A Prophecy of Esau and Jacob

Jesus’ Life (a)

— pre-existence of the Messiah, the Son of God
— Isaiah 9 “Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Prince of Peace”
— Isaiah 7 “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son”
— “In the beginning was the Word
— and the Word was the Son of God”
— Proverbs 8 he might be “brought forth” the way Eve was

Jesus’ Life (b)

— ministers of the word; “word” means the gospel
— Luke’s letter addresses to “most excellent Theophilus”
— the lot on duty was the priest, Zacharias; he was “blameless”
— his wife, Elizabeth, barren, and both stricken in years
— the angel Gabriel appears to Zacharias and Elizabeth
— “For with God nothing shall be impossible”

Jesus’ Life (c)

— the angel Gabriel brought good news to Mary
— “Blessed art thou among women
— and blessed is the fruit of thy womb”
— “He that is mighty hath done to me great things”
— “He hath put down the mighty from their seats
— and exalted them of low degree”

Jesus’ Life (d)

— the angel Gabriel appears to Joseph
— a virgin shall bring forth a child as spoken by Isaiah
— the birth and circumcision of John the Baptist
— Zacharias’ mouth opens and he prophesied
— “to give light to them that sit in darkness
— and guide our feet into the way of peace”

Jesus’ Life (e)

— the birth of Jesus Christ
— a visit from the Shepherds
— circumcision and purification at the Temple
— the blessing of Simon
— “a light to lighten the Gentiles
— and the glory of thy people Israel”

Jesus’ Life (f)

— the genealogy of Jesus Christ
— Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch,
— Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Arphaxad, Cainan, Shelah,
— Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Abraham,
— Isaac, Jacob, Judah, Perez, Hezron, Aram, Amminadab,
— Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz, Obed, Jesse, David, Nathan,
— Mattatha, Menan, Melea, Eliakim, Jonan, Joseph, Judah,
— Simeon, Levi, Matthat, Jorim, Eliezer, Jose, Er,
— Elmodam, Cosam, Addi, Melchi, Neri, Shealtiel, Zerubbabel,
— Rhesa, Joanna, Juda, Joseph, Semei, Mattathias, Maath, 
— Naggai, Esli, Nahum, Amos, Mattathias, Joseph, Janna,
— Melchi, Levi, Matthat, Heli, Joseph, Jesus 

Jesus’ Life (g)

— the blessing of prophetess Anna
— the visit of the wise men, offering gifts
— escape into Egypt before the slaughter by Herold
— return to Nazareth after being told in a dream
— at twelve kept the Passover in Jerusalem

Jesus’ Life (h)

— John baptizing in the wilderness of Judea
— a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins
— from Isaiah: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
— ‘Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight’”
— John had his raiment of camel’s hair
— and a leather girdle about his loins
— and his meat was locusts and wild honey

Jesus’ Life (i)

— Jesus’ baptism at the Jordan River
— calling of his disciples
— “Behold the Lamb of God!”
— Andrew and Peter; Philip and Nathanael
— first miracle: turning water into wine
— fasting, no food nor water; and tempted after forty days

Jesus’ Life (j)

— Jesus went up to Jerusalem to keep the Jews’ Passover
— and he drove them all those trading out of the Temple
— “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up”
— Nicodemus, a Pharisees, came at Night at see him
— Jesus and his disciples baptized others
— encounters with the Samaritan woman and her kinsmen

Jesus’ Life (k)

— Jesus back in Galilee and Nazareth
— “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears”
— in Capernaum, he healed a man with an unclean spirit
— “Thou art Christ the Son of God”
— miracle of a big catch by the Lake of Gennesaret

Jesus’ Life (l)

— the Sermon on the Mount
— “Ye are the light and salt of the earth”
— how to pray and how to fast
— “Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven”
— “Thrive through the Narrow Gate”
— “Beware of False Prophets”

Jesus’ Life (m)

— “If Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean”
— “Son, thy sins are forgiven thee”
— “the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath”
— he ordained the twelve that they should go forth to preach
— and have power to heal sicknesses and cast out devils
— a woman in the city, brought an alabaster box of ointment
— and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment

Jesus’ Life (n)

— healing on the Sabbath near a pool called Bethesda
— “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work”
— and he spoke many things unto them in parables
— Why Speaking in Parables? so that seeing, they see not
— and hearing, they hear not, neither do they understand
— Jesus rebukes the Storm; even the winds of the sea obey Him!
— healing of Jairus’ Daughter and a woman with hemorrhage

Jesus’ Life (o)

— and from the twelve he send them forth two by two
— and them power over unclean spirits and cast out devils
— not Gentiles, but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel
— to preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand’
— “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth
— I came not to send peace, but a sword”
— feeding the 5000, walking on water and the Tranfiguration

Jesus’ Life (p)

— a woman caught in adultery; “Go and sin no more”
— Ye of Abraham’s Seed;
— “Verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am!”
— the Pharisees: “Are we blind also?”
— the true Shepherd; one that giveth his life for the sheep
— Offending the Little Ones; trangressions among brothers
— sending out two by two of the Seventy into every city
— the Good Samaritans; Martha and Mary; Power of Beelzebub?
— sign of Jonah; “I Come to Cast Fire” on the fig tree

Jesus’ Life (q)

— confronting the Pharisees; prepare to bear the Cross
— the lost sheep; the prodical son; serving two masters
— Lazarus and the rich man; only one gave thanks
— as in the Days of Noah; they ate, they drank,
— they married and were given in marriage
— raising of Lazarus; plotting his death; and to be betrayed
— Zacchaeus; and parable of the pounds

Jesus’ Life (r)

— anointed by Mary before entering Jerusalem
— he weeps for the Holy City; a Voice from Heaven
— more parables: a landlord afar; a wedding for his son
— a man not with the right garment
— the Sadducees, who do not believe life after death

Jesus’ Life (s)

— “the Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat”
— “Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!”
— Ye fools and blind! Blind Guides
— “Tell us, when shall be the sign of thy coming
— and of the end of the world?”
— “All these are the beginning of sorrows”
— the ten virgins; the ten talents
— the Sheep on his right and the Goats on the left

Jesus’ Life (t)

— two days before the Passover; anointed in Bethany
— 30 pieces of silver; preparing for the Passover
— when evening had come, he sat down with the twelve
— when supper being ended
— the devil entered into the heart of Judas Iscariot
— “If ye love Me, keep My commandments”
— they sang a hymn and left

Jesus’ Life (u)

— “I am the true vine, and My Father is the husbandman
— Ye are My friends if ye do whatsoever I command you”
— in Gethsemene to pray; praying for three hours
— “I have given them thy Word, and the world hath hated them
— because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world”
— Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy Word is truth

Jesus’ Life (v)

— and Judas also, who betrayed Him, led the way
— now the chief priests and elders and all the council
— sought false witness against Jesus to put Him to death
— and as soon as it was day, the elders, the chief priests
— and scribes came together and led him to their council
— then the whole multitude arose and led him unto Pilate
— then said Pilate to them, “I find no fault in this man”

Jesus’ Life (vv)

— but Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him
— and they cried out, saying, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
— at sixth hour, Pilate said unto them, “Behold your king!”
— they cried out, “Away with him! Crucify him!”
— the next morning, Simon bears the cross for him
— the at the third hour they crucified him on the cross
— at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice,
— saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is
— “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”
— after this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus,
— besought Pilate that he might take away the body for burial

Jesus’ Life (x)

— the next day, a High Sabbath, the day after Preparation
— the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate
— as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week
— Mary and the other ladies came to see the sepulcher
— “Touch Me not, for I am not yet ascended to My Father”
— two of them were going to a village called Emmaus

Jesus’ Life (y)

— Peter said to other disciples, “I am going fishing” 
— Jesus appeared to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias
— the net caught great fishes, a hundred and fifty three
— and He said unto Peter, “Feed My sheep”
— to them He showed Himself by them forty days
— when He had spoken these things, while they beheld
— He was taken up and a cloud received Him out of their sight

Caveat:

Many verses in the NT have words changed, altering their meanings!

What is the Best Bible Translation? Changing the Word

Total Onslaught, Episode 13 by Walter Veith

Dublin Review refers to: Dublin Review (Catholic), published in London 1836–1969

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Matthew 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee onto a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

17 And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.

John 21

¹ After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and in this way showed He Himself:

² There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of His disciples.

Back to Fishing

³ Simon Peter said unto them, “I am going fishing.” They said unto him, “We also go with thee.” They went forth and entered into a boat immediately; and that night they caught nothing.

⁴ But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.

⁵ Then Jesus said unto them, “Children, have ye any meat?” And they answered Him, “No.”

⁶ And He said unto them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and ye shall find.” They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it in for the multitude of fishes.

⁷ Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said unto Peter, “It is the Lord!” Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girded his fisher’s coat unto him (for he was naked) and cast himself into the sea.

⁸ And the other disciples came in a little boat (for they were not far from land, but, as it were, two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fishes.

⁹ As soon then as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon and bread.

¹⁰ Jesus said unto them, “Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.”

153 Fishes

¹¹ Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty three; and though there were so many, yet the net was not broken.

— broken into smaller numbers 3 X 3 X 17 = 153; or adding the numbers from 1 + 2 + 3 + 17 = 153; 

¹² Jesus said unto them, “Come and dine.” And none of the disciples dared ask Him, “Who art Thou?” knowing that it was the Lord.

¹³ Jesus then came and took bread and gave it to them, and fish likewise.

¹⁴ This is now the third time that Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He was risen from the dead.

¹⁵ So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou Me more than these?” He said unto Him, “Yea, Lord; Thou knowest that I love Thee.” He said unto him, “Feed My lambs.”

¹⁶ He said to him again the second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou Me?” He said unto Him, “Yea, Lord; Thou knowest that I love Thee.” He said unto him, “Feed My sheep.”

¹⁷ He said unto him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou Me?” Peter was grieved because He said unto him the third time, “Lovest thou Me?” And he said unto Him, “Lord, Thou knowest all things. Thou knowest that I love Thee.” Jesus said unto him, “Feed My sheep.

¹⁸ Verily, verily I say unto thee, when thou wast young, thou girded thyself and walked whither thou wouldest; but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.”

¹⁹ This spoke He, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said unto him, “Follow Me.”

²⁰ Then Peter, turning about, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at supper, and said, “Lord, who is he that betrayeth Thee?”

²¹ Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “Lord, and what shall this man do?”

²² Jesus said unto him, “If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou Me.”

²³ Then this saying went abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die. Yet Jesus had not said unto him, “He shall not die,” but, “If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?”

²⁴ This is the disciple who testifieth of these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

Mark 16:15 And He said unto them, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature.

¹⁶ He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

¹⁷ And these signs shall follow them that believe: In My name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

¹⁸ they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”

Acts 1:3 To these also He showed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen by them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

⁴ And being assembled together with them, He commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, “which,” saith He, “ye have heard from Me;

⁵ for John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.”

⁶ When they therefore had come together, they asked of Him, saying, “Lord, wilt Thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?”

⁷ And He said unto them, “It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in His own power.

⁸ But ye shall receive power after the Holy Ghost is come upon you; and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

⁹ And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

¹⁰ And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel,

¹¹ who also said, “Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who is taken up from you into Heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into Heaven.”

¹² Then they returned unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day’s journey.

Mark 16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, He was received up into Heaven, and sat at the right hand of God.

²⁰ And they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the Word with signs following. Amen.

John 21

²⁵ And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

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“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a sword” Matthew 10:34

“And I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day” Amos 8:10

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Matthew 27:62 Now the next day, that following the Day of the Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

The Next day, a High Sabbath — 15th Nisan, Thursday (9:00 AM) — 3rd hour

⁶³ saying, “Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

⁶⁴ Command therefore that the sepulcher be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and steal him away, and say unto the people, ‘He is risen from the dead,’ so that the last error shall be worse than the first.”

⁶⁵ Pilate said unto them, “Ye have a watch. Go your way, make it as secure as ye can.”

⁶⁶ So they went and made the sepulcher secure, sealing the stone and setting up a watch.

Another Day Passed — 16th Nisan, Friday (6:00 AM)

Mark 16:1 And when the [annual] Sabbath [First Day of Unleavened Bread] was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint Him.

Luke 23:56 And they returned and prepared spices and ointments, and rested the [weekly] Sabbath day according to the commandment.

Weekly Sabbath Passed — 17th Nisan, Saturday (6:00 PM)

Matthew 28:21 At the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. — in Hebrew reckoning, dawn of a new day begins at sunset, around 6 PM.

Sunday Morning — 17th Nisan, Sunday (5:00 AM)

² And behold, there was a great earthquake, for the angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. — Mary and the other ladies could have slept near the sepulcher over the night.

³ His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.

⁴ And for fear of him the guards shook and became as dead men.

John 20

¹ On the first day of the week came Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher and saw the stone taken away from the sepulcher.

Sunday Morning — 17th Nisan, Sunday (5:00 AM)

Mark 16:3 And they said among themselves, “Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulcher?”

⁴ And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away, for it was very large.

⁵ And entering into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were frightened.

— this “young man” is most likely the risen Jesus, appearing as the Son of Man, but they couldn’t recognize Him.

⁶ And he said unto them, “Be not afraid. Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. Behold the place where they laid Him.

⁷ But go your way. Tell His disciples and Peter that He goeth before you into Galilee. There shall ye see Him, as He said unto you.”

Luke 24:8 And they remembered His words, ⁹ and returned from the sepulcher and told all these things unto the eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰ It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James, and other women who were with them

⁸ And they went out quickly and fled from the sepulcher, for they trembled and were amazed; neither said they any thing to any man, for they were afraid.

² Then she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said unto them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid Him!”

³ Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulcher.

⁴ And they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came first to the sepulcher.

⁵ And stooping down and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying, yet he went not in.

⁶ Then came Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulcher and saw the linen cloths as they lay

⁷ and the napkin that had been about His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

⁸ Then the other disciple, who came first to the sepulcher, went in also; and he saw, and believed.

⁹ For as yet they knew not the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.

¹⁰ Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.

¹¹ But Mary stood outside at the sepulcher weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the sepulcher,

¹² and saw two angels in white, sitting one at the head and the other at the feet where the body of Jesus had lain.

¹³ And they said unto her, “Woman, why weepest thou?” She said unto them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid Him.”

¹⁴ And when she had thus said, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. — appearing as man, as the Son of Man;

¹⁵ Jesus said unto her, “Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou?” She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said unto Him, “Sir, if thou have borne Him hence, tell me where thou hast laid Him, and I will take Him away.”

¹⁶ Jesus said unto her, “Mary!” She turned herself and said unto Him, “Rabboni!” (which is to say, “Master”).

“Touch Me not.”

¹⁷ Jesus said unto her, “Touch Me not, for I am not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say unto them, ‘I ascend unto My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’”

— “touch” represents a Greek word which means to “cling to,” to “fasten on,” to “grasp” an object. The tense is present, and the prohibition is, therefore, not of an individual act, but of a continuance of the act, of the habit, “Do not continue clinging to Me.”

¹⁸ Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things unto her.

Matthew 28:11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city and reported unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

¹² And when they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a large sum of money unto the soldiers,

¹³ saying, “Say ye, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept.’

¹⁴ And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him and secure you.”

¹⁵ So they took the money, and did as they were taught; and this account is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

Luke 24:13 And behold, two of them were going that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about seven miles.

¹⁴ And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

¹⁵ And it came to pass that while they communed and reasoned together, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them.

¹⁶ But their eyes were held, that they should not know Him.

¹⁷ And He said unto them, “What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another as ye walk and are sad?”

¹⁸ And one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto Him, “Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which have come to pass there in these days?”

¹⁹ And He said unto them, “What things?” And they said unto Him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

²⁰ and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death and have crucified Him.

²¹ But we trusted that it had been He who should have redeemed Israel. And besides all this, today is the third day since these things were done.

²² Yea, and certain women also of our company, who were early at the sepulcher, made us astonished.

²³ And when they found not His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that He was alive.

²⁴ And certain of those who were with us went to the sepulcher and found it even so as the women had said, but Him they saw not.”

²⁵ Then He said unto them, “O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

²⁶ Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?”

²⁷ And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

²⁸ And they drew nigh unto the village whither they were going, and He made as though He would have gone further.

²⁹ But they constrained Him, saying, “Abide with us, for it is toward evening and the day is far spent.” And He went in to tarry with them.

³⁰ And it came to pass, as He sat at meat with them, He took bread and blessed it, and broke and gave it to them.

³¹ And their eyes were opened and they knew Him. And He vanished out of their sight.

³² And they said to one another, “Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked with us on the way and while He opened to us the Scriptures?”

³³ And they rose up that same hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them,

³⁴ saying, “The Lord is risen indeed and hath appeared to Simon!”

³⁵ And they told what things were done on the way, and how He was known to them in the breaking of bread.

Mark 16:12 After that, He appeared in another form unto two of them as they walked and went into the country.

¹³ And they went and told it unto the rest, but neither did they believe them.

John 20

¹⁹ Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in their midst and said unto them, “Peace be unto you.”

²⁰ And when He had so said, He showed unto them His hands and His side. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord.

²¹ Then said Jesus to them again, “Peace be unto you. As My Father hath sent Me, even so send I you.”

²² And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said unto them, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost.

²³ Whosoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosoever sins ye retain, they are retained.”

²⁴ But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

²⁵ The other disciples therefore said unto him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said unto them, “Unless I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

Luke 24:44 And He said unto them, “These are the words which I spoke unto you while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalms concerning Me.”

⁴⁵ Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures,

⁴⁶ and said unto them, “Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

⁴⁷ and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

⁴⁸ And ye are witnesses of these things.

John 20

²⁶ And after eight days the disciples were again within, and Thomas was with them. Then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be unto you.”

²⁷ Then said He to Thomas, “Reach hither thy finger and behold My hands, and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into My side: and be not faithless, but believing.”

²⁸ And Thomas answered and said unto Him, “My Lord and my God!”

²⁹ Jesus said unto him, “Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed. Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed.”

³⁰ And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.

³¹ But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, ye might have life through His name.

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John 19

¹ Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged Him.

² And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe

³ and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they smote Him with their hands.

⁴ Pilate therefore went forth again and said unto them, “Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.”

⁵ Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said unto them, “Behold the man!”

“Crucify him! Crucify him!” — 13th Nisan, Tuesday, (12 NOON) — 6th hour

⁶ When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said unto them, “Ye take him and crucify him, for I find no fault in him.”

⁷ The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”

⁸ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid.

⁹ And he went again into the judgment hall and said unto Jesus, “From whence art thou?” But Jesus gave him no answer.

¹⁰ Then said Pilate unto Him, “Speakest thou not unto me? Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?”

¹¹ Jesus answered, “Thou couldest have no power at all against Me, unless it were given thee from above. Therefore he that delivered Me unto thee hath the greater sin.”

¹² And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend. Whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.”

¹³ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

“Behold your king!” the sixth hour — 13th Nisan, Tuesday, (12 NOON) — 6th hour

¹⁴ And it was the Preparation of the Passover and about the sixth hour, and Pilate said unto the Jews, “Behold your king!”

— this sixth hour would be the same sixth hour where Jesus talked with the Samaritan woman at the well, established to be at NOON, when Jesus was wearied and needed a drink (John 4:6). To think that John suddenly popped up Roman time to suit a belief is just trying to be fanciful.

¹⁵ But they cried out, “Away with him, away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said unto them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”

¹⁶ Then he delivered Him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led Him away.

Pilate’s Soldiers Tortued Him — 13th Nisan, Tuesday, (1:00 PM) — 7th hour

Matthew 27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto Him the whole detachment of soldiers.

²⁸ And they stripped Him and put on Him a scarlet robe.

²⁹ And when they had plaited a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head and a reed in His right hand, and they bowed their knees before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

³⁰ And they spat upon Him, and took the reed and smote Him on the head.

³¹ And after they had mocked Him, they took the robe off from Him and put His own raiment on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

For more on the missing 16-18 hours of Christ, see THE MISSING HOURS OF CHRIST

Simon bears the Cross — 14th Nisan, Wednesday, (6:00 AM) — 0 hour

Luke 23:26 [The next Day] And as they led Him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.

²⁷ And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women who also bewailed and lamented Him.

²⁸ But Jesus, turning unto them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

²⁹ For behold, the days are coming in which they shall say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore and the breasts which never gave suck.’

³⁰ Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’

³¹ For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?”

Matthew 27:34 they gave Him vinegar to drink mingled with gall. And when He had tasted thereof, He would not drink.

John 19

²³ Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part, and also His coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

Mark 15:25 And it was the third hour (9 AM) when they crucified Him.

²⁴ They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which saith, “They parted My raiment among them, and for My vesture did they cast lots.” These things therefore the soldiers did.

The Third hour — 14th Nisan, Wednesday (9:00 AM) — 3rd hour

²⁵ Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

²⁶ When Jesus therefore saw His mother and the disciple standing by whom He loved, He said unto His mother, “Woman, behold thy son!”

²⁷ Then said He to the disciple, “Behold thy mother!” And from that hour, that disciple took her unto his own home.

The Sixth hour — 14th Nisan, Wednesday (12 NOON) — 6th hour

Mark 15:33 And when the sixth hour (12 NOON) had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour (3 PM).

Luke 23:44 And it was about the sixth hour (12 NOON), and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour (3 PM). 

John 19

³¹ The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, and so that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day (for that Sabbath day was a high day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.

Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour (3 PM) Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”

Luke 23:45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

Matthew 27:51 And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth quaked and the rocks rent.

52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who slept arose,

53 and came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the Holy City and appeared unto many.

54 Now when the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, saw the earthquake and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly, this was the Son of God!”

The Ninth hour — 14th Nisan, Wednesday (3:00 PM) — 9th hour

³² Then came the soldiers and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him.

³³ But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was dead already, they broke not His legs,

³⁴ but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith there came out blood and water.

³⁵ And he that saw it bore record, and his record is true, and he knoweth that he saith truly, that ye might believe.

³⁶ For these things were done, that the Scripture should be fulfilled: “A bone of Him shall not be broken.”

³⁷ And again another Scripture saith, “They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”

Matthew 27:55 And many women were there beholding afar off, who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto Him,

⁵⁶ among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.

John 19

³⁸ And after this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore and took the body of Jesus.

The Eleventh hour — 14th Nisan, Wednesday (5:00 PM) — 11th hour

³⁹ And there came also Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds in weight.

⁴⁰ Then took they the body of Jesus and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the manner of the Jews for burial.

⁴¹ Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new sepulcher wherein was never man yet laid.

⁴² There they laid Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the sepulcher was nigh at hand.

Matthew 27:60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he [Joseph of Arimathea] had hewn out in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher and departed.

⁶¹ And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the sepulcher.

(For a more detailed Study, see THAT NIGHT COULDN’T BE THE FOURTEENTH!)

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Matthew 26

Judas’s betrayal — 13th Nisan, Tuesday Early Morning (2:00 AM)

⁴⁵ Then came He to His disciples and said unto them, “Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴⁶ Rise, let us be going. Behold, he is at hand that doth betray Me.”

John 18

¹ When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the Brook Kidron, where was a garden into which He entered with His disciples.

Judas Iscariot

² And Judas also, who betrayed Him, knew the place, for Jesus oftentimes resorted thither with His disciples.

³ Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

⁴ Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon Him, went forth and said unto them, “Whom seek ye?”

⁵ They answered Him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said unto them, “I am He.” And Judas also, who betrayed Him, stood with them.

⁶ As soon then as He had said unto them, “I am He,” they went backward and fell to the ground.

⁷ Then asked He them again, “Whom seek ye?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”

⁸ Jesus answered, “I have told you that I am He. If therefore ye seek Me, let these go their way,”

⁹ that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, “Of those that Thou gavest Me, have I lost none.”

Simon used a Sword — 13th Nisan, Tuesday Early Morning (2:30 AM)

¹⁰ Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and smote the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

¹¹ Then said Jesus unto Peter, “Put up thy sword into the sheath. The cup which My Father hath given Me, shall I not drink it?”

¹² Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus and bound Him,

Annas first then Caiaphas — 13th Nisan, Tuesday Morning (4:00 AM)

¹³ and led Him away to Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that same year.

¹⁴ Now it was Caiaphas who gave counsel to the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

¹⁵ And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. That disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.

¹⁶ But Peter stood at the door outside. Then the other disciple, who was known unto the high priest, went out and spoke unto her who kept the door, and brought in Peter.

¹⁷ Then the damsel who kept the door said unto Peter, “Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples?” He said, “I am not.”

¹⁸ And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals, for it was cold and they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.

¹⁹ The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples and about His doctrine.

²⁰ Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue and in the temple whither the Jews always resort, and in secret have I said nothing.

²¹ Why askest thou Me? Ask them that heard Me what I have said unto them. Behold, they know what I said.”

²² And when He had thus spoken, one of the officers who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, “Answerest thou the high priest so?”

²³ Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou Me?”

²⁴ Now Annas had sent Him bound unto Caiaphas, the high priest.

Matthew 26:59 Now the chief priests and elders and all the council sought false witness against Jesus to put Him to death,

⁶⁰ but found none. Yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

⁶¹ and said, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’”

⁶² And the high priest arose and said unto Him, “Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witnesses say against thee?”

⁶³ But Jesus held His peace. And the high priest answered and said unto Him, “I adjure thee by the living God that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.”

⁶⁴ Jesus said unto him, “Thou hast said; nevertheless I say unto you, hereafter shall ye see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.”

⁶⁵ Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, “He hath spoken blasphemy! What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy!

⁶⁶ What think ye?” They answered and said, “He is deserving of death!”

⁶⁷ Then they spit in His face and buffeted Him, and others smote Him with the palms of their hands,

⁶⁸ saying, “Prophesy unto us, thou Christ! Who is he that smote thee?”

Peter denied Jesus three times — 13th Nisan, Tuesday Morning (5:00 AM)

⁶⁹ Now Peter sat outside in the palace, and a damsel came unto him, saying, “Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.”

⁷⁰ But he denied it before them all, saying, “I know not what thou sayest.”

⁷¹ And when he had gone out onto the porch, another maid saw him and said unto those who were there, “This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.”

⁷² And again he denied with an oath, “I do not know the man!”

⁷³ And after a while came unto him those who stood by, and said to Peter, “Surely thou also art one of them, for thy speech betrayeth thee.”

⁷⁴ Then he began to curse and to swear, saying, “I know not the man!” And immediately the cock crowed.

⁷⁵ And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, when He said unto him, “Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny Me thrice.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

The Hall of Judgment, the Praetorium

Sanhedrin condemned Him — 13th Nisan, Tuesday, Dawn (6:00 AM)

Luke 22:66 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led Him into their council, saying, — “it was day“ — “it was daybreak.“ Day and daybreak mean the time is at least 6 AM in today’s reckoning!

The Scripture here is screaming! “John 19:14 couldn’t be the same time as in Luke 22:66!” — THIS IS DAYBREAK! 6AM! DAWN! THE SIXTH HOUR IN JOHN 19:14 COULDN’T BE ROMAN TIME! “Jesus couldn’t be with the Sanhedrin here and inside the praetorium at the same time!” THIS IS DAYBREAK! THIS IS ALREADY 6AM!

⁶⁷ “Art thou the Christ? Tell us.” And He said unto them, “If I tell you, ye will not believe.

⁶⁸ And if I also ask you, ye will not answer Me nor let Me go.

⁶⁹ Hereafter shall the Son of Man sit on the right hand of the power of God.”

⁷⁰ Then said they all, “Art thou then the Son of God?” And He said unto them, “Ye say that I am.”

⁷¹ And they said, “What need we any further witness? For we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth.”

Luke 23:1 And the whole multitude of them arose and led Him unto Pilate.

² And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this fellow perverting the nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

³ And Pilate asked Him, saying, “Art thou the king of the Jews?” And He answered him and said, “Thou sayest it.”

⁴ Then said Pilate to the chief priests and the people, “I find no fault in this man.”

⁵ And they became the more fierce, saying, “He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place.”

⁶ When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the Man were a Galilean.

⁷ And as soon as he learned that He belonged unto Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.

⁸ And when Herod saw Jesus he was exceedingly glad, for he had been desirous to see Him for a long time, because he had heard many things about Him, and he hoped to see some miracle done by Him.

⁹ Then he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him nothing.

¹⁰ And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused Him.

¹¹ And Herod, with his men of war, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him, and arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him again to Pilate.

¹² And on the same day, Pilate and Herod were made friends together, for before that there was enmity between them.

¹³ And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

¹⁴ said unto them, “Ye have brought this man unto me as one who perverteth the people. And behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man concerning those things whereof ye accuse him.

¹⁵ No, nor yet Herod; for I sent you to him, and lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.

John 18

³¹ Then said Pilate unto them, “Take ye him and judge him according to your law.” The Jews therefore said unto him, “It is not lawful for us to put any man to death,”

³² that the saying which Jesus had spoken, signifying what death He should die, might be fulfilled.

³³ Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus and said unto Him, “Art thou the King of the Jews?”

³⁴ Jesus answered him, “Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of Me?”

³⁵ Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me. What hast thou done?”

³⁶ Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If My Kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews. But now is My Kingdom not from hence.”

³⁷ Pilate therefore said unto Him, “Art thou a king then?” Jesus answered, “Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth My voice.”

³⁸ Pilate said unto Him, “What is truth?” And when he said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and said unto them, “I find in him no fault at all.

³⁹ But ye have a custom that I should release unto you one at the Passover. Will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?”

⁴⁰ Then cried they all again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.

Matthew 27

Barabbas or Jesus

¹⁷ Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, “Whom will ye that I release unto you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

¹⁸ For he knew that for envy they had delivered Him.

¹⁹ When he had sat down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, “Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.”

²⁰ But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

²¹ The governor answered and said unto them, “Which of the two will ye that I release unto you?” They said, “Barabbas!”

²² Pilate said unto them, “What shall I do then with Jesus, who is called Christ?” They all said unto him, “Let him be crucified!”

²³ And the governor said, “Why, what evil hath he done?” But they cried out the more, saying, “Let him be crucified!”

²⁴ When Pilate saw that he could not prevail, but rather that a tumult was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just person. See ye to it.”

²⁵ Then answered all the people and said, “His blood be on us, and on our children!”

²⁶ Then released he Barabbas unto them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.

Pilate released Him to be crucified — 13th Nisan, Tuesday, (12 NOON) — 6th hour

²⁷ Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto Him the whole detachment of soldiers.

²⁸ And they stripped Him and put on Him a scarlet robe.

²⁹ And when they had plaited a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head and a reed in His right hand, and they bowed their knees before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

³⁰ And they spat upon Him, and took the reed and smote Him on the head.

³¹ And after they had mocked Him, they took the robe off from Him and put His own raiment on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

(For a more detailed Study, see THAT NIGHT COULDN’T BE THE FOURTEENTH!)

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John 15

The True Vine — 13th Nisan, Monday Night (10:30 PM)

¹ “I am the true vine, and My Father is the husbandman.

² Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

³ Now ye are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you.

⁴ “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, no more can ye, unless ye abide in Me.

⁵ “I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in Me and I in Him, the same bringeth forth much fruit, for without Me ye can do nothing.

⁶ If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

⁷ If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

⁸ Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples.

⁹ “As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you. Continue ye in My love.

¹⁰ If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father’s commandments, and abide in His love.

¹¹ These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

¹² “This is My commandment: that ye love one another, as I have loved you.

¹³ Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Ye are My friends

¹⁴ Ye are My friends if ye do whatsoever I command you.

¹⁵ Henceforth I call you not servants, for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard of My Father, I have made known unto you.

¹⁶ Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain, that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name, He may give it to you.

¹⁷ These things I command you, that ye love one another.

¹⁸ “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you.

¹⁹ If ye were of the world, the world would love his own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

²⁰ Remember the word that I said unto you: ‘The servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept My saying, they will keep yours also.

²¹ But all these things will they do unto you for My name’s sake, because they know not Him that sent Me.

²² If I had not come and spoken unto them, they would not have sin, but now they have no cloak for their sin.

²³ He that hateth Me hateth My Father also.

²⁴ If I had not done among them the works which no other man did, they would not have had sin; but now they have both seen and hated both Me and My Father.

²⁵ But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law: ‘They hated Me without a cause.’

²⁶ “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth who proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me.

²⁷ And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning.

John 16

¹ “These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not lose faith.

² They shall put you out of the synagogues; yea, the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

³ And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor Me.

⁴ But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. “And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

⁵ But now I go My way to Him that sent Me, and none of you asketh Me, ‘Whither goest Thou?’

⁶ But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

The Truth

⁷ Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is expedient for you that I go away, for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.

⁸ And when He is come, He will reprove the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment:

⁹ concerning sin, because they believe not in Me;

¹⁰ concerning righteousness, because I go to My Father and ye see Me no more;

¹¹ concerning judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

¹² “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

¹³ However when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth; for He shall not speak from Himself, but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak; and He will show you things to come.

¹⁴ He shall glorify Me, for He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto you.

¹⁵ All things that the Father hath are Mine; therefore I said that He shall take of Mine, and shall show it unto you.

¹⁶ A little while, and ye shall not see Me; and again a little while, and ye shall see Me, because I go to the Father.”

¹⁷ Then said some of His disciples among themselves, “What is this that He saith unto us, ‘A little while, and ye shall not see Me; and again a little while, and ye shall see Me,’ and, ‘because I go to the Father’?”

¹⁸ They said therefore, “What is this that He saith, ‘A little while’? We cannot tell what He saith.”

¹⁹ Now Jesus knew that they were desirous of asking Him, and said unto them, “Do ye inquire among yourselves of what I said, ‘A little while, and ye shall not see Me; and again a little while, and ye shall see Me’?

²⁰ Verily, verily I say unto you that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

²¹ A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.

²² And ye now therefore have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

²³ And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing. Verily, verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it to you.

²⁴ Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My name. Ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

²⁵ “These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs; but the time cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father.

²⁶ In that day ye shall ask in My name, and I say not unto you that I will pray the Father for you;

²⁷ for the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me and have believed that I came out from God.

²⁸ I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”

²⁹ His disciples said unto Him, “Lo, now speakest Thou plainly and speakest no proverb.

³⁰ Now are we sure that Thou knowest all things and needest not that any man should ask Thee. By this we believe that Thou camest forth from God.”

³¹ Jesus answered them, “Do ye now believe?

³² Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

³³ These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.”

Matthew 26

In Gethsemene to pray — 13th Nisan, Monday Night (11:00 PM)

³⁶ Then Jesus came with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and said unto the disciples, “Sit ye here while I go and pray yonder.”

³⁷ And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

³⁸ Then He said unto them, “My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death; tarry ye here and watch with Me.”

³⁹ And He went a little farther, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt.”

⁴⁰ And He came unto the disciples and found them asleep, and said unto Peter, “What, could ye not watch with Me one hour?

⁴¹ Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

⁴² He went away again the second time and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me, unless I drink it, Thy will be done.”

⁴³ And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

⁴⁴ And He left them and went away again, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.

Jesus prayed for 3 hours — 13th Nisan, Tuesday Morning (1:00 AM)

John 17

¹ These words spoke Jesus and lifted up His eyes to Heaven and said, “Father, the hour is come. Glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee,

² as Thou hast given Him power over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as Thou hast given Him.

³ And this is life eternal: that they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.

⁴ I have glorified Thee on the earth; I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do.

⁵ And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own Self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.

⁶ “I have manifested Thy name unto the men whom Thou gavest Me out of the world. Thine they were, and Thou gavest them to Me, and they have kept Thy Word.

⁷ Now they have known that all things whatsoever Thou hast given Me are of Thee.

⁸ For I have given unto them the Words which Thou gavest Me; and they have received them and have known surely that I came out from Thee, and they have believed that Thou didst send Me.

⁹ I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for them whom Thou hast given Me, for they are Thine.

¹⁰ And all Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine, and I am glorified in them.

¹¹ And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to Thee. Holy Father, keep through Thine own name those whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are.

I kept them in Thy Name

¹² While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Thy name. Those that Thou gavest Me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

¹³ “And now come I to Thee, and these things I speak in the world, that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves.

¹⁴ I have given them Thy Word, and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

¹⁵ I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

¹⁶ They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

¹⁷ Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy Word is truth.

¹⁸ As Thou hast sent Me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

¹⁹ And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

²⁰ “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also who shall believe in Me through their word,

²¹ that they all may be one, as Thou, Father, art in Me and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.

²² And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them, that they may be one, even as We are one:

²³ I in them and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me.

²⁴ “Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which Thou hast given Me; for Thou loved Me before the foundation of the world.

²⁵ “O righteous Father, the world hath not known Thee, but I have known Thee, and these have known that Thou hast sent Me.

²⁶ And I have declared unto them Thy name, and will declare it, that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

(For a more detailed Study, see THAT NIGHT COULDN’T BE THE FOURTEENTH!)

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Matthew 26

¹ And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, He said unto His disciples,

Two days before the Passover — the 12th of Nisan; Sunday

² “Ye know that after two days is the Feast of the Passover, and the Son of Man is betrayed to be crucified.” — the date in Hebrew reckoning would be the 12th of Nisan.

³ Then the chief priests and the scribes and the elders of the people assembled together unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

⁴ and consulted that they might take Jesus by stealth and kill Him.

⁵ But they said, “Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.”

Anointed In Bethany

⁶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

⁷ there came unto Him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on His head as He sat at meat.

⁸ But when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “To what purpose is this waste?

⁹ For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor.”

¹⁰ When Jesus perceived this, He said unto them, “Why trouble ye the woman? For she hath wrought a good work upon Me.

¹¹ For ye have the poor always with you, but Me ye have not always.

¹² For in that she hath poured this ointment on My body, she did it for My burial.

¹³ Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, which this woman hath done, be told as a memorial of her.”

30 pieces of silver

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests

¹⁵ and said unto them, “What will ye give me if I will deliver Him unto you?” And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

¹⁶ And from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.

Preparing for the Passover

¹⁷ Now on the first day (G4413 protos) of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto Him, “Where wilt Thou that we prepare for Thee to eat the Passover?”

— the natural reading of this verse seems to suggest the disciples asked Jesus where to keep the Passover when Passover was already over. But G4413 protos in the Greek could be translated as ‘a time before’ as in John 1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before G4413 me.

Thus Matthew 26:17 should be translated as:

“Now before the Days of Unleavened Bread have arrived, the disciples came to Jesus, asking, Where shall we prepare for thee to eat the Passover?”

— the intention to eat the Passover was there, but the actual eating was yet to occur.

¹⁸ And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say unto him, ‘The Master saith, “My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at thy house with My disciples.”’”

The Last Supper — 13th Nisan, Monday, Even (6:00 PM)

¹⁹ And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them, and they made ready the Passover.

²⁰ Now when the evening had come, He sat down with the twelve.

John 13

John 13

2 And supper being ended, and the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him,

³ Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands and that He had come from God and was going to God,

⁴ rose from supper and laid aside His garments, and took a towel and girded Himself.

⁵ After that He poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded.

⁶ Then came He to Simon Peter, and Peter said unto Him, “Lord, dost Thou wash my feet?”

⁷ Jesus answered and said unto him, “What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter.”

⁸ Peter said unto Him, “Thou shalt never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with Me.”

⁹ Simon Peter said unto Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.”

¹⁰ Jesus said to him, “He that is washed needeth not but to wash his feet, but is clean every whit. And ye are clean, but not all.”

¹¹ (For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, “Ye are not all clean.”)

¹² So after He had washed their feet and had taken His garments and had sat down again, He said unto them, “Know ye what I have done to you?

¹³ Ye call Me Master and Lord; and ye say well, for so I am.

¹⁴ If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.

¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

¹⁶ Verily, verily I say unto you, the servant is not greater than his lord, neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

¹⁷ If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

²¹ And as they ate, He said, “Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray Me.”

²² And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto Him, “Lord, is it I?”

Judas Iscariot

²³ And He answered and said, “He that dippeth his hand with Me in the dish, the same shall betray Me.

²⁴ The Son of Man goeth as it is written of Him, but woe unto that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been good for that man if he had not been born.”

²⁵ Then Judas, who betrayed Him, answered and said, “Master, is it I?” He said unto him, “Thou hast said.”

John 13:24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom He spoke.

²⁵ He then, leaning on Jesus’ breast, said unto Him, “Lord, who is it?”

²⁶ Jesus answered, “He it is to whom I shall give a sop when I have dipped it.” And when He had dipped the sop, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

²⁷ And after the sop, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said unto him, “What thou doest, do quickly.”

²⁸ Now no man at the table knew with what intent He spoke this unto him.

²⁹ For some of them thought, because Judas had the money bag, that Jesus had said unto him, “Buy those things that we have need of for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

³⁰ Judas then, having received the sop, went immediately out. And it was night.

³¹ Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

³² If God be glorified in Him, God shall also glorify Him in Himself, and shall straightway glorify Him.

Matthew 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”

²⁷ And He took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink ye all of it;

²⁸ for this is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

²⁹ But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s Kingdom.”

Luke 22:22 And truly the Son of Man goeth as it was determined; but woe unto that man by whom He is betrayed!”

²³ And they began to inquire among themselves which of them it was that should do this thing.

²⁴ And there was also a contention among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

²⁵ And He said unto them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’

²⁶ But ye shall not be so; but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

²⁷ For who is greater, he that sitteth at meat or he that serveth? Is it not he that sitteth at meat? But I am among you as He that serveth.

²⁸ “Ye are they that have continued with Me in My temptations.

²⁹ And I appoint unto you a Kingdom, as My Father hath appointed unto Me,

³¹ Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

³² If God be glorified in Him, God shall also glorify Him in Himself, and shall straightway glorify Him.

³⁰ that ye may eat and drink at My table in My Kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

³³ Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek Me; and as I said unto the Jews, ‘Whither I go ye cannot come,’ so now say I to you.

³⁴ A new commandment I give unto you: that ye love one another, as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

John 14

1 “Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God; believe also in Me.

² In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto Myself, that where I am, there ye may be also.

⁴ And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.”

⁵ Thomas said unto Him, “Lord, we know not whither Thou goest; and how can we know the way?”

⁶ Jesus said unto him, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.

⁷ If ye had known Me, ye should have known My Father also; and from henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him.”

⁸ Philip said unto Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.”

⁹ Jesus said unto him, “Have I been so long a time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip? He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, ‘Show us the Father’?

¹⁰ Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of Myself; but the Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works.

¹¹ Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me; or else believe Me for the very works’ sake.

¹² Verily, verily I say unto you, he that believeth in Me, the works that I do he shall do also; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto My Father.

¹³ And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

¹⁴ If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.

¹⁵ “If ye love Me, keep My commandments.

¹⁶ And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever”

¹⁷ even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him. But ye know Him, for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

¹⁸ “I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you.

¹⁹ Yet a little while and the world seeth Me no more, but ye see Me. Because I live, ye shall live also.

²⁰ At that day ye shall know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.

²¹ He that hath My commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me; and he that loveth Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will manifest Myself to him.”

²² Judas (not Iscariot) said unto Him, “Lord, how is it that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us, and not unto the world?”

²³ Jesus answered and said unto him, “If a man love Me, he will keep My words; and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him and make Our abode with him.

²⁴ He that loveth Me not, keepeth not My sayings. And the Word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

²⁵ “These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.

²⁶ But the Comforter, who is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

²⁷ “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

²⁸ Ye have heard how I said unto you, ‘I go away and come again unto you.’ If ye loved Me, ye would rejoice because I said, ‘I go unto the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I.

²⁹ And now I have told you before it come to pass, that when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

³⁰ “Hereafter I will not talk much with you, for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me.

³¹ But that the world may know that I love the Father, as the Father gave Me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

Luke 22:35 And He said unto them, “When I sent you without purse and pack and shoes, lacked ye anything?” And they said, “Nothing.”

³⁶ Then said He unto them, “But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it and likewise his pack; and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.

³⁷ For I say unto you that this that is written must yet be accomplished in Me: ‘And He was reckoned among the transgressors.’ For the things concerning Me have an end.”

³⁸ And they said, “Lord, behold, here are two swords.” And He said unto them, “It is enough.”

They sang a hymn and left — 13th Nisan, Monday Night (9:30 PM)

Matthew 26:30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out unto the Mount of Olives.

— if that night had been the Passover night, Jesus would had broken one of the ordinances according to Numbers 9:12:

“They shall leave none of it [food remains] unto the morning (boqer), nor break any bone of it. According to all the ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it.”

— No, they left early and if Jesus had broken any of the ordinances, the destiny of all humanity would have been flushed down the toilet.

— Second, if they had killed the lamb at sunset at 6 PM as the CoG and Samaritan Communities believe, it would be a miracle if they could have the lamb roasted and meal ready before 10 PM, but for this exercise, let’s start at 6 PM when supper was served, because that night could only be the thirteenth.

(For a more detailed Study, see THAT NIGHT COULDN’T BE THE FOURTEENTH!)

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Matthew 23

¹ Then spoke Jesus to the multitude and to His disciples,

Scribes and Pharisees

² saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

³ All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do ye not according to their works; for they say, and do not.

⁴ For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

⁵ But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

⁶ and love the uppermost places at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues,

⁷ and greetings in the markets, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’

⁸ But be not ye called ‘Rabbi,’ for One is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.

⁹ “And call no man your father upon earth, for One is your Father, who is in Heaven.

¹⁰ Neither be ye called masters, for One is your Master, even Christ.

¹¹ But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

¹² And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees

¹³ “But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men, for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

¹⁴ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers; therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

¹⁵ “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

¹⁶ “Woe unto you, ye blind guides, who say, ‘Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’

¹⁷ Ye fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

¹⁸ And ye say, ‘Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is liable.’

Fools and Blind

¹⁹ Ye fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

²⁰ Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it and by all things thereon.

²¹ And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it and by Him that dwelleth therein.

²² And he that shall swear by Heaven, sweareth by the throne of God and by Him that sitteth thereon.

²³ “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith. These ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone.

Blind Guides

²⁴ Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

²⁵ “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

²⁶ Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

²⁷ “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but are within full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness.

²⁸ Even so, ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

²⁹ “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous,

³⁰ and say, ‘If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’

³¹ Therefore ye are witnesses against yourselves, that ye are the children of them that killed the prophets.

³² Fill ye up, then, the measure of your fathers.

³³ “Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers! How can ye escape the damnation of hell?

³⁴ Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes, and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city,

³⁵ that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

³⁶ Verily I say unto you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

³⁷ “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

³⁸ Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

³⁹ For I say unto you, ye shall not see Me henceforth till ye shall say, ‘Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord!’”

Luke 21:1 And He looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury,

² and He saw also a certain poor widow casting therein two mites.

³ And He said, “In truth I say unto you that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.

⁴ For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God, but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.”

Matthew 24

¹ And Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the temple.

² And Jesus said unto them, “See ye not all these things? Verily I say unto you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.”

At the Mount of Olives

³ And as He sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of Thy coming and of the end of the world?”

⁴ And Jesus answered and said unto them, “Take heed that no man deceive you;

⁵ for many shall come in My name, saying, ‘I am Christ,’ and shall deceive many.

⁶ And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that ye be not troubled, for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

⁷ For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in divers places.

⁸ All these are the beginning of sorrows.

⁹ Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.

¹⁰ And then shall many lose faith and shall betray one another and shall hate one another.

¹¹ And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many.

¹² And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

¹³ But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

¹⁴ And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.

¹⁵ “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoso readeth, let him understand),

¹⁶ then let them that be in Judea flee unto the mountains.

¹⁷ Let him that is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house;

¹⁸ neither let him that is in the field return back to take his clothes.

¹⁹ And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

²⁰ But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day.

A Great Tribulation

²¹ For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

²² And unless those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved; but for the elect’s sake, those days shall be shortened.

²³ Then if any man shall say unto you, ‘Lo, here is Christ,’ or ‘there,’ believe it not.

²⁴ For there shall arise false christs and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

²⁵ Behold, I have told you before.

²⁶ Therefore, if they shall say unto you, ‘Behold, He is in the desert!’ go not forth; or ‘Behold, He is in the secret chambers!’ believe it not.

²⁷ For as the lightning cometh out of the east and shineth even unto the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.

²⁸ For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

²⁹ “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken,

³⁰ and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and with great glory.

³¹ And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

³² “Now learn a parable of the fig tree: When his branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh.

³³ So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

³⁴ Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled.

My Words shall not Pass Away

³⁵ Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.

³⁶ But of that day and hour, knoweth no man, no, not the angels of Heaven, but My Father only.

³⁷ But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.

³⁸ For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark

³⁹ and knew not until the flood came and took them all away, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.

⁴⁰ Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken and the other left.

⁴¹ Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken and the other left.

⁴² “Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

⁴³ But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have suffered his house to be broken into.

⁴⁴ Therefore be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh.

⁴⁵ “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.

⁴⁷ Verily I say unto you, that he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

⁴⁸ But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, ‘My lord delayeth his coming,’

⁴⁹ and shall begin to smite his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunken,

⁵⁰ the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

⁵¹ and shall cut him asunder and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 25

The Ten Virgins

¹ “Then shall the Kingdom of Heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

² And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

³ They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,

⁴ but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

⁵ While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

⁶ And at midnight there was a cry made: ‘Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.’

⁷ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.

⁸ And the foolish said unto the wise, ‘Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out.’

⁹ But the wise answered, saying, ‘Not so, lest there be not enough for us and you; but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.’

¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.

¹¹ Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us!’

¹² But he answered and said, ‘Verily I say unto you, I know you not.’

¹³ Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh.

The Ten Talents

¹⁴ “For the Kingdom of Heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants and delivered unto them his goods.

¹⁵ And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to every man according to his several ability, and straightway tookhis journey.

¹⁶ Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them another five talents.

¹⁷ And likewise he that had received two, he also gained another two.

¹⁸ But he that had received one went and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.

¹⁹ After a long time the lord of those servants came and reckoned with them.

²⁰ And so he that had received five talents came and brought the other five talents, saying, ‘Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents. Behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.’

²¹ His lord said unto him, ‘Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will make thee ruler over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.’

²² “He also that had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents; behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.’

²³ His lord said unto him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will make thee ruler over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.’

²⁴ “Then he that had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed.

²⁵ And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth. Lo, there thou hast what is thine.’

²⁶ His lord answered and said unto him, ‘Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed.

²⁷ Thou ought therefore to have placed my money with the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with interest.

²⁸ Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath ten talents.

²⁹ For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that hath not, shall be taken away even that which he hath.

³⁰ And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

³¹ “When the Son of Man shall come in His glory and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory.

The Sheep and the Goats

³² And before Him shall be gathered all nations, and He shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.

³³ And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.

³⁴ Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, ‘Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

³⁵ For I hungered, and ye gave Me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took Me in;

³⁶ naked, and ye clothed Me; I was sick, and ye visited Me; I was in prison, and ye came unto Me.’

³⁷ Then shall the righteous answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when saw we Thee hungering and fed Thee, or thirsty and gave Thee drink?

³⁸ When saw we Thee a stranger and took Thee in, or naked and clothed Thee?

³⁹ Or when saw we Thee sick, or in prison, and came unto Thee?’

⁴⁰ And the King shall answer and say unto them, ‘Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.’

⁴¹ “Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

⁴² For I hungered, and ye gave Me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave Me no drink;

⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye took Me not in; naked, and ye clothed Me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited Me not.’

⁴⁴ Then shall they also answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when saw we Thee hungering or athirst or a stranger, or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister unto Thee?’

⁴⁵ Then shall He answer them, saying, ‘Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me.’

⁴⁶ And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal.”

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John 11

⁵⁵ And the Jews’ Passover was nigh at hand, and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.

⁵⁶ Then they sought for Jesus and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, saying, “What think ye — that he will not come to the feast?”

⁵⁷ Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command that if any man knew where He was, he should report it, that they might take Him.

John 12

¹ Then Jesus, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, who had been dead and whom He had raised from the dead. — 6 days before Passover;

² There they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him.

Anointed by Mary

³ Then Mary took a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.

⁴ Then one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son who was to betray Him, said,

⁵ “Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor?”

⁶ This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money bag and took what was put therein.

⁷ Then Jesus said, “Let her alone; against the day of My burying hath she kept this.

⁸ For the poor always ye have with you, but Me ye have not always.”

⁹ Many people of the Jews therefore knew that He was there. And they came not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom He had raised from the dead.

¹⁰ But the chief priests consulted, that they might put Lazarus also to death,

¹¹ because by reason of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

Entry into Jerusalem

¹² On the next day many people who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, — 4 days before the Passover, the tenth of Nisan;

¹³ took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet Him and cried, “Hosanna! Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord!”

¹⁴ And Jesus, when He had found a young ass, sat thereon, as it is written:

¹⁵ “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.”

¹⁶ These things His disciples understood not at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things unto Him.

¹⁷ The people therefore who were with Him, when He called Lazarus out of his grave and raised him from the dead, bore record.

¹⁸ For this cause the people also met Him, for they heard that He had done this miracle.

¹⁹ The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “Perceive ye how ye prevail not at all? Behold, the world has gone after him!”

Luke 19

³⁷ And when He had come nigh, even now at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,

³⁸ saying, “Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

³⁹ And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto Him, “Master, rebuke thy disciples.”

⁴⁰ And He answered and said unto them, “I tell you that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”

He Weeps for Jerusalem

⁴¹ And when He had come near, He beheld the city and wept over it,

⁴² saying, “If thou had known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which must be for thy peace! But now they are hid from thine eyes.

⁴³ For the days shall come upon thee that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee around, and keep thee in on every side.

⁴⁴ And they shall lay thee even with the ground and thy children within thee; and they shalt not leave in thee one stone upon another, because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.”

Mark 11

¹¹ And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple. And when He had looked round about upon all things, as now the eventide had come, He went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

The Fig Tree

¹² And on the morrow, when they had come from Bethany, He was hungry;

¹³ and seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He might find any thing thereon. But when He came to it He found nothing but leaves, for the time for figs was not yet.

¹⁴ And Jesus spoke and said unto it, “Let no man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.” And His disciples heard it.

¹⁵ And they came to Jerusalem. And Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves.

¹⁶ And He would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.

¹⁷ And He taught, saying unto them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called for all nations the house of prayer’? But ye have made it a den of thieves.”

¹⁸ And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy Him; for they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His doctrine.

¹⁹ And when evening had come, He went out of the city.

²⁰ And in the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

²¹ And Peter, calling to remembrance, said unto Him, “Master, behold, the fig tree which Thou cursed is withered away.”

²² And Jesus answering, said unto them, “Have faith in God.

²³ For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, ‘Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea,’ and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass, he shall have whatsoever he saith.

²⁴ Therefore I say unto you, what things so ever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

²⁵ And when ye stand praying, forgive if ye have aught against any, that your Father also who is in Heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

²⁶ But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in Heaven forgive your trespasses.”

John 12

²⁰ And there were certain Greeks among them, who came up to worship at the feast.

²¹ They came therefore to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we would see Jesus.”

²² Philip went and told Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip told Jesus.

²³ And Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour is come that the Son of Man should be glorified.

²⁴ Verily, verily I say unto you, unless a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

²⁵ He that loveth his life shall lose it, and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

²⁶ If any man serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall also My servant be. If any man serve Me, him will My Father honor.

²⁷ “Now is My soul troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this cause came I unto this hour.

A Voice from Heaven

²⁸ Father, glorify Thy name.” Then there came a voice from Heaven, saying, “I Have Both Glorified It, And Will Glorify It Again.”

²⁹ The people therefore who stood by and heard it said that it thundered. Others said, “An angel spoke to him.”

³⁰ Jesus answered and said, “This voice came not because of Me, but for your sakes.

³¹ Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

³² And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.”

³³ This He said, signifying what death He should die.

The Light

³⁴ The people answered Him, “We have heard from the law that Christ abideth for ever; and how sayest thou, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this son of man?”

³⁵ Then Jesus said unto them, “Yet a little while is the Light with you. Walk while ye have the Light, lest darkness come upon you; for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

³⁶ While ye have Light, believe in the Light, that ye may be the children of Light.” These things spoke Jesus, and departed and hid Himself from them.

Quoting from Isaiah

³⁷ But though He had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not in Him,

³⁸ that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: “Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

³⁹ Therefore they could not believe, because as Isaiah said again:

⁴⁰ “He hath blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.”

⁴¹ These things said Isaiah when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.

Mark 11

²⁷ And they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, there came to Him the chief priests and the scribes and the elders,

²⁸ and said unto Him, “By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority to do these things?”

²⁹ And Jesus answered and said unto them, “I will also ask of you one question; answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

³⁰ The baptism of John: was it from Heaven, or of men? Answer Me.”

³¹ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we shall say ‘From Heaven,’ he will say ‘Why then did ye not believe him?’

³² But if we shall say ‘Of men’” — they feared the people, for all men counted John that he was a prophet indeed.

³³ And they answered and said unto Jesus, “We cannot tell.” And Jesus answering, said unto them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

Matthew 21

²⁸ “But what think ye? A certain man had two sons. And he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’

²⁹ He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he repented and went.

³⁰ And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir,’ and went not.

³¹ Which of those two did the will of his father?” They said unto Him, “The first.” Jesus said unto them, “Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the Kingdom of God before you.

³² For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and harlots believed him. And ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

A Landlord Afar

³³ “Hear another parable: There was a certain householder who planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country.

³⁴ And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

³⁵ And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one and killed another and stoned another.

³⁶ Again, he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did unto them likewise.

³⁷ But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, ‘They will reverence my son.’

³⁸ But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.’

³⁹ And they caught him and cast him out of the vineyard and slew him.

⁴⁰ When therefore the lord of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?”

⁴¹ They said unto Him, “He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.”

⁴² Jesus said unto them, “Did ye never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner. This is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

⁴³ Therefore say I unto you, the Kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

⁴⁴ And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.”

⁴⁵ And when the chief priests and the Pharisees had heard His parables, they perceived that He spoke of them.

⁴⁶ But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitude, because they took Him for a prophet.

John 12

Many Believe in Him

⁴² Nevertheless, among the chief rulers also, many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;

⁴³ for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

⁴⁴ Jesus cried out and said, “He that believeth in Me, believeth not in Me, but in Him that sent Me.

⁴⁵ And he that seeth Me, seeth Him that sent Me.

⁴⁶ I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth in Me should not abide in darkness.

⁴⁷ And if any man hear My words and believe not, I judge him not; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

⁴⁸ He that rejecteth Me and receiveth not My words, hath One that judgeth him; the Word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the Last Day.

⁴⁹ For I have not spoken of Myself; but the Father who sent Me, He gave Me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.

⁵⁰ And I know that His commandment is life everlasting. Whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto Me, so I speak.”

Matthew 22

A Wedding for his Son

1 And Jesus answered and spoke unto them again in parables and said,

² “The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a certain king, who made a marriage for his son.

³ And he sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding, and they would not come.

⁴ Again he sent forth other servants, saying, ‘Tell them that are bidden, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come unto the marriage.”’

⁵ But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise,

⁶ and the remnant took his servants and treated them spitefully and slew them.

⁷ But when the king heard thereof he was wroth, and he sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.

⁸ Then said he to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy.

⁹ Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.’

¹⁰ So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered all together as many as they found, both bad and good, and the wedding was furnished with guests.

A Man not with Garment

¹¹ And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding garment.

¹² And he said unto him, ‘Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.

¹³ Then said the king to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

¹⁴ For many are called, but few are chosen.”

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entangle Him in His talk.

Taxes to Caesar?

¹⁶ And they sent out unto Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Master, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth; neither carest thou for any man, for thou regardest not the person of men.

¹⁷ Tell us therefore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?”

¹⁸ But Jesus perceived their wickedness and said, “Why tempt ye Me, ye hypocrites?

¹⁹ Show Me the tribute money.” And they brought unto Him a penny.

²⁰ And He said unto them, “Whose is this image and superscription?”

²¹ And they said unto Him, “Caesar’s.” Then said He unto them, “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.”

²² When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.

The Sadducees

²³ The same day the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,

²⁴ saying, “Master, Moses said, ‘If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed unto his brother.’

²⁵ Now there were with us seven brethren. And the first, when he had married a wife, died; and having no issue, he left his wife unto his brother.

²⁶ Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

²⁷ And last of all, the woman died also.

²⁸ Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven? For they all had her.”

²⁹ Jesus answered and said unto them, “Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in Heaven.

³¹ But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

³² ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

³³ And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at His doctrine.

³⁴ But when the Pharisees had heard that He had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

A Lawyer

³⁵ Then one of them, who was a lawyer, asked Him a question, tempting Him and saying,

³⁶ “Master, which is the great commandment in the law?”

³⁷ Jesus said unto him, “‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.’

³⁸ This is the first and great commandment.

³⁹ And the second is like unto it: ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.’

⁴⁰ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

The Pharisees

⁴¹ While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

⁴² saying, “What think ye of Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said unto Him, “The son of David.”

⁴³ He said unto them, “How then doth David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

⁴⁴ ‘The Lord said unto my Lord, “Sit Thou on My right hand until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool”’?

⁴⁵ If David then call Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?”

⁴⁶ And no man was able to answer Him a word; neither dared any man from that day forth ask Him any more questions.

Luke 20

45 Then in the audience of all the people, He said unto His disciples,

⁴⁶ “Beware of the scribes who desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;

⁴⁷ who devour widows’ houses, and for a show make long prayers. The same shall receive greater damnation.”

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Luke 14

1 And it came to pass, as He went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath day, that they watched Him.

² And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had the dropsy.

Confronting the Pharisees

³ And Jesus answering, spoke unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?”

⁴ But they held their peace. And He took him and healed him, and let him go.

⁵ And He answered them, saying, “Which of you shall have an ox or an ass fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day?”

⁶ And again they could not answer Him concerning these things.

⁷ And He put forth a parable to those who were bidden, when He marked how they chose out the chief places, saying unto them,

⁸ “When thou art bidden by any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest place, lest a more honorable man than thou be bidden by him,

⁹ and he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, ‘Give this man thy place,’ and thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.

¹⁰ But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place, that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then shalt thou have honor in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

¹¹ For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”

Feast for the Poor

¹² Then said He also to him who bade Him, “When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen nor thy rich neighbors, lest they also bid thee again and a recompense be made to thee.

¹³ But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,

¹⁴ and thou shalt be blessed, for they cannot recompense thee. For thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.”

¹⁵ And when one of those who sat at meat with Him heard these things, he said unto Him, “Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the Kingdom of God.”

¹⁶ Then Jesus said unto him, “A certain man made a great supper and bade many.

¹⁷ And he sent his servant at suppertime to say to them that were bidden, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’

¹⁸ And they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said unto him, ‘I have bought a piece of ground, and I need to go and see it. I pray thee have me excused.’

¹⁹ And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to test them. I pray thee have me excused.’

²⁰ And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’

²¹ So that servant came and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and the maimed and the halt and the blind.’

²² And the servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.’

²³ And the lord said unto the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

²⁴ For I say unto you that none of those men who were bidden shall taste of my supper.’”

²⁵ And there went great multitudes with Him, and He turned and said unto them,

Prepare to bear the Cross

²⁶ “If any man come to Me and hate not his father and mother, and wife and children, and brethren and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

²⁷ And whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

²⁸ For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

²⁹ Lest it may happen, after he hath laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, all who behold it begin to mock him,

³⁰ saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

³¹ Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

³² Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an envoy and desireth conditions of peace.

³³ So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be My disciple.

³⁴ “Salt is good; but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

³⁵ It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him

Luke 15

1 Then drew near unto Him all the publicans and sinners to hear Him.

² And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, “This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them.”

The Lost Sheep

³ And He spoke this parable unto them, saying,

⁴ “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost until he find it?

⁵ And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

⁶ And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

⁷ I say unto you that likewise more joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance.

⁸ “Or what woman, having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently until she find it?

⁹ And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost!’

¹⁰ Likewise I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.”

The Prodical Son

¹¹ And He said, “A certain man had two sons.

¹² And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.’ And he divided unto them his estate.

¹³ And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

¹⁴ And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land, and he began to be in want.

¹⁵ And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.

¹⁶ And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine ate, and no man gave unto him.

¹⁷ And when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

¹⁸ I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him, “Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before thee,

¹⁹ and am no more worthy to be called thy son. Make me as one of thy hired servants.”’

²⁰ And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

²¹ And the son said unto him, ‘Father, I have sinned against Heaven and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.’

²² But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring forth the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet.

²³ And bring hither the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;

²⁴ for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to be merry.

²⁵ “Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

²⁶ And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.

²⁷ And he said unto him, ‘Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.’

²⁸ And he was angry and would not go in; therefore came his father out and entreated him.

²⁹ And he answering said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years have I served thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.

³⁰ But as soon as this thy son was come who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.’

³¹ And he said unto him, ‘Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

³² It was meet that we should make merry and be glad; for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.’”

Luke 16

A Rich Man with a Steward

1 And He said also unto His disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

² And he called him and said unto him, ‘How is it that I hear this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest be no longer steward.’

³ Then the steward said within himself, ‘What shall I do? For my lord taketh away from me the stewardship. I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

⁴ I am resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.’

⁵ So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, ‘How much owest thou unto my lord?’

⁶ And he said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take thy bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

⁷ Then said he to another, ‘And how much owest thou?’ And he said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ And he said unto him, ‘Take thy bill and write fourscore.’

⁸ And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely; for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

⁹ And I say unto you, make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

¹⁰ He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much.

¹¹ If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

¹² And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?

Serving Two Masters

¹³ No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”

¹⁴ And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided Him.

¹⁵ And He said unto them, “Ye are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

¹⁶ “The Law and the Prophets were until John. Since that time the Kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

¹⁷ And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than one tittle of the law to fail.

¹⁸ “Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

Lazarus and the Rich Man

¹⁹ “There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.

²⁰ And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores

²¹ and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

²² And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

²³ And in hell, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom.

²⁴ And he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’

²⁵ But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and thou art tormented.

²⁶ And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that they who would pass from here to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from there.’

²⁷ Then he said, ‘I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house,

²⁸ for I have five brethren, that he may testify unto them lest they also come into this place of torment.’

²⁹ Abraham said unto him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’

³⁰ And he said, ‘Nay, father Abraham; but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.’

³¹ And Abraham said unto him, ‘If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.’”

Luke 17

¹ Then said He unto His disciples, “It is impossible but that offenses will come, but woe unto him through whom they come!

² It were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall.

³ “Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

⁴ And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, ‘I repent,’ thou shalt forgive him.”

Increase our Faith

⁵ And the apostles said unto the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

⁶ And the Lord said, “If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, ‘Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea,’ and it should obey you.

⁷ But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by when he is come from the field, ‘Go and sit down to meat’?

⁸ But will you not rather say unto him, ‘Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself and serve me until I have eaten and drunk, and afterward thou shalt eat and drink’?

⁹ Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not!

¹⁰ So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done that which was our duty to do.’”

Going to Jerusalem

¹¹ And it came to pass as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

¹² And as He entered into a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.

¹³ And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

¹⁴ And when He saw them, He said unto them, “Go, show yourselves unto the priests.” And it came to pass that as they went, they were cleansed.

¹⁵ And one of them when he saw that he was healed, turned back and with a loud voice glorified God,

¹⁶ and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.

Only One Gave Thanks

¹⁷ And Jesus answering said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

¹⁸ There are none found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.”

¹⁹ And He said unto him, “Arise; go thy way. Thy faith hath made thee whole.”

²⁰ And when the Pharisees had demanded of Him when the Kingdom of God should come, He answered them and said, “The Kingdom of God cometh not with outward show.

²¹ Neither shall they say, ‘Lo, it is here!’ or ‘Lo, it is there!’ For behold, the Kingdom of God is within you.”

²² And He said unto the disciples, “The days will come when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not see it.

²³ And they shall say to you, ‘See, here!’ or ‘See, there!’ Go not after them, nor follow them.

²⁴ For as the lightning that lighteneth one part under heaven shineth unto the other part under heaven, so shall also the Son of Man be in His day.

²⁵ But first must He suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

As in the Days of Noah

²⁶ And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man:

²⁷ They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

²⁸ “Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

²⁹ but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

³⁰ “Even thus shall it be in the Day when the Son of Man is revealed.

³¹ In that Day, he that shall be upon the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

³² Remember Lot’s wife.

³³ Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

³⁴ I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

³⁵ Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

³⁶ Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.”

³⁷ And they answered and said unto Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said unto them, “Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.”

Luke 18

¹ And He spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint,

² saying, “There was in a city a judge who feared not God, neither regarded man.

³ And there was a widow in that city, and she came unto him, saying, ‘Avenge me on mine adversary.’

⁴ And for a while he would not, but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I fear not God nor regard man,

⁵ yet because this widow troubleth me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’”

⁶ And the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge saith.

⁷ And shall not God avenge His own elect, who cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them?

⁸ I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?”

⁹ And He spoke this parable unto certain ones who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

¹⁰ “Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a publican.

¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank Thee that I am not as other men are: extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

¹² I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’

¹³ And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’

¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other; for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”

John 11

¹ Now a certain man was sick named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

² (It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

³ Therefore his sisters sent unto Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom Thou lovest is sick.”

⁴ When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.”

⁵ Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Raising of Lazarus

⁶ When He heard therefore that Lazarus was sick, He stayed two days still in the same place where He was.

⁷ Then after that He said to His disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”

⁸ His disciples said unto Him, “Master, the Jews of late sought to stone Thee, and goest Thou thither again?”

⁹ Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

¹⁰ But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth because there is no light in him.”

¹¹ These things said He, and after that He said unto them, “Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awaken him out of sleep.”

¹² Then said His disciples, “Lord, if he sleep he shall do well.”

¹³ However Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He had spoken of the taking of rest in sleep.

¹⁴ Then Jesus said unto them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.

¹⁵ And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent that ye may believe. Nevertheless let us go unto him.”

¹⁶ Then Thomas, who was called Didymus, said unto his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”

¹⁷ Then when Jesus came, He found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

¹⁸ Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about two miles away,

¹⁹ and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother.

²⁰ Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him; but Mary sat still in the house.

²¹ Then Martha said unto Jesus, “Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died.

²² But I know that even now, whatsoever Thou wilt ask of God, God will give it Thee.”

²³ Jesus said unto her, “Thy brother shall rise again.”

²⁴ Martha said unto Him, “I know that he shall rise again at the resurrection on the Last Day.”

²⁵ Jesus said unto her, “I am the resurrection and the Life. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live;

²⁶ and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?”

²⁷ She said unto Him, “Yea, Lord, I believe that Thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who should come into the world.”

²⁸ And when she had so said, she went her way and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, “The Master has come, and calleth for thee.”

²⁹ As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came unto Him.

³⁰ Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met Him.

³¹ The Jews then, who were with her in the house and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, “She goeth unto the grave to weep there.”

³² Then when Mary had come where Jesus was and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying unto Him, “Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died.”

³³ When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled,

³⁴ and said, “Where have ye laid him?” They said unto Him, “Lord, come and see.”

³⁵ Jesus wept.

³⁶ Then said the Jews, “Behold, how he loved him!”

³⁷ And some of them said, “Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?”

³⁸ Jesus therefore again, groaning in Himself, came to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

³⁹ Jesus said, “Take ye away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said unto Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he hath been dead four days.”

⁴⁰ Jesus said unto her, “Said I not unto thee that if thou would believe, thou should see the glory of God?”

⁴¹ Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard Me.

⁴² And I knew that Thou hearest Me always, but because of the people who stand by I said it, that they may believe that Thou hast sent Me.”

⁴³ And when He thus had spoken, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”

⁴⁴ And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said unto them, “Loose him, and let him go.”

⁴⁵ Then many of the Jews who came to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed in Him.

Plotting His Death

⁴⁶ But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

⁴⁷ Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council and said, “What shall we do? For this man doeth many miracles.

⁴⁸ If we let him thus alone, all men will believe in him, and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.”

⁴⁹ And one of them named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, “Ye know nothing at all,

⁵⁰ nor consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.”

⁵¹ And he spoke this not of himself, but, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

⁵² and not for that nation only, but that also He should gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

⁵³ So from that day forth, they took counsel together to put Him to death.

⁵⁴ Jesus therefore walked no longer openly among the Jews, but went thence unto a region near the wilderness into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with His disciples.

Matthew 19

¹ And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these sayings, He departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

² And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.

Divorce?

³ The Pharisees also came unto Him, testing Him and saying unto Him, “Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?”

⁴ And He answered and said unto them, “Have ye not read, that He that made them at the beginning made them male and female,

⁵ and said, ‘For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh’?

⁶ Therefore they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”

⁷ They said unto Him, “Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement and to put her away?”

⁸ He said unto them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

⁹ And I say unto you, whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery; and whoso marrieth her who is put away doth commit adultery.”

¹⁰ His disciples said unto Him, “If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.”

¹¹ But He said unto them, “All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

¹² For there are some eunuchs who were so born from their mother’s womb, and there are some eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

Little Children

¹³ Then were there brought unto Him little children, that He should put His hands on them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them,

¹⁴ but Jesus said, “Suffer little children, and forbid them not to come unto Me,for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.”

¹⁵ And He laid His hands on them and departed thence.

A Rich Man

¹⁶ And behold, one came and said unto Him, “Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

¹⁷ And He said unto him, “Why callest thou Me good? There is none good but One, that is, God. But if thou wilt enter into Life, keep the commandments.”

¹⁸ He said unto Him, “Which?” Jesus said, “‘Thou shalt do no murder; thou shalt not commit adultery; thou shalt not steal; thou shalt not bear false witness;

¹⁹ honor thy father and thy mother; and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.’”

²⁰ The young man said unto Him, “All these things have I kept from my youth up. What lack I yet?”

²¹ Jesus said unto him, “If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell what thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in Heaven; and come and follow Me.”

²² But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

²³ Then said Jesus unto His disciples, “Verily I say unto you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

²⁴ And again I say unto you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”

²⁵ When His disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, “Who then can be saved?”

²⁶ But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

²⁷ Then Peter answered and said unto Him, “Behold, we have forsaken all and followed Thee. What shall we have therefore?”

²⁸ And Jesus said unto them, “Verily I say unto you, that ye that have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man shall sit on the throne of His glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

²⁹ And everyone that hath forsaken houses or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit everlasting life.

³⁰ But many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.

Matthew 20

A Vineyard

¹ “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

² And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

³ And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

⁴ and said unto them, ‘Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you.’ And they went their way.

⁵ Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour and did likewise.

⁶ And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said unto them, ‘Why stand ye here all the day idle?’

⁷ They said unto him, ‘Because no man hath hired us.’ He said unto them, ‘Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.’

⁸ So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said unto his steward, ‘Call the laborers and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.’

⁹ And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

¹⁰ But when the first came, they supposed they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

¹¹ And when they had received it, they murmured against the master of the house,

¹² saying, ‘These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’

¹³ But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I do thee no wrong. Didst thou not agree with me for a penny?

¹⁴ Take that which is thine and go thy way. I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?’

¹⁶ So the last shall be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

¹⁷ And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart on the way and said unto them,

The Son of Man to be Betrayed

¹⁸ “Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn Him to death,

¹⁹ and shall deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify Him. And the third day, He shall rise again.”

²⁰ Then came to Him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshiping Him and desiring a certain thing of Him.

²¹ And He said unto her, “What wilt thou?” She said unto Him, “Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on Thy right hand and the other on the left in Thy Kingdom.”

²² But Jesus answered and said, “Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said unto Him, “We are able.”

²³ And He said unto them, “Ye shall drink indeed of My cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared by My Father.”

²⁴ And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

²⁵ But Jesus called them unto Him and said, “Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

²⁶ But it shall not be so among you; but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

²⁷ and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant,

²⁸ even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

Luke 18

A Blind Man

³⁵ And it came to pass that as He was coming nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the wayside begging.

³⁶ And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

³⁷ And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

³⁸ And he cried, saying, “Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me!”

³⁹ And those who went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace, but he cried out all the more, “Thou Son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁰ And Jesus stood and commanded him to be brought unto Him. And when he had come near, He asked him,

⁴¹ saying, “What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee?” And he said, “Lord, that I may receive my sight.”

⁴² And Jesus said unto him, “Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee.”

⁴³ And immediately he received his sight and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

Luke19

Zacchaeus

¹ And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 

² And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

³ And he sought to see Jesus, who He was, but could not for the press of the crowd, because he was short in stature.

⁴ And he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was to pass that way.

⁵ And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said unto him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must abide at thy house.”

⁶ And he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.

⁷ And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying that He had gone to be the guest of a man who was a sinner.

⁸ And Zacchaeus stood and said unto the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore to him fourfold.”

⁹ And Jesus said unto him, “This day is salvation come to this house, in that he also is a son of Abraham.

¹⁰ For the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Matthew 20:29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed Him.

Two Blind Men

³⁰ And behold, two blind men were sitting by the wayside when they heard that Jesus was passing by, and they cried out, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Thou Son of David!”

³¹ And the multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace; but they cried out the more, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Thou Son of David!”

³² And Jesus stood still, and called them and said, “What will ye that I shall do unto you?”

³³ They said unto Him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”

³⁴ So Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.

Luke 19

Parable of the Pounds

¹¹ And as they heard these things, He added and spoke a parable, because He was nigh to Jerusalem and because they thought that the Kingdom of God should immediately appear.

¹² He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

¹³ And he called his ten servants and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, ‘Make use of it till I come.’

¹⁴ But his citizens hated him and sent a message after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’

¹⁵ And it came to pass that when he had returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

¹⁶ Then came the first, saying, ‘Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.’

¹⁷ And he said unto him, ‘Well done, thou good servant; because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.’

¹⁸ And the second came, saying, ‘Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.’

¹⁹ And he said likewise to him, ‘Be thou also over five cities.’

²⁰ And another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid away in a napkin.

²¹ For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou layest not down, and reapest what thou did not sow.’

²² And he said unto him, ‘Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down and reaping what I did not sow.

²³ Why then gavest not thou my money unto the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with interest?’

²⁴ And he said unto them that stood by, ‘Take from him the pound and give it to him that hath ten pounds.’

²⁵ (And they said unto him, ‘Lord, he hath ten pounds!’)

²⁶ ‘For I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him.

²⁷ But those mine enemies, who would not that I should reign over them, bring them hither and slay them before me.’”

²⁸ And when Jesus had thus spoken, He went ahead, ascending up to Jerusalem.

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John 8

¹ Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives.

² And early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came unto Him; and He sat down and taught them.

A Woman caught in Adultery

³ And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto Him a woman taken in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst,

⁴ they said unto Him, “Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

⁵ Now Moses in the law commanded us that such should be stoned but what sayest thou?”

⁶ This they said testing Him, that they might have cause to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground, as though He heard them not.

⁷ So when they continued asking Him, He lifted Himself up and said unto them, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”

⁸ And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

Go and sin no more

⁹ And they who heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the eldest even unto the last, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing in the midst.

¹⁰ When Jesus had lifted Himself up and saw none but the woman, He said unto her, “Woman, where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee?”

¹¹ She said, “No man, Lord.” And Jesus said unto her, “Neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more.”

¹² Then spoke Jesus again unto them, saying, “I am the Light of the world. He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

¹³ The Pharisees therefore said unto Him, “Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.”

¹⁴ Jesus answered and said unto them, “Though I bear record of Myself, yet My record is true, for I know whence I came and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come and whither I go.

¹⁵ Ye judge according to the flesh; I judge no man.

¹⁶ And yet if I judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent Me.

¹⁷ It is also written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.

¹⁸ I am One that bear witness of Myself, and the Father that sent Me beareth witness of Me.”

¹⁹ Then they said unto Him, “Where is thy father?” Jesus answered, “Ye neither know Me, nor My Father. If ye had known Me, ye should have known My Father also.”

²⁰ These words spoke Jesus in the treasury as He taught in the temple, and no man laid hands on Him, for His hour was not yet come.

²¹ Then Jesus said again unto them, “I go My way, and ye shall seek Me, and shall die in your sins. Whither I go, ye cannot come.”

²² Then said the Jews, “Will he kill himself, because he saith, ‘Whither I go ye cannot come’?”

²³ And He said unto them, “Ye are from beneath; I am from above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

²⁴ I said therefore unto you that ye shall die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins.”

²⁵ Then they said unto Him, “Who art thou?” And Jesus said unto them, “Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

²⁶ I have many things to say and to judge of you, but He that sent Me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of Him.”

²⁷ They understood not that He spoke to them of the Father.

²⁸ Then said Jesus unto them, “When ye have lifted up the Son of Man, then shall ye know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father hath taught Me, I speak these things.

²⁹ And He that sent Me is with Me. The Father hath not left Me alone, for I do always those things that please Him.”

³⁰ As He spoke those words, many believed in Him.

³¹ Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed in Him, “If ye continue in My Word, then are ye My disciples indeed.

The Truth shall make you Free

³² And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

³³ They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man. How sayest thou, ‘Ye shall be made free’?”

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Verily, verily I say unto you, whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

³⁵ And the servant abideth not in the house for ever, but the Son abideth ever.

³⁶ If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Ye of Abraham’s Seed

³⁷ I know that ye are Abraham’s seed, but ye seek to kill Me, because My Word hath no place in you.

³⁸ I speak that which I have seen with My Father, and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.”

³⁹ They answered and said unto Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said unto them, “If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

⁴⁰ But now ye seek to kill Me, a Man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.

⁴¹ Ye do the deeds of your father.” Then they said to Him, “We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.”

⁴² Jesus said unto them, “If God were your Father, ye would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of Myself, but He sent Me.

⁴³ Why do ye not understand My speech? Even because ye cannot hear My Word!

⁴⁴ Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.

⁴⁵ And because I tell you the truth, ye believe Me not.

They took up stones to cast at Him

⁴⁶ Which of you convicteth Me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe Me?

⁴⁷ He that is of God heareth God’s words; ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.”

⁴⁸ Then the Jews answered and said unto Him, “Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil?”

⁴⁹ Jesus answered, “I have not a devil, but I honor My Father, and ye do dishonor Me.

⁵⁰ And I seek not Mine own glory; there is One that seeketh and judgeth.

⁵¹ Verily, verily I say unto you, if a man keep My saying, he shall never see death.”

⁵² Then said the Jews unto Him, “Now we know that thou hast a devil! Abraham is dead and the prophets; and thou sayest, ‘If a man keep my saying he shall never taste of death.’

⁵³ Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom makest thou thyself?”

⁵⁴ Jesus answered, “If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father that honoreth Me, of whom ye say that He is your God.

⁵⁵ Yet ye have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I should say, ‘I know Him not,’ I shall be a liar like unto you. But I know Him and keep His saying.

⁵⁶ Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day; and He saw it and was glad.”

⁵⁷ Then said the Jews unto Him, “Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?”

⁵⁸ Jesus said unto them, “Verily, verily I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am!”

⁵⁹ Then they took up stones to cast at Him; but Jesus hid Himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

John 9

¹ And as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from his birth.

² And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Master, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

³ Jesus answered, “Neither hath this man sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

⁴ I must work the works of Him that sent Me while it is day; the night cometh when no man can work.

⁵ As long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.”

⁶ When He had thus spoken, He spat on the ground and made clay with the spittle; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay

⁷ and said unto him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which interpreted means, “Sent”). He went his way therefore and washed, and came back seeing.

⁸ The neighbors therefore, and those who before had seen that he was blind, said, “Is not this he that sat and begged?”

⁹ Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “He is like him.” But he said, “I am he!”

¹⁰ Therefore they said unto him, “How were thine eyes opened?”

¹¹ He answered and said, “A man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ And I went and washed, and I received sight.”

¹² Then they said unto him, “Where is he?” He said, “I know not.”

The Pharisees

¹³ They brought to the Pharisees him that beforehand was blind.

¹⁴ And it was the Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.

¹⁵ Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, “He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed and do see.”

¹⁶ Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath day.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such miracles?” And there was a division among them.

¹⁷ They said unto the blind man again, “What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”

¹⁸ But the Jews did not believe concerning him that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

¹⁹ And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then doth he now see?”

²⁰ His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind;

²¹ but by what means he now seeth we know not, or who hath opened his eyes we know not. He is of age; ask him. He shall speak for himself.”

²² These words spoke his parents, because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had agreed already that if any man confessed that He was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

²³ Therefore said his parents, “He is of age; ask him.”

“Are we blind also?”

²⁴ Then they again called the man who was blind and said unto him, “Give God the praise! We know that this man is a sinner.”

²⁵ He answered and said, “Whether he be a sinner or not, I know not. One thing I know, that whereas I was blind, now I see.”

²⁶ Then said they to him again, “What did he do to thee? How opened he thine eyes?”

²⁷ He answered them, “I have told you already, and ye did not hear. Why would ye hear it again? Will ye also be his disciples?”

²⁸ Then they reviled him and said, “Thou art his disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.

²⁹ We know that God spoke unto Moses. As for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.”

³⁰ The man answered and said unto them, “Why, herein is a marvelous thing: that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

³¹ Now we know that God heareth not sinners, but if any man be a worshiper of God and doeth His will, him He heareth.

³² Since the world began it was not heard that any man opened the eyes of one who was born blind.

³³ If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

³⁴ They answered and said unto him, “Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us?” And they cast him out.

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had cast him out. And when He had found him, He said unto him, “Dost thou believe in the Son of God?”

³⁶ He answered and said, “Who is he, Lord, that I might believe in him?”

³⁷ And Jesus said unto him, “Thou hast both seen Him, and it is He that talketh with thee.”

³⁸ And he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.

³⁹ And Jesus said, “For judgment I am come into this world, that they that see not might see, and that they that see might be made blind.”

⁴⁰ And some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said unto Him, “Are we blind also?”

⁴¹ Jesus said unto them, “If ye were blind, ye should have no sin; but now ye say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remaineth.

John 10

¹ “Verily, verily I say unto you, he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

² But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

³ To him the doorkeeper openeth, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out.

⁴ And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

⁵ And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him, for they know not the voice of strangers.”

⁶ This parable Jesus spoke unto them, but they understood not what things they were which He spoke unto them.

The True Shepherd

⁷ Then said Jesus unto them again, “Verily, verily I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

⁸ All that ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

⁹ I am the door; by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

¹⁰ The thief cometh not but to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

¹¹ I am the Good Shepherd; the Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.

¹² But he that is a hireling and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them and scattereth the sheep.

¹³ The hireling fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

¹⁴ I am the Good Shepherd, and know My sheep and am known by Mine.

¹⁵ As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

¹⁶ And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. Them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold and one Shepherd.

¹⁷ Therefore doth My Father love Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again.

¹⁸ No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received from My Father.”

¹⁹ There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

²⁰ And many of them said, “He hath a devil and is mad. Why hear ye him?”

²¹ Others said, “These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?”

Matthew 17:24 And when they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the tribute money came to Peter and said, “Doth not your master pay tribute?”

²⁵ He said, “Yes.” And when he had come into the house, Jesus preceded him, saying, “What thinkest thou, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? From their own children, or from strangers?”

²⁶ Peter said unto Him, “From strangers.” Jesus said unto him, “Then are the children free.

²⁷ Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up. And when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money. That take, and give unto them for Me and thee.”

Matthew 18

¹ At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”

² And Jesus called a little child unto Him, and set him in the midst of them,

³ and said, “Verily I say unto you, unless ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

⁴ Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

⁵ And whoso shall receive one such little child in My name, receiveth Me.

Mark 9:38 And John answered Him, saying, “Master, we saw one casting out devils in Thy name, but he followeth us not, so we forbad him because he followeth not us.”

³⁹ But Jesus said, “Forbid him not, for there is no man who shall do a miracle in My name that can lightly speak evil of Me.

⁴⁰ For he that is not against us is on our side.

⁴¹ For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in My name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

Offending the Little Ones

⁶ But whoso shall cause one of these little ones who believe in Me to fall, it were better for him that a millstone were hung about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

⁷ “Woe unto the world because of offenses! For it must happen that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.

⁸ Therefore if thy hand or thy foot cause thee to fall, cut them off and cast them from thee; it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.

⁹ And if thine eye cause thee to fall, pluck it out and cast it from thee; it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire.

¹⁰ “Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you that in Heaven their angels do always behold the face of My Father who is in Heaven.

¹¹ “For the Son of Man is come to save that which was lost.

¹² How think ye? If a man have a hundred sheep and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains and seeketh that which is gone astray?

¹³ And if it so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more over that sheep than over the ninety and nine which went not astray.

¹⁴ Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in Heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

Trangressions among Brothers

¹⁵ “Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

¹⁶ But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that ‘in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’

¹⁷ And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church; but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican.

¹⁸ Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven; and so whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven.

¹⁹ “Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth concerning anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in Heaven.

²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.”

²¹ Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

²² And Jesus said unto him, “I say not unto thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

²³ “Therefore is the Kingdom of Heaven likened unto a certain king who would settle accounts with his servants.

²⁴ And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him who owed him ten thousand talents.

²⁵ But inasmuch as he could not pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

²⁶ The servant therefore fell down and did homage to him, saying,‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.’

²⁷ Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him and forgave him the debt.

²⁸ But the same servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred pence. And he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what thou owest.’

²⁹ And his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.’

³⁰ And he would not, but went and cast him into prison till he should pay the debt.

³¹ So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were very sorry and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

³² Then his lord, after he had called him, said unto him, ‘O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me.

³³ Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee?’

³⁴ And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due unto him.

³⁵ So likewise shall My heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother’s trespasses.”

Luke 9

Through Samaria to Judea

⁵¹ And it came to pass, when the time had come that He should be received up, He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem,

⁵² and He sent messengers before His face. And they went and entered into a village of the Samaritans to make ready for Him.

⁵³ But they did not receive Him, because His face was set as though He would go to Jerusalem.

⁵⁴ And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, wilt Thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did?”

⁵⁵ But He turned and rebuked them and said, “Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

⁵⁶ For the Son of Man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” And they went to another village.

⁵⁷ And it came to pass that, as they went along the way, a certain man said unto Him, “Lord, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest.”

⁵⁸ And Jesus said unto him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man hath nowhere to lay His head.”

⁵⁹ And He said unto another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.”

⁶⁰ Jesus said unto him, “Let the dead bury their dead, but go thou and preach the Kingdom of God.”

⁶¹ And another also said, “Lord, I will follow Thee, but let me first go bid those farewell who are at home at my house.”

⁶² And Jesus said unto him, “No man, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.”

Luke 10

Two by Two of the Seventy

¹ After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two ahead of Him into every city and place whither He Himself would come.

² Therefore He said unto them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He would send forth laborers into His harvest.

³ Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves,

⁴ carrying neither purse, nor pack, nor shoes; and salute no man by the way.

⁵ And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’

⁶ And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it; if not, it shall return to you again.

⁷ And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

⁸ And into whatsoever city ye enter and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you.

⁹ And heal the sick that are therein and say unto them, ‘The Kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.’

¹⁰ But into whatsoever city ye enter and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same and say,

¹¹ ‘Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you. Notwithstanding, be ye sure of this: that the Kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.’

¹² But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that city.

¹³ “Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they would have a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁴ But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the Judgment than for you.

¹⁵ And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to hell.

¹⁶ He that heareth you heareth Me, and he that despiseth you despiseth Me, and he that despiseth Me despiseth Him that sent Me.”

The Demons are Fallen

¹⁷ And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, “Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through Thy name.”

¹⁸ And He said unto them, “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

¹⁹ Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

²⁰ Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice because your names are written in Heaven.”

²¹ In that hour Jesus rejoiced in Spirit and said, “I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Thy sight.

²² All things are delivered to Me by My Father, and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son and he to whom the Son will reveal Him.”

²³ And He turned unto His disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see.

²⁴ For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.”

The Good Samaritans

²⁵ And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

²⁶ He said unto him, “What is written in the law? How readest thou?”

²⁷ And he answering said, “‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself.’”

²⁸ And He said unto him, “Thou hast answered right; this do, and thou shalt live.”

²⁹ But he, wanting to justify himself, said unto Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

³⁰ And Jesus answering said, “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead.

³¹ And by chance there came down a certain priest that way. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

³² And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him and passed by on the other side.

³³ But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was. And when he saw him he had compassion on him,

³⁴ and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

³⁵ And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host and said unto him, ‘Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again I will repay thee.’

³⁶ Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?”

³⁷ And he said, “He that showed mercy on him.” Then said Jesus unto him, “Go and do thou likewise.”

Martha and Mary

³⁸ Now it came to pass, as they went, that He entered into a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha received Him into her house.

³⁹ And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His Word.

⁴⁰ But Martha was encumbered with much serving, and came to Him and said, “Lord, dost Thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me.”

⁴¹ And Jesus answered and said unto her, “Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things.

⁴² But one thing is needful, and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”

Luke 11

¹ And it came to pass that as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of His disciples said unto Him, “Lord, teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples.”

² And He said unto them, “When ye pray, say: Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in Heaven, so on earth.

³ Give us day by day our daily bread.

⁴ And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

⁵ And He said unto them, “Which of you shall have a friend and shall go unto him at midnight and say unto him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves,

⁶ for a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him’;

⁷ and he from within shall answer and say, ‘Trouble me not; the door is now shut and my children are with me in bed, and I cannot rise and give to thee’?

⁸ I say unto you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

⁹ And I say unto you: ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

¹⁰ For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

¹¹ “If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

¹² Or if he shall ask for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

¹³ If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask Him?”

Power of Beelzebub?

¹⁴ And He was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass when the devil had gone out, the dumb one spoke; and the people wondered.

¹⁵ But some of them said, “He casteth out devils through Beelzebub, the chief of the devils.”

¹⁶ And others, testing Him, sought from Him a sign from Heaven.

¹⁷ But He, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.

¹⁸ If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand — because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub?

¹⁹ And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore shall they be your judges.

²⁰ But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, doubt not the Kingdom of God is come upon you.

²¹ When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace.

²² But when one stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

²³ He that is not with Me, is against Me; and he that gathereth not with Me, scattereth.

Seven Times Worse

²⁴ “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, ‘I will return unto my house whence I came out.’

²⁵ And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

²⁶ Then he goeth and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.”

²⁷ And it came to pass, as He spoke these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice and said unto Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore Thee and the breasts which Thou hast sucked.”

²⁸ But He said, “Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the Word of God and keep it.”

²⁹ And when the people were gathered thick together, He began to say, “This is an evil generation. They seek a sign, and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

Sign of Jonah

³⁰ For as Jonah was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of Man be to this generation.

³¹ The queen of the south shall rise up in the Judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

³² The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the Judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

³³ “No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they that come in may see the light.

³⁴ The light of the body is the eye. Therefore, when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light. But when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

³⁵ Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

³⁶ If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.”

Dine with a Pharisee

³⁷ And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee besought Him to dine with him. And He went in and sat down to meat.

³⁸ And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before dinner.

³⁹ And the Lord said unto him, “Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter, but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

⁴⁰ Ye fools! Did not He that made that which is without, make that which is within also?

⁴¹ But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and behold, all things are clean unto you.

⁴² “But woe unto you, Pharisees! For ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God. These ought ye to have done, and not left the other undone.

⁴³ Woe unto you, Pharisees! For ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues and greetings in the markets.

⁴⁴ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.”

⁴⁵ Then answered one of the lawyers and said unto Him, “Master, thus saying, thou reproachest us also.”

⁴⁶ And He said, “Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! For ye laden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

⁴⁷ Woe unto you! For ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

⁴⁸ Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.

⁴⁹ “Therefore also said the wisdom of God: ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute,’

⁵⁰ that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,

⁵¹ from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.

⁵² Woe unto you, lawyers! For ye have taken away the key of knowledge. Ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in, ye hindered.”

⁵³ And as He said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press Him vehemently and to provoke Him to speak of many things,

⁵⁴ lying in wait for Him and seeking to catch something out of His mouth, that they might accuse Him.

Luke 12

¹ In the meantime, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trod one upon another, He began to say unto His disciples first of all, “Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

² For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, neither hid that shall not be known.

³ Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

⁴ “And I say unto you, My friends, be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

To Fear God

⁵ But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear Him that, after He hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, fear Him!

⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

⁷ But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

⁸ “Also I say unto you, whosoever shall confess Me before men, him shall the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God.

⁹ But he that denieth Me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

¹⁰ And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.

¹¹ “And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say.

¹² For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.”

¹³ And one of the company said unto Him, “Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ And He said unto him, “Man, who made Me a judge or a divider over you?”

¹⁵ And He said unto them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.”

¹⁶ And He spoke a parable unto them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

¹⁷ And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, because I have no room to store my fruits?’

¹⁸ And he said, ‘This will I do. I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there will I store all my fruits and my goods.

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease; eat, drink, and be merry.’

²⁰ But God said unto him, ‘Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee. Then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?’

²¹ So is he that layeth up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Seek the Kingdom First

²² And He said unto His disciples, “Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

²³ The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

²⁴ Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap, they neither have storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much more are ye better than the fowls?

²⁵ And which of you by taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

²⁶ If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

²⁷ Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

²⁸ If then God so clothe the grass, which is today in the field and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O ye of little faith?

²⁹ “And seek ye not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubting mind.

³⁰ For all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

³¹ But rather seek ye the Kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you.

³² “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

³³ Sell what ye have, and give alms. Provide yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

³⁴ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

³⁵ “Let your loins be girded about and your lights burning;

Be Watchful

³⁶ and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord when he will return from the wedding, that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

³⁷ Blessed are those servants whom the lord, when he cometh, shall find watching. Verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

³⁸ And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch and find them so, blessed are those servants.

³⁹ And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be broken into.

⁴⁰ Be ye therefore ready also, for the Son of Man cometh at an hour when ye think not.”

⁴¹ Then Peter said unto Him, “Lord, speakest Thou this parable unto us, or even to all?”

⁴² And the Lord said, “Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

⁴³ Blessed is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.

⁴⁴ In truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.

⁴⁵ But if that servant say in his heart, ‘My lord delayeth his coming,’ and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink and be drunken,

⁴⁶ the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him asunder and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

⁴⁷ And that servant, who knew his lord’s will and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

⁴⁸ But he that knew not and committed things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

I Come to Cast Fire

⁴⁹ “I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it be already kindled?

⁵⁰ But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am straitened till it be accomplished!

⁵¹ Suppose ye that I have come to give peace on earth? I tell you, nay, but rather division.

⁵² For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.

⁵³ The father shall be divided against the son and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

⁵⁴ And He said also to the people, “When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, ‘There cometh a shower’; and so it is.

⁵⁵ And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, ‘There will be heat’; and it cometh to pass.

⁵⁶ Ye hypocrites! Ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

⁵⁷ “Yea, and why even for yourselves judge ye not what is right?

⁵⁸ When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art on the way, be diligent that thou mayest be delivered from him, lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

⁵⁹ I tell thee, thou shall not depart thence till thou hast paid the very last mite.”

Luke 13

¹ There were present at that season some who told Him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

² And Jesus answering said unto them, “Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?

³ I tell you, nay; but unless ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

⁴ Or those eighteen upon whom the tower of Siloam fell and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all other men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

⁵ I tell you, nay; but unless ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”

The Fig Tree

⁶ He spoke also this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

⁷ Then said he unto the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Behold, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down. Why cumbereth it the ground?’

⁸ And he answering said unto him, ‘Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig around it and dung it.

⁹ And if it bear fruit, well; and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.’”

¹⁰ And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

¹¹ And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years, and was bowed down and could in no way lift herself up.

¹² And when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said unto her, “Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.”

¹³ And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

¹⁴ But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said unto the people, “There are six days in which men ought to work; in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”

¹⁵ The Lord then answered him and said, “Thou hypocrite! Doth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away to watering?

¹⁶ And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

¹⁷ And when He had said these things, all His adversaries were ashamed; and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.

The Mustard Seed

¹⁸ Then said He, “Unto what is the Kingdom of God like? And unto what shall I compare it?

¹⁹ It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and waxed a great tree, and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.”

²⁰ And again He said, “Unto what shall I liken the Kingdom of God?

²¹ It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.”

Towards Jerusalem

²² And He went through the cities and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem.

²³ Then said one unto Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said unto them,

²⁴ “Strive to enter in at the strait gate, for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in and shall not be able.

²⁵ When once the master of the house is risen up and hath shut the door, and ye begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open unto us,’ and He shall answer and say unto you, ‘I know you not from whence ye are,’

²⁶ then shall ye begin to say, ‘We have eaten and drunk in Thy presence, and Thou hast taught in our streets.’

²⁷ But He shall say, ‘I tell you, I know you not from whence ye are. Depart from Me, all ye workers of iniquity.’

²⁸ There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

²⁹ And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south, and shall sit down in the Kingdom of God.

³⁰ And behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.”

³¹ The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto Him, “Get thee out and depart hence, for Herod will kill thee.”

³² And He said unto them, “Go ye and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out devils and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.’

³³ Nevertheless I must walk today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

³⁴ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

³⁵ Behold, your house is left unto you desolate; and verily I say unto you, ye shall not see Me until the time come when ye shall say, ‘Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.’”

John 10

²² And it was at Jerusalem the Feast of the Dedication, and it was winter.

²³ And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s Porch.

²⁴ Then came the Jews round about Him and said unto Him, “How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.”

²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I told you, and ye believed not. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me.

²⁶ But ye believe not, because ye are not of My sheep, as I said unto you.

My Sheep hear My Voice

²⁷ My sheep hear My voice, and I know them and they follow Me.

²⁸ And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.

²⁹ My Father, who gave them to Me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father’s hand.

³⁰ I and My Father are one.”

³¹ Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.

³² Jesus answered them, “Many good works have I shown you from My Father. For which of those works do ye stone Me?”

³³ The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy and because thou, being a man, makest thyself God.”

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said “Ye are gods”’?

³⁵ If He called them gods unto whom the Word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

³⁶ do ye say of Him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, ‘Thou blasphemest,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

³⁷ If I do not the works of My Father, believe Me not.

³⁸ But if I do, though ye believe not Me, believe the works, that ye may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”

³⁹ Therefore they sought again to take Him, but He escaped out of their hand,

⁴⁰ and went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John had first baptized; and there He abode.

⁴¹ And many resorted unto Him and said that John did no miracle, but all things that John spoke of this Man were true.

⁴² And many believed in Him there.

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Mark 6

¹ And He went out from thence and came into His own country, and His disciples followed Him.

² And when the Sabbath day had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, “From whence hath this man these things? And what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?

³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses, and of Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they were offended at Him.

⁴ But Jesus said unto them, “A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.”

⁵ And He could do no mighty works there, except that He laid His hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

⁶ And He marveled because of their unbelief. And He went round about the villages teaching.

Two by Two Experience

⁷ And He called unto Him the twelve, and began to send them forth two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits,

⁸ and commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only — no wallet, no bread, and no money in their purse,

⁹ but be shod with sandals, and not put on two coats.

¹⁰ And He said unto them, “In whatever place ye enter into a house, there abide until ye depart from that place.

¹¹ And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that city.”

¹² And they went out and preached that men should repent.

¹³ And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.

Matthew 10

¹ And when He had called unto Him His twelve disciples, He gave them power against unclean spirits to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

² Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

³ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

⁴ Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

⁵ These twelve Jesus sent forth and commanded them, saying, “Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not.

To the Lost Sheep of Israel

⁶ But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

The term or word “Israel” has five (or even six) possible meanings:

(1) Israel in place of Jacob, since the angel gave Jacob a new name, Israel;

(2) Jacob said, “and let my name be named on them” Genesis 48:16; that is, the name “Israel” is to be installed to the children of Joseph: Ephraim and Manasseh;

(3) the children of Israel, or all the house of Israel as in Ezekiel 20:40 in the sense of all the progeny of Jacob, all twelve tribes; sometimes expressed as the “whole house of Israel;”

(4) the “two houses of Israel” in Isaiah 8:14 or “both houses of Israel” would mean the ‘first’ house of Israel as the house of 10-tribes Israel; and the ‘second’ house of Israel as the 2-tribes house of Judah;

(5) the ‘second’ house of Israel as the 2-tribes house of Judah; this happened during Rehoboam reign when the kingdom was broken into the house of Israel (north) and the house of Judah (south); in this context, the house of Israel could be the 2-tribes Israel as in Ezekiel 8:6,11,12 and Matthew 15:24;

(6) Israel, the modern state of Israel, established in 1917 by the Balfour declaration and gained independence in 1948.

⁷ And as ye go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.’

⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils. Freely ye have received; freely give.

⁹ Provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses,

¹⁰ nor pack for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves; for the workman is worthy of his meat.

¹¹ And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till ye go thence.

¹² And when ye come into a house, salute it,

¹³ and if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

¹⁴ And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

¹⁵ Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that city.

¹⁶ “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

¹⁷ But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues,

¹⁸ and ye shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

²⁰ For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaketh in you.

²¹ And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death.

²² And ye shall be hated by all men for My name’s sake, but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another; for verily I say unto you, ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel till the Son of Man be come.

²⁴ “The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household!

²⁶ Fear them not therefore, for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and hid that shall not be known.

²⁷ What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light; and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

Fear God, Not Man

²⁸ And fear not them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear Him that is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

²⁹ “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

³⁰ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

³¹ Fear ye not, therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows.

³² “Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father who is in Heaven.

³³ But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father who is in Heaven.

“Not Peace, but a Sword”

³⁴ “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth. I came not to send peace, but a sword.

³⁵ For I am come to ‘set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.’

³⁶ And ‘a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.’

³⁷ He that loveth father or mother more than Me, is not worthy of Me. And he that loveth son or daughter more than Me, is not worthy of Me.

³⁸ And he that taketh not his cross and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me.

³⁹ He that findeth his life, shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for My sake, shall find it.

⁴⁰ “He that receiveth you, receiveth Me; and he that receiveth Me, receiveth Him that sent Me.

⁴¹ He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

⁴² And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.”

Matthew 11:1 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding His twelve disciples, He departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

Mark 6

¹⁴ And King Herod heard of Him, for His name was spread abroad. And he said, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and therefore these mighty works show forth themselves in him.”

¹⁵ Others said, “It is Elijah,” and others said, “It is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.”

¹⁶ But when Herod heard of it, he said, “It is John, whom I beheaded; he is risen from the dead.”

John the Batist Beheaded

¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and had bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife; for he had married her.

¹⁸ For John had said unto Herod, “It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.”

¹⁹ Therefore Herodias had an inward grudge against him and would have killed him, but she could not;

²⁰ for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and holy, and kept him safe. And when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

²¹ And when a convenient day had come, when Herod on his birthday gave a supper for his lords, high officers, and chief officials of Galilee,

²² and when the daughter of the said Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, “Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it to thee.”

²³ And he swore unto her, “Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it to thee, unto the half of my kingdom.”

²⁴ And she went forth and said unto her mother, “What shall I ask?” And Herodias said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

²⁵ And she came back straightway with haste unto the king and asked, saying, “I will that thou give me at once on a charger the head of John the Baptist.”

²⁶ And the king was exceedingly sorry, yet for his oath’s sake and for their sakes who sat with him, he would not reject her.

²⁷ And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded John’s head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in prison,

²⁸ and brought his head on a charger and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother.

²⁹ And when John’s disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse and laid it in a tomb.

Feeding the 5000

³⁰ And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.

³¹ And He said unto them, “Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure, even so much as to eat.

³² And they departed into a desert place by boat privately.

³³ And the people saw them departing, and many recognized Him and ran thither on foot out of all the cities and outdistanced them, and came together unto Him.

³⁴ And Jesus, when He came out, saw many people and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

³⁵ And when the day was now far spent, His disciples came unto Him and said, “This is a desert place, and now the day is far spent.

³⁶ Send them away, that they may go into the country round about and into the villages and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.”

³⁷ He answered and said unto them, “Give ye them to eat.” And they said to Him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread and give them to eat?”

³⁸ He said unto them, “How many loaves have ye? Go and see.” And when they knew, they said, “Five, and two fishes.”

³⁹ And He commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.

⁴⁰ And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

⁴¹ And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, He looked up to Heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and He divided the two fishes among them all.

⁴² And they all ate and were filled.

⁴³ And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes.

⁴⁴ And those who ate of the loaves were about five thousand men.

⁴⁵ And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the boat, and go to the other side before Him unto Bethsaida, while He sent away the people.

Up the Mountain to Pray

⁴⁶ And when He had sent them away, He departed onto a mountain to pray.

⁴⁷ And when evening had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea; and He was alone on the land.

Walking on Water

⁴⁸ And He saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them. And about the fourth watch of the night, He came unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

⁴⁹ But when they saw Him walking upon the sea, they supposed it was a spirit and cried out,

⁵⁰ for they all saw Him and were troubled. And immediately He talked with them, and said unto them, “Be of good cheer! It is I; be not afraid.”

⁵¹ And He went up unto them and into the boat, and the wind ceased. And they were sore amazed within themselves beyond measure and wondered,

⁵² for they had considered not the miracle of the loaves, as their hearts were hardened.

⁵³ And when they had crossed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.

⁵⁴ And when they had come out of the boat, straightway the people recognized Him,

⁵⁵ and ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry on beds those who were sick to where they heard He was.

⁵⁶ And whithersoever He entered, into villages or cities or the country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought Him that they might touch even the border of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made whole.

John 6

²² The day following, when the people who stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, save the one into which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not gone with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone

²³ (however there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they had eaten bread after the Lord had given thanks)”

²⁴ when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither His disciples, they also took boats and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.

²⁵ And when they had found Him on the other side of the sea, they said unto Him, “Rabbi, when camest thou hither?”

The Bread of Life

²⁶ Jesus answered them and said, “Verily, verily I say unto you, ye seek Me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye ate of the loaves and were filled.

²⁷ Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give unto you; for on Him hath God the Father set His seal.”

²⁸ Then said they unto Him, “What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?”

²⁹ Jesus answered and said unto them, “This is the work of God: that ye believe in Him whom He hath sent.”

³⁰ They said therefore unto Him, “What sign showest thou then, that we may see and believe thee? What works dost thou do?

³¹ Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

³² Then Jesus said unto them, “Verily, verily I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from Heaven, but My Father giveth you the true bread from Heaven.

³³ For the bread of God is He that cometh down from Heaven, and giveth life unto the world.”

³⁴ Then they said unto Him, “Lord, evermore give us this bread.”

³⁵ And Jesus said unto them, “I am the Bread of Life. He that cometh to Me shall never hunger, and he that believeth in Me shall never thirst.

³⁶ But I said unto you that ye also have seen Me, and believe not.

³⁷ All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me, and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.

³⁸ For I came down from Heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me.

³⁹ And this is the Father’s will who hath sent Me, that of all which He hath given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the Last Day.

⁴⁰ And this is the will of Him that sent Me: that every one who seeth the Son and believeth in Him may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the Last Day.”

The True Bread

⁴¹ The Jews then murmured at Him, because He said, “I am the Bread which came down from Heaven.”

⁴² And they said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that he saith, ‘I came down from Heaven’?”

⁴³ Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, “Murmur not among yourselves.

⁴⁴ No man can come to Me unless the Father who hath sent Me draw him; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

⁴⁵ It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Every man therefore that hath heard and hath learned from the Father cometh unto Me.

⁴⁶ Not that any man hath seen the Father, save He that is of God; He hath seen the Father.

⁴⁷ Verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth in Me hath everlasting life.

⁴⁸ I am that Bread of Life.

⁴⁹ Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

⁵⁰ This is the Bread which cometh down from Heaven, that a man may eat thereof and not die.

⁵¹ I am the living Bread which came down from Heaven. If any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever; and the Bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

⁵² The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

⁵³ Then Jesus said unto them, “Verily, verily I say unto you, unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, ye have no life in you.

⁵⁴ Whoso eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

⁵⁵ For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.

⁵⁶ He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood dwelleth in Me, and I in him.

⁵⁷ As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me.

⁵⁸ This is that Bread which came down from Heaven, not as your fathers ate manna and are dead; he that eateth of this Bread shall live for ever.”

⁵⁹ These things said He in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

Many Disciple Left Him

⁶⁰ Many of His disciples therefore, when they had heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can hear it?”

⁶¹ When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples murmured at it, He said unto them, “Doth this offend you?

⁶² What if ye shall see the Son of Man ascend up where He was before?

⁶³ It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

⁶⁴ But there are some of you that believe not.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who believed not and who should betray Him.

⁶⁵ And He said, “Therefore said I unto you that no man can come unto Me, unless it were given unto him by My Father.”

⁶⁶ From that time many of His disciples went back and walked no more with Him.

⁶⁷ Then Jesus said unto the twelve, “Will ye also go away?”

⁶⁸ Then Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life,

⁶⁹ and we believe and are sure that Thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.”

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, “Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?”

⁷¹ He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for he it was who should betray Him, being one of the twelve.

John 7:1 After these things, Jesus walked in Galilee, for He would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him.

Mark 7

¹ Then came together unto Him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem.

² And when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled (that is to say, unwashed) hands, they found fault.

³ For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat, unless they wash their hands oft, holding to the tradition of the elders.

⁴ And when they come from the market, they eat not unless they wash; and there are many other customs which they have received and hold to, as the washing of cups, pots, brazen vessels and of tables.

⁵ Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”

⁶ He answered and said unto them, “Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

⁷ Therefore, in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.’

⁸ For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold to the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups, and many other like things ye do.”

⁹ And He said unto them, “Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

¹⁰ For Moses said, ‘Honor thy father and thy mother,’ and, ‘Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death.’

¹¹ But ye say that if a man shall say to his father or mother, ‘It is Corban’ (that is to say, a gift of whatsoever thou mightest have profited from me), he shall be freed;

¹² and ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother,

¹³ thus making the Word of God of no effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered. And many like things do ye.”

Washing of Hands

¹⁴ And when He had called all the people unto Him, He said unto them, “Hearken unto Me every one of you, and understand:

¹⁵ There is nothing from outside a man that, entering into him, can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

¹⁶ If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹⁷ And when He had entered into the house away from the people, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.

¹⁸ And He said unto them, “Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive that whatsoever thing from outside entereth into a man, it cannot defile him,

¹⁹ because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly and goeth out into the drain, thereby purging all meats?”

²⁰ And He said, “That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

²¹ For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

²² thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

²³ all these evil things come from within and defile the man.”

²⁴ And from thence He arose and went into the region of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know about it; but He could not be hid.

²⁵ For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of Him, and came and fell at His feet.

²⁶ The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation, and she besought Him that He would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

²⁷ But Jesus said unto her, “Let the children first be filled, for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and to cast it unto the dogs.”

²⁸ And she answered and said unto Him, “Yes, Lord, yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.”

²⁹ And He said unto her, “For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.”

³⁰ And when she had come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

³¹ And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came unto the Sea of Galilee through the midst of the region of Decapolis.

³² And they brought unto Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they besought Him to put His hand upon him.

³³ And He took him aside from the multitude and put His fingers into his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue.

³⁴ And looking up to Heaven, He sighed and said unto him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

³⁵ And straightway his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed and he spoke plainly.

³⁶ And He charged them that they should tell no man. But the more He charged them, the more widely they proclaimed it

³⁷ and were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.”

Matthew 15:29 And Jesus departed from thence and came nigh unto the Sea of Galilee, and went up onto a mountain and sat down there.

³⁰ And great multitudes came unto Him, having with them those who were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them,

³¹ insomuch that the multitude wondered when they saw the dumb to speak, and the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see. And they glorified the God of Israel.

Mark 8

¹ In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples unto Him and said unto them,

² “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

³ And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way; for divers of them came from afar.”

⁴ And His disciples answered Him, “From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?”

⁵ And He asked them, “How many loaves have ye?” And they said, “Seven.”

⁶ And He commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks and broke, and gave to His disciples to set before them; and they set them before the people.

⁷ And they had a few small fishes, and He blessed them and commanded to set them also before them.

⁸ So they ate and were filled; and they took up of the broken meat that was left, seven baskets.

⁹ And those who had eaten were about four thousand. And He sent them away.

Demanding Signs

¹⁰ And straightway He entered into a boat with His disciples and came into the region of Dalmanutha.

¹¹ And the Pharisees came forth and began to question with Him, seeking from Him a sign from Heaven, testing Him.

¹² And He sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say unto you, there shall no sign be given unto this generation.”

¹³ And He left them and, entering into the boat again, departed to the other side.

¹⁴ Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the boat with them more than one loaf.

¹⁵ And He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.”

¹⁶ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have no bread.”

¹⁷ And when Jesus knew it, He said unto them, “Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive, nor understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened?

¹⁸ Having eyes, see ye not? And having ears, hear ye not? And do ye not remember?

¹⁹ When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?” They said unto Him, “Twelve.”

²⁰ “And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?” And they said, “Seven.”

²¹ And He said unto them, “How is it that ye do not understand?”

Healing of Another Blind Man

²² And He came to Bethsaida, and they brought a blind man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him.

²³ And He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town. And when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands upon him, He asked him if he saw anything.

²⁴ And he looked up and said, “I see men as trees, walking.”

²⁵ After that He put His hands again upon his eyes and made him look up; and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

²⁶ And He sent him away to his house, saying, “Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.”

²⁷ And Jesus went out with His disciples into the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He asked His disciples, saying unto them, “Who do men say that I am?”

²⁸ And they answered, “John the Baptist; but some say Elijah, and others, one of the prophets.”

²⁹ And He said unto them, “But whom say ye that I am?” And Peter answered and said unto Him, “Thou art the Christ.”

³⁰ And He charged them that they should tell no man of Him.

Matthew 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven.”

²⁰ Then He charged His disciples that they should tell no man that He was Jesus the Christ.

³¹ And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and by the chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Rebukes Peter

³² And He spoke that saying openly. And Peter took Him and began to rebuke Him.

³³ But when He had turned about and looked on His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get thee behind Me, Satan; for thou savorest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.”

³⁴ And when He had called the people unto Him with His disciples also, He said unto them, “Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

³⁵ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for My sake and the Gospel’s, the same shall save it.

³⁶ For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

³⁷ Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

³⁸ Whosoever, therefore, shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of Man be ashamed when He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

Mark 9

¹ And He said unto them, “Verily I say unto you, that there are some of them that stand here who shall not taste of death till they have seen the Kingdom of God come with power.”

The Tranfiguration

² And after six days Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and led them up onto a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them.

³ And His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow, such as no fuller on earth could whiten them.

⁴ And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

⁵ And Peter spoke and said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tabernacles: one for Thee, one for Moses, and one for Elijah—”

⁶ for he knew not what to say, for they were sore afraid.

⁷ And there was a cloud that overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This Is My Beloved Son: Hear Him!”

⁸ And suddenly when they had looked round about, they saw no man anymore, save Jesus only with them.

⁹ And as they came down from the mountain, He charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of Man were risen from the dead.

¹⁰ And they kept that saying to themselves, questioning one another what “rising from the dead” should mean.

¹¹ And they asked Him, saying, “Why say the scribes that first Elijah must come?”

¹² And He answered and told them, “Elijah verily cometh first and restoreth all things, and how it is written of the Son of Man that He must suffer many things and be set at nought.

¹³ But I say unto you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they pleased, as it is written of him.”

A Deaf and Dumb

¹⁴ And when He came to His disciples, He saw a great multitude about them and the scribes questioning with them.

¹⁵ And straightway all the people, when they beheld Him, were greatly amazed; and running to Him, they greeted Him.

¹⁶ And He asked the scribes, “What question ye with them?”

¹⁷ And one of the multitude answered and said, “Master, I have brought unto thee my son, who hath a dumb spirit.

¹⁸ And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him; and he foameth and gnasheth his teeth and pineth away. And I spoke to thy disciples that they should cast him out, and they could not.”

¹⁹ Jesus answered him and said, “O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him unto Me.”

²⁰ And they brought the boy unto Him. And when the spirit saw Him, straightway he tore the boy; and he fell on the ground and wallowed about foaming.

²¹ And He asked his father, “How long is it ago since this came unto him?” And he said, “From childhood.

²² And oftentimes it hath cast him into the fire and into the waters to destroy him; but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us and help us.”

²³ Jesus said unto him, “If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”

²⁴ And straightway the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief!”

²⁵ When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, “Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him and enter no more into him.”

²⁶ And the spirit cried, and rent the boy sorely and came out of him; and he was as one dead, insomuch that many said, “He is dead.”

²⁷ But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

²⁸ And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could not we cast him out?”

Only by Prayer and Fasting

²⁹ And He said unto them, “This kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting.”

³⁰ And they departed thence and passed through Galilee, and He would not that any man should know it.

³¹ For He taught His disciples and said unto them, “The Son of Man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill Him; and after He is killed, He shall rise the third day.”

³² But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask Him.

John 7

² Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. — in Jerusalem

³ His brethren therefore said unto Him, “Depart hence and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

⁴ For no man doeth anything in secret if he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, show thyself to the world.”

⁵ For neither did His brethren believe in Him.

⁶ Then Jesus said unto them, “My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready.

⁷ The world cannot hate you, but Me it hateth, because I testify of it that the works thereof are evil.

⁸ Go ye up unto this feast. I go not up yet unto this feast, for My time is not yet fully come.”

⁹ When He had said these words unto them, He remained still in Galilee.

¹⁰ But when His brethren had gone up, then He also went up unto the feast, not openly but, as it were, in secret.

¹¹ Then the Jews sought Him at the feast and said, “Where is he?”

¹² And there was much murmuring among the people concerning Him. For some said, “He is a good man,” and others said, “Nay, for he deceiveth the people.”

¹³ Yet no man spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.

During the Feast at the Temple

¹⁴ Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

¹⁵ And the Jews marveled, saying, “How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?”

¹⁶ Jesus answered them, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His that sent Me.

¹⁷ If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine whether it be from God, or whether I speak from Myself.

¹⁸ He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory; but He that seeketh the glory of Him that sent Him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.

¹⁹ Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill Me?”

²⁰ The people answered and said, “Thou hast a devil. Who goeth about to kill thee?”

²¹ Jesus answered and said unto them, “I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

²² Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and ye on the Sabbath day circumcise a man.

²³ If a man receive circumcision on the Sabbath day, that the Law of Moses should not be broken, are ye angry at Me because I have made a man every whit whole on the Sabbath day?

²⁴ Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

²⁵ Then said some of them from Jerusalem, “Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

²⁶ But lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

²⁷ Yet we know from whence this man comes; but when Christ cometh, no man will know from whence He comes.”

²⁸ Then Jesus cried out in the temple as He taught, saying, “Ye both know Me, and ye know from whence I am. And I am not come of Myself, but He that sent Me is true, whom ye know not.

²⁹ But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He hath sent Me.”

³⁰ Then they sought to take Him; but no man laid hands on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

³¹ And many of the people believed in Him and said, “When Christ cometh, will He do more miracles than these which this man hath done?”

³² The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him.

The Jews Sought Jesus

³³ Then said Jesus unto them, “Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto Him that sent Me.

³⁴ Ye shall seek Me, and shall not find Me; and where I am, thither ye cannot come.”

³⁵ Then the Jews said among themselves, “Whither will he go that we shall not find him? Will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

³⁶ What manner of saying is this that he said, ‘Ye shall seek me and shall not find me; and where I am, thither ye cannot come’?”

The Last Great Day

³⁷ On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink.

³⁸ He that believeth in Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”

³⁹ (But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believe in Him should receive; for the Holy Ghost was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

⁴⁰ Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, “In truth this is the Prophet.”

⁴¹ Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

⁴² Hath not the Scripture said that Christ cometh out of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem where David was?”

⁴³ So there was a division among the people because of Him.

⁴⁴ And some of them would have taken Him, but no man laid hands on Him.

⁴⁵ Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said unto them, “Why have ye not brought him?”

⁴⁶ The officers answered, “Never did man speak like this man!”

⁴⁷ Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are ye also deceived?

⁴⁸ Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?

⁴⁹ But this people, who knoweth not the law, are cursed.”

⁵⁰ Nicodemus said unto them (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them),

⁵¹ “Doth our law judge any man before it hear him and know what he doeth?”

⁵² They answered and said unto him, “Art thou also from Galilee? Search and look, for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.”

⁵³ And every man went unto his own house.

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John 5 — Healing on the Sabbath

¹ After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

— John was very much aware there was or is another feast, a counterfeit feast, and that is the feast of the Samaritans, where they kept it at Mount Gerizim; hence he emphasizes “feast of the Jews!” where Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

² Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

³ In these lay a great multitude of invalid folk — blind, halt, withered — waiting for the moving of the water.

⁴ For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool and troubled the water. Whosoever then first stepped in, after the troubling of the water, was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

⁵ And a certain man was there who had an infirmity for thirty and eight years.

⁶ When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been in that state a long time, He said unto him, “Wilt thou be made whole?”

⁷ The infirm man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool; but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.”

⁸ Jesus said unto him, “Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.”

⁹ And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

¹⁰ The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, “It is the Sabbath day; it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.”

¹¹ He answered them, “He that made me whole said unto me, ‘Take up thy bed and walk.’”

¹² Then they asked him, “What man is that who said unto thee, ‘Take up thy bed and walk’?”

¹³ And he that was healed knew not who it was, for Jesus had removed Himself away, a multitude being in that place.

¹⁴ Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said unto him, “Behold, thou art made whole. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.”

¹⁵ The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole.

¹⁶ And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus and sought to slay Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath day.

Given Power to Judge

¹⁷ But Jesus answered them, “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”

¹⁸ Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill Him, because He not only had broken the Sabbath, but said also that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

¹⁹ Then answered Jesus and said unto them, “Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do; for what things soever He doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

²⁰ For the Father loveth the Son and showeth Him all things that He Himself doeth; and He will show Him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

²¹ For as the Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them, even so the Son quickeneth whom He will.

²² For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son,

²³ that all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father who hath sent Him.

²⁴ Verily, verily I say unto you, he that heareth My Word and believeth in Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life.

²⁵ “Verily, verily I say unto you, the hour is coming and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.

²⁶ For as the Father hath life in Himself, so hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself,

²⁷ and hath given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.

²⁸ Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming in which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice

²⁹ and shall come forth — they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

³⁰ “I can of Mine own self do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I seek not Mine own will, but the will of the Father who hath sent Me.

³¹ If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true.

³² There is Another that beareth witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesseth of Me is true.

³³ “Ye sent unto John, and he bore witness unto the truth.

³⁴ But I receive not testimony from man, but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

³⁵ He was a burning and a shining light, and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

³⁶ But I have greater witness than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given Me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of Me that the Father hath sent Me.

³⁷ And the Father Himself, who hath sent Me, hath borne witness of Me. Ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His shape.

³⁸ And ye have not His Word abiding in you; for Whom He hath sent, Him ye believe not.

Search the Scriptures

³⁹ “Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and it is they which testify of Me.

⁴⁰ And ye will not come to Me, that ye might have life!

⁴¹ I receive not honor from men.

⁴² But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

⁴³ I have come in My Father’s name, and ye receive Me not; if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

⁴⁴ How can ye believe, who receive honor one from another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?

⁴⁵ Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

⁴⁶ For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed Me, for he wrote of Me.

⁴⁷ But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe My words?”

Luke 8

¹ And it came to pass afterward that He went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the Kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him,

² and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,

³ and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who ministered unto Him from their substance.

Matthew 13

¹ The same day, Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside.

² And great multitudes were gathered together unto Him, so that He went into a boat and sat, and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

³ And He spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went forth to sow.

⁴ And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside; and the fowls came and devoured them up.

⁵ Some fell upon stony places where they had not much earth; and forthwith they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth.

⁶ And when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.

⁷ And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up and choked them.

⁸ But others fell into good ground and brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

⁹ Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”

Why Speaking in Parables?

¹⁰ And the disciples came and said unto Him, “Why speakest Thou unto them in parables?”

¹¹ He answered and said unto them, “Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it is not given.

¹² For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance. But whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.

¹³ Therefore speak I to them in parables, because seeing, they see not, and hearing, they hear not, neither do they understand.

¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, ‘By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.

¹⁵ For this people’s heart has waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.’

¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

¹⁷ For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them, and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Parable of the Sower

¹⁸ “Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower:

¹⁹ When any one heareth the Word of the Kingdom and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the wayside.

²⁰ But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the Word and at once with joy receiveth it;

²¹ yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while. For when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the Word, by and by he loses faith.

²² He also that received the seed among the thorns is he that heareth the Word; and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the Word, and he becometh unfruitful.

²³ But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the Word and understandeth it; who also beareth fruit and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

Mark 4:21 And He said unto them, “Is a candle brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick?

²² For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was anything kept secret, but that it should be revealed.

²³ If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.”

²⁴ And He said unto them, “Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you; and unto you that hear shall more be given.

²⁵ For he that hath, to him shall be given; and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.”

Matthew 13

²⁴ Another parable put He forth before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto a man who sowed good seed in his field;

²⁵ but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

²⁶ But when the blades had sprung up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

²⁷ So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, ‘Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath come the tares?’

²⁸ He said unto them, ‘An enemy hath done this.’ The servants said unto him, ‘Wilt thou then have us go and gather them up?’

²⁹ But he said, ‘Nay, lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

Mark 4:26 And He said, “So is the Kingdom of God as if a man should cast seed into the ground,

²⁷ and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.

²⁸ For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself: first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

²⁹ But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.”

³⁰ And He said, “To what shall we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it?

³¹ It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth.

³² But when it is sown, it groweth up and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.”

Matthew 13

³³ Another parable spoke He unto them: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till the whole was leavened.”

³⁴ All these things spoke Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spoke He not unto them,

³⁵ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.”

³⁶ Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house, and His disciples came unto Him, saying, “Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.”

³⁷ He answered and said unto them, “He that soweth the good seed is the Son of Man.

³⁸ The field is the world, the good seed are the children of the Kingdom, but the tares are the children of the wicked one.

³⁹ The enemy that sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are the angels.

⁴⁰ As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be at the end of this world.

⁴¹ The Son of Man shall send forth His angels, and they shall gather out of His Kingdom all things that offend and them that do iniquity,

⁴² and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

⁴³ Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

⁴⁴ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field, which, when a man hath found, he hideth; and for the joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

⁴⁵ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls,

⁴⁶ who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

⁴⁷ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind,

⁴⁸ which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

⁴⁹ So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just,

⁵⁰ and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”

⁵¹ Jesus said unto them, “Have ye understood all these things?” They said unto Him, “Yea, Lord.”

⁵² Then said He unto them, “Therefore every scribe who is instructed unto the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.”

⁵³ And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these parables, He departed thence.

Matthew 8

¹⁸ Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

¹⁹ And a certain scribe came and said unto Him, “Master, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest.”

²⁰ And Jesus said unto him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man hath nowhere to lay His head.”

²¹ And another of His disciples said unto Him, “Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.”

²² But Jesus said unto him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their dead.”

Jesus rebukes the Storm

²³ And when He had entered into a boat, His disciples followed Him.

²⁴ And behold, there arose a great tempest on the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves; but He was asleep.

²⁵ And His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We perish!”

²⁶ And He said unto them, “Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

²⁷ But the men marveled, saying, “What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

Mark 5

Casting of the Legion

¹ And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

² And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him from out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

³ who had his dwelling among the tombs. And no man could bind him, no, not even with chains,

⁴ because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him and the fetters broken in pieces; neither could any man tame him.

⁵ And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones.

⁶ But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped Him,

⁷ and cried with a loud voice, and said, “What have I to do with Thee, Jesus, Thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure Thee by God that Thou torment me not!”

⁸ For He had said unto him, “Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.”

⁹ And Jesus asked him, “What is thy name?” And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

¹⁰ And he besought Him much that He would not send them away out of the country.

¹¹ Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

¹² And all the devils besought Him, saying, “Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.”

¹³ And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the swine; and the herd ran violently down a steep place and into the sea (they were about two thousand), and were choked in the sea.

¹⁴ And those who fed the swine fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And the people went out to see what it was that had been done.

¹⁵ And they came to Jesus, and saw him that had been possessed by the devil and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

¹⁶ And those who saw it told the people what had befallen him that was possessed by the devil, and also concerning the swine.

¹⁷ And they began to pray Him to depart from their borders.

¹⁸ And when He had gotten into the boat, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed Him that he might be with Him.

¹⁹ But Jesus suffered him not, and said unto him, “Go home to thy friends, and tell them what great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how He hath had compassion on thee.”

²⁰ And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him. And all men marveled.

²¹ And when Jesus had passed over again by boat unto the other side, many people gathered unto Him; and He was nigh unto the sea.

Jairus’ Daughter

²² And behold, there came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw Him, he fell at His feet

²³ and besought Him greatly, saying, “My little daughter lieth at the point of death. I pray Thee, come and lay Thy hands on her, that she may be healed, and she shall live.”

²⁴ And Jesus went with him, and many people followed Him and thronged Him.

A Woman with Hemorrhage

²⁵ And a certain woman who had an issue of blood twelve years,

²⁶ and had suffered many things under many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse,

²⁷ when she had heard of Jesus, came up behind Him in the press of the crowd and touched His garment;

²⁸ for she said, “If I may touch but His clothes, I shall be whole.”

²⁹ And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

³⁰ And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that virtue had gone out of Him, turned about in the press of the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”

³¹ And His disciples said unto Him, “Thou seest the multitude thronging Thee, and sayest Thou, ‘Who touched Me?’”

³² And He looked round about to see her who had done this thing.

³³ But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done in her, came and fell down before Him and told Him all the truth.

³⁴ And He said unto her, “Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. Go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.”

Healing of Jairus’ Daughter

³⁵ While He yet spoke, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain ones who said, “Thy daughter is dead; why troublest thou the master any further?”

³⁶ As soon as Jesus heard the word that had been spoken, He said unto the ruler of the synagogue, “Be not afraid; only believe.”

³⁷ And He suffered no man to follow Him, save Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

³⁸ And He came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the tumult and those who wept and wailed greatly.

³⁹ And when He had come in, He said unto them, “Why make ye this ado and weep? The damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.”

⁴⁰ And they laughed Him to scorn. But when He had put them all out, He took the father and the mother of the damsel and those who were with Him, and entered in where the damsel was lying.

⁴¹ And He took the damsel by the hand and said unto her, “Talitha cumi,” which is, being interpreted, “Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.”

⁴² And straightway the damsel arose and walked, for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.

⁴³ And He charged them strictly that no man should know about it, and commanded that something should be given her to eat.

Matthew 9:27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed Him, crying and saying, “Thou Son of David, have mercy on us!”

²⁸ And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him, and Jesus said unto them, “Believe ye that I am able to do this?” They said unto Him, “Yea, Lord.”

²⁹ Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith, be it unto you.”

³⁰ And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them, saying, “See that no man know it.”

³¹ But they, when they had departed, spread abroad His fame in all that country.

Dumb Man Healed

³² As they went out, behold, they brought to Him a man, dumb and possessed with a devil.

³³ And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spoke; and the multitudes marveled, saying, “It was never so seen in Israel.”

³⁴ But the Pharisees said, “He casteth out the devils through the prince of the devils.”

³⁵ And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

³⁶ But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were faint and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

³⁷ Then said He unto His disciples, “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few.

³⁸ Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth laborers into His harvest.”

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Matthew 8:1 When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him.

Mark 1

⁴⁰ And there came a leper to Him, beseeching Him and kneeling down to Him and saying unto Him, “If Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean.”

⁴¹ And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth His hand and touched him, and said unto him, “I will; be thou clean.”

⁴² And as soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

⁴³ And He strictly charged him, and forthwith sent him away,

⁴⁴ saying unto him, “See that thou say nothing to any man; but go thy way, show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, as a testimony unto them.”

⁴⁵ But he went out and began to proclaim it much and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, and was outside in desert places. And they came to Him from every quarter.

Mark 2

¹ And again He entered into Capernaum some days later, and it was reported that He was in the house.

² And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not even about the door; and He preached the Word unto them.

³ And they came unto Him, bringing one sick with the palsy, who was borne by four.

⁴ And when they could not come nigh unto Him because of the throng, they uncovered the roof where He was. And when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the one sick with the palsy lay.

⁵ When Jesus saw their faith, He said unto the one sick with the palsy, “Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.”

⁶ But there were certain of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

⁷ “Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God only?”

⁸ And immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, He said unto them, “Why reason ye these things in your hearts:

⁹ whether it is easier to say to the sick with the palsy, ‘Thy sins are forgiven thee,’ or to say, ‘Arise, and take up thy bed and walk’?

¹⁰ But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins—” He said to the one sick with the palsy,

¹¹ “I say unto thee, arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.”

¹² And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all, insomuch that they all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw it in this fashion!”

Luke 5:26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”

¹³ And He went forth again by the seaside; and all the multitude resorted unto Him, and He taught them.

¹⁴ And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the custom booth, and said unto him, “Follow Me.” And he arose and followed Him.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat at Levi’s house, that many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him.

¹⁶ And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eating with publicans and sinners, they said unto His disciples, “How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?”

¹⁷ When Jesus heard it, He said unto them, “They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

¹⁸ And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast; and they came and said unto Him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?”

¹⁹ And Jesus said unto them, “Can the attendants of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

²⁰ But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

²¹ “No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment, else the new piece that filled it up teareth away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

²² And no man putteth new wine into old wineskins, else the new wine doth burst the skins, and the wine is spilled and the skins will be marred. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”

Matthew 12:1 At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the corn; and His disciples were hungry and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.

² But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto Him, “Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath day.”

³ But He said unto them, “Have ye not read what David did when he hungered and they that were with him:

⁴ how he entered into the house of God and ate the showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

⁵ Or have ye not read in the law how on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are blameless?

⁶ But I say unto you, that in this place is One greater than the temple.

⁷ But if ye had known what this meaneth, ‘I will have mercy and not sacrifice,’ ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

⁸ For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath day.”

⁹ And when He had departed thence, He went into their synagogue.

¹⁰ And behold, there was a man who had his hand withered. And they asked Him, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath days?” — that they might accuse Him.

¹¹ And He said unto them, “What man shall there be among you that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will not lay hold on it and lift it out?

¹² How much then is a man better than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath days.”

¹³ Then He said to the man, “Stretch forth thine hand.” And he stretched it forth, and it was restored whole like the other.

¹⁴ Then the Pharisees went out and held a council against Him, how they might destroy Him.

¹⁵ But when Jesus knew of it, He withdrew Himself from thence. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.

¹⁶ And He charged them that they should not make Him known,

¹⁷ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

¹⁸ “Behold My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased: I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He shall show judgment to the Gentiles.

¹⁹ He shall not strive nor cry, neither shall any man hear His voice in the streets.

²⁰ A bruised reed shall He not break, and smoking flax shall He not quench till He send forth judgment unto victory;

²¹ and in His name shall the Gentiles trust.”

²² Then was brought unto Him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb; and He healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw.

²³ And all the people were amazed and said, “Is not this the Son of David?”

Mark 3

¹³ And He went up onto a mountain, and called unto Him whom He would have, and they came unto Him.

¹⁴ And He ordained twelve, that they should be with Him, and that He might send them forth to preach,

¹⁵ and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out devils:

¹⁶ Simon (He surnamed Peter);

¹⁷ and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (and He surnamed them Boanerges, which means The Sons of Thunder);

¹⁸ and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thadaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house;

Luke 6:17 And He came down with them and stood on the plain with the company of His disciples and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases,

¹⁸ and those who were vexed with unclean spirits; and they were healed.

¹⁹ And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for there went virtue out of Him and healed them all.

Luke 7:2 And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick and ready to die.

³ And when he heard of Jesus, he sent the elders of the Jews unto Him, beseeching Him that He would come and heal his servant.

⁴ And when they came to Jesus they besought Him earnestly, saying that the one for whom He should do this was worthy,

⁵ “for he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.”

⁶ And Jesus went with them. And when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying unto Him, “Lord, trouble not Thyself, for I am not worthy that Thou shouldest enter under my roof.

⁷ Therefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto Thee. But say the word, and my servant shall be healed.

⁸ For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers. And I say unto one, ‘Go’, and he goeth; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he cometh; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he doeth it.”

⁹ When Jesus heard these things, He marveled at him, and turned about and said unto the people who followed Him, “I say unto you, I have not found so great a faith, no, not in Israel.”

¹⁰ And those who were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole who had been sick.

Mark 3

²⁰ and the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

²¹ And when His friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on Him; for they said, “He is beside himself.”

Matthew 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This fellow doth not cast out devils, except by Beelzebub, the prince of devils.”

²⁵ And Jesus knew their thoughts and said unto them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.

²⁶ And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

²⁷ And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.

²⁸ But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God is come unto you.

²⁹ Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house and despoil his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? And then he will despoil his house.

³⁰ “He that is not with Me is against Me, and he that gathereth not with Me scattereth abroad.

³¹ Therefore I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

³² And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

³³ Either make the tree good and his fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and his fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by his fruit.

³⁴ “O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things; and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

³⁶ But I say unto you that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment.

³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”

³⁸ Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, “Master, we would see a sign from thee.”

³⁹ But He answered and said unto them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah.

⁴⁰ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

⁴¹ The men of Nineveh shall rise in the Judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

⁴² The queen of the south shall rise up in the Judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

⁴³ “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

⁴⁴ Then he saith, ‘I will return into my house from whence I came out.’ And when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

⁴⁵ Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.”

⁴⁶ While He yet talked to the people, behold, His mother and His brethren stood outside, desiring to speak with Him.

⁴⁷ Then one said unto Him, “Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand outside, desiring to speak with thee.”

⁴⁸ But He answered and said unto him that told Him, “Who is My mother? And who are My brethren?”

⁴⁹ And He stretched forth His hand toward His disciples and said, “Behold, My mother and My brethren!

⁵⁰ For whosoever shall do the will of My Father who is in Heaven, the same is My brother, and sister, and mother.”

Luke 7:11 And it came to pass the day after, that He went into a city called Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and many people.

¹² Now when He came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And many people of the city were with her.

¹³ And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said unto her, “Weep not.”

¹⁴ And He came and touched the bier, and those who bore him stood still. And He said, “Young man, I say unto thee, arise.”

¹⁵ And he that was dead sat up and began to speak. And He delivered him to his mother.

¹⁶ And there came a fear on all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet is risen up among us”; and, “God hath visited His people.”

¹⁷ And this report of Him went forth throughout all Judea and throughout all the region round about.

¹⁸ And the disciples of John told him of all these things.

¹⁹ And John, calling unto him two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus asking, “Art thou He that should come, or look we for another?”

²⁰ When the men had come unto Him, they said, “John the Baptist hath sent us unto thee, asking, ‘Art thou He that should come, or look we for another?’”

²¹ And in that same hour He cured many of their infirmities and plagues and of evil spirits, and unto many who were blind He gave sight.

²² Then Jesus answering said unto them, “Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard: how the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the Gospel is preached.

²³ And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in Me.”

²⁴ And when the messengers of John had departed, He began to speak unto the people concerning John: “What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

²⁵ But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that are gorgeously appareled and live luxuriously are in kings’ courts.

²⁶ But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

²⁷ This is he, of whom it is written: ‘Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way before Thee.’

²⁸ For I say unto you, among those that are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist; but he that is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he.”

²⁹ And all the people that heard Him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

³⁰ But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.

³¹ And the Lord said, “Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?

³² They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another and saying, ‘We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.’

³³ For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, ‘He hath a devil.’

³⁴ The Son of Man is come eating and drinking, and ye say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!’

³⁵ But wisdom is justified by all her children.”

Matthew 11:20 Then He began to upbraid the cities wherein most of His mighty works were done, because they repented not.

²¹ “Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

²² But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the Day of Judgment than for you.

²³ And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell; for if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

²⁴ But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment than for thee.”

²⁵ At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

²⁶ Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Thy sight.

²⁷ “All things are delivered unto Me by My Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him.

²⁸ “Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

²⁹ Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

³⁰ For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”

Luke 7:36 And one of the Pharisees desired Him that He would eat with him. And He went into the Pharisee’s house and sat down to meat.

³⁷ And behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,

³⁸ and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and began to wash His feet with tears and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed His feet and anointed them with the ointment.

³⁹ Now when the Pharisee who had bidden Him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is who toucheth him, for she is a sinner.”

⁴⁰ And Jesus answering said unto him, “Simon, I have something to say unto thee.” And he said, “Master, say on.”

⁴¹ “There was a certain creditor that had two debtors. The one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

⁴² And when they had nothing to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?”

⁴³ Simon answered and said, “I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And He said unto him, “Thou hast rightly judged.”

⁴⁴ And He turned to the woman and said unto Simon, “Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house: Thou gavest Me no water for My feet, but she hath washed My feet with tears and wiped them with the hair of her head.

⁴⁵ Thou gavest Me no kiss, but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss My feet.

⁴⁶ My head with oil thou didst not anoint, but this woman hath anointed My feet with ointment.

⁴⁷ Therefore I say unto thee, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.”

⁴⁸ And He said unto her, “Thy sins are forgiven.”

⁴⁹ And those who sat at meat with Him began to say within themselves, “Who is this that forgiveth sins also?”

⁵⁰ And He said to the woman, “Thy faith hath saved thee. Go in peace.”

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Matthew 5

¹ And seeing the multitudes, He went up onto a mountain; and when He was set, His disciples came unto Him.

The Sermon on the Mount

² And He opened His mouth and taught them, saying,

³ “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

⁴ Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.

⁵ Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

⁶ Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

⁷ Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

¹⁰ Blessed are they that are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

¹¹ Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for My sake.

¹² Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in Heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

Luke 624 “But woe unto you that are rich, for ye have received your consolation.

²⁵ Woe unto you that are full, for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.

²⁶ Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

The Salt and Light of the Earth

¹³ “Ye are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men.

¹⁴ “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.

¹⁵ Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

¹⁶ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in Heaven.

To Magnify and Fulfill the Law

¹⁷ “Think not that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

¹⁸ For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall in any wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled.

¹⁹ Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

²⁰ For I say unto you that unless your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

²¹ “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old, ‘Thou shalt not kill,’ and ‘Whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment.’

²² But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca,’ shall be in danger of the council; but whosoever shall say, ‘Thou fool,’ shall be in danger of hell fire.

²³ Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,

²⁴ leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

²⁵ “Agree with thine adversary quickly while thou art on the way with him, lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

²⁶ Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

²⁷ “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old, ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery.’

²⁸ But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

²⁹ And if thy right eye cause thee to fall, pluck it out and cast it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

³⁰ And if thy right hand cause thee to fall, cut it off and cast it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

³¹ “It hath been said, ‘Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement.’

³² But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery; and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

³³ “Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old times, ‘Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths.’

³⁴ But I say unto you, swear not at all: neither by Heaven, for it is God’s throne;

³⁵ nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

³⁶ Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

³⁷ But let your communication be ‘yea, yea’ or ‘nay, nay’; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

³⁸ “Ye have heard that it hath been said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’

³⁹ But I say unto you that ye resist not evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

⁴⁰ And if any man will sue thee at the law and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

⁴¹ And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him two.

⁴² Give to him that asketh thee; and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away.

Love Your Enemies

⁴³ “Ye have heard that it hath been said, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy.’

⁴⁴ But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you,

⁴⁵ that ye may be the children of your Father who is in Heaven. For He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

⁴⁶ For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same?

Luke 6:34 And if ye lend to them from whom ye hope to receive, what thanks have ye? For sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

³⁶ Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

⁴⁷ And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans so?

⁴⁸ Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in Heaven is perfect.

Matthew 6

¹ “Take heed that ye do not your almsgiving before men, to be seen by them; otherwise ye have no reward from your Father who is in Heaven.

² Therefore when thou givest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

³ But when thou givest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth,

⁴ that thine almsgiving may be in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret, Himself shall reward thee openly.

How to Pray

⁵ “And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

⁶ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

⁷ But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

⁸ Be not ye therefore like unto them, for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask Him.

The Lord’s Prayer

⁹ In this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

¹⁰ Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven.

¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread.

¹² And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

¹³ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory for ever. Amen.

¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

¹⁵ But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

How to Fast

¹⁶ “Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

¹⁷ But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face,

¹⁸ that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

¹⁹ “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal;

²⁰ but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.

²¹ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

The Eye

²² “The light of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

²³ But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

²⁴ “No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

²⁵ “Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

²⁶ Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

²⁷ “Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

²⁸ And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin,

²⁹ and yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

³⁰ Therefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

³¹ Therefore take no thought, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘Wherewith shall we be clothed?’

³² (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek.) For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

³³ But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

³⁴ “Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Matthew 7

Be of Good Judgement

¹ “Judge not, that ye be not judged.

² For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Luke 6:37b Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.

³⁸ Give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete, therewith it shall be measured to you again.”

³⁹ And He spoke a parable unto them: “Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?

⁴⁰ The disciple is not above his master, but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.

³ And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

⁴ Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, ‘Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye,’ and behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

⁵ Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

⁶ “Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

⁷ “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

⁸ For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

⁹ “Or what man is there among you whom, if his son ask for bread, will give him a stone?

¹⁰ Or if he ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?

¹¹ If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in Heaven give good things to them that ask Him?

¹² Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Thrive through the Narrow Gate

¹³ “Enter ye in at the strait gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat.

¹⁴ Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Beware of False Prophets

¹⁵ “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

¹⁶ Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

¹⁷ Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

¹⁸ A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

¹⁹ Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.

²⁰ Therefore, by their fruits ye shall know them.

²¹ “Not every one that saith unto Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he that doeth the will of My Father who is in Heaven.

²² Many will say to Me in that Day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name, and in Thy name have cast out devils, and in Thy name done many wonderful works?’

²³ And then will I profess unto them, ‘I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.’

²⁴ “Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon a rock.

²⁵ And the rain descended and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.

²⁶ And every one that heareth these sayings of Mine and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;

²⁷ and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

²⁸ And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at His doctrine;

²⁹ for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

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