Luke 14 Cross References - MNT

¹ It happened on the Sabbath Day when he went into the house of a certain ruler among Pharisees to take a meal, that they were watching him. ² And lo! there was in front of him a man who had dropsy. ³ So Jesus questioned the lawyers and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath Day or not?" ⁴ They kept silent. Then Jesus took him and healed him and let him go. ⁵ And to them he said, "Which of you when an ox or ass has fallen into a well, will at once pull him out on the Sabbath Day?" ⁶ They could not answer this. ⁷ He told a parable to the guests when he noticed how they began choosing the best seats. He said to them. ⁸ "When you are invited by any one to a marriage-feast, do not sit down in the best seat, lest a guest more distinguished than yourself has been invited, and your host come to you and say, ⁹ "'Give place to this man,' and then with mortification you proceed to take the lowest place. ¹⁰ "But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when your host arrives he may say to you, 'My friend, come up higher.' Then you will be honored before the other guest. ¹¹ "For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted." ¹² Also to his host who had invited him, he continued, saying. "When you are making a dinner-party or a supper, do not invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, lest it chance that they invite you in return, and a recompense be made by you. ¹³ "But when you make a reception, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. ¹⁴ "Then you will be blessed, because they have no means to repay you, but you shall be paid in the Resurrection of the Just." ¹⁵ One of his fellow guest who was listening to him, said to him, "Blessed are those who eat bread in the kingdom of God." ¹⁶ Jesus answered. "A certain man was making a great feast to which he invited many guests. ¹⁷ "At dinnertime he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for all things are now ready.' ¹⁸ "And they all, without exception, proceeded to excuse themselves. The first told him. 'I have bought a field, and must needs go and see it. Pray have me excused.' ¹⁹ "The second said: 'I have bought five yolk of oxen and am on my way to try them. I pray that you will have me excused.' ²⁰ "'I have taken a wife,' said the another, 'and for that reason I am unable to come.' ²¹ "So the slave came and presented all these answers to his master. Then the master of the house was indignant, and said to his slave. 'Go out, quickly, into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the blind, the lame.' ²² "And the slave said, 'My master, your orders have been carried out, but yet there is room.' ²³ "Said the master to his slave. 'Go out into the roads and the hedges, and make them come in, so that my house may be filled. ²⁴ "'For I tell you that not one of those invited guests shall taste my supper.'" ²⁵ Great crowds were along with him, and he turned to them and said: ²⁶ "If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine. ²⁷ "Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, cannot be a disciple of mine. ²⁸ "Which of you who is desirous of building a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, to see if he has the means to complete it? ²⁹ "Lest it happen that after he has laid the foundations and is unable to complete it, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him saying, ³⁰ "'This fellow began to build and could not finish.' ³¹ "Or what king as he goes forth to join battle with another king in war does not sit down first and deliberate whether he can meet with ten thousand men the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand? ³² "If he cannot, while the other king is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy to ask conditions of peace. ³³ "Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. ³⁴ "Salt is good, but if even the salt have lost its flavor, with what shall it be seasoned? ³⁵ "It is fit neither for the land nor the dung-hill; men cast it out. He who has ears to hear let him listen to this!"

¹ In those days came John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea; ² "Repent," said he, "for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." ³ This John it was of whom it was said through Isaiah, the prophet, The voice of one who cries aloud in the desert, "Prepare a way for the Lord, Make the paths straight for him." ⁴ This John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then Jerusalem began to go out to him, and all Judea, and the whole neighborhood of the Jordan, ⁶ and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁷ But when John saw that many of the Pharisees and Sadducees were coming for baptism, he said: "O brood of vipers! Who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸ Then bring forth fruit worthy of repentance. ⁹ And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'—I tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise up descendants for Abraham. ¹⁰ And already the axe is lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree, therefore, that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. ¹¹ I indeed am baptizing you in water, unto repentance; but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire. ¹² His winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse the threshing-floor. He will store his wheat in the granary, but will burn up the chaff in unquenchable fire."

¹³ "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt lose its savor, in what way shall it be salted? It is henceforth good for nothing but to be thrown out and trodden under foot of men.

²⁵ "Come to terms with your opponent quickly, while you are yet with him on the way [to the court], to prevent your opponent from handing you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and so you be thrown into prison.

⁴⁶ "For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you?

¹ "Be careful not to do your good deeds in the sight of men, in order to be observed by them. If you do, you have no reward with your heavenly Father. ² "And whatever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets, in order that men may praise them. In solemn truth I tell you they already have their reward in full. ³ "But when you give alms, do not let your right hand know what your left is doing, ⁴ "so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

⁴ "so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

¹⁶ "When you fast, do not look downcast like the hypocrites; for they disfigure their faces so that it may be apparent to men that they are fasting. In solemn truth I tell you, they already have received their reward. ¹⁷ "But when one of you fasts, let him anoint his head and wash his face, ¹⁸ "so that he may not appear to men to be fasting, but to his Father who is in secret; and his Father who sees in secret will reward him.

²⁷ "And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."

¹¹ "I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

²⁰ "Foxes have their holes," answered Jesus, "and wild birds their roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head."

¹ And when he had called his twelve disciples to him, he gave them power over evil spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and infirmity. ² These are the names of the apostles (missionaries). First, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother; ³ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew, the tax-gatherer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname is Thaddeus; ⁴ Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

²² "You will be hated by all men because of my name; and he who endures to the end shall be saved.

³⁷ "He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; ³⁸ "and he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

⁴¹ "Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and whoever receives a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward. ⁴² "And whoever gives to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, because he is a disciple, I tell you in solemn truth, he shall not lose his reward.

⁵ "the lame are walking, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised up, and the gospel is being preached to the poor.

¹⁵ "Let all who have ears, listen!

²⁷ "Everything has been handed over to me by my Father; neither does any one know the Son, except the Father, nor any one know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him. ²⁸ "Come unto me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

²⁸ "Come unto me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ "Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

² But the Pharisees, when they perceived it, said to him. "Look! Your disciples are doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!"

¹⁰ And in order to get a charge against him they asked him, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath?" (So that they might have something to accuse him.) ¹¹ "Is there a man of you," he replied, "who has but a single sheep, who will not lay hold of it and lift it out, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath Day? ¹² "And how much more is a man worth than a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath."

⁹ He who has ears, let him hear!"

²¹ "But he has no root in himself; he continues for a time, but when trouble arises, or persecutions, on account of the word, at once he stumbles and falls.

³⁴ Jesus told all this to the crowd in parables; indeed he never spoke to them except in parables,

¹⁴ So when he landed he saw a great multitude, and felt compassion for them, and healed their sick. ¹⁵ As twilight fell, his disciples came to him and said: "This is a lonely spot, and the day is far spent; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food." ¹⁶ "They need not go away," said Jesus, "do you, yourselves, give them something to eat." ¹⁷ "We have nothing here," they replied, "except five loaves and two fishes." ¹⁸ "Bring them here to me," said Jesus. ¹⁹ Then he told the people to sit down on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves and handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds. ²⁰ And they all ate and were fully satisfied, and they took up of the fragments that remained, twelve basketfuls. ²¹ Those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

¹² Then his disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that the Pharisees were scandalized when they heard that saying?" He replied.

³² But Jesus called his disciples to him and said: "My heart yearns over the crowd, for they have been with me now three days, and they have nothing to eat. I am not willing to send them away hungry, for fear they faint on the road." ³³ "In a lonely place like this," asked the disciple. "where can we get bread enough to satisfy such a crowd?" ³⁴ "How many loaves have you?" answered Jesus. They replied, "Seven, and a few small fish. ³⁵ So when he had summoned the crowd, and seated them upon the ground, ³⁶ he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, then he broke them and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd. ³⁷ And all ate and were satisfied, and of the fragments that remained they gathered seven large basketfuls. ³⁸ And those who ate numbered four thousand, besides the women and children. ³⁹ When he had sent the crowds away, he got into the boat and came into the region of Magadan.

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me. ²⁵ For he who wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. ²⁶ What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

³¹ "When therefore his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very angry; and they went and explained to their master all that had happened.

²² "None of you know what you are asking," said Jesus. "Can you drink the cup which I am about to drink?" "We can," they replied. ²³ My cup you indeed shall drink," he answered, "but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

²⁵ John's baptism, whence was it, from heaven or from man?" So they began debating about it among themselves. ²⁶ "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all regard John as a prophet." ²⁷ So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor am I going to tell you in what authority I do these deeds. ²⁸ "But give me your judgment. There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said to him, "'Son, go work today in my vineyard!' ²⁹ "'I will go, sir,' he answered; yet he did not go. ³⁰ "Then he went to the second, and said the same thing to him. "'I will not,' he answered; but afterward he changed his mind and went. ³¹ "Which of these two did the will of his father?" "The last," they replied. "I tell you truly," said Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and harlots are going into the kingdom of heaven before you!

⁴³ "I tell you that for this reason the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation that does produce the fruit of it.

² "The kingdom of heaven," he said, "may be compared to a king who made a wedding-feast for his son. ³ "He sent out his slaves to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they did not want to come.

³ "He sent out his slaves to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they did not want to come. ⁴ "Again he sent out other slaves. 'Tell the invited guests,' he said, 'that my luncheon is now ready; my oxen and fat cattle are killed; everything is ready; come to the wedding-feast.'

⁴ "Again he sent out other slaves. 'Tell the invited guests,' he said, 'that my luncheon is now ready; my oxen and fat cattle are killed; everything is ready; come to the wedding-feast.' ⁵ "They, however, paid no attention, but went off, one to his own farm, another to his business;

⁵ "They, however, paid no attention, but went off, one to his own farm, another to his business; ⁶ "while the rest seized his slaves and maltreated and murdered them.

⁶ "while the rest seized his slaves and maltreated and murdered them. ⁷ "Then the king's wrath was roused, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

⁷ "Then the king's wrath was roused, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. ⁸ "Then he said to his slaves, "'The wedding-feast indeed is ready, but the invited guests were not worthy.

⁸ "Then he said to his slaves, "'The wedding-feast indeed is ready, but the invited guests were not worthy.

⁸ "Then he said to his slaves, "'The wedding-feast indeed is ready, but the invited guests were not worthy. ⁹ "'So go out into the partings of the highways, and summon everybody you find there to the wedding-feast.'

⁹ "'So go out into the partings of the highways, and summon everybody you find there to the wedding-feast.' ¹⁰ "So those slaves went out into the roads, and gathered together all whom they found, good or bad, and the banquet-hall was filled with the guests.

¹⁰ "So those slaves went out into the roads, and gathered together all whom they found, good or bad, and the banquet-hall was filled with the guests.

¹⁰ "So those slaves went out into the roads, and gathered together all whom they found, good or bad, and the banquet-hall was filled with the guests. ¹¹ "Then the king came in to inspect his guests, and he discovered there a man who had not put on a wedding-garment. He said to him, ¹² "'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding-garment?' "The man was speechless. ¹³ "'Bind him hand and foot, 'said the king to his officers, 'and cast him into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth.' ¹⁴ "For there are many called, but few are chosen."

³⁵ and one of them, a lawyer, tested him by asking a question.

⁴⁶ No one could answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to ask him another question.

⁶ "and lengthen the tassels, and are fond of the best places at banquets, and the front seats in the synagogues.

¹² "whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.

³⁸ "Behold, your house is left to you desolate! ³⁹ "For I tell you that never shall you see me again until you say, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord." "nor did they know until the deluge came and swept them away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

³⁸ For just as in the days before the deluge they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the very day when Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ nor did they know until the deluge came and swept them away; so will be the coming of the son of man.

¹⁰ "And while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding-feast. And the door was shut.

³⁴ "Then he, the King will say to those on his right hand. "'Come, my Father's blessed ones, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ "'For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; ³⁶ "'I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to see me.' ³⁷ "Then shall the righteous answer him, saying. 'Master, when did we see you hungry and feed you; or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ "'When did we see you a stranger and take you in; or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ "'When did we see you sick or in prison, and come to see you?' ⁴⁰ "'In solemn truth I tell you,' the King will answer them, 'that inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these, my brothers, you have done it unto me.'

³ Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that he was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. ⁴ "I have sinned," he said, "in betraying innocent blood!" "What is that to us?" they answered; "you must see to that." ⁵ And flinging down the silver into the Sanctuary, he rushed out, and went and hanged himself. ⁶ The chief priests took the money, and said, "It would be wrong to put it into the temple-treasury, because it is the price of blood." ⁷ So after the consultation they bought the Potter's Field with it, for a burial-place for strangers. ⁸ That is the reason why, to this day, the field is called "The Field of Blood."

¹⁹ Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; ²⁰ teaching them to observe every command which I have given you. and lo! I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."

² And they kept watching Jesus to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath; so as to have some charge to bring against him.

⁴ Then he asked them. "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath Day, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?"

³⁴ Then summoning the crowd to him, with his disciples. he said: "If any man wishes to follow me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and so follow me. ³⁵ For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever, for my sake and the gospel's, loses his life will save it. ³⁶ For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life? ³⁷ Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

⁴⁹ For by fire every one will be salted; ⁵⁰ salt is excellent, but if the salt has lost its savor, what will you use to restore its saltness? Then have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."

²¹ Jesus loved him as he looked at him, and said: "One thing you lack. Go, sell all you have and give to the poor; and you shall have wealth in heaven; and come, follow me."

³⁸ and in his teaching he said: "Look out for the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes, and to receive salutations in the street, and to have prominent places in the synagogues, ³⁹ and seats of honor at dinner-parties;

²¹ Simon a Cyrenian, a passer-by, who was coming from the country (the father of Alexander and Rufus), they commandeered to carry the cross of Jesus.

¹⁵ And he said to them. "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. ¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who disbelieves shall be condemned.

⁵¹ "He has showed strength with his arm. "He has scattered proud in the imagination of their hearts;

⁵³ "The hungry he has filled with good things, But the rich he has sent empty away.

⁴ As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah. The voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare the way for God, make straight paths for him. ⁵ Every ravine shall be filled up, Every hill and mountain shall be laid low, The crooked shall be made straight, And the rough roads smooth; ⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

¹¹ So when they had brought their boats to land they left everything and followed him.

²⁸ He rose, left everything, and followed him.

⁷ Now the Scribes and Pharisees kept watching to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to bring on accusations to him.

⁹ So he rose and stood. Then Jesus said to them. "I ask you whether it is lawful on the Sabbath Day to do good or to do harm? To save a life or to destroy it?"

³² "If you love those who love you what credit is it to you? Why even sinners love those who love them. ³³ "And if you are kind to those who are kind to you, what credit is it to you? Even sinners do the same. ³⁴ "And if you lend to those from whom you are hoping to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so as to get as much back. ³⁵ "But you must love even your enemies and be kind to them, And lend, despairing of no man. Then your reward will be great, And you will be the sons of the Most High; For he is kind even to the ungrateful and to the evil. ³⁶ "Do you therefore be merciful, As your Father is merciful.

²² So he answered them. "Go your way, tell John what you have seen and heard. How the blind are seeing, the lame are walking, the lepers are being cleansed, the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised, and the poor are hearing the proclamations of glad tidings. ²³ "And blessed is he who finds no cause of stumbling in me."

³⁴ "The son of man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!' ³⁵ "Nevertheless, wisdom is justified by all her children." ³⁶ One of the Pharisees kept urging him to dine, so he entered the house and reclined at table.

⁸ "But some fell on good soil, and grew up, and brought forth fruit, a hundredfold." When he said this, he called out, "Whoever has ears to hear with, let him listen."

¹⁴ "And that which fell upon thorns is those who have heard, but as they go on their way of word is choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of life; so they bring no fruit of perfection.

¹ Then he called the Twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to heal; ² and sent them out to preach the kingdom of God, and heal the sick. ³ And he said to them. "Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money, and do not have two tunics. ⁴ "Into whatever house you enter, there stay, and thence depart. ⁵ "If any one will not receive you, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave this town, as a testimony against them."

¹⁰ On their return the apostles told him what they had done. and he took them and withdrew in private to a town called Bethsaida.

²³ And he said to all. "If any man wills to follow me, Let him renounce self and take up his cross daily and follow me. ²⁴ "For whoever wills to save his life shall lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake shall save it. ²⁵ "For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?

⁴⁴ "Let these words sink into your ears; for the son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men."

¹ After this the appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two before his face, into every city and place into which he himself intended to go. ² And he thus addressed them. "The harvest is abundant, but the harvesters are few. do you therefore pray the lord of the harvest to send forth harvesters into his harvest. ³ "Go your way; behold, I am sending you forth like lambs among wolves. ⁴ "Carry no purse, no bag, no shoes; and do not salute any one on your journey. ⁵ "Into whatever you first enter, say, 'Peace be to this house!' ⁶ "And if there be any son of peace there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not it shall return to you. ⁷ "Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give. for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not go from house to house. ⁸ "And whatever town you come to, and they receive you, eat whatever they put before you. ⁹ "Heal the sick in that town and tell them, The kingdom of God draws near to you. ¹⁰ "But whatever town you enter, and they do not receive you, Go out into the streets and cry, ¹¹ "'The very dust of your town which clings to your feet we wipe off as protest; but know this, that the kingdom of God is drawing near to you.' ¹² "For I tell you that it will be mare tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that town.

³⁷ When he had finished speaking a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in with him and reclined.

⁴¹ "Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.

⁴³ "Woe unto you Pharisee! for you delight in the best seats in the synagogue, and in the salutation in the market-places. ⁴⁴ "Woe unto you! for you are like the tombs which are hidden, and men walk over them unsuspecting." ⁴⁵ Hereupon one of the lawyers exclaimed, "But teacher, in saying such things you are also reproaching us also."

⁵³ After he had gone away, the Scribes and the Pharisee began to set themselves vehemently against him, and to cross-question him upon many points, ⁵⁴ laying in wait for him, in order to catch a word from his lips.

¹ Meanwhile when myriads of the multitudes were thronging around him so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples, first of all. "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisee, which is hypocrisy.

³⁷ "Happy are those slaves whom their master shall find watching when he comes. I tell you truly that will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and come and serve them.

⁵⁸ "For as you go before the magistrate with your opponent do your utmost to get quit of him, lest he drag you before the judge, and the judge delivers you over to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison.

¹⁴ But the ruler of the synagogue was indignant at Jesus for healing her on the Sabbath, and said to the crowd. "There are six days of the week on which men ought to work. Therefore come during those, and get cured, but not on the Sabbath Day." ¹⁵ But the Lord answered him. "Hypocrites!" he said, "does not each one of you loose his ox or his ass from the stall on the Sabbath Day, and lead it to water,

¹⁵ But the Lord answered him. "Hypocrites!" he said, "does not each one of you loose his ox or his ass from the stall on the Sabbath Day, and lead it to water, ¹⁶ "and this woman, who is the daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound these eighteen years, ought she not have been loosened from bondage, though the day be the Sabbath?" ¹⁷ As he said this, all adversaries were put to shame; and all the crowd rejoiced for the glorious things that he continually did.

²⁹ "And people shall come from the Orient and from the Occident, from the north and from the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God.

¹³ "But when you make a reception, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.

¹⁶ Jesus answered. "A certain man was making a great feast to which he invited many guests. ¹⁷ "At dinnertime he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for all things are now ready.' ¹⁸ "And they all, without exception, proceeded to excuse themselves. The first told him. 'I have bought a field, and must needs go and see it. Pray have me excused.' ¹⁹ "The second said: 'I have bought five yolk of oxen and am on my way to try them. I pray that you will have me excused.' ²⁰ "'I have taken a wife,' said the another, 'and for that reason I am unable to come.' ²¹ "So the slave came and presented all these answers to his master. Then the master of the house was indignant, and said to his slave. 'Go out, quickly, into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the blind, the lame.'

²¹ "So the slave came and presented all these answers to his master. Then the master of the house was indignant, and said to his slave. 'Go out, quickly, into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the blind, the lame.' ²² "And the slave said, 'My master, your orders have been carried out, but yet there is room.' ²³ "Said the master to his slave. 'Go out into the roads and the hedges, and make them come in, so that my house may be filled. ²⁴ "'For I tell you that not one of those invited guests shall taste my supper.'"

²⁴ "'For I tell you that not one of those invited guests shall taste my supper.'"

²⁶ "If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

²⁶ "If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine. ²⁷ "Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, cannot be a disciple of mine. ²⁸ "Which of you who is desirous of building a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, to see if he has the means to complete it?

³³ "Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

²⁶ "And this was in the time of Noah, so will it be in the time of the Son of man. ²⁷ "Men were eating and drinking; they were marrying and being married, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. ²⁸ "The same was true in the time of Lot; they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building; ²⁹ "but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. ³⁰ "In the same manner it shall be in the day that the Son of man shall be revealed. ³¹ "On that day, if a man is on the housetop and his goods inside, let him not go down to take them away; nor should a man in the field turn back.

¹⁴ "I tell you that this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself shall be humbled; but he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

²² And receiving this reply, Jesus said to him. "One thing you are still lacking. Sell all that you have and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me." ²³ But when he heard these words he became deeply grieved, for he was exceedingly rich. ²⁴ Jesus looked at him and said: "How hard it is for those who have money to enter into the kingdom of God!

²⁸ Then Peter said, "Look! we have left our homes and followed you." ²⁹ And he said to them, "In Solemn truth I tell you that there is no one who, for the sake of the kingdom of God, has left houses, or wife, or brother, or parents, or children, ³⁰ "who shall not certainly receive many times as much in this time, and in the age to come eternal."

⁴ "Was John's baptism from heaven or from man?" ⁵ So they reasoned among themselves. "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why did you not believe in him?'

²⁰ So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be honest men, in order to seize on his speech, and to deliver him up to authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

²⁶ So they could not lay hold of his sayings before the people; and marveling at his answer, they held their peace.

³⁵ "but those who are counted worthy to reach that world and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage. ³⁶ "For indeed they cannot die any more; they are equal to the angels, and through being sons of the resurrection are sons of God.

⁴⁰ for they no longer dared to ask him any questions.

⁴⁶ "Beware of the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes, and dote on salutations in the marketplaces, and on securing the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

¹⁵ "for I will give you utterance and a wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to answer or withstand.

³⁰ "so that you shall eat and drink in my kingdom, and you shall sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

²⁹ But they urged him to stay with them, saying, "Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent."

⁴⁷ "and that repentance unto remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

¹¹ He came to his own creation, and his own folk welcomed him not.

¹ Now there was one of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler among the Jews.

¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

³⁶ Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him."

³⁹ Many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman when she declared, "He told me everything that I ever did." ⁴⁰ So when the Samaritans arrived, they began asking him to remain with them; and he stayed there two days. ⁴¹ Then many more believed because of what he said, himself; and they told the woman. ⁴² "We no longer believe because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard him, and we know that this is certainly the Saviour of the world."

²⁹ "those who have done good into a resurrection of life, and those who have practised evil to a resurrection of condemnation.

⁴⁰ "you will not come to me that you may have life.

²⁴ when they saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, and went to Capernaum to look for Jesus. ²⁵ When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?" ²⁶ Jesus answered. "In solemn truth I tell you that you are looking for me, not because you saw miracles signs, but because you ate of the bread and were filled. ²⁷ "Labor not for food which perishes, but for the food that endures eternal life—that which the Son of man will give you; for on the Father—God—has set his seal."

²⁷ "Labor not for food which perishes, but for the food that endures eternal life—that which the Son of man will give you; for on the Father—God—has set his seal." ²⁸ "What are we to do habitually," they asked him, "that we may keep working the words of God?" ²⁹ "This is the work of God," answered Jesus, "that you believe on him whom He has sent you." ³⁰ The they said to him. "What sign, then, are you performing, so that we may see it and believe in you? What work are you doing? ³¹ "Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness, as it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'" ³² "In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus in reply, "Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father does give you the true bread out of heaven; ³³ "for the bread of God is what come down from heaven, and gives life to the world." ³⁴ "Ah, Sir," said they, "evermore give us this bread." ³⁵ "I myself am the bread of life," answered Jesus; "he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst again. ³⁶ "But as I told you, you have seen me, and yet you do not believe. ³⁷ "Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will never reject. ³⁸ "For I am come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. ³⁹ "And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the last day. ⁴⁰ "For this is my Fathers will, that every one who beholds the Son and believes on him, shall have eternal life. and I will raise him up at the last day." ⁴¹ Then the Jews began to find fault with Jesus, because he said, "I am the bread which comes down out of heaven," and they kept asking. ⁴² "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? How is it that he now says, 'I have come down from heaven'?" ⁴³ "Do not find fault with me among yourselves," ⁴⁴ answered Jesus; "no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him; then I will raise him up on the last day. ⁴⁵ "It is written in the Prophets, "And they shall all of them be taught of God. Every one who has listened to the father and learns from him, comes to me. ⁴⁶ "Not that any one has seen the Father, except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ "I tell you solemnly that he who believes has eternal life. ⁴⁸ "I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹ "Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; yet they died. ⁵⁰ "This is the bread that comes down from heaven, that one may eat thereof and never die. ⁵¹ "I myself am the living bread that has come down from heaven. Any one who eats this bread will live forever; and moreover, the bread which I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world." ⁵² Then the Jews began to dispute among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" ⁵³ "I tell you solemnly," said Jesus, "that unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you. ⁵⁴ "He who feeds upon my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵ "For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁶ "He who feeds upon my flesh abides in me and I in him. ⁵⁷ "Just as the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father, so also that man who feeds on me shall live by me. ⁵⁸ "This is the bread which came down from heaven; not such as your fathers ate and died, for he who feeds upon this bread shall live forever." ⁵⁹ He spoke these words while in the synagogue, while he was teaching in Capernaum.

²³ "If a child receives circumcision on the Sabbath, in order that the Law of Moses may not be broken, how can you be angry with me because I made a man sound and well on the Sabbath?

³⁷ Now the last day, that the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and cried in a loud voice.

⁴⁷ "Surely you have not been led astray, have you? answered the Pharisees. ⁴⁸ "Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees? ⁴⁹ "As for this mob who do not understand the Law, they are accursed!"

²¹ Then again he said them. "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I am going, you cannot come."

²⁴ "That is why I said that you would die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins."

³⁹ "For judgment am I come into the world, to make the sightless see, and to make the seeing blind."

²⁵ He who loves his life loses it; and he who regards not his life in this world shall keep it for eternal life.

² In my Father's house there are many rooms If it were not so, would I have told you that I went to prepare a place for you?

⁶ "If any one does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers. Such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire and burned.

¹⁷ So they took Jesus, who went forth bearing his own cross, to a place called The Place of a Skull—in the Hebrew tongue, Golgotha.

¹ My first account, O Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus began doing and teaching from the beginning down to the day when, ² after giving instructions through the Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up to heaven. ³ After his sufferings he had also shown himself alive to them in many convincing manifestations, revealing himself to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God. ⁴ And once when he was eating with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father. "Of this," he said, "you have heard from me. ⁵ "For John indeed baptized in water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence." ⁶ So, when they came together, they began to ask him, "Master, are you at this time about to restore the kingdom of Israel?" ⁷ He answered. "It is not for you to know times and occasions which the Father has fixed in his own authority; ⁸ "yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you are to be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth." ⁹ When he had said this, and while they were looking at him, he was lifted up, and a cloud received him up out of their sight.

¹⁸ "Now this man bought a plot of ground with the price of his treachery, and falling there headlong he burst asunder and all his bowels gushed out. ¹⁹ "This fact became known to the people of Jerusalem so that the place was called in their language, Acheldamach, The Field of Blood.

³⁸ "Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ "For the promise belongs to you and to your children and to all who are afar off, whomever the Lord may call."

⁴⁴ And all the believers were together, and had all things in common. ⁴⁵ They would sell their lands and other property, and distribute the proceeds among all, just as any one from time had need.

²⁴ "Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and his successors, all that have spoken, have also told of those days. ²⁵ "You are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. ²⁶ "It was for you first that God raised up his Servant, and sent him to bless you in turning every one of you away from your wicked ways."

³⁴ Nor was there any one of them in want, for all who owned houses or lands would sell them and bring the price of the things that were sold, and lay it at the apostles' feet; ³⁵ and distribution would be made to each according to his need.

¹ But a man named Ananias who, with his wife Sapphira, sold a farm of his, ² kept back some of the purchase price, with the connivance of his wife. He brought only a part and laid it at the apostles' feet. ³ "Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan so filled your heart that you are lying to the Holy Spirit, and keeping back part of the price of the land? ⁴ "While it remained unsold, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was not the price at your own disposal? How could you conceive this act in your heart? You have not lied unto men, but unto God." ⁵ As Ananias heard these words he fell down and expired, and all who heard were awe-struck.

³⁴ but Gamaliel, a Pharisee, a teacher of the law, and held in honor by all the people, rose from his seat, and ordered the apostles to be put outside for a little while.

¹⁰ but were unable to withstand the wisdom and spirit with which he used to speak.

⁴ So those who were scattered abroad were going everywhere preaching the word. ⁵ Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and began to preach Christ there. ⁶ The crowd with one accord were giving heed to what he said, when they heard and saw the signs that he did. ⁷ For with a loud cry unclean spirits would come out of many possessed by them, and many that were palsied and lame were healed.

¹⁸ But when Simon perceived that, by the laying on of the apostles' hands, the Spirit was given, he offered them money saying, ¹⁹ "Give me, too, this power, so that on whomever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit."

¹⁹ "Give me, too, this power, so that on whomever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit." ²⁰ But Peter said to him. "Your money perish with you, because you have supposed that with money you can obtain God's free gift!" ²¹ "You have no part or lot in this matter." Your heart is not right in the sight of God. ²² Repent then of this your wickedness, and beseech the Lord to forgive you this purpose of your heart.

¹⁵ "Go," answered the Lord, "this man is chosen instrument of mine to bear my name before the nations and their kings, and before the Children of Israel also;

³⁹ So Peter arose and went with them. On his arrival they took him up-stairs, and all the widows stood near him, weeping, and showing him the cloaks and garments which Dorcas used to make, while she was still with them.

⁴⁴ While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to the message. ⁴⁵ And all the Jewish believers who had accompanied Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the Gentiles also. ⁴⁶ For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. ⁴⁷ Then Peter said, "Can any one refuse water for the baptism of these men who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?" ⁴⁸ And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they begged him to remain with them for a time.

¹⁸ On hearing this they held their peace and glorified God, saying, "Forsooth then, to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life." ¹⁹ Then those who had been scattered by the trouble that arose over Stephen, traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch; but they preached the word to none except Jews. ²⁰ Some of them, however, were Cyprians and Cyrenaeans, who, on reaching Antioch, began to tell the Greeks also the Good News concerning the Lord Jesus. ²¹ The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

²⁰ Now Herod was violently displeased with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him, with one accord, and after conciliating Blastus, the royal chamberlain, they begged for peace because their country depended upon the king's country for its food supply.

²⁶ "Brothers, sons of Abraham's race, and all among you who reverence God, to us has the word of this salvation been sent.

³⁸ "Be it known unto you therefore, brothers, that remission of sins is proclaimed to you through this man; ³⁹ "and that by him every one that believes is justified from all things from which you could never be justified by the law of Moses.

⁴⁵ When they saw the crowds, the Jews were filled with jealousy, and began to contradict Paul's statements, and to abuse him. ⁴⁶ So Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly. "It was necessary," they said, "first to proclaim the word of God to you. But since you push it away from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

⁴⁶ So Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly. "It was necessary," they said, "first to proclaim the word of God to you. But since you push it away from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ "For such is God's command to us, saying, "I have set thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou shouldest be for salvation to the uttermost part of the earth." ⁴⁸ When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who had been ordained to eternal life, believed.

²² Everywhere they strengthened the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold to the faith. "It is through many tribulations," they said, "that we must enter into the kingdom of God."

¹⁵ When she was baptized, and her household, she urged us, saying, "If in your judgment I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she compelled us to come.

⁵ And when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was engrossed in his message, earnestly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. ⁶ But as they opposed him and abused him, he shook out his garments in protest, and said: "Your blood be upon your own hands. I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

⁶ But as they opposed him and abused him, he shook out his garments in protest, and said: "Your blood be upon your own hands. I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

²⁴ But I hold not my life of any account, as dear unto myself, if only I may run my race, and accomplish the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

¹³ "What do you mean by thus breaking my heart with your grief?" answered Paul. "For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus."

²¹ "'Depart,' he said to me, 'for I will send you forth, far hence, to the Gentiles.'" ²² Until they heard this last statement, the people were listening to Paul, but now they roared out. "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He is not fit to live!"

¹⁵ "and having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there is to be a resurrection both of the just and the unjust.

¹⁸ "'so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order to receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.' ¹⁹ "So then, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision; ²⁰ "but I proceeded to preach, first to those in Damascus, and then in Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they must repent and turn to God and do deeds worthy of repentance.

²⁵ Unable to agree among themselves, they began to go, but not before Paul had spoken a word to them, saying. "Right well did the Holy Spirit say to your ancestors, through the prophet Isaiah. ²⁶ "Go to the people and tell them, You will hear and hear, and by no means understand; And will look, and by no means see. ²⁷ For this people's heart is grown obtuse, Their ears are heavy of hearing, Their eyes have they closed, Lest they should see with their eyes And hear with their ears, Lest they understand with their heart, And turn again, and heal them. ²⁸ "Be fully assured, therefore, that this salvation of God is now sent unto the Gentiles. They will listen to it."

¹³ As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

¹⁸ But I ask, Did they fail to hear? Yes, truly, Their sound has gone out unto all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world.

¹³ For to you who are Gentiles I say that since I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry, ¹⁴ if by any means I might "provoke to jealousy" my kinsmen, and save some among them.

¹³ Be liberal to needy saints. Practise hospitality. ¹⁴ Bless your persecutors, bless, and curse not. ¹⁵ Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. ¹⁶ Have full sympathy with one another. Set not your minds on high affairs, but associate with lowly folk. Do not be wise in your own conceits.

⁹ and so that the Gentiles also should praise God for his mercy, as it is written, Therefore I will offer praise to thee among the Gentiles, And sing to thy name. ¹⁰ Or again, Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people. ¹¹ Or again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, And let all the people extol him. ¹² Or again, as Isaiah says. There shall be the root of Jesse, And he that arises to rule over the Gentiles; On him shall the Gentiles hope.

¹¹ The foundation is already laid—Jesus Christ—and no man can lay another. ¹² On that foundation, if a man proceeds to build gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, each man's work will be made manifest. ¹³ The Day will disclose it, for it dawns in fire, and the fire will test each man's work, of what quality it is. ¹⁴ If any man's work—the building he has made—stands the test, he will be rewarded.

²⁹ Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none, ³⁰ let those who weep be as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess, ³¹ and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.

³³ but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind.

¹⁹ Though free from all men, I make myself the slave of all, that I may win the more.

¹⁹ Though free from all men, I make myself the slave of all, that I may win the more. ²⁰ To the Jews I am become like a Jew, that I may win Jews; to those under the Law, like one under the Law, though I am not under the Law, myself;

²⁰ To the Jews I am become like a Jew, that I may win Jews; to those under the Law, like one under the Law, though I am not under the Law, myself; ²¹ to those outside the Law, as one outside the Law, to win those outside the Law (though I am not outside the law of God, but inside the law of Christ).

²¹ to those outside the Law, as one outside the Law, to win those outside the Law (though I am not outside the law of God, but inside the law of Christ). ²² I am become weak to the weak, to win the weak. I am become all these things to all men that, by any and by all means, I may save some.

²² I am become weak to the weak, to win the weak. I am become all these things to all men that, by any and by all means, I may save some. ²³ And I am doing it all for the gospel's sake, that I may become a copartner in it.

¹¹ So, because I know the fear of God, I "persuade men." What I am is manifest to God, and I hope manifest also to your conscience.

¹⁸ And all this is from God, who through Christ reconciled me to himself, and gave me the ministry of reconciliation;

²⁰ On Christ's behalf, then, I come as ambassador. It is as though God was entreating you, through me, on Christ's behalf I beg you to be reconciled to God.

¹ As a worker with him I beseech you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

¹¹ Do not forget then, that you Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "uncircumcision" by the "circumcision" made in flesh by man's hand, ¹² were once upon a time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, strangers to the covenants of the Promise, without hope and without God in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near in the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For he is our Peace, who has made the two of us Jew and Gentile one, and has broken down the party-wall of partition between us. ¹⁵ In his own body he abolished the cause of our enmity, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, in order to make the two into one new man in himself, so making peace. ¹⁶ Thus he reconciled us both in one body to God by his cross, on which he slew our enmity. ¹⁷ So he came preaching "Peace" to you Gentiles who were afar off, and "Peace" to us Jews who were near; ¹⁸ because it is through him that we both have access in one spirit to the Father. ¹⁹ Take notice then that no longer are you strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household. ²⁰ You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone. ²¹ In him the whole building, fitly framed together, rises into a holy temple in the Lord; ²² and in him you, too, are continuously built together for a dwelling-place of God through his Spirit.

⁸ To me, who am less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, that I should proclaim among the Gentiles the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ;

³ Do nothing out of strife, nothing out of vanity, but let each one in true humility consider the others to be of more account than himself.

⁷ But what was once gain to me, that I have counted loss for Christ. ⁸ In very truth I count all things but loss compared to the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and esteem them but refuse that I may gain Christ,

⁸ In very truth I count all things but loss compared to the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and esteem them but refuse that I may gain Christ,

¹⁸ But I give you a receipt in full for all things abound. I am amply supplied with what you sent by Epaphroditus—an odor of sweet fragrance, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God. ¹⁹ All your own needs my God will fully supply, according to his riches in glory, in Christ Jesus.

²³ And this he will do if, indeed, you continue in the faith, firmly founded and stedfast, and never moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, and which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, that gospel of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

²⁸ Him I am ever proclaiming, warning every one and teaching every one, in all wisdom; that I may bring every man into his presence, full grown in Christ.

⁹ For it is in Christ that all the fullness of deity dwells bodily,

⁶ Let your speech be always gracious, with a savor of salt, and learn how to give every man a fitting answer.

⁴ For even when I was with you I used to tell you beforehand that I was to suffer affliction; and so it proved, as you know. ⁵ So, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that my labor had been in vain.

⁵ For God is one; and one is mediator between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus, ⁶ who gave himself as a ransom in behalf of all, to be attested in due time.

² The minister should be a man of blameless character; he should be husband of but one wife; he should live a sober, self-restrained, orderly life; he should be hospitable, skilled in teaching;

¹⁰ She must be well reputed for good works, as one who has brought up a family, received strangers with hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved the distressed, and diligently followed every good work.

⁹ Those who desire to be rich fall into the snares of temptation and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil; and in their eager desire to be rich some have been led astray form the faith, and have pierced themselves with many sorrows.

¹² But I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have fully believed, and I am thoroughly persuaded that he is able to keep what I have given him until the Day.

¹² Yes, and all who purpose to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

² proclaim the message, be urgent in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with never-failing patience and teaching.

⁴ They will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to myths.

¹⁰ for Demas has deserted me for love of this present world, and is gone to Thessalonica; Crescens is gone to Galatia; Titus to Dalmatia.

⁸ but he must be hospitable, a lover of the good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled.

⁷ For I have great joy and comfort in your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed.

³ Which having begun to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him; ⁴ God himself corroborating their testimony by signs and wonders and a variety of miraculous powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit imparted in accordance with his own will. ⁵ It is not to angels that God subjected the age to be, of which we are speaking. ⁶ But some one, somewhere, testified, saying. What is Man, that thou art mindful of him? Or any man, that thou carest for him? ⁷ Thou hast made him only a little lower that the angels; With glory and honor hast thou crowned him; And hast set him to govern the works of thy hands; ⁸ Thou hast put all things under his feet. For this putting all things under man means leaving nothing not subject to him. But we do not yet see all things subject to him.

⁴ For in the case of those who have been once for all enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift, ⁵ and become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the Future Age, ⁶ and then fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance. For they repeatedly crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and expose him to an open shame. ⁷ For land that has drunk the showers that now and again fall upon it, and produced vegetation useful for those for whom it was tilled, receives a blessing from God; ⁸ but if it produces thorns and thistles, it is considered worthless, and is in danger of being cursed, and its end will be to be burned.

¹¹ but I am longing that each of you continue to show the same diligence to realize the fulness of your hope, even to the end.

³⁸ But it is by faith that my Righteous One will live, And if he draws back, my soul takes no pleasure in him.

¹⁶ Take care lest there be any fornicator or scorner like Esau among you, who for one meal sold his birthright.

²⁵ See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape punishment when they refused to listen to their instructor on earth, much less shall we escape if we turn away from him who is teaching us from heaven; ²⁶ whose voice then shook the earth, but now he has promised, saying, Once again, once for all, I make not only earth, but heaven also to tremble.

² Do not neglect to show hospitality; for by it some have even entertained angels unawares.

¹⁷ Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who must give account; that they may do thus with joy and not with lamentation, for this would be unprofitable to you.

¹ My brothers, do not hold the faith of the Lord Jesus, the Lord of Glory, in a spirit of caste. ² Suppose a man comes into your synagogue with a gold ring and dazzling clothes, and suppose a poor man comes in, also, in shabby clothes, ³ and you look up to him who wears the fine clothing, and say to him, "Sit here in this fine place!" and to the poor man you say, "Stand there!" or "Sit on the floor at my feet!" ⁴ are you not drawing distinctions among yourselves, and have you not become judges with evil thoughts? ⁵ Listen, my dear brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and to inherit the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

⁵ Listen, my dear brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and to inherit the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him? ⁶ But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you to court?

⁶ But he gives more and more grace. therefore it is said, God ever resists the proud; but to the humble he gives grace continually.

⁶ But he gives more and more grace. therefore it is said, God ever resists the proud; but to the humble he gives grace continually. ⁷ So then ever be subject to God, Ever resist the devil and he will flee from you. ⁸ Draw near to God And he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, And purify your hearts, you double-minded. ⁹ Lament and mourn, and weep aloud! Let your laughter be turned into mourning, And your joy into gloom! ¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord, And he will raise you up.

¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord, And he will raise you up.

⁵ You younger men must submit to the presbyters; and all of you must put on the garment of humility and serve one another, for God resists the haughty, But gives grace to the humble.

¹³ So I think it right, as long as I am in this "tent," to rouse you by way of reminding you, ¹⁴ since I know that the time for me to strike tent comes swiftly on, even as our Lord Jesus Christ pointed out to me.

¹⁹ They promise them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of rottenness! (For indeed a man is the slave of anything which masters him.) ²⁰ For if, after having escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them and overpowered, their last state is become worse than their first. ²¹ Indeed it would have been better for them not to have known the Way of Righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them. ²² In their case it has happened according to the true proverb, The dog returns again to his own vomit, and The sow, after washing, to her wallowing in the mire.

² And he is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the proud glory of life, is not from the Father, but from the world;

⁸ Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have wrought, but that you receive a full reward. ⁹ I have written somewhat to the church; but Diotrephes, who love to take the lead among them, does not receive me.

⁷ He who has an ear, let him listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To him that overcomes, to him will I give to eat from the tree of life which is in the garden of God.

¹¹ Let him who has ears, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. He that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death.

¹⁷ He who has ears, let him listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To him that overcomes I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no man knows, but he that receives it.

²⁹ Let him who has an ear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

⁹ Behold, I am making those of the synagogue of Satan, those who say they are Jews, but are not, but are lying; behold, I will make them to come and bow in reverence before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

²⁰ Behold, I am standing at the door and knocking! If any one listens to my voice, and opens the door, I will come to him, and sup with him, and he with me.

⁴ And I heard the number of those who were sealed, a hundred and forty and four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel. ⁵ Of the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed; Of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand; ⁶ Of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand; ⁷ Of the tribe of Symeon, twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand; ⁸ Of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand; ⁹ After this I looked, and behold a great multitude, whom no man could number, out of every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands;

¹¹ And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb, And by the word of their testimony; And they loved not their life, even unto death.

¹ And I beheld another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels with the seven last plagues; because with them the wrath of God is finished. ² And I saw the semblance of a glassy sea, mingled with fire; and standing by this glassy sea, with harps of God, were those who came off conquerors from the beast and from his image and from the cipher of his name. ³ They were singing the song of Moses, the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying. "Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are thy ways, Thou King of kings! ⁴ Who shall not fear, O Lord, And glorify thy name? For thou only art holy. For all the nations shall come and worship before thee; For thy righteous acts have been made evident." ⁵ After that I looked, and the sanctuary of the tabernacle of testimony was opened in heaven; ⁶ and there came out of the sanctuary the seven angels with the seven plagues. They were clothed in white linen, pure and bright, and girt about the breasts with golden girdles. ⁷ And one of the four Living Creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls, full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever. ⁸ The sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory and majesty of God; and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

⁹ And he said to me, Write, "Blessed are those who have been bidden to the marriage supper of the Lamb." And he said to me, "These are true words of God."

¹⁵ And there issues from his lips a sharp sword with which to smite the nations. He shall shepherd them with a rod of iron. And he treads the winepress of the passion of the anger of Almighty God.

⁴ And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them, and they were permitted to judge; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the Word of God, those who did not worship the beast nor his image, and who did not receive his brand upon their brow, or hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. ⁵ The rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.

¹⁷ "And the Spirit and the Bride say 'Come!' And let him who hears, say 'Come!' And let him who thirsts, come; And whoever wills, let him take the Water of Life freely."