John 12 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ Six days before the festival, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus stayed (whom Jesus had raised from the dead). ² They gave a supper for him there; Martha waited on him, and Lazarus was among those who reclined at table beside him. ³ Then Mary, taking a pound of expensive perfume, real nard, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair, till the house was filled with the scent of the perfume. ⁴ One of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was to betray him), said, ⁵ "Why was not this perfume sold for ten pounds, and the money given to the poor?" ⁶ (Not that he cared for the poor; he said this because he was a thief, and because he carried the money-box and pilfered what was put in.) ⁷ Then said Jesus, "Let her alone, let her keep what she has for the day of my burial. ⁸ You have always the poor beside you, but you have not always me." ⁹ Now the great mass of the Jews learned he was there, and they came not only on account of Jesus but to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰ So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus as well, ¹¹ since it was owing to him that a number of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus. ¹² Next day the great mass of people who had come up for the festival heard that Jesus was entering Jerusalem, ¹³ and taking palm-branches they went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name, the king of Israel!" ¹⁴ And Jesus came across a young ass and seated himself on it; as it is written, ¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Sion; here is your king coming, seated on an ass's colt. ¹⁶ (His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered this had been written of him and had happened to him.) ¹⁷ Now the people who were with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead, testified to it; ¹⁸ and that was why the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard he had performed this Sign. ¹⁹ Then said the Pharisees to one another, "You see, you can do nothing! Look, the world has gone after him." ²⁰ Now there were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the festival; ²¹ they came to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee and appealed to him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus." ²² Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. ²³ And Jesus answered, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified. ²⁴ Truly, truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains a single grain; but if it dies, it bears rich fruit. ²⁵ He who loves his life loses it, and he who cares not for his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. ²⁶ If anyone serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall my servant be also: if anyone serves me, my Father will honour him. ²⁷ My soul is now disquieted. What am I to say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? Nay, it is something else that has brought me to this hour: ²⁸ I will say, 'Father, glorify thy name.'" Then came a voice from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again." ²⁹ When they heard the sound, the people standing by said it had thundered; others said, "An angel spoke to him." ³⁰ Jesus answered, "This voice did not come for my sake but for yours. ³¹ Now is this world to be judged; now the Prince of this world will be expelled. ³² But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." ³³ (By this he indicated the kind of death he was to die.) ³⁴ So the people answered, "We have learned from the Law that the Christ is to remain for ever; what do you mean by saying that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" ³⁵ Then Jesus said to them, "The Light will shine among you for a little longer yet; walk while you have the Light, that the darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. ³⁶ While you have the Light, believe in the Light, that you may be sons of the Light." [vss 36b to 43 are relocated after vs 50] With these words Jesus went away and hid from them. ³⁷ Now for all the Signs he had performed before them, they did not believe in him — ³⁸ that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed what they heard from us, And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? ³⁹ This was why they could not believe; for Isaiah again said, ⁴⁰ He has blinded their eyes and made their hearts insensible, to prevent them seeing with their eyes and understanding with their hearts and turning for me to cure them. ⁴¹ (Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him.) ⁴² Still, a number even of the authorities believed in him, though they would not confess it on account of the Pharisees, in case of being excommunicated; ⁴³ they preferred the approval of men to the approval of God. ⁴⁴ And Jesus cried aloud, "He who believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me, ⁴⁵ and he who beholds me beholds him who sent me. ⁴⁶ I have come as light into the world, that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark. ⁴⁷ If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, it is not I who judge him; for I have not come to judge the world but to save the world. ⁴⁸ He who rejects me and will not receive my words has indeed a judge: the word I have spoken will judge him on the last day, ⁴⁹ for I have not spoken of my own accord — the Father who sent me, he it was who ordered me what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰ And I know his orders mean eternal life. Therefore when I speak, I speak as the Father has told me."

¹⁷ Then he left them and went outside the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

⁶ Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of expensive perfume which she poured over his head as he lay at table. ⁸ When the disciples saw this they were angry. "What is the use of this waste?" they said; ⁹ "the perfume might have been sold for a good sum, and the poor might have got that." ¹⁰ But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me. ¹¹ The poor you always have beside you, but you will not always have me.

¹¹ Then he entered Jerusalem, entered the temple, and looked round at everything; but as it was late he went away with the twelve to Bethany.

³ Now when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, lying at table, a woman came up with an alabaster flask of pure nard perfume, which had cost a great sum; the flask she broke and poured the perfume over his head. ⁴ This angered some of those present. "What was the use of wasting perfume like this? ⁵ This perfume might have been sold for over three hundred shillings, and the poor might have got that." So they upbraided her. ⁶ But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you annoying her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ⁷ The poor you always have beside you, and you can be kind to them whenever you want; but you will not always have me. ⁸ She has done all she could — she has anticipated the perfuming of my body for burial.

⁵⁰ He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them.

¹ Now there was a man ill, Lazarus of Bethany — the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

⁴⁴ Out came the dead man, his feet and hands swathed in bandages, and his face tied up with a towel. Jesus said, "Untie him, and let him move."

⁵⁵ Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem, to purify themselves before the passover.

²⁰ Now there were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the festival;

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

³ Now when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, lying at table, a woman came up with an alabaster flask of pure nard perfume, which had cost a great sum; the flask she broke and poured the perfume over his head.

²⁹ Levi held a great banquet for him in his house; there was a large company present of taxgatherers and others who were guests along with them.

³⁸ In the course of their journey he entered a certain village, and a woman called Martha welcomed him to her house. ³⁹ She had a sister called Mary, who seated herself at the feet of the Lord to listen to his talk. ⁴⁰ Now Martha was so busy attending to them that she grew worried; she came up and said, "Lord, is it all one to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Come, tell her to lend me a hand." ⁴¹ The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, ⁴² Mary has chosen the best dish, and she is not to be dragged away from it."

³⁷ Blessed are those servants whom the lord and master finds awake when he comes! I tell you truly, he will gird himself, make them recline at table, and come forward to wait on them.

¹² He also said to his host, "When you give a dinner or supper, do not ask your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbours, in case they invite you back again and you get repaid.

²⁷ Which is the greatest, guest or servant? Is it not the guest? But I am among you as a servant.

⁴³ So saying, he exclaimed with a loud cry, "Lazarus, come out!" ⁴⁴ Out came the dead man, his feet and hands swathed in bandages, and his face tied up with a towel. Jesus said, "Untie him, and let him move."

⁹ Now the great mass of the Jews learned he was there, and they came not only on account of Jesus but to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰ So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus as well,

²⁰ Lo, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and sup with him, and he with me.

⁶ Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of expensive perfume which she poured over his head as he lay at table. ⁸ When the disciples saw this they were angry. "What is the use of this waste?" they said; ⁹ "the perfume might have been sold for a good sum, and the poor might have got that." ¹⁰ But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me. ¹¹ The poor you always have beside you, but you will not always have me. ¹² In pouring this perfume on my body she has acted in view of my burial. ¹³ I tell you truly, wherever this gospel is preached through all the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

³ Now when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, lying at table, a woman came up with an alabaster flask of pure nard perfume, which had cost a great sum; the flask she broke and poured the perfume over his head. ⁴ This angered some of those present. "What was the use of wasting perfume like this? ⁵ This perfume might have been sold for over three hundred shillings, and the poor might have got that." So they upbraided her. ⁶ But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you annoying her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ⁷ The poor you always have beside you, and you can be kind to them whenever you want; but you will not always have me. ⁸ She has done all she could — she has anticipated the perfuming of my body for burial. ⁹ I tell you truly, wherever the gospel is preached all over the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

³⁷ Now there was a woman in the town who was a sinner, and when she found out that Jesus was at table in the house of the Pharisee, she brought an alabaster flask of perfume ³⁸ and stood behind him at his feet in tears; her tears began to wet his feet, so she wiped them with the hair of her head, pressed kisses on them, and anointed them with the perfume.

⁴⁶ you never anointed my head with oil, while she has anointed my feet with perfume.

³⁸ In the course of their journey he entered a certain village, and a woman called Martha welcomed him to her house. ³⁹ She had a sister called Mary, who seated herself at the feet of the Lord to listen to his talk.

² (The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill was the Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair.)

²⁸ and with these words she went off to call her sister Mary, telling her secretly, "The Teacher is here, and he is calling for you."

³² But when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she dropped at his feet, crying, "Had you been here, Lord, my brother would not have died."

⁴ Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

¹⁶ Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot (who turned traitor).

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil!" ⁷¹ (He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; for Judas was to betray him — and he was one of the twelve.)

² so at supper, knowing that though the devil had suggested to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,

²⁶ Jesus answered, "The man I am going to give this piece of bread to, when I dip it in the dish." Then he took the piece of bread, dipped it, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot;

² Judas the traitor also knew the spot, for Jesus and his disciples often met there. ³ So after procuring troops and some attendants belonging to the high priests and the Pharisees, Judas went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. ⁴ Then Jesus, who knew everything that was to happen to him, came forward and asked them, "Who are you looking for?" ⁵ "Jesus the Nazarene," they replied. Jesus said, "I am he." (And Judas the traitor was standing beside them.)

² and after agreeing with the labourers to pay them a shilling a day he sent them into his vineyard.

⁸ When the disciples saw this they were angry. "What is the use of this waste?" they said; ⁹ "the perfume might have been sold for a good sum, and the poor might have got that."

⁴ This angered some of those present. "What was the use of wasting perfume like this? ⁵ This perfume might have been sold for over three hundred shillings, and the poor might have got that." So they upbraided her.

⁴¹ Why do you note the splinter in your brother's eye and fail to see the plank in your own eye?

³³ Sell what you possess and give it away in alms, make purses for yourselves that never wear out: get treasure in heaven that never fails, that no thief can get at, no moth destroy.

²² When Jesus heard this he said to him, "You lack one thing more; sell all you have, distribute the money among the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come and follow me."

⁷ Philip answered, "Seven pounds' worth of bread would not be enough for them, for everybody to get even a morsel."

¹³ and told them, "It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of robbers."

⁸ all who ever came before me have been thieves and robbers — but the sheep would not listen to them. ⁹ (I am the Gate; whoever enters by me will be saved, he will go in and out and find pasture.) ¹⁰ The thief only comes to steal, to slay, and to destroy: I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.

¹³ just because he is a hired man, who has no interest in the sheep.

²⁹ some of them thought that as Judas kept the money-box, Jesus told him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the poor.)

¹⁰ nor thieves nor the lustful nor the drunken nor the abusive nor robbers will inherit the Realm of God.

¹⁹ besides, he has been appointed by the churches to travel with me on the business of administering this fund to the glory of the Lord. His appointment has my full consent, ²⁰ for I want to take precautions against any risk of suspicion in connection with the administration of this charity; ²¹ I aim at being above reproach not only from God but also from men.

¹⁰ Only, we were to 'remember the poor.' I was quite eager to do that myself.

²² and abstaining from whatever kind is evil.

² Suppose there comes into your meeting a man who wears gold rings and handsome clothes, and also a poor man in dirty clothes;

⁶ Now you insult the poor. Is it not the rich who lord it over you and drag you to court?

¹⁰ But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me.

¹² In pouring this perfume on my body she has acted in view of my burial.

⁵⁷ Now when evening came, a rich man from Arimathaea, called Joseph, who had become a disciple of Jesus, ⁵⁸ went to Pilate and asked him for the body of Jesus. Pilate then ordered the body to be handed over to him. ⁵⁹ So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in clean linen, ⁶⁰ and put it in his new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; then, after rolling a large boulder to the opening of the tomb, he went away.

⁶ But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you annoying her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

⁴² By this time it was evening, and as it was the day of Preparation (that is, the day before the sabbath) ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathaea, a councillor of good position who himself was on the outlook for the Reign of God, ventured to go to Pilate and ask for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ Pilate was surprised that he was dead already; he summoned the captain and asked if he had been dead some time, ⁴⁵ and on ascertaining this from the captain he bestowed the corpse on Joseph. ⁴⁶ He, after buying a linen sheet, took him down and swathed him in the linen, laying him in a tomb which had been cut out of the rock and rolling a boulder up against the opening of the tomb. ⁴⁷ Now Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses noted where he was laid.

⁵⁰ Now there was a man called Joseph, a member of council but a good and just man

³⁸ After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, a disciple of Jesus but a secret disciple — for fear of the Jews — asked Pilate for permission to remove the body of Jesus. And Pilate allowed him. So he went and removed the body, ³⁹ accompanied by Nicodemus (he who had first come to Jesus by night) who brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds of it; ⁴⁰ they took and wrapped up the body of Jesus in the spices and in bandages, according to the Jewish custom of burial. ⁴¹ Now at the spot where he had been crucified there was an orchard, and in the orchard a new tomb where no one had yet been laid; ⁴² so they put Jesus there, since it was the Jewish day of Preparation, seeing that the tomb was close by.

¹¹ The poor you always have beside you, but you will not always have me.

⁷ The poor you always have beside you, and you can be kind to them whenever you want; but you will not always have me.

²¹ Then he said to them again, "I go away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin; where I go, you cannot come."

³⁵ Then Jesus said to them, "The Light will shine among you for a little longer yet; walk while you have the Light, that the darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.

³³ My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer; then you will look for me, and, as I told the Jews I tell you now, where I go you cannot come.

⁵ but now I am going to him who sent me. And yet not one of you asks, 'Where are you going?' ⁶ No, your heart is full of sorrow at what I have told you. ⁷ Yet — I am telling you the truth — my going is for your good. If I do not depart, the Helper will not come to you; whereas if I go, I will send him to you.

⁹ On saying this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him out of sight. ¹⁰ As he went up, their eyes were fixed on heaven; but just then two men stood beside them dressed in white, ¹¹ who said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up to heaven? This Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven will come back, just as you have seen him depart to heaven."

⁴³ So saying, he exclaimed with a loud cry, "Lazarus, come out!" ⁴⁴ Out came the dead man, his feet and hands swathed in bandages, and his face tied up with a towel. Jesus said, "Untie him, and let him move." ⁴⁵ Now a number of the Jews who had come to visit Mary and who witnessed what he had done, believed in him.

¹⁰ and when they recognized this was the very man who used to sit and beg at the Gate Beautiful, they were lost in awe and amazement at what had happened to him. ¹¹ As he clung to Peter and John, all the people rushed awestruck to them in what was called Solomon's portico.

¹⁴ but as they saw the man who had been healed standing beside them, they could say nothing.

³ The news of this troubled king Herod and all Jerusalem as well; ⁴ so he gathered all the high priests and scribes of the people and made inquiries of them about where the messiah was to be born. ⁵ They told him, "In Bethlehem belonging to Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet: ⁶ And you Bethlehem, in Judah's land, You are not least among the rulers of Judah: For a ruler will come from you, Who will shepherd Israel my people." ⁷ Then Herod summoned the magicians in secret and ascertained from them the time of the star's appearance. ⁸ He also sent them to Bethlehem, telling them, "Go and make a careful search for the child, and when you have found him report to me, so that I may go and worship him too."

¹⁶ Then Herod saw the magicians had trifled with him, and he was furiously angry; he sent and slew all the male children in Bethlehem and in all the neighbourhood who were two years old or under, calculating by the time he had ascertained from the magicians.

³¹ He said to him, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, not even if one rose from the dead."

⁴⁷ whereupon the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "Whatever is to be done?" they said. "The fellow is performing a number of Signs. ⁴⁸ If we let him alone, like this, everybody will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and suppress our holy Place and our nation." ⁴⁹ But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it — ⁵⁰ you do not understand it is in your own interests that one man should die for the People, instead of the whole nation being destroyed." ⁵¹ (He did not say this simply of his own accord; he was high priest that year, and his words were a prophecy that Jesus was to die for the nation, ⁵² and not merely for the nation but to gather into one the scattered children of God.) ⁵³ So from that day their plan was to kill him.

⁵⁷ (The high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that they were to be informed, if anyone found out where he was, so that they might arrest him.)

³¹ Indeed many of the people believed in him, saying, "When the Christ does come, will he perform more Signs than this man?"

⁴⁵ Now a number of the Jews who had come to visit Mary and who witnessed what he had done, believed in him.

⁴⁸ If we let him alone, like this, everybody will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and suppress our holy Place and our nation."

¹⁸ and that was why the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard he had performed this Sign.

¹⁸ If the world hates you, remember it hated me first. ¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, the world would love what it owned; it is because you do not belong to the world, because I have chosen you from the world, that the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours. ²¹ They will do all this to you on account of my name, because they know not him who sent me. ²² They would not be guilty, if I had not come and spoken to them; but, as it is, they have no excuse for their sin — ²³ he who hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴ They would not be guilty, if I had not done deeds among them such as no one has ever done; but, as it is, they have seen — and they have hated — both me and my Father. ²⁵ It is that the word written in their Law may be fulfilled: they hated me for no cause.

⁴⁵ But when the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with jealousy; they began to contradict what Paul said and to abuse him.

¹⁴ But if you are cherishing bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on that — and be false to the truth. ¹⁵ That is not the wisdom which comes down from above, it is an earthly wisdom, sensuous, devilish; ¹⁶ for wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there disorder reigns and every evil.

⁴ This took place for the fulfilment of what had been spoken by the prophet, ⁵ Tell the daughter of Sion, 'Here is your king coming to you, He is gentle and mounted on an ass, And on a colt the foal of a beast of burden.' ⁶ So the disciples went and did as Jesus told them; ⁷ they brought the ass and the colt and put their clothes on them. Jesus seated himself on them, ⁸ and the greater part of the crowd spread their clothes on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and strewed them on the road. ⁹ And the crowds who went in front of him and who followed behind shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name! Hosanna in high heaven!"

⁷ Then they brought the colt to Jesus, and when they had put their clothes on it Jesus seated himself. ⁸ Many also spread their clothes on the road, while others strewed leaves cut from the fields; ⁹ and both those in front and those who followed shouted, "Hosanna! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name! ¹⁰ Blessed be the Reign to come, our father David's reign. Hosanna in high heaven!"

³⁵ So they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their clothes on the colt they mounted Jesus upon it. ³⁶ As he went forward they spread their clothes under him on the road; ³⁷ and as he was now close to the descent from the Hill of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples started joyfully to praise God with a loud voice for all they had seen, ³⁸ saying, "Blessed be the king who comes in the Lord's name! Peace in heaven and glory in the High places!"

⁵⁵ Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem, to purify themselves before the passover. ⁵⁶ They looked out for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple they said to one another, "What do you think? Do you think he will not come up to the festival?"

⁹ And the crowds who went in front of him and who followed behind shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name! Hosanna in high heaven!" ¹⁰ When he entered Jerusalem the whole city was in excitement over him. "Who is this?" they said, ¹¹ and the crowds replied, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazaret in Galilee!"

³⁹ For I tell you, you will never see me again till you say, Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name."

⁴⁹ "Rabbi," said Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel!"

¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Sion; here is your king coming, seated on an ass's colt.

¹⁵ Then they yelled, "Off with him! Off with him! Crucify him!" "Crucify your king?" said Pilate. The high priests retorted, "We have no king but Caesar!"

¹⁹ Pilate had written an inscription to be put on the cross; what he wrote was, JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS. ²⁰ Now many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus had been crucified was close to the city; besides, the inscription was in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. ²¹ So the Jewish high priests said to Pilate, "Do not write, THE KING OF THE JEWS; write, HE SAID I AM THE KING OF THE JEWS." ²² Pilate replied, "What I have written, I have written."

⁹ After that I looked, and there was a great host whom no one could count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clad in white robes, with palm-branches in their hands;

³ and they were singing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb — "Great and marvellous are thy deeds, Lord God almighty! Just and true thy ways, O King of nations!

¹⁶ And on his robe, upon his thigh, his name is written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

¹ When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage at the Hill of Olives, then Jesus despatched two disciples, ² saying to them, "Go to the village in front of you and you will at once find an ass tethered with a colt alongside of her; untether them and bring them to me. ³ If anyone says anything to you, you will say that the Lord needs them; then he will at once let them go." ⁴ This took place for the fulfilment of what had been spoken by the prophet, ⁵ Tell the daughter of Sion, 'Here is your king coming to you, He is gentle and mounted on an ass, And on a colt the foal of a beast of burden.' ⁶ So the disciples went and did as Jesus told them; ⁷ they brought the ass and the colt and put their clothes on them. Jesus seated himself on them,

¹ Now when they came near Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Hill of Olives, he despatched two of his disciples, ² saying to them, "Go to the village in front of you. As soon as you enter it you will find a colt tethered, on which no one has ever sat; untether it and bring it here. ³ If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing that?' say, 'The Lord needs it,' and he will send it back immediately." ⁴ Off they went and found a colt tethered outside a door in the street. They untethered it; ⁵ but some of the bystanders said to them, "What do you mean by untethering that colt?" ⁶ So they answered as Jesus had told them, and the men allowed them to go. ⁷ Then they brought the colt to Jesus, and when they had put their clothes on it Jesus seated himself.

²⁹ When he was near Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Olive-Orchard, he despatched two of his disciples, ³⁰ saying, "Go to the village in front, and on entering it you will find a colt tethered on which no one ever has sat; untether it and bring it. ³¹ If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untethering it?' this is what you will say, 'The Lord needs it.'" ³² The messengers went off and found the colt exactly as he had told them. ³³ As they were untethering it, the owners said to them, "Why are you untethering the colt?" ³⁴ And they said, "Because the Lord needs it." ³⁵ So they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their clothes on the colt they mounted Jesus upon it.

² asking, "Where is the newly-born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose, and we have come to worship him." ³ The news of this troubled king Herod and all Jerusalem as well; ⁴ so he gathered all the high priests and scribes of the people and made inquiries of them about where the messiah was to be born. ⁵ They told him, "In Bethlehem belonging to Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet: ⁶ And you Bethlehem, in Judah's land, You are not least among the rulers of Judah: For a ruler will come from you, Who will shepherd Israel my people."

³² But they did not understand what he said, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

¹⁹ Then after speaking to them the Lord Jesus was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God,

⁴⁵ But they did not understand this saying — indeed it was kept a secret from them, to prevent them from fathoming it — and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

³⁴ However, they did not understand a word of this; indeed the saying was hidden from them, and they did not know what he meant.

⁶ He is not here, he has risen. Remember how he told you when he was still in Galilee ⁷ that the Son of man had to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and rise on the third day." ⁸ Then they remembered what he had said,

²⁵ He said to them, "O foolish men, with hearts so slow to believe, after all the prophets have declared!

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.

²² and when the disciples recalled what he had said, after he had been raised from the dead, they believed the scripture and the word of Jesus.

³⁹ (he meant by this the Spirit which those who believed in him were to receive: — as yet there was no Spirit, because Jesus had not been glorified yet).

²³ And Jesus answered, "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.

³¹ When he had gone out, Jesus said, Now at last the Son of man is glorified, and in him God is glorified: [if God is glorified in him,] ³² God will glorify him in Himself and glorify him at once.

²⁶ but the Helper, the holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and recall to you everything I have said.

⁴ I have told you all this, so that when the time for it arrives, you may remember what I said to you. I did not tell you about this at the beginning, because I was with you then;

⁵ now, Father, glorify me in thy presence with the glory which I enjoyed in thy presence before the world began.

³³ Uplifted then by God's right hand, and receiving from the Father the long-promised holy Spirit, he has poured on us what you now see and hear.)

³⁶ So let all the house of Israel understand beyond a doubt that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this very Jesus whom you have crucified."

¹³ The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers has glorified Jesus his servant, whom you delivered up and repudiated before Pilate. Pilate had decided to release him,

¹ The point of all this is, we do have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,

² our eyes fixed upon Jesus as the pioneer and the perfection of faith — upon Jesus who, in order to reach his own appointed joy, steadily endured the cross, thinking nothing of its shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

¹⁹ Now here is John's testimony. When the Jews of Jerusalem despatched priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

³² And John bore this testimony also: "I saw the Spirit descend like a dove from heaven and rest on him.

³⁴ Now I did see it, and I testify that he is the Son of God."

³⁵ he was a burning and a shining lamp, and you chose to rejoice for a while in his light. ³⁶ But I possess a testimony greater than that of John, for the deeds which the Father has granted me to accomplish, the very deeds on which I am engaged, are my testimony that the Father has sent me. ³⁷ The Father who sent me has also borne testimony to me himself; but his voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, ³⁸ his word you have not kept with you, because you do not believe him whom he sent. ³⁹ You search the scriptures, imagining you possess eternal life in their pages — and they do testify to me —

¹³ So the Pharisees said to him, "You are testifying to yourself; your evidence is not valid." ¹⁴ Jesus replied to them, "Though I do testify to myself, my evidence is valid, because I know where I have come from and where I am going to — whereas you do not know where I have come from or where I am going to.

³¹ and when the Jews who were condoling with her inside the house noticed her rise hurriedly and go out, they followed her, as they imagined she was going to wail at the tomb.

⁴² (I knew thou wouldst always listen to me, but I spoke on account of the crowd around, that they might believe thou hast sent me.)"

⁴⁵ Now a number of the Jews who had come to visit Mary and who witnessed what he had done, believed in him. ⁴⁶ But some of them went off to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done;

⁹ Now the great mass of the Jews learned he was there, and they came not only on account of Jesus but to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

²⁶ When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth which issues from the Father, he will bear witness to me; ²⁷ and you too are witnesses, for you have been with me from the very beginning.

³⁵ He who saw it has borne witness (his witness is true; God knows he is telling the truth), that you may believe.

²⁴ This was the disciple who bears testimony to these facts and who wrote them down; his testimony, we know, is true.

²² from the baptism of John down to the day when he was taken up from us — of these men one must join us as a witness to his resurrection."

³² To these facts we bear witness, with the holy Spirit which God has given to those who obey him."

⁹ If we accept human testimony, God's testimony is greater; for God's testimony consists in his testimony to his Son. ¹⁰ He who believes in the Son of God possesses that testimony within himself; he who will not believe God, has made God a liar by refusing to believe the testimony which God has borne to his Son. ¹¹ And the testimony is, that God gave us life eternal and this life is in his Son. ¹² He who possesses the Son possesses life: he who does not possess the Son does not possess life.

² who now testifies to what is God's word and Jesus Christ's testimony — to what he saw.

¹¹ since it was owing to him that a number of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

¹⁵ But when the high priests and scribes saw his wonderful deeds and saw the children who shouted in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant;

⁴⁷ Day after day he taught within the temple. The high priests and scribes tried to have him put to death, and so did the leaders of the people, ⁴⁸ but they could not discover what was to be done, for the whole of the people hung upon his lips.

²⁶ and they came and told John, "Rabbi, the man who was with you on the opposite side of the Jordan, the man to whom you bore testimony — here he is, baptizing, and everybody goes to him!"

⁴⁷ whereupon the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "Whatever is to be done?" they said. "The fellow is performing a number of Signs. ⁴⁸ If we let him alone, like this, everybody will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and suppress our holy Place and our nation." ⁴⁹ But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it — ⁵⁰ you do not understand it is in your own interests that one man should die for the People, instead of the whole nation being destroyed."

²¹ may they all be one! As thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, so may they be in us — that the world may believe thou hast sent me.

¹⁶ "What are we to do with these men?" they said. "It is plain to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem that a miracle has admittedly been worked by them. That we cannot deny. ¹⁷ However, to keep things from going any further with the people, we had better threaten them that they are not to tell anyone in future about this Name."

²⁷ They conducted them before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked them, ²⁸ "We strictly forbade you to teach about this Name, did we not? And here you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine! You want to make us responsible for this man's death!"

⁶ but as they failed to find Paul and Silas they haled Jason and some of the brothers before the politarchs, yelling, "These upsetters of the whole world have come here too!

² he is himself the propitiation for our sins, though not for ours alone but also for the whole world.

²⁶ (the woman was a pagan, of Syrophoenician birth) begging him to cast the daemon out of her daughter.

³⁵ The Jews said to themselves, "Where is he going, that we will not find him? Is he off to the Dispersion among the Greeks, to teach the Greeks?

²⁷ So he got up and went on his way. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a high official of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians (he was her chief treasurer), who had come to Jerusalem for worship

¹ At Iconium the same thing happened. They went into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a great body both of Jews and Greeks believed.

¹ He also came down to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple called Timotheus, the son of a believing Jewess and a Greek father.

⁴ Some were persuaded and threw in their lot with Paul and Silas, including a host of devout Greeks and a large number of the leading women.

²¹ bearing my testimony, both to Jews and Greeks, of repentance before God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁸ shouting, "To the rescue, men of Israel! Here is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against the People and the Law and this Place! And he has actually brought Greeks inside the temple and defiled this holy Place!"

¹⁶ For I am proud of the gospel; it is God's saving power for everyone who has faith, for the Jew first and for the Greek as well.

¹² for there is no distinction of Jew and Greek, the same Lord is Lord of them all, with ample for all who invoke him.

³ But even my companion Titus, Greek though he was, was not obliged to be circumcised.

²⁸ There is no room for Jew or Greek, there is no room for slave or freeman, there is no room for male and female; you are all one in Christ Jesus.

¹¹ In it there is no room for Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free man; Christ is everything and everywhere.

² asking, "Where is the newly-born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose, and we have come to worship him."

⁹ For though I am a man under authority myself, I have soldiers under me; I tell one man to go, and he goes, I tell another to come, and he comes, I tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." ¹⁰ When Jesus heard that, he marvelled; "I tell you truly," he said to his followers, "I have never met faith like this anywhere in Israel. ¹¹ Many, I tell you, will come from east and west and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Realm of heaven, ¹² while the sons of the Realm will pass outside, into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth."

²¹ "Woe to you, Khorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Had the miracles performed in you been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁹ He will not wrangle or shout, no one will hear his voice in the streets. ²⁰ He will not break the bruised reed, he will not put out the smouldering flax, till he carries religion to victory: ²¹ and the Gentiles will hope in his name.

²² And a woman of Canaan came out of these parts and wailed, "Have pity on me, Lord, O Son of David! My daughter is cruelly possessed by a daemon." ²³ But he made no answer to her. Then his disciples came up and pressed him, saying, "Send her away, she is wailing behind us." ²⁴ He replied, "It was only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel that I was sent." ²⁵ But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, do help me." ²⁶ He replied, "It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." ²⁷ "No, sir," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table." ²⁸ At that Jesus replied, "O woman, you have great faith; your prayer is granted as you wish." And from that hour her daughter was cured.

² there was a man called Zacchaeus, the head of the taxgatherers, a wealthy man, ³ who tried to see what Jesus was like; but he could not, on account of the crowd — for he was small of stature. ⁴ So he ran forward and climbed into a sycomore tree to get a sight of him, as he was to pass that road.

³⁶ he gazed at Jesus as he walked about, and said, "Look, there is the lamb of God!" ³⁷ The two disciples heard what he said and went after Jesus. ³⁸ Now Jesus turned, and when he observed them coming after him, he asked them, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated, 'teacher'), "where are you staying?" ³⁹ He said to them, "Come and see." So they went and saw where he stayed, and stayed with him the rest of that day — it was then about four in the afternoon.

⁴³ Next day Jesus determined to leave for Galilee; there he met Philip and told him, "Follow me." ⁴⁴ Now Philip belonged to Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter; ⁴⁵ he met Nathanael and told him, "We have found him whom Moses wrote about in the Law, and also the prophets — it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazaret." ⁴⁶ "Nazaret!" said Nathanael, "can anything good come out of Nazaret?" "Come and see," said Philip. ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael approaching and said of him, "Here is a genuine Israelite! There is no guile in him."

⁵ On looking up and seeing a large crowd approaching, he said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread for all these people to eat?" ⁶ (He said this to test Philip, for he knew what he was going to do himself.) ⁷ Philip answered, "Seven pounds' worth of bread would not be enough for them, for everybody to get even a morsel."

⁴⁰ It is the will of my Father that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should possess eternal life, and that I should raise him up on the last day."

⁸ "Lord," said Philip, "let us see the Father; that is all we want." ⁹ Jesus said to him, "Philip, have I been with you all this time, and yet you do not understand me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. What do you mean by saying, 'Let us see the Father'?

⁸ Christ, I mean, became a servant to the circumcised in order to prove God's honesty by fulfilling His promises to the fathers, ⁹ and also in order that the Gentiles should glorify God for His mercy — as it is written, Therefore will I offer praise to Thee among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name; ¹⁰ or again, Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his People; ¹¹ or again, Extol the Lord, all Gentiles, let all the peoples praise him; ¹² or again, as Isaiah says, Then shall the Scion of Jessai live, he who rises to rule the Gentiles; on him shall the Gentiles set their hope.

⁵ These twelve men Jesus despatched with the following instructions, "Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not enter a Samaritan town,

¹³ Now people brought children for him to touch them, and the disciples checked them; ¹⁴ but Jesus was angry when he saw this, and he said to them, "Let the children come to me, do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

⁴⁹ John said to him, "Master, we saw a man casting out daemons in your name, but we stopped him because he is not a follower of ours." ⁵⁰ Jesus said to him, "Do not stop him; he who is not against you is for you."

⁴⁰ One of the two men who heard what John said and went after Jesus was Andrew, the brother of Peter. ⁴¹ In the morning he met his brother Simon and told him, "We have found the messiah" (which may be translated, 'Christ').

⁸ One of his disciples, Andrew the brother of Simon Peter, said to him,

³¹ When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory,

⁴¹ Then he came for the third time and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? No more of that! The hour has come, here is the Son of man betrayed into the hands of sinners.

¹⁶ (His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered this had been written of him and had happened to him.)

¹ So Jesus spoke; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said: "Father, the time has now come; glorify thy Son that thy Son may glorify thee, ² since thou hast granted him power over all flesh to give eternal life to all whom thou hast given to him. ³ And this is eternal life, that they know thee, the only real God, and him whom thou hast sent, even Jesus Christ. ⁴ I have glorified thee on earth by accomplishing the work thou gavest me to do; ⁵ now, Father, glorify me in thy presence with the glory which I enjoyed in thy presence before the world began.

⁹ I pray for them — not for the world but for those whom thou hast given me do I pray; for they are thine ¹⁰ (all mine is thine and thine is mine), and I am glorified in them.

⁹ But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light — ¹⁰ you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.

³² But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." ³³ (By this he indicated the kind of death he was to die.)

³⁶ Foolish man! What you sow never comes to life unless it dies. ³⁷ And what you sow is not the body that is to be; it is a mere grain of wheat, for example, or some other seed. ³⁸ God gives it a body as he pleases, gives each kind of seed a body of its own.

⁹ what we do see is Jesus who was put lower than the angels for a little while to suffer death, and who has been crowned with glory and honour that by God's grace he might taste death for everyone. ¹⁰ In bringing many sons to glory, it was befitting that He for whom and by whom the universe exists, should perfect the Pioneer of their salvation by suffering.

⁹ After that I looked, and there was a great host whom no one could count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clad in white robes, with palm-branches in their hands; ¹⁰ and they cried with a loud voice, "Saved by our God who is seated on the throne, and by the Lamb!" ¹¹ And all the angels surrounded the throne and the Presbyters and the four living Creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne, worshipping God ¹² and crying, "Even so! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be to our God for ever and ever: Amen!" ¹³ Then one of the Presbyters addressed me, saying, "Who are these, clad in white robes? where have they come from?" ¹⁴ I said to him, "You know, my lord." So he told me, "These are the people who have come out of the great Distress, who washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ For this they are now before the throne of God, serving him day and night within his temple. and he who is seated on the throne shall overshadow them. ¹⁶ Never again will they hunger, never again will they thirst, never shall the sun strike them, nor any scorching heat;" ¹⁷ for the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, guiding them to fountains of living water; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."

³⁹ He who has found his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

²⁵ for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

²⁹ Everyone who has left brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands or houses for my name's sake will get a hundred times as much and inherit life eternal.

³⁵ for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.

²³ He said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross day after day, and so follow me; ²⁴ for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake, he will save it.

²⁶ "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, aye and his own life, he cannot be a disciple of mine;

³³ Whoever tries to secure his life will lose it, and whoever loses it will preserve it.

²⁴ But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

¹³ Then Paul replied, "What do you mean by weeping and disheartening me? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

³⁵ Some were given back to their womankind, raised from the very dead; others were broken on the wheel, refusing to accept release, that they might obtain a better resurrection;

¹¹ But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they had to die for it, but they did not cling to life.

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me;

²¹ His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

³⁴ Then he called the crowd to him with his disciples and said to them, "If anyone wishes to follow me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and so follow me;

⁴⁶ Why call me, 'Lord, Lord!' and obey me not?

²³ He said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross day after day, and so follow me;

²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them and they follow me;

¹⁶ Truly, truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than he who sent him.

³ And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.

¹⁵ If you love me you will keep my commands,

²¹ He who possesses my commands and obeys them is he who loves me, and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and appear to him." ²² "Lord," said Judas (not Judas Iscariot), "why is it that you are to appear to us, and not to the world?" ²³ Jesus answered, "If anyone loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up our abode with him.

²⁰ Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours.

²⁴ Father, it is my will that these, thy gift to me, may be beside me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me, because thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

²² Jesus replied, "If I choose that he should survive till I come back, what does that matter to you? Follow me yourself."

¹ PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God

¹⁸ he who serves Christ on these lines, is acceptable to God and esteemed by men.

⁵ (It is Christ Jesus as Lord, not myself, that I proclaim; I am simply a servant of yours for Jesus' sake.)

⁸ and in this confidence I would fain get away from the body and reside with the Lord.

¹⁰ Now is that 'appealing to the interests of men' or of God? Trying to 'satisfy men'? Why, if I still tried to give satisfaction to human masters, I would be no servant of Christ.

¹ Copy God, then, as his beloved children, ² and lead lives of love, just as Christ loved you and gave himself up for you to be a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

²³ I am in a dilemma between the two. My strong desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far the best.

²⁴ remember, you will receive from the Lord the inheritance which is your due; serve Christ your Lord and Master,

¹² Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, salutes you — a servant of Christ Jesus who is always earnest in prayer for you, that you may stand firm like mature and convinced Christians, whatever be the will of God for you.

¹⁷ then we the living, who survive, will be caught up along with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall be with the Lord for ever. ¹⁸ Now then, encourage one another with these words.

¹ Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have been allotted a faith of equal privilege with ours, by the equity of our God and saviour Jesus Christ:

³ (for love to God means keeping his commands). And his commands are not irksome,

¹ Judas, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to those who have been called, who are beloved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ:

⁴ They have not been defiled by intercourse with women — they are celibates; they follow the Lamb wherever he goes; they have been ransomed from among men, as the first to be reaped for God and the Lamb.

²⁵ At that time Jesus spoke and said, "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the wise and learned and revealing it to the simpleminded;

³⁸ he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch with me." ³⁹ Then he went forward a little and fell on his face praying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt."

⁴² Again he went away for the second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, thy will be done."

⁵³ What! do you think I cannot appeal to my Father to furnish me at this moment with over twelve legions of angels? ⁵⁴ Only, how could the scriptures be fulfilled then — the scriptures that say this must be so?"

³³ But he took Peter and James and John along with him; and as he began to feel appalled and agitated, ³⁴ he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch." ³⁵ Then he went forward a little and fell to the earth, praying that the hour might pass away from him, if possible. ³⁶ "Abba, Father," he said, "thou canst do anything. Take this cup away from me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt."

⁴⁹ I have come to throw fire on earth. Would it were kindled already! ⁵⁰ I have a baptism to undergo. How I am distressed till it is all over!

⁴⁴ he fell into an agony and prayed with greater intensity, his sweat dropping to the ground like clots of blood.]

⁵³ Day after day I was beside you in the temple, and you never stretched a hand against me. But this is your hour, and the dark Power has its way."

³³ Now when Jesus saw her wailing and saw the Jews who accompanied her wailing, he chafed in spirit and was disquieted. ³⁴ "Where have you laid him?" he asked. They answered, "Come and see, sir." ³⁵ Jesus burst into tears.

⁴¹ Then they removed the boulder, and Jesus, lifting his eyes to heaven, said, "Father, I thank thee for listening to me.

²¹ On saying this, Jesus was disquieted in spirit: he testified and said, "Truly, truly I tell you, one of you will betray me."

³⁷ "So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

¹⁵ It is a sure word, it deserves all praise, that "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners"; and though I am the foremost of sinners,

¹⁴ Since the children then share blood and flesh, he himself participated in their nature, so that by dying he might crush him who wields the power of death (that is to say, the devil)

⁷ In the days of his flesh, with bitter cries and tears, he offered prayers and supplications to Him who was able to save him from death; and he was heard, because of his godly fear.

⁵ Hence, on entering the world he says, Thou hast no desire for sacrifice or offering; it is a body thou hast prepared for me — ⁶ in holocausts and sin-offerings thou takest no delight. ⁷ So I said, 'Here I come — in the roll of the book this is written of me — I come to do thy will, O God.' ⁸ He begins by saying, thou hast no desire for, thou takest no delight in, sacrifices and offerings and holocausts and sin-offerings (and these are what are offered in terms of the Law); ⁹ he then adds, Here I come to do thy will. He does away with the first in order to establish the second.

¹⁷ And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in him is my delight."

⁵ He was still speaking when a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in him is my delight: listen to him."

¹¹ then said a voice from heaven, 'Thou art my Son, the Beloved, in thee is my delight.'

⁷ Then a cloud came overshadowing them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, listen to him."

³⁶ "Abba, Father," he said, "thou canst do anything. Take this cup away from me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt."

²² and the holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon him; and a voice came from heaven, "Thou art my son, the Beloved, to-day have I become thy father."

³⁵ but a voice came from the cloud, "This is my Son, my Chosen one; listen to him."

³ Jesus replied, "Neither for his own sin nor for his parents' — it was to let the work of God be illustrated in him.

⁴ When Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness is not to end in death; the end of it is the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby."

⁴⁰ "Did I not tell you," said Jesus, "if you will only believe, you shall see the glory of God?" ⁴¹ Then they removed the boulder, and Jesus, lifting his eyes to heaven, said, "Father, I thank thee for listening to me. ⁴² (I knew thou wouldst always listen to me, but I spoke on account of the crowd around, that they might believe thou hast sent me.)"

¹¹ whereupon Jesus said to Peter, "Sheathe your sword. Am I not to drink the cup which the Father has handed me?"

⁷ to display throughout ages to come his surpassing wealth of grace and goodness toward us in Christ Jesus.

¹⁰ intending to let the full sweep of the divine wisdom be disclosed now by the church to the angelic Rulers and Authorities in the heavenly sphere,

²¹ to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations for ever and ever: Amen.

⁶ of this I am confident, that he who has begun the good work in you will go on completing it until the day of Jesus Christ. ⁷ It is only natural for me to be thinking of you all in this way, for alike in my prison and as I defend and vindicate the gospel, I bear in mind how you all share with me in the grace divine. ⁸ (God is my witness that I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus himself!) ⁹ And it is my prayer that your love may be more and more rich in knowledge and all manner of insight, enabling you to have a sense of what is vital, ¹⁰ so that you may be transparent and no harm to anyone in view of the day of Christ, ¹¹ your life covered with that harvest of righteousness which Jesus Christ produces to the glory and the praise of God.

¹⁷ when he was invested with honour and glory by God the Father, and when the following voice was borne to him from the sublime Glory, "This is my son, the Beloved, in whom I delight."

⁹ singing a new song: "Thou deservest to take the scroll and open its seals, for thou wast slain and by shedding thy blood hast ransomed for God men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation; ¹⁰ thou hast made them kings and priests for our God, and they shall reign on earth." ¹¹ Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels round the throne and of the living Creatures and of the Presbyters, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, ¹² crying aloud, "The slain Lamb deserves to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honour and glory and blessing." ¹³ And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth crying, "Blessing and honour and glory and dominion for ever and ever, to him who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb!" ¹⁴ "Amen," said the four living Creatures, and the Presbyters fell down and worshipped.

⁸ For while the Sadducees declare there is no such thing as resurrection, angels, or spirits, the Pharisees affirm them all. ⁹ Thus a loud clamour broke out. Some of the scribes who belonged to the Pharisaic party got up and contended, "We find nothing wrong about this man. What if some spirit or angel has spoken to him?"

¹ And when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, I looked, and I heard one of the four living Creatures calling like thunder, "Come."

⁵ And the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and poured it on the earth; then followed peals of thunder, loud blasts, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

¹⁹ Then the temple of God in heaven was thrown open, and the ark of his covenant was seen inside his temple; there were flashes of lightning, loud blasts, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a hailstorm.

² And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waves and the sound of loud thunder; the voice I heard was like harpists playing on their harps;

¹ After that I saw another angel descend from heaven, great in might; his radiance lit up the earth, ² and he shouted aloud with a strong voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, now she is a haunt of demons, the den of all foul spirits, a cage for every foul and loathsome bird:

³⁴ (though I accept no testimony from man — I only speak of this testimony, that you may be saved);

¹⁵ and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, that you may believe. Come now, let us go to him."

⁹ (You know how gracious our Lord Jesus Christ was; rich though he was, he became poor for the sake of you, that by his poverty you might be rich.)

²⁸ But if I cast out daemons by the Spirit of God, then the Reign of God has reached you already.

¹⁷ The seventy came back with joy. "Lord," they said, "the very daemons obey us in your name." ¹⁸ He said to them, "Yes, I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. ¹⁹ I have indeed given you the power of treading on serpents and scorpions and of trampling down all the power of the Enemy; nothing shall injure you.

²² Indeed the Father passes judgment on no one; he has committed the judgment which determines life or death entirely to the Son, ²³ that all men may honour the Son as they honour the Father. (He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent him.) ²⁴ Truly, truly I tell you, he who listens to my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life; he will incur no sentence of judgment, he has already passed from death across to life. ²⁵ Truly, truly I tell you, the time is coming, it has come already, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live; ²⁶ for as the Father has life in himself, so too he has granted the Son to have life in himself, ²⁷ and also granted him authority to act as judge, since he is Son of man.

³⁰ I will no longer talk much with you, for the Prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me;

⁸ And when he comes, he will convict the world, convincing men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment: ⁹ of sin, because they do not believe in me; ¹⁰ of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you see me no more; ¹¹ of judgment, because the Prince of this world has been judged.

¹⁸ that their eyes may be opened and that they may turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, to get remission of their sins and an inheritance among those who are consecrated by faith in me.'

⁴ there the god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers, to prevent them seeing the light thrown by the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God.

¹ And as with us so with you. You were dead in the trespasses and sins ² in which you moved as you followed the course of this world, under the sway of the prince of the air — the spirit which is at present active within those sons of disobedience

¹² For we have to struggle, not with blood and flesh but with the angelic Rulers, the angelic Authorities, the potentates of the dark present, the spirit-forces of evil in the heavenly sphere.

¹⁵ when he cut away the angelic Rulers and Powers from us, exposing them to all the world and triumphing over them in the cross.

⁸ he who commits sin belongs to the devil, for the devil is a sinner from the very beginning. (This is why the Son of God appeared, to destroy the deeds of the devil.)

⁴ My dear children, you belong to God, and you have conquered all such, for He who is within you is greater than he who is in the world.

¹⁹ We know that we belong to God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil One.

⁹ So the huge dragon was thrown down — that old serpent called the Devil and Satan, the seducer of the whole world — thrown down to the earth, and his angels thrown down along with him. ¹⁰ Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "Now it has come, the salvation and power, the reign of our God and the authority of his Christ! — for the Accuser of our brothers is thrown down, who accused them before God day and night. ¹¹ But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they had to die for it, but they did not cling to life.

² he gripped the dragon, that old serpent (who is the devil and Satan), and bound him for a thousand years, ³ flinging him into the abyss and shutting and sealing it on the top of him, to prevent him seducing the nations again until the thousand years were completed — after which he has to be released for a little while.

⁷ he came for the purpose of witnessing, to bear testimony to the Light, so that all men might believe by means of him.

¹⁴ Indeed the Son of man must be lifted on high, just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,

⁴⁴ No one is able to come to me unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me (and I will raise him up on the last day).

²⁸ so Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of man, you will know then who I am, and that I do nothing of my own accord, but speak as the Father has taught me.

³⁴ So the people answered, "We have learned from the Law that the Christ is to remain for ever; what do you mean by saying that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?"

¹⁷ and he went away, carrying the cross by himself, to the spot called the 'place of the skull' — the Hebrew name is Golgotha;

¹⁷ For if the trespass of one man allowed death to reign through that one man, much more shall those who receive the overflowing grace and free gift of righteousness reign in life through One, through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ Well then, as one man's trespass issued in doom for all, so one man's act of redress issues in acquittal and life for all. ¹⁹ Just as one man's disobedience made all the rest sinners, so one man's obedience will make all the rest righteous.

¹³ Christ ransomed us from the curse of the Law by becoming accursed for us (for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a gibbet),

⁶ the man Christ Jesus who gave himself as a ransom for all": — in due time this was attested,

⁹ what we do see is Jesus who was put lower than the angels for a little while to suffer death, and who has been crowned with glory and honour that by God's grace he might taste death for everyone.

²⁴ he bore our sins in his own body on the gibbet, that we might break with sin and live for righteousness; and by his wounds you have been healed.

¹⁸ Christ himself died for sins, once for all, a just man for unjust men, that he might bring us near to God; in the flesh he was put to death but he came to life in the Spirit.

⁹ singing a new song: "Thou deservest to take the scroll and open its seals, for thou wast slain and by shedding thy blood hast ransomed for God men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation;

³² (that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, by which he had indicated the kind of death he was to die).

¹⁹ (he said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God); then he added, "Follow me."

²⁰ Jesus said to him, "The foxes have their holes, the wild birds have their nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."

¹³ Now when Jesus came to the district of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of man is?"

¹⁰ When he entered Jerusalem the whole city was in excitement over him. "Who is this?" they said,

⁴² "Tell me," he said, "what you think about the Christ. Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's." ⁴³ He said to them, "How is it then that David in the Spirit calls him Lord? ⁴⁴ The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, till I put your enemies under your feet.' ⁴⁵ If David calls him Lord, how can he be his son?"

¹⁴ Indeed the Son of man must be lifted on high, just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, ¹⁵ that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. ¹⁶ For God loved the world so dearly that he gave up his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life, instead of perishing.

⁵³ Are you greater than our father Abraham? He is dead, and the prophets are dead. Who do you claim to be?" ⁵⁴ Jesus replied, "Were I to glorify myself, my glory would be nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me; you say 'He is our God,' ⁵⁵ but you do not understand him. I know him. Were I to say, 'I do not know him,' I would be a liar like yourselves; but I do know him and I hold to his word. ⁵⁶ Your father Abraham exulted that he was to see my Day: he did see it and he rejoiced." ⁵⁷ Then said the Jews to him, "You are not fifty years old, and Abraham has seen you?" ⁵⁸ "Truly, truly I tell you," said Jesus, "I have existed before Abraham was born."

³⁴ Jesus answered, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'?

³² But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself."

²⁵ It is that the word written in their Law may be fulfilled: they hated me for no cause.

¹⁹ Whatever the Law says, we know, it says to those who are inside the Law, that every mouth may be shut and all the world made answerable to God;

¹⁸ Well then, as one man's trespass issued in doom for all, so one man's act of redress issues in acquittal and life for all.

⁵ amid the darkness the Light shone, but the darkness did not master it. ⁶ A man appeared, sent by God, whose name was John: ⁷ he came for the purpose of witnessing, to bear testimony to the Light, so that all men might believe by means of him. ⁸ He was not the Light; it was to bear testimony to the Light that he appeared. ⁹ The real Light, which enlightens every man, was coming then into the world:

³³ Then said Jesus, "I will be with you a little longer, then I go to Him who sent me;

¹² Then Jesus again addressed them, saying, "I am the light of the world: he who follows me will not walk in darkness, he will enjoy the light of life."

⁴ While daylight lasts, we must be busy with the work of God: night comes, when no one can do any work. ⁵ When I am in the world, I am light for the world."

¹⁰ but if one walks during the night he does stumble, for the light is not in him."

³⁶ While you have the Light, believe in the Light, that you may be sons of the Light." [vss 36b to 43 are relocated after vs 50] With these words Jesus went away and hid from them.

³⁹ This was why they could not believe; for Isaiah again said, ⁴⁰ He has blinded their eyes and made their hearts insensible, to prevent them seeing with their eyes and understanding with their hearts and turning for me to cure them.

⁴⁶ I have come as light into the world, that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark.

¹⁶ In a little while, you will behold me no longer; then, after a little, you shall see me."

⁷ Now what are we to infer from this? That Israel has failed to secure the object of its quest; the elect have secured it, and the rest have been rendered insensible to it — ⁸ as it is written, God has given them a spirit of torpor, eyes that see not, ears that hear not — down to this very day. ⁹ And David says, Let their table prove a snare and a trap, a pitfall and a retribution for them; ¹⁰ let their eyes be darkened, that they cannot see, bow down their backs for ever.

¹² It is far on in the night, the day is almost here; so let us drop the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of the light; ¹³ let us live decorously as in the open light of day — no revelry or bouts of drinking, no debauchery or sensuality, no quarrelling or jealousy. ¹⁴ No, put on the character of the Lord Jesus Christ, and never think how to gratify the cravings of the flesh.

¹⁴ Besides, their minds were dulled, for to this very day, when the Old Testament is read aloud, the same veil hangs. Veiled from them the fact that the glory fades in Christ!

⁸ For while once upon a time you were darkness, now in the Lord you are light; lead the life of those who are children of the light

¹⁴ Thus it is said, 'Wake up, O sleeper, and rise from the dead; so Christ will shine upon you.' ¹⁵ Be strictly careful then about the life you lead; act like sensible men, not like thoughtless;

⁵ you are all sons of the Light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness. ⁶ Well then, we must not sleep like the rest of men, but be wakeful and sober; ⁷ for sleepers sleep by night and drunkards are drunk by night, ⁸ but we must be sober, we who belong to the day, clad in faith and love as our coat of mail, with the hope of salvation as our helmet —

⁷ Therefore, as the holy Spirit says, To-day, when you hear his voice, ⁸ harden not your hearts as at the Provocation, on the day of the Temptation in the desert,

⁶ If we say, 'We have fellowship with him,' when we live and move in darkness, then we are lying, we are not practising the truth; ⁷ but if we live and move within the light, as he is within the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin.

⁸ And yet it is a new command I am writing to you — realized in him and also in yourselves, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. ⁹ He who says he is 'in the light' and hates his brother, is in darkness still. ¹⁰ He who loves his brother remains in the light — and in the light there is no pitfall; ¹¹ but he who hates his brother is in darkness, he walks in darkness and does not know where he is going, for the darkness has blinded his eyes.

⁸ Well, the master praised the dishonest factor for looking ahead; for the children of this world look further ahead in dealing with their own generation than the children of Light.

²¹ whereas anyone whose life is true comes out into the light, to make it plain that his actions have been divinely prompted.

⁵⁹ At this they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus concealed himself and made his way out of the temple.

³⁹ Once more they tried to arrest him, but he escaped their hands ⁴⁰ and went across the Jordan, back to the spot where John had baptized at first. There he stayed;

⁵⁴ Accordingly Jesus no longer appeared in public among the Jews, but withdrew to the country adjoining the desert, to a town called Ephraim; there he stayed with the disciples.

⁴⁷ For these are the Lord's orders to us: I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the end of the earth." ⁴⁸ When the Gentiles heard this they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord and believed, that is, all who had been ordained to eternal life;

⁵ you are all sons of the Light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.

⁸ but we must be sober, we who belong to the day, clad in faith and love as our coat of mail, with the hope of salvation as our helmet —

²⁰ Then he proceeded to upbraid the towns where his many miracles had been performed, because they would not repent.

¹¹ he came to what was his own, yet his own folk did not welcome him.

²⁴ They would not be guilty, if I had not done deeds among them such as no one has ever done; but, as it is, they have seen — and they have hated — both me and my Father.

⁷ You hypocrites! Isaiah made a grand prophecy about you when he said,

¹⁷ Jesus answered him, "You are a blessed man, Simon Bar-jona, for it was my Father in heaven, not flesh and blood, that revealed this to you.

³⁵ Then they crucified him, distributed his clothes among them by drawing lots,

¹² When I was with them, I kept them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me; I guarded them, and not one of them perished — only the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.

²⁴ they said to themselves, "Don't let us tear it. Let us draw lots to see who gets it" (that the scripture might be fulfilled, they distributed my clothes among them, and drew lots for my raiment). This was what the soldiers did.

³⁶ For this took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, Not a bone of him will be broken. ³⁷ And another scripture also says, They shall look on him whom they have impaled.

²⁸ and was on his way home. He was sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah. ²⁹ The Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join that chariot." ³⁰ When Philip ran up, he heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. "Do you really understand what you are reading?"

²⁷ The inhabitants of Jerusalem and their rulers, by condemning him in their ignorance, fulfilled the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath; ²⁸ though they could find him guilty of no crime that deserved death, they begged Pilate to have him put to death, ²⁹ and, after carrying out all that had been predicted of him in scripture, they lowered him from the gibbet and laid him in a tomb.

¹⁶ But they have not all given in to the gospel of glad news? No, Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed what they heard from us?

²⁰ And then Isaiah dares to say, I have been found by those who never sought me, I have shown myself to those who never inquired of me.

²⁴ but for those who are called, whether Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

¹⁴ Besides, their minds were dulled, for to this very day, when the Old Testament is read aloud, the same veil hangs. Veiled from them the fact that the glory fades in Christ! ¹⁵ Yes, down to this day, whenever Moses is read aloud, the veil rests on their heart; ¹⁶ though whenever they turn to the Lord, the veil is removed. ¹⁷ (The Lord means the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is open freedom.) ¹⁸ But we all mirror the glory of the Lord with face unveiled, and so we are being transformed into the same likeness as himself, passing from one glory to another — for this comes of the Lord the Spirit.

³ Even if my gospel is veiled, it is only veiled in the case of the perishing; ⁴ there the god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers, to prevent them seeing the light thrown by the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God. ⁵ (It is Christ Jesus as Lord, not myself, that I proclaim; I am simply a servant of yours for Jesus' sake.) ⁶ For God who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," has shone within my heart to illuminate men with the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Christ.

¹⁶ and when he chose to reveal his Son to me, that I might preach him to the Gentiles, instead of consulting with any human being, ¹⁷ May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, grant you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation for the knowledge of himself, ¹⁸ illuminating the eyes of your heart so that you can understand the hope to which He calls us, the wealth of his glorious heritage in the saints, ¹⁹ and the surpassing greatness of his power over us believers — a power which operates with the strength of the might ²⁰ which he exerted in raising Christ from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavenly sphere,

⁴⁴ How can you believe, you who accept credit from one another instead of aiming at the credit which comes from the only God?

³⁸ but if I am, then believe the deeds, though you will not believe me — that you may learn and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."

¹⁴ their eyes are full of harlotry, insatiable for sin; their own hearts trained to lust, they beguile unsteady souls. Accursed generation!

¹³ This is why I speak to them in parables, because for all their seeing they do not see and for all their hearing they do not hear or understand. ¹⁴ In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled: You will hear and hear but never understand, you will see and see but never perceive. ¹⁵ For the heart of this people is obtuse, their ears are heavy of hearing, their eyes they have closed, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they understand with their heart and turn again, and I cure them.

¹⁴ Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind, and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a pit."

¹² so that for all their seeing they may not perceive, and for all their hearing they may not understand, lest they turn and be forgiven."

⁵² for they had not understood the lesson of the loaves; their minds were dull.

¹⁷ He noted this and said to them, "Why do you argue you have no bread? Do you not see, do you not understand, even yet? Are you still dull of heart? ¹⁸ You have eyes, do you not see? you have ears, do you not hear?

¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: for he has consecrated me to preach the gospel to the poor, he has sent me to proclaim release for captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set free the oppressed,

¹⁰ so he said, "It is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Reign of God, but the others get it in parables, so that for all their seeing they may not see, and for all their hearing they may not understand.

³⁹ Then said Jesus, "It is for judgment that I have come into this world, to make the sightless see, to make the seeing blind."

¹⁹ Repent then, and turn to have your sins blotted out, so that a breathing-space may be vouchsafed you,

³ The church sped them on their journey, and they passed through both Phoenicia and Syria informing the brothers, to the great joy of all, that the Gentiles were turning to God.

²⁶ when he said, Go and tell this people, 'You will hear and hear but never understand, you will see and see but never perceive.'

¹⁸ Thus God has mercy on anyone just as he pleases, and he makes anyone stubborn just as he pleases.

⁷ Now what are we to infer from this? That Israel has failed to secure the object of its quest; the elect have secured it, and the rest have been rendered insensible to it — ⁸ as it is written, God has given them a spirit of torpor, eyes that see not, ears that hear not — down to this very day. ⁹ And David says, Let their table prove a snare and a trap, a pitfall and a retribution for them; ¹⁰ let their eyes be darkened, that they cannot see, bow down their backs for ever. ¹¹ Now I ask, have they stumbled to their ruin? Never! The truth is, that by their lapse salvation has passed to the Gentiles, so as to make them jealous.

¹⁹ My brothers, if anyone of you goes astray from the truth and someone brings him back, ²⁰ understand that he who brings a sinner back from the error of his way saves his soul from death and hides a host of sins.

²⁷ Then he began with Moses and all the prophets and interpreted to them the passages referring to himself throughout the scriptures.

¹⁴ So the Logos became flesh and tarried among us; we have seen his glory — glory such as an only son enjoys from his father — seen it to be full of grace and reality.

¹⁸ Nobody has ever seen God, but God has been unfolded by the divine One, the only Son, who lies upon the Father's breast.

³⁹ You search the scriptures, imagining you possess eternal life in their pages — and they do testify to me —

⁹ Jesus said to him, "Philip, have I been with you all this time, and yet you do not understand me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. What do you mean by saying, 'Let us see the Father'?

⁴³ All the prophets testify that everyone who believes in him is to receive remission of sins through his Name."

⁶ For God who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," has shone within my heart to illuminate men with the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Christ.

³ He, reflecting God's bright glory and stamped with God's own character, sustains the universe with his word of power; when he had secured our purification from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high;

¹¹ the Spirit of messiah within them foretold all the suffering of messiah and his after-glory, and they pondered when or how this was to come;

¹⁰ Then I fell before his feet to worship him; but he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a servant like yourself and your brothers, who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God" (for the testimony borne by Jesus is the breath of all prophecy).

³² Everyone who will acknowledge me before men, I will acknowledge him before my Father in heaven;

⁶⁹ Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A maidservant came up and said to him, "You were with Jesus the Galilean too." ⁷⁰ But he denied it before them all; "I do not know what you mean," he said. ⁷¹ When he went out to the gateway another maidservant noticed him and said to those who were there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene." ⁷² Again he denied it; he swore, "I do not know the man." ⁷³ After a little the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them too. Why, your accent betrays you!" ⁷⁴ At this he broke out cursing and swearing, "I do not know the man." At that moment a cock crowed. ⁷⁵ Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said, that 'before the cock crows you will disown me three times.' And he went outside and wept bitterly.

²² Blessed are you when men will hate you, when they will excommunicate you and denounce you and defame you as wicked on account of the Son of man;

⁸ I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of man will acknowledge him before the angels of God;

² he came one night to Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we know you have come from God to teach us, for no one could perform these Signs of yours unless God were with him."

¹³ For fear of the Jews, however, nobody spoke of him in public.

⁴⁸ Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹ As for this mob, with its ignorance of the Law — it is accursed!" ⁵⁰ Nicodemus, one of their number (the same who had come to him before), said to them, ⁵¹ "But surely our Law does not condemn the accused before hearing what he has to say and ascertaining his offence?"

²² (His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed him to be Christ should be excommunicated.

³⁴ They retorted, "And so you would teach us — you, born in utter depravity!" Then they expelled him.

² They will excommunicate you; indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will imagine he is performing a service to God.

³⁸ After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, a disciple of Jesus but a secret disciple — for fear of the Jews — asked Pilate for permission to remove the body of Jesus. And Pilate allowed him. So he went and removed the body,

⁴¹ The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy of suffering dishonour for the sake of the Name;

¹⁰ for with his heart man believes and is justified, with his mouth he confesses and is saved.

¹² Beloved, do not be surprised at the ordeal that has come to test you, as though some foreign experience befell you. ¹³ You are sharing what Christ suffered; so rejoice in it, that you may also rejoice and exult when his glory is revealed. ¹⁴ If you are denounced for the sake of Christ, you are blessed; for then the Spirit of glory and power, the Spirit of God himself, is resting on you. ¹⁵ None of you must suffer as a murderer or a thief or a bad character or a revolutionary; ¹⁶ but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed, he must rather glorify God for that.

² You can recognize the Spirit of God by this: every spirit which confesses Jesus as the Christ incarnate comes from God,

¹⁵ Whoever confesses that 'Jesus is the Son of God,' in him God remains, and he remains in God;

² When you give alms, make no flourish of trumpets like the hypocrites in the synagogues and the streets, so as to win applause from men; I tell you truly, they do get their reward.

⁵ Besides, all they do is done to catch the notice of men; they make their phylacteries broad, they wear large tassels, ⁶ they are fond of the best places at banquets and the front seats in the synagogues; ⁷ they like to be saluted in the marketplaces and to be called 'rabbi' by men.

¹⁵ So he told them, "You are the people who get men to think you are good, but God knows what your hearts are! What is lofty in the view of man is loathsome in the eyes of God.

¹⁷ 'Capital,' he said, 'you excellent servant! because you have proved trustworthy in a trifle, you are placed over ten towns.'

⁴¹ I accept no credit from men,

⁵⁴ Jesus replied, "Were I to glorify myself, my glory would be nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me; you say 'He is our God,'

²⁶ If anyone serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall my servant be also: if anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.

⁷ eternal life to those who by patiently doing good aim at glory, honour, and immortality,

⁵ So do not criticize at all; the hour of reckoning has still to come, when the Lord will come to bring dark secrets to the light and to reveal life's inner aims and motives. Then each of us will get his meed of praise from God.

¹⁸ for it is not the self-praiser with his own recommendations who is accepted, it is the man whom the Lord recommends.

⁶ we never sought honour from men, from you or from anybody else, though as apostles of Christ we had the power of claiming to be men of weight;

⁷ that is only to prove your faith is sterling (far more precious than gold which is perishable and yet is tested by fire), and it redounds to your praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ⁸ You never knew him, but you love him; for the moment you do not see him, but you believe in him, and you will thrill with an unspeakable and glorious joy

⁴ but inside, in the heart, with the immortal beauty of a gentle and modest spirit, which in the sight of God is of rare value.

⁴⁰ He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives Him who sent me.

³⁷ "Whoever receives one of these little ones in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives not me but him who sent me."

²⁴ Truly, truly I tell you, he who listens to my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life; he will incur no sentence of judgment, he has already passed from death across to life.

²⁸ So Jesus cried aloud, as he was teaching in the temple, "You know me? you know where I come from? But I have not come on my own initiative; I am sent, and sent by Him who is real. You do not know Him,

⁴³ So saying, he exclaimed with a loud cry, "Lazarus, come out!"

²⁰ (Truly, truly I tell you, he who receives anyone I send receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.)"

²¹ it is by him that you believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory; and thus your faith means hope in God.

⁴¹ (Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him.)

⁹ Jesus said to him, "Philip, have I been with you all this time, and yet you do not understand me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. What do you mean by saying, 'Let us see the Father'? ¹⁰ Do you not believe I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you all I do not speak of my own accord; it is the Father who remains ever in me, who is performing his own deeds.

¹⁵ He is the likeness of the unseen God, born first before all the creation —

²⁰ We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to know Him who is the Real God; and we are in Him who is real, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the real God, this is life eternal.

¹⁶ The people who sat in darkness saw a great light, yea light dawned on those who sat in the land and the shadow of death.

⁷⁶ And you, my child, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for you shall go in front of the Lord to make his ways ready, ⁷⁷ to bring his people the knowledge of salvation through the remission of their sins ⁷⁸ by the tender mercy of our God, who will make the Dawn visit us from on high, ⁷⁹ to shine on those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our steps into the way of peace."

³² to be a light of revelation for the Gentiles and a glory to thy people Israel."

⁴ In him life lay, and this life was the Light for men: ⁵ amid the darkness the Light shone, but the darkness did not master it.

⁹ The real Light, which enlightens every man, was coming then into the world:

¹⁹ And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;

⁵ When I am in the world, I am light for the world."

³⁵ Then Jesus said to them, "The Light will shine among you for a little longer yet; walk while you have the Light, that the darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. ³⁶ While you have the Light, believe in the Light, that you may be sons of the Light." [vss 36b to 43 are relocated after vs 50] With these words Jesus went away and hid from them.

¹⁴ Thus it is said, 'Wake up, O sleeper, and rise from the dead; so Christ will shine upon you.'

¹ It is of what existed from the very beginning, of what we heard, of what we saw, of what we witnessed and touched with our own hands, it is of the Logos of Life ² (the Life has appeared; we saw it, we testify to it, we bring you word of that eternal Life which existed with the Father and was disclosed to us) — ³ it is of what we heard and saw that we bring you word, so that you may share our fellowship; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

⁸ And yet it is a new command I am writing to you — realized in him and also in yourselves, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. ⁹ He who says he is 'in the light' and hates his brother, is in darkness still.

¹⁰ See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, their angels in heaven always look on the face of my Father in heaven.

²⁸ just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

⁵⁶ Then they journeyed to another village.

¹⁰ For the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost."

¹⁷ God did not send his Son into the world to pass sentence on it, but to save the world by him.

⁴⁵ Do not imagine I am going to accuse you to the Father; Moses is your accuser, Moses who is your hope!

¹⁵ You judge by the outside. I judge no one; ¹⁶ and though I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not by myself — there is myself and the Father who sent me.

²⁶ I have a great deal to say about you and many a judgment to pass upon you; but he who sent me is true, and so I tell the world what I have learned from him."

⁴⁸ He who rejects me and will not receive my words has indeed a judge: the word I have spoken will judge him on the last day,

¹⁵ It is a sure word, it deserves all praise, that "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners"; and though I am the foremost of sinners, ¹⁶ I obtained mercy, for the purpose of furnishing Christ Jesus with the chief illustration of his utter patience; I was to be the typical instance of all who were to believe in him and gain eternal life.

¹⁵ And consider that the longsuffering of our Lord means salvation; as indeed our beloved brother Paul has written to you out of the wisdom vouchsafed to him,

¹⁴ and we have seen, we can testify, that the Father has sent the Son as the Saviour of the world.

⁴² Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures, The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner: this is the doing of the Lord, and a wonder to our eyes?

³¹ And he proceeded to teach them that the Son of man had to endure great suffering, to be rejected by the elders and the high priests and the scribes, to be killed and after three days to rise again;

¹⁰ Have you not even read this scripture? — The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner:

¹⁶ he who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who will not believe shall be condemned.

³⁰ but the Pharisees and jurists, who had refused his baptism, frustrated God's purpose for themselves.)

²² The Son of man, he said, has to endure great suffering, to be rejected by the elders and high priests and scribes, to be killed, and on the third day to be raised.

²⁶ For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

¹⁶ He who listens to you listens to me, he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me."

²⁵ But he must first endure great suffering and be rejected by the present generation.

¹⁷ But he looked at them and said, "Then what does this scripture mean? — The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner.

¹⁷ God did not send his Son into the world to pass sentence on it, but to save the world by him. ¹⁸ He who believes in him is not sentenced; he who will not believe is sentenced already, for having refused to believe in the name of the only Son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil; ²⁰ for anyone whose practices are corrupt loathes the light and will not come out into it, in case his actions are exposed,

²⁴ "I know," said Martha, "he will rise at the resurrection, on the last day."

²³ Any soul that will not listen to this prophet shall be exterminated from the People;

¹⁶ on the day when God judges the secret things of men, as my gospel holds, by Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ I live for God as the fragrance of Christ breathed alike on those who are being saved and on those who are perishing, ¹⁶ to the one a deadly fragrance that makes for death, to the other a vital fragrance that makes for life. And who is qualified for this career?

³ Even if my gospel is veiled, it is only veiled in the case of the perishing;

⁸ in flaming fire, to inflict punishment on those who ignore God, even on those who refuse obedience to the gospel of our Lord Jesus,

³ how shall we escape the penalty for neglecting a salvation which was originally proclaimed by the Lord himself and guaranteed to us by those who heard him,

²⁷ And just as it is appointed for men to die once and after that to be judged, ²⁸ so Christ, after being once sacrificed to bear the sins of many, will appear again, not to deal with sin but for the saving of those who look out for him.

²⁹ How much heavier, do you suppose, will be the punishment assigned to him who has spurned the Son of God, who has profaned the covenant-blood with which he was sanctified, who has insulted the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ We know who said, Vengeance is mine, I will exact a requital: and again, The Lord will pass sentence on his people. ³¹ It is an awful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

²⁵ See that you do not refuse to listen to His voice. For if they failed to escape, who refused to listen to their instructor upon earth, much less shall we escape, if we discard Him who speaks from heaven.

¹¹ Truly, truly I tell you, we are speaking of what we do understand, we testify to what we have actually seen — and yet you refuse our testimony.

³² He] is testifying to what he has seen and heard, and yet no one accepts his testimony.

³⁰ I can do nothing of my own accord; I pass judgment on men as I am taught by God, and my judgment is just, because my aim is not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

³⁸ for I have come down from heaven not to carry out my own will but the will of him who sent me, ³⁹ and the will of him who sent me is that I lose none of those who are his gift to me, but that I raise them all up on the last day. ⁴⁰ It is the will of my Father that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should possess eternal life, and that I should raise him up on the last day."

⁴² Said Jesus, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came here from God; I did not come of my own accord, I was sent by him.

¹⁰ Do you not believe I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you all I do not speak of my own accord; it is the Father who remains ever in me, who is performing his own deeds.

³¹ his coming will only serve to let the world see that I love the Father and that I am acting as the Father ordered. Rise, let us be going."

¹⁵ I call you servants no longer, because a servant does not know what his master is doing: I call you friends, because I have imparted to you all that I have learned from my Father.

⁸ for I have given them the words thou gavest me, and they have received them; they are now sure that I came from thee and believe that thou didst send me.

¹ A revelation by Jesus Christ, which God granted him for his servants, to show them what must come to pass very soon; he disclosed it by sending it through his angel to his servant John,

⁶³ What gives life is the Spirit: flesh is of no avail at all. The words I have uttered to you are spirit and life.

⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, who are we to go to? You have got words of eternal life,

³ And this is eternal life, that they know thee, the only real God, and him whom thou hast sent, even Jesus Christ.

³¹ but these Signs are recorded so that you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and believing may have life through his Name.

¹⁶ I obtained mercy, for the purpose of furnishing Christ Jesus with the chief illustration of his utter patience; I was to be the typical instance of all who were to believe in him and gain eternal life.

²⁵ Now this is what he has promised you, eternal life.

²³ Now this is what he commands, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as he has commanded us to do; ²⁴ he who obeys his commands remains within him — and He remains within him. And this is how we may be sure he remains within us, by means of the Spirit he has given us.

¹¹ And the testimony is, that God gave us life eternal and this life is in his Son. ¹² He who possesses the Son possesses life: he who does not possess the Son does not possess life. ¹³ I have written in this way to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may be sure you have life eternal.