Mark 3 Cross References - BLB

¹ And He entered into the synagogue again, and a man having a withered hand was there. ² And they were watching Him, whether He will heal him on the Sabbaths, in order that they might accuse Him. ³ And He says to the man having the withered hand, “Arise into the midst.” ⁴ And He says to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbaths to do good, or to do evil, to save life, or to kill?” But they were silent. ⁵ And having looked around on them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their heart, He says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ⁶ And the Pharisees having gone out, immediately began to take counsel with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him. ⁷ And Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed, and from Judea, ⁸ and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude came to Him, having heard how much He was doing. ⁹ And He spoke to His disciples, that a boat might wait upon Him, on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon Him. ¹⁰ For He healed many, so as for as many as had diseases to press upon Him, that they might touch Him. ¹¹ And the unclean spirits, whenever they beheld Him, were falling down before Him and crying out, saying, “You are the Son of God.” ¹² And He would rebuke them much, so that they should not make Him known. ¹³ And He goes up on the mountain and calls near those whom He Himself wanted, and they went to Him. ¹⁴ And He appointed twelve ones, and He called them apostles, that they might be with Him, and that He might send them to preach, ¹⁵ and to have authority to cast out demons. ¹⁶ And He appointed the Twelve; and to Simon He added the name Peter; ¹⁷ and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and He added to them the name Boanerges, which is, Sons of Thunder; ¹⁸ and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. ²⁰ And He comes to a house, and a crowd comes together again, so that not even are they able to eat bread. ²¹ And those belonging to Him having heard, went out to seize Him; for they were saying, “He is out of His mind.” ²² And the scribes, those having come down from Jerusalem, were saying, “He has Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of the demons He casts out the demons.” ²³ And having called them to Him, He began speaking to them in parables: “How is Satan able to cast out Satan? ²⁴ And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand. ²⁵ And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. ²⁶ And if Satan has risen up against himself and has been divided, he is not able to stand, but is coming to an end. ²⁷ But no one is able, having entered into the house of the strong man, to plunder his goods, unless first he binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house. ²⁸ Truly I say to you that all sins and blasphemies will be forgiven the sons of men, as many as they shall have blasphemed. ²⁹ But whoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness, to the age, but is guilty of eternal sin.” ³⁰ For they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.” ³¹ And His mother and His brothers arrive, and standing outside, sent to Him, calling Him. ³² And a crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers outside are seeking You.” ³³ And He answering them says, “Who are My mother and My brothers?” ³⁴ And having looked around on those who were sitting around Him in a circle, He says, “Behold, My mother and My brothers! ³⁵ For whoever shall do the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother.”

⁹ And having departed from there, He went into their synagogue. ¹⁰ And behold, a man having a withered hand, and they asked Him saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbaths?”—so that they might accuse Him. ¹¹ And He said to them, “What man will there be among you, who will have one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbaths, will not take hold of it and will raise it up? ¹² How much more valuable therefore is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbaths.” ¹³ Then He says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and it was restored, as sound as the other. ¹⁴ And the Pharisees having gone out, held a counsel against Him, how they might destroy Him.

²¹ And they go into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbaths, having entered into the synagogue, He was teaching.

⁶ And it came to pass on another Sabbath, He entered into the synagogue and taught; and there was a man there, and his right hand was withered. ⁷ And the scribes and the Pharisees were closely watching Him, whether He will heal on the Sabbath, that they might find reason to accuse Him. ⁸ And He knew their thoughts, and He said to the man having the withered hand, “Arise and stand in the midst.” And having risen up, he stood. ⁹ Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you whether it is lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy?” ¹⁰ And having looked around on them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did, and his hand was restored. ¹¹ And they themselves were filled with rage, and were discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

³ In these were lying a multitude of those ailing, blind, lame, paralyzed.

¹⁰ And behold, a man having a withered hand, and they asked Him saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbaths?”—so that they might accuse Him.

⁷ And the scribes and the Pharisees were closely watching Him, whether He will heal on the Sabbath, that they might find reason to accuse Him.

⁵³ Of Him having gone forth from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began urgently to press upon Him and to make Him speak about many things, ⁵⁴ watching to catch Him in something out of his mouth.

¹ And it came to pass, on His going into a house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching Him.

²⁰ And having watched Him, they sent spies, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might catch Him in His word, in order to deliver Him to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

¹⁶ Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How is a sinful man able to do such signs?” And there was division among them.

⁸ And He knew their thoughts, and He said to the man having the withered hand, “Arise and stand in the midst.” And having risen up, he stood.

⁴ It behooves us to work the works of the One having sent Me while it is day; night is coming, when no one is able to work.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil in the Lord is not in vain.

⁹ And we should not grow weary in well-doing. For in due time we will reap a harvest, not giving up.

¹⁴ and most of the brothers, trusting in the Lord by my chains, to dare more abundantly to speak fearlessly the word.

²⁸ and not being frightened in anything by those opposing you, which is a demonstration of destruction to them, but of salvation to you—and this from God. ²⁹ For it has been granted to you concerning Christ, not only to believe in Him but also to suffer concerning Him, ³⁰ having the same conflict such as you saw in me and now hear of in me.

¹ Therefore Christ having suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same mind, because the one having suffered in the flesh is done with sin,

¹⁰ And behold, a man having a withered hand, and they asked Him saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbaths?”—so that they might accuse Him. ¹¹ And He said to them, “What man will there be among you, who will have one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbaths, will not take hold of it and will raise it up? ¹² How much more valuable therefore is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbaths.”

²⁷ And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made on account of the man, and not the man on account of the Sabbath. ²⁸ So then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

³⁴ And they were silent, for along the road they had been discussing with one another which was greatest.

⁹ Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you whether it is lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy?”

¹³ And He laid the hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight and began to glorify God. ¹⁴ And answering, the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, was saying to the crowd, “There are six days in which it behooves one to work. Therefore coming, be healed in these, and not on the day of the Sabbath.” ¹⁵ Therefore the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Does not each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and having led it away, give it to drink? ¹⁶ And this, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has bound, behold, eighteen years, ought she not to be loosed from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?” ¹⁷ And of Him saying these things, all those opposed to Him were ashamed; and the whole crowd was rejoicing at all the glorious things that were being done by Him.

¹ And it came to pass, on His going into a house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching Him. ² And behold, there was a certain man with dropsy before Him. ³ And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and to the Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?” ⁴ But they were silent. And having taken hold of him, He healed him and let him go. ⁵ And He said to them, “Which of you whose son or ox will fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, also will not immediately pull him up?”

¹³ Then He says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and it was restored, as sound as the other.

¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, saying: ‘In hearing you will hear and never understand; and in seeing you will see and never perceive. ¹⁵ For the heart of this people has grown dull, and they barely hear with the ears, and they have closed their eyes, lest ever they should see with the eyes, and they should hear with the ears, and they should understand with the heart, and should turn, and I will heal them.’

¹⁰ And having looked around on them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did, and his hand was restored.

¹⁵ Therefore the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Does not each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and having led it away, give it to drink?

¹⁴ And having seen them, He said to them, “Having gone, show yourselves to the priests.” And it came to pass in their going, they were cleansed.

⁴⁰ And answering He said, “I say to you that if these will be silent, the stones will cry out.” ⁴¹ And as He drew near, having seen the city, He wept over it, ⁴² saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ For days will come upon you that your enemies will cast around you a barricade, and will surround you and will hem you in on every side. ⁴⁴ And they will level you to the ground, and your children within you, and will not leave a stone upon a stone within you, because you did not know the season of your visitation.”

⁸ Jesus says to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.” ⁹ And immediately the man became well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. And it was the Sabbath on that day.

⁷ And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Therefore he went and washed, and came seeing.

⁷ What then? What Israel is seeking, this it has not obtained, but the elect obtained it. And the rest were hardened, ⁸ as it has been written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, unto this very day.” ⁹ And David says: “Let their table be for a snare and for a trap, and for a stumbling block and for a retribution to them. ¹⁰ Let their eyes be darkened not to see, and their backs bent over forever.”

²⁵ For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you may not be wise in yourselves: A hardening in part has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles may come in.

¹⁴ But their minds were hardened; for until the present day, the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant, not being lifted, which is being removed in Christ.

¹⁸ being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance being in them on account of the hardness of their heart,

²⁶ “Be angry, and yet do not sin.” Let not the sun set upon your anger,

³⁰ And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

¹⁰ Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Always they go astray in their heart; and they have not known My ways;’

¹⁷ And with whom was He indignant forty years, if not with those having sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

⁹ and having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all those obeying Him,

¹⁶ And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One sitting on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

¹⁴ And the Pharisees having gone out, held a counsel against Him, how they might destroy Him.

¹⁶ And they send their disciples to Him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and You teach the way of God in the truth, and to You there is care about no one, for You do not look on the appearance of men.

¹⁵ And He was instructing them, saying, “Watch out! Take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

¹³ And they send some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him, that they might catch Him in discourse.

¹¹ And they themselves were filled with rage, and were discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

¹⁹ And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on Him in that hour, and they feared the people. For they perceived that He was speaking this parable against them. ²⁰ And having watched Him, they sent spies, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might catch Him in His word, in order to deliver Him to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

² And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how the they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.

⁵³ So from that day, they took counsel together that they might kill Him.

²⁵ And there followed Him great crowds from Galilee, and the Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

²³ And whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next. For truly I say to you, you shall not have completed the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.

¹⁵ And Jesus having known, withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all,

³⁹ And He was going in all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

¹² And it came to pass in those days, He went out to the mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in prayer to God.

¹⁷ And having descended with them, He stood on a level place, and a large crowd of His disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea, and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon,

⁵ But they kept insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all of Judea, and He has begun from Galilee even to here.”

⁴¹ Others were saying, “This is the Christ.” But others were saying, “Surely the Christ does not come out of Galilee?

⁵² They answered and said to him, “Are you not also from Galilee? Search and see that a prophet is not raised out of Galilee.”

³⁹ Therefore they were seeking to seize Him again, but He went forth out of their hand. ⁴⁰ And He departed again beyond the Jordan, to the place where John was baptizing at first. And He stayed there. ⁴¹ And many came to Him and were saying, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.”

⁵³ So from that day, they took counsel together that they might kill Him. ⁵⁴ Therefore Jesus no longer walked publicly among the Jews, but went away from there into the region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. And there He stayed with the disciples.

⁵ And when there was a rush both of the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat and to stone them, ⁶ having become aware, they fled to the Lycaonian cities Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region,

¹⁰ And the brothers sent away both Paul and Silas immediately by night to Berea, who having arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews.

¹⁴ And then immediately the brothers sent away Paul to go as to the sea. And both Silas and Timothy remained there.

²¹ “Woe to you Chorazin! Woe to you Bethsaida! For if the miracles having taken place in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, then they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

²⁴ And from there having risen up, He went away into the region of Tyre. And having entered into a house, He was wishing no one to know it, but He was not able to be hidden.

³¹ And again having departed from the region of Tyre, He came through Sidon, to the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of the Decapolis.

³⁰ And immediately Jesus, having known in Himself the power having gone forth out of Him, having turned in the crowd, said, “Who touched My garments?”

¹⁵ Therefore Jesus, having known that they are about to come and to seize Him that they might make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain Himself alone.

²³ And He was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

²⁰ And behold a woman having had a flux of blood twelve years, having come up behind Him, touched the fringe of His garment. ²¹ For she was saying within herself, “If only I shall touch His garment, I will be healed.”

¹⁴ And having gone out, He saw a great crowd and was moved with compassion toward them, and He healed their sick.

³⁶ and were begging Him that only they might touch the fringe of His garment, and as many as touched were cured.

²⁷ having heard concerning Jesus, having come up in the crowd behind, she touched His clothing. ²⁸ For she was saying, “If I shall touch even His garments, I will be healed.” ²⁹ And immediately her flow of blood was dried up, and she knew in the body that she was healed from the affliction.

³⁴ And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you; go in peace and be sound from your affliction.”

⁵⁶ And wherever He entered into villages or into cities or into fields, they were laying the ailing in the marketplaces and were begging Him that only they might touch the fringe of His clothing; and as many as touched Him were being healed.

² And a certain servant of a centurion, who was valued highly to him, being sick, was about to die.

¹⁵ so as even to bring out the sick into the streets, and to put them on cots and mats, that of Peter coming, at least the shadow might envelop some of them.

¹¹ And God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, ¹² so that even handkerchiefs or aprons from his skin were brought to the ailing, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits left.

⁶ For the Lord disciplines whom He loves, and He scourges every son whom He receives.

³ And the one tempting, having come to Him, said “If You are Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.”

⁶ and says to him, “If You are Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it has been written: ‘He will give orders to His angels concerning You, and will they bear You up in their hands, lest ever You strike Your foot against a stone.’”

²⁹ And behold, they cried out saying, “What to us and to you Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”

³¹ And the demons were begging Him, saying, “If You cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.”

³³ And those in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are Son of God.”

¹ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, Son of God.

²³ And immediately there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, ²⁴ saying, “What to us and to You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are, the Holy One of God!”

⁵ And constantly all night and day in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones. ⁶ And having seen Jesus from afar, he ran and fell on his knees before Him.

⁴¹ And demons also were going out from many, crying out and saying, “You are the Son of God.” And rebuking them, He did not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.

²⁸ And having seen Jesus, having cried out, he fell down before Him and said in a loud voice, “What to me and to You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore of You that You might not torment me!”

¹⁷ Having followed Paul and us, she was crying out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.”

¹³ Now some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, also attempted to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those having evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.” ¹⁴ And seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this. ¹⁵ But the evil spirit answering, said to them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but you, who are you?” ¹⁶ And the man in whom was the evil spirit, having leapt on them, having overpowered them all, prevailed against them so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. ¹⁷ Now this became known to all those inhabiting Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.

¹⁹ You believe that God is one. You are doing well! Even the demons believe that, and shudder!

⁴ And Jesus says to him, “See that you tell no one. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

¹⁶ and He warned them that they should not make Him known—

²⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come forth out of him!”

³⁴ And He healed many being sick of various diseases, and He cast out many demons. And He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him.

¹⁸ And she continued this for many days. And Paul having been distressed and having turned, said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out from her.” And it came out that hour.

¹ And having seen the crowds, He went up on the mountain. And He having sat down, His disciples came to Him,

¹ And having summoned His twelve disciples, He gave to them authority over unclean spirits, so as to cast them out and to heal every disease and every sickness. ² And these are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; and James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; ³ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ⁴ Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one also having betrayed Him.

⁷ And He calls to Him the Twelve, and He began to send them forth two by two, and He gave to them authority over the unclean spirits.

¹² And it came to pass in those days, He went out to the mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in prayer to God. ¹³ And when it became day, He summoned His disciples, also having chosen out from them twelve, whom also He named apostles: ¹⁴ Simon whom He also named Peter, and his brother Andrew; and James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew; ¹⁵ and Matthew and Thomas; and James son of Alphaeus; and Simon the one called Zealot; ¹⁶ and Judas son of James; and Judas Iscariot, who became the betrayer.

¹ And having called together the Twelve, He gave to them power and authority over all the demons, and to heal diseases,

¹ And having called together the Twelve, He gave to them power and authority over all the demons, and to heal diseases, ² and He sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. ³ And He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey, neither staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money, nor two tunics apiece to have. ⁴ And into whatever house you might enter, remain there, and go forth from there. ⁵ And as many as might not receive you, going forth from that city, shake off the dust from your feet, as a testimony against them.” ⁶ And going forth, they were passing through the villages, proclaiming the gospel and healing everywhere.

¹ Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy-two others and sent them in two by two before His face, into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. ² And He was saying to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the workmen are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest, that He may send out workmen into His harvest. ³ Go; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves. ⁴ Carry no purse, nor bag, nor sandals; and greet no one on the road. ⁵ And into whatever house you might enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ ⁶ And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon it; but if not so, it will return to you. ⁷ And remain in the same house, eating and drinking the things supplied by them; for the workman is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house. ⁸ And into whatever city you might enter and they receive you, eat the things set before you. ⁹ And heal the sick in it, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has drawn near to you.’ ¹⁰ And into whatever city you might enter and they do not receive you, having gone out into its streets, say, ¹¹ ‘Even the dust from your city having clung to our feet, we wipe off against you; yet know this, that the kingdom of God has drawn near.’

⁴⁷ and repentance and forgiveness of sins to be proclaimed in His name to all nations, having begun from Jerusalem.

¹⁶ You did not chose Me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and you should bear fruit, and your fruit should remain, so that whatever you might ask the Father in My name, He may give you.

⁸ But you will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and you will be witnesses for Me, both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.”

²⁴ And having prayed, they said, “You Lord, knower of the hearts of all, show which one of these two You have chosen ²⁵ to take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas turned aside to go to the own place.”

¹ Paul, an apostle—not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, the One having raised Him out from the dead—

¹⁵ But when God, the One having selected me from my mother’s womb and having called me by His grace, was pleased ¹⁶ to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I consulted not immediately with flesh and blood, ¹⁷ nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia and returned again to Damascus. ¹⁸ Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to make acquaintance with Cephas, and I remained with him fifteen days. ¹⁹ But I saw none of the other apostles, only James, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰ Now in what I write to you, behold, before God, I do not lie.

¹⁶ And Simon Peter answering said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” ¹⁷ And Jesus answering, said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona! For flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but My Father in the heavens. ¹⁸ And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades not will prevail against it.

¹⁶ And passing by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

⁴² He led him to Jesus. Having looked at him, Jesus said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You will be called Cephas” (which means Peter).

¹³ And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room, where they were staying, both Peter and John, and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

¹² Now I mean this, that each of you says, “I indeed am of Paul,” and “I of Apollos,” and “I of Cephas,” and “I of Christ.”

²² whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come—all are yours,

⁵ Have we no authority to take about a believer as a wife, as also the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

⁷ But on the contrary, having seen that I have been entrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision just as Peter of the circumcision— ⁸ for the One having worked in Peter for apostleship of the circumcision, did also in me toward the Gentiles— ⁹ and having recognized the grace having been given to me, James and Cephas and John, those esteemed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, but they to the circumcision,

¹ Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those having obtained a faith equally precious with ours, through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

¹⁹ And having gone on a little, He saw James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, and they were in the boat mending the nets. ²⁰ And immediately He called them, and having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after Him.

³⁷ And He did not allow anyone to follow with Him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

² And after six days, Jesus takes with Him Peter and James and John, and brings them up into a high mountain by themselves alone. And He was transfigured before them,

³⁵ And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come up to Him saying to Him, “Teacher, we desire that You would do for us whatever we might ask you.”

³³ And He takes Peter and James and John with Him; and He began to be greatly awe-struck and deeply distressed.

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

²⁰ Having turned, Peter sees the disciple whom Jesus loved following, the one who also had reclined on His bosom at the supper and said, “Lord, who is it who is betraying You?” ²¹ Therefore having seen him, Peter says to Jesus, “Lord, and what about this man?” ²² Jesus says to him, “If I desire him to remain until I come, what is it to you? You follow Me!” ²³ Therefore this saying went out among the brothers, that this disciple does not die. But Jesus had not said to him that he does not die, but, “If I desire him to remain until I come, what is it to you?” ²⁴ This is the disciple bearing witness concerning these things, and the one having written these things. And we know that his testimony is true. ²⁵ Now there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if every one should be written, I suppose not even the world itself to have space for the books to be written.

¹ Now at that time, Herod the king put forth the hands to mistreat some of those of the church.

¹² For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even as far as the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrows, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

¹¹ And they say to me, “It is necessary for you to prophesy again concerning many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.”

⁹ And Jesus passing on from there saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth. And He says to him, “Follow Me.” And having arisen, he followed Him.

⁵⁵ Is this not the son of the carpenter? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

¹⁴ And passing on, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and says to him, “Follow Me.” And having arisen, he followed Him.

³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him.

²⁷ And after these things He went forth and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” ²⁸ And having left all, having arisen, he began to follow Him. ²⁹ And Levi made a great banquet for Him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax collectors and others, who were reclining with them.

⁴⁰ Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two having heard from John and having followed Him.

⁴³ On the next day He desired to go forth into Galilee. And He finds Philip. And Jesus says to him, “Follow Me.” ⁴⁴ Now Philip was from Bethsaida, from the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ Philip Finds Nathanael and says to him, “We have found Him whom Moses wrote of in the Law, also the prophets, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

⁵ Then Jesus, having lifted up the eyes and having seen that a great crowd is coming to Him, says to Philip, “From where shall we buy bread that these might eat?” ⁶ Now He was saying this testing him, for He knew what He was about to do. ⁷ Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of loaves are not sufficient for them, that each might receive one little piece.” ⁸ One of His disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, says to Him,

¹⁶ Therefore Thomas called Didymus said to the fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”

²¹ Therefore these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and they were asking him, saying, “Sir, we desire to see Jesus.” ²² Philip comes and tells Andrew; Andrew and Philip come and tell Jesus.

⁸ Philip says to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” ⁹ Jesus says to him, “Am I with you so long a time, and you have not known Me, Philip? The one having seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

²² Judas (not Iscariot) says to Him, “Lord, then what has occurred, that You are about to manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”

²⁴ But Thomas, one of the Twelve, the one called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵ So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the mark of the nails, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hands into His side, I will never believe.” ²⁶ And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them, the doors having been shut. Jesus comes, and He stood in the midst and said, “Peace to you.” ²⁷ Then He says to Thomas, “Bring your finger here, and see My hands; and bring your hand, and put it into My side; and be not unbelieving, but believing.” ²⁸ Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” ²⁹ Jesus says to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those not having seen, yet having believed.”

¹³ And after they were silent, James answered, saying, “Men, brothers, hear me.

¹⁸ And on the following day, Paul went in with us unto James, and all the elders arrived.

⁷ Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

¹⁹ But I saw none of the other apostles, only James, the Lord’s brother.

⁹ and having recognized the grace having been given to me, James and Cephas and John, those esteemed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, but they to the circumcision,

¹ James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.

¹ Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those called, having been loved in God the Father and having been kept in Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ Then one of the Twelve, the one being called Judas Iscariot, having gone to the chief priests, ¹⁵ said, “What are you willing to give me, and I will betray Him to you?” And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶ And from that time, he was seeking an opportunity that he might betray Him.

⁴⁷ And as He is still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the Twelve, came, and with him great a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

³ Then Judas, the one having delivered Him up, having seen that He was condemned, having regretted it, he returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, ⁴ saying, “I sinned, having betrayed innocent blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? You will see.” ⁵ And having cast down the pieces of silver into the temple, he withdrew, and having gone away, hanged himself.

⁶⁴ But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who are those not believing, and who it is who will betray Him.)

⁷¹ Now He was speaking of Judas son of Simon Iscariot; for he, one of the Twelve, was about to betray Him.

⁴ But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, being about to betray Him, says, ⁵ “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” ⁶ But he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief; and having the money bag, he used to pilfer that being put into it.

² And supper taking place, the devil already having put into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot that he should betray Him,

²⁶ Then Jesus answers, “It is he to whom I will dip the morsel and will give him.” Then having dipped the morsel, He takes it and gives it to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷ And after the morsel, then Satan entered into him. Therefore Jesus says to him, “What you do, do quickly.” ²⁸ Now none of those reclining knew why He spoke this to him. ²⁹ For some were thinking, since Judas had the money bag, that Jesus is saying to him, “Buy what things we have need of for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor. ³⁰ Therefore having received the morsel, he went out immediately. And it was night.

¹⁶ “Men, brothers, it was necessary for the Scripture to have been fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, the one having become guide to those having arrested Jesus. ¹⁷ For he was numbered with us, and was allotted a share of this ministry.” ¹⁸ (Then indeed this man acquired a field out of the reward of unrighteousness, and having fallen headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out. ¹⁹ And it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) ²⁰ “For it has been written in the book of Psalms: ‘Let his homestead become desolate, and let there be not one dwelling in it,’ and, ‘Let another take his position.’ ²¹ Therefore it behooves the men having accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us, ²² having begun from the baptism of John until the day in which He was taken up from us, one of these, to become a witness with us of His resurrection.” ²³ And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was called Justus, and Matthias.

⁷ And Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed, and from Judea,

⁹ And He spoke to His disciples, that a boat might wait upon Him, on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon Him.

³¹ And He said to them, “You yourselves come apart to a solitary place, and rest a little.” For those coming and those going were many, and not even did they have opportunity to eat.

¹⁷ And when He went into the house from the crowd, His disciples were asking Him the parable.

²⁸ And He having entered into the house, His disciples were asking Him in private, “Why were we not able to cast it out?”

³¹ But in the meantime the disciples were asking Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” ³² But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know.” ³³ Therefore the disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat?” ³⁴ Jesus says to them, “My food is that I should do the will of the One having sent Me, and should finish His work.

³¹ And His mother and His brothers arrive, and standing outside, sent to Him, calling Him.

³ Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples will also see Your works that You are doing. ⁴ For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be in public. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” ⁵ For not even His brothers were believing in Him. ⁶ Therefore Jesus says to them, “My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready. ⁷ The world is not able to hate you; but it hates Me, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil. ⁸ You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for My time has not yet been fulfilled.” ⁹ Now having said these things to them, He remained in Galilee. ¹⁰ But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He also went up—not openly, but as in secret.

²⁰ And many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”

²⁴ Now of him saying these things in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! The great learning turns you to insanity!”

¹³ For if we are beside ourselves, it is to God; or if we are sober-minded it is for you.

³⁴ But the Pharisees were saying, “By the prince of the demons He casts out demons.”

²⁵ It is sufficient for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If the master of the house they called Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

²⁴ And the Pharisees having heard, said, “This man casts out the demons only by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”

¹ Then Pharisees and scribes come to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

¹ And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, are gathered together to Him.

¹⁷ And it came to pass on one of the days that He was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were there sitting by, who were come out of every village of Galilee, and of Judea, and of Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was there for Him to heal.

¹⁵ And some of them said, “By Beelzebul the prince of the demons He casts out the demons.”

²⁰ The crowd answered, “You have a demon. Who seeks to kill You?”

⁴⁸ The Jews answered and said to Him, “Are we not rightly saying that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

⁵² Therefore the Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You have a demon. Abraham and the prophets died, and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word, he shall never taste of death, to the age.’

²² At the time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,

¹⁰ Then Jesus says to him, “Get you away, Satan! For it has been written: ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him alone shall you serve.’”

²⁵ And having known their thoughts, He said to them, “Every kingdom having been divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house having been divided against itself will not stand. ²⁶ And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? ²⁷ And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? On account of this, they will be your judges. ²⁸ But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. ²⁹ Or how is anyone able to enter into the house of the strong man, and to plunder his goods, unless first he binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. ³⁰ The one not being with Me is against Me, and the one not gathering with Me scatters.

³⁴ Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables, and He was not speaking to them without a parable,

² And He began teaching them many things in parables, and in His teaching He was saying to them,

¹⁷ And He knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom having been divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house against a house falls. ¹⁸ And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say I cast out the demons by Beelzebul. ¹⁹ And if I cast out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? On account of this, they will be your judges. ²⁰ But if I cast out the demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. ²¹ When the strong man being armed might guard his house, his possessions are in peace. ²² But when one stronger than he, having come upon him, shall overcome him, he takes away his complete armor in which he had trusted, and he divides his plunder. ²³ The one not being with Me is against Me; and the one not gathering with Me scatters.

²¹ that all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.

¹⁰ Now I exhort you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and there be no divisions among you, but you may be having been knit together in the same mind and in the same judgment. ¹¹ For it was shown to me concerning you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that there are quarrels among you. ¹² Now I mean this, that each of you says, “I indeed am of Paul,” and “I of Apollos,” and “I of Cephas,” and “I of Christ.” ¹³ Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

³ being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace; ⁴ one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called into one hope of your calling; ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one baptism; ⁶ one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

¹⁵ But if you bite and devour one another, take heed, lest you might be consumed by one another.

¹⁶ For where jealousy and self-interest exist, there will be disorder and every evil thing.

²⁹ Or how is anyone able to enter into the house of the strong man, and to plunder his goods, unless first he binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

¹⁷ And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us through Your name.” ¹⁸ And He said to them, “I beheld Satan having fallen as lightning out of heaven. ¹⁹ Behold, I give you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and upon all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. ²⁰ Yet do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subjected to you; but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens.”

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

²⁰ And in a short time the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

¹⁰ Henceforth be empowered in the Lord and in the strength of His might. ¹¹ Put on the complete armor of God, for you to be able to stand against the schemes of the devil, ¹² because to us the wrestling is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. ¹³ Because of this, take up the complete armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all things, to stand.

¹⁵ Having disarmed the rulers and the authorities, He made a show of them in public, having triumphed over them in it.

¹⁴ Therefore, since the children have partaken of blood and of flesh, He also likewise took part in the same things, so that through His death He might destroy the one holding the power of death, that is, the devil,

⁸ The one practicing sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this reason the Son of God was revealed, so that He might destroy the works of the devil.

⁴ You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because the One in you is greater than the one in the world.

⁷ And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels warred against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels warred back. ⁸ And he did not have strength, nor was found a place for them any longer in heaven. ⁹ And the great dragon was thrown out, the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, deceiving the whole inhabited world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

¹ And I saw an angel descending out of heaven, holding in his hand the key of the Abyss, and a great chain. ² And he seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. ³ And he cast him into the Abyss, and shut and sealed it over him, so that he should not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed. After these things it is necessary for him to be released for a little time.

³¹ Because of this I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men; but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. ³² And if anyone speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but if anyone speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age nor in the coming one.

²⁸ Truly I say to you that all sins and blasphemies will be forgiven the sons of men, as many as they shall have blasphemed. ²⁹ But whoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness, to the age, but is guilty of eternal sin.” ³⁰ For they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

¹⁰ And everyone who will speak a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but the one having blasphemed against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

⁴ For it is impossible for those once having been enlightened, and having tasted of the heavenly gift, and having become partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵ and having tasted the goodness of God’s word and the power of the coming age— ⁶ and then having fallen away—to restore them again to repentance, crucifying in themselves the Son of God and subjecting Him to open shame. ⁷ For land having drunk in the rain coming often upon it and producing vegetation useful for those for the sake of whom also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God. ⁸ But that bringing forth thorns and thistles is worthless and near to a curse, of which the end is unto burning.

²⁶ For if we sin willingly after we are to receive the knowledge of the truth, no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷ but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment and fury of fire being about to devour the adversaries. ²⁸ Anyone having set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercies on the basis of two or three witnesses. ²⁹ How much worse punishment do you think will he deserve, the one having trampled upon the Son of God, and having esteemed ordinary the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and having insulted the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ For we know the One having said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.” ³¹ it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

¹⁶ If anyone should see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and He will give him life, to those sinning not unto death. There is a sin unto death; I do not say that he should implore concerning that.

⁴⁶ And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life.”

⁴⁰ those devouring the houses of widows, and praying at great length as a pretext. These will receive greater judgment.”

⁹ who will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

⁷ just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having indulged in sexual immorality and having gone after strange flesh, in like manner with them are set forth as an example, undergoing the penalty of eternal fire.

¹³ wild waves of the sea, foaming out of their own shame; wandering stars, to whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved to the age.

²² And the scribes, those having come down from Jerusalem, were saying, “He has Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of the demons He casts out the demons.”

⁴⁶ Now while He was speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him. ⁴⁷ Then someone said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak to You.” ⁴⁸ And answering, He said to the one telling Him, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?” ⁴⁹ And having stretched out His hand to His disciples, He said, “Behold, My mother and My brothers. ⁵⁰ For whoever shall do the will of My Father who is in the heavens, he is My brother and sister and mother.”

¹⁹ And His mother and brothers came to Him, and they were not able to get to Him, because of the crowd. ²⁰ And it was told Him, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wishing to see You.” ²¹ But answering, He said to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who are hearing and doing the word of God.”

²¹ And those belonging to Him having heard, went out to seize Him; for they were saying, “He is out of His mind.”

⁴⁹ And He said to them, “Why is it that you were seeking Me? Did you not know that it behooves Me to be in the house of My Father?”

⁴ And Jesus says to her, “What to Me and to you, woman? My hour is not yet come.”

³ Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples will also see Your works that You are doing. ⁴ For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be in public. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” ⁵ For not even His brothers were believing in Him.

¹⁶ Therefore from now, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have regarded Christ according to flesh, yet now we regard Him thus no longer.

⁴⁰ And the King answering, will say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did it to Me.’ ⁴¹ Then also He will say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, those being cursed, into the eternal fire, having been prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴² For I hungered, and you gave to Me nothing to eat; and I thirsted, and You gave Me nothing to drink; ⁴³ I was a stranger, and You did not take Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’ ⁴⁴ Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ ⁴⁵ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, neither did you to Me.’

¹⁰ Then Jesus says to them, “Do not fear. Go, tell My brothers, so that they should go into Galilee, and there will they see Me.”

²⁷ And it came to pass, in His saying these things, a certain woman from the crowd, having lifted up her voice, said to Him, “Blessed is the womb having borne You, and the breasts at which You nursed.” ²⁸ And He said, “No rather, blessed are those hearing the word of God and keeping it.”

¹⁷ Jesus says to her, “Do not touch Me, for not yet have I ascended to the Father. Now go to My brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’”

²⁹ because those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, for Him to be firstborn among many brothers.

¹¹ For both the One sanctifying and those being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brothers, ¹² saying: “I will declare Your name to My brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing Your praises.”

²¹ Not everyone saying to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of My Father in the heavens.

¹⁷ If anyone desires to do His will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is from God, or I speak from Myself.

²⁵ But the one having looked intently into the perfect law, that of freedom, and having continued in it, not having been a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work—this one will be blessed in his work.

¹⁷ And the world is passing away, and its desire; but the one doing the will of God abides to the age.

²² and whatever we might ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and we do the things pleasing before Him. ²³ And this is His commandment, that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another, just as He gave the commandment to us.