Mark 11 Cross References - ABU

¹ AND when they come near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the mount of the Olives, he sends forth two of his disciples, ² and says to them: Go into the village over against you; and immediately, on entering into it, ye will find a colt tied, whereon no man has sat; loose and bring him. ³ And if any one say to you: Why do ye this? say: The Lord has need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. ⁴ And they departed, and found a colt tied by the door without, on the street; and they loose him. ⁵ And some of those standing there, said to them: What do ye, loosing the colt? ⁶ And they said to them as Jesus commanded; and they let them go. ⁷ And they bring the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. ⁸ And many spread their garments in the way, and others branches, cutting them from the fields. ⁹ And they that went before, and they that followed, cried: Hosanna! blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; ¹⁰ blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David; Hosanna in the highest! ¹¹ And he entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple; and having looked around on all things, the evening being now come, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. ¹² And on the morrow, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry. ¹³ And seeing a fig-tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find anything thereon. And coming to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season of figs. ¹⁴ And answering he said to it: Let no one eat fruit from thee, henceforth forever. And his disciples heard it. ¹⁵ And they come into Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those who sold doves; ¹⁶ and suffered not that any one should carry a vessel through the temple. ¹⁷ And he taught, saying to them: Is it not written: My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But ye have made it a den of robbers. ¹⁸ And the chief priests and the scribes heard it. And they sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching. ¹⁹ And when it became late, he went forth out of the city. ²⁰ And passing by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots. ²¹ And Peter, calling to remembrance, says to him: Master, behold, the fig-tree which thou didst curse is withered away. ²² And Jesus answering says to them: Have faith in God. ²³ Verily I say to you, that whoever shall say to this mountain: Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he says comes to pass, he shall have it. ²⁴ Therefore I say to you: All things whatever ye ask, when ye pray, believe that ye received, and ye shall have them. ²⁵ And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. ²⁶ But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses. ²⁷ And they come again into Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders. ²⁸ And they said to him: By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority, to do these things? ²⁹ And Jesus answering said to them: I also will ask you one thing; and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ³⁰ John's immersion, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me. ³¹ And they reasoned among themselves, saying: ³² If we say, from heaven; he will say, why then did ye not believe him? But shall we say from men? They feared the people; for all held that John was verily a prophet. ³³ And answering they say to Jesus: We do not know. And Jesus says to them: Neither do I say to you, by what authority I do these things.

¹ AND when they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the mount of the Olives, Jesus sent forth two disciples, ² saying to them: Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose and bring them to me. ³ And if any one say aught to you, ye shall say: The Lord has need of them; and straightway he will send them. ⁴ Now all this has been done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying: ⁵ Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King comes to thee, Meek, and mounted upon an ass, And upon a colt, the foal of a beast of burden. ⁶ And the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus commanded them, ⁷ brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their garments, and he sat thereon. ⁸ And most of the multitude spread their own garments in the way; and others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed in the way. ⁹ And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying: Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. ¹⁰ And as he entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying: Who is this? ¹¹ And the multitudes said: This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.

¹⁷ And leaving them, he went forth out of the city into Bethany, and lodged there.

³ And as he sat on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us, when will these things be, and what is the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world?

³⁰ And having sung, they went out into the mount of the Olives.

⁷ And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them authority over the unclean spirits;

³ And as he was sitting on the mount of the Olives, over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately:

¹³ And he sends forth two of his disciples, and says to them: Go into the city, and there will meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him.

²⁹ And it came to pass, as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called Olivet, that he sent forth two of his disciples, ³⁰ saying: Go into the opposite village, in which as ye are entering ye will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever sat; loose and bring him. ³¹ And if any one ask you, why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say to him: Because the Lord has need of him. ³² And they that were sent forth departed, and found even as he said to them. ³³ And as they were loosing the colt, its owners said to them: Why loose ye the colt? ³⁴ And they said: The Lord has need of him. ³⁵ And they brought him to Jesus; and having cast their garments upon the colt, they set Jesus thereon. ³⁶ And as he went, they spread their garments in the way. ³⁷ And as he was drawing near, just at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and praise God with a loud voice for all the miracles which they saw; ³⁸ saying: Blessed be the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest! ³⁹ And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him: Teacher, rebuke thy disciples. ⁴⁰ And answering he said to them: I tell you that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

¹ Jesus went to the mount of the Olives.

¹⁴ And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written: ¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Zion; Behold, thy King comes, Sitting on an ass's colt. ¹⁶ These things his disciples understood not at the first. But when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they did these things to him. ¹⁷ The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bore witness. ¹⁸ For this the multitude also met him, because they heard that he had wrought this sign. ¹⁹ The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Perceive ye that ye avail nothing? Behold, the world is gone after him.

¹² Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey.

² saying to them: Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose and bring them to me. ³ And if any one say aught to you, ye shall say: The Lord has need of them; and straightway he will send them.

³⁰ saying: Go into the opposite village, in which as ye are entering ye will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever sat; loose and bring him. ³¹ And if any one ask you, why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say to him: Because the Lord has need of him.

¹⁵ And he will show you a large upper room furnished, ready; there prepare for us.

²⁴ And they prayed, saying: Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, show which of these two thou didst choose,

³⁶ The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, publishing glad tidings of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all),

²⁵ nor is ministered to by human hands, as if needing anything more, himself giving to all life, and breath, and all things.

⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

⁷ Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honor; ⁸ Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. ⁹ But we behold him, who was made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, on account of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, in order that he by the grace of God might taste death for every one.

⁶ And the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus commanded them, ⁷ brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their garments, and he sat thereon.

¹⁹ And the disciples did as Jesus directed them, and made ready the passover.

³² And they that were sent forth departed, and found even as he said to them. ³³ And as they were loosing the colt, its owners said to them: Why loose ye the colt? ³⁴ And they said: The Lord has need of him.

⁵ His mother says to the servants: Whatever he says to you, do it.

⁸ By faith Abraham when called obeyed, to go forth into a place which he should afterward receive for an inheritance, and went forth, not knowing whither he went.

⁴ Now all this has been done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying: ⁵ Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King comes to thee, Meek, and mounted upon an ass, And upon a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.

⁷ brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their garments, and he sat thereon. ⁸ And most of the multitude spread their own garments in the way; and others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed in the way.

³⁵ And they brought him to Jesus; and having cast their garments upon the colt, they set Jesus thereon. ³⁶ And as he went, they spread their garments in the way.

¹² On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, hearing that Jesus is coming to Jerusalem, ¹³ took branches of the palm-trees and went forth to meet him, and cried: Hosanna; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel. ¹⁴ And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written: ¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Zion; Behold, thy King comes, Sitting on an ass's colt. ¹⁶ These things his disciples understood not at the first. But when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they did these things to him.

⁹ And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying: Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

³⁹ For I say to you, ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say: Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

³⁷ And as he was drawing near, just at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and praise God with a loud voice for all the miracles which they saw; ³⁸ saying: Blessed be the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!

¹³ took branches of the palm-trees and went forth to meet him, and cried: Hosanna; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel.

¹⁵ But they cried out: Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate says to them: Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered: We have no king but Caesar.

³¹ And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. ³² He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of David his father; ³³ and he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

¹⁴ Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will among men.

¹⁰ And as he entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying: Who is this? ¹¹ And the multitudes said: This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee. ¹² And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves. ¹³ And he says to them: It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; But ye make it a den of robbers. ¹⁴ And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. ¹⁵ But the chief priests and the scribes, seeing the wonders that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, were much displeased, ¹⁶ and said to him: Dost thou hear what these say? And Jesus says to them: Yea; did ye never read: From the mouth of babes and sucklings thou preparedst praise? ¹⁷ And leaving them, he went forth out of the city into Bethany, and lodged there.

⁴¹ And when he came near, as he saw the city, he wept over it, ⁴² saying: If even thou hadst known, at least in this thy day, the things that belong to thy peace! But now they are hidden from thine eyes. ⁴³ For days will come upon thee, that thine enemies will cast up a mound about thee, and compass thee round, and shut thee in on every side, ⁴⁴ and will level thee with the ground, and thy children within thee, and will not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. ⁴⁵ And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those who sold;

³⁷ And in the daytime he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called Olivet. ³⁸ And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.

¹ Jesus went to the mount of the Olives. ² And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and having sat down, he was teaching them.

² And having fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterwards hungered.

¹⁸ And in the morning, as he was returning into the city, he hungered. ¹⁹ And seeing a fig-tree by the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon but leaves only. And he says to it: Let there be no fruit from thee henceforward, forever. And immediately the fig-tree withered away. ²⁰ And the disciples seeing it wondered, saying: How did the fig-tree immediately wither away? ²¹ And Jesus answering said to them: Verily I say to you, if ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only shall ye do what is done to the fig-tree, but even if ye say to this mountain, be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it shall be done. ²² And all things whatever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

² forty days, tempted by the Devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he hungered.

⁶ And Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with the journey, sat down thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour. ⁷ There comes a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus, says to her: Give me to drink.

³¹ In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying: Master, eat. ³² But he said to them: I have food to eat that ye know not of. ³³ Therefore said the disciples one to another: Has any one brought him aught to eat?

²⁸ After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, says: I thirst.

¹⁷ Wherefore, in all things it became him to be made like to his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

¹⁹ And seeing a fig-tree by the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon but leaves only. And he says to it: Let there be no fruit from thee henceforward, forever. And immediately the fig-tree withered away.

³¹ And by chance a certain priest was going down that way; and seeing him, he passed by on the other side.

⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? And not one of them is forgotten before God. ⁷ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; ye are of more value than many sparrows.

⁶ He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none. ⁷ And he said to the vine-dresser: Behold, three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none. Cut it down; why does it also encumber the ground? ⁸ And he answering says to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and cast in manure. ⁹ And if it bear fruit —; and if not, hereafter thou shalt cut it down.

¹⁰ And already the axe is laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree that brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

¹⁹ Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

³³ Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for from the fruit the tree is known. ³⁴ Brood of vipers! How can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵ The good man out of the good treasure sends forth good things; and the evil man out of the evil treasure sends forth evil things.

³³ Hear another parable. There was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husband-men, and went abroad.

⁴⁴ And he that falls upon this stone will be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

²⁰ And passing by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots. ²¹ And Peter, calling to remembrance, says to him: Master, behold, the fig-tree which thou didst curse is withered away.

⁶ If any one abide not in me, he is cast forth as the branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

²⁰ For if, having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christy but having again become entangled therein they are overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first.

¹¹ He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

¹² And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves. ¹³ And he says to them: It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; But ye make it a den of robbers. ¹⁴ And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. ¹⁵ But the chief priests and the scribes, seeing the wonders that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, were much displeased, ¹⁶ and said to him: Dost thou hear what these say? And Jesus says to them: Yea; did ye never read: From the mouth of babes and sucklings thou preparedst praise?

⁴⁵ And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those who sold; ⁴⁶ saying to them: It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer; but ye made it a den of robbers. ⁴⁷ And he was teaching daily in the temple; and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people were seeking to destroy him,

¹³ And the passover of the Jews was at hand; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And he found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting. ¹⁵ And having made a scourge of small cords, he drove all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; ¹⁶ and to those who sold doves he said: Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. ¹⁷ And his disciples remembered that it is written: for thy house consumes me.

⁴⁶ saying to them: It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer; but ye made it a den of robbers.

¹⁶ and to those who sold doves he said: Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

²⁸ And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these sayings, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching.

¹⁵ But the chief priests and the scribes, seeing the wonders that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, were much displeased,

³⁸ But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and have his inheritance. ³⁹ And taking him, they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

⁴⁵ And the chief priests and Pharisees, hearing his parables, knew that he spoke of them. ⁴⁶ And they sought to lay hold of him, but feared the multitudes, since they held him as a prophet.

³ Then assembled together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, ⁴ and consulted together that they might take Jesus by craft, and put him to death.

²² And they were astonished at his teaching; for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

⁶ And going out, the Pharisees immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

²⁰ for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man; and he observed him, and hearing him did many things, and heard him gladly.

³² If we say, from heaven; he will say, why then did ye not believe him? But shall we say from men? They feared the people; for all held that John was verily a prophet.

¹² And they sought to lay hold of him, but feared the people; for they knew that he spoke the parable against them; and they left him, and went away.

¹ TWO days after, was the passover, and the feast of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. ² For they said: Not at the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.

²² And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said: Is not this Joseph's son?

⁴⁷ And he was teaching daily in the temple; and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people were seeking to destroy him,

¹⁹ And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that hour; and they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke this parable against them.

⁴⁶ The officers answered: Never man spoke like this man.

⁵³ Therefore from that day forth they took counsel together to put him to death. ⁵⁴ Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews; but departed thence to the country near to the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. ⁵⁵ And the passover of the Jews was at hand; and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country, before the passover, that they might purify themselves. ⁵⁶ They sought therefore for Jesus, and said among themselves, as they stood in the temple: What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? ⁵⁷ Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any one knew where he was, he should make it known, that they might seize him.

²⁵ And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered: Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

⁵ And if any one desires to hurt them, fire goes forth out of their mouth, and devours their enemies; and if any one desires to hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. ⁶ These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy; and have power over the waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they will. ⁷ And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and will overcome them, and will kill them. ⁸ And their remains are on the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord also was crucified. ⁹ And some out of the peoples, and tribes, and tongues, and nations, look on their remains three days and a half, and suffer not their dead bodies to be put into a tomb. ¹⁰ And they who dwell on the earth rejoice ever them, and are glad; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth. ¹¹ And he entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple; and having looked around on all things, the evening being now come, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

³⁷ And in the daytime he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called Olivet.

³⁶ While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light. These things spoke Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them.

⁶ And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had not root, they withered away.

¹³ And he answering said: Every plant, which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.

¹⁴ And answering he said to it: Let no one eat fruit from thee, henceforth forever. And his disciples heard it.

⁸ but if it bears thorns and briers it is rejected, and is near to cursing; whose end is to be burned.

¹² These are rocks in your feasts of love, feasting with you fearlessly, feeding their own selves; clouds without water, carried away by winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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

⁴¹ Then will he say also to those on the left hand: Depart from me, accursed, into the everlasting fire; prepared for the Devil and his angels.

²² If any one loves not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Maran atha!

²³ Jesus said to him: If thou art able! All things are possible to the believing.

¹ LET not your heart be troubled. Believe on God, and believe on me.

¹² being buried with him in the immersion, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

¹ PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God's chosen, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness;

¹³ And when Jesus heard it, he withdrew from thence by ship, into a desert place apart. And the multitudes hearing of it, followed him on foot from the cities.

²⁰ And he said to them: Because of your want of faith. For verily I say to you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

²¹ And Jesus answering said to them: Verily I say to you, if ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only shall ye do what is done to the fig-tree, but even if ye say to this mountain, be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it shall be done.

⁶ And the Lord said: If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye would say to this sycamine-tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and planted in the sea; and it would have obeyed you.

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

⁷ If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done to you.

¹⁸ who against hope believed in hope, that he should become father of many nations, according to that which was spoken: So shall thy seed be. ¹⁹ And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body already dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb. ²⁰ And in respect to the promise of God he wavered not through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God, ²¹ and being fully persuaded, that what he has promised he is able also to perform. ²² Wherefore also it was reckoned to him for righteousness. ²³ And it was not written for his sake alone, that it was reckoned to him; ²⁴ but for ours also, to whom it shall be reckoned, if we believe on him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; ²⁵ who was delivered up for our offenses, and was raised for our justification.

² And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, when tried, has offered up Isaac; and he who had accepted the promises offered up his only begotten, ¹⁸ of whom it was said: In Isaac shall thy seed be called; ¹⁹ accounting that God is able even to raise from the dead; whence he also received him back in a figure.

⁵ But if any one of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally, and upbraids not, and it will be given him. ⁶ But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering; for he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.

⁷ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. ⁸ For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. ⁹ Or what man is there of you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? ¹⁰ And if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? ¹¹ If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

¹⁹ Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on earth, concerning any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

²² And all things whatever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

⁹ I also say to you: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. ¹⁰ For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. ¹¹ And what father is there among you, of whom if his son ask bread, he will give him a stone; or a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent? ¹² Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? ¹³ If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

¹ And he spoke also a parable to them, to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint; ² saying: There was in a certain city a certain judge, who feared not God, nor regarded man. ³ And there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary. ⁴ And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself: Though I fear not God, nor regard man, ⁵ yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest continually coming she weary me. ⁶ And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge says. ⁷ And will not God avenge his chosen, who cry to him day and night, though he is long suffering in respect to them? ⁸ I say to you, that he will avenge them speedily. But yet, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on the earth?

²³ And in that day ye shall ask nothing of me. Verily, verily, I say to you: Whatever ye shall ask of the Father, he will give it you in my name. ²⁴ Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full. ²⁵ These things I have spoken to you in parables. A time is coming, when I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell you plainly of the Father. ²⁶ In that day ye shall ask in my name. And I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you; ²⁷ for the Father himself loves you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God.

¹⁵ And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and even if he have committed sins, it will be forgiven him. ¹⁶ Confess therefore your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man avails much. ¹⁷ Elijah was a man of like nature with us; and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months. ¹⁸ And again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

²² And whatever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

¹⁴ And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. ¹⁵ And if we know that he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

²³ Therefore if thou bringest thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother has aught against thee;

⁵ And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward.

¹² And forgive us our debts, as also we forgave our debtors.

¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; ¹⁵ but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

²³ Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king, who desired to make a reckoning with his servants. ²⁴ And when he had begun to reckon, there was brought to him one, who owed ten thousand talents. ²⁵ But as he was not able to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. ²⁶ The servant therefore, falling, prostrated himself before him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. ²⁷ And the lord of that servant, moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt. ²⁸ But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred denáries; and laying hold of him he took him by the throat, saying: Pay me that thou owest. ²⁹ Therefore his fellow-servant fell down and besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee. ³⁰ And he would not; but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. ³¹ And his fellow-servants, seeing what was done, were very sorry, and came and disclosed to their lord all that was done. ³² Then having called him, his lord says to him: Thou wicked servant; I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me. ³³ Shouldest not thou also have had pity on thy fellow-servant, as I too had pity on thee? ³⁴ And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him. ³⁵ So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother.

³⁷ And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned; acquit, and ye shall be acquitted.

¹¹ The Pharisee stood, and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

³² and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as also God in Christ forgave you.

¹³ forbearing one another, and freely forgiving each other, if any one have a complaint against any, even as Christ freely forgave you, so also do ye;

¹³ For the judgment shall be without mercy, to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

⁴ These are the two olive-trees, and the two lamp-stands, which stand before the Lord of the earth.

²³ And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said: By what authority doest thou these things; and who gave thee this authority? ²⁴ And Jesus answering said to them: I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I too will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ John's immersion, whence was it? From heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven, he will say to us: Why then did ye not believe him? ²⁶ But if we say, From men, we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet. ²⁷ And they answered Jesus, saying: We do not know. And he said to them: Neither do I say to you, by what authority I do these things.

¹ TWO days after, was the passover, and the feast of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

¹ AND it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and publishing the good news, that the chief priests and the scribes came to him with the elders, ² and spoke to him, saying: Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? Or who is he that gave thee this authority? ³ And he answering said to them: I also will ask you one thing; and tell it me. ⁴ John's immersion, was it from heaven, or from men? ⁵ And they reasoned with themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven, he will say, Why, then did ye not believe him? ⁶ But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet. ⁷ And they answered, that they knew not whence it was. ⁸ And Jesus said to them: Neither do I say to you, by what authority I do these things.

²³ And Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon.

²⁰ Jesus answered him: I have spoken openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, where all the Jews assemble; and I spoke nothing in secret.

⁵ And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, ⁶ and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together unto Jerusalem. ⁷ And having set them in the midst, they asked: By what power, or by what name, did ye do this? ⁸ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel;

²⁷ For in truth there assembled in this city, against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the peoples of Israel, ²⁸ to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel before determined to be done.

²⁷ But he who was wronging his neighbor thrust him away, saying: Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? ²⁸ Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian yesterday?

³⁸ This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the living oracles to give to us; ³⁹ to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

⁵¹ Stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! Ye always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.

²⁴ And Jesus answering said to them: I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I too will tell you by what authority I do these things.

¹ In those days comes John the Immerser, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, ² and saying: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. ³ For this is he that was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, saying: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, Make straight his paths. ⁴ And he, John, had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region about the Jordan; ⁶ and they were immersed by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁷ But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them: Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance; ⁹ and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ¹⁰ And already the axe is laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree that brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. ¹¹ I indeed immerse you in water unto repentance; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire; ¹² whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and will gather his wheat into the garner; but the chaff he will burn up with fire unquenchable. ¹³ Then Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be immersed by him. ¹⁴ But John sought to hinder him, saying: I have need to be immersed by thee, and dost thou come to me? ¹⁵ And Jesus answering said to him: Suffer it now; for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him. ¹⁶ And having been immersed, Jesus went up immediately from the water; and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending, as a dove, and coming upon him. ¹⁷ And lo, a voice out of heaven, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

¹ THE beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God, ² as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way; ³ the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. ⁴ John came immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the immersion of repentance unto remission of sins. ⁵ And there went out to him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; and they were immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶ And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey. ⁷ And he preached, saying: There comes after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. ⁸ I indeed immersed you in water; but he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit. ⁹ And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was immersed by John in the Jordan. ¹⁰ And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens parted, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him. ¹¹ And there came a voice out of heaven: Thou art my beloved son; in thee I am well pleased.

¹³ But I say to you, that Elijah also has come, and they did to him whatever they would, as it is written of him.

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch, of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, ² when Annas was high priest and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness. ³ And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the immersion of repentance, unto remission of sins, ⁴ as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, Make straight his paths. ⁵ Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall be straight, And the rough ways smooth; ⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. ⁷ He said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be immersed by him: Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ⁹ And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore, that brings not forth good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire. ¹⁰ And the multitudes asked him, saying: What then shall we do? ¹¹ He answering says to them: He that has two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise. ¹² And there came also publicans to be immersed; and they said to him: Teacher, what shall we do? ¹³ And he said to them: Exact no more than that which is appointed you. ¹⁴ And soldiers also asked him, saying: What shall we also do? And he said to them: Do violence to no one, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. ¹⁵ And while the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he himself were not the Christ, ¹⁶ John answered them all, saying: I indeed immerse you in water; but there comes he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loose; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire; ¹⁷ whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with fire unquenchable. ¹⁸ And with many other exhortations he published the good tidings to the people. ¹⁹ But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother, and for all the evils which Herod did, ²⁰ added to all this also, that he shut up John in prison.

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷ The same came for witness, to bear witness of the light, that through him all might believe. ⁸ He was not the light; but [came] to bear witness of the light.

¹⁵ John bore witness of him; and cried, saying: This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, because he was before me. ¹⁶ Because out of his fullness we all received, and grace for grace. ¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he declared him. ¹⁹ And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who art thou? ²⁰ And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed: I am not the Christ. ²¹ And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elijah? And he says: I am not. Art thou the Prophet? And he answered: No. ²² They said therefore to him: Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? ²³ He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. ²⁴ And they who were sent were of the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou immerse, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet? ²⁶ John answered them, saying: I immerse in water. There stands one in the midst of you, whom ye know not; ²⁷ he who comes after me, the latchet of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose. ²⁸ These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing. ²⁹ On the morrow, he sees Jesus coming to him, and says: Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is he of whom I said: After me comes a man who is preferred before me; because he was before me. ³¹ And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this I came immersing in water. ³² And John bore witness, saying: I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and it abode upon him. ³³ And I knew him not; but he who sent me to immerse in water, the same said to me: Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding on him, the same is he who immerses in the Holy Spirit. ³⁴ And I have seen, and have borne witness, that this is the Son of God. ³⁵ Again, on the morrow, John was standing, and two of his disciples; ³⁶ and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he says: Behold the Lamb of God!

²⁵ There arose therefore a question, on the part of John's disciples with a Jew, about purification. ²⁶ And they came to John and said to him: Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, he immerses, and all come to him. ²⁷ John answered and said: A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. ²⁸ Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but I am sent before him. ²⁹ He that has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is made full. ³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease. ³¹ He that comes from above is above all; he that is from the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth; he that comes from heaven is above all. ³² And what he has seen and heard, that he testifies; and his testimony no one receives. ³³ He that received his testimony has set his seal, That God is true. ³⁴ For he whom God sent forth speaks the words of God; for he gives not the Spirit by measure. ³⁵ The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. ³⁶ He that believes on the Son has everlasting life; and he that believes not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.

⁷ And as these were departing, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? ⁸ But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they who wear soft clothing are in king's houses. ⁹ But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰ For this is he of whom it is written: Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee. ¹¹ Verily I say to you, among those born of women, there has not risen a greater than John the Immerser. But he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹² And from the days of John the Immerser until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent seize upon it. ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. ¹⁴ And if ye are willing to receive it, he is the Elijah that should come.

³¹ Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus says to them: Verily I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him; but the publicans and the harlots believed him; and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

¹⁵ John bore witness of him; and cried, saying: This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, because he was before me.

²⁹ On the morrow, he sees Jesus coming to him, and says: Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world!

³⁴ And I have seen, and have borne witness, that this is the Son of God.

³⁶ and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he says: Behold the Lamb of God!

⁵ Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region about the Jordan; ⁶ and they were immersed by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁹ But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

⁵ And though desiring to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they held him as a prophet.

⁴⁶ And they sought to lay hold of him, but feared the multitudes, since they held him as a prophet.

²⁶ But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and much more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is he, of whom it is written: Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee. ²⁸ For I say to you, among those born of women, no one is a greater prophet than John; but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. ²⁹ And all the people, hearing it, and the publicans, justified God, having been immersed with John's immersion.

² and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

⁴¹ And many came to him, and said: John indeed wrought no sign; but all things that John spoke of this man were true.

²⁶ Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, not with violence (for they feared the people), that they might not be stoned.

¹⁴ Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.

⁴ An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

²⁷ And they answered Jesus, saying: We do not know. And he said to them: Neither do I say to you, by what authority I do these things.

¹⁶ Woe to you, blind guides, who say: Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound. ¹⁷ Fools and blind; for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? ¹⁸ And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is bound. ¹⁹ Fools and blind; for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? ²⁰ He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things thereon. ²¹ And he that swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells therein. ²² And he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits thereon. ²³ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay tithe of the mint and the dill and the cumin, and omitted the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not leave those undone. ²⁴ Blind guides! that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel. ²⁵ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter, but within they are full of rapacity and excess. ²⁶ Blind Pharisee! Cleanse first the inside of the cup and the platter, that its outside also may become clean.

²¹ In that hour he rejoiced in spirit, and said: I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and reveal them to babes; yea, O Father, that so it seemed good in thy sight. ²² All things were delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him.

⁶⁶ And when it was day, the elders of the people, and the chief priests and scribes, came together; and they brought him up into their council, saying: ⁶⁷ If thou art the Christ, tell us. And he said to them: If I tell you, ye will not believe. ⁶⁸ And if I ask, ye will not answer. ⁶⁹ But henceforth shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to him: Art thou the teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things?

²⁷ He answered them: I told you already, and ye did not hear. Wherefore would ye hear again? Will ye also become his disciples?

¹⁸ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; ¹⁹ because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it to them. ²⁰ For, from the creation of the world, his invisible things are clearly seen, being perceived by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse. ²¹ Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, nor gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened. ²² Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools;

²⁸ And as they did not choose to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not becoming;

¹⁵ But even unto this day, when Moses is read, a vail lies upon their heart.

³ But if our gospel is vailed, it is vailed in those who perish; ⁴ in whom the god of this world blinded the understandings of the unbelieving, that they should not discern the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

¹⁰ and in all deceit of unrighteousness for those who perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. ¹¹ And for this cause God sends them a working of delusion, in order that they may believe the lie; ¹² that they may all be judged, who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.