Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Verse 1
1. A beginning[1] of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Son of God![2]
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2. As it is written in the prophets[3] —”Take note, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.”[4]
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3. “A voice calling out: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, make His paths straight!’”[5]—
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4. John started baptizing in the wilderness[6] and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.[7]
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5. Well, the whole Judean countryside and the Jerusalemites started going out to him, and were all being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
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6. Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist; and he was eating locusts and wild honey.[8]
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7. And he was proclaiming: “After me my Superior is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.
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8. I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with Holy Spirit.”[9]
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9. Well it happened in those days that Jesus came from Natsareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
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10. And immediately upon coming up from[10] the water He saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon Him.
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11. And a Voice came from the heavens: “You are my Son, the beloved, in whom I am well pleased!”[11]
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12. Immediately the Spirit impelled Him into the wilderness.
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13. And He was there in the wilderness forty days being tested[12] by Satan, and was with the wild animals;[13] and the angels were ministering to Him.[14]
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14. Now after John was put in prison,[15] Jesus went into Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom[16] of God,
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15. and saying: “The time has been fulfilled and the Kingdom of God has approached. Repent and believe in the Gospel.”[17]
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16. Then, as He was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother, of Simon,[18] casting a circular net onto the water,[19] for they were fishermen.
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17. So Jesus said to them: “Come, follow me and I will turn you into fishers of men.”[20]
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18. At once they left their nets[21] and followed Him.
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19. And going on from there a little ways He saw James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John; they were in their boat mending their nets.
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20. Right away He called them, and leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men they followed Him.
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21. Then they went into Capernaum.[22] The very next Sabbath He entered the synagogue and began to teach.
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22. And they kept on being amazed at His teaching, because He was teaching them as one having authority, and not like the scribes.[23]
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23. Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
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24. saying: “Hey, what do you want with us, Jesus Natsarene?![24] Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
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25. So Jesus rebuked him saying: “Shut up and get out of him!”[25]
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26. The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.[26]
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27. And all were astounded, so that they questioned among themselves, saying: “What is this? What can this new doctrine be?[27] Because with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”
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28. So His fame spread directly into the whole surrounding area of Galilee.
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29. Immediately upon exiting the synagogue they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
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30. Simon’s mother-in-law was lying down with a fever,[28] so without delay they told Him about her.
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31. So He went and grasping her hand lifted her up; immediately the fever left her and she began to serve them.[29]
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32. That evening, when the sun had set, they started bringing to Him all who were sick and the demonized.
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33. So much so that the whole town was gathered at the door,
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34. and He healed many who were sick with various diseases and cast out many demons; and He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew He was Messiah.[30]
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35. Now very early, still night, He got up, slipped out, and went off to a solitary place, where He was praying.
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36. Simon and those with him hunted for Him,
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37. and upon finding Him they said to Him, “Everyone is looking for you.”
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38. But He said to them: “Let us go to the neighboring towns, so I can preach there also; that is why I have come.”[31]
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39. He was constantly preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and also casting out demons.[32]
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40. A leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling before Him and saying to Him, “If you want to, you are able to cleanse me.”
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41. So being moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him,[33] and said to him: “I want to; be cleansed!”
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42. And when He said this, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.
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43. And He sent him away at once, sternly warning him,
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44. by saying: “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing the things that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”[34]
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45. However he went out and began to proclaim it freely, spreading the news,[35] so that He was no longer able to enter a town openly, but remained outside in deserted places; yet they kept coming to Him from all over.[36]
Chapter 2
Chapter 2 Verse 1
1. Well a few days later, He again entered Capernaum, and it was heard that He was at home.
Chapter 2 Verse 2
2. Without delay so many were gathered together that there was no more room, not even around the door, and He was speaking the Word to them.
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3. Then four men came, carrying a paralytic to Him.
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4. And not being able to get near Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof where He was;[1] upon breaking through they lowered the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.
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5. So seeing their faith Jesus says to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
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6. Now some of the scribes were sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts:
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7. “Why does this guy speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
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8. Immediately Jesus perceived in His spirit what they were reasoning within themselves[2] and said to them: “Why are you reasoning these things in your hearts?
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9. Which is easier:[3] to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins have been forgiven’, or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your pallet and start walking!’?
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10. But so that you may know that the Son of the Man[4] has authority on the earth to forgive sins”—He says to the paralytic:
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11. “To you I say, get up, pick up your pallet and go to your house!”
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12. So forthwith he got up, picked up his pallet and went out in front of them all; so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”[5]
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13. Then He went out again by the sea; and the whole crowd came to Him, and He began to teach them.
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14. As He passed by,[6] He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow me!” So he got up and followed Him.
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15. Now it happened, as He was reclining at the table in his house,[7] that many tax collectors and sinners[8] joined Jesus and His disciples at the table; for there were many and they followed Him.
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16. The scribes and the Pharisees, seeing Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, said to His disciples, “Why is it that He is eating and drinking with the tax collectors and sinners?”
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17. Upon hearing it Jesus said to them: “It is not the healthy who have need of a doctor, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”[9]
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18. Now John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees were fasting; and they came and said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?”
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19. So Jesus said to them: “Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom to themselves they cannot fast.
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20. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast, in those days.[10]
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21. “Further, no one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the new tears away some of the old, and a worse hole results.
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22. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine spills out and the skins will be ruined; rather, new wine must be put into new wineskins.”[11]
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23. Now it happened, on a Sabbath, that He was passing through some grain fields, and His disciples began to make a path, picking the heads of grain.
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24. So the Pharisees said to Him, “Just look, why are they doing on a Sabbath that which is not permitted?”
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25. And He said to them: “Did you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him?
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26. How he entered the house of God (making Abiathar high priest)[12] and ate the consecrated bread, which only priests are permitted to eat, and shared it with those who were with him?”
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27. Then He said to them: “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.[13]
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28. Therefore the Son of the Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”[14]
Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Verse 1
1. Another time He went into the synagogue, and there was a man there with a withered hand.
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2. So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.
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3. Well, He says to the man with the withered hand, “Come out in the middle!”
Chapter 3 Verse 4
4. Then He said to them: “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.
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5. After looking around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their hearts,[1] He says to the man, “Stretch out your hand!” So he stretched, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other![2]
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6. Then the Pharisees went straight out, and with the Herodians[3] started hatching a plot against Him, how they might destroy Him.
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7. Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea; and a large crowd from Galilee followed Him—also from Judea,
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8. from Jerusalem, from Idumea and beyond Jordan; even those around Tyre and Sidon. A huge crowd came to Him, having heard the sorts of things He kept doing.
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9. So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the crowd, lest they should press in on Him.
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10. Because He had healed many, so that as many as had afflictions were pushing toward Him so as to touch Him.
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11. And the unclean spirits—whenever one saw Him, he would fall down before Him and cry out, saying, “You are the son of God!”
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12. And He kept giving them strict orders that they should not make Him known.[4]
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13. He went up on the mountain and summoned those whom He wanted, and they came to Him.
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14. He appointed twelve,[5] that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach
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15. —also to have authority to heal sicknesses and[6] to cast out demons:
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16. namely Peter (a name He gave to Simon);
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17. James son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (and a name He gave to them was Boanerges, that is, ‘Sons of thunder’);
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18. Andrew, Phillip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite;
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19. and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.
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20. Then they went into a house;[7] and again a multitude gathered, so that they were not even able to eat bread.
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21. Well upon hearing this His family came to apprehend Him, because they were saying, “He is out of his mind!”[8]
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22. Then some scribes who had come down from Jerusalem[9] started saying, “He has Beelzebul,”[10] and “It is by the ruler of the demons that he casts out demons.”
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23. So summoning them He started saying to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan?
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24. If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
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25. And if a household is divided against itself, that household cannot stand.
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26. And if Satan has risen up against himself and become divided, he cannot stand, but is finished.
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27. No one can plunder the strong man’s goods,[11] invading his house, unless he first binds the strong man—then he may plunder the house.
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28. “Assuredly I say to you: all the sins of the sons of men can be forgiven, including whatever blasphemies they may utter;
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29. but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation”[12]
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30. —because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”[13]
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31. Then His brothers and His mother came, and standing outside they sent to Him, calling Him.
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32. A crowd was sitting around Him; so they said to Him, “Look, your mother and your brothers and your sisters[14] are outside asking for you.”
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33. He answered them saying, “Who is my mother or my brothers?”
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34. And looking around at those seated in a circle around Him He said: “Behold my mother and my brothers!
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35. Because whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, my sister, my mother.”[15]
Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Verse 1
1. Once again He began to teach beside the sea. And a large crowd was gathered to Him, so that He got into the boat and sat down, out on the water, while the whole crowd was on the land, at the water’s edge.
Chapter 4 Verse 2
2. Then He began teaching them many things by parables and said to them in His teaching:
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3. “Listen! Yes, a sower went out to sow.
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4. And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell along the path, and the birds[1] came and devoured it.
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5. Some fell on the rocky area where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up quickly because it had no depth of soil.
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6. But upon the sun’s rising it was scorched, and because it had no root it was withered up.
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7. And some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and smothered it, and it yielded no fruit.
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8. And some fell into the good ground, and coming up and growing it started to produce fruit—yielding thirty times as much, sixty times as much, even a hundred times as much.”
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9. Then He said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
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10. But when He was alone, those who were around Him, with the twelve,[2] asked Him about the parable.
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11. So He said to them: “To you it has been given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, everything is being given in parables,
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12. so that: ‘Seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; so that they should not return and their sins be forgiven them.’”[3]
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13. Then He said to them: “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
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14. The sower sows the Word.
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15. These are the ones where the Word is sown along the path: as soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the Word that was sown in their hearts.[4]
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16. Similarly, these are the ones sown on the rocky area: as soon as they hear the Word they receive it with joy,
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17. but since they have no root in themselves they are temporary—when oppression or persecution comes because of the Word, they quickly fall away.[5]
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18. And these are the ones sown among the thorns: they hear the Word,
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19. but the worries of this age, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the undue desires for other things come in and smother the Word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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20. And these are the ones sown on the good ground: such people hear the Word, welcome it and produce fruit—thirty times as much, sixty times as much, even a hundred times as much.”
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21. Also He said to them: “The lamp is not brought to be put under a box[6] or under a bed, is it? Is it not to be placed on its stand?
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22. For there is no ‘hidden’ that may not be exposed, nor has anything been concealed but that it should come to light.
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23. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
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24. Then He said to them: “Pay attention to what you hear. With the same measure you use it will be measured to you in return; and to you who hear,[7] more will be added.
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25. Because whoever has, to him more will be given; whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”[8]
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26. He also said: “The Kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter the seed on the ground
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27. and should sleep and get up night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.
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28. All by itself the earth produces fruit: first a shoot, then a head of grain, then full grain in the head.
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29. But as soon as the grain is ready, he sends in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”[9]
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30. Again He said: “To what shall we compare the Kingdom of God, or with what sort of parable should we illustrate it?
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31. It is like a mustard seed, that when it is sown on the ground is the smallest of all such seeds,[10]
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32. yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden herbs and produces big branches, so that the birds of the air are able to rest in its shade.”[11]
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33. It was with many such parables that He was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
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34. But apart from a parable He did not speak to them; privately, however, He would explain everything to His disciples.
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35. On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.”
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36. Since He was already in the boat,[12] they took off with Him, leaving the crowd behind (other little boats were also with Him).[13]
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37. Well a strong cyclonic wind came up, such that the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling up.
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38. But He was on the poop deck, sleeping on the cushion;[14] so they awakened Him and said to Him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are perishing?”[15]
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39. Then, having been awakened, He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Shut up; be muzzled!” So the wind stopped and there was a complete calm.[16]
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40. And He said to them: “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?”[17]
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41. They were terrified and started saying to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!?”[18]
Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Verse 1
1. Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes.[1]
Chapter 5 Verse 2
2. And when He got out of the boat, right away a man with an unclean spirit met Him, coming from the tombs.
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3. —He had his dwelling among the tombs. No one could bind him, not even with chains,
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4. because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, only to have had the chains torn apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; no one had been strong enough to tame him.
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5. Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.[2]—
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6. When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and kneeled down to Him,[3]
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7. and with a loud cry he said: “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God,[4] don’t torment me!”
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8. Because He was saying to him, “You unclean spirit, come out of the man!”
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9. Then He asked him, “What is your name?” And he answered, saying, “Legion[5] is my name, because we are many.”
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10. He started begging Him repeatedly that He would not send them out of that region.[6]
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11. Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside.
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12. So all the demons[7] begged Him saying, “Send us into the pigs, so that we may enter them.”
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13. And forthwith Jesus gave them permission; and coming out the unclean spirits went into the pigs (there were about two thousand); but the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned by the sea.[8]
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14. So those who were tending the pigs ran off and reported it in the town and the country-side. And they went out to see what it was that had happened.
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15. They came to Jesus and observed the man who had been demonized, who had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
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16. Those who had seen it related to them how it happened to the demonized man, and about the pigs.
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17. Then they began to implore Him to depart from their borders.[9]
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18. Well upon His getting into the boat, the man who had been demonized started begging Him that he might be with Him.
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19. But Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your family and report to them how much the Lord[10] has done for you; and He had mercy on you.”
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20. So he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and all were marveling.
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21. Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered to Him; and He was by the sea.
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22. And then, one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, comes, and upon finding Him he falls at His feet
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23. and pleads earnestly with Him, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; do come and lay your hands on her[11] so that she may be saved, and she will live.”
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24. So He went with him. A large crowd was also following Him, and they were pressing around Him.
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25. Now a certain woman—who had been bleeding for twelve years,
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26. and had suffered many things under many doctors, and had spent all that she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse—
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27. when she heard about Jesus, she came from behind in the crowd and touched His garment.
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28. (She had kept saying, “If I can just touch His clothes, I will be healed.”)[12]
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29. Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she knew in her body that she was healed from the affliction.
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30. And instantly Jesus perceived within Himself that some power had gone out of Him, and turning around in the crowd He said, “Who touched my clothes?”
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31. So His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’?”
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32. But He kept looking around to see who had done it.
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33. So the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.[13]
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34. And He said to her: “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go into peace[14] and be healed from your affliction.”
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35. While He was still speaking, they came from the synagogue ruler’s house saying: “Your daughter died. Why trouble the teacher further?”[15]
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36. But immediately upon hearing the spoken message Jesus said to the synagogue ruler, “Don’t be afraid; just believe!”
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37. He allowed no one to follow Him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.[16]
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38. Then He came to the synagogue ruler’s house and found a commotion—weeping and loud wailing.
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39. So upon entering He said to them: “Why are you making such a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but is asleep.”
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40. But they started ridiculing Him.[17] After He put them all out, He took the child’s father and mother, and those with Him,[18] and went in where the child was lying.
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41. And taking the child by the hand He said to her, “Talitha koumi,” which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”
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42. Immediately the girl got up and started walking around (she was twelve years old). And they were overcome with great amazement.
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43. He gave them strict orders that no one should know about it, and said to give her something to eat.[19]
Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Verse 1
1. Then He went out from there and came to His hometown,[1] and His disciples followed Him.
Chapter 6 Verse 2
2. And when the Sabbath came He began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard were astonished, saying: “Where did this man get these things? What wisdom is this that is given to him? Such mighty works are being performed by his hands!
Chapter 6 Verse 3
3. Isn’t this the carpenter,[2] the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?”[3] So they took offense at Him.
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4. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown, among his relatives, even in his own house.”[4]
Chapter 6 Verse 5
5. He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.
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6. And He marveled at their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.
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7. Then He summoned the twelve and began to send them out, two by two, giving them authority over the unclean spirits as He did so.
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8. And He commanded them to take nothing for the road, except just a staff—no knapsack, no bread, no coin in the belt—
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9. but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics.
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10. And He said to them: “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from that place.[5]
Chapter 6 Verse 11
11. And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet as a testimony against them.[6] Assuredly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah on Judgment Day than for that city.”[7]
Chapter 6 Verse 12
12. So they went out and started preaching that people should repent,
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13. and they were casting out many demons, and anointing with oil and healing many who were sick.
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14. Now King Herod heard of Him, because His name had become well known, and he said, “John the Baptizer has been raised from the dead, and that is why the powers[8] are at work in him.”
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15. Others said, “He is Elijah.” Still others said, “He is a prophet like one of the prophets.”
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16. But when Herod heard, he said: “This is John, whom I beheaded; he has been raised from the dead!”[9]
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17. You see, Herod himself had ordered John arrested, and bound him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Phillip’s wife; because he had married her
Chapter 6 Verse 18
18. —John had kept saying to Herod, “It isn’t lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”[10]
Chapter 6 Verse 19
19. So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him;[11] but she couldn’t,
Chapter 6 Verse 20
20. because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a just and holy man. And consulting him he would do many things;[12] indeed, he would hear him with pleasure.
Chapter 6 Verse 21
21. Then an opportune day came[13] when on his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his courtiers, the military commanders, and the chief men of Galilee.
Chapter 6 Verse 22
22. When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, and pleased Herod and those reclining with him, the king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”
Chapter 6 Verse 23
23. He even swore to her, “Whatever you may ask me I will give you, up to half of my kingdom!”[14]
Chapter 6 Verse 24
24. So she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist!”
Chapter 6 Verse 25
25. Hurrying in directly to the king she requested, saying, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter!”
Chapter 6 Verse 26
26. Though the king became very sorry, because of his oaths and of his guests he did not want to refuse her.
Chapter 6 Verse 27
27. Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded the head to be brought. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,
Chapter 6 Verse 28
28. brought the head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.[15]
Chapter 6 Verse 29
29. Upon hearing of it, his disciples came, removed the corpse and placed it in a tomb.[16]
Chapter 6 Verse 30
30. Then the apostles gathered to Jesus and reported all to Him, both what they had done and what they had taught.
Chapter 6 Verse 31
31. Because so many were coming and going that they did not even have leisure to eat, He said to them, “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest awhile.”
Chapter 6 Verse 32
32. So they went away in the boat by themselves to a deserted place.
Chapter 6 Verse 33
33. But many saw them going and recognized them,[17] and they ran there on foot from all the towns and arrived before them, and came together to Him.[18]
Chapter 6 Verse 34
34. Well upon disembarking Jesus saw a large crowd[19] and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and He began to teach them many things.
Chapter 6 Verse 35
35. When it was late in the day, His disciples came to Him and said: “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late.
Chapter 6 Verse 36
36. Send them away so they may go to the surrounding farms and villages and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat.”[20]
Chapter 6 Verse 37
37. But in reply He said to them, “You feed them!”[21] They say to Him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and feed them?”
Chapter 6 Verse 38
38. So He says to them: “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” When they knew they said, “Five, and two fish.”
Chapter 6 Verse 39
39. Then He directed them all to recline in groups on the green grass.
Chapter 6 Verse 40
40. So they reclined in ‘plots’ of hundreds and of fifties.
Chapter 6 Verse 41
41. And taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to His disciples to serve the people;[22] He also divided the two fish among them all.
Chapter 6 Verse 42
42. Well they all ate and were filled.[23]
Chapter 6 Verse 43
43. And they[24] picked up twelve full baskets of broken pieces; also of the fish.[25]
Chapter 6 Verse 44
44. There were five thousand men who ate the loaves.[26]
Chapter 6 Verse 45
45. Immediately He made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida,[27] while He dismissed the crowd.
Chapter 6 Verse 46
46. And after taking leave of them He went up the mountain to pray.
Chapter 6 Verse 47
47. Now when evening had passed, the boat was in the middle of the sea; and He was alone on the land.
Chapter 6 Verse 48
48. And He saw[28] them straining at rowing, because the wind was against them. Well about the fourth watch of the night[29] He comes to them walking on the water, and would have passed by them;[30]
Chapter 6 Verse 49
49. but they saw Him walking on the water, supposed He was a ghost, and yelled!
Chapter 6 Verse 50
50. Because they all saw Him and were terrified. Immediately He spoke with them and said: “Have courage! It is I; don’t be afraid!”
Chapter 6 Verse 51
51. Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were totally astounded within themselves, and kept marveling.
Chapter 6 Verse 52
52. Because they had not understood about the loaves—their hearts had been hardened.[31]
Chapter 6 Verse 53
53. After they had crossed over,[32] they came to the land of Genesaret and anchored there.
Chapter 6 Verse 54
54. When they came out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him,
Chapter 6 Verse 55
55. and running about that whole surrounding region they began to carry about on their pallets those who were sick to wherever they heard He was.
Chapter 6 Verse 56
56. Wherever He entered—into villages, towns, or country-side—they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and they would beg Him that they might just touch the hem of His garment; and all who touched Him were healed.[33]
Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Verse 1
1. Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him, having come from Jerusalem.[1]
Chapter 7 Verse 2
2. And upon seeing some of His disciples eating bread with ‘unclean’—that is, ceremonially unwashed—hands, they found fault.
Chapter 7 Verse 3
3. (Because the Pharisees, indeed all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding to the tradition of the elders.
Chapter 7 Verse 4
4. When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things they have received and hold—washings of cups, pitchers, copper vessels and couches.)[2]
Chapter 7 Verse 5
5. Then the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, “Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders,[3] but eat their bread with unwashed hands?”
Chapter 7 Verse 6
6. So in answer He said to them: “Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites,[4] as it stands written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Chapter 7 Verse 7
7. But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’[5]
Chapter 7 Verse 8
8. Because having left the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men—washings of pitchers and cups, and many other similar things that you do.”[6]
Chapter 7 Verse 9
9. Indeed He said to them: “You are very good at nullifying the commandment of God, so that you may keep your tradition.
Chapter 7 Verse 10
10. For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’[7]
Chapter 7 Verse 11
11. But you say that if a man should say to father or mother, ‘Whatever profit you might have received from me is Korban’ (that is, a gift to God),[8]
Chapter 7 Verse 12
12. you don’t even allow him to do anything for his father or his mother any more,
Chapter 7 Verse 13
13. making the Word of God of no effect by your tradition that you have handed down. Yes, you do many such things.”
Chapter 7 Verse 14
14. Upon summoning the larger crowd He said to them: “Hear me, everyone, and understand:
Chapter 7 Verse 15
15. There is nothing outside a man that can defile him by going into him;[9] rather, the things that come out of him, those are the ones that defile him.
Chapter 7 Verse 16
16. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”[10]
Chapter 7 Verse 17
17. When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples started to question Him about the parable.
Chapter 7 Verse 18
18. So He said to them: “Can you really be without understanding? Don’t you perceive that nothing that enters a man from outside can defile him,
Chapter 7 Verse 19
19. because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, which then expels the impure aspects of the food?”[11]
Chapter 7 Verse 20
20. He went on to say: “That which comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.
Chapter 7 Verse 21
21. Because from within, out of men’s hearts, the evil designs proceed—adulteries, fornications, murders,
Chapter 7 Verse 22
22. thefts, covetings, malignancies; deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, arrogance, foolishness—
Chapter 7 Verse 23
23. all these malignant things proceed from within and defile the man.”
Chapter 7 Verse 24
24. Then He got ready and went from there into the region of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house and did not want anyone to know it, but He could not escape notice.
Chapter 7 Verse 25
25. In fact, as soon as she heard about Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit came and fell at His feet.[12]
Chapter 7 Verse 26
26. Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenecian by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.[13]
Chapter 7 Verse 27
27. But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first; it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”[14]
Chapter 7 Verse 28
28. So she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs.”
Chapter 7 Verse 29
29. So He said to her, “Because of this saying you may go; the demon has gone out of your daughter.”
Chapter 7 Verse 30
30. She went away to her house and found that the demon was gone and the daughter had been placed on the bed.[15]
Chapter 7 Verse 31
31. Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, Jesus came to the Sea of Galilee by way of the Decapolis region.[16]
Chapter 7 Verse 32
32. Then they brought to Him a deaf man with thick speech[17] and begged Him to place His hand on him.
Chapter 7 Verse 33
33. After taking him aside, away from the crowd, He put His fingers in his ears; He also spat and touched his tongue.[18]
Chapter 7 Verse 34
34. Then looking up to heaven He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”
Chapter 7 Verse 35
35. Immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he began to speak clearly.
Chapter 7 Verse 36
36. Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He would command them, so much the more they would proclaim it.[19]
Chapter 7 Verse 37
37. People were astonished beyond measure, saying: “He has done everything well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”
Chapter 8
Chapter 8 Verse 1
1. In those days, the multitude being very large and not having anything to eat, Jesus called His disciples and said to them:
Chapter 8 Verse 2
2. “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me three days now and have nothing to eat.
Chapter 8 Verse 3
3. If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will give out on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.”
Chapter 8 Verse 4
4. His disciples answered Him, “From what source could anyone satisfy these people with bread here in a wilderness?”[1]
Chapter 8 Verse 5
5. He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.”
Chapter 8 Verse 6
6. So He told the crowd to sit down on the ground; then taking the seven loaves and giving thanks, He broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before the crowd, and they did.
Chapter 8 Verse 7
7. They also had a few small fish; so blessing them He said to distribute them as well.
Chapter 8 Verse 8
8. Well they ate and were filled; they even took up seven hampers of broken pieces that were left over.
Chapter 8 Verse 9
9. Now those who had eaten were about four thousand; and He sent them away.
Chapter 8 Verse 10
10. Then He got right into the boat with His disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.[2]
Chapter 8 Verse 11
11. The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, requesting of Him a sign from heaven, by way of testing Him.
Chapter 8 Verse 12
12. But He sighed deeply in His spirit and said: “Why does this generation seek a sign? I tell you emphatically, no sign shall be given to this generation!”
Chapter 8 Verse 13
13. Turning His back on them, He got back into the boat[3] and went off to the other side.
Chapter 8 Verse 14
14. (His disciples had forgotten to take bread; they did not have more than one loaf with them in the boat.)[4]
Chapter 8 Verse 15
15. And He charged them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”[5]
Chapter 8 Verse 16
16. So they started reasoning among themselves, saying, “It’s because we have no bread.”
Chapter 8 Verse 17
17. Being aware of it Jesus said to them: “Why are you reasoning because you have no bread? Do you still neither perceive nor understand? Do you still have hearts that have been hardened?[6]
Chapter 8 Verse 18
18. Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear, and do you not remember?
Chapter 8 Verse 19
19. When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you take up?” They say to Him, “Twelve.”
Chapter 8 Verse 20
20. “And when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many hampers full of pieces did you take up?” And they said, “Seven.”
Chapter 8 Verse 21
21. So He said to them, “How is it that you still don’t understand?”[7]
Chapter 8 Verse 22
22. Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him and begged Him to touch him.
Chapter 8 Verse 23
23. So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; then spitting into his eyes[8] and laying hands on him, He asked him if he saw anything.
Chapter 8 Verse 24
24. And looking up he said, “I do see men, only they look like walking trees.”[9]
Chapter 8 Verse 25
25. Then He put His hands on his eyes again, and made him look up; and he was restored and saw everyone clearly.
Chapter 8 Verse 26
26. Then He sent him away to his house, saying, “Neither go into the village nor tell anyone in the village.”[10]
Chapter 8 Verse 27
27. Then Jesus and His disciples set out for the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, “Who are people saying that I am?”
Chapter 8 Verse 28
28. So they answered, “John the Baptist; others Elijah; still others one of the prophets.”
Chapter 8 Verse 29
29. He said to them, “And who do you say that I am?” So Peter answered and said to Him, “You are the Christ!”
Chapter 8 Verse 30
30. Then He charged them that they should tell no one about Him.
Chapter 8 Verse 31
31. He then began to teach them that the Son of the Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Chapter 8 Verse 32
32. He said these things quite plainly. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.
Chapter 8 Verse 33
33. But He turned, looked at His disciples, and rebuked Peter, saying: “Get behind me, Satan![11] You have in mind men’s values, not God’s values.”
Chapter 8 Verse 34
34. He summoned the crowd, along with His disciples, and said to them: “Whoever wants to follow along behind me must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Chapter 8 Verse 35
35. Because whoever may resolve to ‘save’ his life will waste it; but whoever may ‘waste’ his life for my sake and the Gospel’s, he will save it.[12]
Chapter 8 Verse 36
36. Well, what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?
Chapter 8 Verse 37
37. Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Chapter 8 Verse 38
38. Yes, whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of the Man will also be ashamed of Him whenever He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy Angels.”[13]
Chapter 9
Chapter 9 Verse 1
1. And He said to them, “I tell you assuredly: there are some standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the Kingdom of God present with power.”
Chapter 9 Verse 2
2. After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John and led them up on a high mountain alone by themselves. Then He was transfigured in front of them;
Chapter 9 Verse 3
3. His clothing became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth is able to whiten.
Chapter 9 Verse 4
4. And Elijah appeared to them, along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus.
Chapter 9 Verse 5
5. Well Peter reacted by saying to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three shelters: one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
Chapter 9 Verse 6
6. (Because they were terrified, he didn’t know what to say.)[1]
Chapter 9 Verse 7
7. With that a cloud was covering them and a Voice[2] came out of the cloud: “This is my Son, the beloved. Listen to Him!”
Chapter 9 Verse 8
8. And then, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.
Chapter 9 Verse 9
9. Now as they were coming down from the mountain,[3] He ordered them not to recount to any one the things they had seen until the Son of the Man had risen from the dead.
Chapter 9 Verse 10
10. So they kept this word to themselves, questioning what the ‘rising from the dead’ meant.
Chapter 9 Verse 11
11. And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
Chapter 9 Verse 12
12. So in answer He said to them: “Elijah indeed does come first, and restores all things; also how it is written concerning the Son of the Man that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt.
Chapter 9 Verse 13
13. Still, I say to you that ‘Elijah’ has also come, and they did to him as they wished, as it is written about him.”[4]
Chapter 9 Verse 14
14. Upon coming to the disciples, He saw a large crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.
Chapter 9 Verse 15
15. Well as soon as the crowd saw Him they were excited and ran to greet Him.
Chapter 9 Verse 16
16. He asked the scribes, “What are you discussing with them?”
Chapter 9 Verse 17
17. In answer a man in the crowd said: “Teacher, I brought you my son, who has a mute spirit.[5]
Chapter 9 Verse 18
18. And wherever it seizes him it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. Indeed, I spoke to your disciples, that they might cast it out, but they could not.”
Chapter 9 Verse 19
19. But He answered him by saying: “O unbelieving generation,[6] how long shall I be with you, how long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me!”
Chapter 9 Verse 20
20. So they brought him to Him. Upon seeing Him the spirit convulsed him, and falling to the ground he started wallowing, foaming at the mouth.
Chapter 9 Verse 21
21. Then He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said: “From childhood.
Chapter 9 Verse 22
22. Really, it has often thrown him both into fire and into water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
Chapter 9 Verse 23
23. Jesus said to him, “It’s ‘if you can believe’;[7] all things are possible to the one who believes.”
Chapter 9 Verse 24
24. Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, with tears, “Lord,[8] I believe; help my unbelief!”[9]
Chapter 9 Verse 25
25. When Jesus saw that the crowd was running up, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit,[10] I am commanding you, get out of him and never enter him again!”[11]
Chapter 9 Verse 26
26. Then it yelled, convulsed him violently, and came out. Well he looked to be dead; so much so that many said, “He’s dead.”
Chapter 9 Verse 27
27. But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he stayed on his feet.
Chapter 9 Verse 28
28. Well upon His entering a house His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
Chapter 9 Verse 29
29. He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing except prayer and fasting.”[12]
Chapter 9 Verse 30
30. Having gone out from there they were passing through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know;
Chapter 9 Verse 31
31. because He was teaching His disciples and saying to them, “The Son of the Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and once killed[13] he will rise on the third day.”
Chapter 9 Verse 32
32. But they were not understanding this information, yet were afraid to ask Him.
Chapter 9 Verse 33
33. Then He came to Capernaum; and once in the house He asked them, “What were you debating among yourselves on the road?”
Chapter 9 Verse 34
34. But they kept silent, because on the road they had debated among themselves who was greater.
Chapter 9 Verse 35
35. So He sat down, called the twelve and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”
Chapter 9 Verse 36
36. Then He took a child and stood him in their midst, and embracing him said to them,
Chapter 9 Verse 37
37. “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives not only me, but the One who sent me.”
Chapter 9 Verse 38
38. So John answered Him saying, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, one who doesn’t follow us;[14] and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow us.”
Chapter 9 Verse 39
39. But Jesus said: “Do not forbid him, because no one who works a miracle in my name can soon afterward speak evil of me.
Chapter 9 Verse 40
40. For he who is not against you is for you.[15]
Chapter 9 Verse 41
41. Further, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ’s, I tell you with certainty, he will by no means lose his reward.[16]
Chapter 9 Verse 42
42. “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe into me to fall,[17] it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.[18]
Chapter 9 Verse 43
43. Further, if your hand is causing you to fall, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into the Life maimed than having both hands to go away into Gehenna,[19] into the unquenchable fire—
Chapter 9 Verse 44
44. where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’[20]
Chapter 9 Verse 45
45. And if your foot is causing you to fall, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into the Life lame than having both feet to be thrown into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire—
Chapter 9 Verse 46
46. where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’
Chapter 9 Verse 47
47. And if your eye is causing you to fall, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye than having both eyes to be thrown into the Gehenna of fire—
Chapter 9 Verse 48
48. where ‘the[21] worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’
Chapter 9 Verse 49
49. “Further, everyone will be seasoned with fire,[22] and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.[23]
Chapter 9 Verse 50
50. Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”[24]
Chapter 10
Chapter 10 Verse 1
1. Then He set out from there and came into the borders of Judea, by way of the other side of the Jordan. Again, crowds gathered to Him, and as was His custom, He began to teach them once more.
Chapter 10 Verse 2
2. Then some Pharisees approached to test Him and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce a wife?”
Chapter 10 Verse 3
3. So in answer He said to them, “What did Moses command you?”
Chapter 10 Verse 4
4. They said, “Moses permitted one to write a certificate of divorce and to put away.”[1]
Chapter 10 Verse 5
5. Jesus answered and said to them: “It was due to your hardness of heart that he wrote you this precept.
Chapter 10 Verse 6
6. But from the beginning of creation, God made them a male and a female.[2]
Chapter 10 Verse 7
7. ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
Chapter 10 Verse 8
8. and the two will be turned into one flesh.’[3] So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.
Chapter 10 Verse 9
9. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Chapter 10 Verse 10
10. When they were in the house again, His disciples asked Him about the same subject.
Chapter 10 Verse 11
11. So He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;
Chapter 10 Verse 12
12. and if a woman divorces her husband and gets married to another, she commits adultery.”[4]
Chapter 10 Verse 13
13. People started bringing little children to Him, that He might touch them; so the disciples started rebuking those doing the bringing.
Chapter 10 Verse 14
14. But when Jesus saw it He was indignant and said to them: “Let the little children come to me; do not hinder them, because the Kingdom of God is made up of such.
Chapter 10 Verse 15
15. I tell you assuredly, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child does[5] will certainly not enter it.”
Chapter 10 Verse 16
16. And taking them in His arms and laying His hands on them, He blessed them.[6]
Chapter 10 Verse 17
17. As Jesus set out on the road, someone came running up, knelt before Him and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do that I may inherit eternal life?”
Chapter 10 Verse 18
18. So Jesus said to Him: “Why do you call me ‘good’?[7] No one is good except one—God.
Chapter 10 Verse 19
19. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”[8]
Chapter 10 Verse 20
20. In answer he said to Him, “Teacher,[9] I have kept all these since I was young.”
Chapter 10 Verse 21
21. Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him,[10] and said to him: “One thing you lack; go, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, take up the cross,[11] and follow me.”
Chapter 10 Verse 22
22. But he was dismayed at the suggestion and went away sorrowing, because he had many possessions.[12]
Chapter 10 Verse 23
23. Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have riches to get into the Kingdom of God!”
Chapter 10 Verse 24
24. But the disciples were astounded at His words. So Jesus tried again and said to them: “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches[13] to enter the Kingdom of God.
Chapter 10 Verse 25
25. It is actually easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.”[14]
Chapter 10 Verse 26
26. Then they were totally astonished, saying to each other, “Who then can be saved?”
Chapter 10 Verse 27
27. But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; because all things are possible with God.”
Chapter 10 Verse 28
28. Then Peter began to say to Him, “So, we have left all and followed you.”
Chapter 10 Verse 29
29. In answer Jesus said: “I tell you assuredly, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[15] or children or fields, for my sake and for that of the Gospel,
Chapter 10 Verse 30
30. who will not receive a hundred times more,[16] now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and father and mother[17] and children and fields (with persecutions)—and in the age to come, eternal life.
Chapter 10 Verse 31
31. But many first will be last, and last first.”[18]
Chapter 10 Verse 32
32. Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going ahead of them; this surprised them,[19] and as they followed they started to be afraid. Then He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them the things that were about to happen to Him:
Chapter 10 Verse 33
33. “Take note, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of the Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him over to the Gentiles;
Chapter 10 Verse 34
34. and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And on the third day He will rise again.”[20]
Chapter 10 Verse 35
35. Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we may ask.”
Chapter 10 Verse 36
36. So He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
Chapter 10 Verse 37
37. They said to Him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right and one at your left, in your glory.”[21]
Chapter 10 Verse 38
38. But Jesus said to them: “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
Chapter 10 Verse 39
39. They said to Him, “We are able.”[22] So Jesus said to them: “You will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;
Chapter 10 Verse 40
40. but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to grant, but is for whom it has been prepared.”[23]
Chapter 10 Verse 41
41. Well when the ten heard it they began to be indignant with James and John.[24]
Chapter 10 Verse 42
42. But Jesus summoned them and said to them: “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
Chapter 10 Verse 43
43. But it must not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you must be your servant,
Chapter 10 Verse 44
44. and whoever desires to be your number one must be slave of all.
Chapter 10 Verse 45
45. For even the Son of the Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”[25]
Chapter 10 Verse 46
46. They came to Jericho. Then as He was going out from Jericho,[26] with His disciples and a large crowd, the blind Bartimaeus[27] (son of Timaeus) was sitting by the roadside begging.
Chapter 10 Verse 47
47. And when he heard that it was Jesus the Natsorean,[28] he began to call out and say, “O Son of David,[29] Jesus, have mercy on me!”
Chapter 10 Verse 48
48. Many started telling him to shut up, but he started calling out even louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Chapter 10 Verse 49
49. So Jesus stood still and said to call him. Then they called the blind man, saying to him: “Courage! Get up! He’s calling you!”
Chapter 10 Verse 50
50. Tossing off his cloak,[30] he got up and went to Jesus.
Chapter 10 Verse 51
51. Jesus reacted by saying to him, “What do you want me to do for you?”[31] The blind man said to Him, “Rabouni,[32] that I may see again!”
Chapter 10 Verse 52
52. So Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has healed you.” And immediately he could see, and followed Jesus on the road.
Chapter 11
Chapter 11 Verse 1
1. Now when they were drawing near Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples,
Chapter 11 Verse 2
2. saying to them: “Go into the village opposite you; and as soon as you enter it you will find a foal tied, on which no man has sat. Untie and bring it.
Chapter 11 Verse 3
3. And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it,’ and thereupon he will send it here.”[1]
Chapter 11 Verse 4
4. So they went and found the foal tied at the door, out in the street, and they loosed it.
Chapter 11 Verse 5
5. Some of those who stood there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the foal?”
Chapter 11 Verse 6
6. So they answered them just as Jesus had instructed, and they let them go.
Chapter 11 Verse 7
7. Then they brought the foal to Jesus, and they placed their clothes on it, and He sat on it.
Chapter 11 Verse 8
8. And many spread their clothes on the road, while others were cutting leafy branches from the trees[2] and spreading them on the road.
Chapter 11 Verse 9
9. Both those who went in front and those who followed started calling out, saying: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”[3]
Chapter 11 Verse 10
10. “Blessed is the Kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of the Lord!”[4] “Hosanna in the highest!”
Chapter 11 Verse 11
11. So Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when He had looked around at everything,[5] the hour being late, He went out to Bethany with the twelve.
Chapter 11 Verse 12
12. Now the next day, as they were leaving Bethany, He was hungry.
Chapter 11 Verse 13
13. And seeing from a distance a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it He found nothing but leaves, because it was not fig season.[6]
Chapter 11 Verse 14
14. So Jesus reacted by saying to it, “Let no one ever eat fruit from you again!”[7] And His disciples were listening.
Chapter 11 Verse 15
15. So they came to Jerusalem, and entering the temple Jesus began to drive out those who sold and bought in the temple, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of the dove sellers.
Chapter 11 Verse 16
16. And He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.
Chapter 11 Verse 17
17. And He kept teaching them by saying: “Is it not written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’?[8] but you have made it ‘a den of robbers’!”[9]
Chapter 11 Verse 18
18. Well the scribes and the chief priests heard it, and kept on looking for a way to destroy Him;[10] because they were afraid of Him, in that all the people were astonished at His teaching.
Chapter 11 Verse 19
19. When evening came, He went out of the city.
Chapter 11 Verse 20
20. Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
Chapter 11 Verse 21
21. And Peter, remembering, said to Him: “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has dried up!”
Chapter 11 Verse 22
22. So in answer Jesus said to them: “Have faith in God.[11]
Chapter 11 Verse 23
23. Because I tell you assuredly, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be picked up and be thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that the things he says will happen, he will have whatever he says.[12]
Chapter 11 Verse 24
24. That is why I say to you, whatever things you ask for in prayer, believe that you receive, and you will have them.
Chapter 11 Verse 25
25. “And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your trespasses.
Chapter 11 Verse 26
26. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”[13]
Chapter 11 Verse 27
27. Then they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes and the elders came to Him.
Chapter 11 Verse 28
28. And they said to Him, “By what authority are you doing these things?” and “Who gave you this authority to do these things?”
Chapter 11 Verse 29
29. So in answer Jesus said to them: “I also will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
Chapter 11 Verse 30
30. The baptism of John: was it from heaven or from men?”[14]
Chapter 11 Verse 31
31. They considered among themselves, saying: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘So why did you not believe him?’
Chapter 11 Verse 32
32. But if we say, ‘From men’…”—they feared the people, for everyone held John to really be a prophet.
Chapter 11 Verse 33
33. So they answered Jesus by saying, “We don’t know.”[15] And in answer Jesus said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
Chapter 12
Chapter 12 Verse 1
1. Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard—put a hedge around it, dug a wine trough, built a tower—rented it to farmers and went on a journey.
Chapter 12 Verse 2
2. At the proper time he sent a slave to the farmers, that he might receive from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
Chapter 12 Verse 3
3. But they took him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
Chapter 12 Verse 4
4. Again he sent another slave to them, and that one they wounded in the head by stoning,[1] and sent him away shamefully treated.
Chapter 12 Verse 5
5. Again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.
Chapter 12 Verse 6
6. Finally, still having his one beloved son, he even sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
Chapter 12 Verse 7
7. But those farmers said to one another: ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours.’
Chapter 12 Verse 8
8. So they took him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.[2]
Chapter 12 Verse 9
9. “What therefore will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those farmers, and give the vineyard to others.
Chapter 12 Verse 10
10. Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘The stone that the builders rejected, is the very one that became the cornerstone;
Chapter 12 Verse 11
11. this was the LORD’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”[3]
Chapter 12 Verse 12
12. So they started looking for a way to arrest Him, because they knew He had spoken the parable against them, but they were in fear of the crowd. Then they left Him and went away.
Chapter 12 Verse 13
13. Then they[4] sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to Him, in order to trap Him with a question.
Chapter 12 Verse 14
14. Upon arriving they said to Him: “Teacher, we know that you are honest—you do not ‘protect’ anyone, because you do not consider the position of people, but teach the way of God in truth[5]—is it right to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
Chapter 12 Verse 15
15. Should we pay, or should we not?” But knowing their hypocrisy, He said to them: “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius to look at.”
Chapter 12 Verse 16
16. So they did, and He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
Chapter 12 Verse 17
17. Then Jesus answered them by saying, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”[6] And they marveled at Him.
Chapter 12 Verse 18
18. Then some Sadducees came to Him—they say there is no resurrection—and asked Him, saying:
Chapter 12 Verse 19
19. “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife, but no children, then his brother should take that wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
Chapter 12 Verse 20
20. Well there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.
Chapter 12 Verse 21
21. So the second one took her, and died; and neither did he leave any offspring. The third likewise.
Chapter 12 Verse 22
22. In fact, all seven took her, and left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died.
Chapter 12 Verse 23
23. In the resurrection, whenever they may rise, whose wife will she be?—because all seven had her as wife.”
Chapter 12 Verse 24
24. Then in answer Jesus said to them: “You do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God[7]—is this not the reason that you err?
Chapter 12 Verse 25
25. Whenever people rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in the heavens.[8]
Chapter 12 Verse 26
26. But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
Chapter 12 Verse 27
27. He is not the God of dead people, but the God of living ones. You are therefore badly mistaken.”[9]
Chapter 12 Verse 28
28. Then one of the scribes came on the scene, heard them arguing, realized that He had answered them well, and asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?”
Chapter 12 Verse 29
29. Jesus answered him:[10] “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD your[11] (pl) God, the LORD is one;
Chapter 12 Verse 30
30. and you (sg) shall love the LORD your (sg) God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[12] This is the first commandment.[13]
Chapter 12 Verse 31
31. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’[14] There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Chapter 12 Verse 32
32. So the scribe said to Him: “Well said, teacher; you said truly that He is one, and there is no other except He.
Chapter 12 Verse 33
33. And to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the soul[15] and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Chapter 12 Verse 34
34. Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.”[16] And after that no one dared ask Him any question.
Chapter 12 Verse 35
35. Then, teaching in the temple, Jesus reacted by saying: “How is it that the scribes say that the Messiah is David’s son?
Chapter 12 Verse 36
36. Because David himself said by the Holy Spirit: ‘The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet.”’[17]
Chapter 12 Verse 37
37. Therefore David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; so how can He be his son?” The large crowd listened to Him with pleasure.
Chapter 12 Verse 38
38. Then He said to them in His teaching: “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes and to get greetings in the market places,
Chapter 12 Verse 39
39. and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;
Chapter 12 Verse 40
40. who devour the houses of widows,[18] while praying long and loud for a show. These will receive a more severe judgment.”
Chapter 12 Verse 41
41. Then Jesus sat down opposite the offering chest and started watching how the people were depositing money into the chest. Many rich people put in large amounts.
Chapter 12 Verse 42
42. A certain poor widow also came and put in two ‘lepta’, which equal a ‘quadrans’.[19]
Chapter 12 Verse 43
43. So summoning His disciples He said to them: “I tell you assuredly that this poor widow has put more in the chest than all these contributors;
Chapter 12 Verse 44
44. because they all gave out of their excess, but she, out of her lack, put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.”[20]
Chapter 13
Chapter 13 Verse 1
1. Then as He was going out from the temple, one of His disciples said to Him: “Teacher, just look! Such stones, such buildings!”
Chapter 13 Verse 2
2. In answer Jesus said to him: “Do you see these great buildings? Here not a single stone will be left upon another; each one will be thrown down.”[1]
Chapter 13 Verse 3
3. Then as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple,[2] Peter, James, John and Andrew asked Him privately:
Chapter 13 Verse 4
4. “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign whenever all these things are about to be fulfilled?”[3]
Chapter 13 Verse 5
5. So by way of an answer to them Jesus began by saying: “Take care that no one deceives you.
Chapter 13 Verse 6
6. Because many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many.
Chapter 13 Verse 7
7. But whenever you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not let it distress you; because happen they must, but the end is not yet.
Chapter 13 Verse 8
8. Because nation will be raised against nation,[4] and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and tumults.[5] These things are the beginning of birth pains.[6]
Chapter 13 Verse 9
9. “But watch out for yourselves, because they will deliver you up to councils and flog you in synagogues, and you will be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them.
Chapter 13 Verse 10
10. Also, the Gospel must first be proclaimed to all the ethnic nations.[7]
Chapter 13 Verse 11
11. Now whenever they lead you away and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand nor premeditate what you will say;[8] rather, whatever is given to you in that hour, speak that, because it will not be you doing the speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
Chapter 13 Verse 12
12. “Further, brother will betray brother to death and a father his child, and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
Chapter 13 Verse 13
13. And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake,[9] yet he who endures to the end, he will be saved.[10]
Chapter 13 Verse 14
14. “Now whenever you see the ‘abomination of desolation’, the one spoken of by Daniel the prophet,[11] standing where he should not”—let the reader understand—”then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Chapter 13 Verse 15
15. Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.[12]
Chapter 13 Verse 16
16. Let him who is in the field not return to his things to get his cloak.
Chapter 13 Verse 17
17. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!
Chapter 13 Verse 18
18. And pray that your flight not take place in winter,[13]
Chapter 13 Verse 19
19. because those will be days of affliction such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation that God created until now,[14] and never again shall be.[15]
Chapter 13 Verse 20
20. If the Lord did not cut those days short, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He did shorten the days.[16]
Chapter 13 Verse 21
21. “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ ‘Look, there!’ do not believe it;
Chapter 13 Verse 22
22. because false christs and false prophets will be raised up,[17] and they will show signs and wonders so as to even mislead the elect, if that were possible.
Chapter 13 Verse 23
23. So you watch out! See, I have told you everything in advance.
Chapter 13 Verse 24
24. “But in those days, after that tribulation, ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
Chapter 13 Verse 25
25. the stars of heaven will be falling, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.’[18]
Chapter 13 Verse 26
26. And then they will see the Son of the Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.[19]
Chapter 13 Verse 27
27. And then He will send His angels and gather together His elect from the four winds, from earth’s extreme point to heaven’s extreme point.[20]
Chapter 13 Verse 28
28. “Now learn this example from the fig tree: whenever its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, one knows that the summer is near.
Chapter 13 Verse 29
29. Even so you also, whenever you see these things happening, know that it is near—at the doors!
Chapter 13 Verse 30
30. Assuredly I tell you that this generation[21] will certainly not pass away until all these things happen.
Chapter 13 Verse 31
31. The heaven and the earth will pass away, but my words will certainly not pass away.[22]
Chapter 13 Verse 32
32. “Now concerning that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels who are in heaven, not the Son,[23] but only the Father.
Chapter 13 Verse 33
33. Watch! Keep alert! Pray![24] Because you do not know when that time will be.
Chapter 13 Verse 34
34. It is like a man off on a journey, having left his house and given the authority to his slaves, and to each his work; and he commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.
Chapter 13 Verse 35
35. Therefore be watchful, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming—at evening or at midnight or at cockcrow or early morning—
Chapter 13 Verse 36
36. lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Chapter 13 Verse 37
37. The things I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”[25]
Chapter 14
Chapter 14 Verse 1
1. It was two days before the Passover and the Unleavened Bread.[1] The chief priests and the scribes were looking for an underhanded way to seize and kill Him.
Chapter 14 Verse 2
2. But they said, “Not during the feast, or the people may riot.”
Chapter 14 Verse 3
3. Being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He was reclining at a meal, a woman came having an alabaster vase of very costly perfume of pure nard. Then she broke the vase and began to pour it over His head.
Chapter 14 Verse 4
4. But there were some who were expressing indignation to one another and saying: “To what purpose was this perfume wasted?
Chapter 14 Verse 5
5. It could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor!” And they started censuring her.[2]
Chapter 14 Verse 6
6. But Jesus said: “Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done something useful to me.
Chapter 14 Verse 7
7. You will always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do them good; but you will not always have me.
Chapter 14 Verse 8
8. She did what she could.[3] She has perfumed my body for the burying before the fact.
Chapter 14 Verse 9
9. Assuredly I tell you, wherever this Gospel may be proclaimed throughout the whole world, what she has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”[4]
Chapter 14 Verse 10
10. Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests, so as to betray Him to them.[5]
Chapter 14 Verse 11
11. Well upon hearing it they rejoiced and promised to give him silver coins.[6] So he started figuring how he might conveniently betray Him.
Chapter 14 Verse 12
12. Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they would sacrifice the Paschal lamb, His disciples said to Him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare, so that you may eat the Passover?”
Chapter 14 Verse 13
13. So He sent two of His disciples, saying to them: “Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a clay jar of water; follow him.
Chapter 14 Verse 14
14. Wherever he goes in, say to the master of the house, ‘The teacher says, “Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’
Chapter 14 Verse 15
15. He will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready; there prepare for us.”[7]
Chapter 14 Verse 16
16. So His disciples set out and came into the city and found it just as He had said to them; and they prepared the Passover.
Chapter 14 Verse 17
17. When it was evening He came with the twelve.
Chapter 14 Verse 18
18. Now as they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Assuredly I tell you, one of you who is eating with me will betray me.”
Chapter 14 Verse 19
19. So they began to be sorrowful and to say to Him one by one, “Surely not I?” And another, “Surely not I?”[8]
Chapter 14 Verse 20
20. He answered and said to them: “It is one of the twelve, the one dipping with me in the bowl.
Chapter 14 Verse 21
21. The Son of the Man is indeed going just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of the Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man not to have been born.”[9]
Chapter 14 Verse 22
22. As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to them and said, “Take, eat;[10] this is my body.”
Chapter 14 Verse 23
23. Then He took the cup, and when He had given thanks He gave it to them, and they all drank it.
Chapter 14 Verse 24
24. And He said to them: “This is my blood, that of the new[11] covenant, that is being shed for many.
Chapter 14 Verse 25
25. I tell you assuredly that I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the Kingdom of God.”[12]
Chapter 14 Verse 26
26. And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Chapter 14 Verse 27
27. Then Jesus said to them: “All of you will be caused to stumble because of me this night,[13] because it is written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’[14]
Chapter 14 Verse 28
28. But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee.”
Chapter 14 Verse 29
29. But Peter said to Him, “Even if all are caused to stumble, yet not I.”
Chapter 14 Verse 30
30. Jesus said to him, “I tell you assuredly that you, today, this very night, before a rooster crows twice,[15] you will deny me three times.”
Chapter 14 Verse 31
31. But he insisted even more vehemently, “If I have to die with you, I will absolutely not deny you!” And all the others said the same.
Chapter 14 Verse 32
32. Then they came to a place that was named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
Chapter 14 Verse 33
33. But He took with Him Peter, James and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed.
Chapter 14 Verse 34
34. And He said to them: “My soul is overwhelmed with grief, to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”
Chapter 14 Verse 35
35. Going on a little, He fell to the ground and started praying that if it were possible the hour might pass from Him.
Chapter 14 Verse 36
36. And He said: “Abba (Father), all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what you will.”
Chapter 14 Verse 37
37. Then He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter: “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you keep watch for even one hour?
Chapter 14 Verse 38
38. Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Chapter 14 Verse 39
39. Again He went away and prayed, saying the same thing.
Chapter 14 Verse 40
40. And when He returned He found them sleeping again, because their eyes were being weighed down;[16] and they did not know how to answer Him.
Chapter 14 Verse 41
41. Then He came the third time and said to them: “You are still sleeping and resting! It is enough, the hour has come; yes, the Son of the Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Chapter 14 Verse 42
42. Get up, let’s be going. See, my betrayer has approached.”[17]
Chapter 14 Verse 43
43. And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived, and with him a considerable crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.[18]
Chapter 14 Verse 44
44. Now His betrayer had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, he it is; seize him and take him away securely.”[19]
Chapter 14 Verse 45
45. So upon arriving he went directly to Him and said to Him, “Rabbi, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
Chapter 14 Verse 46
46. So they laid their hands on Him and secured Him.
Chapter 14 Verse 47
47. But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.[20]
Chapter 14 Verse 48
48. Then Jesus reacted by saying to them: “You have come out with swords and clubs to arrest me, as if I were a bandit.
Chapter 14 Verse 49
49. I was with you daily in the temple, teaching, and you did not seize me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”
Chapter 14 Verse 50
50. Then they all deserted Him and ran away.[21]
Chapter 14 Verse 51
51. Now a certain young man had followed Him, having a linen cloth thrown around his naked body. The young men grabbed him,
Chapter 14 Verse 52
52. so leaving the linen cloth he fled from them naked.[22]
Chapter 14 Verse 53
53. They led Jesus away to the high priest; and with him were assembled all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes.
Chapter 14 Verse 54
54. Well Peter had followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the operatives and warming himself at the fire.
Chapter 14 Verse 55
55. Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus so as to kill Him, but were not finding any.
Chapter 14 Verse 56
56. To be sure, many were testifying falsely against Him, but their statements did not agree.
Chapter 14 Verse 57
57. Then some stood up and started testifying falsely against Him, saying,
Chapter 14 Verse 58
58. “We heard him saying: ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”
Chapter 14 Verse 59
59. But not even then did their testimony agree.[23]
Chapter 14 Verse 60
60. Then the high priest stood up in the center and questioned Jesus, saying: “Are you not going to answer? What are these testifying against you?”
Chapter 14 Verse 61
61. But He remained silent and answered nothing.[24] Again the high priest questioned Him and said to Him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”[25]
Chapter 14 Verse 62
62. So Jesus said: “I am, and you will see the Son of the Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of the heaven.”[26]
Chapter 14 Verse 63
63. Then the high priest tore his clothes and said: “What further need do we have of witnesses?
Chapter 14 Verse 64
64. You heard the blasphemy![27] What do you think?” They all condemned Him to be deserving of death.
Chapter 14 Verse 65
65. Then some began to spit on Him, to cover His face, punch Him and say to Him, “Prophesy!”[28] And the operatives started slapping Him.
Chapter 14 Verse 66
66. Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came by.
Chapter 14 Verse 67
67. And seeing Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Natsarene!”
Chapter 14 Verse 68
68. But Peter denied, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying.” And he went out into the entryway, and a rooster crowed.[29]
Chapter 14 Verse 69
69. But that servant girl saw him again and began to say to those standing by, “This guy is one of them.”
Chapter 14 Verse 70
70. But again he kept denying it. Again, after a little while, those who were standing by said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them; because you really are a Galilean, and your accent agrees!”[30]
Chapter 14 Verse 71
71. Then he began to curse and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you are speaking!”
Chapter 14 Verse 72
72. And for the second time a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered[31] the word that Jesus had said to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” He broke down and started to cry.
Chapter 15
Chapter 15 Verse 1
1. As soon as it was early morning, having already formed a plan, the chief priests with the elders and scribes, indeed the whole council, bound Jesus, led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate.[1]
Chapter 15 Verse 2
2. Pilate asked Him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” So in answer He said to him, “You stated a fact!”
Chapter 15 Verse 3
3. But the chief priests kept accusing Him of many things.
Chapter 15 Verse 4
4. So Pilate asked Him again, saying: “Are you not going to answer? See how many things they are testifying against you!”
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5. But Jesus still gave no answer, so that Pilate marveled.[2]
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6. Now at the feast he would release to them one prisoner, whomever they would request.
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7. Well there was one called Barabbas, who had been bound with his fellow insurrectionists, who in the insurrection had committed murder.
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8. Then the crowd began to call out[3] and request that he do just as he always did for them.
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9. So Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?”
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10. (He knew that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.)
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11. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd, so that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
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12. Pilate answered and said to them again, “What then do you want me to do to him you call ‘king of the Jews’?”
Chapter 15 Verse 13
13. Again they shouted, “Crucify him!”
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14. But Pilate said to them, “But what evil did he do?” They just yelled all the louder, “Crucify him!”
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15. So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and Jesus, after a flogging, he handed over to be crucified.[4]
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16. Then the soldiers led Him away into the courtyard (that is, the Praetorium) and assembled the whole garrison.
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17. They clothed Him with purple, plaited a crown of thorns and put it on Him,
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18. and began to ‘acclaim’ Him by saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
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19. They kept hitting Him on the head with a rod[5] and spitting on Him, and kneeling down they would ‘worship’ Him.
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20. When they had ridiculed Him, they took the purple off Him and put His own clothes on Him. Then they led Him out to crucify Him.
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21. A certain passer-by, Simon a Cyrenian (the father of Alexander and Rufus),[6] coming in from the countryside, was compelled to carry His cross.[7]
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22. They brought Him to a place Golgotha, which is translated, ‘Place of a Skull’.
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23. They offered Him wine mixed with myrrh to drink,[8] but He did not take it.
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24. After crucifying Him, they divided His clothes by casting lots for them, to see who would take what.
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25. It was the third hour[9] when they crucified Him.
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26. The statement of His ‘crime’ that had been written was: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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27. With Him they also crucified two bandits, one on His right and one on His left.
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28. So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with transgressors.”[10]
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29. Those who passed by kept ridiculing Him, wagging their heads and saying, “Hey! You who can destroy the temple and build it in three days,
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30. save yourself and come down from the cross!”
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31. Similarly, the chief priests, with the scribes, kept mocking among themselves saying: “He saved others; he can’t save himself![11]
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32. Let the Christ, the king of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe him.”[12] Those who were crucified with Him insulted Him as well.[13]
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33. Now when the sixth hour had come [noon], darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.[14]
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34. At the ninth hour Jesus called out strongly, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lima sabachthani?” which is translated, “O God, my God, why have You forsaken me?”[15]
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35. When some of the bystanders heard it they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”
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36. Then someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a reed and started offering it to Him to drink, saying, “You let him be! ‘Let’s see if Elijah is coming to take him down’!”[16]
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37. Then Jesus gave a loud shout and breathed out His spirit;[17]
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38. and the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.[18]
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39. Well when the centurion, who was standing opposite Him, saw that He breathed out His spirit after giving such a loud shout,[19] he said, “This man really was God’s Son!”[20]
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40. There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome
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41. —they used to follow Him and minister to Him when He was in Galilee—and many other women who had come up with Him to Jerusalem.
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42. Now when evening had come, because it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
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43. Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member who also himself was waiting for the Kingdom of God, came and boldly went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
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44. Well Pilate was surprised that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion he asked him when He had died.[21]
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45. Upon the centurion’s confirmation he granted the body to Joseph.
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46. Having bought linen, he took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen and laid Him in a tomb that had been cut out of rock; then he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.[22]
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47. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was placed.[23]
Chapter 16
Chapter 16 Verse 1
1. Now when the Sabbath was past,[1] Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, in order to go and anoint Jesus.[2]
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2. Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
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3. And they were saying among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?”
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4. (because it was very large), but when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away!
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5. Upon entering the tomb they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
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6. But he said to them: “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Natsarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He isn’t here! See, the place where they laid Him.
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7. But go, tell His disciples, also Peter: ‘He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.’”
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8. Trembling and bewildered they went out and fled from the tomb; and they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.[3]
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9. Having risen early on the first day of the week, Jesus[4] appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons.
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10. She went and reported to those who had been with Him, as they were mourning and weeping.
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11. When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.
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12. After these things He appeared in a different form to two of them as they were walking, going into the country.
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13. So they returned and reported to the rest; neither did they believe them.[5]
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14. Later He appeared to the eleven as they were reclining at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
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15. Then He said to them: “Go to the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to all creation.
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16. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
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17. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;
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18. they will remove ‘snakes’;[6] and if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them at all;[7] they will lay hands on sick people, and they will get well.”[8]
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19. So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at God’s right.
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20. And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the message by the accompanying signs.Amen.[9]