disgusting
that}}
your
teacher,
{\ADD{
who
claims
to
be
righteous}},
eats
{\ADD{
and
associates}}
with
tax
collectors
and
{\ADD{
other}}
sinners!/Why
is
it
that
your
teacher,
{\ADD{
who
claims
to
be
righteous}},
eats
{\ADD{
and
associates}}
with
tax
collectors
and
{\ADD{
other}}
sinners?►” [RHQ]
\VS{12}Jesus
heard
what
{\ADD{
they
said}},
so
he
told
them
{\ADD{
this
parable}}: “{\ADD{
It
is}}
people
who
are
sick
who
need
a
{\ADD{
doctor}} [MET],
not
people
who
are
well.”
{\ADD{
What
he
meant
by
that
was
that
it
was
people
who
knew
that
they
were
sinners
who
were
coming
to
him
in
order
to
be
helped spiritually}}.
\VS{13}He
continued
by
saying, “You
need
to
learn
what
these
words
that
{\ADD{
God
said}}
mean: ‘I
want
you
to
{\ADD{
act}} mercifully
to
people
and
not
{\ADD{
just
to
offer}}
sacrifices.’
Keep
in
mind
that
I
came
{\ADD{
from
heaven,
not}}
to
invite
{\ADD{
people
who
think}} [IRO]
{\ADD{
that
they
are}}
righteous
{\ADD{
to
turn
away
from
their
sinful
lives
and
come
to
me,
but
to
invite
people
who
know
they
are}}
sinners
{\ADD{
to
turn
from
their
sins
and
come
to
me}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus illustrated
why
it
was
not
appropriate
for
his
disciples
to
fast,
and
that
living
according
to
his
new
message
was
better
than
following
the
old traditions
like
fasting.
\par }{\SR Matthew 9:14-17
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Later,
the
disciples
of
John
{\ADD{
the Baptizer}}
came
to
Jesus
and
asked
him, “We
{\ADD{(exc)}}
and
the
Pharisees
{\ADD{
often}}
abstain
from
food
{\ADD{
to
show
that
we
want
to
please
God}},
but
your
disciples
do
not
do
that.
Why
{\ADD{
do
they
not}}?”
\VS{15}{\ADD{
Jesus
wanted
to
show
them
and
the Pharisees
that
it
was
not
appropriate
for
his
disciples
to
abstain
from
food
and
mourn
while
he
was
still
with
them}}.
So
he
{\ADD{
gave
them
this illustration}}: “When
a
bridegroom
is
with
{\ADD{
his
friends
at
the
time
of
the
wedding}}, ◄his
friends
certainly
do
not
mourn,
do
they?/do
his
friends
mourn?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
No,
they
do
not
mourn,
because
they
are
not
sad
at
that
time.
But
when}}
the
bridegroom
is
taken $\{${\ADD{
someone}}
takes
the
bridegroom{\ADD{/his
enemies}}
take
the
bridegroom$\}$
from
them,
they
will
abstain
from
food,
{\ADD{
because
then
they
will
be
sad}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}{\ADD{
Jesus
wanted
to
show
them
that
people
who
desire
to
live
in
accordance
with
his
new
message
should
not
try
to
continue
to
obey
the
old religious traditions
like}} ◄{\ADD{abstaining
from
food/fasting}}► [MET].
{\ADD{
So
he
said
to
them}}, “People
do
not
sew
a
patch
of unshrunken
cloth
on
an
old
garment
{\ADD{
to
mend
a
hole}}.
If
they
did
that,
{\ADD{
when
they
washed
the
garment}},
the
patch
would
{\ADD{
shrink}}
and
tear
the
garment,
and
the
hole
would
become
bigger.
\VS{17}Neither
does
anyone
pour freshly-{\ADD{
squeezed}}
grape
juice
into
old
skin
bags
{\ADD{
to
store
it}}.
If
anyone
did
that,
those
skin
bags
would
tear
{\ADD{
because
they
would
not
stretch
when
the
grape
juice ferments
and expands.
They}}
would
be
ruined,
and
the
wine
would
be
spilled $\{$spill$\}$
{\ADD{
on
the
ground}}.
Instead,
{\ADD{
people}}
put
new
wine
into
new
skin
bags,
{\ADD{
and
the
bags
will
stretch
when
the
wine ferments}}.
As
a
result,
both
{\ADD{
the
wine
and
the
bags}}
are
preserved.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
healed
a
woman
who
had
constant hemorrhaging.
He
also
caused
a
young
girl
to
become
alive
again.
\par }{\SR Matthew 9:18-26
\par }{\PP \VS{18}While
Jesus
was
saying
that,
a
leader
of
the
Jewish
meeting
place
came
and
bowed
down
before
him
{\ADD{
to
show
respect}}.
Then
he
said, “My
daughter
just
died!
But
if
you
come
and
lay
your
hand
on
her,
she
will
live
{\ADD{
again}}!”
\VS{19}So
Jesus
got
up,
and
he
and
{\ADD{
we}}
disciples
went
with
the
man.
\VS{20-21}Then
a
woman
who
{\ADD{
had
been
suffering
constant vaginal}} bleeding
for
twelve
years
came
near Jesus.
She
was
saying
to
herself, “{\ADD{
I
want Jesus
to
heal
me
without
anyone
finding
out
that
I
have
this
problem
of bleeding}}.
So
if
I
{\ADD{
touch
him}}
or
even
if
I
just
touch
his
garment,
I
will
be
healed
{\ADD{
without
anyone
finding
out
about
it}}.”
So
she
came
behind
him
and
touched
the
tassel
of
his
garment.
\VS{22}Then
Jesus
turned
around
{\ADD{
to
see
who
had
touched
him}}.
And
when
he
saw
the
woman,
he
said
to
her, “Be
encouraged,
dear
woman.
Because
you
believed [PRS]
{\ADD{
that
I
could
heal
you,
I}}
have
healed
you.”
The
woman
was
healed
at
that
very
moment.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Then
Jesus
{\ADD{
and
some
of
us
disciples}}
came
to
the
Jewish leader’s
house.
Jesus
heard
the
flute
players
{\ADD{
playing funeral
music}}
and
the
crowd
{\ADD{
that
had
gathered}}
wailing
loudly
{\ADD{
because
the
girl
had
died}}.
\VS{24}{\ADD{
Knowing
that
he
would
cause
her
to
live
again}},
he
said
{\ADD{
to
them}}, “Go
away
{\ADD{
and
stop
the funeral
music
and
wailing}},
because
the
girl
is
not
dead!
She
is
{\ADD{
just}}
sleeping!”
{\ADD{
The
people
laughed
at
him,
because
they
knew
that
she
was
dead}}.
\VS{25}But
Jesus
told
them
to
get
out
of
the
house.
Then
he
went
into
{\ADD{
the
room
where
the
girl
was
lying}}.
He
took
hold
of
her
hand
and
she
{\ADD{
became
alive
again
and}}
got
up.
\VS{26}And
the
{\ADD{
people
of
that}}
whole
region
heard [PRS]
about
it.
\par }{\SH Jesus
healed
two
blind
men.
\par }{\SR Matthew 9:27-31
\par }{\PP \VS{27}As
Jesus
went
away
from
there,
two
blind
men
followed
him
and
shouted, “Have
mercy
on
us
{\ADD{
and
heal
our
eyes,
you
who
are
the
Messiah}},
the
Descendant
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David!”
\VS{28}Jesus
went
into
the
house,
where
he
{\ADD{
was
staying}},
and
then
the
blind
men
went
in,
too.
Jesus
said
to
them, “Do
you
believe
that
I
am
able
{\ADD{
to
heal
your
eyes}}?”
They
said
to
him, “Yes,
Lord!”
\VS{29}Then
he
touched
their
eyes
and
he
said
{\ADD{
to
them}}, “Because
you
believe
{\ADD{
that
I
can
heal
your
eyes}},
I
am
healing
them
{\ADD{
right
now}}!”
\VS{30}And
they
were
able
to
see [IDM]!
Then
Jesus
told
them
sternly, “Be
sure [IDM]
that
you
do
not
tell anybody
{\ADD{
what
I
did
for
you}}!”
\VS{31}But
they
went
out
and
reported
it
throughout
that
whole
region.
\par }{\SH Jesus
expelled
a demon,
but
the Pharisees
accused
him
of
doing
such
things
by Satan’s
power.
\par }{\SR Matthew 9:32-34
\par }{\PP \VS{32}When
{\ADD{
Jesus
and
we
disciples
}}
left
{\ADD{
the
house}},
some
people
brought
to
Jesus
a
man
who
was
unable
to
speak
because
he
was
controlled
by
a demon $\{$a demon
controlled
him$\}$.
\VS{33}After
Jesus
had
expelled
the
demon,
the
man
who
had
been
unable
to
speak
began
to
speak!
The
crowd
{\ADD{
who
saw
this}}
marveled.
They
said, “Never
before
have
{\ADD{
we
seen}}
anything
as
{\ADD{
marvelous}}
as
this
happen
in
Israel!”
\VS{34}But
the
Pharisees
said, “It
is
{\ADD{
Satan}},
who
rules
the
demons,
who
{\ADD{enables
this
man
to}}
expel
demons
{\ADD{
from
people}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
his
disciples
to
pray
that
God
would
send
more
workers
to
tell
his
message
to
those
who
were
ready
to
respond.
\par }{\SR Matthew 9:35-38
\par }{\PP \VS{35}Then
{\ADD{
we}}
went
{\ADD{
with}}
Jesus
through
many
of [HYP]
the
cities
and
towns
{\ADD{
in
Galilee
district.
He
was
teaching ◄in
the
synagogues/in
the
Jewish
meeting
places►}},
and
preaching
the
good
message
about
how
God
rules
{\ADD{
over
people’s
lives}}.
He
also
was
healing
the
{\ADD{
people
who
had}}
various
diseases
and
illnesses.
\VS{36}When
he
saw
the
crowd
of
people,
he
pitied
them
because
they
were
harassed
and
dejected.
{\ADD{
They
were}}
like
sheep
that
do
not
have
a
shepherd [SIM].
\VS{37}Then
he
gave
{\ADD{
this illustration}}
to
us
disciples: “{\ADD{
The
people
who
are
ready
to
receive
my
message
are
like
a}}
field
that
is
ready
to
be
harvested $\{$for
people
to
harvest$\}$.
But
there
are
only
a
few
{\ADD{
of
you
who
are
teaching
people
my
message}}.
\VS{38}So
pray
and
ask
the
Lord
{\ADD{
God}}
to
send
{\ADD{
more}}
workers
{\ADD{
who
will
gather
people
together
and
teach
them
my
message,
just
like
a landowner
sends
workers}}
into
his
{\ADD{
field
to
gather}}
the [MET]
harvest.”

\par }\Chap{10}{\SH Jesus selected twelve apostles and instructed them before sending them out to various places.
\par }{\SR Matthew 10:1-15
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}He
told
{\ADD{
us}}
twelve
disciples
to
come
to
him.
Then
he
gave
us
the
power/authority
to
expel
evil
spirits
{\ADD{
that
controlled
people}}.
He
also
enabled
{\ADD{
us}}
to
heal
all
people
who
had
diseases
or
who
were
sick.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
Here
is
a
list
of
us}}
twelve
{\ADD{
disciples
whom
he
called}} apostles ({\ADD{
which
means ‘messengers’}}):
Simon,
{\ADD{
to
whom
he
gave
the
new
name}}
Peter; Andrew,
Peter’s
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother;
James,
the
son
of
Zebedee;
John,
the
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
of
James;
\VS{3}Philip; Bartholomew;
Thomas;
me,
Matthew,
the
tax
collector;
James,
the
{\ADD{
son}}
of Alpheus; Thaddeus;
\VS{4}Simon,
a
member
of
the
party
{\ADD{
that
wanted
to
overthrow
the Roman
government;}}
and
Judas
Iscariot (OR,
Judas,
the
man
from
Kerioth
{\ADD{
Town}}),
who
{\ADD{
later}}
enabled
{\ADD{
the
Jewish
leaders}}
to
seize
Jesus.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}When
Jesus
was
{\ADD{
about
to}}
send
{\ADD{
us}}
twelve
{\ADD{apostles
to
tell
his
message
to
people
in
various
places}},
he
gave
{\ADD{
us}}
these
instructions: “Do
not
go
where
the non-Jews
live [MTY]
or
into
the
towns
{\ADD{
where
the}}
Samaritans
live,
{\ADD{
because
they
hate
you}}.
\VS{6}Instead,
go
to
the
people
of
Israel [SYN]
who
have
{\ADD{
gone
away
from
God
like}}
sheep
that
have
gotten
lost [MET].
\VS{7}When
you
go
{\ADD{
to
them}},
proclaim
to
them
that
God [EUP/MTY]
will
soon
begin
to
rule
over
people.
\VS{8}Heal
sick
people,
cause
dead
people
to
become
alive,
heal
people
who
have
leprosy,
and
cause
demons
to
leave
people
{\ADD{
who
are
controlled
by
them}} $\{${\ADD{
whom
demons
control}}$\}$.
Do
not
charge
money
{\ADD{
for
helping
people,
because
God}}
did
not
charge
you
anything
{\ADD{
for
helping
you}}.
\VS{9-10}Do
not
take
any
money
with
you [MTY],
nor
a knapsack.
Do
not
take
an extra shirt,
nor
sandals
{\ADD{
in
addition
to
what
you
are
wearing}},
nor
a
walking
stick.
Every
worker
deserves
to
get
pay
{\ADD{
from
the
people
for
whom
he
works}},
{\ADD{
so
you
deserve
to
receive
food
and
a
place
to
stay
from
the
people
to
whom
you
go}}.
\VS{11-12}In
whatever
town
or
village
you
enter,
find
out
which
person
is
worthy
{\ADD{
that
you
should
stay
in
his
home}}.
And
as
you
go
into
that
house,
{\ADD{
ask
God
to}}
bless
the
people
{\ADD{
who
live
there}} [MTY].
Stay
in
that
home
until
you
leave
{\ADD{
that
town
or
village}}.
\VS{13}If
the
people
who
live
in [MTY]
that
house
are
worthy
{\ADD{
of
being
blessed}} $\{${\ADD{
God
blessing
them}}$\}$,
{\ADD{
God}}
will
bless
them.
If
the
people
who
live
in
that
house
are
not
worthy
{\ADD{
of
being
blessed}} $\{${\ADD{
of
God
blessing
them}}$\}$,
{\ADD{
God}}
will
bless
you
{\ADD{
instead
of
blessing
them}}.
\VS{14}If
the
people
{\ADD{
who
live
in
any
house
or
town}}
do
not
welcome
you
{\ADD{
to
their
home
or
town}},
nor
listen
to
your
message,
leave
that
house
or
town.
And
as
you
leave,
shake
off
the
dust
from
your
feet.
{\ADD{
By
doing
that,
you
will
warn
them
that
God
will
punish
them
for rejecting
your
message}}.
\VS{15}Note
this
carefully:
{\ADD{
At
the
time
when
God}}
judges
{\ADD{
all
people,
he}}
will
punish
{\ADD{
the
people
who
lived
in}}
Sodom
and
Gomorrah [MTY],
{\ADD{
the
ancient
cities
which
God
destroyed
because
their
people
were
extremely
wicked}}.
But
in
any
town
where
the
people [MTY]
refuse
to
hear
your
message,
God
will
punish
them
even
more
severely.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
instructed
his
disciples
to
be wary
of
their religious
leaders,
and
to
endure
when
they
are
persecuted
by
people
who
refuse
to
accept
the
new
message.
\par }{\SR Matthew 10:16-25
\par }{\PP \VS{16}“Take
note:
After
I
send
you
out,
{\ADD{
you
will
be
as
defenseless}}
as
sheep [MET]
in
the
midst
of
{\ADD{
people
who
are
as
dangerous
as}}
wolves.
So
you
should
wisely
{\ADD{
stay
away
from
such
people,
like
you
stay
away
from
poisonous}}
snakes [SIM].
You
should
be
as harmless
as
doves
are [SIM].
\VS{17}Also,
be
on
guard
against
{\ADD{
our religious
leaders}}.
They
will arrest
you
and
take
you
to
the
members
of
the religious
councils
{\ADD{
to
put
you
on
trial
and
punish
you
because
you
are
my
disciples}}.
You
will
be whipped $\{$The local
leaders
will
whip
you$\}$
{\ADD{
in}}
their
meeting
places.
\VS{18}{\ADD{
And}}
because
{\ADD{
you
teach}}
about
me,
you
will
be
taken $\{${\ADD{
the religious
leaders}}
will
take
you$\}$
to
governors
and
kings
{\ADD{
in
order
that
they
may
put
you
on
trial
and
punish
you}}.
As
a
result,
you
will
testify
to
those
rulers
and
to
{\ADD{
other}} non-Jews
{\ADD{
about
what
I
have
done}}.
\VS{19}When
{\ADD{
the religious
leaders}} arrest
you,
do
not
be
worried
about
what
you
will
say
{\ADD{
to
them}},
because
at
that
very
time
{\ADD{
the}}
Holy
Spirit
will
tell
you
the
words
that
you
should
say.
\VS{20}It
is
not
that
you
{\ADD{
will
decide
what
to}}
say.
Instead,
you
will
say
what
the
Spirit
of
your
{\ADD{
heavenly}}
Father
tells
{\ADD{
you
to
say}}.
\VS{21}{\ADD{
You
will
be
taken}} $\{${\ADD{
People
who
do
not
believe
in
me
will}}
take
you$\}$
to
the
authorities
to
be
killed
{\ADD{
because
you
believe
in
me.
For
example}},
people
will
betray
their
brothers,
and
fathers
will
betray
their
children.
Children
will
rebel
against
their
parents
and
cause
{\ADD{
them}}
to
be
killed.
\VS{22}Many
people
will
hate
you
{\ADD{
because
you
believe
in
me}}.
Nevertheless,
{\ADD{
many
people}}
will
keep
on believing
in
me
until
they
die.
They
are
the
people
whom
{\ADD{
God}}
will
take
to
live
with
him.
\VS{23}When
people
in
one
town
cause
you
to
suffer,
escape
to
another
town
{\ADD{
and
tell
the
people
there
about
me}}.
Note
this:
{\ADD{
I}},
the
one
who
came
down
from
heaven,
will
certainly
return
{\ADD{
to
earth}}
before
you
have
finished
going
from
one
town
to
another
town
throughout
Israel
{\ADD{
and
telling
people
about
me}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}A
disciple
should
not
{\ADD{
expect
to
be}}
greater
than
his
teacher,
and
servants
{\ADD{
are
not}}
superior
to
their
master.
\VS{25}You
do
not
{\ADD{
expect
that}}
people
will
{\ADD{
treat}}
a
disciple
better
than
{\ADD{
they
treat}}
his
teacher,
or
that
{\ADD{
they
will
treat}}
a
servant
{\ADD{
better
than
they
treat}}
his
master.
{\ADD{
Similarly,
because
I
am
your
teacher
and
master,
you
can
expect
that
people
will
mistreat
you,
because
they
have
mistreated
me}}.
The
most
you
can
expect
is
that
people
{\ADD{
will
treat
you
like
they
treat
me.
I
am
like}}
the
ruler
of
a
household [MET].
But
people
{\ADD{
have
insulted
me
by}}
calling
{\ADD{
me}} Beelzebub,
{\ADD{
the
ruler
of
the
demons}}.
So
they
{\ADD{
will}}
certainly
{\ADD{
insult
you
more,
you
who
are
only
like}}
members
of
my
household [MET]!”
\par }{\SH Jesus
instructed
his
disciples
that
they
should
not
fear
those
who
persecute
them.
\par }{\SR Matthew 10:26-33
\par }{\PP \VS{26}“Do
not
be
afraid
of
{\ADD{
people
who
insult
you
and
do
evil
things
to
you.
God
wants}}
everything
that
is
unknown
now
to
be
revealed $\{${\ADD{
God
wants
you
to}}
reveal
everything
{\ADD{
that
is
unknown
now}}$\}$.
{\ADD{
He
does}}
not
{\ADD{
want
his
truth}}
to
remain
hidden [MET]
and
kept
secret [DOU].
\VS{27}{\ADD{
So,
instead
of
being
afraid}},
what
I
say
to
you
{\ADD{
secretly
as
people
do}}
at
night [MTY],
tell
{\ADD{
publicly
as
people
do}}
during
the
daytime [MTY].
What
I
{\ADD{
say
to
you
privately
as
people
do
when
they}}
whisper
to
you [MTY],
proclaim
publicly [MTY, DOU].
\VS{28}Do
not
be
afraid
of
people
who
{\ADD{
are
able
to}}
kill
your
body [SYN]
but
are
not
able
to
destroy
your
soul.
Instead,
fear
{\ADD{
God
because}}
he
is
able
to
destroy
both
a
{\ADD{
person’s}}
body
and
a
{\ADD{
person’s}}
soul
in
hell.
\VS{29}{\ADD{
Think
about
the
}}
sparrows.
{\ADD{
They
have
so
little
value
}}
that
{\ADD{
you
}}
can
buy
cares
two
of
them
for
{\ADD{
only
}}
one
small coin [RHQ].
But
when
{\ADD{
any
}}
sparrow
falls
to
the
ground
{\ADD{
and
dies
}} [LIT],
{\ADD{
God}},
your
{\ADD{
heavenly
}}
Father,
knows
it,
{\ADD{
because
he
cares
about
everything}}.
\VS{30}{\ADD{
He
cares
about
you,
too}}.
He
even
knows
how
many
hairs
you
have
on
your
head!
\VS{31}{\ADD{
God}}
values
you
much
more
than
he
values
sparrows [LIT].
So,
do
not
be
afraid
{\ADD{
of
people
who
threaten
to
kill
you}}
\VS{32}If
people,
{\ADD{
without
being
afraid,
are
willing
to}}
tell
others
{\ADD{
that
they
are
my
disciples}},
I
will
acknowledge
before
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven
{\ADD{
that
they
are
my
disciples}}.
\VS{33}But
if
they
are
afraid
to
say
in
front
of
others
that
they
are
my
{\ADD{
disciples}},
I
will
tell
my
Father,
who
is
in
heaven,
{\ADD{
that}}
they
are
not
{\ADD{
my
disciples}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
instructed
his
disciples
that
they
should
be
willing
to
suffer
because
of
their
faith
in
him.
\par }{\SR Matthew 10:34-39
\par }{\PP \VS{34}“Do
not
think
that
I
came
to
earth
to
cause
{\ADD{
people}}
to
live
together harmoniously.
The
result
of
my
coming
is
that
{\ADD{
some
of
those
who
follow
me}} [MTY]
will
be
killed.
\VS{35}Because
I
came
{\ADD{
to
earth,
people
who
do
not
believe
in
me}}
will
oppose
{\ADD{
those
who
do
believe
in
me.
For
example}},
some
sons
will
oppose
their
fathers,
some
daughters
will
oppose
their
mothers,
and
some
daughters-in-law
will
oppose
their mothers-in-law.
\VS{36}{\ADD{
This
shows
that
sometimes}}
a
person’s
enemies
will
be
members
of
his
own
household.
\VS{37}People
who
love
their
fathers
or
mothers
more
than
{\ADD{
they
love}}
me
are
not
worthy
to
{\ADD{
have
a relationship
with
me}}.
And
people
who
love
their
sons
or
daughters
more
than
{\ADD{
they
love}}
me
are
not
worthy
{\ADD{
to
belong
to}}
me.
\VS{38}{\ADD{
People
who
are
ready
to
execute
a
prisoner
force
him
to}}
carry
a
cross
{\ADD{
to
the
place
where
they
will
nail
him
to
it}} [MET].
Those
who
are
not
{\ADD{
willing
to
allow
other
people
to
hurt
and
disgrace
them
like
that
because
of
being
my
disciples}}
are
not
worthy
to
belong
to
me.
\VS{39}People
who
{\ADD{
deny
that
they
believe
in
me
in
order
to
escape
being
killed}}
will
not
live
{\ADD{
with
God
eternally}} [MET],
but
people
who
{\ADD{
confess
that
they
believe
in}}
me
and,
{\ADD{
as
a
result
are}}
killed,
will
live
{\ADD{
with
God
eternally}} [MET].”
\par }{\SH Jesus
instructed
his apostles
about
the
people
whom
God
rewards,
and
then
he
sent
them
to
various
towns.
\par }{\SR Matthew 10:40-42
\par }{\PP \VS{40}“{\ADD{
God
considers
that}}
everyone
who
welcomes
you,
welcomes
me [SIM],
and
{\ADD{
he
considers
that}}
everyone
who
welcomes
me
welcomes
{\ADD{
him}},
the
one
who
sent
me [SIM].
\VS{41}Those
who
welcome
{\ADD{
someone
because}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
they
know}}
that
person
is
a
prophet
they
will
receive
the
{\ADD{
same}}
reward
that
prophets
{\ADD{
receive
from
God.
Likewise}},
those
who
welcome
a
person
{\ADD{
because}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
they
know}}
that
person
is
righteous
will
receive
the
reward
righteous
people
{\ADD{
receive
from
God}}.
\VS{42}{\ADD{
Note
this:
}}Suppose
people
{\ADD{
see
that
you
are
thirsty
}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
and
}}
give
you
a
drink
of
cold
water
because
they
know
that [MTY]
you
are
one
of
my
disciples.
{\ADD{
God
}}
will
certainly
reward
people
who
do
that.
{\ADD{
They
might
consider
that
what
they
did
}}
is
insignificant,
{\ADD{
but
God
will
consider
it
very significant}}” [LIT].

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Jesus
had
finished
instructing
{\ADD{
us}}
twelve
disciples
{\ADD{
about
what
we
should
do,
he
sent
us
to
various
Israelite
towns}}.
Then
he
went
to
teach
and
preach
in
{\ADD{
other
Israelite}}
towns
{\ADD{
in
that
area}}.
\par }{\SH Jesus
showed
the
messengers
from
John
the Baptizer
that
he
was
the
Messiah,
and
he
told
the
people
that
John
was
the
man
like
Elijah
who
was
to
prepare
the
way
for
the
Messiah.
\par }{\SR Matthew 11:2-15
\par }{\PP \VS{2}While
John
{\ADD{
the Baptizer}}
was
in
prison,
he
heard
what
{\ADD{Jesus,
the
man
whom
he
thought
was}}
the
Messiah,
was
doing.
So
he
sent
{\ADD{
some
of}}
his
disciples
{\ADD{
to
him}}
in
order
\VS{3}to
ask
him, “Are
you
the
{\ADD{
Messiah}}
who
{\ADD{
the
prophets
prophesied}}
would
come,
or
is
it
someone
else
that
we
should
expect
{\ADD{
to
come}}?”
\VS{4}{\ADD{
After
they
asked}}
Jesus
{\ADD{
that
question}},
he
answered
them, “Go
back
and
report
to
John
what
you
hear
{\ADD{
me
telling
people}}
and
what
you
see
{\ADD{
me
doing}}.
\VS{5}I
{\ADD{
am enabling}}
blind
people
to
see
and
lame
people
to
walk.
I
{\ADD{
am}}
healing
{\ADD{
people}}
who
have
leprosy.
I
{\ADD{
am enabling}}
deaf
people
to
hear
and
dead
people
to
become
alive
again.
I
{\ADD{
am}}
telling
poor
people
{\ADD{
God’s}}
good
message.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
Also
tell
John
that
God}}
is
pleased
with
people
who
do
not
stop believing
in
me
{\ADD{
because
what
I
do
is
not
what
they
expected
the
Messiah
to
do}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}When
John’s
disciples
had
gone
away,
Jesus
began
to
talk
to
the
crowd
of
people
about
John.
He
said
to
them, “{\ADD{
Think
about}}
what
sort
of
person
you
went
to
see
in
the
desolate
area
{\ADD{
when
you
went
there
to
see
John}}. ◄{\ADD{
You
did
not
go
there
to
listen
to
a
man
who
constantly
changed
his
message,
like}}
a
reed
that
is
blown $\{$blows$\}$
back
and
forth
in
the
wind [MET]!/Did
you
go
there
{\ADD{
to
listen
to
a
man
whose
message
changes
continually
like}}
long
grass
that
is
blown $\{$blows$\}$
back
and
forth
in
the
wind
{\ADD{
changes
its
direction}}?► [MET, RHQ]
\VS{8}Then
what
{\ADD{
kind
of
person}}
did
you
go
{\ADD{
there}}
to
see [RHQ]? ◄{\ADD{
You
did
not
go
there
to
see}}
a
man
who
was
wearing expensive
clothes.{\ADD{/Did
you
go
there
to
see}}
a
man
who
was
wearing expensive
clothes?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
No!
You
know
very
well
that}}
people
who
wear
beautiful
clothes
reside
in
kings’
palaces
{\ADD{
and
not
in
desolate
areas}}.
\VS{9}Then
what
{\ADD{
kind
of
person}}
did
you
go
to
see [RHQ]?
{\ADD{
Did
you
go
there}} [RHQ]
{\ADD{
to
see
John
because
he
was}} ◄a
prophet/a
person
who
speaks
what
God
tells
him
to
say►?
Yes!
But
I
will
tell
you
that
{\ADD{
John}}
is
more
{\ADD{
important}}
than
an
{\ADD{
ordinary}}
prophet.
\VS{10}He
is
the
one
{\ADD{
to
whom
God
was referring
when
he
said
to
the
Messiah
these
words}}
that
are
written $\{$about
whom
{\ADD{
the
prophet
Malachi}}
wrote$\}$
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures:}}
\par }{\Q Listen!
I
am
going
to
send
my
messenger
{\ADD{
to
go}}
before
you [SYN]
to
prepare
{\ADD{
the
people}} [MET]
for
your
coming.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Note
this:
Of
all
the
people
who
have
ever
lived,
{\ADD{
God
does
not
consider}}
that
any
of
them
are
greater
than
John
the Baptizer.
However,
{\ADD{
God
considers
that
all}}
those
people
who
have
let
God
rule
their
lives
are
greater
than
{\ADD{
John,
even
if
they
are
insignificant
people}}.
\VS{12}From
the
time
that
John
the Baptizer
{\ADD{
preached}}
until
now,
{\ADD{
other
people}}
have
violently
attacked
the
people
who
have
{\ADD{
allowed}}
God [MTY/EUP]
to
rule
their
lives,
and
they
have
suffered (OR,
people
have
very
eagerly
been
asking
God
to
take
control
of
their
lives,
OR,
Israelite
people
{\ADD{
who
have
thought
that
I
would
become
their
king}}
have
been
extremely
eager
to
be
included
in
my
kingdom) (OR,
have
been
violently
attacked
and
made
to
suffer).
\VS{13}{\ADD{
All
this
that
I
am
saying
about
John
is
confirmed
by
the
fact
that}}
all
the
men
who
wrote
the Scriptures [MTY, SYN] foretold
{\ADD{
about
God
ruling
people’s
lives}},
until
John
{\ADD{
the Baptizer
came}}.
\VS{14}{\ADD{
Even
though
most
of
you
are
unwilling
to
believe
what
I
am
saying,
I
will
tell
this
truth
to}}
anyone
who
is
willing
to
believe
{\ADD{
it}}:
John
is
{\ADD{
the
man
who
is
like}}
Elijah [MET].
He
is
the
one
who
{\ADD{
one
of
the
prophets
said}}
would
come
{\ADD{
in
order
to
prepare
the
people
to
welcome
the
Messiah}}.
\VS{15}If
you
want
to
understand
this,
you
must
think
{\ADD{
carefully}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
about
what
I
have
just
said}} [MTY].”
\par }{\SH Jesus
rebuked
the
people
who
refused
to
believe
both
him
and John
the Baptizer.
\par }{\SR Matthew 11:16-19
\par }{\PP \VS{16}“◄I
will illustrate
what
{\ADD{
you}}
people
who
have
heard
what John
{\ADD{
the Baptizer}}
and
I
have
taught
are
like./Do
you
know
what
{\ADD{
you}}
people
who
have
heard
what John
and
I
have
taught
are
like?► [RHQ]
You
are
like
children
who
are
{\ADD{
playing games}}
in
an
open
area.
{\ADD{
Some
of
the
children}}
are
calling
to
the
others,
saying,
\VS{17}‘We
played
{\ADD{
happy
music}}
on
the
flute
for
you,
but
you
did
not
dance!
Then
we
sang
sad funeral
songs
for
you,
but
you
did
not
cry [MET]!’
\VS{18}{\ADD{
Similarly,
you
are dissatisfied
with
both
John
and
me}}!
When
John
came
{\ADD{
and
preached
to
you}},
he
did
not
eat
{\ADD{
good
food}}
and
did
not
drink
{\ADD{
wine,
like
most
people
do}}.
But
you
{\ADD{
rejected
him}}
saying, ‘A
demon
is controlling
him!’
\VS{19}{\ADD{
In contrast}},
{\ADD{
I}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
eat
{\ADD{
the
same}}
food
and
drink
{\ADD{
wine
as
other
people
do}}.
But
you
{\ADD{
reject
me}},
saying, ‘Look!
{\ADD{
This
man}}
eats
too
much
food
and
drinks
too
much
wine,
and
he
associates
with
tax
collectors
and
{\ADD{
other}}
sinners!’
But
people
{\ADD{
who
really
think
about}}
what
{\ADD{
John}}
and
I
have
done
will
realize
that
what
we
do
is
truly
wise [MET, PRS].”
\par }{\SH Jesus
explained
why
the
people
of Corazin, Bethsaida,
and Capernaum
would
be
punished
more
severely
than
the
people
of
Tyre,
Sidon,
and
Sodom.
\par }{\SR Matthew 11:20-24
\par }{\PP \VS{20}{\ADD{
The
people
who
lived
in}}
the
towns [MTY]
{\ADD{
in
the
area
where
Jesus
was
saw
him}}
perform
many
miracles.
But
they
did
not
turn
away
from
their
sinful
behavior.
So
Jesus
began
to
reproach
them
{\ADD{
by
saying
to
them}},
\VS{21}“You
{\ADD{
people
who
live
in}}
Chorazin
{\ADD{
city}} [MTY]
and
you
{\ADD{
people
who
live
in}} Bethsaida
{\ADD{
city}} [MTY]
will
suffer
terribly
in
hell!
{\ADD{
I}}
did
great
miracles
in
your
{\ADD{
cities,
but
you
did
not
turn
from
your
sinful
behavior}}.
If
the
miracles
that
I
performed
in
your
{\ADD{
cities}}
had
been
done
in
{\ADD{
the
ancient
cities
of}}
Tyre
and
Sidon,
the
{\ADD{
wicked
people
who
lived
there}}
long
ago
would
have
sat
in
ashes,
wearing coarse
cloth
{\ADD{
to
show
that
they
were
sorry
for
their
sins}}.
\VS{22}So
note
this:
{\ADD{
God
will
punish
the
wicked
people
who
lived
in
the
cities
of}}
Tyre
and
Sidon [MTY],
but
he
will
punish
you
even
more
severely
on
the
final
day
when
he
judges
{\ADD{
all
people}}.
\VS{23}{\ADD{
also
have
something
to
say
to}}
you
{\ADD{
people
who
live
in}}
Capernaum
{\ADD{
city}} [MTY]. ◄Do
not
{\ADD{
think
that}}
you
will
be
honored $\{$that
{\ADD{
God}}
will
honor
you$\}$
in
heaven!/Do
you
think
that
you
will
be
honored $\{$that
{\ADD{
God}}
will
honor
you$\}$
in
heaven?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
That
will
not
happen!
On
the
contrary,
after
you
die,
you
will
be
sent}} $\{${\ADD{
God}}
will
send
you$\}$
down
into
the
place
where
{\ADD{
sinful
people}}
will
be
punished $\{$he
will
punish
sinful
people$\}$
{\ADD{
forever.
God
destroyed
the
ancient
city
of}}
Sodom
{\ADD{
because
the
people
who
lived
in
that
city
were
extremely
wicked}}.
If
I
had
performed
in
{\ADD{
Sodom
the
miracles
that
I
performed
in
your
city,
the
people
there
would
have
turned
away
from
their
wicked
behavior
and}}
their
{\ADD{
city}} [MET]
would
still exist
now [MTY].
But
you,
{\ADD{
although
I
did
miracles
in
your
city,
you
did
not
turn
from
your
wicked
behavior}}.
\VS{24}So
note
this:
{\ADD{
God}}
will
punish
{\ADD{
the
people
who
lived
in}}
Sodom
{\ADD{
city}} [MTY],
but
he
will
punish
you
{\ADD{
even}}
more
severely
on
the
final
day
when
{\ADD{
he}}
judges
{\ADD{
all
people}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
thanked
God
for
revealing
his
truth
to uneducated
people,
and
he
urged
the
people
to
come
to
him
to
get
rid
of
the
burden
of
trying
to
obey religious
laws.
\par }{\SR Matthew 11:25-30
\par }{\PP \VS{25}At
that
time
Jesus
prayed, “Father,
you
rule
over
{\ADD{
everything
in}}
heaven
and
{\ADD{
on}}
the
earth.
I
thank
you
that
you
have
prevented
{\ADD{
people
who
think
that
they}}
are
wise [IRO]
because
they
are well-educated,
from
{\ADD{
knowing}}
these
things.
{\ADD{
Instead}},
you
have
revealed
them
to
{\ADD{
people
who
accept
your
truth
as readily
as}}
little
children [MET]
{\ADD{
do}}.
\VS{26}Yes,
Father,
{\ADD{
you
have
done
that}}
because
it
seemed
good
to
you
{\ADD{
to
do}}
so.”
\par }{\PP \VS{27}{\ADD{
Then
Jesus
said
to
the
people
there
who
wanted
him
to
teach
them}}, “{\ADD{
God}},
my
Father,
has
revealed
to
me
all
the
things
{\ADD{
that
I
need
to
know
in
order
to
do
my
work}}.
Only
my
Father
knows
{\ADD{
who}}
I
{\ADD{
really
am}}.
Furthermore,
only
I
and
those
{\ADD{
people}}
to
whom
I
wish
to
reveal
him
know
{\ADD{
what
God}}
my
Father
{\ADD{
is
like}}.
\VS{28}Come
to
me,
all
you
people
who
are
very
weary
{\ADD{
of
trying
to
obey
all
the
many
laws
that
your religious
teachers
tell
you
to
obey}} [MET].
I
will
enable
you
to
quit
{\ADD{
trying
to
obey
all
those
laws}}.
\VS{29-30}Let
me
{\ADD{
help}}
you
{\ADD{
carry
those
loads,
just
like
two
oxen
who
have}}
a
yoke
{\ADD{
on
their
necks}} [MET, DOU]
{\ADD{
help
each
other
pull
a
heavy
load}}.
It
will
not
be
difficult
for
you
to
do
the
things
that
I
ask
you
to
do
for
me [DOU].
Because
I
am
gentle
and
humble [DOU],
accept
what
I
teach
{\ADD{
about
what
God
wants
you
to
do}}.
{\ADD{
And
as
a
result,
you
will
quit
worrying
about
obeying
all
the religious
laws,
and}}
your
spirits
will
be
at
peace.”

\par }\Chap{12}{\SH Jesus showed the religious leaders that the Scriptures indicated that God permitted some people to disobey religious laws when they needed food. He also showed them that he had the authority from God to tell people what was right to do on the Sabbath.
\par }{\SR Matthew 12:1-8
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}During
that
period
of
time,
on
a ◄Sabbath/Jewish
day
of
rest►,
Jesus
{\ADD{
and
we}}
disciples
were
walking
through
some
grain
fields.
And
because
we
were
hungry,
we
began
to
pick
some
of
the
heads
of
grain
and
eat
them.
{\ADD{
The
laws
of
Moses
permitted
people
to
do
that
if
they
were
hungry}}.
\VS{2}Some
Pharisees
saw
us
{\ADD{
do
what
they
considered
to
be
work}}.
So
they
said
to
Jesus,
{\ADD{
accusing
him}}, “Look!
Your
disciples
are
doing
{\ADD{
work}}
that
is
not
permitted
{\ADD{
in
our}}
laws [PRS]
{\ADD{
for
us}}
to
do
on
our
day
of
rest!”
\VS{3}{\ADD{
Jesus
wanted
to
show
them
that
the
record
in
the Scriptures indicated
that
God
permitted
people
to
disobey
certain religious
laws
when
they
needed
food}}.
{\ADD{
So}}
he
said
to
them, “{\ADD{
It
is
written}} $\{${\ADD{
Someone
wrote}}$\}$
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}} [RHQ]
what
{\ADD{
our
revered ancestor
King}}
David
did
when
he
and
the
men
with
him
were
hungry.
You
have
read
about
that, ◄{\ADD{
but
you
do
not
think
about
what
it implies!/so
why
do
you
not
think
about
what
it implies}}?► [RHQ]
\VS{4}David
entered
the
big
tent
{\ADD{
where
they
worshipped}}
God
{\ADD{
and
asked
for
some
food.
The
high
priest
gave
him}}
the
bread
that
had
been $\{$they
had$\}$
presented
{\ADD{
to
God}}.
According
to
the
laws
{\ADD{
of
Moses}},
only
priests
were
permitted
to
eat
that
bread,
but
David
and
the
men
who
were
with
him
ate
it.
And
{\ADD{
God
did
not
consider
that
what
they
did
was
wrong}}
\VS{5}Also,
think
about
the
laws
that
{\ADD{
Moses
wrote}} [RHQ].
He
said
that
{\ADD{
even
though}}
the
priests,
{\ADD{
by
working}}
in
the
Temple
on
our
Jewish
day
of
rest,
are
not
obeying
the
Jewish
day
of
rest
{\ADD{
laws}},
they
are
not
guilty.
You
have
surely
read
that,
{\ADD{
but
you
do
not
understand
what
it
means}}.
\VS{6}Note
this:
{\ADD{
God
allows
men
to
work
in}}
the
Temple
{\ADD{
on
our
rest
day
because
that
work
must
be
done.
But
in
addition,
I}}
tell
you
that
{\ADD{
I
have}}
more
{\ADD{
authority
than
the
authority
of}}
the
Temple.
So,
it
is
more
important
for
you
to
obey
my
teachings
than
to
obey
your traditions
about
our
rest
day.
\VS{7}{\ADD{
You
should
think
about}}
these
words
{\ADD{
of
God
in
the Scriptures}}: ‘I
want
you
to
{\ADD{
act}} mercifully
toward
people,
and
not
{\ADD{
just}}
offer
sacrifices.’
If
you
understood
what
that
means,
you
would
not
condemn
{\ADD{
my
disciples}},
who
have
done
no
wrong.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
And
I
want
you
to
know
that}}
I,
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
have
{\ADD{
the}}
authority
{\ADD{
to
determine
what
is
right
for
my
disciples
to
do
on}}
the
days
of
rest.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
healed
a
man
on
the
Sabbath.
At
the
same
time,
he
told
the Pharisees
that
they
were mistaken
in
thinking
that
it
was
wrong
to
heal
a
person
on
the
Sabbath.
\par }{\SR Matthew 12:9-14
\par }{\PP \VS{9}After
Jesus
left
there
{\ADD{
that
day}},
he
went
into
a
building
where
we
Jews
worship
God.
\VS{10}{\ADD{
He
saw}}
a
man
with
a
shriveled
hand
there.
{\ADD{
The Pharisees
thought
that
Jesus
would
be disobeying
the
tradition
about
not
working
on
the
day
of
rest
if
he
healed
the
man,
so
one
of}}
them
asked
him, “Does
{\ADD{
God}}
permit
{\ADD{
us}}
to
heal
{\ADD{
people}}
on
our
day
of
rest?”
{\ADD{
They
asked
that
question}}
so
that
they
might
accuse
him
{\ADD{
if
he
healed
someone}} ◄on
the
Sabbath/on
the
Jewish
rest
day►.
\VS{11}He
replied
to
them, “Would
anyone
among
you
who
has
{\ADD{
only}}
one
sheep
that
falls
into
a
hole ◄on
the
Sabbath/on
the
Jewish
rest
day►
{\ADD{
just
leave
it
there}} [RHQ]?
{\ADD{
Certainly
not}}!
You
would
take
hold
of
it
and
lift
it
out
right
away,
{\ADD{
and
that
would
be
acceptable
work
on
our
day
of
rest,
too}}
\VS{12}{\ADD{
Because}}
sheep
are
valuable,
{\ADD{
their
owners
may
work
on
our
day
of
rest
in
order
to
rescue
them.
So,
because}}
people
are
more
valuable
than
sheep,
it
is
certainly
right
for
us
to
do
something
good
{\ADD{
by
healing
another
person
any
day,
including}}
our
day
of
rest!”
\VS{13}Then
he
said
to
the
man, “Stretch
out
your
{\ADD{
withered}}
hand!”
The
man
stretched
it
out,
and
it
became
normal
like
the
other
hand!
\VS{14}Then
the
Pharisees
left
{\ADD{
the
meeting
house.
They
were
worried
that
the
people
would
reject
their traditions
and
would
accept Jesus’
teaching
instead.
So}}
they
met
together
to
plan
how
they
could
kill
him.
\par }{\SH Jesus
explained
that
his
acting
humbly
when
he
healed
people
was
a
fulfillment
of
prophecy.
\par }{\SR Matthew 12:15-21
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Because
Jesus
knew
{\ADD{
that
the Pharisees
were
plotting
to
kill
him}},
he
{\ADD{
took
us
disciples
and}}
went
away
from
there.
Crowds,
{\ADD{
including
many
sick
people}},
followed
him,
{\ADD{
wanting
him
to
heal
them}},
and
he
healed
them
all.
\VS{16}But
he
told
them
firmly
that
they
should
not
tell
{\ADD{
other
people
yet}}
who
he
was.
\VS{17}{\ADD{
By
acting
humbly
like
that}}
he
fulfilled
what
was
written
by
Isaiah
the
prophet $\{$what
Isaiah
the
prophet
wrote$\}$
{\ADD{
long
ago
about
the
Messiah}}.
{\ADD{
Isaiah
wrote}}
that
God
said:
\par }{\PI \VS{18}Take
note
of
my
servant
whom
I
have
chosen,
the
one
whom
I
love
and
with
whom
I
am
pleased.
I
will
put
my
Spirit
in
him,
and
he
will
proclaim
that
{\ADD{
God}}
will
judge
the non-Jews
justly.
\VS{19}He
will
not
quarrel
{\ADD{
with
people}},
neither
will
he
shout.
He
will
not
{\ADD{
teach
with}}
a
loud
voice
in
the
{\ADD{
main}}
streets.
\VS{20}Until
he
has
justly
judged
{\ADD{
the
people
who
trust
in
him
and}}
has
declared
them
not
guilty,
he
will
not
destroy
{\ADD{
anyone
who
is
weak
like}}
a
smashed
stalk [MET],
nor
will
he
silence
{\ADD{
anyone
who
is
as
helpless
as}}
a
smoldering
{\ADD{
linen}}
wick [MET, DOU].
\VS{21}As
a
result,
the non-Jews
will
confidently
expect
{\ADD{
that
he
will
do
great
things
for
them}}.
\par }{\SH Jesus
refuted
the
argument
that
he
was expelling
demons
by Satan’s
power,
and
he
warned
that
making
such
statements
is
an unforgivable
sin
against
the
Holy
Spirit.
\par }{\SR Matthew 12:22-32
\par }{\PP \VS{22}One
day
when
Jesus
was
at
home,
{\ADD{
some
men}}
brought
to
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
a
man
{\ADD{
who,
because
of
being}}
controlled
by
a demon $\{$a demon
controlled
him$\}$,
was
blind
and
unable
to
speak.
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
healed
him
{\ADD{
by expelling
the demon}}.
As
a
result,
the
man
{\ADD{
began
to}}
talk
and
{\ADD{
was
able
to}}
see.
\VS{23}All
the
crowd
{\ADD{
who
saw
it}} marveled.
They
began
asking
{\ADD{
each
other}}, “Could
this
man
be
the
{\ADD{
Messiah,
the}}
descendant
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David,
{\ADD{
whom
we
have
been expecting}}?”
\VS{24}Because
the
Pharisees
{\ADD{
and
the
men
who
taught
the
Jewish
laws}}
heard
{\ADD{
that
the
people
thought
that
Jesus
might
be
the
Messiah
because
he
had
expelled
the
demon}},
they
said, “{\ADD{
It
is
not
God,
but}} Beelzebub,
the
ruler
of
the
demons,
who enables
{\ADD{
this
man}}
to
expel
demons
{\ADD{
from
people!}}”
\VS{25}But
Jesus
knew
what
{\ADD{
the Pharisees}}
were
thinking
{\ADD{
and
saying}}.
So,
{\ADD{
in
order
to
show
them
that
what
they
said
did
not
make
sense}},
he
said
to
them, “If
{\ADD{
the
people
in}} [MTY]
one
nation
fight
against
each
other,
{\ADD{
they}}
will
destroy
their
nation $\{$their
nation
will
be
destroyed$\}$.
If
{\ADD{
people
who
live
in}}
the
same
city
or
house
fight
each
other,
they
will
certainly
not
remain
{\ADD{
as
one
group
or
family}}.
\VS{26}{\ADD{
Similarly}},
if
Satan
were expelling
his
own
{\ADD{
demons}} [MTY],
{\ADD{
it
would
be
as
though}}
he
was
fighting
against
himself. ◄His
kingdom
would
not
continue!/How
could
his
kingdom
continue?► [RHQ]
His
rule
over
them
would
{\ADD{
certainly}}
not
last!
\VS{27}Furthermore,
if
{\ADD{
it
is
true
that}}
Satan enables
me
to
expel
demons,
is
it
also
true
that
your
disciples
{\ADD{
who}}
expel
demons
{\ADD{
do
so}}
by
{\ADD{Satan’s}}
power [RHQ]?
{\ADD{
No}}
So
they
will
show
you
that
you
{\ADD{
are
not
thinking logically}}.
\VS{28}But
because
it
is
God’s
Spirit
who
{\ADD{enables}}
me
to
expel
demons,
{\ADD{
that
proves
that
the
power
of}}
God
to
rule
{\ADD{
people’s
lives}}
has
come
to
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}{\ADD{
I
will illustrate
why
I
am
able
to
expel
demons}}. ◄A
person
cannot
go
into
the
house
of
a
strong
man► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
But
if
he
ties
up
the
strong
man}},
then
he
will
be
able
to
steal
{\ADD{
the
things
in
that
man’s}}
house.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}{\ADD{
No
one
can
be neutral}}.
Those
who
do
not
acknowledge
{\ADD{
that
the
Holy
Spirit enables}}
me
{\ADD{
to
expel
demons}}
are opposing
me,
and
those
who
do
not
gather
{\ADD{
people
to
become}}
my
{\ADD{
disciples}}
are
causing
{\ADD{
those
people}}
to [DOU]
go
away
{\ADD{
from
me}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}You
{\ADD{
are
saying
that
it
is
not
the
Holy
Spirit
who
is enabling
me
to
expel
demons}}.
So
I
will
say
this
to
you:
{\ADD{
If}}
those
who
offend
and
slander
other
people
in
any
way
are
{\ADD{
then
sorry
and
ask
God
to
forgive
them,
God}}
will
forgive
them.
But
people
who discredit
what
the
Holy
Spirit
does
will
not
be
forgiven $\{${\ADD{
God}}
will
not
forgive
{\ADD{
people}}
who discredit
what
the
Holy
Spirit
does$\}$.
\VS{32}{\ADD{
God
is
willing
to}}
forgive
people
who
criticize
{\ADD{
me}},
the
One
who
came
from
heaven.
But
I
{\ADD{
warn
you
that}}
those
who
say
evil
things
about
what
the
Holy
Spirit
{\ADD{
does}}
will
not
be
forgiven $\{${\ADD{
God}}
will
not
forgive
people
who
speak
evil
words
about
what
the
Holy
Spirit
{\ADD{
does}}$\}$.
They
will
not
be
forgiven $\{${\ADD{
He}}
will
not
forgive
them$\}$
now,
and
they
will
never
be
forgiven $\{${\ADD{
he}}
will
never
forgive
them$\}$.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
said
that
we
can
judge
what
people
are
like
by
seeing
what
they
do.
\par }{\SR Matthew 12:33-37
\par }{\PP \VS{33}“Think
about
this:
You
can
know
whether
{\ADD{
a
person
is
good
and
what
that
person
says
is
good,
in
the
same
way
that
you}}
can
know
whether
a
tree [MET]
and
the
fruit
it
produces [MET]
are
good.
{\ADD{
You
can
also
know
whether
a
person
and
what
that
person
says
is
evil
in
the
same
way
that
you
can
know}}
whether
a
tree [MET]
and
its
fruit [MET]
are blighted.
You
can
know
whether
a
tree
is
good
by
{\ADD{
seeing}}
its
fruit,
and
similarly
{\ADD{
people
can
know
the
evil
character
of
you Pharisees
by
listening
to
your
accusations
against
me}}.
\VS{34}{\ADD{
What}}
you
{\ADD{
teach harms
people spiritually
like
poisonous}}
snakes
{\ADD{
harm
them physically}} [MET]!
You
are
not
able
to
speak
good
things
because
you
are
evil [RHQ].
Evil
people [SYN]
{\ADD{
like
you}}
speak
what
comes
from
all
that
is
in
their ◄inner
beings/hearts►.
\VS{35}Good
people
{\ADD{
speak
good
things.
That
is
like}}
taking
good
things
out
of
buildings
where
they
are
stored.
But
evil
people
{\ADD{
speak
evil
things.
That
is
like}}
taking
evil
things
out
of
buildings
where
they
are
stored.
\VS{36}I
tell
you
that
on
the
day
when
God
judges [MTY],
he
will
make
people
recall
every
useless
word
they
have
spoken,
{\ADD{
and
he
will
judge
them
accordingly}}.
\VS{37}Based
on
the
words
that
you
have
spoken,
{\ADD{
God}}
will
{\ADD{
either}}
declare
that
you
are
righteous
based
on
the
words
that
you
have
spoken,
or
{\ADD{
else}}
he
will
condemn
you.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
the
Jewish
leaders
that
the
only
miracle
that
they
would
see
him
do
would
be
one
like
God
did
for
Jonah.
\par }{\SR Matthew 12:38-42
\par }{\PP \VS{38}Then
some
of
the
Pharisees
and
men
who
taught
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
responded
{\ADD{
to
what
Jesus
was
teaching}}
by
saying
to
him, “Teacher,
we
want
to
see
you
{\ADD{
perform}}
a
miracle
{\ADD{
that
would
prove
to
us
that
God
sent
you}}.”
\VS{39}Then
Jesus
said
to
them, “{\ADD{
You}}
people
{\ADD{
have
already
seen
me
perform
miracles}},
but
you
are
evil,
and
you
do
not
faithfully
worship
God [MET]!
You
want
{\ADD{
me
to
perform}}
a
miracle
{\ADD{
that
would
prove
to
you
that
God
sent
me}},
but
{\ADD{
God
will
enable}}
you
to
see
only
one
miracle.
It
will
be
{\ADD{
like}}
what
happened
to
Jonah
the
prophet [MET].
\VS{40}Jonah
was
in
the
stomach
of
a
huge
fish
for
three
days
and
nights
{\ADD{
before
God
caused
him
to
live
again}}.
Similarly,
for
three
days
and
nights
I,
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
will
be
in
a
place
{\ADD{
where
dead
people
are,
and
then
God
will
cause
me
to
live
again}}.
\VS{41}When
{\ADD{
God}}
judges
{\ADD{
all
people}},
the
people
who
lived
in
Nineveh
will
stand
{\ADD{
in
front
of
him}}
with
{\ADD{
you}}
people
who
{\ADD{
have
seen
me
perform
miracles}}.
The
{\ADD{
people
of
Nineveh
turned
from
their
sinful
ways
as
a
result
of
hearing
what}}
Jonah
preached.
{\ADD{
Jonah
was
important,
but
I}},
who
am
more
important
than
Jonah,
{\ADD{
have
come
and
preached
to
you,
but
you
have
not
turned
from
your
sinful
ways.
So}}
when
{\ADD{
God}}
judges
{\ADD{
all
people,
he}}
will
condemn
you.
\VS{42}The
queen
from
{\ADD{
Sheba,
South
of
Israel,
who
lived
long
ago,
came
from
a
distant
region
in
order
to
listen
to
King
Solomon
teach}}
many
wise
things.
But
now
{\ADD{
I}},
{\ADD{
a
man}}
who
{\ADD{
is
much}}
greater
{\ADD{
and
wiser}}
than
Solomon,
am
here,
{\ADD{
but
you
have
not
listened
to
what
I
have
told
you}}.
So
at
the
time
when
{\ADD{
God}}
judges
{\ADD{
all
people}},
the
queen
from
{\ADD{
Sheba
will
stand
in
front
of
him,
along}}
with
you
people,
and
will
condemn
you.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
those
who
have
had
evil
spirits
expelled
from
them
need
to
have
their
lives
controlled
by
the
Holy
Spirit.
\par }{\SR Matthew 12:43-45
\par }{\PP \VS{43}“{\ADD{
Sometimes}}
when
an
evil
spirit
leaves
a
person,
it
wanders
around
in
desolate
areas,
seeking
{\ADD{
someone
in
whom
it
can}}
rest.
If
it
does
not
find
anyone,
\VS{44}it
says
{\ADD{
to
itself}}, ‘I
will
return
to
the
person [MET]
in
whom
I
used
to
live.’
So
it
goes
back
{\ADD{
and
finds
that
the
Spirit
of
God
is
not
in
control
of
that}}
person’s
{\ADD{
life.
The
person’s
life
is
like}}
a
house
that
has
been
swept
clean
and
everything
put
in
order [MET],
{\ADD{
but
it
is}}
empty.
\VS{45}Then
{\ADD{
this
evil
spirit}}
goes
and
gets
seven
other
spirits
that
are
{\ADD{
even}}
more
evil,
and
they
{\ADD{
all}}
enter
{\ADD{
that
person}}
and
{\ADD{
begin}}
living
there.
{\ADD{
So,
although}}
that
person’s
condition
{\ADD{
was
bad}}
before,
it
becomes
much
worse.
That
is
what
{\ADD{
you}}
wicked
people
who
{\ADD{
have
heard
me
teach}}
will
experience.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
said
that
those
who
do
God’s
will
are
as
important
to
Jesus
as
his
own
relatives
are.
\par }{\SR Matthew 12:46-50
\par }{\PP \VS{46}While
Jesus
was
still
speaking
to
the
crowds,
his
mother
and
his
{\ADD{
younger}}
brothers
{\ADD{
arrived}}.
They
stood
outside
{\ADD{
the
house}},
wanting
to
speak
with
him.
\VS{47}Someone
said
to
him, “Your
mother
and
your
{\ADD{
younger}}
brothers
are
standing
outside
{\ADD{
the
house}},
wanting
to
talk
to
you.”
\VS{48}Then
Jesus
said
to
the
person
who
told
him
{\ADD{
that}}, “◄{\ADD{
I
will
tell
you
something
about}}
my
mother
and
brothers [MET].{\ADD{/Do
you
know}}
who
I
{\ADD{
consider
to
be
like}}
my
mother
and
my
brothers?►” [MET, RHQ]
\VS{49}He
then pointed
toward
{\ADD{
us}}
disciples
and
said, “These
are
ones
{\ADD{
whom
I
love
as
much
as
I
love}}
my
mother
and
my
brothers [MET].
\VS{50}Those
who
do
what
{\ADD{
God}}
my
Father
{\ADD{
who
is}}
in
heaven
wants,
are
{\ADD{
as
dear
to
me}} [MET]
{\ADD{
as}}
my
brother,
my
sister,
or
my
mother.”

\par }\Chap{13}{\SH Jesus taught a parable about different kinds of soil.
\par }{\SR Matthew 13:1-10
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}That
same
day
Jesus,
{\ADD{
along
with
us}}
disciples,
left
the
house
{\ADD{
where
he
was
teaching
and
went}}
to
{\ADD{
Galilee
lake}}.
He
sat
down
there,
\VS{2}and
a
very
large
crowd
gathered
around
him
to
{\ADD{
listen
to
his
teaching}}.
So,
{\ADD{
in
order
that
they
would
not
jostle
him}} (OR,
{\ADD{
to
speak
to
the
people
better}}),
he
got
into
a
boat
and
sat
down
{\ADD{
to
teach
them}}.
The
crowd
stood
on
the
shore
{\ADD{
and
was
listening}}.
\VS{3}He
was
telling
them
many
parables.
{\ADD{
One
of
the
parables}}
that
he
told
them
was
this: “Listen!
A
man
went
out
{\ADD{
to
his
field}}
to
sow
{\ADD{
some
seeds}}.
\VS{4}As
he
was
scattering
{\ADD{
them
over
the
soil}},
some
{\ADD{
of
the}}
seeds
fell
on
the
path.
Then
some
birds
came
and
ate
those
seeds.
\VS{5}Other
{\ADD{
seeds}}
fell
on
ground
where
there
was
not
much
soil
{\ADD{
on
top
of
the}}
rock.
Those
seeds
sprouted
very
soon,
{\ADD{
because
the
sun
quickly
warmed}}
the shallow
soil.
\VS{6}But
when
{\ADD{
the
young
plants
came
up}},
they
were
scorched
by
the
sun,
and
they
withered
because
they
did
not
have
{\ADD{
deep}}
roots.
\VS{7}Other
seeds
fell
on
{\ADD{
ground
that
contained
roots
of}} thorny
{\ADD{
weeds}}.
The thorny
weeds
grew
{\ADD{
together
with
the
young
plants}},
and
{\ADD{
they}}
crowded
out
{\ADD{
the
plants}}.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
But}}
other
seeds
fell
on
good
soil,
and
{\ADD{
the
plants
grew
and}}
produced
{\ADD{
a
lot
of}}
grain.
Some
{\ADD{
plants
produced}} 100
times
{\ADD{
as
many
seeds
as
were
planted}}.
Some
{\ADD{
plants
produced}} 60
times
{\ADD{
as
much}}.
Some
{\ADD{
plants
produced}} 30
times
{\ADD{
as
much}}.
\VS{9}If
you
want
to
understand
this [MTY],
you
should
consider
{\ADD{
carefully
what
I
have
just
said}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
the
disciples
why
he
taught
them
using
parables.
\par }{\SR Matthew 13:10-17
\par }{\PP \VS{10}{\ADD{
We}}
disciples
approached
Jesus
and
asked
him, “Why
do
you
use
parables
when
you
speak
to
the
crowd?”
\VS{11}He
answered
{\ADD{
us}}
saying, “God [EUP/MTY]
is
revealing
to
you
what
he
did
not
reveal
before,
about
{\ADD{
how
he
wants
to}}
rule
{\ADD{
over
people’s
lives}}.
But
he
has
not
revealed
it
to
others.
\VS{12}Those
who
{\ADD{
think
about
what
I
say
and}}
understand
{\ADD{
it}},
God
will
enable
them
to
understand
more.
But
those
who
do
not
{\ADD{
think
carefully
about
what
I
say}}
will
forget
even
what
they
already
know.
\VS{13}That
is
why
I
use
parables
when
I
speak
to
people,
because
although
they
see
{\ADD{
what
I
do}},
they
do
not
perceive
{\ADD{
what
it
means}},
and
although
they
hear
{\ADD{
what
I
say}},
they
do
not
really
understand
{\ADD{
what
it
means}}.
\VS{14}What
these
people
do
completely
fulfills
what
{\ADD{
God
told}}
the
prophet
Isaiah
{\ADD{
to
say
long
ago
to
the
people
who
did
not}}
try
to
understand
what
he
said,
\par }{\PP You
will
hear
{\ADD{
what
I
say}},
but
you
will
not
understand
it.
You
will
keep
seeing
{\ADD{
what
I
do}},
but
you
will
not
understand
{\ADD{
what
it
means}} [DOU].
\par }{\PP \VS{15}{\ADD{
God
also
said
to
Isaiah}},
\par }{\PP These
people
have
become unresponsive [MTY]
{\ADD{
to
what
they
see
me
do
and
to
what
they
hear
me
say}}.
They
listen unwillingly [MTY]
{\ADD{
to
what
I
say}},
and
they
do
not
pay
attention
to [MTY]
{\ADD{
what
I
do}}.
If
it
were
not
so,
they
would
perceive [MTY]
{\ADD{
what
I
am
doing}},
they
would
understand [MTY]
{\ADD{
what
I
say
to
them}},
and
they
would
turn
{\ADD{
away
from
their
sinful
lives}}
and
turn
{\ADD{
to
me}},
and
I
would
save
them
{\ADD{
from
being
punished
for
their
sins}} [MET].
\par }{\PP \VS{16}But
as
for
you,
God
is
pleased
with
you
because
you [SYN]
have
seen
{\ADD{
what
I
have
done}}
and
because
you [SYN]
understand
{\ADD{
what
I
say}} [DOU].
\VS{17}Note
this:
Many
prophets
and
righteous
people
{\ADD{
who
lived
long
ago}}
longed
to
see
what
you
are
seeing
{\ADD{
me
do}},
but
they
did
not
see
it.
They
longed
to
hear
the
things
that
you
have
been
hearing
{\ADD{
me
say}},
but
they
did
not
hear
{\ADD{
what
you
hear
me
say}}.” [DOU]
\par }{\SH Jesus
explained
that
the
parable
about
the
kinds
of
soil illustrates
four
different
ways
people
respond
to
his
teaching.
\par }{\SR Matthew 13:18-23
\par }{\PP \VS{18}“{\ADD{
Since
God
wants}}
you
{\ADD{
to
understand
what
I
am
teaching
you}},
listen
as
I
{\ADD{
explain}}
the
parable
about
the
man
who
sowed
{\ADD{
seeds
in
various
kinds
of
soil}}.
\VS{19}The
people
who
hear
about
how
God
rules
over
people’s
lives
and
do
not
understand
{\ADD{
what
they
have
heard}}
are
{\ADD{
like}}
the
path
where
{\ADD{
some
of}}
the
seeds
fell.
{\ADD{
Satan}},
the
Evil
One,
comes
and
causes
these
people
to
forget [MET]
what
they
have
heard [MET].
\VS{20}{\ADD{
Some
people
are
like
the}} shallow
soil
on
top
of
rock.
When
they
hear
God’s
message,
they
immediately
accept
it
joyfully.
\VS{21}{\ADD{
But
because
it
does
not
penetrate
deeply
into
their
inner
beings,
they
believe
it
for
only}}
a
{\ADD{
short}}
time.
{\ADD{
They
are
like
the
plants
that}}
did
not
have
{\ADD{
deep}}
roots.
When
they
are
treated
badly
and
caused
to
suffer
because
they
believe
{\ADD{
God’s
message}},
they
soon
stop believing
{\ADD{
it}}.
\VS{22}{\ADD{
Some
people
are
like
the
soil
that
had
the
roots
of}} thorny
{\ADD{
weeds}}
in
it.
They
hear
God’s
message,
but
they
desire
to
be
rich,
{\ADD{
so
they}}
worry
{\ADD{
only}}
about [MTY, PRS]
material
things.
As
a
result,
they [PRS]
forget
{\ADD{
God’s}}
message,
and
they
do
not
do [IDM]
the
things
that
God
wants
them
to
do.
\VS{23}But
{\ADD{
some
people
are
like
the}}
good
soil
where
{\ADD{
some
of
the
seeds}}
fell.
{\ADD{
Just
like
the
plants
that
grew
in
this
soil}}
produced
a
lot
of
grain,
{\ADD{
these
people}}
hear
my
message
and
understand
it.
{\ADD{
Some
of
them}}
do
many
things [IDM]
{\ADD{
that
please
God,
some
do}}
even
more
{\ADD{
things
that
please
God,
and
some
do}}
very
many
{\ADD{
things
that
please
God}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
a
parable
about
wheat
and
weeds.
\par }{\SR Matthew 13:24-30
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Jesus
also
told
the
crowd
another
parable,
{\ADD{
by
which
he
tried
to
explain
that
although}}
God [MTY/EUP]
is
a
king,
{\ADD{
he
will
not
immediately
judge
and
punish
all
the
wicked
people}}.
Jesus
said, “{\ADD{
God}}
is
like
a landowner
{\ADD{
who
sent
his
servants}}
to
sow
good
{\ADD{
wheat}}
seed
in
his
field.
\VS{25}While
those
servants
were
sleeping
{\ADD{
and
not
watching
the
field}},
an
enemy
of
the landowner
came
and
scattered weed
{\ADD{
seeds}}
in
the
midst
of
the
wheat.
Then
he
left.
\VS{26}After
{\ADD{
the
seeds}}
sprouted
and
the
green
plants
{\ADD{
grew}},
the
heads
of
grain
began
to
form.
But
the
weeds
also
grew.
\VS{27}So
the
servants
of
the
landowner
came
and
said
to
him, ‘Sir,
you [RHQ]
{\ADD{
gave
us
good
seeds
and
those
are
the
ones
we}} [RHQ]
{\ADD{
planted}}
in
your
field.
So
where
did
the
weeds
come
from?’
\VS{28}The landowner
said
to
them, ‘{\ADD{
My}}
enemy
did
this.’
His
servants
said
to
him, ‘So,
do
you
want
us
to
pull
up
{\ADD{
the
weeds
and}}
put
them
in
a
pile?’
\VS{29}He
said
{\ADD{
to
them}}, ‘No,
{\ADD{
do
not
do
that,
because}}
you
might
pull
up
{\ADD{
some
of}}
the
wheat
at
the
same
time.
\VS{30}Let
the
wheat
and
the
weeds
grow
together
until
harvest
{\ADD{
time}}.’
At
that
time
I
will
say
to
the
reapers, ‘First
gather
the
weeds,
tie
them
into
bundles
to
be
burned.
Then
gather
the
wheat
{\ADD{
and
put
it}}
into
my
barns.’ ”
\par }{\SH Jesus illustrated
the effects
of
people
letting
God
rule
their
lives.
\par }{\SR Matthew 13:31-33
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Jesus
also
told
this
parable: “The
{\ADD{
number
of}} (OR,
{\ADD{
God’s
influence
in
the
lives
of}})
{\ADD{
people
whose}}
lives
God
rules
over
{\ADD{
will
continue
to
grow.
It
is
very
much}}
like
mustard
seeds
grow
after
a
man
plants
them
in
his
field.
\VS{32}Although mustard
seeds
are
among
the
smallest
of
all
the
seeds
{\ADD{
that
people
plant,
here
in
Israel
they
become
large
plants.
When
the
plants
have
fully
grown,
they
are
larger
than
the
other
garden
plants.
They
become
shrubs
that
are
large
enough
for
birds
to
build
nests
in
their
branches.”}}
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Jesus
also
told
this
parable: “{\ADD{
The
way
people
who
let}}
God [MTY/EUP]
rule
their
lives [MET]
{\ADD{
can
influence
the
world}}
is
like
yeast
that
a
woman
mixed
with
about 50
pounds
of
flour.
{\ADD{
That
small
amount
of
yeast
made}}
the
whole batch
of
dough
swell
up.”
\par }{\SH Jesus’
use
of
parables
fulfilled
a
prophecy
in
Scripture.
\par }{\SR Matthew 13:34-35
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Jesus
told
the
crowd
parables
{\ADD{
to
teach
them}}
all
these
things.
When
he
spoke [HYP]
to
them,
he habitually
used
such illustrations.
\VS{35}By
doing
that,
{\ADD{
he}}
fulfilled
what
{\ADD{
God
told
one
of}}
the
prophets
to
write
{\ADD{
long
ago}}:
\par }{\PP I
will
speak [MTY]
in
parables;
I
will
tell
{\ADD{
parables
to
teach}}
what
I
have
kept
secret
since
I
created
the
world.
\par }{\SH Jesus
explained
the
parable
about
wheat
and
weeds.
The
wheat represents
those
who
obey
God,
and
the
weeds represents
those
who
disobey
God.
The
reaping represents
judgment.
\par }{\SR Matthew 13:36-43
\par }{\PP \VS{36}After
Jesus
dismissed
the
crowds,
he
went
inside.
Then
{\ADD{
we}}
disciples
approached
him
and
said, “Explain
to
us
the
parable
about
the
weeds
{\ADD{
that
grew}}
in
the
{\ADD{
wheat}}
field.”
\VS{37}He
answered, “The
one
who
sows
the
good
seed
represents
{\ADD{
me}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven.
\VS{38}The
field
represents
this
world [MTY],
{\ADD{
where
people
live}}.
The
seeds
{\ADD{
that
grew}}
well
represent
the
people
who
let
God
rule
their
lives [MET].
The
weeds
represent
the
people
who
do
what
{\ADD{
the devil}},
the
Evil
One,
{\ADD{
tells
them
to
do}}.
\VS{39}The
enemy
who
sowed
the weed
seeds
represents
the
devil.
The
{\ADD{
time
when
the
reapers
will}}
harvest
{\ADD{
the
grain}}
represents
the
time
when
the
world
will
end.
The
reapers
represent
the
angels.
\VS{40}The
weeds
are
gathered
and
burned. $\{$The
reapers
gather
the
weeds.
Then
they
burn
them.$\}$
That
represents
{\ADD{
the
judging
of
people,
which
God
will
do}}
when
the
world
will
end.
{\ADD{
It
will
be
like
this}}:
\VS{41}I,
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
will
send
my
angels,
and
they
will
gather
{\ADD{
from
everywhere
the
people}}
who
cause
others
to
quit believing
in
me [MET]
and
all
those
who
disobey
{\ADD{
God’s}}
commands.
\VS{42}They
will
throw
those
people
into
the
fires
of
{\ADD{
hell}}.
There
those
people
will
weep
and
grind
their
teeth
{\ADD{
because
of
the
great
pain
that
they
are
suffering}}.
\VS{43}{\ADD{
God’s}}
brightness
will
shine
{\ADD{
on}}
the
people
who
have
lived
as
he
wants
them
to.
It
will
shine
{\ADD{
on
them
as
brightly}}
as
the
sun
{\ADD{
shines}}.
It
will
shine
on
them
in
the
place
where
{\ADD{
God}},
their
Father,
rules
over
them.
If
you
want
to
understand
this [MTY],
you
should
think
{\ADD{
carefully}}
about
what
I
have
just
said.”
\par }{\SH Jesus illustrated
the
value
of
letting
God
rule
our
lives.
\par }{\SR Matthew 13:44-50
\par }{\PP \VS{44}“{\ADD{
What
people
do
who
begin
to
allow}}
God [MTY/EUP]
to
rule
their
lives
is
like
{\ADD{
what
a
certain
man
did
to
acquire
a
treasure}}.
A
treasure
was
hidden
in
a
field
by
someone $\{$Someone
hid
a
treasure
in
a
field
{\ADD{
and
never
dug
it
up
again}}$\}$.
When
{\ADD{
another}}
man
found
it,
he
hid
it
{\ADD{
by
burying
it
again
in
order
that
no
one
else
would
find
it}}.
Being
very
happy
{\ADD{
that
he
had
found
something
very
valuable,
he
went
and}}
sold
all
his
possessions
{\ADD{
to
obtain
money
to
buy
the
field
the
treasure
was
in}}.
He
then
went
and
bought
the
field,
{\ADD{
and
so
he
was
able
to
acquire
that
treasure}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{45}Also,
what
{\ADD{
people
do
who
begin
to
allow}}
God [MTY/EUP]
to
rule
their
lives
is
like
{\ADD{
what}}
a
merchant
{\ADD{
did
who
was}}
looking
for
good quality
pearls
{\ADD{
to
buy}}.
\VS{46}When
he
found
one
very
costly
pearl
{\ADD{
that
was
for
sale}},
he
sold
all
his
possessions
{\ADD{
to
acquire
enough
money
to
buy
that
pearl}}.
Then
he
{\ADD{
went
and}}
bought
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{47}What
God [MTY/EUP]
{\ADD{
will
do
to
people
who
falsely
say
that
they
are
letting
him}}
rule
their
lives
is
like
what
certain
{\ADD{
fishermen}}
did
{\ADD{
with
the
fish
they
caught}}
in
a
lake,
using
a
large
net.
They
caught
all classes
{\ADD{
of
fish,
both
useful
and
worthless
fish}}.
\VS{48}When
the
net
was
full,
the
{\ADD{
fishermen}}
pulled
it
up
onto
the
shore.
Then
they
sat
there
and
put
the
useful
{\ADD{
fish}}
into
buckets,
and
threw
the
worthless
ones
away.
\VS{49}{\ADD{
What
they
did
in
separating
the
good
fish
from
the
bad
ones}}
is
like
{\ADD{
what
will
happen
to
people}}
when
the
world
ends.
The
angels
will
come
{\ADD{
to
where
God
is
judging
people}},
and
will
separate
the
wicked
{\ADD{
people}}
from
the
righteous
{\ADD{
ones}}.
\VS{50}They
will
throw
the
wicked
people
into
the
fire
{\ADD{
in
hell}}.
And
those
wicked
people
will
weep
and
gnash
their
teeth
{\ADD{
because
of
the
intense
pain
they
are
suffering}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus illustrated
the
value
of
understanding
his
parables.
\par }{\SR Matthew 13:51-52
\par }{\PP \VS{51}{\ADD{
Then
Jesus
asked
us}}, “Do
you
understand
all
these
{\ADD{
parables
I
have
told
you}}?”
We
said
to
him,
\VS{52}“Yes,
{\ADD{
we
understand
them}}.”
Then
he
said
to
us, “Because
{\ADD{
you
understand
all
these
parables}},
{\ADD{
you
will
understand
the
following
parable:
You,
along
with}}
all
others,
will
teach
people
what
{\ADD{
you
heard
me
say}}
about
God
ruling
people’s
lives.
{\ADD{
You
will
add
that
to
what
you
formerly
learned.
You
will
be}}
like
a manager
of
a
household
who
takes
both
new
things
and
old
things
out
of
his
storage
room.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
did
not
do
many
miracles
in Nazareth
because
people
there
rejected
him
as
the
Messiah.
\par }{\SR Matthew 13:53-58
\par }{\PP \VS{53}When
Jesus
had
finished
{\ADD{
telling}}
these
parables,
he
took
{\ADD{
us}}
and
left
that
{\ADD{
area}}.
\VS{54}We
went
to
{\ADD{Nazareth,
his
hometown. ◄On
the
Sabbath/On
the
Jewish
rest
day}}►
he
began
to
teach
the
people
in
the
Jewish
worship
house.
The
result
was
that
the
people
there
were
astonished.
But
{\ADD{
some}}
said, “{\ADD{
This
man
is
just
an
ordinary
person
like
us.
So}}
how
is
it
that
he
knows
so
much
and
understands
so
much [RHQ]?
And
how
is
it
that
he
is
able
to
do
{\ADD{
such}}
miracles [RHQ]?
\VS{55}◄He
is
{\ADD{
just}}
the
son
of
the
carpenter!/Isn’t
he
{\ADD{
just}}
the
son
of
the
carpenter
{\ADD{
that
lived
here}}?► [RHQ]
His
mother
is
Mary,
and
his
younger
brothers
are
James,
Joseph,
Simon
and
Judas [RHQ]!
\VS{56}◄And
his
sisters
{\ADD{
also
live}}
here
in
our
{\ADD{
town}}./Do
not
his
sisters
{\ADD{
live}}
in
our
{\ADD{
town}}?► [RHQ]
So
how
is
he
able
to
do
all
these
{\ADD{
miracles}}?”
\VS{57}The
people
were
unable
to
accept
{\ADD{
that}}
he
{\ADD{
was
the
Messiah.
So}}
Jesus
said
to
them, “{\ADD{
People}}
honor
{\ADD{
me
and
other}}
prophets
{\ADD{
everywhere
else
we
go}},
but
in
{\ADD{
our}} hometowns
{\ADD{
we
are}}
not
{\ADD{
honored}},
and
{\ADD{
even}}
our
own
families
do
not
{\ADD{
honor
us!}}”
\VS{58}Jesus
did
not
perform
many
miracles
there
because
the
people
did
not
believe
{\ADD{
that
he
was
the
Messiah}}.

\par }\Chap{14}{\SH Herod had John the Baptizer imprisoned and then killed because John criticized Herod for marrying his brother’s wife.
\par }{\SR Matthew 14:1-13
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}During
that
time
Herod
{\ADD{Antipas}},
the
ruler,
heard
reports
about
Jesus
{\ADD{
performing
miracles}}.
\VS{2}He
said
to
his
servants: “That
must
be
John
the Baptizer.
He
must
have
risen
from
the
dead,
and
that
is
why
he
has
power
to
perform
miracles.”
\VS{3-4}The
reason
{\ADD{Herod
thought
that
was
this: Herod
had
married}} Herodias,
the
wife
of
his
brother Philip,
{\ADD{
while Philip
was
still
living.
So}} John
had
been
saying
to
him, “{\ADD{
What}}
you
{\ADD{
did
by}}
marrying
{\ADD{
your
brother’s
wife
while
your
brother
is
still
alive
is
against
God’s}}
law!”
Then,
to
{\ADD{
please}} Herodias, Herod
{\ADD{
told
his
soldiers}}
to arrest John.
They
bound
him
with
chains
and
put
him
in
prison.
\VS{5}Herod
wanted
to
have
John
executed,
but
he
was
afraid
that
the
people
{\ADD{
who
had
accepted
what
John
taught
would
riot
if
he
did
that}},
because
they
believed
that
John
was
a
prophet.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}But
when
Herod
{\ADD{
gave
a
party
to
celebrate}}
his
birthday,
the
daughter
of
Herodias
danced
for
{\ADD{
his
guests}}.
This
pleased
Herod.
\VS{7}So
he
promised
to
give
her
whatever
she
asked,
and
he
asked
God
to
punish
him
if
he
did
not
do
what
he
had
promised.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
So Herodias’
daughter
went
and
asked
her
mother
what
to
ask
for}}.
Her
mother
told
her
to
ask
for
John
the Baptizer’s
head.
{\ADD{
So}}
her
daughter
{\ADD{
went
back
and}}
said
{\ADD{
to Herod}}: “{\ADD{
Cut
off}}
the
head
of
John
the Baptizer
and
{\ADD{
please}}
bring
it
here
on
a
platter
{\ADD{
so
that
my
mother
can
know
for
sure
that
he
is
dead!}}”
\VS{9}The
king
was
distressed
because
he
now
knew
he
should
not
have
made
that
promise
to
her.
{\ADD{
But}}
because
he
had
made
an
oath
{\ADD{
in
front
of}}
his
guests
{\ADD{
when
he
made
that
promise}},
and
{\ADD{
he
did
not
want}}
them
{\ADD{
to
think
that
he
would
not
do
what
he
had
promised}},
he
commanded
that
{\ADD{
the
girl}}
be
given
{\ADD{
what
she
requested}}.
\VS{10}He
sent
{\ADD{
the executioner
to
go
to}}
the
prison
and
to
cut
off
John’s
head.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
The executioner
did
that,
and}}
put John’s
head
on
a
platter
and
gave
it
to
the
girl.
Then
the
girl
took
it
to
her
mother.
\VS{12}John’s
disciples
then
went
{\ADD{
to
the
prison}},
took John’s
body
and
buried
it,
and
they
reported
to
Jesus
{\ADD{
what
had
happened}}.
\VS{13}After
Jesus
heard
that,
he
took
{\ADD{
just
us
disciples}}
with
him
and
we
went
by
boat
{\ADD{
on
Galilee Lake
to
an
uninhabited
place}}.
\par }{\SH Jesus miraculously
fed
more
than 5,000
people.
\par }{\SR Matthew 14:13-21
\par }{\PP After
the
crowds
heard
{\ADD{
that
we
had
gone
to
an
uninhabited
place}},
they
{\ADD{
left
their
towns
and}}
followed
Jesus,
walking
along
the
shore.
\VS{14}When
Jesus
came
{\ADD{
to
the
shore}},
he
saw
a
large
crowd
of
people
{\ADD{
who
had
gathered
there,
waiting
for
him}}.
He
felt
sorry
for
them,
and
he
healed
those
{\ADD{
among
them
who
were}}
sick.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}When
it
was
{\ADD{
nearly}}
evening,
we
disciples
came
to
him
and
said, “This
is
a
place
where
nobody
lives,
and
it
is
very
late.
Dismiss
the
crowds
so
that
they
can
go
into
the
{\ADD{
nearby}}
towns.
{\ADD{
Have
them
do
that
so
that
they
can}}
buy
food
for
themselves.”
\VS{16}But
Jesus
said
to
us, “They
do
not
need
to
leave
{\ADD{
to
get
food.
Instead}},
you
{\ADD{
yourselves}}
give
them
something
to
eat!”
\VS{17}We
said
to
him, “But
we
have
only
five
loaves
of
bread
and
two
{\ADD{
cooked}}
fish
here!”
\VS{18}He
said
{\ADD{
to
us}}, “Bring
them
to
me!”
\VS{19}He
told
the
people
{\ADD{
who
had
gathered
there}}
to
sit
on
the
grass.
Then
he
took
the
five
flat
loaves
and
the
two
fish.
He
looked
up
toward
heaven,
thanked
{\ADD{
God
for
them}},
and
broke
{\ADD{
them
into
pieces}}.
Then
he
gave
them
to
us
disciples,
and
we
distributed
them
to
the
crowd.
\VS{20}All
{\ADD{
the
people
in
the
crowd}}
ate
until
they
had
enough
to
eat.
Then
we
{\ADD{
disciples}}
gathered
the
pieces
that
were
left
over,
{\ADD{
and
we}}
filled
twelve
baskets
with
them.
\VS{21}Those
who
ate
were
about 5,000
men.
{\ADD{
We
did}}
not
{\ADD{
count
the}}
women
and
children!
\par }{\SH Jesus
walked
on
Galilee lake,
and
then
Peter
tried
to
do
the
same.
\par }{\SR Matthew 14:22-33
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Right
after
that
happened,
Jesus
told
us
disciples
to
get
in
the
boat
and
to
go
ahead
of
him
further
around
{\ADD{
the lake}}
while
he
dismissed
the
crowds.
\VS{23}After
he
dismissed
them,
he
went
up
into
the
hills
to
pray
by
himself.
When
it
was
evening,
he
was
{\ADD{
still}}
there
alone.
\VS{24}{\ADD{
By
this
time}}
we
were
already
many
hundred meters
from
the
shore.
The
boat
was
being
severely
tossed
around
by
the
waves $\{$The
waves
were
severely
tossing
the
boat$\}$
because
the
wind
was
{\ADD{
blowing}}
against
{\ADD{
it}}.
\VS{25}{\ADD{
Then
Jesus
came
down
from
the
hills
to
the
lake}}.
Some
time
between
three
and
six o’clock
in
the
morning
he
walked
on
the
water
toward
our
{\ADD{
boat}}.
\VS{26}When
we
disciples
saw
someone
walking
on
the
water,
we
thought
that
{\ADD{
we
must
be
seeing}}
a
ghost.
We
were
terrified,
and
we
screamed
out
because
we
were
afraid.
\VS{27}Immediately
Jesus
said
to
us, “Cheer
up!
It
is
I.
Do
not
be
afraid!”
\VS{28}Peter
said
to
him, “Lord,
if
it
is
you,
tell
me
to
walk
on
the
water
to
you!”
\VS{29}Then
Jesus
said, “Come!”
So
Peter
got
out
of
the
boat
and
walked
on
the
water
toward
Jesus.
\VS{30}But
when
Peter
looked
at
the
{\ADD{
tossing
waves
which}}
the
strong
wind
{\ADD{
caused}},
he
became
afraid.
He
began
to
sink,
and
cried
out, “Lord,
save
me!”
\VS{31}Immediately
Jesus
stretched
out
his
hand
and
grabbed
him.
He
said
to
Peter, “You
only
trust
a
little
bit
{\ADD{
in
my
power}} ◄Why
did
you
doubt
{\ADD{
that
I
could
keep
you
from sinking}}?/You
should
not
have
doubted
{\ADD{
that
I
could
keep
you
from sinking}}!► [RHQ]”
\VS{32}Then
Jesus
and
Peter
got
in
the
boat,
and
the
wind
{\ADD{
immediately}}
stopped
blowing.
\VS{33}All
{\ADD{
of
us
disciples}}
who
were
in
the
boat
worshipped
Jesus
and
said, “Truly
you
are
the ◄Son
of/man wo
is
also►
God!”
\par }{\SH Jesus
healed
many
sick
people
in
the Gennesaret
region.
\par }{\SR Matthew 14:34-36
\par }{\PP \VS{34}When
we
had
gone
further
around
{\ADD{
the lake
in
the
boat}},
we
came
ashore
at
Gennesaret
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{35}The
men
of
that
area
recognized
Jesus.
So
they
sent
{\ADD{
people
to
inform
those
who
lived}}
in
that
whole
surrounding
region [MTY]
{\ADD{
that
Jesus
was
in
their
area}}.
{\ADD{
So
the
people}}
brought
to
Jesus
all
the
sick
people
{\ADD{
who
lived
in
that
region}}.
\VS{36}{\ADD{
The
sick
people}}
kept
begging
him
to
allow
them
to
touch
{\ADD{
him
or}}
just
to
touch
the
edge
of
his
robe
{\ADD{
so
that
they
would
be
healed}}.
And
all
who
touched
{\ADD{
him
or
his
robe}}
were
healed $\{$he
healed
all
who
touched
{\ADD{
him
or
his
clothing}}$\}$.

\par }\Chap{15}{\SH Jesus rebuked the religious leaders for ignoring God’s commands in order to uphold their own religious traditions.
\par }{\SR Matthew 15:1-9
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
{\ADD{
some}}
Pharisees
and
men
who
taught
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
came
from
Jerusalem
{\ADD{
to
talk
to}}
Jesus.
They
said,
\VS{2}“◄We
think
it
is
disgusting
that
your
disciples
disobey
the
traditions
of
our
ancestors!/Why
do
your
disciples
disobey
{\ADD{
what
our
ancestors
wrote
down
and}}
our
{\ADD{
elders
taught
us}}?► [RHQ]
They
do
not
perform
the
proper
ritual
of
washing
their
hands
before
they
eat!”
\VS{3}Jesus
answered
them, “◄What
is
really
disgusting
is
that
{\BD{
you}}
refuse
to
obey
God’s
commands
{\ADD{
just}}
so
that
you
can
follow
what
your
ancestors
taught
you!/Why
do
you
refuse
to
obey
what
God
commanded
{\ADD{
people
to
do,
just}}
so
that
you
can
follow
your
own
traditions?► [RHQ]
\VS{4}God
gave
these
{\ADD{
two}}
commands: ‘Honor
your
father
and
your
mother,’
and ‘People
who
speak
evil
about
their
father
or
mother
must
be
executed.’
\VS{5}But
you
tell
people, ‘You
can
say
to
your
father
or
mother, “What
I
was
going
to
give
to
you
{\ADD{
to
help
provide
for
you}},
{\ADD{
I
have
now
promised}}
to
give
{\ADD{
to
God}}.” ’
\VS{6}And
if
you
do
that,
you
think
that
you
do
not
need
to
give
anything
to
help
your
parents.
In
{\ADD{
that
way}},
{\ADD{
by
teaching
people}}
your
traditions,
you
disregard
what
God
commanded.
\VS{7}You
only
pretend
to
be
good!
Isaiah
prophesied
accurately
about
you
{\ADD{
also
when
he
quoted
what
God
said
about
your
ancestors.
God
said}},
\VS{8}‘These
people
talk
{\ADD{
as
if
they}}
honor
me [MTY],
but
they
do
not
think
about
honoring
me
at
all [MET].
\VS{9}It
is
useless
for
them
to
worship
me,
because
they
teach
what
people
thought
up
{\ADD{
as
if
I
myself
had
commanded
it}}.’ ”
\par }{\SH Jesus
said
that
people
are
defiled
by
the
words
that
come
out
of
their
mouths,
rather
than
by
any
kind
of
food
that
they
eat.
\par }{\SR Matthew 15:10-11
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
Jesus
{\ADD{
again}}
summoned
the
crowd
to
come
{\ADD{
nearer}}
to
him.
Then
he
said
to
them, “Listen
to
{\ADD{
what
I
am
about
to
tell
you}},
and
{\ADD{
try
to}}
understand
it.
\VS{11}Nothing
that
a
person
puts
into
his
mouth
{\ADD{
to
eat}}
causes
{\ADD{
God
to
consider}}
that
person
to
be
unacceptable.
Instead,
it
is
{\ADD{
the
words}}
that
come
out
of
people’s
mouths [SYN]
that
cause
{\ADD{
God
to
reject
them}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
explained
that
people’s
inner
thoughts
are
what
make
them
unacceptable
to
God.
\par }{\SR Matthew 15:12-20
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Later
we
disciples
went
to
Jesus
and
said, “Do
you
know
that
the
Pharisees
heard
what
you
said,
and
as
a
result
they
felt
offended [RHQ]?”
\VS{13}Then,
{\ADD{
to
teach
us
what
God
would
do
to
the Pharisees}},
Jesus
told
{\ADD{
us
this
parable}}: “My
Father
in
heaven
{\ADD{
will}}
get
rid
of
all
{\ADD{
those
who
teach
things
that
are
contrary
to
his
truth,
just
like
a
farmer}}
gets
rid
of
plants
that
he
did
not
plant,
by pulling
them
up
along
with
their
roots [MET].
\VS{14}Do
not
pay
any
attention
to
{\ADD{
the Pharisees}}.
They
{\ADD{
do
not
help
people
who
do
not
know
God’s
truth}}
to
{\ADD{
understand
it,
just
like}}
blind
guides
{\ADD{
do
not
help}}
blind
{\ADD{
people
to
perceive
where
they
should
go}} [MET].
If
a
blind
person
{\ADD{
tries
to}}
lead
{\ADD{
another}}
blind
person,
they
will
both
fall
into
a
big
hole [MET].
{\ADD{
Similarly,
both
the Pharisees
and
their
disciples
will
end
up
in
hell}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Peter
said
to
Jesus, “Explain
to
us
the
parable
{\ADD{
about
what
a
person
eats}}.”
\VS{16}He
replied
{\ADD{
to
them}}, “◄I
am
disappointed
that
even
you,
{\ADD{
who
should
understand
what
I
teach}},
still
do
not
understand!/Why
is
it
that
even
you
{\ADD{
who
should
understand
what
I
teach}},
still
do
not
understand?► [RHQ]
\VS{17}◄You
ought
to
understand
that
all
{\ADD{
food
that
people}}
eat
enters
their
stomachs,
and
later
the
refuse
passes
out
of
their
{\ADD{
bodies}}./Cannot
you
understand
that
all
{\ADD{
food
that
people}}
eat
enters
their
stomachs
and
later
the
refuse
passes
out
{\ADD{
of
their
bodies}}?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
Because
food
does
not
alter
what
we
think
and
desire,
what
we
eat
does
not
cause
God
to
consider
that
we
are
unacceptable
to
him}}.
\VS{18}{\ADD{
You
should
know
that}}
what
comes
out
of
{\ADD{
people’s}}
mouths,
{\ADD{
meaning
everything
that
they
say}} [SYN],
comes
from
their
inner
beings/hearts.
Many
of
the
{\ADD{
things
that
they
say}}
cause
{\ADD{
God
to
consider}}
them
to
be
unacceptable
{\ADD{
to
him}}.
\VS{19}It
is
people’s
innermost
beings
that
{\ADD{
cause
them}}
to
think
things
that
are
evil,
to
murder
people,
to
{\ADD{
commit}}
adultery,
to
commit
other
sexual
sins,
to
steal
things,
to
testify
falsely,
and
to
speak
evil
about
{\ADD{
others}}.
\VS{20}It
is
these
actions
that
cause
{\ADD{
God
to
consider}}
people
to
be
unacceptable
{\ADD{
to
him}}.
To
eat
with unwashed
hands
does
not
cause
{\ADD{
God
to
consider}}
people
unacceptable
to
him.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
healed
a non-Jewish
woman’s
daughter
after
testing
the
mother’s
faith
in
him.
\par }{\SR Matthew 15:21-28
\par }{\PP \VS{21}After
Jesus
{\ADD{
took
us
and}}
left
{\ADD{
Galilee
district}},
we
went
into
the
region
{\ADD{
where
the
cities
of}}
Tyre
and
Sidon
{\ADD{
are
located}}.
\VS{22}A
woman
{\ADD{
from
the
group
of
people
called}}
Canaanites
who
live
in
that
region
came
{\ADD{
to
the
place
where
Jesus
was
staying}}.
She
kept
shouting
{\ADD{
to
him}}, “Lord,
you
are
the
descendant
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David,
{\ADD{
you
are
the
Messiah!}}
Have
pity
on
me
{\ADD{
and
my
daughter!}}
She
is
suffering
very
much
because
a demon
controls
her.”
\VS{23}But
Jesus
did
not
answer
her
at
all.
{\ADD{
We}}
disciples
came
to
him,
and
{\ADD{
knowing
that
the
woman
was
not
a
Jew}},
we
said
to
him, “Tell
her
to
leave,
because
she
keeps
{\ADD{bothering
us}}
by yelling
behind
us!”
\VS{24}But
Jesus
said
{\ADD{
to
her}}, “I
have
been
sent $\{${\ADD{
God}}
has
sent
me$\}$
to
{\ADD{
help}}
only
the
Israelite
people
{\ADD{
at
this
time}} [SYN].
{\ADD{
They
are
like}}
sheep
that
have
gotten
lost [MET]
{\ADD{
because
they
do
not
know
the
way
to
heaven}}.”
\VS{25}But
she
came
{\ADD{
closer}}
to
Jesus
and
knelt
down
in
front
of
him
{\ADD{
to
worship
him}}.
She
pled, “Lord/Sir,
help
me!”
\VS{26}Then,
{\ADD{
to suggest
to
her
that
he
needed
to
help
the
Jews
first
and
not
the non-Jews,
whom
the
Jews
called
dogs}},
he
told
her, “It
is
not
good
{\ADD{
for
someone}}
to
take
food
{\ADD{
that
has
been
prepared
for}}
the
children
and
throw
it
to
the
{\ADD{
little}}
dogs.”
\VS{27}{\ADD{
But
to
show
that
she
believed
that non-Jews
could
also
receive
help
from
God}},
the
woman
said
{\ADD{
to
Jesus}}, “Lord/Sir,
what
you
{\ADD{
say
is}}
correct,
but
even
the
{\ADD{
little}}
dogs
eat
the
crumbs
that
fall
to
the
floor
{\ADD{
when}}
their
masters
{\ADD{
sit
at}}
their
tables
{\ADD{
and
eat}}!”
\VS{28}Then
Jesus
said
to
her, “O
woman,
{\ADD{
because}}
you
believe
firmly
{\ADD{
in
me,
I}}
will
{\ADD{
heal
your
daughter}}
as
you
desire!”
At
that
moment
{\ADD{
the demon
left}}
her
daughter,
{\ADD{
and
she}}
became
well.
\par }{\SH Jesus
healed
many
people
on
a
hillside
near
Galilee lake.
\par }{\SR Matthew 15:29-31
\par }{\PP \VS{29}After
Jesus,
{\ADD{
along
with
us
disciples}},
departed
from
that
area,
we
went
{\ADD{
back}}
to
Galilee
Lake
{\ADD{
and
walked}}
along
it.
Then
Jesus
climbed
the
hill
{\ADD{
near
there}}
and
sat
down
{\ADD{
to
teach
the
people}}.
\VS{30}Crowds
kept
coming
to
him
for
the
next
two
days
and
brought
lame,
crippled,
and
blind
people,
those
who
were
unable
to
talk,
and
many
others
{\ADD{
who
had
various
sicknesses}}.
They
laid
them
in
front
of
Jesus
{\ADD{
so
that
he
would
heal
them}} [SYN].
And
he
healed
them.
\VS{31}The
crowd
saw
{\ADD{
him
heal}}
people
who
could
not
talk,
crippled
people,
lame
people,
and
blind
people,
and
they
were
amazed.
They
said, “Praise
God
{\ADD{
who
rules
over
us
who
live
in}}
Israel!”
\par }{\SH Jesus miraculously
fed
over 4,000
people.
\par }{\SR Matthew 15:32-39
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Then
Jesus
called
us
disciples
to
him
and
said
{\ADD{
to
us}}, “This
crowd
{\ADD{
of
people}}
has
been
with
me
for
three
days
and
have
nothing
{\ADD{
left}}
to
eat.
I
feel
sorry
for
them.
I
do
not
want
to
send
them
away
{\ADD{
while
they
are
still}}
hungry,
{\ADD{
because
if
I
did
that}},
they
might
faint
on
the
way
{\ADD{
home}}.”
\VS{33}We
disciples
said
to
him, “In
this
place
where
nobody
lives, ◄we
cannot
possibly
obtain
enough
food
to
feed
such
a
large
crowd!/how
can
we
obtain
a
large
enough
amount
of
food
to
feed
such
a
large
crowd?► [RHQ]”
\VS{34}Jesus
asked
us, “How
many
small
loaves
do
you
have?”
We
said
to
him, “{\ADD{
We
have}}
seven
small
loaves
and
a
few
{\ADD{
cooked}}
fish.”
\VS{35}He
told
the
people
to
sit
on
the
ground.
\VS{36}Then
he
took
the
seven
small
loaves
and
the
fish.
After
he
thanked
{\ADD{
God
for
them}},
he
broke
them
{\ADD{
into
pieces}},
and
he
kept
giving
{\ADD{
them}}
to
us.
Then
we
{\ADD{
kept distributing}}
them
to
the
crowd.
\VS{37-38}{\ADD{
Because Jesus
made
the
food
multiply miraculously}},
all
{\ADD{
those
people}}
ate
and
had
{\ADD{
plenty
to}}
satisfy
{\ADD{
them}}.
There
were 4,000
men
{\ADD{
who
ate}},
but
no
{\ADD{
one
counted}}
the
women
and
the
children
{\ADD{
who
also
ate}}.
Then
we
{\ADD{
disciples}}
collected
the
pieces
of
food
that
were
left
over,
and
we
filled
seven
large
baskets
{\ADD{
with
them}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}After
Jesus
dismissed
the
crowd,
he,
{\ADD{
along
with
us}},
got
in
the
boat,
and
we
sailed
{\ADD{
around
the lake}}
to
the
region
called
Magadan.

\par }\Chap{16}{\SH Jesus again told the religious leaders that the only miracle that he would do for them was one like God did for Jonah.
\par }{\SR Matthew 16:1-4
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Some}}
Pharisees
and
Sadducees
came
to
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
and
asked
him
{\ADD{
to
perform}}
a
miracle
that
would
prove
{\ADD{
that}}
God{\ADD{
had
sent
him}}.
\VS{2}He
answered
them, “{\ADD{
In
this
country}},
in
the
evening
you
say, ‘{\ADD{
It
will
be}}
good
weather
{\ADD{
tomorrow}},
because
the
sky
is
red.’
\VS{3}{\ADD{
Early}}
in
the
morning
{\ADD{
you
say}}, ‘It
will
be
stormy
weather
today,
because
the
sky
is
red,
and
dark
clouds
have
formed.’
You
understand
how
to
predict
{\ADD{
the
weather
by
looking
at
the
sky}},
but
you
cannot
{\ADD{
seem
to
look
at
what
is happening}}
now,
{\ADD{
and
by
that}}
understand
{\ADD{
what
God
is
doing}}.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
You}}
evil
people
have
seen
me
{\ADD{
perform
miracles}}
but
you
do
not
faithfully
worship
God [MET].
You
want
to
see
{\ADD{
me
perform}}
a
miracle
{\ADD{
that
would
prove
that
God
has
sent
me}}.
But
{\ADD{
God}}
will
{\ADD{
enable
you
to
see}}
only
one
miracle.
It
will
be
{\ADD{
like}}
what
happened [MET]
to
Jonah,
{\ADD{
the
prophet,
who
was
inside
a
huge
fish
for
three
days
and
then
came
out
of
it
to
live
again}}.”
Then
Jesus
left
them
and
sailed
away,
{\ADD{
along
with
us
disciples}}.
\par }{\SH Jesus
rebuked
the
disciples
for
worrying
about
not
having
enough
food.
\par }{\SR Matthew 16:5-12
\par }{\PP \VS{5}{\ADD{
We}}
forgot
to
take
bread
when
{\ADD{
we}}
sailed
to
another
edge
of
{\ADD{
the lake}}.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
Then}}
Jesus
said
to
us, “Beware
{\ADD{
that
you
do
not
accept}}
the
yeast [MET]
that
the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees
{\ADD{
distribute}}.”
\VS{7}Then,
{\ADD{
not realizing
that
he
was
speaking figuratively}},
{\ADD{
we}}
said
to
one
another, “{\ADD{
He
must
have
said
that}}
because
we
forgot
to
bring
any
bread!”
\VS{8}Because
Jesus
knew
what
{\ADD{
we
were
saying}},
he
said
{\ADD{
to
us}}, “◄I
am
disappointed
that
you
are
discussing
among
yourselves,
{\ADD{
thinking}}
that
{\ADD{
it
was
because}}
you
did
not
bring
any
bread
{\ADD{
that
I
talked
about
the
yeast
of
the Pharisees
and Sadducees}}./Why
are
you
discussing
among
yourselves
thinking
that
it
was
because
you
did
not
bring
any
bread
{\ADD{
that
I
talked
about
the
yeast
of
the Pharisees
and Sadducees}}?► [RHQ]
You
believe
only
a
little
{\ADD{
what
I
am
able
to
do
for
you}}.
\VS{9}◄You
should
understand
{\ADD{
that
I
can
continue
to
do
miracles
to
provide
for
what
you
need./}}Do
you
not
yet
understand
{\ADD{
that
I
can
provide miraculously
for
you
if
you
need
food}}?► [RHQ]
Do
you
not
remember
that 5,000
{\ADD{
people
ate
when
I
multiplied
the}}
five
small
loaves
{\ADD{
and
the
two
fish?
And
after
everyone
had
enough
to
eat}},
you
collected
{\ADD{
twelve}}
baskets
{\ADD{
of left-over
pieces}} [RHQ]!
\VS{10}{\ADD{
Do
you
not
remember}} [RHQ]
{\ADD{
that}} 4,000
{\ADD{
people
ate
when
I
multiplied
the}}
seven
small
loaves
{\ADD{
and
a
few
fish}}?
And
{\ADD{
after
everyone
had
enough
to
eat}},
you
collected
{\ADD{
seven}}
large
baskets
{\ADD{
of left-over
pieces}}
\VS{11}◄You
should
have
understood
that
I
was
not
speaking
about
{\ADD{real}}
bread
{\ADD{
that
contains
yeast}}./Why
have
you
not
understood
that
I
was
not
speaking
about
{\ADD{real}}
bread
{\ADD{
that
contains
yeast?}}► [RHQ]
What
I
{\ADD{
was
saying}}
was
that
you
should
{\ADD{
not
accept
what}}
the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees
{\ADD{
say,
because
it
would affect
you
like}}
yeast
{\ADD{affects}} [MET]
{\ADD{
dough}}.”
\VS{12}Then
we
understood
that
he
was
not
talking
about
the
yeast
that
is
{\ADD{
in}}
bread.
Instead,
{\ADD{
he
was
talking}}
about
the
{\ADD{
wrong}}
teaching
of
the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees.
\par }{\SH Jesus commented
on
the implications
of Peter’s
recognition
of
Jesus
being
the
Messiah.
\par }{\SR Matthew 16:13-20
\par }{\PP \VS{13}When
Jesus
came
with
{\ADD{
us}}
disciples
to
the
region
near
Caesarea
Philippi
{\ADD{
town}},
he
asked
us, “Who
do
people
say
that
I,
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
{\ADD{
really}}
am?”
\VS{14}We
answered, “Some
{\ADD{
people
say
that
you
are}}
John
the Baptizer,
{\ADD{
who
has
come
back
to
life
again}}.
Others
say
{\ADD{
that
you
are
the
prophet}}
Elijah,
{\ADD{
who
has
returned
from
heaven
as
God
promised}}.
{\ADD{
Still}}
others
{\ADD{
say
that
you
are
the
prophet}}
Jeremiah
or
one
of
the
{\ADD{
other}}
prophets
{\ADD{
who
lived
long
ago,
who
has
come
back
to
life
again}}.”
\VS{15}Jesus
said
to
us, “{\ADD{
What
about}}
you?
Who
do
you
say
that
I
am?”
\VS{16}Simon
Peter
said
to
him, “You
are
the
Messiah!
You
are
the
Son
of
the all-powerful
God.”
\VS{17}Then
Jesus
said
to
him, “Simon,
son
of
Jonah,
{\ADD{
God}}
is
pleased
with
you.
What
you
just
said
was
not [SYN]
revealed
to
you
by
any
human.
Instead,
{\ADD{
it
was}}
my
Father
{\ADD{
who
lives}}
in
heaven
{\ADD{
who
revealed
this
to
you}}.
\VS{18}I
will
also
tell
you
this:
You
are
Peter,
{\ADD{
which
means
rock}}.
{\ADD{
You
are
like}}
a
rock.
What
you
{\ADD{
and
your
fellow apostles
teach}} (OR,
{\ADD{
what}}
you
{\ADD{
do}})
{\ADD{
will
be
like
a
foundation
on
which
I}}
will
create
congregations
of
people
who
{\ADD{
believe
in}}
me.
And
the
demons [PRS],
{\ADD{
who
live}}
where
the
dead
people
who
lived
evil
lives
are,
will
not
be
able
to
{\ADD{
come
and}}
prevent [MET]
{\ADD{
me
from
doing}}
that.”
\VS{19}{\ADD{
Then,
speaking
to
all
of
us,
he
said}}, “I
will
enable
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}
to
have
authority [MTY]
over
the
groups
of
people
over
whose
lives
{\ADD{
God}}
rules.
Whatever
you
forbid
regarding
those
people [MTY],
it
will
have
been
forbidden
by
God.
Whatever
you
permit [MET]
regarding
them,
it
will
have
been
permitted
by
God.”
\VS{20}Then
Jesus
warned
{\ADD{
us}}
disciples
strongly
not
to
tell
anyone
{\ADD{
at
that
time}}
that
he
is
the
Messiah.
\par }{\SH Jesus
began
to
teach
the
disciples
about
his
coming
death
and resurrection.
\par }{\SR Matthew 16:21-23
\par }{\PP \VS{21}From
that
time
Jesus
began
to
teach
{\ADD{
us}}
disciples
that
it
was
necessary
for
him
to
go
to
Jerusalem
{\ADD{
city}}.
There
the
ruling
elders,
the
chief
priests,
and
the
men
who
taught
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
would
cause
him
to
suffer
and ◄be
killed/die►.
Then
on
the
third
day
{\ADD{
after
that}},
he
would
become
alive
again.
\VS{22}{\ADD{
Because
Peter assumed
that
the
Messiah
would
not
suffer
and
die}},
he
took
Jesus
aside
and
began
to
rebuke
him
{\ADD{
for
talking
about
suffering
and
dying}}.
He
said, “Lord,
may
{\ADD{
God}}
never
permit
that
to
happen
to
you!
That
must
certainly
not
happen!”
\VS{23}Then
Jesus
turned
{\ADD{
to
look
at}}
Peter,
and
he
said
to
him, “Stop
talking
to
me
{\ADD{
like
that}} [MTY]!
{\ADD{
Stop
saying
what}}
Satan [MET]
{\ADD{
would
say,
and
stop}}
trying
to
prevent
{\ADD{
from happening
what
God
has
planned}}!
You
are
a hindrance
to
me,
because
you
are
not
thinking
like
God
thinks.
Instead,
{\ADD{
you
are
thinking}}
like
people
{\ADD{
think}}!”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
the
disciples
more
about
what
they
would
face
as
his
disciples,
and
about
his
coming
again.
\par }{\SR Matthew 16:24-28
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Then
Jesus
said
to
{\ADD{
us}}
disciples, “If
any
one
{\ADD{
of
you}}
wants
to
be
my
disciple,
you
must
not
do
{\ADD{
only}}
what
you
yourself
want
{\ADD{
to
do}}.
{\ADD{
You}}
must
be
willing
to
{\ADD{
let
people
hurt
you
and
disgrace
you.
That
is
like
what
they
do
to
criminals
whom
they
force
to}}
carry
a
cross [MET]
{\ADD{
to
the
place
where
the
criminals
will
be
executed.
That
is
what
anyone
who
wants
to}}
be
my
disciple
{\ADD{
must
do}}.
\VS{25}{\ADD{
You
must
do
that}},
because
those
who
try
to
save
their
lives
{\ADD{
by
denying
that
they
belong
to
me
when
people
want
to
kill
them
for believing
in
me}}
will
not
live
{\ADD{
eternally}},
but
those
who
are
killed
{\ADD{
because
of
being
my
disciples}}
will
live
{\ADD{
with
God
eternally}}.
\VS{26}People
{\ADD{
might}}
get
everything
{\ADD{
they
want}}
in
this
world,
but ◄{\ADD{
if
they
do
not
become
my
disciples}},
they
would
really
be
gaining
nothing
{\ADD{
because}}
they
would
not
get
eternal
life!/what
would
they
gain
{\ADD{
if
they
do
not
become
my
disciples
and
thus}}
do
not
get
eternal
life?► [RHQ] ◄There
is
absolutely
nothing
that
people
can
give
{\ADD{
to
God}}
that
would
enable
them
to
gain
eternal
life./What
can
people
give
{\ADD{
to
God}}
that
could
enable
them
to
gain
eternal
life?► [MTY, RHQ]
\VS{27}{\ADD{
Listen
carefully:
I}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
{\ADD{
will
leave
this
earth,
but}}
I
will
return,
and
the
angels
of
heaven
will
accompany
me.
At
that
time
I
will
have
the
glorious
{\ADD{
radiance}}
that
my
Father
has,
and
I
will
reward
everyone
according
to
what
they
did
{\ADD{
when
they
were
living
on
earth}}.
\VS{28}Listen
carefully!
Some
of
you
who
are
here
now
will
see
{\ADD{
me}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
when
I
return
to
rule.
You
will
see
this
before
you
die!”

\par }\Chap{17}{\SH Jesus’ appearance changed while Moses and Elijah talked with him on a mountain.
\par }{\SR Matthew 17:1-8
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}A
week
after
Jesus
{\ADD{
said
that}},
he
took
Peter,
James,
and
John,
the
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
of
James,
and
led
them
up
a
high
mountain
where
they
were
away
from
other
people.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
While
they
were
there,
the
three
disciples}}
saw
that Jesus’
appearance
was
changed.
His
face
shone
like
the
sun,
and
his
clothing
{\ADD{
shone
and}}
became
as brilliant
as
light.
\VS{3}Suddenly
Moses
and
Elijah,
{\ADD{
who
were
important
prophets
many
years
ago}},
appeared
and
started
talking
with
him.
\VS{4}Peter
{\ADD{
saw
them
and}}
said
to
Jesus, “Lord,
it
is
wonderful
for
us
to
be
here!
If
you
want
{\ADD{
me
to}},
I
will
make
three
shelters,
one
for
you,
one
for
Moses,
and
one
for
Elijah.”
\VS{5}While
Peter
was
speaking,
a
bright
cloud
{\ADD{
appeared
and}}
covered
them.
{\ADD{
They
heard
God}}
speaking
{\ADD{
about
Jesus
from}}
inside
the
cloud.
He
said
{\ADD{
to
them}}, “This
is
my
Son.
I
love
him.
He
pleases
me
very
much.
{\ADD{
So}}
you
must
listen
to
him!”
\VS{6}When
the
three
disciples
heard
{\ADD{
God
speaking}},
they
were
terrified.
{\ADD{
As
a
result}},
they
fell
prostrate
on
the
ground.
\VS{7}But
Jesus
went
to
them
and
touched
them
{\ADD{
and}}
said
{\ADD{
to
them}}, “Stand
up!
Do
not
be
afraid
anymore!”
\VS{8}And
when
they
looked
up [MTY],
they
saw
that
Jesus
was
the
only
one
{\ADD{
who
was
still
there}}.
\par }{\SH Jesus
explained
that John
the Baptizer
fulfilled
the
prophecy
about
Elijah
returning.
\par }{\SR Matthew 17:9-13
\par }{\PP \VS{9}When
they
were
walking
down
the
mountain,
Jesus
commanded
them, “Do
not
tell
anyone
what
you
saw
{\ADD{
on
the
mountain
top}}
until
{\ADD{
God
has
caused
me}},
the
one
who
has
come
from
heaven,
to
become
alive
again
after
I
die.”
\VS{10}{\ADD{
Those
three
disciples
had
just
seen
Elijah
and
he
did
not
do
anything
to
prepare
people
for
the
coming
of
the
Messiah}},
so
they
asked
Jesus, “If
{\ADD{
what
you
say
is
true}},
why
do
the
men
who
teach
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
say
that
it
is
necessary
for
Elijah
to
come
{\ADD{
back
to
earth}}
before
{\ADD{
the
Messiah
comes}}?”
\VS{11}Jesus
answered
{\ADD{
them}}, “It
is
true
that
{\ADD{
God
promised
that}}
Elijah
would
come
to
prepare
many [HYP]
{\ADD{
people
for
the Messiah’s
coming}}.
\VS{12}But
note
this:
Elijah’s
{\ADD{
representative}}
has
already
come,
{\ADD{
and
our
leaders
have
seen
him}},
but
they
did
not
recognize
him
{\ADD{
as
the
one
who
would
come
before
the
Messiah}}.
Instead,
they
treated
him
{\ADD{
badly}},
just
like
they
desired.
And
those
same
rulers
will
soon
treat
{\ADD{
me}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
in
the
same
manner.”
\VS{13}Then
the
three
disciples
understood
that
{\ADD{
when
he
was
talking
about
Elijah}},
he
was referring
to
John
the Baptizer.
\par }{\SH Jesus
healed
an epileptic
boy,
and
he
rebuked
his
disciples
for
not
having
enough
faith
to
do
miracles.
\par }{\SR Matthew 17:14-21
\par }{\PP \VS{14}When
{\ADD{
Jesus
and
the
three
disciples}}
returned
to
the
{\ADD{
rest
of
us
disciples}}
and
to
the
crowd
{\ADD{
that
had
gathered}},
a
man
approached
Jesus
and
knelt
before
him.
\VS{15}He
said
{\ADD{
to
him}}, “Sir/Lord,
have
mercy
on
my
son
and
{\ADD{
heal
him}}!
He
has epilepsy
and
suffers
very
much.
{\ADD{
Because
of
this
illness}},
he
has
fallen
in
the
fire
and
in
the
water
many
times.
\VS{16}I
brought
him
to
your
disciples
{\ADD{
in
order
that
they
might
heal
him}},
but
they
were
not
able
to
heal
him.”
\VS{17}Jesus
responded
{\ADD{
by
saying
to
everyone
who
had
gathered
there}}, “{\ADD{
You
who
have
seen
how
I
help
people}}
do
not
believe
{\ADD{
that
you
can
do
anything!
Your
minds}}
are
distorted!
How
long
do
I
have
to
be
with
you
{\ADD{
before
you}}
are
{\ADD{
able
to
do
what
I
do}} [RHQ]?
How
long
{\ADD{
do}}
I
have
to
endure
your
{\ADD{
not believing}} [RHQ]?
Bring
the
boy
here
to
me!”
\VS{18}When
{\ADD{
they
brought
the
boy
to
Jesus}},
Jesus
rebuked
the
demon
{\ADD{
that
was
causing
the epilepsy}}.
{\ADD{
As
a
result}},
the
demon
came
out
of
the
boy,
and
right
then
the
boy
was
healed.
\VS{19}{\ADD{
Later,
some
of
us}}
disciples
approached
Jesus.
We
asked
him
privately, “Why
were
{\BD{
we}}
{\ADD{(exc)}}
not
able
to
expel
the demon?”
\VS{20-21}He
answered
us, “It
is
because
you
did
not
believe
very
much
{\ADD{
in
God’s
power}}.
Think
about
this: Mustard
seeds
{\ADD{
are
very
small,
but
in
this
area
they
grow
and
produce
large}} [MET]
{\ADD{
plants}}.
{\ADD{
Similarly}},
if
your
faith
grows
until
you
truly
believe
{\ADD{
that
God
will
do
what
you
ask
him
to}},
you
will
be
able
to
do
anything [LIT]!
You
{\ADD{
could
even}}
say
to
this
hill, ‘Move
from
here
to
there!’
and
it
would
go
{\ADD{
where
you
told
it
to
go}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
again
predicted
his
death
and resurrection.
\par }{\SR Matthew 17:22-23
\par }{\PP \VS{22}When
{\ADD{
we
disciples}}
had
gathered
together
in
Galilee
{\ADD{
district}},
Jesus
said
to
us, “{\ADD{
I}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
will
soon
be
handed
over $\{${\ADD{
Someone}}
will
soon
hand
me,
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
over$\}$
to
the
authorities [SYN].
\VS{23}They
will
kill
me.
But
{\ADD{
God}}
will
cause
me
to
become
alive
again
on
the
third
day
{\ADD{
after
I
am
killed}}.”
{\ADD{
When
we
heard
that}},
we
became
very
sad.
\par }{\SH Jesus
arranged
for
a
miracle
so
that
Peter
could
pay
the
Temple
tax.
\par }{\SR Matthew 17:24-27
\par }{\PP \VS{24}When
we
came
to
Capernaum
{\ADD{
city}},
the
men
who
collect
taxes
{\ADD{
for
the
Temple
approached
Peter
and
said
to
him}}, “Your
teacher
pays
the
{\ADD{
Temple
tax}},
does
he
not?”
\VS{25}He
answered
{\ADD{
them}}, “Yes,
{\ADD{
he
does
pay
it}}.”
When
we
came
into
the
house
{\ADD{
where
Jesus
was
saying}},
{\ADD{
before
Peter
began
to
talk
about
paying
taxes}},
Jesus
said
{\ADD{
to
him}}, “Simon,
from
whom
do
you
think
rulers
collect
revenue
or
taxes?
{\ADD{
Do
they
collect
taxes
}}
from
the
citizens
of
their
own
{\ADD{
country}},
or
from
citizens
of
countries
{\ADD{
they
have
conquered}}?”
\VS{26}Peter
answered
{\ADD{
him}}, “From
{\ADD{
citizens
of}}
other
{\ADD{
countries}}.”
Then
Jesus
said
to
him, “So
citizens
of
their
own
{\ADD{
country}}
do
not
need
to
{\ADD{
pay
taxes}}.
\VS{27}But
{\ADD{
even
though
the
Temple
is
mine,
pay
the
tax
for
us
so
that
the
Temple
tax collectors
will
not
become
angry
with
us.
In
order
to
get
the
money
to
pay
it}},
go
to
the
lake.
Cast
your
{\ADD{
fish
line
and}}
hook,
and
take
the
first
fish
that
you
catch.
When
you
open
its
mouth,
you
will
find
a
silver coin
{\ADD{
that
is
worth
enough
to
pay
the
tax}}
for
you
and
me.
Take
that coin
and
give
{\ADD{
it}}
to
the
Temple
tax collectors.”

\par }\Chap{18}{\SH Jesus showed that being great in God’s sight means being as humble as a child.
\par }{\SR Matthew 18:1-5
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}About
that
time
we
disciples
approached
Jesus
and
said, “Who
{\ADD{
among
us
will
be}}
the
most
important
when
God [MTY/EUP]
{\ADD{
makes
you}}
king?”
\VS{2}Jesus
called
a
child
to
come,
and
he
placed
that
child
in
our
midst.
\VS{3}He
said, “Think
about
this:
If
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}
do
not
change
{\ADD{
the
way
you(pl)
think}}
and
become
{\ADD{
as
humble}}
as
little
children,
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}
will
surely
not
go
to
the
place
where
God [MTY/EUP]
rules.
\VS{4}The
people
who
become
as
humble
as
this
child
{\ADD{
or
any
child}}
is,
will
be
the
most
important
people
among
those
over
whom
God
rules.
\VS{5}Also,
when
those
who,
{\ADD{
because
they
love}}
me,
welcome
{\ADD{
a}}
child
like
this
one,
{\ADD{
God
considers}}
that
they
are welcoming
me.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
we
need
to
take
severe
measures
to
keep
us
from
sinning
when
we
are
tempted.
\par }{\SR Matthew 18:6-9
\par }{\PP \VS{6}“If
you
cause
someone
who
believes
in
me
to
sin,
{\ADD{
even
if
it
is
someone
who
is socially unimportant
like}}
this
little
child,
{\ADD{
God
will
severely
punish
you}}.
If
a
heavy
stone
were
fastened
around
your
neck
and
you
were
thrown
into
the
deep
waters
of
the
sea,
{\ADD{
people
would
consider
that
you
had
been
severely
punished.
But
God
will
punish}}
you
more
severely
{\ADD{
than
that
if
you
cause
someone
to
sin}}
\VS{7}It
will
be
terrible
for
those [MTY]
who
cause
others
to
stop believing
in
me.
{\ADD{
God
will
punish
them
eternally}}.
It
is inevitable
that
there
will
be
{\ADD{
those
who}}
cause
others
to
stop believing
in
me.
But
it
will
be
horrible
for
everyone
who
does
that.
\VS{8}So,
if
you
{\ADD{
are
wanting
to
use}}
one
of
your
hands
or
feet
to
sin,
{\ADD{
stop
using
that
hand
or
foot!
Even
if
you
have
to}}
cut
it
off
{\ADD{
to
avoid
sinning,
do
it}} [MET]!
It
is
good
{\ADD{
that
you
not
sin
and}}
go
where
you
will
live
{\ADD{
with
God
eternally,
even
though
while
you
are
still
here
on
earth}}
you
are
maimed
or
lame
and
do
not
have
a
hand
or
a
foot.
But
it
is
not
good
that
you
continue
to
have
your
two
hands
and
two
feet
{\ADD{
and
do}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
the
sinful
things
you
want
to,
and
as
a
result}},
you
are
thrown
into
{\ADD{
hell}},
where
there
is
eternal
fire
burning.
\VS{9}If
what
you
see
you
{\ADD{
makes
you
want}}
to
sin,
{\ADD{
stop
looking
at
those
things!
Even
if
you
have
to}}
gouge
out
one
of
your
eyes
and
throw
it
away
{\ADD{
to
avoid
sinning,
do
it}} [HYP]!
It
is
good
{\ADD{
that
you
not
sin
and}}
go
where
you
will
live
{\ADD{
with
God
eternally,
even
though
while
you
are
still
here
on
earth}}
you
have
only
one
eye.
But
it
is
not
good
that
you
continue
to
have
your
two
eyes
{\ADD{
and
do
the
sinful
things
you
want
to,
and
as
a
result}},
you
are
thrown $\{$God
throws
you$\}$
into
hell
where
there
is
eternal
fire
burning.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
God
is
deeply
concerned
if
even
one
person
goes
astray
from
him.
\par }{\SR Matthew 18:10-14
\par }{\PP \VS{10-11}“Make
an
effort
that
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}
do
not
despise
{\ADD{
even}}
one
of
these
children.
I
tell
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}
truly
that
{\ADD{
since}}
the
angels
{\ADD{
live}}
in
heaven
{\ADD{
in
the
presence
of}}
my
Father,
{\ADD{
they
will
report
to
him
if
you
mistreat
the
children}}.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 18:10-11 }
Some Greek manuscripts add verse 11, ‘For the Son of Man came to seek the lost’.}
\VS{12}What
do
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}
think
{\ADD{
you
would
do
in
the
following
situation}}?
If
you
had 100
sheep
and
one
of
them
got
lost,
you
would
surely
leave
the 99
sheep
{\ADD{
that
are}}
on
the
hill
and
go
and
search
for
the
lost
one [RHQ],
would
you
not?
\VS{13}If
you
found
it,
I
affirm
to
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}
that
you
would
rejoice
very
much.
You
would
be
happy
that 99
sheep
did
not
stray
away,
but
you
would
rejoice
even
more
{\ADD{
because
you
had
found}}
the
sheep
that
had
strayed
away.
\VS{14}In
the
same
way
{\ADD{
that
shepherds
do
not
want
one
of}}
their
{\ADD{
sheep
to
stray
away}},
so
{\ADD{
God}},
your
Father
in
heaven,
does
not
want
{\ADD{
even}}
one
of
these
children
to
go
to
hell.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
about
what
we
should
do
if
someone
sins
against
us
and
about agreeing
when
we
pray.
\par }{\SR Matthew 18:15-20
\par }{\PP \VS{15}“If
a
fellow believer
sins
{\ADD{
against
you}},
go
{\ADD{
to
him}},
and
when
you
two
are
alone,
reprove
him
{\ADD{
for
sinning
against
you}}.
If
that
person
listens
to
you
{\ADD{
and
feels
sorry
that
he
has
sinned
against
you}},
you
will
have
restored
{\ADD{
your
friendship
with}}
that
person.
\VS{16}If
that
person
will
not
listen
to
you
{\ADD{
nor
feel
sorry
that
he
has
sinned
against
you}},
go
get
one
or
two
other
people
{\ADD{
who
will
listen
to
what
you
both
have
to
say}}.
Have
them
go
with
you
so
that
{\ADD{
what
is
written}} $\{${\ADD{
Moses
wrote}}$\}$
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures
might
happen:}} ‘{\ADD{
When
one
person
accuses
another
in
some
matter}},
it
should
be
confirmed
by
{\ADD{
at
least}}
two
or
three
people $\{${\ADD{
at
least}}
two
or
three
people
should
confirm
it$\}$
{\ADD{
before
that
person
can
be
declared}}
guilty $\{${\ADD{
before
they
declare
that
person
guilty}}$\}$.’
\VS{17}If
the
one
who
has
sinned
against
you
will
not
listen
to
them
{\ADD{
or
does
not
feel
sorry
that
he
has
sinned
against
you}},
tell
that
to
the
congregation
{\ADD{
so
that
they
can
rebuke
him}}.
If
that
person
will
not
listen
to
the
congregation
{\ADD{
or
feel
sorry
that
he
has
sinned
against
you,
exclude
him
from
being
a
member
of
your
congregation,
just
like}}
you
{\ADD{
would
exclude}}
pagans,
tax
collectors,
{\ADD{
and
others
who
do
not
believe
in
God
and
sin
greatly}}.
\VS{18}Keep
this
in
mind:
Whatever
you
decide
on
earth
{\ADD{
about
punishing}}
or
{\ADD{
not
punishing
a
member
of
your
congregation}}
is
what
has
also
been
decided
by
{\ADD{
God}}
in
heaven $\{$what
{\ADD{
God}}
in
heaven
has
also
decided$\}$.
\VS{19}Also
note
this:
If
{\ADD{
at
least}}
two
of
you
{\ADD{
who
live}}
here
on
earth
agree
together
about
something
you
ask
{\ADD{
God}}
for [DOU],
{\ADD{
God}},
my
Father
{\ADD{
who
is}}
in
heaven,
will
give
you
what
you
ask
for.
\VS{20}{\ADD{
This
is
true}},
because
wherever
{\ADD{
at
least}}
two
or
three
of
you
assemble
because
you
believe
in
me [MTY],
I
am
{\ADD{spiritually}}
present
with
you.
I
{\ADD{
will
hear
what
you
ask
for
and
I
will
ask
God
to
do
it
for
you}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
a
parable
to illustrate
the
need
for
forgiving
others.
\par }{\SR Matthew 18:21-35
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Then
Peter
approached
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
and
said
to
him, “How
many
times
must
I
forgive
a
fellow believer
who
{\ADD{
keeps
on}}
sinning
against
me?
{\ADD{
If
he
keeps
asking
me
to
forgive
him,
must
I
forgive
him}}
as
many
as
seven
times?”
\VS{22}Jesus
said
to
him, “I
tell
you
{\ADD{
that
the
number
of}}
times
{\ADD{
you
must
forgive
someone
is}}
not
just
up
to
seven,
but
{\ADD{
you
must}} ◄{\ADD{
forgive
him}} 77
times/never
stop
forgiving
him►.
\VS{23}{\ADD{
In
order
to illustrate}}
why
{\ADD{
you
should
do
this}},
I
{\ADD{
will
tell
you
a
story
in
which}}
God [MTY/EUP],
{\ADD{
who
cares
for}}
the
people
whose
lives
he
rules
over,
is
compared $\{$I
compare
God,
{\ADD{
who
cares
for}}
the
people
whose
lives
he
rules
over$\}$
to
a
king
{\ADD{
and
his
officials}}.
That
king
told
{\ADD{
some
of
his
servants
that
he
wanted}}
his
officials
to
pay
what
they owed
him.
\VS{24}{\ADD{
So
those
officials
were
brought
to
the
king
to}}
settle
{\ADD{
their
accounts
with
him}}.
{\ADD{
One
of
the
officials
who
were
brought}}
owed
the
king
several
million dollars.
\VS{25}But
because
he
did
not
have
{\ADD{
enough
money}}
to
pay
{\ADD{
what
he owed}},
the
king
demanded
that
he,
his
wife,
his
children
and
all
he
possessed
be
sold
{\ADD{
to
someone
else,
and
that
the
king}}
be
repaid
{\ADD{
with}} $\{$receive$\}$
{\ADD{
the
money
that
was
paid
for
them}}.
\VS{26}Then
that
official,
{\ADD{
knowing
that
he
did
not
have
the
money
to
pay
that
huge
debt}},
fell
on
his
knees
{\ADD{
in
front
of
the
king}}
and
begged
him
saying, ‘Be
patient
with
me,
and
I
will
pay
you
all
of
it,
{\ADD{
eventually}}.’
\VS{27}The
king,
{\ADD{
knowing
that
the
official
could
never
pay
all
that
huge
debt}},
felt
sorry
for
him.
So
he
canceled
his
debt
and
released
him.
\VS{28}Then
this
official
went
to
another
one
of
the
king’s
officials
who
owed
him
a
bit
less
than
a
year’s
wages.
He
grabbed
him
{\ADD{
by
the
throat}},
started choking
him,
and
said
to
him, ‘Pay
back
what
you
owe
{\ADD{
me}}!’
\VS{29}That
official
fell
on
his
knees
and
begged
him
saying, ‘Be
patient
with
me,
and
I
will
pay
you
all
of
it,
{\ADD{
eventually}}.’
\VS{30}But
this
official
kept
refusing
{\ADD{
to cancel
that
small
debt
that
the
man
owed
him}}.
Instead,
he
{\ADD{
caused
that
official
to
be}}
put
in
prison
{\ADD{
and
to
stay
there}}
until
he
could
pay
back
all
the
money
that
he
owed
him.
\VS{31}When
the
other
officials
{\ADD{
of
the
king}}
learned
that
this
had
happened,
they
felt
very
distressed.
So
they
went
to
the
king
and
reported
in
detail
what
had
happened.
\VS{32}Then
the
king
summoned
the
official
{\ADD{
who
had owed
him
several
million dollars}}.
He
said
to
him, ‘You
wicked
servant!
I
canceled
that
huge
debt
{\ADD{
that
you owed
me}}
because
you
begged
me
{\ADD{
to
do
so}}
\VS{33}You
should
have
been
merciful
{\ADD{
and
canceled
your
fellow official’s
debt}},
just
like
I
was
merciful
to
you
{\ADD{
and
canceled
your
debt}} [RHQ]!’
\VS{34}The
king
was
very
angry.
He
handed
this
official
over
to
some jailers
who
would torture
him
severely
until
he
paid
all
of
the
debt
that
he
owed.”
\VS{35}{\ADD{
Then
Jesus
continued
by
saying}}, “That
is
what
my
Father
in
heaven
will
do
to
you
if
you
do
not
{\ADD{
feel
merciful
and}}
sincerely
forgive
a
fellow believer
{\ADD{
who
sins
against
you}}.”

\par }\Chap{19}{\SH Jesus taught them God’s view of divorce, and about abstaining from marriage to give more time to serve God.
\par }{\SR Matthew 19:1-12
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
Jesus
had
said
that,
he
{\ADD{
took
us}}
and
left
Galilee
{\ADD{
district}}
and
went
to
the
part
of
Judea
{\ADD{
district
that
is
located}}
on
the
{\ADD{
east}}
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
\VS{2}Large
crowds
followed
him
there,
and
he
healed
{\ADD{
the
sick
among}}
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}{\ADD{
Some}}
Pharisees
approached
Jesus
and
said
to
him, “Does
{\ADD{
our
Jewish}}
law
permit
{\ADD{
a
man}}
to
divorce
his
wife
for
any
reason
whatever?”
{\ADD{
They
asked
that}}
in
order
to
be
able
to
criticize
Jesus,
{\ADD{
whether
he
answered “Yes”
or “No}}.”
\VS{4}Jesus
said
{\ADD{
to
them}}, “{\ADD{
Because}}
you
have
read [RHQ]
{\ADD{
the Scriptures}},
{\ADD{
you
should
know}}
that
at
the
time
{\ADD{
God
first}}
created
{\ADD{
people}}, ‘he
made
{\ADD{
one}}
man,
and
he
made
{\ADD{
one}}
woman
{\ADD{
to
be
that
man’s
wife}}.’
\VS{5}That
explains
why
{\ADD{
God
said}}, ‘{\ADD{
When}}
a
man
{\ADD{
and
woman
marry}},
they
should
no
longer
live
with
their
fathers
and
mothers.
{\ADD{
Instead}},
the
two
of
them
shall
live
together,
and
they
shall
become
{\ADD{
so
closely
united
that
they
are
like}}
one
person [MET].’
\VS{6}Consequently,
{\ADD{
although
they functioned
as}}
two
{\ADD{
separate
people
before}},
they
now
{\ADD{
become
as
if
they
were}}
one
person [MET].
Since
that
is
true,
a
man
must
not
separate
{\ADD{
from
his
wife}}
whom
God
has
joined
to
him,
{\ADD{
because
it
is
God’s
plan
for
them
to
remain
together}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}The Pharisees
then
said
to
him, “If
that
is
true,
why
did
Moses
command
that
{\ADD{
a
man
who
wanted
to
divorce}}
his
wife
should
give
her
a paper
{\ADD{
stating
his
reason
for}} divorcing
her,
and
then
send
her
away?”
\VS{8}He
said
to
them, “It
was
because
{\ADD{
your
ancestors
}}
stubbornly
{\ADD{
wanted
their
own
way
}}
that
Moses
allowed
them
to
divorce
their
wives,
{\ADD{
and
you
are
no
different
from
them}}.
But
when
God
first [MTY]
created
a
man
and
a
woman,
{\ADD{
he
did
not
intend
for
them
to
separate}}.
\VS{9}I
am
telling
you emphatically
that
{\ADD{
because
God
considers
that
a
marriage
lasts
until
either
the
husband
or
the
wife
dies,
he
considers
that}}
any
man
who
divorces
his
wife
and
marries
another
woman
is
committing
adultery,
unless
{\ADD{
his
first
wife}}
has
committed
adultery.”
\VS{10}We
disciples
said
to
him, “If
that
is
true,
it
is
better
for
men
never
to
marry!”
\VS{11}Then
he
said
to
us, “Not
every
man
is
able
to
accept
this
teaching.
Only
the
men
whom
{\ADD{
God}} enables
{\ADD{
to
accept
it
are
able
to
do
so}}.
\VS{12}There
are
men
who
{\ADD{
do
not
marry
because
they
are
not
able
to
have
sexual
relations
because
they}}
have
been sexually defective
ever
since
they
were
born.
There
are
other
men
{\ADD{
who
do
not
marry
because
they
are
unable
to
have
sexual
relations}}
because
they
have
been castrated $\{$other
men
have
made
them
that
way$\}$.
There
are
other
{\ADD{
men
who
decide
not
to
marry}} [MET]
in
order
that
they
can
serve
God
better
{\ADD{
and
spend
more
time
telling
people
about
how}}
God [MTY/EUP]
wants
to
rule
people’s
lives.
You
who
are
able
to
understand
{\ADD{
what
I
have
said
about
marriage}}
should
accept
it
{\ADD{
and
obey
it}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
rebuked
the
disciples
for
trying
to
prevent
children
from
coming
to
him.
\par }{\SR Matthew 19:13-15
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
{\ADD{
some}}
children
were
brought $\{${\ADD{
some
people}}
brought
their
children$\}$
to
Jesus
in
order
that
he
might
lay
his
hands
on
them
and
pray
{\ADD{
for
them}}.
But
we
disciples
scolded
the
people
{\ADD{
for
bringing
their
children
to
Jesus
because
we
thought
that
Jesus
did
not
want
to
take
the
time
to
be
with
children}}.
\VS{14}But
{\ADD{
when
Jesus
saw
us scolding
them}},
he
said
to
us, “Let
the
children
come
to
me!
Do
not
stop
them!
It
is
people
who
are
{\ADD{
humble
and
trusting}}
like
they
are,
who
can
experience
God’s
rule
{\ADD{
in
their
lives}}.”
\VS{15}Jesus
then
laid
his
hands
on
the
children
{\ADD{
and
asked
God
to
bless
them}}.
Then
he
left
there.
\par }{\SH A
rich
young
man
went
away
sad
because
Jesus
told
him
to
sell
all
his
possessions.
\par }{\SR Matthew 19:16-22
\par }{\PP \VS{16}{\ADD{
As
Jesus
was
walking
along,
a
young}}
man
approached
him
and
said
{\ADD{
to
him}}, “Teacher,
what
good
{\ADD{
deeds}}
must
I
do
in
order
to
live
{\ADD{
with
God}}
eternally?”
\VS{17}Jesus
said
to
him, “◄Consider
{\ADD{
what
you
are implying
about
who
I
am
when}}
you
ask
me
about
what
is
good./Do
you
realize
{\ADD{
what
you
are implying
about
who
I
am
when}}
you
ask
me
about
that
which
is
good?► [RHQ]
Only
one
being
is
good
and
{\ADD{
really
knows
what
is
good.
That
being
is
God.
But
in
order
to
answer
your
question}}
about
{\ADD{
desiring
to}}
live
{\ADD{
with
God
eternally}},
I
{\ADD{
will
say
to
you}}, ‘Keep
the
commandments
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
Moses’}}.”
\VS{18}The
man
asked
Jesus, “Which
{\ADD{
commandments
must
I
keep}}?”
Jesus
answered
{\ADD{
him}}, “Do
not
murder
{\ADD{
anyone}},
do
not
commit
adultery,
do
not
steal
things,
do
not
testify
falsely,
\VS{19}honor
your
father
and
your
mother,
and
love
people
you
come
in
contact
with
as
{\ADD{
much
as
you
love}}
yourself.”
\VS{20}{\ADD{
Thinking
that
he
might
not
be
able
to
live
with
God
eternally
even
though
he
had
kept
those
commandments}},
the
young
man
said
to
Jesus, “I
have
always
obeyed
all
those
commandments.
What
else
must
I
do
{\ADD{
in
order
to
live
with
God
eternally}}?”
\VS{21}Jesus
said
to
him, “If
you
desire
to
be
all
that
God
intends
you
to
be,
go
{\ADD{
home}},
sell
everything
that
you
have
and
give
{\ADD{
the
money}}
to
poor
people.
{\ADD{
The
result
will
be
that}}
you
will
have
{\ADD{
spiritual}}
riches
in
heaven.
Then
come
and
be
my
disciple!”
\VS{22}When
the
young
man
heard
those
words,
he
went
away feeling
sad,
because
he
was
very
rich
{\ADD{
and
did
not
want
to
give
away
everything
he
owned}}.
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
how
difficult
it
is
for
rich
people
to
let
God
rule
their
lives,
but
there
are
rewards
for
those
who
leave
family
and
possessions
for
his
sake.
\par }{\SR Matthew 19:23-30
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Then
Jesus
said
to
{\ADD{
us}}
disciples, “Keep
this
in
mind:
It
is
very
difficult
for
rich
people
{\ADD{
to
decide}}
to
let
God [MTY/EUP]
rule
their
{\ADD{
lives}}.
\VS{24}Note
this
also:
It
is
impossible
for
a
camel
to
go
through
the
eye
of
a
needle.
It
is
{\ADD{
almost}}
as
difficult [HYP]
for
rich
people
{\ADD{
to
decide}}
to
let
God
rule
their
{\ADD{
lives}}.”
\VS{25}When
{\ADD{
we}}
disciples
heard
this,
we
were
astounded.
{\ADD{
We
thought
that
rich
people
were
the
ones
whom
God
blesses
the
most.
So
we
said
to
him}}, “◄If
that
is
so,
it
does
not
seem likely
that
anyone
will
be
saved!/Who
then
will
God
will
save?►” [RHQ]
\VS{26}{\ADD{
When
Jesus
heard
us
say
that}},
he
looked intently
at
us,
and
{\ADD{
then}}
he
said
to
us, “{\ADD{
Yes}},
it
is
impossible
for
people
{\ADD{
to
save
themselves}}.
But
{\ADD{
God
can
save
them,
because}}
God
is
able
to
do
{\ADD{
anything}}!”
\VS{27}Then
Peter
said
to
him, “You
know
that
we
{\ADD{(exc)}}
have
left
everything
behind
and
we
have
become
your
disciples.
So
what
benefit
will
we
get
{\ADD{
for
doing
that}}?”
\VS{28}Jesus
said
to
us, “Keep
this
in
mind:
{\ADD{
You
will
get
many
benefits}}.
When
{\ADD{
God}}
makes
{\ADD{
the}}
new
{\ADD{
earth}}
and
when
{\ADD{
I}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
sit
on
my
magnificent
throne,
those
of
you
who
have
accompanied
me
will
each
sit
on
a
throne,
and
you
will
judge
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel.
\VS{29}{\ADD{
God
will
reward}}
those
who,
because
of
being
my
{\ADD{
disciples}},
have
left
{\ADD{
behind}}
a
house
or
plot
of
ground,
{\ADD{
their}}
brothers,
{\ADD{
their}}
sisters,
their
father,
their
mother,
their
children,
{\ADD{
or
any
other
family}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
members}}.
{\ADD{
God}}
will
give
them 100
times
{\ADD{
as
many
benefits
as
they
have
given
up}}.
And
they
will
live
{\ADD{
with
God}}
eternally.
\VS{30}But
many
{\ADD{
people
who
consider
themselves
to}}
be
important
{\ADD{
now}}
will
be unimportant
{\ADD{
at
that
future
time}},
and
many
{\ADD{
people
who
consider
themselves
to
be}} unimportant
{\ADD{
now
will
be}}
important
{\ADD{
at
that
future
time}}.”

\par }\Chap{20}{\SH Jesus told a parable to illustrate how God will reward those who serve him.
\par }{\SR Matthew 20:1-16
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}“{\ADD{
In
order
to illustrate
how
God
rewards
people}},
I
will
compare
{\ADD{
the
way}}
God [MTY/EUP]
rules
his
people
with
what
the
owner
of
an
estate
{\ADD{
did}}.
Early
in
the
morning
the
owner
of
the
estate
went
to
{\ADD{
the
market}}
where
{\ADD{
people
who
wanted
work
gathered}}.
He
went
there
to
hire
laborers
to
work
in
his
vineyard.
\VS{2}He
promised
the
men
whom
he
hired
that
he
would
pay
them
the
standard
wage
{\ADD{
for
working}}
one
day.
Then
he
sent
them
to
his
vineyards.
\VS{3}At
nine o’clock
{\ADD{
that
same
morning}}
he
went
back
{\ADD{
to
the
market}}.
There
he
saw
more
men
who
did
not
have
work.
\VS{4}He
said
to
them, ‘Go
to
my
vineyard
as
other
men
have
done,
{\ADD{
and
work
there}}.
I
will
pay
you
whatever
is
a
just
{\ADD{
wage}}.’
{\ADD{
So
they
also
went
to
his
vineyard
and
began
to
work}}.
\VS{5}At
noon
and
at
three o’clock
he
again
went
{\ADD{
to
the
market}}
and
found
{\ADD{
other
laborers
whom
he
promised
to
pay
a
fair
wage}}.
\VS{6}At
five o’clock
he
went
{\ADD{
to
the
market
again}}
and
saw
other
{\ADD{
men}}
standing
{\ADD{
there
who
were
not
working}}.
He
said
to
them, ‘Why
are
you
standing
here
all
day
and
not
working?’
\VS{7}They
said
to
him, ‘Because
no
one
has
hired
us.’
He
said
to
them, ‘{\ADD{
I
will
hire
you}}.
Go
to
my
vineyard
as
other
men
have
done,
{\ADD{
and
work
there.’
So
they
went}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}When
evening
came,
the
owner
of
the
vineyard
said
to
his
manager, ‘Tell
the
men
to
come
so
that
you
can
give
them
their
wages.
First,
pay
the
men
who
started
working
last,
and
pay
the
men
last
who
started
working
first.’
\VS{9}The
{\ADD{manager}}
paid
the
standard
daily
wage
to
each
of
the
men
who
did
not
start
working
until
five o’clock
{\ADD{
in
the
afternoon}}.
\VS{10}When
the
men
who
had
begun
working
early
{\ADD{
in
the
morning}}
went
{\ADD{
to
get
their
wages}},
they
thought
that
they
would
receive
more
than
the
standard
wage.
But
they
also
received
only
the
standard
wage.
\VS{11}So
they
complained
to
the
owner
of
the
vineyard
{\ADD{
because
they
thought
their
payment
was
unfair}}.
\VS{12}They
said
{\ADD{
to
him}}, ‘{\ADD{
You
are
not
being
fair!}}
The
men
who
started
working
after
{\ADD{
all
of
the
rest
of
us
started}}
worked
for
{\ADD{
only}}
one
hour!
You
have
{\ADD{
paid}}
them
the
same
{\ADD{
wage}}
as
{\ADD{
you
paid}}
us!
But
we
worked
hard
{\ADD{
all}}
day [IDM],
{\ADD{
including
working
in
the}}
hottest
part
of
the
day!’
\VS{13}The
owner
of
the
vineyard
said
to
one
of
those
{\ADD{
who
complained}}, ‘Friend,
I
did
not
treat
you unfairly.
You
agreed
with
me
{\ADD{
to
work
the
whole
day}}
for
the
standard
wage [RHQ].
\VS{14}{\ADD{
Stop
complaining
to
me}}!
Take
your
wage
and
go!
I
desire
to
give
the
same
wage
that
I
gave
you
to
the
men
who
began
working
after
all
of
you
{\ADD{
had
begun
working}}.
\VS{15}I
certainly
have
a
right
to
{\ADD{
spend
my
money}}
as
I
desire [RHQ],
{\ADD{
including
paying
those
laborers
what
I
desire
to
pay
them}}. ◄You
should
not
be
envious
about
my
being
generous!/Are
you
angry [MET]
because
I
am
generous?► [RHQ]’ ”
\VS{16}{\ADD{
Then
Jesus
said
to
us}}, “Similarly,
{\ADD{
God
will
reward}}
well
{\ADD{
some}}
people
who
{\ADD{
seem
to
be}}
less
important
now,
and
he
will
not
reward
{\ADD{
some}}
people
who
{\ADD{
seem
to
be}}
more
important
{\ADD{
now}}.”
\par }{\SH For
the
third
time
Jesus
predicted
his
death
and resurrection.
\par }{\SR Matthew 20:17-19
\par }{\PP \VS{17}When
Jesus
was
walking
{\ADD{
on
the
road}}
up
to
Jerusalem,
{\ADD{
along
with
us}}
twelve
{\ADD{
disciples}},
he
took
us
to
a
place
by
ourselves
{\ADD{
in
order
that
he
could
talk
to
us
privately}}.
Then
he
said
to
us,
\VS{18}“Listen
carefully!
We
are
{\ADD{
now}}
going
up
to
Jerusalem.
{\ADD{
While
we
are
there,
someone}}
will
enable
the
chief
priests
and
the
men
who
teach
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
to
seize
{\ADD{
me}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
{\ADD{
and
they
will
put
me
on
trial}}.
They
will
condemn
me
{\ADD{
and
say}}
that
I
should
be
killed $\{$the
authorities
should
kill
me$\}$.
\VS{19}{\ADD{
Then
they}}
will
put
me
in
the
hands
of non-Jews
so
that
they
can
make fun
of
me,
whip
me,
{\ADD{
and
kill
me
by}} nailing
me
to
a
cross.
But
on
the
third
day
{\ADD{
after
that}},
{\ADD{
God}}
will
cause
me
to
live
again.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
that
greatness
in
God’s
sight
means
humbly
serving
others
as
Jesus
did.
\par }{\SR Matthew 20:20-28
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then
the
mother
of James
and
John
brought
her
two
sons
to
Jesus.
She
bowed
down
before
Jesus
and
asked
him
to
do
her
a
favor.
\VS{21}Jesus
said
to
her, “What
do
you
want
{\ADD{
me
to
do
for
you}}?”
She
said
to
him, “Permit
these
two
sons
of
mine
to
sit
next
to
you (OR,
Permit
these
two
sons
of
mine
to
sit
next
to
you
at
your
right
side
and
at
your
left
side)
{\ADD{
and
rule
with
you}} [MTY]
when
you
become
king.”
\VS{22}Jesus
said
to
{\ADD{
her
and
her
sons}}, “You
do
not
understand
what
you
are
asking
for.
Can
you
suffer
like
I
am
about
to
suffer [IDM]?”
{\ADD{James
and
John}}
answered
him, “Yes,
we
are
able
{\ADD{
to
do
that}}.”
\VS{23}Then
Jesus
said
to
them, “Yes,
you
will
suffer
as
I
will
suffer [IDM].
But
I
am
not
the
one
who
chooses
the
ones
who
{\ADD{
will}}
sit
next
to
me
{\ADD{
and
rule
with
me}}.
{\ADD{
God}},
my
Father,
will
give
those
places [MTY]
to
the
ones
whom
he
appoints.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}When
we
ten
{\ADD{
other
disciples}}
heard
{\ADD{
what James
and
John
had
requested}},
we
became
angry
with
them
{\ADD{
because
we
also
wanted
to
rule
with
Jesus
in
the
highest
positions}}.
\VS{25}{\ADD{
So}}
Jesus
called
all
of
us
together
and
said
{\ADD{
to
us}}, “You
know
that
those
who
rule
the non-Jews
{\ADD{
enjoy}}
showing
them
that
they
are
powerful.
Their
chief
rulers
{\ADD{
enjoy}}
commanding
the
people
under
them.
\VS{26}You
{\ADD{
should}}
not
be
like
them.
On
the
contrary,
everyone
among
you
who
wants
{\ADD{
God
to
consider}}
him
great
must
become
{\ADD{
like}}
a
servant
for
{\ADD{
the
rest
of}}
you.
\VS{27}And
everyone
among
you
who
wants
{\ADD{
God
to
consider
him}}
to
be
the
most
important
must
become
{\ADD{
like}}
a
slave
for
{\ADD{
the
rest
of}}
you.
\VS{28}{\ADD{
You
should
imitate
me}}.
{\ADD{
Even
though
I
am}}
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
I
did
not
come
to
be
served $\{$in
order
that
people
would
serve
me$\}$.
On
the
contrary,
I
{\ADD{
came
in
order}}
to
serve
{\ADD{
others}}
and
to [IDM]
allow
myself
to
be
killed $\{$other
people
to
kill
me$\}$,
so
that
{\ADD{
my
dying
would
be
like}}
a
payment
to
rescue
many
{\ADD{
people
from
being
punished
for
their
sins}}.” [MTY]
\par }{\SH Jesus
healed
two
blind
men.
\par }{\SR Matthew 20:29-34
\par }{\PP \VS{29}As
we
were
leaving
Jericho
{\ADD{
city}},
a
large
crowd
of
people
followed
{\ADD{
us}}.
\VS{30}{\ADD{
As
we
walked
along,
we
saw}}
two
blind
men
sitting
alongside
the
road.
When
they
heard
that
Jesus
was
passing
by,
they
yelled
{\ADD{
to
him}}, “Lord,
Descendant
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David,
{\ADD{
you
are
the
Messiah}}
Take
pity
on
us!”
\VS{31}{\ADD{
People
in}}
the
crowd
scolded
them
{\ADD{
and}}
told
them
to
be
quiet.
But
the
blind
men
yelled
even
louder, “Lord,
Descendant
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David,
{\ADD{
you
are
the
Messiah}}
Have
pity
on
us!”
\VS{32}Jesus
stopped
and
called
them
{\ADD{
to
come
to
him}}.
{\ADD{
Then}}
he
said
{\ADD{
to
them}}, “What
do
you
want
me
to
do
for
you?”
\VS{33}They
said
to
him, “Lord,
heal
our
eyes [IDM]
{\ADD{
so
that
we
can
see}}!”
\VS{34}Jesus
{\ADD{
felt}}
sorry
{\ADD{
for
them
and}}
touched
their
eyes.
Immediately
they
were
able
to
see,
and
they
went
with
Jesus.

\par }\Chap{21}{\SH Jesus entered Jerusalem humbly on a donkey, but with great acclaim by the crowd.
\par }{\SR Matthew 21:1-11
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1-2}As
{\ADD{
we}}
approached
Jerusalem,
we
came
near Bethphage
{\ADD{
village}},
near
Olive
{\ADD{
Tree}}
Hill. Jesus
said
to
two
{\ADD{
of
his}}
disciples, “Go
to
the
village
just
ahead
of
us.
As
soon
as
you
enter
{\ADD{
it}},
you
will
see
a
donkey
and
her
foal
that
are $\{$someone
has$\}$
tied
{\ADD{
up}}. Untie
them
and
bring
them
{\ADD{
here}}
to
me.
\VS{3}If
anyone
says
anything
to
you
{\ADD{
about
your
doing
that}},
tell
{\ADD{
him}}, ‘The
Lord
needs
them.’
He
will
{\ADD{
then
allow
you
to}}
lead
them
away.”
\VS{4-5}When
all
this
happened,
what
was
written
by
a
prophet $\{$what
a
prophet
wrote
about$\}$
was
fulfilled $\{$happened$\}$.
The
prophet
wrote, “Tell
the
people
who
live
in
Jerusalem [SYN], ‘Look!
Your
king
is
coming
to
you!
He
will
come
humbly.
He
{\ADD{
will
show
that
he
is
humble,
because
he
will
be}}
riding
on
a
colt,
the
offspring
of
a
donkey.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}So
the
{\ADD{
two}}
disciples
went
and
did
what
Jesus
told
them
to
do.
\VS{7}They
brought
the
donkey
and
its
colt
{\ADD{
to
Jesus}}.
They
placed
their
cloaks
on
them
{\ADD{
to
make
something
for
him
to
sit
on}}.
Then
Jesus
{\ADD{
mounted
the
colt}}
and
sat
on
the
cloaks.
\VS{8}Then
a
large
crowd
spread
{\ADD{
some
of}}
their
clothing
on
the
road,
and
other
{\ADD{
people}}
cut
off
branches
from
{\ADD{
palm}}
trees
and
spread
them
on
the
road.
{\ADD{
They
did
those
things
to
decorate
the
road
in
order
to
honor
Jesus}}.
\VS{9}The
crowds
that
walked
in
front
of
him
and
those
who
walked
behind
him
were
shouting
things
like, “Praise
the
{\ADD{
Messiah}},
the
descendant
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David!” “May
the
Lord
{\ADD{
God}}
bless
{\ADD{
this
one}}
who
comes
as
{\ADD{
God’s}}
representative
and
with
{\ADD{
God’s}}
authority [MTY].” “Praise
God,
who
is
in
the
highest
{\ADD{
heaven}}!”
\VS{10}As
Jesus
entered
Jerusalem,
a
crowd
of
people [MTY]
from
all
{\ADD{
over
the
city}}
became
excited
and
were
saying, “Why
{\ADD{
are
they
honoring}}
this
man
{\ADD{
like
that}}?”
\VS{11}The
crowd
{\ADD{
that
was
already
following
him}}
said, “This
is
Jesus,
the
prophet
from
Nazareth
in
Galilee!”
\par }{\SH Jesus
chased buyers
and
sellers
from
the
temple,
and
he
rebuked
the
Jewish
leaders
for objecting
to
children
praising
him.
\par }{\SR Matthew 21:12-17
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
Jesus
went
into
the
Temple
{\ADD{
courtyard}}
and
chased
out
all
of
those
who
were
buying
and
selling
things
there.
He
also
overturned
the
tables
of
those
who
were
giving
{\ADD{
Temple
tax
money
in
exchange
for Roman}} coins,
and
he
overturned
the
seats
of
those
who
were
selling
pigeons
{\ADD{
for
sacrifices}}.
\VS{13}Then
he
said
to
them, “It
is $\{$◄{\ADD{
Jeremiah/A
prophet}}►
has$\}$
written
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures
that
God
said}}, ‘{\ADD{
I
want}}
my
house
to
be
called
a
place
where
{\ADD{
people}} pray’,
but
you
bandits
have
made
it [MET]
your hideout!”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}After
that,
{\ADD{
many}}
blind
{\ADD{
people}}
and
lame
{\ADD{
people}}
came
to
Jesus
in
the
temple
{\ADD{
in
order
that
he
would
heal
them}},
and
he
healed
them.
\VS{15}The
high
priests
and
the
men
who
taught
the
people
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
saw
the
wonderful
deeds
that
Jesus
did.
{\ADD{
They
also
saw
and}}
heard
the
children
shouting
in
the
Temple, “We
praise
the
{\ADD{
Messiah}},
the
descendant
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David!”
The religious
leaders
were
indignant
{\ADD{
because
they
did
not
believe
that
Jesus
was
the
Messiah}}.
\VS{16}{\ADD{
They
thought
that
Jesus
should
not
be allowing
the
children
to
say
that}},
so
they
asked
him, “{\ADD{
How
can
you
tolerate}}
this [RHQ]?
Do
you
hear
what
these
{\ADD{
children}}
are
shouting?”
Then
Jesus
said
to
them, “Yes,
I
{\ADD{
hear
them,
but}}
if
you
{\ADD{
remembered
what}}
you
have
read
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures
about
children
praising
me,
you
would
know
that
God
is
pleased}} [RHQ]
{\ADD{
with
them}}.
{\ADD{
The
psalmist}}
wrote,
{\ADD{
saying
to
God}}, ‘You
have
taught
infants
and
other
children
to
praise
you
perfectly.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
Jesus
left
the
city.
We
{\ADD{
disciples}}
went
{\ADD{
with
him}}
to Bethany
{\ADD{
town}},
and
we
slept
there
{\ADD{
that
night}}.
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
the
disciples
a lesson
from
what
happened
to
a
fig
tree.
\par }{\SR Matthew 21:18-22
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Early
{\ADD{
the
next
morning}},
when
we
were
returning
to
the
city,
{\ADD{Jesus}}
was
hungry.
\VS{19}He
saw
a
fig
tree
near
the
road.
{\ADD{
So
he
went
over
to
it
to
pick
some
figs
to
eat}}.
But
when
he
got
close,
he
saw
that
there
were
no
{\ADD{
figs
on
the
tree}}.
There
were
only
leaves
on
it.
So
{\ADD{
to illustrate
how
God
would
punish
the
nation
of
Israel}},
he
said
to
the
fig
tree, “May
you
never
again
produce
figs!”
As
a
result,
the
fig
tree
withered
that
night.
\VS{20}{\ADD{
The
next
day}}
when
we
disciples
saw
{\ADD{
what
had
happened
to
the
tree}},
we
marveled,
and
we
said
{\ADD{
to
Jesus}}, “◄It
is astonishing
that
the
fig
tree
withered
so
quickly!/How
is
it
that
the
fig
tree
dried
up
so
quickly?►” [RHQ]
\VS{21}Jesus
said
to
us, “Think
about
this:
If
you
believe
{\ADD{
that
God
has
power
to
do
what
you
ask
him
to}}
and
you
do
not
doubt
{\ADD{
that}},
you
will
be
able
to
do
{\ADD{
things
like
what
I
have}}
done
to
this
fig
tree.
You
will
even
be
able
to
do
{\ADD{
marvelous
deeds
like}}
saying
to
a
nearby
hill, ‘Uproot
yourself
and
throw
yourself
into
the sea’,
and
it
will
happen!
\VS{22}In
addition
{\ADD{
to
that}},
whenever
you
ask
{\ADD{
God
for
something}}
when
you
pray
{\ADD{
to
him,
if
you}}
believe
{\ADD{
that
he
will
give
it
to
you}},
you
will
receive
{\ADD{
it
from
him}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
refused
to
state
the
basis
for
his
authority,
because
the
Jewish
leaders
refused
to
admit
where
John
the Baptizer’s
authority
came
from.
\par }{\SR Matthew 21:23-27
\par }{\PP \VS{23}After
that,
Jesus
went
into
the
Temple
{\ADD{
courtyard}}.
While
he
was
teaching
{\ADD{
the
people}},
the
chief
priests
and
the
elders
of
the
Jewish
Council
approached
him.
They
asked, “By
what
authority
are
you
doing
these
things?
Who
authorized
you
to
do
what
you
did
{\ADD{
here
yesterday}} [DOU]?”
\VS{24}Jesus
said
to
them, “I
also
will
ask
you
a
question,
and
if
you
answer
me,
I
will
tell
you
who
authorized
me
to
do
these
things.
\VS{25}Where
did
John
{\ADD{
the Baptizer}}
get
{\ADD{
his
authority
to}} baptize
{\ADD{
those
who
came
to
him}}?
{\ADD{
Did
he
get
it}}
from
God
or
from
people? [MTY/EUP]”
The
chief
priests
and
elders debated
among
themselves
{\ADD{
about
what
they
should
answer}}.
{\ADD{
They
said
to
each
other}}, “If
we
say, ‘{\ADD{
It
was}} [MTY/EUP]
from God’,
he
will
say
to
us, ‘Then ◄you
should
have
believed
his
{\ADD{
message}}!/why
did
you
not
believe
{\ADD{
John’s
message}}?► [RHQ]’
\VS{26}If
we
say, ‘It
was
from people’,
we
are
afraid
that
the
crowd
{\ADD{
will react
violently}},
because
all
{\ADD{
the
people}}
believe
that
John
was
a
prophet
{\ADD{
sent
by
God}}.”
\VS{27}So
they
answered
Jesus, “We
do
not
know
{\ADD{
where
John
got
his
authority}}.”
Then
he
said
to
them, “{\ADD{
Because
you
did
not
answer
my
question}},
I
will
not
tell
you
who
authorized
me
to
do
the
things
I
did
{\ADD{
here
yesterday}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
rebuked
the religious
leaders
and
said
that
it
is
more likely
that
God
would
accept
notorious
sinners
than
that
he
would
accept
them.
\par }{\SR Matthew 21:28-32
\par }{\PP \VS{28}{\ADD{
Then
Jesus
said
to
the
chief
priests
and
elders}}, “Tell
me [RHQ]
what
you
think
{\ADD{
about
what
I
am
about
to
tell
you}}.
There
was
a
man
who
had
two
sons.
He
went
to
his
older
son
and
said, ‘My
son,
go
and
work
in
my
vineyard
today!’
\VS{29}But
the
son
said
{\ADD{
to
his
father}}, ‘I
do
not
want
to
{\ADD{
go
and
work
in
your
vineyard
today}}!’
But
later
he
changed
his
mind,
and
he
went
to
the
vineyard
{\ADD{
and
worked}}.
\VS{30}Then
the
father
approached
his
younger
son
and
said
what
he
had
said
to
his
older
son.
That
son
said, ‘Sir,
I
will
{\ADD{
go
and
work
in
the
vineyard
today.’}}
But
he
did
not
go
there.
\VS{31}So
which
of
the
man’s
two
sons
did
what
their
father
desired?”
They
answered, “The
older
son.”
Jesus
{\ADD{
explained
to
them
what
that
parable
meant}}
by
saying, “Think
about
this:
{\ADD{
It
is
more likely
that
other
people,
including}}
tax
collectors
and
prostitutes,
{\ADD{
whom
you
think
are
very
sinful}},
will
enter
where
God
rules,
than
it
is
that
you
{\ADD{
Jewish
leaders}}
will
enter.
\VS{32}I
{\ADD{
say
this
to
you}}
because,
even
though
John
{\ADD{
the Baptizer}}
explained
to
you
how
to
live
righteously,
you
did
not
believe
his
message.
But
tax
collectors
and
prostitutes
believed
his
{\ADD{
message,
and
they
turned
away
from
their
sinful
behavior}}.
In contrast,
you,
even
though
you
saw
what
they
did,
refused
to
turn
away
from
your
sinful
behavior,
and
you
did
not
believe
{\ADD{
John’s
message}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
a
parable
about
the
Jewish religious
leaders rejecting
him
as
Messiah.
\par }{\SR Matthew 21:33-46
\par }{\PP \VS{33}“Listen
to
another
parable
{\ADD{
that
I
will
tell
you}}.
There
was
a
landowner
who
planted
a
vineyard.
He
built
a
fence
around
it.
He
dug
a
hole
in
the
ground
{\ADD{
inside
the
fence}}.
He
placed
{\ADD{
in
the
hole}}
a
stone tank
to
{\ADD{
collect
the
juice
that
would
be}}
pressed
out
of
the
grapes.
He
also
built
a
tower
{\ADD{
inside
that
fence
that
someone
would
sit
in
to
guard
that
vineyard}}.
He
arranged
for
some
men
{\ADD{
to
care
for}}
the
vineyard
{\ADD{
and
to
give
him
some
of
the
grapes
in
return}}.
Then
he
went
away
to
another
country.
\VS{34}When
it
was
time
to
harvest
the
grapes,
the landowner
sent
some
of
his
servants
to
the
men
who
were
taking caeg
of
the
vineyard
to
get
his
share
of
the
grapes
{\ADD{
that
the
vineyard
had
produced}}.
\VS{35}But
the renters
seized
the
servants.
They
beat
one
of
them,
they
killed
another
one,
and
{\ADD{
killed}}
another
one
of
them
{\ADD{
by
throwing}}
stones
at
him.
\VS{36}{\ADD{
So
the landowner}}
sent
more
servants
than
{\ADD{
he
had
sent}}
the
first
{\ADD{
time}}.
The renters
treated
those
servants
the
same
way
that
{\ADD{
they
had
treated
the
other
servants}}.
\VS{37}Later,
{\ADD{
knowing
this}},
{\ADD{
the landowner}}
sent
his
son
to
{\ADD{
the renters
to
get
his
share
of
the
grapes}}.
When
he
sent
him,
he
said
{\ADD{
to
himself}}, ‘They
will
certainly
respect
my
son
{\ADD{
and
give
him
some
of
the
grapes}}.’
\VS{38}But
when
the renters
saw
his
son
{\ADD{
arriving}},
they
said
to
each
other, ‘This
is
the
man
who
will
inherit
{\ADD{
this
vineyard}}!
Let’s
kill
him
and
divide
the
property
{\ADD{
among
ourselves}}.’
\VS{39}So
they
grabbed
him,
dragged
him
outside
the
vineyard,
and
killed
him.
\VS{40}{\ADD{
Now
I
ask
you}},
when
the landowner
returns
to
his
vineyard,
what
{\ADD{
do
you
think}}
he
will
do
to
those renters?”
\VS{41}{\ADD{
The
chief
priests
and
elders}}
replied, “He
will
thoroughly
destroy
those
wicked
{\ADD{renters}}!
Then
he
will
rent
the
vineyard
to
others.
They
will
give
him
{\ADD{
his
share
of}}
the
grapes
when
they
are
ripe.”
\VS{42}Jesus
said
to
them, “{\ADD{
That
is
right,
so
you
need
to
think
carefully
about
these
words
which}}
you
have
read [RHQ]
in
the
Scriptures:
\par }{\Q The
builders
rejected
a
certain
stone.
{\ADD{
But
others
put}}
that
same
stone
{\ADD{
in
its
proper
place,
and
it}}
has
become
the
most
important
stone
{\ADD{
of
the}}
building [MET].
The
Lord
has
done
this,
and
we
marvel
as
we
look
at
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{43}So,
{\ADD{
because
you
reject
me}},
I
am
going
to
tell
you
this:
God
will
no
longer
let
you
{\ADD{
Jews}}
be
the
people
over
whom
he
rules.
Instead,
he
will
let
{\ADD{non-Jews}}
be
the
people
over
whom
he
rules,
and
they
will
do [IDM]
what
he
asks
them
to
do.
\VS{44}{\ADD{
The
important
stone
in
the
building represents
me,
the
Messiah,
and
those
who
reject
me
are
like
people
who
fall
on
this
stone}}.
Anyone
who
falls
on
this
stone
will
be
broken
into
pieces $\{$This
cornerstone
will
break
into
pieces
anyone
who
falls
on
it$\}$,
and
it
will
crush
anyone
on
whom
it
falls.”
\par }{\PP \VS{45}When
the
chief
priests
and
the
{\ADD{
elders
who
were}}
Pharisees
heard
this
parable,
they
realized
that
he
was
accusing
them
{\ADD{
because
they
did
not
believe
that
he
was
the
Messiah}}.
\VS{46}They
wanted
to
seize
him,
but
{\ADD{
they
did
not
do
so}}
because
they
were
afraid
of
what
the
crowds
{\ADD{
would
do
if
they
did
that}},
because
{\ADD{
the
crowds}}
considered
that
Jesus
was
a
prophet.

\par }\Chap{22}{\SH Jesus told a parable about a wedding feast to illustrate what will happen to people who do not accept him as the Messiah.
\par }{\SR Matthew 22:1-14
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Jesus
told
{\ADD{
the
Jewish
leaders}}
other
parables
{\ADD{
in
order
to illustrate
what
will
happen
to
the
people
who
do
not
accept
him
as
the
King
God
promised
to
send}}.
{\ADD{
This
is
one
of
those
parables:}}
\VS{2}“{\ADD{
God}} [MTY/EUP]
{\ADD{
is
like}}
a
king [SIM]
who
{\ADD{
told
his
servants
that
they
should}}
make
a
wedding
feast
for
his
son.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
When}}
the
feast
{\ADD{
was
ready}},
the
king
sent
his
servants
to
tell
the
people
who
had
been $\{$whom
he
had$\}$
invited
that
it
was
time
for
them
to
come
to
the
wedding
feast.
{\ADD{
The
servants
did
that}}.
But
the
people
who
had
been
invited
did
not
want
to
come.
\VS{4}So
he
sent
other
servants
{\ADD{
to}}
again
{\ADD{
tell
the
people
whom
he
had
invited
that
they
should
come
to
the
feast}}.
He
said
{\ADD{
to
those
servants}}, ‘Say
to
the
people
whom
I
invited
{\ADD{
to
come
to
the
feast}}, “The
king
says
that
he
has
prepared
the
food.
The
oxen
and
the
fattened
calves
have
been
butchered
{\ADD{
and
cooked}}.
Everything
is
ready.
It
is
time
{\ADD{
now
for
you
to}}
come
to
the
wedding
feast!’ ” ’
\VS{5}{\ADD{
But
when
the
servants
told
them
that,
they}}
disregarded
{\ADD{
what
the
servants
said}}.
Some
of
them
went
to
their
own
fields.
Others
went
to
their
places
of
business.
\VS{6}The
rest
of
them
seized
the
king’s
servants,
mistreated
them,
and
killed
them.
\VS{7}{\ADD{
When
the
king
heard
what
had
happened}},
he
became
furious.
He
commanded
his
soldiers
to
go
and
kill
those
murderers
and
burn
their
cities.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
After
his
soldiers
had
done
that}},
the
king
said
to
his
other
servants, ‘I
have
prepared
the
{\ADD{
wedding}}
feast,
but
the
people
who
were $\{$whom
I$\}$
invited
do
not
deserve
to
{\ADD{
come
to
it
because
they
did
not
consider
it
an
honor
to
have
been
invited}}.
\VS{9}So,
go
to
the intersections
of
the
main
streets.
Tell
whomever
you
find
that
they
should
come
to
the
{\ADD{
wedding}}
feast.’
\VS{10}So
the
servants
went
there,
and
they
gathered
everyone
they
saw
{\ADD{
who
wanted
to
come
to
the
feast}}.
They
gathered
{\ADD{
both
people
that
were
considered}}
to
be
evil
and
{\ADD{
those
that
were
considered
to
be}}
good.
They
brought
them
into
the
hall
where
the
wedding
{\ADD{
feast
took
place}}.
The
hall
was
filled
with
people.
\VS{11}But
when
the
king
went
{\ADD{
into
the
hall}}
to
see
the
guests
who
were
there,
he
saw
someone
who
was
not
wearing
clothes
{\ADD{
that
had
been
provided
for
the
guests
to
wear}}
at
a
wedding
{\ADD{
feast}}.
\VS{12}The
king
said
to
him, ‘Friend, ◄you
should
never
have
entered
this
hall,
because
you
are
not
wearing
the
clothes
{\ADD{
that
guests
wear}}
at
wedding
{\ADD{
feasts}}!/how
did
you
enter
this
hall,
because
you
are
not
wearing
the
clothes
{\ADD{
that
are
appropriate
for
guests
to
wear}}
at
a
wedding
{\ADD{
feast}}?► [RHQ]’
The
man
did
not
say
anything,
{\ADD{
because
he
did
not
know
what
to
say}}.
\VS{13}Then
the
king
said
to
his
attendants, ‘Tie
this
person’s
feet
and
hands
and
throw
him
outside
where
there
is
total
darkness.
People
who
are
there
cry
out
{\ADD{
because
they
are
suffering}}
and
they
gnash
their
teeth
{\ADD{
because
of
their
severe
pain}}.’ ”
\VS{14}{\ADD{
Then
Jesus
said, “The
point
of
this
story
is
that
God}}
has
invited
many
{\ADD{
to
come
to
him}},
but
only
a
few
people
are
the
ones
whom
he
has
chosen
{\ADD{
to
be
there}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
taught
his critics
that
they
needed
to
give
to
God
and
to
the
government
what
they
each
required.
\par }{\SR Matthew 22:15-22
\par }{\PP \VS{15}After
Jesus
said
that,
the
Pharisees
met
together
in
order
to
plan
how
they
could
cause
him
to
say
something
that
would
enable
them
to
accuse
him.
\VS{16}They
sent
to
him
some
of
their
disciples,
{\ADD{
who
thought
that
the
Israelites
should
pay
only
the
tax
that
the
Jewish
authorities
required
them
to
pay}}.
They
also
sent
some
members
of
the
party
that
supported
Herod.
{\ADD{
The
members
of
that
party
thought
that
the
Israelites
should
pay
only
the
tax
that
the Roman
government
required
them
to
pay}}.
{\ADD{
Those
who
were
sent
came
and}}
said
to
Jesus, “Teacher,
we
know
that
you
are
truthful
and
that
you
teach
the
truth
about
what
God
wants
{\ADD{
us
to
do}}.
We
also
know
that
you
do
not
change
what
you
teach
because
of
what
someone
says
about
you,
even
if
it
is
an
important
person
who
does
not
like
what
you [IDM]
teach.
\VS{17}So
tell
us
what
you
think [RHQ]
{\ADD{
about
this
matter}}:
Is
it
right
that
we
pay
taxes
to
the Roman
government [MTY],
or
not?”
\VS{18}But
Jesus
knew
that
what
they
really
wanted
to
do
was
evil.
{\ADD{
They
were
wanting
him
to
say
something
that
would
get
him
in
trouble
with
either
the
Jewish
authorities
or
the Roman
authorities.
So
he
said
to
them}}, “You
are ◄hypocrites/pretending
to
ask
a
legitimate
question►,
but
you
are
just
wanting [RHQ]
me
to
say
something
for
which
you
can
accuse
me.
\VS{19}Show
me
{\ADD{
one
of}}
the coins
with
{\ADD{
which
people
pay}}
the
{\ADD{Roman}}
tax.”
So
they
showed
him
{\ADD{
a
coin
called}}
a
denarius.
\VS{20}He
said
to
them, “Whose picture
is
{\ADD{
on}}
this
{\ADD{coin}}?
And
{\ADD{
whose}}
name
{\ADD{
is
on
it}}?”
\VS{21}They
answered, “{\ADD{
It
has
the picture
and
name
of}}
Caesar,
{\ADD{
the
head
of
the Roman
government}}.”
Then
he
said
to
them, “Okay,
give
to
the
government
what
they
{\ADD{
require}},
and
give
to
God
what
he
{\ADD{
requires}}.”
\VS{22}When
those
men
heard
Jesus
say
that,
they
marveled
{\ADD{
that
his
answer
did
not
enable
anyone
to
accuse
him}}.
Then
they
left
Jesus.
\par }{\SH Jesus
showed
from
the Scriptures
that
the
spirits
of
God’s
people
are
alive
after
death.
\par }{\SR Matthew 22:23-33
\par }{\PP \VS{23}During
that
same
day,
some
Sadducees
came
to
Jesus.
{\ADD{
They
are
a
Jewish sect
who
do
not}}
believe
that
people
will
become
alive
again
after
they
die.
They
{\ADD{
wanted
to}}
ask
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
a
question.
\VS{24}{\ADD{
In
order
to discredit
the
idea
that
dead
people
will
live
again}},
they
said
{\ADD{
to
him}}, “Teacher,
Moses
wrote
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}}, ‘If
a
man
dies
who
did
not
have
any
children,
his
brother
must
marry
the
{\ADD{
dead
man’s}}
widow
in
order
that
she
can
have
a
child
by
him.
The
child
{\ADD{
will
be
considered}}
the
descendant
of
the
man
{\ADD{
who
died}},
{\ADD{
and
in
that
way
the
dead
man
will
have
descendants}}.’
\VS{25}Well,
there
were
seven
boys
in
a
family
{\ADD{
living}}
near
us.
The
oldest
one
married
someone.
He
{\ADD{
and
his
wife}}
did
not
have
any
children,
and
he
died.
So
the
second
brother
married
the
widow.
{\ADD{
But
he
also
died
without
having
a
child}}.
\VS{26}The
same
thing
{\ADD{
happened
to}}
the
third
{\ADD{
brother}},
and
also
to
the
other
four
{\ADD{
brothers,
who
one
by
one
married
this
same
woman}}.
\VS{27}Last
of
all,
the
widow
also
died.
\VS{28}So,
at
the
time
when
people
are
raised
from
the
dead,
which
of
the
seven
{\ADD{
brothers
do
you
think}}
will
be
her
husband?
Keep
in
mind
that
they
had
all
been
married
to
her.”
\VS{29}Jesus
replied
to
them, “You
are
certainly
wrong
{\ADD{
in
what
you
are
thinking}}.
You
do
not
know
{\ADD{
what
is
written
in}}
the
Scriptures.
{\ADD{
You}}
also
do
not
know
{\ADD{
that}}
God
has
{\ADD{
the}}
power
{\ADD{
to
make
people
alive
again}}.
\VS{30}The
fact
is
that
{\ADD{
the
woman
will
not
be
the
wife
of
any
of
them,
because}}
after
{\ADD{
God
causes
all
dead}}
people
{\ADD{
to}}
live
again,
no
one
will
be
married.
Instead,
{\ADD{
people}}
will
be
like
the
angels
in
heaven.
{\ADD{
They
do
not
marry}}.
\VS{31}But
as
for
dead
people
becoming
alive
again,
God
said
something
about
that. ◄I’m
sure
you
have
read
it./Have
you
not
read
it?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
Long
after
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob
had
died,
God
said
to
Moses}},
\VS{32}‘I
am
the
God
whom
Abraham
{\ADD{
worships}}
and
the
God
whom
Isaac
{\ADD{
worships}}
and
the
God
whom
Jacob
worships.’
It
is
not
dead
people
who
worship
God.
It
is
living
people
who
worship
him.
{\ADD{
Abraham,
Isaac
and
Jacob
died
long
before
Moses
lived,
but
God
said
that
they
were
still
worshipping
him,
so
we
know
their
spirits
were
still
alive}}!”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}When
the
crowds
of
people
heard
{\ADD{
Jesus
teach}}
that,
they
were
amazed.
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
his critics
that
the
greatest
commandments
are
to
love
God
and
to
love
others.
\par }{\SR Matthew 22:34-40
\par }{\PP \VS{34}But
when
the
Pharisees
heard
that Jesus
had
answered
the
Sadducees
in
such
a
way
that
the
Sadducees
could
not
{\ADD{
think
of
anything
that
they
might
say
to}}
respond
to
him,
the
Pharisees
gathered
together
to
{\ADD{
plan
what
they
would
say
to
him}}.
{\ADD{
Then
they
approached
him}}.
\VS{35}One
of
them
was
a
man
who
had
studied
well
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
Moses}}.
He
wanted
to
see
if
Jesus
{\ADD{
could
answer}}
his
question
well
{\ADD{
or
if
he
would
say
something
wrong}}.
He
asked
him,
\VS{36}“Teacher,
which
commandment
in
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
Moses}}
is
the
most
important?”
\VS{37}Jesus
{\ADD{
quoted
the Scriptures
as
he
replied}}, “ ‘You
must
love
the
Lord
your
God
with
all [IDM]
your ◄inner
being/heart►.
{\ADD{
Show
that
you
love
him}}
in
all
that
you
desire,
in
all
that
you
feel,
and
in
all
that
you
think.’
\VS{38}That
is
the
most
important
commandment
{\ADD{
in
the
laws
that
God
gave
Moses}}.
\VS{39}The
next
most
important
commandment
{\ADD{
that
everyone
must
surely
obey}}
is: ‘You
must
love
the
people
you
come
in
contact
with
as
much
as
{\ADD{
you
love}}
yourself.’
\VS{40}These
two
commandments
are
the
basis
of
every
law
{\ADD{
that
Moses
wrote
in
the Scriptures}}
and
also
of
all
that
the
prophets
{\ADD{
wrote}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
showed
that
the
Messiah
must
be
greater
than
King
David,
and
not
just
his
descendant.
\par }{\SR Matthew 22:41-46
\par }{\PP \VS{41}While
the
Pharisees
were
still
gathered
together
{\ADD{
near}}
Jesus,
he
asked
them,
\VS{42}“What
do
you
think
about
the
Messiah?
Whose
descendant
is
he?”
They
said
to
him, “{\ADD{
He
is}}
the
descendant
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David.”
\VS{43}Jesus
said
to
them, “{\ADD{
If
the
Messiah
is
King
David’s
descendant}},
then ◄David
should
not
have
called
him ‘Lord’
when
David
was
saying
{\ADD{
what}}
the
{\ADD{
Holy}}
Spirit
{\ADD{
prompted
him
to}}
say./Why
did
David
call
the
Messiah ‘Lord’
when
David
was
speaking
{\ADD{
what}}
the
{\ADD{
Holy}}
Spirit
{\ADD{
prompted
him
to}}
say?► [RHQ]
\VS{44}{\ADD{
David
wrote
this
in
the Scriptures
about
the
Messiah}}: ‘God
said
to
my
Lord, “Sit
{\ADD{
here
beside
me}}
on
my
right,
{\ADD{
the
place
of
greatest
honor
you}} [MTY].
{\ADD{
Sit
here}}
while
I
completely
defeat
your
enemies [MTY].” ’
\VS{45}So,
since
{\ADD{
King}}
David
called
{\ADD{
the
Messiah}} ‘my Lord’, ◄{\ADD{
the
Messiah}}
cannot
be
{\ADD{
just
someone}}
descended
from
David!/how
can
he
be
{\ADD{
only}}
the
descendant
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
He
must
be
much
greater
than
David}}!”
\VS{46}No
one
{\ADD{
who
heard
what
Jesus
said}}
was
able
to
think
of
even
one
word
to
say
to
him
{\ADD{
in
response}}.
And
after
that,
no
one
else
ever
dared
to
ask
him
another
question
{\ADD{
to
try
to
trap
him}}.

\par }\Chap{23}{\SH Jesus warned the people against the hypocritical behavior of the religious leaders.
\par }{\SR Matthew 23:1-12
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Jesus
said
to
the
crowd
and
to
us
his
disciples,
\VS{2}“{\BD{
Moses}}
was
the
{\ADD{
renowned}}
teacher
who
taught
{\ADD{
the
people
the
laws
that
God
gave
him}} [MTY].
Now,
the
Pharisees
and
the
men
who
teach
our
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
have
made
themselves
the
ones
who
interpret
those
laws [IDM].
\VS{3}Consequently,
you
should
do
{\BD{
whatever
they
tell
you
that
you
must
do}}.
But
do
not
do
what
they
do,
because
they
themselves
do
not
do
what
they
tell
{\ADD{
you
that
you
must
do}}.
\VS{4}They
{\ADD{
require
you
to
obey
many
rules
that
are
difficult
to
obey}}.
But
{\BD{
they
themselves}}
{\ADD{
do
not
help
anyone
obey
those
rules.
It
is}}
as
if
they
are tying
up
loads
that
are
hard
to
carry
and
putting
them
on
your
shoulders [MET]
{\ADD{
for
you
to
carry.
But
they}}
{\BD{
themselves}}
{\ADD{
do
not
desire
to
help
anyone
obey
those
laws.
They
are
like}}
people
who
do
not
want
to
lift
{\ADD{
even
the
slightest
load}}
that
they
{\ADD{
could
lift}} [MET]
\VS{5}{\ADD{
with}}
one
finger.
Whatever
they
do,
they
do
it
to
be
seen
by
other
people $\{$so
that
other
people
will
see
them
doing
that$\}$.
{\ADD{
For
example}},
they
make extra
wide
the tiny
boxes
containing
portions
of
Scripture
that
they
wear
on
their
arms.
They
enlarge
the
tassels
on
their
robes,
{\ADD{
to
make
others
think
that
they
are pious}}.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
They
want
people
to
honor
them.
For
example}},
at
dinner
parties
they
sit
in
the
seats
where
the
most
important
people
sit.
In
the
places
of
worship
{\ADD{
they
want
to
sit}}
in
the
seats
where
the
most
honored
people
sit.
\VS{7}Also,
{\ADD{
they
want
people
to}}
greet
them
{\ADD{respectfully}}
in
the marketplaces
and
to
honor
them
by
calling
them ‘Teacher’.
\VS{8}But
you
{\ADD{
who
are
my
disciples}}
should
not
allow
people
to
address
you
{\ADD{honorably}}
as ‘Rabbi’,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘teacher}}’.
I
{\ADD{
am
the}}
only
one
who
is
{\ADD{
really}}
your
teacher,
which
means
that
you
are
all
{\ADD{
equal,
like}}
brothers
and
sisters,
{\ADD{
and
none
of
you
should
act
superior
to
another,
as
the Pharisees
do}}.
\VS{9}Do
not
{\ADD{
honor
anyone}}
on
earth
{\ADD{
by}} addressing
him
as ‘Father’,
because
God,
your
Father
in
heaven,
is
the
only
{\ADD{
spiritual}}
father
of
all
of
you.
\VS{10}Do
not
{\ADD{
allow
people
to}}
call
you ‘Instructors’,
because
I,
the
Messiah,
am
the
one instructor
who
{\ADD{
teaches
all
of}}
you.
\VS{11}In contrast,
everyone
among
you
who
wants
{\ADD{
God
to
consider
them}}
to
be
important
must
serve
others
as
servants
do.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
God}}
will
humble
those
who
exalt
themselves.
And
{\ADD{
he}}
will
exalt
those
who
humble
themselves.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
warned
the religious
leaders
about preventing
people
from
letting
God
rule
their
lives.
\par }{\SR Matthew 23:13-14
\par }{\PP \VS{13-14}{\ADD{
Then Jesus
said
to
the religious
leaders}}, “You
men
who
teach
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
and
you Pharisees
are
hypocrites!
There
will
be
terrible
punishment
for
{\ADD{
you,
because
by
teaching
what
is
false}},
you
{\ADD{
prevent
people}} [MTY/HYP]
{\ADD{
who
are
thinking
about
letting}}
God
rule
their
lives
{\ADD{
from
doing
that}} [MET].
{\ADD{
What
you
are
doing
is
like}} closing
a
gate [MET]
{\ADD{
so
that
people
who}}
are
wanting
to
enter
{\ADD{
a
city
cannot
go
in}}.
As
for
{\BD{
you,}}
{\ADD{
you
do
not
let}}
God
{\ADD{
rule
your
lives.
Neither
do
you
allow}}
other
people
{\ADD{
to
let
God
rule
their
lives.
What
you
do
is
like}}
not
going
into
a
{\ADD{
house}}
yourselves,
and
not allowing
others
to
enter
it
{\ADD{
either}} [MET].”
\par }{\SH Jesus
also
warned
the religious
leaders
about
zealously encouraging
others
to
believe
what
they
teach.
\par }{\SR Matthew 23:15
\par }{\PP \VS{15}“You
are
hypocrites,
you
men
who
teach
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
and
you
Pharisees!
Your
punishment
will
be
terrible,
because
you
exert
yourselves
very
much
to
get
{\ADD{
even}}
one
person
to
believe
what
you
teach.
For instance,
you
travel
across
seas
and
lands
{\ADD{
to
distant
places}}
in
order
to
do
that.
And
{\ADD{
as
a
result}},
when
one
person
{\ADD{
believes
what
you
teach}},
you
make
that
person
much
more
deserving
to
go
to
hell
than
you
yourselves
{\ADD{
deserve
to}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
rebuked
the religious
leaders
about
their
silly ideas
about
supporting
their
promises
with
oaths.
\par }{\SR Matthew 23:16-22
\par }{\PP \VS{16}“You
{\ADD{
Jewish
leaders}},
your
punishment
will
be
terrible!
You
are
{\ADD{
like
people
who
are}}
blind [MET]
who
are
trying
to
lead
others.
You
say, ‘{\ADD{
In
the
case
of}}
those
who
promise
to
{\ADD{
do}}
something
and
then
ask
the
Temple
{\ADD{
to
affirm
what
they
have
promised}},
it
means
nothing
{\ADD{
if
they
do
not
do
what}}
they
have
promised.
But
if
they
ask
the
gold
that
is
in
the
Temple
{\ADD{
to
affirm
what
they
have
promised}},
they
must
do
what
they
promised.’
\VS{17}You
are
fools,
and
you
are
{\ADD{
like
people
who
are}}
blind [MET]!
The
gold
{\ADD{
that
is
in
the
Temple}}
is
important,
but
{\ADD{
the
Temple}}
is
even
more
important [RHQ],
because
it
is
the
Temple
that
the
gold
is
in
that
sets
the
gold
apart
for
a
special
use
for
God.
\VS{18}Also
{\ADD{
you
say}}, ‘In
the
case
of
those
who
promise
to
{\ADD{
do}}
something
and
then
ask
{\ADD{
the
altar
to
affirm
what
they
have
promised}},
it
means
nothing
{\ADD{
if
they
do
not
do
what
they
have
promised}}.
But
if
they
ask
the
gift
{\ADD{
that}}
they
have
put
on
the
altar
{\ADD{
to
support
what
they
have
promised}},
they
must
do
{\ADD{
what
they
promised}}.’
\VS{19}{\ADD{
You
are
like
people
who
are}}
blind [MET].
The
gift
{\ADD{
that
is
offered}}
on
the
altar
is
important,
but
the
altar
is
even
more
important [RHQ]
because
it
is
the
altar
on
which
the
offering
is
offered
that
sets
it
apart
for
a
special
use
for
God.
\VS{20}So,
those
who
promise
to
do
something,
and
then
ask
the
altar
{\ADD{
to
affirm
what
they
have
promised}}
are
asking
everything
on
the
altar
{\ADD{
to
support
what
they
promised}}.
\VS{21}Those
who
promise
to
do
something,
and
then
ask
the
Temple
{\ADD{
to
affirm
what
they
promised}},
are
asking
that
{\ADD{
God}},
to
whom
the
Temple
belongs,
{\ADD{
will
affirm
what
they
have
promised}}.
\VS{22}Those
who
promise
to
do
something
and
then
ask
heaven
{\ADD{
to
affirm
what
they
promised}}
are
asking
the
throne
of
God
and
{\ADD{
God}},
who
sits
on
that
throne,
{\ADD{
to
affirm
what
they
promised}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
also
rebuked
the religious
leaders
about
paying
attention
to unimportant
laws
and
at
the
same
time ignoring
important
ones.
\par }{\SR Matthew 23:23-24
\par }{\PP \VS{23}“You
men
who
teach
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
and
you
Pharisees,
your
punishment
will
be
terrible!
You
are
hypocrites
because,
{\ADD{
even
though}}
you
give
{\ADD{
to
God}}
a
tenth
of
{\ADD{
the
herbs
you
produce,
such
as}}
mint,
dill,
and
cummin,
you
do
not
{\ADD{
obey
God’s}}
laws
that
are
more
important.
{\ADD{
For
example,
you
do
not
act}}
justly
toward
others,
you
do
not
act mercifully
toward
people,
and
you
are
not
trustworthy.
It
is
good
to
{\ADD{
give
a
tenth
of
your
herbs}}
to
God,
but
you
should
also
{\ADD{
obey}}
these
other
{\ADD{
more
important
laws}}.
\VS{24}You
{\ADD{
leaders
are
like}}
blind
people
{\ADD{
who
are
trying
to
lead
others.
According
to
your
laws
you
say
that
touching
gnats
and
camels
makes
you
unacceptable
to
God.
What
you
are
doing
is
like}} straining
a
gnat
{\ADD{
out
of
a
jar
of
water
so
that
you
do
not
swallow
it
and
thereby
become
unacceptable
to
God}},
and
{\ADD{
at
the
same
time}} swallowing
a
camel
{\ADD{
with
the
water}} [MET]!”
\par }{\SH Jesus
also
rebuked
the religious
leaders
about
being
greedy
and
selfish.
\par }{\SR Matthew 23:25-26
\par }{\PP \VS{25}“You
men
who
teach
people
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
and
you
Pharisees,
your
punishment
will
be
terrible!
You
are
hypocrites!
You
are
greedy
and
selfish,
but
you
{\ADD{
make
yourselves
appear
holy.
You
are
like}}
cups
and
plates
that
have
been cleaned
on
the
outside,
but
on
the
inside
{\ADD{
they
are
very
filthy}}.
\VS{26}You
blind
Pharisees!
First
you
must
{\ADD{
stop
being
greedy
and
selfish}}.
{\ADD{
Then
you
will
be
able
to
do
what}}
is
{\ADD{
righteous.
That
will
be
like}} cleaning
the
inside
of
a
cup
first.
Then
when
you
clean [MET]
the
outside
{\ADD{
of
the
cup}},
{\ADD{
the
cup
will
truly
be
clean}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
rebuked
the religious
leaders
for
being
hypocrites
and
pretending
to
be
righteous.
\par }{\SR Matthew 23:27-28
\par }{\PP \VS{27}“You
men
who
teach
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
and
you
Pharisees,
your
punishment
will
be
terrible!
You
are
hypocrites!
You
are
like
tombs [SIM]
that
are
painted
white
{\ADD{
so
that
people
can
see
them
and
avoid
touching
them}}.
The
outside surfaces
are
beautiful,
but
inside
they
are
full
of
dead
people’s
bones
and
filth.
\VS{28}You
are
{\ADD{
like
those
tombs}}.
When
people
look
at
you,
they
think
that
you
are
righteous,
but
in
your ◄inner
beings/hearts►
you
are
hypocrites
and
you
disobey
{\ADD{
God’s}}
commands.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
accused
the religious
leaders
of
being
guilty
of
killing
all
the
prophets.
\par }{\SR Matthew 23:29-36
\par }{\PP \VS{29}“You
men
who
teach
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
and
you
Pharisees
are
hypocrites!
Your
punishment
will
be
terrible!
You
rebuild
the
tombs
of
the
{\ADD{
prophets
whom
others
killed
long
ago}}.
You
decorate
the
monuments
{\ADD{
that
honor}}
righteous
{\ADD{
people}}.
\VS{30}You
say, ‘If
we
had
{\ADD{
lived}}
when
our
ancestors [MET]
{\ADD{
lived}},
we
would
not
have
helped [MET]
those
who
killed [MTY]
the
prophets.’
\VS{31}Thus
{\ADD{
you
recognize
that
you
should
honor
the
prophets,
but
you
disregard
the
word
of
God
that
other
men
whom
God
has
sent
teach
you.
In
that
way}}
you
testify
against
yourselves
that
you
are
descendants
and
disciples [MET]
of
those
who
killed
the
prophets.
\VS{32}{\BD{
You}}
are
as
ready
to
murder
people
as [MET]
your
ancestors
were!
\VS{33}{\ADD{
You
people
are
so
wicked}}
You
are
{\ADD{
as
dangerous
as
poisonous}}
snakes [DOU,
MET]! ◄You
{\ADD{
foolishly}}
think
that
you
will
escape
being
punished
in
hell!/Do
you
{\ADD{
foolishly}}
think
that
you
will
escape
when
{\ADD{
God}}
punishes
{\ADD{
wicked
people}}
in
hell?► [RHQ]
\VS{34}Take
note
that
this
is
why
I
will
send
prophets,
wise
men,
and
other
men
who
will
teach
you
{\ADD{
my
message}}.
You
will
kill
some
of
them
by nailing
them
to crosses,
and
you
will
kill
some
in
other
ways.
You
will
whip
some
of
them
in
the
places
where
you
worship,
and
{\ADD{
you
will}}
chase
them
from
city
to
city.
\VS{35}As
a
result,
God
will
consider
that
you
are
guilty
for
killing [SYN]
all
the
righteous
{\ADD{
people}},
including
killing [MTY]
{\ADD{Adam’s
son}}
Abel,
who
was
a
righteous
man [SYN],
and
Zechariah,
the
son
of Barachiah,
whom
you
{\ADD{
are
guilty
of}}
killing
{\ADD{
in
the
holy
place}}
between
the
Temple
and
the
altar,
and
for
killing
{\ADD{
all
the
prophets}}
who
lived
between
{\ADD{
the
times
that
those
two
men
lived}}.
\VS{36}Think
about
this:
You
people
who
have
observed
my
ministry,
it
is
you
whom
{\ADD{
God}}
will
punish
{\ADD{
for
killing
all}}
those
{\ADD{
prophets}}!”
\par }{\SH Jesus
expressed
his
sorrow
about
what
would
happen
to
Jerusalem.
\par }{\SR Matthew 23:37-39
\par }{\PP \VS{37}“O
{\ADD{
people
of}}
Jerusalem [MTY, APO],
you
killed
the
prophets
{\ADD{
who
lived
long
ago}},
and
you
killed
others
whom
{\ADD{
God}}
sent
to
you.
You
killed
them
by
throwing
stones
at
them [DOU]!
Many
times
I
wanted
to
gather
you
together
{\ADD{
to
protect
you}},
like
a
hen
gathers
her
young
chicks
under
her
wings [MET].
But
you
did
not
want
{\ADD{
me
to
do
that}}.
\VS{38}So
listen
to
this:
Your
city [SYN]
will
{\ADD{
soon
}}
become
an
uninhabited
place.
\VS{39}Keep
this
in
mind:
You
will
see
me
again
only
when
I
{\ADD{
return}},
and
you
say
{\ADD{
about
me}}, ‘{\ADD{
God}}
is
truly
pleased
with
this
man
who
comes
with
God’s
authority [MTY].’ ”

\par }\Chap{24}{\SH Jesus told his disciples that Jerusalem would be destroyed.
\par }{\SR Matthew 24:1-2
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jesus
left
the
Temple
{\ADD{
courtyard}}.
As
he
was
walking
along,
{\ADD{
we}}
disciples
came
to
him
to
ask
him
to
note
{\ADD{
how
beautiful}}
the
Temple
buildings
{\ADD{
were}}.
\VS{2}He
said
to
us, “These
buildings
that
you
are
looking
at [RHQ]
{\ADD{
are
wonderful,
but}}
I
want
to
tell
you
{\ADD{
something
about
them.
They
will
soon
be
completely
destroyed}} $\{${\ADD{
Foreign invaders
will
completely
destroy
them}}$\}$.
Every
stone
{\ADD{
in
these
buildings}}
will
be
thrown
down $\{$they
will
throw
down
every
stone
in
these
buildings$\}$.
Not
one
stone
will
be
left $\{$They
will
not
leave
one
stone$\}$
on
top
of
another
stone.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
his
disciples
about
the
distressing
things
that
would
happen
before
his
return.
\par }{\SR Matthew 24:3-14
\par }{\PP \VS{3}{\ADD{
Later}},
as
Jesus
was
sitting
alone
on
{\ADD{
the
slope
of}}
Olive
{\ADD{
Tree}}
Hill,
{\ADD{
we}}
disciples
went
to
him
and
asked
him, “When
will
this
happen
{\ADD{
to
the
buildings
of
the
Temple?
Also,
tell
us
what
will
happen
to indicate
that
you
are
about
to}}
come
again,
and
{\ADD{
to indicate}}
that
this
world
is
ending?”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Jesus
replied, “{\ADD{
All
that
I
will
say
is}},
be
sure
that
no
one
deceives
you
{\ADD{
about
what
will
happen}}
\VS{5}Many
{\ADD{
people}}
will
come
and
say ◄that
I
sent
them/that
they
have
my
authority► [MTY].
They
will
say, ‘I
am
the Messiah’,
and
they
will
deceive
many
{\ADD{
people}}.
\VS{6}You
will
hear
about
wars
{\ADD{
that
are
close}}
and
wars
that
are
far
away,
but
do
not
let
that
trouble
you.
Keep
in
mind
that
{\ADD{
God
has
said
that}}
those
things
must
happen.
But
{\ADD{
when
they
happen}},
it
will
not
mean
that
the
end
{\ADD{
of
the
world}}
has
come!
\VS{7}{\ADD{
Groups
in
various}}
countries
will
fight
each
other,
and
{\ADD{
various}} governments
{\ADD{
will
also
fight}}
against
each
other.
There
will
be
famines
and
earthquakes
in
various
places.
\VS{8}These
things
will
happen
first.
Then
there
will
be
other
things
that
{\ADD{
will
happen
before
I
return.
What
will
happen
will
be
like
the
first
pains
}}
of
childbirth
MET].
\par }{\PP \VS{9}At
that
time
{\ADD{
people
who
oppose
you}}
will
take
you
to
{\ADD{
the
authorities,
who}}
will
mistreat
you
and
kill
you.
You
will
be
hated
by
{\ADD{
people
who
live
in}}
all
nations [PRS] $\{${\ADD{
People
who
live
in}}
all
nations [PRS]
will
hate
you$\}$
because
{\ADD{
you
believe
in
me
}}[MTY].
\VS{10}Also,
many
{\ADD{
people}}
will
stop believing
{\ADD{
in
me
because
of
the
way
they
will
suffer}}.
They
will
betray
each
other
and
will
hate
each
other.
\VS{11}Many
will
come
saying
that
they
are
prophets,
but
they
will
be
lying,
and
they
will
deceive
many
people.
\VS{12}Because
there
will
be
more
and
more
{\ADD{
people}}
who
will
disobey
{\ADD{
God’s}}
laws [PRS],
many
{\ADD{
people}}
will
no
longer [MET]
love
{\ADD{
their
fellow believers}} [PRS].
\VS{13}But
{\ADD{
all}}
those
who
keep
on
{\ADD{believing
in
me}}
to
the
end
{\ADD{
of
their
lives}}
will
be
saved.
\VS{14}Furthermore,
the
good
message
about
my
ruling
over
people’s
lives
will
be
preached
in
every
part
of
the
world,
in
order
that
people
of
all ethnic
groups
may
hear
it.
Then
the
end
{\ADD{
of
the
world}}
will
come.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
his
disciples
about
the
suffering
that
would
come
when
Jerusalem
was
about
to
be
destroyed.
\par }{\SR Matthew 24:15-22
\par }{\PP \VS{15}“{\ADD{
But
before
the
world
ends}},
the
disgusting
person
who
will
defile
{\ADD{
the}}
holy
{\ADD{
Temple
and
cause
people
to
abandon
it
will
stand
in
the
Temple.
Daniel
the
prophet
spoke
and
wrote}}
about
that
{\ADD{
long
ago}}.
May
everyone
who
reads
{\ADD{
this}}
pay
attention
{\ADD{
to
the
following
warning
from
me:}}
\VS{16}When
you
see
that
happen
{\ADD{
in
the
Temple,
those
of
you}}
who
are
in
Judea
{\ADD{
district}}
must
flee
to
the
{\ADD{
higher}}
hills!
\VS{17}Those
who
are
outside
their
houses
must
not
go
back
into
their
houses
to
get
things
{\ADD{
before
they
flee}}.
\VS{18}Those
who
are
{\ADD{
working}}
in
a
field
should
not
turn
back
to
get
their
outer
clothing
{\ADD{
before
they
flee}}.
\VS{19}I
{\ADD{
feel}}
very
sorry
for
women
who
will
be
pregnant
and
women
who
will
be
nursing
{\ADD{
their
babies}}
in
those
days,
{\ADD{
because
it
will
be
very
difficult
for
them
to
run
away}}
\VS{20}Pray
that
you
will
not
have
to
flee ◄in
the
winter/in
the
rainy
season►
{\ADD{
when
it
will
be
hard
to
travel}}.
{\ADD{
People
who
think
that
God
never
allows
anyone
to
do
any
work
on}}
our
day
of
rest
{\ADD{
will
not
help
you
as
you
flee,
so}}
pray
also
that
you
will
not
have
to
flee
on
such
a
day,
\VS{21}because
people
will
suffer
very
severely
{\ADD{
when
those
things
happen}}.
People
have
never
suffered
that
severely
since
{\ADD{
God}}
created
the
world
until
now,
and
no
one
will
ever
{\ADD{
suffer
like
that
again}}.
\VS{22}If
{\ADD{
God
had
not
decided
to}} shorten
that
time [MTY]
{\ADD{
when
people
will
suffer
so
much}},
everyone [LIT]
would
die.
But
{\ADD{
he
has
decided
to}} shorten
it
because
{\ADD{
he
is
concerned}}
about
{\ADD{
the
people}}
whom
{\ADD{
he}}
has
chosen.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
warned
his
disciples
not
to
believe
false
reports
about
his
return,
because
everyone
will
see
him
when
he
comes.
\par }{\SR Matthew 24:23-28
\par }{\PP \VS{23-24}“{\ADD{
At
that
time}}
people
will
appear
{\ADD{
who
will}}
falsely
{\ADD{
say
that
they
are}}
the
Messiah
or
{\ADD{
that
they
are}}
prophets.
They
will
perform
many
kinds ◄of
miracles/of
things
that
ordinary
people
cannot
do►,
in
order
to
deceive
people.
They
will
even
try
{\ADD{
to
see}}
if
{\ADD{
it
is}} possible
to
deceive
{\ADD{
you
people
whom
God
has}}
chosen.
So,
at
that
time,
if
someone
says
to
you, ‘Look,
here
{\ADD{
is}}
the
Messiah!’
or
{\ADD{
if
someone
says}}, ‘Over
there
is
the
Messiah!’
do
not
believe
it!
\VS{25}Do
not
forget
{\ADD{
that}}
I
have
warned
you
about
all
this
before
{\ADD{
it
happens}}.
\VS{26}So
if
someone
says
to
you, ‘Look,
{\ADD{
the
Messiah}}
is
in
the
desolate
area!’
do
not
go
there.
{\ADD{
Likewise,
if
someone
says
to
you}}, ‘Look,
he
is
in
a
secret
room!’
do
not
believe
{\ADD{
that
person}},
\VS{27}because
just
like
lightning
flashes
from
the
east
to
the
west
{\ADD{
and
people
everywhere
can}}
see
it [SIM],
when
{\ADD{
I}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
return
again,
{\ADD{
everyone
will
see
me}}.
\VS{28}{\ADD{
When
I
return,
it
will
be
as obvious
to
everyone
as
the
fact
that}}
wherever
you
see
vultures
gathering,
you
know
that
there
will
be
an
animal
carcass [MET]
there. (OR,
Just
like
the
vultures
gather
together
wherever
there
is
an
animal
carcass,
God
will
punish
sinful
people
wherever
they
are.)”
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
his
disciples
what
will
happen
at
the
time
of
his
return.
\par }{\SR Matthew 24:29-31
\par }{\PP \VS{29}“Immediately
after
many
people
have
suffered
during
those
days,
{\ADD{
the universe
will
become
dark}}.
The
sun
will
become
dark.
The
moon
will
not
shine.
The
stars
will
fall
from
the
sky.
And
the
powerful
{\ADD{
objects}}
in
the
sky
will
be
shaken. (OR,
And
the
spiritual
beings
in
space
will
be
deposed.)
\VS{30}After
that,
something
{\ADD{
will
be
seen}} $\{${\ADD{
people
will
observe
something}}$\}$
in
the
sky
that indicates
that
{\ADD{
I}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
{\ADD{
am
returning
to
the
earth}}.
Then
{\ADD{unbelieving
people
from}}
all ethnic
groups
of
the
earth
will
{\ADD{
mourn
because
they
will
be
afraid}}
of
{\ADD{
God
punishing
them}}.
They
will
see
{\ADD{
me}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
coming
on
the
clouds
with
power
and
great
glory
{\ADD{
as
I
return
to
the
earth}}.
\VS{31}I
will
send
my
angels
{\ADD{
to
the
earth}}
from
everywhere
in
the
heavens.
{\ADD{
They
will
be}}
blowing
trumpets
loudly.
{\ADD{
Then}}
from
throughout
the
whole
earth [DOU]
they
will
gather
the
people
whom
I
have
chosen.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
his
disciples
how
to
know
when
the
time
of
his
return
was
near.
\par }{\SR Matthew 24:32-35
\par }{\PP \VS{32}“{\ADD{
Now}}
I
{\ADD{
want
you
to}}
learn
something
{\ADD{
from}}
this
parable
about
{\ADD{
how}}
fig
trees
{\ADD{
grow}}.
{\ADD{
In
this
area}},
when
the
buds
{\ADD{
of
a
fig
tree}}
become
tender
and
its
leaves
begin
to
sprout,
you
know
that
summer
is
near.
\VS{33}Similarly,
when
you
see
all
these
things
that
I
{\ADD{
have
just
described happening}},
you
will
know
that
{\ADD{
the
time
for
me
to
return}}
is
very
close [MET].
\VS{34}Keep
this
in
mind:
All
of
these
events
will
happen
before
all
the
people
who
have
observed
the
things
that
I
have
done
have
died.
\VS{35}{\ADD{
You
can
be
certain
that
these}}
things
that
I
have
told
{\ADD{
you}}
about
will
happen.
You
can
be
more
certain
of
that
than
you
can
be
certain
that
the
earth
and
sky [LIT]
will
continue
to exist.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
his
disciples
to
be
ready
because
they
do
not
know
the
time
of
his
return.
\par }{\SR Matthew 24:36-44
\par }{\PP \VS{36}“But
neither
I,
nor
any
other
person,
nor
any
angel
in
heaven,
knows
either
the
day
or
the
hour
{\ADD{
when
the
things
that
I
have
told
you
about
will
happen}}.
Only
{\ADD{
God,
my}}
Father,
{\ADD{
knows}}.
\VS{37-39}It
will
be
like
what
happened
when
Noah
lived.
Until
the
flood
came,
{\ADD{
the
people}}
did
not
know
that
{\ADD{
anything
bad
would
happen}}
to
them.
Before
the
flood
waters
covered
the
earth,
{\ADD{
the
people}}
were
eating
and
drinking
{\ADD{
as
usual}}.
Some
men
were
marrying
women
and
{\ADD{
some
parents}}
were
giving
their
daughters
to
men
to
marry
them.
They
were
doing
all
this
until
the
day
that
Noah
{\ADD{
and
his
family}}
entered
the
big
boat.
And
then
the
flood
came
and
drowned
all
{\ADD{
those
who
were
not
in
the
boat}}.
Similarly,
{\ADD{
the unbelieving
people
will
not
know}}
when
{\ADD{
I,
the
one
who
came
from
heaven}},
will
return,
{\ADD{
and
they
will
not}}
be
{\ADD{expecting
me}}.
\VS{40}When
I
{\ADD{
return}},
I
{\ADD{
will
not
take
all
people
up
to
heaven.
I
will
take
only
those
who
trust
in
me.
For
example}},
two
{\ADD{
people}}
will
be
in
the
fields.
One
of
them
will
be
taken $\{${\ADD{
I}}
will
take
one
of
them$\}$
up
{\ADD{
to
heaven}}
and
the
other
{\ADD{
person}}
will
be
left $\{$and
I
will
leave
the
other
{\ADD{
person}}$\}$
{\ADD{
here
to
be
punished}}.
\VS{41}{\ADD{
Similarly}},
two
{\ADD{
women}}
will
be
at
the
mill
grinding
grain.
One
of
them
will
be
taken
up
{\ADD{
to
heaven}}
and
the
other
will
be
left.
\VS{42}So,
because
you
do
not
know
what
day
{\ADD{
I}},
your
Lord,
will
return
{\ADD{
to
the
earth}},
you
need
to
be
ready
{\ADD{
for
me
to
return
at
any
time}}.
\VS{43}You
know
that
if
the
owners
of
a
house
knew
at
what
time
in
the
night
thieves
would
come,
they
would
be
awake
and
prevent
the
thieves
from
breaking
into
their
houses.
Similarly,
I
{\ADD{
will
come
just
like
unexpectedly
as
a
thief}}.
\VS{44}So
you
need
to
be
ready
{\ADD{
for
my
return}},
because
{\ADD{
I}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
will
return
{\ADD{
to
the
earth}}
at
a
time
when
you
do
not
expect
{\ADD{
me
to
come}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
a
parable
to
warn
his
disciples
not
to
act
wickedly,
thinking
that
he
would
not
return
soon.
\par }{\SR Matthew 24:45-51
\par }{\PP \VS{45}“Think
about
what
every
faithful
and
wise
servant
is
like [RHQ].
The
house
owner
appoints
one
servant
to
supervise
the
other
servants.
He
tells
him
to
give
them
food
at
the
proper
times.
{\ADD{
Then
he
leaves
on
a
long
trip}}.
\VS{46}If
that
servant
is
doing
that
{\ADD{
work}}
when
the
house
owner
returns,
{\ADD{
the
house
owner}}
will
be
very
pleased
with
him.
\VS{47}Think
about
this:
The
house
owner
will
appoint
{\ADD{
that
one
servant}}
to
be
the
supervisor
of
all
his
possessions.
\VS{48}But
a
wicked
servant
might
say
to
himself, ‘The
owner
{\ADD{
has
been
away}}
for
a
long
time,
{\ADD{
so
he probably}}
will
not
return
soon
{\ADD{
and
find
out
what
I
am
doing.’}}
\VS{49}{\ADD{
So
he}}
will
begin
to
beat
the
other
servants
and
eat
and
get
drunk.
\VS{50}{\ADD{
Then}}
the
house
owner
will
come
back
at
a
time
when
the
servant
does
not
expect
him [DOU].
\VS{51}He
will
punish
that
servant
severely [HYP], (OR,
cut
that
servant
into
two
pieces)
and
he
will
put
him
where ◄the
hypocrites/the
ones
who
only
pretended
to
be
good►
are
put.
In
that
place
the
people
cry
and
grind
their
teeth
{\ADD{
because
they
suffer
very
much}}.”

\par }\Chap{25}{\SH Jesus taught in a parable that his disciples should always be ready for his return.
\par }{\SR Matthew 25:1-13
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Jesus
continued
by
saying, “I
will
tell
you
something
else
about
the
time
when
I
return
from}}
heaven
as
king [MET].
{\ADD{
What
will
happen
to
many
people
who
say
that
they
know
me
will
be}}
like
{\ADD{
what
happened
to}}
ten
virgins
who
took
their lanterns
and
went
to
the
place
where
they
would
meet
a
bridegroom
{\ADD{
and
go
to
his
wedding
celebration}}.
\VS{2}Five
of
the
virgins
were
foolish
and
five
of
them
were
wise.
\VS{3}The
{\ADD{
virgins}}
who
were
foolish
took
their lanterns,
but
they
did
not
take
any
{\ADD{
extra
olive}}
oil
{\ADD{
for}}
the lantern.
\VS{4}But
the
{\ADD{
virgins}}
who
were
wise
took
oil
in
their flasks
as
well
as
in
their lanterns.
\VS{5}The
bridegroom
was
delayed,
{\ADD{
and
it
became
late
at
night}}.
So
all
the
virgins
became sleepy
and
fell
asleep.
\VS{6}In
the
middle
of
the
night
someone
{\ADD{
woke
them
up
by}}
shouting, ‘Hey!
The
bridegroom
{\ADD{
is
arriving}}!
Go
outside
and
meet
him!’
\VS{7}So
all
the
virgins
got
up
and
trimmed
their lantern wicks
{\ADD{
so
that
they
would
burn
properly}}.
\VS{8}The
foolish
virgins
said
to
the
wise
ones, ‘Give
us
some
of
your
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil,
because
our lanterns
are
about
to
go
out!’
\VS{9}The
wise
virgins
replied, ‘{\ADD{
No,
because}}
there
might
not
be
enough
oil
for
our lanterns
and
for
yours.
Go
to
a
store
and
buy
some
for
yourselves!’
\VS{10}But
while
{\ADD{
the
foolish
virgins}}
were
going
to
buy
{\ADD{
some
oil}},
the
bridegroom
arrived.
So
the
{\ADD{
wise
virgins}},
who
were
ready,
went
with
the
bridegroom
to
the
wedding
hall
{\ADD{
where
the
bride
was
waiting}}.
Then
the
door
was
closed $\{$someone
closed
the
door
{\ADD{
of
that
hall}}$\}$.
\VS{11}Later,
the
rest
of
the
virgins
came
{\ADD{
to
the
hall}}
and
they
called
{\ADD{
to
the
bridegroom}}, ‘Sir,
open
{\ADD{
the
door}}
for
us!’
\VS{12}But
he
said
{\ADD{
to
them}}, ‘The
truth
is
that
I
do
not
know
you,
so
I
{\ADD{
will
not
open
the
door
for
you}}!’ ”
\VS{13}{\ADD{
Then
Jesus
continued
by
saying}}, “So,
in
order
that
{\ADD{
this
will
not
happen
to
you}},
keep expecting
{\ADD{
that
I
will
return}},
because
you
do
not
know
when [MTY]
{\ADD{
it
will
be}}.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
a
parable
to
teach
his
disciples
about
making
good
use
of
what
God
has
given
them.
\par }{\SR Matthew 25:14-30
\par }{\PP \VS{14}“{\ADD{
When
I
return
from
heaven
as
king,
I
will
deal
with
those
who
say
that
they
have
been
serving
me
like}}
a
man
who
was
about
to
go
on
a
long
journey
dealt
with
his
servants.
He
called
them
together
and
gave
them
each
some
of
his
wealth
{\ADD{
to invest
and
gain
more
money
for
him}}.
\VS{15}He
gave
them
money
according
to
their
ability
{\ADD{
to
take
care
of
it}}.
{\ADD{
For
example}},
he
gave
one
servant 5,000 dollars,
he
gave
another
servant 2,000 dollars,
and
he
gave
another
servant 1,000 dollars.
Then
he
left
on
his
journey.
\VS{16}The
servant
who
had
received 5,000 dollars
went
immediately
and
used
that
money
to
gain 5,000 dollars
more.
\VS{17}Similarly,
the
servant
who
had
{\ADD{
received}} 2,000 dollars
gained
two
{\ADD{
thousand dollars}}
more.
\VS{18}But
the
servant
who
had
received
one
{\ADD{
thousand dollars}}
went
and
dug
a
hole
in
the
ground
and
hid
the
money
there
{\ADD{
to
keep
it
safe}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}After
a
long
time
the
servants’ boss
returned.
He
{\ADD{
called
them
together
to}}
find
out
what
they
had
done
with
his
money.
\VS{20}The
servant
who
had
received 5,000 dollars
brought
two
{\ADD{
bags,
each
containing}} 5,000 dollars.
He
said, ‘Boss,
you
gave
me 5,000 dollars
to
take
care
of.
Look,
I
have
gained 5,000
more!’
\VS{21}His boss
replied, ‘{\ADD{
You
are
a
very}}
good
and
faithful
servant!
{\ADD{
You
have}}
done
{\ADD{
very}}
well!
You
have
faithfully
handled
a
small
{\ADD{
amount
of
money}},
so
I
will
put
you
in
charge
of
a
lot
of
things.
Come
and
be
happy
with
me!’
\par }{\PP \VS{22}The
servant
who
had
{\ADD{
received}} 2,000 dollars
also
came
and
said, ‘Boss,
you
gave
me 2,000 dollars
to
take
care
of.
Look,
I
have
gained 2,000
more!’
\VS{23}His boss
replied, ‘You
are
a
{\ADD{
very}}
good
and
faithful
servant!
You
have
done
very
well!
You
have
faithfully
handled
a
small
{\ADD{
amount
of
money}},
so
I
will
put
you
in
charge
of
a
lot
of
things.
Come
and
be
happy
with
me!’
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Then
the
servant
who
had
received 1,000 dollars
came.
He
said, ‘Boss,
I
{\ADD{
was
afraid
of
you}}.
I
knew
that
you
are
a
man
who
does
not
do
foolish
things
with
his
money.
{\ADD{
You
even}}
take
{\ADD{
from
others
money}}
that
does
not
really
belong
to
you,
{\ADD{
like
a
farmer
who}}
harvests
{\ADD{
grain
from
another
man’s
field}}
where
he
did
not
even
plant
{\ADD{
the
seeds}}.
\VS{25}So
because
I
was
afraid
{\ADD{
of
what
you
would
do
to
me
if
I
did
not
make
a
profit
from
my
business}},
I
went
out
and
hid
your 1,000 dollars
in
the
ground
{\ADD{
to
keep
it
safe}}.
Here,
this
is
{\ADD{
the
money}}
that
belongs
to
you!’
\VS{26}His boss
replied, ‘You
wicked,
lazy
servant! ◄You
knew
that
I
take
{\ADD{
from
others
money}}
that
does
not
really
belong
to
me,
{\ADD{
like
a
farmer
who}}
harvests
{\ADD{
grain
from
another
man’s
field}}
where
I
did
not
even
plant
{\ADD{
the
seeds}}!/Did
you
not
know
that
I
{\ADD{
take
from
others
money
that
does
not
really
belong
to
me,
like
a
farmer}}
who
harvests
{\ADD{
grain
from
another
man’s
field}}
where
I
did
not
even
plant
{\ADD{
the
seeds}}?► [RHQ]
\VS{27}So
then,
you
should
have
put
my
money
{\ADD{
on
deposit}}
in
a
bank,
so
that
when
I
returned
I
would
get
it
back
with
the
interest
{\ADD{
it earned}}!’
\VS{28}{\ADD{
Then
the boss
said
to
his
other
servants}}, ‘Take
the 1,000 dollars
from
him,
and
give
it
to
{\ADD{
the
servant}}
who
has
the 10,000 dollars!
\VS{29}To
those
who
{\ADD{
use
well
what}}
they
have
{\ADD{
received,
God}}
will
give
more,
and
they
will
have
plenty.
But
from
those
who
{\ADD{
do}}
not
{\ADD{
use
well
what
they
have
received}},
even
what
they
{\ADD{
already}}
have
will
be
taken
away.
\VS{30}Furthermore,
throw
that
worthless
servant
outside,
into
the
darkness,
where
he
will
be
{\ADD{
with
those
who
are}}
wailing
and
gnashing
their
teeth
{\ADD{
because
they
are
in
much
pain}}.’ ”
\par }{\SH Jesus
told
a
parable
about
how
he
will
judge
between
those
who
have
shown
kindness
to
others
and
those
who
have
not.
\par }{\SR Matthew 25:31-46
\par }{\PP \VS{31}“When
I,
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
come
again,
I
will
be
very
radiant
and
{\ADD{
bring}}
all
my
angels
with
me.
Then
I
will
sit
as
a
king
on
my
wonderful
throne
{\ADD{
to
judge
people}}.
\VS{32}People
from
all
nations [MTY]
will
be
gathered
in
front
of
me $\{${\ADD{
The
angels}}
will
gather
in
front
of
me
people
from
all
nations$\}$.
Then
I
will
separate
them,
one
from
another,
as
a
shepherd
separates
his
sheep
from
his
goats.
\VS{33}I
will
put
{\ADD{
the
righteous
people}}
on
my
right
and
{\ADD{
the
unrighteous
ones
on
my
left,
as
a}}
shepherd
puts
sheep
{\ADD{
on
one
side}}
and
goats
{\ADD{
on
the
other
side}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Then
I
will
say
to
those
on
my
right, ‘You
people
who
have
been
blessed
by
my
Father $\{$whom
my
Father
has
blessed$\}$,
come!
From
the
time
he
created
the
world,
he
has
been
preparing
to
allow
you
to
{\ADD{
receive
the
blessings
that
he
will
give
to
all
those}}
who
let
him
rule
their
lives.
{\ADD{
Now
is
the
time
for}}
you
to
receive
{\ADD{
those
blessings}}
\VS{35}{\ADD{
They
belong
to
you}},
because
you
gave
me
something
to
eat
when
I
was
hungry. (OR,
{\ADD{
They
belong
to
you}}.
It
is
as
though
you
gave
me
something
to
eat
when
I
was
hungry.)
You
gave
me
something
to
drink
when
I
was
thirsty.
When
I
was
a
stranger
{\ADD{
in
your
town}},
you
invited
me
{\ADD{
to
stay}}
in
{\ADD{
your
houses}}.
\VS{36}When
I
needed
clothes [MTY],
you
gave
me
some.
When
I
was
sick,
you
took
care
of
me.
When
I
was
in
prison,
you
came
to
visit
me.’
\par }{\PP \VS{37}Then
the
righteous
people
will
reply, ‘Lord,
when
were
you
hungry
and
we
saw
you
and
gave
you
something
to
eat?
When
were
you
thirsty
and
we
gave
you
something
to
drink?
\VS{38}When
were
you
a
stranger
{\ADD{
in
our
town}}
and
we
invited
you
{\ADD{
to
stay}}
in
{\ADD{
our
houses}}?
When
did
you
need
clothes
and
we
gave
you
some?
\VS{39}When
were
you
sick
or
in
prison
and
we
went
to
visit
you?’
{\ADD{
We
do
not
remember
doing
any
of
these
things
for
you}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{40}I
will
reply, ‘The
truth
is
that
whatever
you
did
for
any
one
of
your
fellow believers,
even
an unimportant
one,
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
you
did
it
for
me.’
\par }{\PP \VS{41}Then
I
will
say
to
those
on
my
left, ‘You
people
who
have
been
cursed
{\ADD{
by
God}} $\{$whom
God
has
cursed$\}$,
leave
me!
Go
into
the
eternal
fire
that
God
has
prepared
for ◄the
devil/Satan►
and
his
angels!
\VS{42}{\ADD{
It
is
right
for
you
to
go
there}},
because
you
did
not
give
me
anything
to
eat
when
I
was
hungry.
You
did
not
give
me
anything
to
drink
when
I
was
thirsty.
\VS{43}You
did
not
invite
me
into
{\ADD{
your
homes}}
when
I
was
a
stranger
{\ADD{
in
your
town}}.
You
did
not
give
me
any
clothes
when
I
needed
them [MTY].
You
did
not
take
care
of
me
when
I
was
sick
or
in
prison.’
\par }{\PP \VS{44}They
will
answer, ‘Lord,
when
were
you
hungry
or
thirsty
or
a
stranger
or needing
clothes
or
sick
or
in
prison,
and
we
did
not
help
you?’
\par }{\PP \VS{45}I
will
reply, ‘The
truth
is
that
whenever
you
did
not
do
anything
to
help
any
one
of
{\ADD{
my
people}},
{\ADD{
even
if
they
were}} unimportant
people,
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
you
did
not
do
anything
{\ADD{
to
help}}
me.’
\par }{\PP \VS{46}Then
those
people
{\ADD{
on
my
left}}
will
go
away
to
the
place
where
{\ADD{
they}}
will
be
punished $\{${\ADD{
God}}
will
punish
them$\}$
eternally,
but
the
righteous
people
will
go
to
where
they
will
live
forever
{\ADD{
with
God}}.”

\par }\Chap{26}{\SH Jesus told his disciples of his coming arrest. The Jewish leaders planned how to seize Jesus.
\par }{\SR Matthew 26:1-5
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Jesus
had
finished
{\ADD{
saying}}
all
those
things,
he
said
to
{\ADD{
us}}
disciples,
\VS{2}“You
know
that
two
days
from
now
{\ADD{
we
will
celebrate}}
the
Passover
{\ADD{
festival}}.
{\ADD{
At
that
time}}
I,
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
will
be
handed
over
to $\{$they
will
put
me,
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
into
the
hands
of$\}$
those
who
will
nail
me
to
a
cross.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}At
the
same
time
the
chief
priests
and
the
Jewish
elders
gathered
in
the
home
of
the
high
priest,
whose
name
was
Caiaphas.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
There}}
they
plotted
how
they
could
seize
Jesus
in
some
deceitful
way
so
that
they
could
have
him
executed.
\VS{5}But
they
said, “{\ADD{
We
must}}
not
{\ADD{
do
it}}
during
the
{\ADD{
Passover}}
festival,
because
{\ADD{
if
we
do
it
then}},
the
people
might
riot.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
commended
a
woman
for
showing
her appreciation
of
him.
\par }{\SR Matthew 26:6-13
\par }{\PP \VS{6}While
Jesus
{\ADD{
and
we}}
were
in Bethany
{\ADD{
village}}
in
the
home
of
Simon,
whom
{\ADD{
Jesus
had
healed
of}}
leprosy,
\VS{7}a
woman
came
to
him.
She
{\ADD{
was
carrying}}
a
stone
jar
{\ADD{
containing}}
very
expensive
perfume.
{\ADD{
To
show
how
much
she appreciated}}
Jesus,
she
poured
the
perfume
on
his
head
as
he
was
eating.
\VS{8}When
{\ADD{
we}}
disciples
saw
that,
{\ADD{
some
of
us}}
were
angry.
{\ADD{
One
of
us}}
said, “◄It
is
terrible
that
this
perfume
was
wasted!/Why
was
this
perfume
wasted?► [RHQ]
\VS{9}{\ADD{
We}}
could
have
sold
it
and
gotten
a
lot
of
money
for
it!
Then
the
money
could
have
been
given $\{${\ADD{
we}}
could
have
given
the
money$\}$
to
poor
people.”
\VS{10}Jesus
knew
{\ADD{
what
we
were
saying.
So
he}}
said
to
us, “◄You
should
not
be
bothering
this
woman!/Why
are
you
bothering
this
woman?► [RHQ]
She
has
done
a
beautiful
thing
to
me.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
Keep
in
mind
that}}
you
will
always
have
poor
people
among
you,
{\ADD{
so
you
can
help
them
whenever
you
want
to}}.
But
I
will
not
always
be
with
you,
{\ADD{
so
it
is
good
for
her
to
show
now
that
she appreciates
me!}}
\VS{12}When
she
poured
this
perfume
on
my
body,
{\ADD{
it
was
as
if
she
knew
that
I
am
going
to
die
soon.
And
it
is
as
if
she}}
has
anointed
my
body
for
being
buried.
\VS{13}I
will
tell
you
this:
Wherever
this
good
message
{\ADD{
about
me}}
is
preached $\{$people
preach
this
good
message
about
me$\}$
throughout
the
world,
those
who
preach
it
will
tell
what
this
woman
has
done,
{\ADD{
and
as
a
result}}
people
will
{\ADD{
always}}
remember
her.”
\par }{\SH Judas
agreed
to
betray
Jesus
for 30
silver coins.
\par }{\SR Matthew 26:14-16
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
Judas
Iscariot (OR,
Judas,
the
man
from
Kerioth
{\ADD{
Town}}),
{\ADD{
even
though
he
was}}
one
of
{\ADD{
us}}
twelve
{\ADD{
disciples}},
went
to
the
chief
priests.
\VS{15}He
asked
them, “If
I
enable
you
to
seize
{\ADD{
Jesus}},
how
much
{\ADD{
money}}
are
you
willing
to
give
me?”
They
{\ADD{
agreed
to
give
him}} 30
silver coins.
So
they
counted
out
the coins
and
{\ADD{
gave
them}}
to
him.
\VS{16}From
that
time
Judas
watched
for
an
opportunity
to
enable
them
to
seize
{\ADD{
Jesus}}.
\par }{\SH Two
disciples
prepared
the
Passover
meal.
During
the
meal,
Jesus
said
that
Judas
would
betray
him.
\par }{\SR Matthew 26:17-25
\par }{\PP \VS{17}On
the
first
day
{\ADD{
of
the week-long
festival}} ◄when
{\ADD{
we
Jews
ate}}
bread
which
had
no
yeast
in
it/of
Unleavened
Bread►,
{\ADD{
we}}
disciples
went
to
Jesus
and
asked, “Where
do
you
want
us
to
prepare
{\ADD{
the
meal
for}}
the
Passover
{\ADD{
celebration}}
so
that
{\ADD{
we
can}}
eat
{\ADD{
it
with}}
you?”
\VS{18}{\ADD{
In
reply}},
he
{\ADD{
gave
instructions
to
two
disciples
about
where
they
should
go.
He}}
said
{\ADD{
to
them}}, “Go
into
{\ADD{
the
city}}
to
a
man
{\ADD{
with
whom
I
have
previously
arranged
this}}.
Tell
him
that
the
teacher
says, ‘The
time [MTY]
{\ADD{
that
I
told
you
about}}
is
near.
I
am
going
to
celebrate
the
Passover
{\ADD{
meal}}
with
my
disciples
at
your
house,
{\ADD{
and
I
have
sent
these
two
to
prepare
the
meal}}.’ ”
\VS{19}So
the
{\ADD{
two}}
disciples
did
as
Jesus
told
them.
They
{\ADD{
went
and}}
prepared
the
Passover
{\ADD{
meal
in
that
man’s
house}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}When
it
was
evening,
Jesus
was
eating
the
meal
with
{\ADD{
us}}
twelve
disciples.
\VS{21}While
we
were
eating,
he
said
{\ADD{
to
us}}, “Listen
carefully
to
this:
One
of
you
is
going
to
enable
{\ADD{
my
enemies}}
to
seize
me.”
\VS{22}{\ADD{
We}}
were
very
sad.
We
began
to
say
to
him,
one
after
the
other, “Lord, ◄it
is
surely
not
I!/I’m
not
the
one,
am
I?► [RHQ]”
\VS{23}He
replied, “The
one
who
will
enable
my
enemies
to
seize
me
is
one
of
you
who
is dipping
bread [MTY]
into
{\ADD{
the sauce
in}}
the
dish
along
with
me.
\VS{24}{\ADD{
It
is
certain
that}}
I,
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
will
{\ADD{
die}},
because
that
is
what
has
been
written $\{${\ADD{
the
prophets}}
have
written$\}$
about
me.
But
there
will
be
terrible
punishment
for
the
man
who enables
{\ADD{
my
enemies}}
to
seize
me!
It
would
be
better
for
that
man
if
he
had
never
been
born!”
\VS{25}Then
Judas,
the
one
who
was
going
to
betray
him,
said, “Teacher, ◄surely
it
is
not
I!/I’m
not
the
one,
am
I?► [RHQ]”
Jesus
replied, “Yes,
you
are
the
one.”
\par }{\SH Jesus
gave
the
disciples
the
bread
and
wine
to symbolize
his
coming
death.
\par }{\SR Matthew 26:26-30
\par }{\PP \VS{26}While
we
were
eating,
Jesus
took
{\ADD{
a
small
loaf
of}}
bread
and
thanked
God
for
it.
He
broke
it
{\ADD{
into
pieces}}
and
gave
it
to
{\ADD{
us}}
disciples,
and
said, “Take
this
{\ADD{
bread
and}}
eat
{\ADD{
it}}.
{\ADD{
It
represents}}
my
body.”
\VS{27}Later
he
took
a
cup
{\ADD{
of
wine}}
and
thanked
{\ADD{
God
for
it}}.
Then
he
gave
it
to
us,
saying, “Drink
some
{\ADD{
of
the
wine
in
this
cup}},
all
of
you.
\VS{28}{\ADD{
The
wine
in}}
this
cup
{\ADD{
represents}}
my
blood,
which
will
soon
flow
{\ADD{
from
my
body.
With}}
my
blood
I
{\ADD{
will
sign}}
the
new
agreement
{\ADD{
that
God
is
making}}
to
forgive
the
sins
of
many
{\ADD{
people}}.
\VS{29}Note
this
carefully:
I
will
not
drink
wine
in
this
way
anymore
until
the
time
when
I
drink
it
with
you
with
a
new
{\ADD{
meaning.
That
will
happen}}
when
my
Father
{\ADD{enables
me
to
begin}}
to
rule
as
king.”
\par }{\PP \VS{30}After
we
sang
a
hymn,
we
started
out towards
Olive
{\ADD{
Tree}}
Hill.
\par }{\SH Jesus
prophesied
that
Peter
would
deny
three
times
that
he
knew
Jesus.
\par }{\SR Matthew 26:31-35
\par }{\PP \VS{31}{\ADD{
On
the
way}},
Jesus
told
us, “This
night
all
of
you
will
desert
me
because
of
{\ADD{
what
will
happen
to}}
me!
{\ADD{
This
is
certain
to
happen}}
because
{\ADD{
these
words
that
God
said}}
are
written
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures:}} ‘I
will
{\ADD{
cause}}
the
shepherd
to
be
killed,
and
{\ADD{
all}}
the
sheep
will
be
scattered $\{$scatter$\}$.’
\VS{32}But
after
I
have
{\ADD{
died
and}}
become
alive
again,
I
will
go
ahead
of
you
to
Galilee
{\ADD{
district
and
meet
you
there}}.”
\VS{33}Peter
replied, “Perhaps
all
{\ADD{
the
other
disciples}}
will
desert
you
{\ADD{
when
they
see
what
happens
to
you}},
but
I
{\ADD{
certainly}}
will
never
{\ADD{
leave
you}}!”
\VS{34}Jesus
replied
to
him, “The
truth
is
that
this
very
night,
before
the
rooster
crows,
you
will
say
three
times
that
you
do
not
know
me!”
\VS{35}Peter
said
to
him, “Even
if
they
kill
me
{\ADD{
while
I
am
defending
you}},
I
will
never
say
that
I
do
not
know
you!”
All
{\ADD{
the
rest
of
us}}
disciples
also
said
the
same
{\ADD{
thing}}.
\par }{\SH While
the
disciples
slept,
Jesus
prayed
that
God
would
spare
him
from
the
coming
suffering.
\par }{\SR Matthew 26:36-46
\par }{\PP \VS{36}Then
Jesus
went
with
us
to
a
place
that
is
called $\{$that
people
call$\}$
Gethsemane.
There
he
said
to
{\ADD{
most
of}}
us, “Stay
here
while
I
go
over
there
and
pray.”
\VS{37}He
took
Peter, James,
and
John
with
him.
He
became
extremely
distressed.
\VS{38}Then
he
said
to
them, “I [SYN]
am
very
sorrowful,
so
much
so
that
I
{\ADD{
feel
as
if
I
were}}
about
to
die!
Remain
here
and
stay
awake
with
me!”
\VS{39}After
going
a
little
further,
he
threw
himself
face
down
{\ADD{
on
the
ground}}.
He
prayed, “My
Father,
if
it
is
possible [MTY],
do
not
make
me
have
to
endure
the
suffering
{\ADD{
that
is
coming}}
now.
But
do
not
do
as
I
want.
Instead,
do
as
you
want!”
\VS{40}Then
he
returned
to
the
{\ADD{
three}}
disciples
and
saw
that
they
were
sleeping.
He
{\ADD{
woke}}
Peter
and
said
to
him, “◄I
am
disappointed
that
you
{\ADD{
men
fell
asleep
and}}
were
not
able
to
stay
awake
with
me
for
just
a
short
time!/Why
were
you
men
not
able
to
stay
awake
with
me
for
just
one
hour?► [RHQ]
\VS{41}You
must
keep
alert
and
pray
so
that
you
can
resist
when
you
are
tempted $\{$something tempts
you$\}$.
You
want
{\ADD{
to
do
what
I
tell
you}},
but
you [SYN]
are
not
strong
enough
{\ADD{
to
actually
do
it}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{42}He
went
away
a
second
time.
He
prayed, “My
Father,
if
it
is
necessary
for
me
to
suffer [LIT],
may
what
you
want
happen!”
\par }{\PP \VS{43}When
he
returned
to
the
{\ADD{
three
disciples}},
he
saw
that
they
were
asleep
{\ADD{
again}}.
They
could
not
keep
their
eyes
open [IDM].
\VS{44}So
he
left
them
and
went
away
again.
He
prayed
the
third
time,
saying
the
same
thing
{\ADD{
that
he
had
prayed
before}}.
\VS{45}Then
he
returned
to
us
disciples.
He
{\ADD{
woke}}
us
{\ADD{
up
and}}
said
to
us, “◄I
am
disappointed
that
you
are
still
sleeping
and
resting!/Why
are
you
still
sleeping
and
resting?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
Look}}
Someone
is
about
to
enable
sinful
{\ADD{
men}}
to
seize
{\ADD{
me}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven!
\VS{46}Get
up!
Let’s
go
{\ADD{
to
meet
them}}
Here
comes
the
one
who
is enabling
them
to
seize
me!”
\par }{\SH After Judas
enabled
men
to
seize
Jesus,
Jesus ridiculed
them,
but
the
disciples
fled.
\par }{\SR Matthew 26:47-56
\par }{\PP \VS{47}While
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
was
still
speaking,
Judas
{\ADD{
arrived.
Even
though
he
was}}
one
of
{\ADD{
us}}
twelve
{\ADD{
disciples}},
he
came
{\ADD{
to
enable Jesus’
enemies
to
seize
him}}.
A
large
crowd
carrying
swords
and
clubs
was
with
him.
They
had
been
sent
by
the
chief
priests
and
elders $\{$the
chief
priests
and
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
elders
had
sent
them$\}$.
\VS{48}Judas
had
{\ADD{
previously}}
arranged
to
give
them
a
signal,
saying, “The
man
whom
I
will
kiss
is
the
one
{\ADD{
you
want}}.
Seize
him!”
\VS{49}He
immediately
went
to
Jesus
and
said, “Greetings,
Teacher!”
Then
he
kissed
Jesus
{\ADD{
on
the
neck/cheek}}.
\VS{50}Jesus
replied, “Friend,
is
it
{\ADD{
to
kiss
me}}
that
you
are
here?” (OR, “Do
what
you
have
come
for!”)
Then
{\ADD{
the
men
who
came
with Judas}}
stepped
forward
and
seized
Jesus.
\VS{51}Suddenly,
one
of
the
men
who
was
with
Jesus
pulled
his
sword
out
{\ADD{
of
its
sheath}}.
He
struck
the
servant
of
the
high
priest
{\ADD{
to
kill
him}},
{\ADD{
but
only}}
cut
off
his
ear.
\VS{52}Jesus
said
to
him, “Put
your
sword
back
in
its
sheath!
All
those
who
try
to
kill
others
with
a
sword
will
themselves
be
killed
with
a
sword!
\VS{53}Do
you
think
that [RHQ]
if
I
asked
my
Father,
he
would
not
immediately
send
more
than ◄twelve
armies
of/72,000►
angels
to
help
me?
\VS{54}{\ADD{
But
if
I
did
that,
what
the
prophets}}
have
written
in
the
Scriptures
{\ADD{
about
what
will
happen
to
the
Messiah}}
would
not
be
fulfilled $\{$happen$\}$ [RHQ].”
\par }{\PP \VS{55}At
that
time
Jesus
said
to
the
crowd
{\ADD{
that
was
seizing
him}}, “◄It
is ridiculous
that
you
have
come
{\ADD{
here}}
to
seize
me
with
swords
and
clubs,
as
{\ADD{
if
I
were}}
a bandit!/Have
you
come
here
to
seize
me
with
swords
and
clubs,
as
if
I
were
a bandit?► [RHQ]
Day
after
day
I
sat
in
the
Temple
{\ADD{
courtyard}},
teaching
{\ADD{
the
people}}.
Why
did
you
not
arrest
me
{\ADD{
then}}?
\VS{56}But
all
this
is
happening
to
fulfill
what
the
prophets
{\ADD{
have
written
in}}
the
Scriptures
{\ADD{
about
me}}.”
Then
all
of
us
disciples
deserted
Jesus
and
ran
away.
\par }{\SH Jesus
was
put
on
trial
before
the
Jewish
Council.
\par }{\SR Matthew 26:57-68
\par }{\PP \VS{57}The
men
who
had
seized
Jesus
took
him
{\ADD{
to
the
house
where}}
Caiaphas,
the
high
priest,
{\ADD{
lived}}.
The
men
who
taught
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
and
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
elders
had
already
gathered
{\ADD{
there}}.
\VS{58}Peter
followed
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
at
a
distance.
He
came
to
the
high
priest’s
courtyard.
He
entered
{\ADD{
the
courtyard}}
and
sat
down
with
the
guards
to
see
what
would
happen.
\par }{\PP \VS{59}The
chief
priests
and
the
rest
of
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
Council
were
trying
to
find
people
who
would
tell
lies
about
Jesus
so
that
they
could
{\ADD{convince
the Roman
authorities
to}}
execute
him.
\VS{60}But
even
though
many
people
spoke
lies
about
him,
they
did
not
find
anyone
{\ADD{
who
said
anything
that
was
useful}}.
Finally
two
men
came
forward
\VS{61}and
said, “This
man
said, ‘I
am
able
to
destroy
God’s
Temple
and
to
rebuild
it
within
three
days.’ ”
\VS{62}Then
the
high
priest
stood
up
and
said
to
Jesus, “Are
you
not
going
to
reply?
What
{\ADD{
do
you
say
about}}
these
things
that
they
are
saying
{\ADD{
to
accuse}}
you?”
\VS{63}But
Jesus
remained
silent.
Then
the
high
priest
said
to
him, “I
command
you
to
tell
us
{\ADD{
the
truth}},
knowing
that
the all-powerful
God
{\ADD{
is
listening
to
you}}:
Are
you
the
Messiah, ◄the
Son
of
God/the
man
who
is
also
God►?”
\VS{64}Jesus
replied, “Yes,
{\ADD{
it
is
as}}
you
say.
But
I
will
also
say
this
to
all
of
you:
Some
day
you
will
see
{\ADD{
me}},
the
one
who
came
from
heaven,
sitting
beside [MTY]
Almighty
{\ADD{
God}},
and
ruling.
You
will
also
see
me
coming
on
the
clouds
{\ADD{
from}}
heaven!”
\par }{\PP \VS{65}Then
the
high
priest
tore
his
outer
garment.
{\ADD{
That
was
the
custom
to
show
that
he
was
shocked
to
hear
Jesus
say
that
he
was
equal
to
God}}.
Then
he
said, “This
man
has
insulted
God!
He
claims
to
be
equal
with
God! ◄We
certainly
do
not
need
anyone
else
to
testify
{\ADD{
against
this
man}}!/Why
should
we
seek
any
more
people
who
will
testify
{\ADD{
against
this
man}}?► [RHQ]
You
heard
what
he
said!
\VS{66}What
have
you
decided?”
{\ADD{
The
Jewish
leaders}}
replied, “{\ADD{
According
to
our
laws}},
he
{\ADD{
is
guilty
and}}
deserves
to
be
executed!”
\VS{67}Then
{\ADD{
some
of
them}}
spat
in
his
face.
{\ADD{
Others}}
struck
him
with
their
fists.
Others,
{\ADD{
after
they blindfolded
him}},
slapped
him
\VS{68}and
said, “{\ADD{
Since
you
claim
that}} [IRO]
{\ADD{
you
are}}
the
Messiah,
tell
us
who
hit
you!”
\par }{\SH Peter
denied
three
times
that
he
knew
Jesus.
\par }{\SR Matthew 26:69-75
\par }{\PP \VS{69}Peter
was
sitting
outside
in
the
courtyard.
A
servant
girl
came
up
to
him
{\ADD{
and
looked
at
him}}.
She
said, “You
also
were
with
Jesus,
{\ADD{
that
man}}
from
Galilee
{\ADD{
district}}!”
\VS{70}But
while
everyone
there
was
listening,
he
denied
it.
He
said, “I
do
not
know
what
you
are
talking
about!”
\VS{71}Then
he
went
out
to
the
gateway
of
the
courtyard.
Another
servant
girl
saw
him
and
said
to
the
people
who
were
standing
nearby, “This
man
was
with
Jesus,
{\ADD{
the
man}}
from
Nazareth.”
\VS{72}But
{\ADD{
Peter}}
again
denied
it.
He
said, “May
God
punish
me
{\ADD{
if
I
am
lying}}!
I
{\ADD{
tell
you}},
I
do
not
even
know
that
man!”
\VS{73}After
a
little
while,
one
of
the
people
who
were
standing
there
approached
Peter
and
said
to
him, “It
is
certain
that
you
are
one
of
those
{\ADD{
who
were
with
that
man}}.
We
can
tell
from
your accent
that
you
{\ADD{
are
from
Galilee.”}}
\VS{74}Then
Peter
began
to
proclaim
loudly
that
God
should
curse
him
{\ADD{
if
he
was
lying}}.
He
asked
God
in
heaven
to
witness
{\ADD{
that
he
was
telling
the
truth}}
and
said, “I
do
not
know
that
man!”
Immediately
a
rooster
crowed.
\VS{75}Then
Peter
remembered
the
words
that
Jesus
had
spoken
{\ADD{
to
him}}, “Before
the
rooster
crows,
you
will
say
three
times
that
you
do
not
know
me.”
And
Peter
went
{\ADD{
out
of
the
courtyard}},
crying
because
he
was
very
sad
{\ADD{
about
what
he
had
done}}.

\par }\Chap{27}{\SH The Jewish religious leaders took Jesus to the Roman governor.
\par }{\SR Matthew 27:1-2
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Very
early
the
next
morning
all
the
chief
priests
and
Jewish
elders
decided
how
{\ADD{
to
arrange
for
the Romans}}
to
execute
Jesus.
\VS{2}They
tied
his
hands
and
took
him
to
Pilate,
the
{\ADD{Roman}}
governor.
\par }{\SH After Judas
returned
the
money
and
hanged
himself,
the
Jewish
leaders
bought
a
field
with
the
money,
in
fulfillment
of
prophecy.
\par }{\SR Matthew 27:3-10
\par }{\PP \VS{3}When
Judas,
the
one
who
had ◄betrayed/enabled Jesus’
enemies
to
seize►
him,
realized
that
they
had
decided
to
have
Jesus
executed,
he
was
very
sorry
{\ADD{
about
what
he
had
done}}.
He
took
the 30 coins
back
to
the
chief
priests
and
elders.
\VS{4}He
said, “I
have
sinned.
I
have ◄betrayed/enabled
you
to
seize►
a
man
who ◄is
innocent/has
not
done
anything
wrong►.”
They
replied, “◄That
means
nothing
to
us!/What
does
that
mean
to
us?► [RHQ]
That
is
your
problem!”
\VS{5}So Judas
{\ADD{
took}}
the
money
{\ADD{
and}}
threw
it
inside
the
Temple.
Then
he
went
away
and
hanged
himself.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}{\ADD{
Later}}
the
high
priests
{\ADD{
found}}
the coins.
They
picked
them
up
and
said, “This
is
money
that
we
paid
{\ADD{
to
have
a
man
killed}} [MTY],
and
our
law
does
not
allow
{\ADD{
such
money}}
to
be
put $\{$us
to
put
{\ADD{
such
money}}$\}$
into
the
{\ADD{
Temple
treasury}}.”
\VS{7}So
they
decided
to
use
that
money
to
buy
the
field
where
clay
was
dug
for
making
pots $\{$men
dug
ground
for
making
pots$\}$.
{\ADD{
They
made
that
field}}
a
place
where
they
buried
strangers
{\ADD{
who
died
in
Jerusalem}}.
\VS{8}That
is
why
that
place
is
still
called $\{$why
they
still
call
that
place$\}$ ‘The
field
of blood’.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
By
buying
that
field}},
they
fulfilled
these
words
that
the
prophet
Jeremiah
wrote
{\ADD{
long
ago}}:
\par }{\PP They
took
the 30
silver coins;
That
was
what
the
leaders
of
Israel
decided
{\ADD{
that
he
was
worth}};
\VS{10}and
with
that
money
they
bought
the
field
where
clay
was
dug
for
potters.
They
did
that
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
me.
\par }{\SH Jesus
was
put
on
trial
before
the
governor.
\par }{\SR Matthew 27:11-26
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Jesus
stood
in
front
of
{\ADD{
Pilate}},
the
governor.
The
governor
asked
Jesus, “Do
you
{\ADD{
claim
to
be}}
the
king
of
the
Jews?”
Jesus
replied, “{\ADD{
It
is}}
as
you
have
{\ADD{
just}}
said.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}When
he
was
accused
by
the
chief
priests
and
elders $\{$When
the
chief
priests
and
elders
accused
him$\}$
about
various
things,
he
did
not
answer.
\VS{13}So
Pilate
said
to
him, “You
hear
how
many
things
they
are
saying
to
accuse
you;
{\ADD{
are
you
not
going
to
reply}}?”
\VS{14}But
{\ADD{
even
though
he
was
not
guilty}},
Jesus
did
not
say
anything.
He
did
not
reply
to
any
of
the
things
about
which
they
were
accusing
him.
As
a
result,
the
governor
was
very
surprised.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}It
was
the
governor’s
custom
{\ADD{
each
year}}
during
the
{\ADD{
Passover}}
celebration
to
release
{\ADD{
one
person
who
was
in
prison}}.
{\ADD{
He
released}}
whichever
prisoner
the
people
wanted.
\VS{16}At
that
time
there
was
{\ADD{
in
Jerusalem}}
a well-known
prisoner
whose
name
was Barabbas.
\VS{17}So
when
the
crowd
gathered,
Pilate
asked
them, “Which
{\ADD{
prisoner}}
would
you
like
me
to
release
for
you: Barabbas,
or
Jesus,
whom
{\ADD{
some
of
you}}
claim
to
be
the
Messiah?”
\VS{18}{\ADD{
He
asked
that
question}}
because
he
realized
that
the
chief
priests
{\ADD{
wanted
to
have
Jesus
executed}}.
They
had
brought
Jesus
to
him
{\ADD{
only}}
because
they
were
jealous
of
Jesus.
{\ADD{
And
Pilate
thought
that
the
crowd
would
prefer
that
he
release
Jesus}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}While
Pilate
was
sitting
on
the
platform
{\ADD{
where
he
made}} judicial
{\ADD{
decisions}},
his
wife
sent
him
{\ADD{
this
message}}: “Early
this
morning
I
had
a
bad
dream
because
of
that
man.
So
do
not
condemn
that
righteous
man!”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}But
the
chief
priests
and
elders
persuaded
the
crowd
to
ask
{\ADD{Pilate
to}}
release Barabbas,
and
to
{\ADD{
order}}
that
Jesus
be
executed $\{$that
{\ADD{
his
soldiers}}
execute
Jesus$\}$.
\VS{21}So
when
the
governor
asked
them, “Which
of
the
two
men
do
you
want
me
to
release
for
you?”
They
replied, “Barabbas!”
\VS{22}Pilate,
{\ADD{
very
astonished}},
asked, “So
what
shall
I
do
with
Jesus
who
{\ADD{
some
of
you}}
say
is
the
Messiah?”
They
all
answered, “{\ADD{
Command
that}}
he
be
crucified! $\{${\ADD{
Command
your
soldiers}} ◄to
crucify
him/to
nail
him
to
a
cross►$\}$!”
\VS{23}Pilate
replied, “Why?
What
crime
has
he
committed?”
But
they
shouted
even
louder, “{\ADD{
Have}}
him
crucified $\{${\ADD{
Command
that
your
soldiers}}
crucify
him$\}$!”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Pilate
realized
that
he
was
accomplishing
nothing.
He
saw
that
instead,
the
people
were
starting
to
riot.
So
he
took
{\ADD{
a
basin
of}}
water
and
washed
his
hands
as
the
crowd
was
watching.
He
said, “{\ADD{
By
washing
my
hands
I
am
showing
you
that}}
if
this
man
dies [MTY],
it
is
{\ADD{
your}}
fault,
{\ADD{
not
mine}}!”
\VS{25}And
all
the
people
answered, “The
guilt
for
causing
him
to
die [MTY]
will
be
on
us,
and
it
will
be
on
our
children,
too!”
\VS{26}Then
he
{\ADD{
ordered
the
soldiers
to}}
release Barabbas
for
them.
But
he
{\ADD{
ordered
that
his
soldiers}}
flog
Jesus.
And
then
he
turned
Jesus
over
to
the
soldiers
for
them ◄to
nail
Jesus
to
a
cross/to
crucify
him►.
\par }{\SH The
soldiers
made fun
of
Jesus
before
taking
him
to
be
crucified.
\par }{\SR Matthew 27:27-31
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Then
the
governor’s
soldiers
took
Jesus
into
the
government headquarters.
The
whole ◄cohort/group
of
soldiers►
gathered
around
him.
\VS{28}They
pulled
off
{\ADD{
his
clothes}},
and
{\ADD{
pretending
he
was
a
king,
they}}
put
a
purple
robe
on
him.
\VS{29}They
{\ADD{
took
some
branches
with}}
thorns
and
wove
them
to
make
a
crown
and
put
it
on
his
head.
They
put
in
his
right
hand
a
reed
{\ADD{
like
a
staff
that
a
king
would
hold}}.
Then
they
knelt
in
front
of
him
and
made fun
of
him,
saying, “Hooray
for
the
king
of
the
Jews [IRO]!”
\VS{30}They
kept
spitting
on
him.
They
took
the
staff
and
kept
striking
him
on
the
head
with
it.
\VS{31}When
they
had
finished ridiculing
him,
they
pulled
off
the
robe
and
put
his
own
clothes
on
him.
Then
they
led
him
away
to
{\ADD{
the
place
where
they}}
would
nail
him
to
a
cross.
\par }{\SH Jesus
was
crucified,
along
with
two
bandits.
\par }{\SR Matthew 27:32-44
\par }{\PP \VS{32}{\ADD{
After
Jesus
carried
his
cross}}
a
short
distance,
{\ADD{
the
soldiers}}
saw
a
man
named
Simon,
{\ADD{
who
was}}
from
Cyrene
{\ADD{
city}}.
They
forced
him
to
carry
the
cross
for
Jesus.
\VS{33}They
came
to
a
place
called
Golgotha.
That
name
means ‘the
place
{\ADD{
like}}
a skull’.
\VS{34}When
{\ADD{
they
got
there}},
they
mixed
with
wine
something
that
tasted
very
bitter.
They
gave
it
to
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
to
drink
{\ADD{
so
that
he
would
not
feel
so
much
pain
when
they nailed
him
on
the
cross}}.
But
when
he
tasted
it,
he
refused
to
drink
it.
{\ADD{
Some
soldiers
took
his
clothes}}.
\VS{35}Then
they nailed
him
to
the
cross.
Afterwards,
they
divided
his
clothes
among
themselves
by gambling
with
something
like
dice
{\ADD{
to
decide
which
piece
of
clothing
each
one
would
get}}.
\VS{36}Then
the
soldiers
sat
down
there
to
guard
him,
{\ADD{
to
prevent
anyone
from
trying
to
rescue
him}}.
\VS{37}They
fastened
{\ADD{
to
the
cross}}
above
Jesus’
head
a
{\ADD{
sign
on
which
had
been}} $\{${\ADD{
they
had}}$\}$
written
why
{\ADD{
they}}
were nailing
him
to
the
cross.
{\ADD{
But
all}}
it
said
was, ‘This
is
Jesus,
the
King
of
the
Jews’.
\VS{38}Two
bandits
were
also nailed $\{$They
also nailed
two
bandits$\}$
on crosses.
One
was nailed
to
a
cross
on
the
right
side
{\ADD{
of
Jesus}}
and
one
to
a
cross
on
the
left
side.
\VS{39}The
people
who
were
passing
by
insulted
him
by
shaking
their
heads
{\ADD{
as
if
he
were
an
evil
man}}.
\VS{40}They
said, “You
{\ADD{
said
you}}
would
destroy
the
Temple,
and
then
you
would
build
it
again
within
three
days!
{\ADD{
So
if
you
could
do
that}},
you
{\ADD{
should
be
able
to}}
save
yourself!
If
you
are
the
man
who
is
also
God (OR,
If
you
are
the
Son
of
God),
come
down
from
the
cross!”
\par }{\PP \VS{41}Similarly,
the
chief
priests,
the
men
who
taught
the
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
laws
and
the
elders
made fun
of
him.
{\ADD{
Various
ones
of
them}}
said
things
like,
\VS{42}“He
{\ADD{
claims
that
he}}
saved
others [IRO]
{\ADD{
from
their
sicknesses}},
but
he
cannot
help
himself!” “He
{\ADD{
says
that
he}}
is [IRO]
the
King
of
Israel.
So
he
should
come
down
from
the
cross.
Then
we
would
believe
him!”
\VS{43}“He
{\ADD{
says
that
he}}
trusts
in
God,
and
that
he
is
the
man
who
is
also
God.
So
if
God
is
pleased
with
him,
God
should
rescue
him
now!”
\VS{44}And
the
{\ADD{
two}}
bandits
who
had
been
crucified
with
him
also
insulted
him,
saying
similar
things.
\par }{\SH When
Jesus
died
at
about
three o’clock,
several
unusual
events
occurred.
\par }{\SR Matthew 27:45-56
\par }{\PP \VS{45}At
noon
it
became
dark
over
the
whole
land.
{\ADD{
It
stayed
dark}}
until
three o’clock
{\ADD{
in
the
afternoon}}.
\VS{46}At
about
three o’clock
Jesus
shouted
loudly, “Eli,
Eli,
lama
sabachthani?”
That
means, ‘My
God,
my
God,
why
have
you
deserted
me?’
\VS{47}When
some
of
the
people
standing
there
heard
{\ADD{
the
word ‘Eli’, misunderstanding
it}},
they
said, “He
is
calling
for
{\ADD{
the
prophet}}
Elijah!”
\VS{48}Immediately
one
of
them
ran
and
got
a
sponge.
He
filled
it
with
sour
wine.
Then
he
put
the
sponge
on
{\ADD{
the
tip
of}}
a
reed
and
{\ADD{
held
it
up
in
order
that
Jesus}}
could
suck
out
{\ADD{
the
wine
that
was
in
it}}.
\VS{49}But
the
other
{\ADD{
people
there}}
said, “Wait!
Let’s
see
if
Elijah
comes
to
save
him!”
\VS{50}Then
after
Jesus
shouted
out
loudly
again,
he
died,
giving
his
spirit
over
{\ADD{
to
God}}.
\VS{51}At
that
moment
the
{\ADD{
heavy
thick}}
curtain
{\ADD{
that
closed
off
the
most
holy
place}}
in
the
Temple
split
into
two
pieces
from
top
to
bottom.
{\ADD{
That signified
that
ordinary
people
could
now
go
into
the
presence
of
God}}.
The
earth
shook,
and
{\ADD{
some
large}}
rocks
split
open.
\VS{52}{\ADD{
Some}}
tombs
opened
up,
and
the
bodies
of
many
godly
people
who
had
died
became
alive
again.
\VS{53}They
came
out
of
the
tombs,
and
after
Jesus
became
alive
again,
they
went
into
Jerusalem
and
appeared
to
many
people
{\ADD{
there}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{54}The
officer
who
supervised
the
soldiers
{\ADD{
who nailed
Jesus
to
the
cross
was
standing
nearby}}.
His
soldiers
who
had
been
on
guard
{\ADD{
so
that
no
one
would
rescue}}
Jesus
{\ADD{
were
also
there}}.
When
they
{\ADD{
felt}}
the
earthquake
and
saw
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
things
that
happened,
they
were
terrified.
They
exclaimed, “Truly
he
was
both
man
and
God! (OR,
a
Son
of
God).”
\par }{\PP \VS{55}Many
women
were
there,
watching
from
a
distance.
They
were
women
who
had
accompanied
Jesus
from
Galilee
{\ADD{
district}}
in
order
to
provide
the
things
he
needed.
\VS{56}Among
these
women
were
Mary
from Magdala
{\ADD{
town}},
{\ADD{
another}}
Mary
who
was
the
mother
of
James
and
Joseph,
and
the
mother
of
James
and
John.
\par }{\SH Jesus
was
buried.
\par }{\SR Matthew 27:57-61
\par }{\PP \VS{57}When
it
was
{\ADD{
almost}}
evening,
a
rich
man
named
Joseph
came
{\ADD{
there}}.
He
was
from Arimathea
{\ADD{
town}}.
He
also
was
a
disciple
of
Jesus.
\VS{58}He
then
went
to
Pilate
and
asked
Pilate
to
{\ADD{
allow
him
to
take}}
the
body
of
Jesus
{\ADD{
and
bury
it}}.
Pilate
ordered
that
{\ADD{
he}}
be
allowed
to $\{${\ADD{
his
soldiers}}
let
{\ADD{
Joseph}}$\}$
take
{\ADD{
the
body}}.
\VS{59}So
Joseph
{\ADD{
and
others}}
took
the
body
and
wrapped
it
in
a
clean
white
cloth.
\VS{60}Then
they
placed
it
in
Joseph’s
own
new
tomb
that
had
been
dug
out
of
the
rock
{\ADD{
cliff}}.
They
rolled
a
huge
{\ADD{
circular
flat}}
stone
in
front
of
the
entrance
to
the
tomb.
Then
they
left.
\VS{61}Mary
from Magdala
and
the
other
Mary
were
sitting
there
opposite
the
tomb,
{\ADD{
watching}}.
\par }{\SH The religious
leaders
arranged
for Jesus’
tomb
to
be
sealed
and
guarded.
\par }{\SR Matthew 27:62-66
\par }{\PP \VS{62}The
next
day
was Saturday,
the
Jewish
day
of
rest.
The
chief
priests
and
{\ADD{
some
of}}
the
Pharisees
went
to
Pilate.
\VS{63}They
said, “Sir,
we
remember
that
while
that
deceiver
was
still
alive,
he
said, ‘Three
days
after
I
{\ADD{
die
I}}
will
become
alive
again.’
\VS{64}So
we
ask
you
to
order
that
the
tomb
be
guarded $\{$that
{\ADD{
soldiers}}
guard
the
tomb$\}$
for
three
days.
If
you
do
not
do
that,
his
disciples
may
come
and
steal
the
body.
Then
they
will
tell
people
that
he
has
risen
from
the
dead.
If
they
deceive
{\ADD{
people
by
saying
that}},
it
will
be
worse
than
the
way
he
deceived
people
before
{\ADD{
by
saying
that
he
was
the
Messiah}}.”
\VS{65}Pilate
replied, “You
{\ADD{
can}}
take
some
soldiers.
Go
to
the
tomb
and
make
it
as
secure
as
you
know
how.”
\VS{66}So
they
went
and
made
the
tomb
secure
by
{\ADD{fastening
a
cord
from}}
the
stone
{\ADD{
that
was
in
front
of
the
entrance
to
the
rock
cliff
on
each
side}}
and
sealing
it.
They
also
{\ADD{
left
some
soldiers
there
to}}
guard
{\ADD{
the
tomb}}.

\par }\Chap{28}{\SH After an angel appeared to several women and showed them the tomb was empty, Jesus appeared to them.
\par }{\SR Matthew 28:1-10
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After ◄the
Sabbath/the
Jewish
day
of
rest►
{\ADD{
ended}},
on Sunday
morning
at
dawn,
Mary
from Magdala
and
the
other
Mary
went
to
look
at
the
tomb.
\VS{2}Suddenly
there
was
a
strong
earthquake.
{\ADD{
At
the
same
time}}
an
angel
from
God
came
down
from
heaven.
He
{\ADD{
went
to
the
tomb
and}}
rolled
the
stone
away
{\ADD{
from
the
entrance
so
that
everyone
could
see
that
the
tomb
was
empty}}.
Then
he
sat
on
the
stone.
\VS{3}His
appearance
was
{\ADD{
as
bright}} [SIM]
as
lightning,
and
his
clothes
were
as
white
as
snow.
\VS{4}The
guards
shook
because
they
were
very
afraid.
Then
they
became
{\ADD{
completely
motionless}},
as
though
they
were
dead.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
angel
said
to
the
two
women, “You
should
not
be
afraid!
I
know
that
you
are
looking
for
Jesus,
who
was $\{$whom
they$\}$ ◄nailed
to
a
cross/crucified►.
\VS{6}He
is
not
here!
{\ADD{
God}}
has ◄caused
him
to
be
alive
again/raised
him
{\ADD{
from
the
dead}}►,
just
like
{\ADD{
Jesus}}
told
you
{\ADD{
would
happen!}}
Come
and
see
the
place
where
his
body
lay!
\VS{7}Then
go
quickly
and
tell
his
disciples, ‘He
has
risen
from
the
dead!
He
will
go
ahead
of
you
to
Galilee
{\ADD{
district}}.
You
will
see
him
there.’
{\ADD{
Pay
attention
to
what}}
I
have
told
you!”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So
the
women
left
the
tomb
quickly.
They
were
afraid,
but
they
were
{\ADD{
also}}
very
joyful.
They
ran
to
tell
us
disciples
{\ADD{
what
had
happened}}.
\VS{9}Suddenly,
{\ADD{
as
they
were
running}},
Jesus
appeared
to
them.
He
said, “Greetings!”
The
women
came
close
to
him.
They
knelt
down
and clasped
his
feet
and
worshipped
him.
\VS{10}Then
Jesus
said
to
them, “Do
not
be
afraid!
Go
and
tell ◄all
my
disciples/all
those
who
have
been
accompanying
me►
that
they
should
go
to
Galilee.
They
will
see
me
there.”
\par }{\SH What
the
guards
were
told
to
tell
people
about
why
Jesus’
body
was
gone.
\par }{\SR Matthew 28:11-15
\par }{\PP \VS{11}While
the
women
were
going,
some
of
the
soldiers
who
had
been
guarding
{\ADD{
the
tomb}}
went
into
the
city.
They
reported
to
the
chief
priests
everything
that
had
happened.
\VS{12}So
the
chief
priests
and
Jewish
elders
met
together.
They
made
a
plan
{\ADD{
to
explain
why
the
tomb
was
empty}}.
They
gave
the
soldiers
a
lot
of
money
{\ADD{
as
a
bribe}}.
\VS{13}They
said, “Tell
people, ‘His
disciples
came
during
the
night
and
stole
his
{\ADD{
body}}
while
we
were
sleeping.’
\VS{14}If
the
governor
hears [MTY]
about
this,
we
ourselves
will
make
sure
that
he
does
not
get
angry
{\ADD{
and
punish
you}}.
{\ADD{
So
you
will
not
have
to
worry}}.”
\VS{15}So
the
soldiers
took
the
money
and
did
as
they
were
told $\{$as
{\ADD{
the
chief
priests
and
elders}}
told
them$\}$.
And
this
story
has
been
told $\{$People
have
told
this
story$\}$
among
the
Jews
to
the
very
day
{\ADD{
that
I
am
writing}}
this.
\par }{\SH Jesus
appeared
to
the apostles
in
Galilee
and
gave
them
final
instructions.
\par }{\SR Matthew 28:16-20
\par }{\PP \VS{16}{\ADD{
Later
we}}
eleven
{\ADD{
disciples}}
went
to
Galilee
{\ADD{
district}}.
We
went
to
the
mountain
where
Jesus
had
told
{\ADD{
us}}
to
go.
\VS{17}We
saw
him
{\ADD{
there}}
and
worshipped
him.
But
some
of
{\ADD{
us}}
doubted
{\ADD{
that
it
was
really
Jesus,
and
that
he
had
become
alive
again}}.
\VS{18}Then
Jesus
came
{\ADD{
close}}
to
{\ADD{
us}}
and
said, “{\ADD{
My
Father}}
has
given
me
all
authority
over
everything
and
everyone
in
heaven
and
on
earth.
\VS{19}So
go,
and
{\ADD{
using
my
authority,
teach
my
message
to}}
people
of
all ethnic
groups
so
that
they
may
become
my
disciples. Baptize
them
{\ADD{
to
be
under
the
authority
of}} [MTY]
my
Father,
and
of
me,
his
Son,
and
of
the
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{20}Teach
them
to
obey
everything
that
I
have
commanded
you.
And
remember
that
{\ADD{
by
the
Spirit}}
I
will
be
with
you
always,
until
the
end
of
{\ADD{
this}}
age.”
\par }