Luke 9 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ Calling the twelve apostles together he gave them power and authority over all daemons as well as to heal diseases. ² He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick. ³ And he told them, "Take nothing for the journey, neither stick nor wallet nor bread nor silver, and do not carry two shirts. ⁴ Whatever house you go into, stay there and leave from there. ⁵ Whoever will not receive you, leave that town and shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them." ⁶ So they went out from village to village preaching the gospel and healing everywhere. ⁷ When Herod the tetrarch heard all that was going on, he was quite at a loss; for some said that John had risen from the dead, ⁸ some that Elijah had appeared, and others that one of the ancient prophets had arisen. ⁹ Herod said, "John I beheaded. But who is this, of whom I hear such tales?" And he made efforts to see him. ¹⁰ Then the apostles came back and described all they had done to Jesus. He took them and retired in private to a town called Bethsaida, ¹¹ but the crowds learned this and followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them of the Reign of God, and cured those who needed to be healed. ¹² Now as the day began to decline the twelve came up to him and said, "Send the crowd off to lodge in the villages and farms around and get provisions there, for here we are in a desert place." ¹³ He said to them, "Give them some food yourselves." They said, "We have only got five loaves and two fish. Unless — are we to go and buy food for the whole of this people?" ¹⁴ (There were about five thousand men of them.) He said to his disciples, "Make them lie down in rows of about fifty." ¹⁵ They did so, and made them all lie down. ¹⁶ Then taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke them in pieces and handed them to the disciples to set before the crowd. ¹⁷ And they all ate and had enough. What they had left over was picked up, twelve baskets full of fragments. ¹⁸ Now it happened that while he was praying by himself his disciples were beside him. So he inquired of them, "Who do the crowds say I am?" ¹⁹ They replied, "John the Baptist, though some say Elijah and some say that one of the ancient prophets has arisen." ²⁰ He said to them, "And who do you say I am?" Peter replied, "The Christ of God." ²¹ Then he forbade them strictly to tell this to anyone. 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. 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. ²⁵ What profit will it be for a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself? 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. ²⁷ I tell you plainly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Reign of God." ²⁸ It was about eight days after he said this, when he took Peter, John, and James, and went up the hillside to pray. ²⁹ While he was praying the appearance of his face altered and his dress turned dazzling white. ³⁰ There were two men conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, ³¹ who appeared in a vision of glory and said he must go through with his death and departure at Jerusalem. ³² Now Peter and his companions had been overpowered with sleep, but on waking up they saw his glory and the two men who were standing beside him. ³³ When they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" (not knowing what he was saying). ³⁴ As he spoke, a cloud came and overshadowed them. They were awestruck as they passed into the cloud, ³⁵ but a voice came from the cloud, "This is my Son, my Chosen one; listen to him." ³⁶ When the voice ceased, they found themselves alone with Jesus. And in those days they kept silence and told nobody anything of what they had seen. ³⁷ Next day, when they came down the hill, a large crowd met him. ³⁸ "Teacher," shouted a man from the crowd, "look at my son, I beg of you, for he is my only boy, ³⁹ and a spirit gets hold of him till he suddenly shrieks; it convulses him till he foams; indeed it will hardly leave off tearing him to pieces. ⁴⁰ I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not." ⁴¹ Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long must I still be with you and bear with you? Fetch your son here." ⁴² Before the boy could reach Jesus, the daemon dashed him down and convulsed him, but Jesus checked the unclean spirit, cured the boy, and handed him back to his father. ⁴³ And all were astounded at this grand display of God. But while all marvelled at all he did, he said to his disciples, ⁴⁴ "Let these words sink into your ears: 'the Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men.'" 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. ⁴⁶ A dispute arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. ⁴⁷ Jesus knew the dispute that occupied their minds, so he took hold of a little child and set it by his side; ⁴⁸ then he said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For it is the lowliest of you all who is great." 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." ⁵¹ As the time for his assumption was now due, he set his face for the journey to Jerusalem. ⁵² He sent messengers in front of him. They went and entered a Samaritan village to make preparations for him, ⁵³ but the people would not receive him because his face was turned in the direction of Jerusalem. ⁵⁴ So when the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, will you have us bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?" ⁵⁵ But he turned and checked them. ⁵⁶ Then they journeyed to another village. ⁵⁷ And as they journeyed along the road a man said to him, "I will follow you anywhere." ⁵⁸ 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." ⁵⁹ He said to another man, "Follow me"; but he said, "Let me go and bury my father first of all." ⁶⁰ Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; you go and spread the news of the Reign of God." ⁶¹ Another man also said to him, "I will follow you, Lord. But let me first say good-bye to my people at home." ⁶² Jesus said to him, "No one is any use to the Reign of God who puts his hand to the plough and then looks behind him."

¹ And summoning his twelve disciples he gave them power over unclean spirits, power to cast them out and also to heal every disease and every ailment. ² These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedaeus and John his brother, ³ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the taxgatherer, James the son of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus whose surname is Thaddaeus, ⁴ Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him. ⁵ These twelve men Jesus despatched with the following instructions, "Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not enter a Samaritan town,

¹⁹ I will give you the keys of the Realm of heaven; whatever you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven."

¹³ Then he went up the hillside and summoned the men he wanted, and they went to him. ¹⁴ He appointed twelve to be with him, also that he might despatch them to preach ¹⁵ with the power of casting out daemons; ¹⁶ there was Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, ¹⁷ James the son of Zebedaeus and John the brother of James (he surnamed them Boanerges, or "Sons of thunder"), ¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the zealot, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him. Then they went indoors,

⁷ And summoning the twelve he proceeded to send them out two by two; he gave them power over the unclean spirits, ⁸ and ordered them to take nothing but a stick for the journey, no bread, no wallet, no coppers in their girdle; ⁹ they were to wear sandals, but not to put on two shirts, he said. ¹⁰ Also, he told them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there till you leave the place. ¹¹ And if any place will not receive you and the people will not listen to you, shake off the very dust under your feet when you leave, as a warning to them." ¹² So they went out and preached repentance; ¹³ also they cast out a number of daemons and cured a number of sick people by anointing them with oil.

¹⁷ And for those who believe, these miracles will follow: they will cast out daemons in my name, they will talk in foreign tongues, ¹⁸ they will handle serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick and make them well."

¹³ and when day broke he summoned his disciples, choosing twelve of them, to whom he gave the name of 'apostles': ¹⁴ Simon (to whom he gave the name of Peter), Andrew his brother, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, ¹⁵ Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon (who was called 'the Zealot'), ¹⁶ Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot (who turned traitor).

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.

¹² Truly, truly I tell you, he who believes in me will do the very deeds I do, and still greater deeds than these. For I am going to the Father,

⁸ You will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses at Jerusalem, throughout all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

¹⁶ (He it is who has given strength to this man whom you see and know, by faith in His name; it is the faith He inspires which has made the man thus hale and whole before you all.)

³⁰ when thy hand is stretched out to heal and to perform miracles and wonders by the name of thy holy Servant Jesus."

³⁴ "Aeneas," said Peter, "Jesus the Christ cures you! Get up and make your bed!" He got up at once.

² "Repent, the Reign of heaven is near."

⁷ And preach as you go, tell men, 'The Reign of heaven is near.' ⁸ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out daemons; give without paying, as you have got without paying;

¹⁹ When anyone hears the word of the Realm and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; that is the man who is sown 'on the road.'

¹⁴ This gospel of the Reign shall be preached all over the wide world as a testimony to all the Gentiles, and then the end will come.

¹⁴ After John had been arrested, Jesus went to Galilee preaching the gospel of God; ¹⁵ he said, "The time has now come, God's reign is near: repent and believe in the gospel."

¹² So they went out and preached repentance;

¹⁵ And he said to them, "Go to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature:

¹¹ but the crowds learned this and followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them of the Reign of God, and cured those who needed to be healed.

¹ After that the Lord commissioned other seventy disciples, sending them in front of him two by two to every town and place that he intended to visit himself.

⁹ heal those in the town who are ill, and tell them, 'The Reign of God is nearly on you.'

¹¹ 'The very dust of your town that clings to us, we wipe off from our feet as a protest. But mark this, the Reign of God is near!'

¹⁶ The Law and the prophets lasted till John; since then the good news of the Realm of God is preached, and anyone presses in.

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, ⁴ while God corroborated their testimony with signs and wonders and a variety of miraculous powers, distributing the holy Spirit as it pleased him.

⁹ you are not to take gold or silver or coppers in your girdle, ¹⁰ nor a wallet for the road, nor two shirts, nor sandals, nor stick — the workman deserves his rations. ¹¹ Whatever town or village you go into, find out a deserving inhabitant and stay with him till you leave. ¹² When you enter the house, salute it; ¹³ if the household is deserving, let your peace rest on it; but if the household is undeserving, let your peace return to you. ¹⁴ Whoever will not receive you or listen to your message, leave that house or town and shake off the very dust from your feet.

⁸ and ordered them to take nothing but a stick for the journey, no bread, no wallet, no coppers in their girdle; ⁹ they were to wear sandals, but not to put on two shirts, he said. ¹⁰ Also, he told them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there till you leave the place. ¹¹ And if any place will not receive you and the people will not listen to you, shake off the very dust under your feet when you leave, as a warning to them."

¹¹ He replied, "Let everyone who possesses two shirts share with him who has none, and let him who has food do likewise."

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.

⁴ Carry no purse, no wallet, no sandals. Do not stop to salute anybody on the road. ⁵ Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this household!' ⁶ Then, if there is a soul there breathing peace, your peace will rest on him; otherwise it will come back to you. ⁷ Stay at the same house, eating and drinking what the people provide (for the workman deserves his wages); you are not to shift from one house to another. ⁸ Wherever you are received on entering any town, eat what is provided for you, ⁹ heal those in the town who are ill, and tell them, 'The Reign of God is nearly on you.' ¹⁰ But wherever you are not received on entering any town, go out into the streets of the town and cry, ¹¹ 'The very dust of your town that clings to us, we wipe off from our feet as a protest. But mark this, the Reign of God is near!' ¹² I tell you, on the great Day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that town.

²² To his disciples he said, "Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat in life, nor about what you are to put on your body;

²⁸ Now if God so clothes grass which blooms to-day in the field and is thrown to-morrow into the furnace, will he not much more clothe you? O men, how little you trust him!

³⁵ And he said to them, "When I sent you out with neither purse nor wallet nor sandals, did you want for anything?" "No," they said, "for nothing."

⁴ No soldier gets entangled in civil pursuits; his aim is to satisfy his commander.

¹¹ Whatever town or village you go into, find out a deserving inhabitant and stay with him till you leave.

¹⁰ Also, he told them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there till you leave the place.

⁵ Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this household!' ⁶ Then, if there is a soul there breathing peace, your peace will rest on him; otherwise it will come back to you. ⁷ Stay at the same house, eating and drinking what the people provide (for the workman deserves his wages); you are not to shift from one house to another. ⁸ Wherever you are received on entering any town, eat what is provided for you,

¹⁵ When she was baptized, along with her household, she begged us, saying, "If you are convinced I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." She compelled us to come.

¹⁴ Whoever will not receive you or listen to your message, leave that house or town and shake off the very dust from your feet. ¹⁵ I tell you truly, on the day of judgment it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorra than for that town.

¹⁸ and you will be haled before governors and kings for my sake — it will be a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

¹¹ And if any place will not receive you and the people will not listen to you, shake off the very dust under your feet when you leave, as a warning to them."

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."

¹⁴ Jesus ordered him not to say a word to anybody, but to "Go off and show yourself to the priest, and offer whatever Moses prescribed for your cleansing, to notify men."

⁴⁸ then he said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For it is the lowliest of you all who is great."

⁵³ but the people would not receive him because his face was turned in the direction of Jerusalem. ⁵⁴ So when the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, will you have us bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?" ⁵⁵ But he turned and checked them. ⁵⁶ Then they journeyed to another village.

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."

⁵¹ They shook the dust off their feet as a protest and went to Iconium.

⁶ But as they opposed and abused him, he shook out his garments in protest, saying, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am not responsible! After this I will go to the Gentiles."

²⁰ while they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the miracles that endorsed it. (b) But they gave Peter and his companions a brief account of all these injunctions. And, after that, Jesus himself sent out by means of them from east to west the sacred and imperishable message of eternal salvation.

¹ Calling the twelve apostles together he gave them power and authority over all daemons as well as to heal diseases. ² He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick.

¹⁵ In fact, invalids were actually carried into the streets and laid on beds and mattresses, so that, when Peter passed, his shadow at anyrate might fall on one or other of them.

¹ At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus. ² And he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead. That is why miraculous powers are working through him." ³ For Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip, ⁴ since John had told him, "You have no right to her." ⁵ He was anxious to kill him but he was afraid of the people, for they held John to be a prophet. ⁶ However, on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced in public to the delight of Herod; ⁷ whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she wanted. ⁸ And she, at the instigation of her mother, said, "Give me John the Baptist's head this moment on a dish." ⁹ The king was sorry, but for the sake of his oath and his guests he ordered it to be given her; ¹⁰ he sent and had John beheaded in the prison, ¹¹ his head was brought on a dish and given to the girl, and she took it to her mother. ¹² His disciples came and removed the corpse and buried him; then they went and reported it to Jesus.

¹⁴ Now this came to the hearing of king Herod, for the name of Jesus had become well known; people said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, that is why miraculous powers are working through him;" ¹⁵ others said, "It is Elijah," others again, "It is a prophet, like one of the old prophets." ¹⁶ But when Herod heard of it he said, "John has risen, the John I beheaded." ¹⁷ For this Herod had sent and arrested John and bound him in prison on account of his marriage to Herodias the wife of his brother Philip; ¹⁸ John had told Herod, "You have no right to your brother's wife." ¹⁹ Herodias had a grudge against him; she wanted him killed but she could not manage it, ²⁰ for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing he was a just and holy man; so he protected John — he was greatly exercised when he listened to him, still he was glad to listen to him. ²¹ Then came a holiday, when Herod held a feast on his birthday for his chief officials and generals and the notables of Galilee. ²² The daughter of Herodias went in and danced to them, and Herod and his guests were so delighted that the king said to the girl, "Ask anything you like and I will give you it." ²³ He swore to her, "I will give you whatever you want, were it the half of my realm." ²⁴ So she went out and said to her mother, "What am I to ask?" "John the Baptizer's head," she answered. ²⁵ Then she hurried in at once and asked the king, saying, "I want you to give me this very moment John the Baptist's head on a dish." ²⁶ The king was very vexed, but for the sake of his oaths and his guests he did not like to disappoint her; ²⁷ so the king at once sent one of the guard with orders to bring his head. The man went and beheaded him in the prison, ²⁸ brought his head on a dish, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, Philip his brother tetrarch of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysias tetrarch of Abilene,

¹⁹ They replied, "John the Baptist, though some say Elijah and some say that one of the ancient prophets has arisen."

²⁵ And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, while on earth the nations will be in dismay with bewilderment at the roar of sea and waves,

¹⁰ The disciples inquired of him, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

¹⁵ others said, "It is Elijah," others again, "It is a prophet, like one of the old prophets."

²⁸ "John the Baptist," they told him, "though some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the prophets."

²¹ They asked him, "Then what are you? Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered.

³¹ Just then some Pharisees came up to tell him, "Get away from here, for Herod intends to kill you." ³² "Go and tell that fox," he replied, "I cast out daemons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I complete my task!

⁸ Herod was greatly delighted to see Jesus; he had long wanted to see him, because he had heard about him and also because he hoped to see him perform some miracle.

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.

¹³ When Jesus heard it he withdrew by boat to a desert place in private; but the crowds heard of it and followed him on foot from the towns. ¹⁴ So when he disembarked he saw a large crowd, and out of pity for them he healed their sick folk. ¹⁵ When evening fell, the disciples came up to him and said, "It is a desert place and the day is now gone; send off the crowds to buy food for themselves in the villages." ¹⁶ Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away; give them some food yourselves." ¹⁷ They said, "We have only five loaves with us and two fish." ¹⁸ He said, "Bring them here to me." ¹⁹ Then he ordered the crowds to recline on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, blessed them, and after breaking the loaves handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds. ²⁰ They all ate and had enough; besides, they picked up the fragments left over and filled twelve baskets with them. ²¹ The men who ate numbered about five thousand, apart from the women and children.

⁷ "What does the man mean by talking like this? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins, who but God alone?"

³⁰ Now the apostles gathered to meet Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. ³¹ And he said to them, "Come away to some lonely spot and get a little rest" (for there were many people coming and going, and they could get no time even to eat). ³² So they went away privately in the boat to a lonely spot. ³³ However a number of people who saw them start and recognized them, got to the place before them by hurrying there on foot from all the towns. ³⁴ So when Jesus disembarked he saw a large crowd, and out of pity for them, as they were like sheep without a shepherd, he proceeded to teach them at length. ³⁵ Then, as the day was far gone, his disciples came up to him, saying, "It is a desert place and the day is now far gone; ³⁶ send them off to the farms and villages round about to buy some food for themselves." ³⁷ He replied, "Give them some food, yourselves." They said, "Are we to go and buy ten pounds' worth of food and give them that to eat?" ³⁸ He said, "How many loaves have you got? Go and see." When they found out they told him, "Five, and two fish." ³⁹ Then he gave orders that they were to make all the people lie down in parties on the green grass; ⁴⁰ so they arranged themselves in groups of a hundred and of fifty; ⁴¹ and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke the loaves in pieces which he handed to the disciples to set before them, and divided the two fish among them all. ⁴² They all ate and had enough; ⁴³ besides, the fragments of bread and of fish which were picked up filled twelve baskets. ⁴⁴ (The number of men who ate the loaves was five thousand.) ⁴⁵ Then he made the disciples at once embark in the boat and cross before him towards Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd;

¹⁰ Then the apostles came back and described all they had done to Jesus. He took them and retired in private to a town called Bethsaida, ¹¹ but the crowds learned this and followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them of the Reign of God, and cured those who needed to be healed. ¹² Now as the day began to decline the twelve came up to him and said, "Send the crowd off to lodge in the villages and farms around and get provisions there, for here we are in a desert place." ¹³ He said to them, "Give them some food yourselves." They said, "We have only got five loaves and two fish. Unless — are we to go and buy food for the whole of this people?" ¹⁴ (There were about five thousand men of them.) He said to his disciples, "Make them lie down in rows of about fifty." ¹⁵ They did so, and made them all lie down. ¹⁶ Then taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke them in pieces and handed them to the disciples to set before the crowd. ¹⁷ And they all ate and had enough. What they had left over was picked up, twelve baskets full of fragments.

¹⁷ The seventy came back with joy. "Lord," they said, "the very daemons obey us in your name."

⁴⁴ Now Philip belonged to Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter;

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." ⁸ One of his disciples, Andrew the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, ⁹ "There is a servant here, with five barley-cakes and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?" ¹⁰ Jesus said, "Get the people to lie down." Now there was plenty of grass at the spot, so the men lay down, numbering about five thousand. ¹¹ Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to those who were reclining; so too with the fish, as much as they wanted. ¹² And when they were satisfied, he said to the disciples, "Gather up the pieces left over, so that nothing may be wasted." ¹³ They gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with pieces of the five loaves left over from the meal.

¹⁷ Obey your leaders, submit to them; for they are alive to the interests of your souls, as men who will have to account for their trust. Let their work be a joy to them and not a grief — which would be a loss to yourselves.

¹⁴ So when he disembarked he saw a large crowd, and out of pity for them he healed their sick folk.

³¹ Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said, "The last." Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, the taxgatherers and harlots are going into the Realm of God before you.

⁴³ I tell you therefore that the Realm of God will be taken from you and given to a nation that bears the fruits of the Realm.

³³ However a number of people who saw them start and recognized them, got to the place before them by hurrying there on foot from all the towns. ³⁴ So when Jesus disembarked he saw a large crowd, and out of pity for them, as they were like sheep without a shepherd, he proceeded to teach them at length.

⁵³ he has satisfied the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty.

³¹ Jesus replied to them, "Healthy people have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill:

¹ Shortly afterwards he went travelling from one town and village to another preaching and telling the good news of the Reign of God; he was accompanied by the twelve

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.

² He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick.

³⁴ Jesus said, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

³⁷ All those will come to me who are the Father's gift to me, and never will I reject one of them;

³¹ he preached the Reign of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ quite openly and unmolested.

¹⁴ But how are they to invoke One in whom they do not believe? And how are they to believe in One of whom they have never heard? And how are they ever to hear, without a preacher?

¹⁷ (You see, faith must come from what is heard, and what is heard comes from word of Christ.)

³ Christ certainly did not please himself, but, as it is written, The reproaches of those who denounced Thee have fallen upon me. —

² I adjure you to preach the word; keep at it in season and out of season, refuting, checking, and exhorting men; never lose patience with them, and never give up your teaching,

¹⁶ So let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in the hour of need.

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."

³² Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I am sorry for the crowd; they have been three days with me now, and they have nothing to eat. I will not send them away starving, in case they faint on the road."

³⁵ Then, as the day was far gone, his disciples came up to him, saying, "It is a desert place and the day is now far gone; ³⁶ send them off to the farms and villages round about to buy some food for themselves." ³⁷ He replied, "Give them some food, yourselves." They said, "Are we to go and buy ten pounds' worth of food and give them that to eat?" ³⁸ He said, "How many loaves have you got? Go and see." When they found out they told him, "Five, and two fish." ³⁹ Then he gave orders that they were to make all the people lie down in parties on the green grass; ⁴⁰ so they arranged themselves in groups of a hundred and of fifty; ⁴¹ and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke the loaves in pieces which he handed to the disciples to set before them, and divided the two fish among them all. ⁴² They all ate and had enough; ⁴³ besides, the fragments of bread and of fish which were picked up filled twelve baskets. ⁴⁴ (The number of men who ate the loaves was five thousand.)

¹ After this Jesus went off to the opposite side of the sea of Galilee (the lake of Tiberias),

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." ⁸ One of his disciples, Andrew the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, ⁹ "There is a servant here, with five barley-cakes and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?" ¹⁰ Jesus said, "Get the people to lie down." Now there was plenty of grass at the spot, so the men lay down, numbering about five thousand. ¹¹ Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to those who were reclining; so too with the fish, as much as they wanted. ¹² And when they were satisfied, he said to the disciples, "Gather up the pieces left over, so that nothing may be wasted." ¹³ They gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with pieces of the five loaves left over from the meal. ¹⁴ Now when the people saw the Sign he had performed, they said, "This really is the Prophet who is to come into the world!" ¹⁵ Whereupon Jesus perceived they meant to come and seize him to make a king of him; so he withdrew by himself to the hill again.

¹⁶ Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away; give them some food yourselves." ¹⁷ They said, "We have only five loaves with us and two fish."

³⁷ He replied, "Give them some food, yourselves." They said, "Are we to go and buy ten pounds' worth of food and give them that to eat?" ³⁸ He said, "How many loaves have you got? Go and see." When they found out they told him, "Five, and two fish."

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." ⁸ One of his disciples, Andrew the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, ⁹ "There is a servant here, with five barley-cakes and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?"

³⁹ Then he gave orders that they were to make all the people lie down in parties on the green grass; ⁴⁰ so they arranged themselves in groups of a hundred and of fifty;

⁶ So he ordered the crowd to recline on the ground, and taking the seven loaves he gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve out. They served them out to the crowd,

⁴⁰ but let everything be done decorously and in order.

¹⁹ Then he ordered the crowds to recline on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, blessed them, and after breaking the loaves handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds.

³⁶ He took the seven loaves and the fish and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.

³⁴ and looking up to heaven with a sigh he said to him, "Ephphatha" (which means, Open).

¹⁹ Then he took a loaf, and after thanking God he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This means my body given up for your sake; do this in memory of me."

³⁰ And as he lay at table with them he took the loaf, blessed it, broke it and handed it to them.

¹¹ Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to those who were reclining; so too with the fish, as much as they wanted.

²³ So, as some boats from Tiberias had put in near the spot where they had eaten bread after the Lord's thanksgiving,

³⁵ With these words he took a loaf and after thanking God, in presence of them all, broke it and began to eat.

⁶ the man who values a particular day does so to the Lord. The eater eats to the Lord, since he thanks God for his food; the non-eater abstains to the Lord, and he too thanks God.

³⁰ If one partakes of food after saying a blessing over it, why should one be denounced for eating what one has given thanks to God for?

²⁴ and after thanking God he broke it, saying, 'This means my body broken for you; do this in memory of me.'

⁴ Anything God has created is good, and nothing is to be tabooed — provided it is eaten with thanksgiving, ⁵ for then it is consecrated by the prayer said over it.

³⁷ So the people all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the fragments left over and filled seven large baskets with them. ³⁸ The men who ate numbered four thousand, apart from the children and the women.

⁹ Do you not understand even yet? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? ¹⁰ And the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up?

⁸ So the people ate and were satisfied, and they picked up seven baskets of fragments which were left over. ⁹ (There were about four thousand of them.) Then he sent them away,

¹⁹ Do you not remember how many baskets full of fragments you picked up when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand?" They said, "Twelve." ²⁰ "And how many basketfuls of fragments did you pick up when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand?" They said, "Seven."

¹⁸ Your debt to me is fully paid and more than paid! I am amply supplied with what you have sent by Epaphroditus, a fragrant perfume, the sort of sacrifice that God approves and welcomes. ¹⁹ My God will supply all your own needs from his wealth in Glory in Christ Jesus.

¹³ Now when Jesus came to the district of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of man is?" ¹⁴ They told him, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." ¹⁵ He said to them, "And who do you say I am?" ¹⁶ So Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

³⁶ Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, "Sit here till I go over there and pray."

²⁷ Then Jesus and his disciples set off for the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road he inquired of his disciples, "Who do people say I am?" ²⁸ "John the Baptist," they told him, "though some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the prophets." ²⁹ So he inquired of them, "And who do you say I am?" Peter replied, "You are the Christ." ³⁰ Then he forbade them to tell anyone about him.

¹ He was praying at a certain place, and when he stopped one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."

³⁹ Then he went outside and made his way to the Hill of Olives, as he was accustomed. The disciples followed him, ⁴⁰ and when he reached the spot he said to them, "Pray that you may not slip into temptation." ⁴¹ He withdrew about a stone's throw and knelt in prayer,

² And he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead. That is why miraculous powers are working through him."

⁷ When Herod the tetrarch heard all that was going on, he was quite at a loss; for some said that John had risen from the dead, ⁸ some that Elijah had appeared, and others that one of the ancient prophets had arisen.

²⁵ so they asked him, saying, "Then why are you baptizing people, if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"

⁴⁰ On hearing this some of the people said, "This really is the Prophet";

¹⁷ So they asked the blind man once more, "What have you to say about him, for opening your eyes?" The man replied, "I say he is a prophet."

⁴⁷ and if you only salute your friends, what is special about that? do not the very pagans do as much?

¹⁵ He said to them, "And who do you say I am?" ¹⁶ So Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." 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.

⁴² "Tell me," he said, "what you think about the Christ. Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's."

⁶³ Jesus said nothing. Then the high priest addressed him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!"

²⁹ So he inquired of them, "And who do you say I am?" Peter replied, "You are the Christ."

⁶¹ He said nothing and made no answer. Again the high priest put a question to him. "Are you the Christ?" he said, "the Son of the Blessed?"

⁶⁷ "Tell us if you are the Christ." He said to them, "You will not believe me if I tell you,

⁴¹ In the morning he met his brother Simon and told him, "We have found the messiah" (which may be translated, 'Christ').

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

²⁹ "Come here, look at a man who has told me everything I ever did! Can he be the Christ?"

⁴² As they told the woman, "We no longer believe on account of what you said; we have heard for ourselves, we know that he is really the Saviour of the world."

⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, who are we to go to? You have got words of eternal life, ⁶⁹ and we believe, we are certain, that you are the holy One of God."

⁴¹ others said, "He is the Christ"; but others said, "No, surely the Christ does not come from Galilee?

²⁷ "Yes, Lord," she said, "I do believe you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world" —

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.

³⁶ As they travelled on, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Here is water! What is to prevent me being baptized?"

²² Saul became more and more vigorous. He put the Jewish residents in Damascus to confusion by his proof that Jesus was the Christ;

³ explaining and quoting passages to prove that the messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead, and that "the Jesus I proclaim to you is the messiah."

¹ Everyone who believes Jesus is the Christ, is born of God; and everyone who loves the Father, loves the sons born of him.

²⁰ Then he forbade the disciples to tell anyone he was the Christ.

⁹ As they went down the hill Jesus ordered them, "Tell this vision to nobody until the Son of man is raised from the dead."

³⁰ Then he forbade them to tell anyone about him. 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;

²¹ From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he had to leave for Jerusalem and endure great suffering at the hands of the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed and raised on the third day. ²² Peter took him and began to reprove him for it; "God forbid, Lord," he said, "This must not be." ²³ But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me! Your outlook is not God's but man's." 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; ²⁵ for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. ²⁶ What profit will it be if a man gains the whole world and forfeits his own soul? What will a man offer as an equivalent for his soul? ²⁷ For the Son of man is coming in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward everyone for what he has done. ²⁸ I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Son of man coming himself to reign."

¹² Nay, I tell you Elijah has already come, but they have not recognized him — they have worked their will on him. And the Son of man will suffer at their hands in the same way."

²² When his adherents mustered in Galilee Jesus told them, "The Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men;

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;

³¹ for he was teaching his disciples, telling them that the Son of man would be betrayed into the hands of men, that they would kill him, and that when he was killed he would rise again after three days.

³³ "We are going up to Jerusalem," he said, "and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and scribes; they will sentence him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles, ³⁴ who will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him; then after three days he will rise again."

⁴⁴ "Let these words sink into your ears: 'the Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men.'"

³¹ Then he took the twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and all the predictions of the prophets regarding the Son of man will be fulfilled; ³² he will be betrayed to the Gentiles, mocked, illtreated, and spat on; ³³ they will scourge him and kill him, but he will rise again on the third day." 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.

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."

²⁶ Had not the Christ to suffer thus and so enter his glory?"

²⁵ who said to our fathers by the holy Spirit through the lips of thy servant David, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples vainly conspire? ²⁶ The kings of the earth stood ready, the rulers mustered together against the Lord and his Christ. ²⁷ In this very city they actually mustered against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst consecrate — Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, ²⁸ mustering to carry out what thy hand had traced, thy purpose had decreed.

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.

⁴ that he was buried, that he rose on the third day as the scriptures had said,

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;

³⁸ he who will not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. ³⁹ He who has found his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

²² Peter took him and began to reprove him for it; "God forbid, Lord," he said, "This must not be." ²³ But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me! Your outlook is not God's but man's." 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; ²⁵ for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

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; 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. ³⁶ What profit is it for a man to gain the whole world and to forfeit his soul? ³⁷ What could a man offer as an equivalent for his soul? ³⁸ Whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this disloyal and sinful generation, the Son of man will be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

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; ²⁷ whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

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.

¹³ If you live by the flesh, you are on the road to death; but if by the Spirit you put the actions of the body to death, you will live.

³⁰ Yes, and why am I myself in danger every hour? ³¹ (Not a day but I am at death's door! I swear it by my pride in you, brothers, through Christ Jesus our Lord.)

⁵ So put to death those members that are on earth: sexual vice, impurity, appetite, evil desire, and lust (which is idolatry),

¹² Yes, and all who want to live the religious life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

¹² and it schools us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions and to live a life of self-mastery, of integrity, and of piety in this present world,

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

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.

²³ Only, I know this, that in town after town the holy Spirit testifies to me that bonds and troubles are awaiting me. 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.

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;

¹⁰ Have no fear of what you are to suffer. The devil indeed is going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested; you will have a distressful ten days. Be faithful, though you have to die for it, and I will give you the crown of Life.

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.

⁴⁸ When it was full, they dragged it to the beach and sitting down they gathered the good fish into vessels but flung away the bad.

⁵⁰ and fling them into the furnace of fire; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

²⁶ What profit will it be if a man gains the whole world and forfeits his own soul? What will a man offer as an equivalent for his soul?

³⁶ What profit is it for a man to gain the whole world and to forfeit his soul?

⁴³ If your hand is a hindrance to you, cut it off: better be maimed and get into Life, than keep your two hands and go to Gehenna, to the fire that is never quenched. ⁴⁴ -- ⁴⁵ If your foot is a hindrance to you, cut it off: better get into Life a cripple, than keep your two feet and be thrown into Gehenna. ⁴⁶ -- ⁴⁷ If your eye is a hindrance to you, tear it out: better get into God's Realm with one eye, than keep your two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna, ⁴⁸ where their worm never dies and the fire is never put out.

⁵ Then he lifted Jesus up and showed him all the realms of the universe in a single instant; ⁶ and the devil said to him, "I will give you all their power and grandeur, for it has been made over to me and I can give it to anyone I choose. ⁷ If you will worship before me, then it shall all be yours."

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample stores laid up for many a year; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."' ²⁰ But God said to him, 'Foolish man, this very night your soul is wanted; and who will get all you have prepared?' ²¹ So fares the man who lays up treasure for himself instead of gaining the riches of God."

²⁴ so he called out, 'Father Abraham, take pity on me, send Lazarus to dip his fingertip in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in these flames.' ²⁵ But Abraham said, 'Remember, my son, you got all the bliss when you were alive, just as Lazarus got the ills of life; he is in comfort now, and you are in anguish.

¹⁸ With the money paid him for his crime he purchased an estate; but swelling up he burst in two, and all his bowels poured out —

²⁵ to fill the place in this apostolic ministry which Judas left in order to go to his own place."

²⁷ no, I maul and master my body, in case, after preaching to other people, I am disqualified myself.

¹⁵ they have gone wrong by leaving the straight road, by following the road of Balaam son of Bosor, who liked the profits of evil-doing — ¹⁶ but he got reproved for his malpractice: a dumb ass spoke with human voice and checked the prophet's infatuation. ¹⁷ These people are waterless fountains and mists driven by a squall, for whom the nether gloom of darkness is reserved.

⁷ As she gloried and played the wanton, so give her like measure of torture and tears. Since in her heart she vaunts, 'A queen I sit, no widow I, tears I shall never know,' ⁸ so shall her plagues fall in a single day, pestilence, tears, and famine: she shall be burnt with fire — for strong is God the Lord her judge.

²² Many will say to me at that Day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? did we not cast out daemons in your name? did we not perform many miracles in your name?' ²³ Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from my presence, you workers of iniquity.'

³² Everyone who will acknowledge me before men, I will acknowledge him before my Father in heaven; ³³ and whoever will disown me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.

²⁷ For the Son of man is coming in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward everyone for what he has done.

³⁰ Then the Sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; then all tribes on earth will wail, they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory. ³¹ He will despatch his angels with a loud trumpet call to muster his elect from the four winds, from the verge of heaven to the verge of earth.

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,

⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, "Even so! But I tell you, in future you will all see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

³⁸ Whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this disloyal and sinful generation, the Son of man will be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

⁸ I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of man will acknowledge him before the angels of God; ⁹ and he who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God.

²⁵ once the master of the House has got up and closed the door. You may stand outside and knock at the door, crying, 'Lord, open for us,' but he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.' ²⁶ You will then proceed to say, 'But we ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets!' ²⁷ 'I tell you,' he will say, 'I do not know where you come from; begone everyone of you, you evildoers.'

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

⁴³ they preferred the approval of men to the approval of God.

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.

¹⁰ It makes me satisfied, for Christ's sake, with weakness, insults, trouble, persecution, and calamity; for I am strong just when I am weak.

¹⁴ But no boasting for me, none except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I crucified to the world.

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, ⁹ men who will pay the penalty of being destroyed eternally from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, ¹⁰ when he comes to be glorified in his saints and marvelled at in all believers on that day (for our testimony has found confirmation in your lives).

¹² and this is why I am suffering. Still, I am not ashamed of it; I know whom I have trusted and I am certain he is able to keep what I have put into his hands till the great Day.

¹² if we endure, then we shall reign with him, if we disown him, then he shall disown us,

²⁶ considering obloquy with the messiah to be richer wealth than all Egypt's treasures — for he had an eye to the Reward.

¹³ Let us go to him outside the camp, then, bearing his obloquy

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.

¹⁴ It was of these, too, that Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied, when he said, Behold the Lord comes with myriads of his holy ones,

⁷ Lo, he is coming on the clouds, to be seen by every eye, even by those who impaled him, and all the tribes of earth will wail because of him: even so, Amen.

⁵ 'The conqueror shall be clad in white raiment; I will never erase his name from the book of Life, but will own him openly before my Father and before his angels.'

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne, and One who was seated thereon; from his presence earth and sky fled, no more to be found.

⁸ but as for the craven, the faithless, the abominable, as for murderers, the immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and liars of all kinds — their lot is the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

²⁸ I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Son of man coming himself to reign."

¹ I tell you truly," he said, to them, "there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the coming of God's Reign with power."

²⁵ truly I tell you, I will never drink the produce of the vine again till the day I drink it new within the Realm of God."

²⁶ indeed it had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he was not to see death before he had seen the Lord messiah.

¹⁸ for I tell you I will never drink the produce of the vine again till such time as God's Reign comes."

⁵¹ Truly, truly I tell you, if anyone holds to what I say, he will never see death." ⁵² The Jews said to him, "Now we are sure you are mad. Abraham is dead, and so are all the prophets; and you declare, 'If anyone holds to what I say, he will never taste death'!

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

² In my Father's house there are many abodes; were it not so, would I have told you that I was going to prepare a place for 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.

²² Jesus replied, "If I choose that he should survive till I come back, what does that matter to you? Follow me yourself." ²³ This started the report among the brotherhood that the said disciple was not to die. Jesus, however, did not say he was not to die; what he said was, "If I choose that he should survive till I come back, what does that matter to you?"

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.

¹ Six days afterwards Jesus took Peter, James and his brother John, and led them up a high hill by themselves; ² in their presence he was transfigured, his face shone like the sun, and his clothes turned white as light. ³ There appeared to them Moses and Elijah, who conversed with Jesus. ⁴ So Peter addressed Jesus and said, "Lord, it is a good thing we are here; pray let me put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." 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." ⁶ When the disciples heard the voice they fell on their faces in terror; ⁷ but Jesus came forward and touched them, saying, "Rise, have no fear." ⁸ And on raising their eyes they saw no one except Jesus all alone. ⁹ As they went down the hill Jesus ordered them, "Tell this vision to nobody until the Son of man is raised from the dead." ¹⁰ The disciples inquired of him, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?" ¹¹ He replied, "Elijah to come and restore all things? ¹² Nay, I tell you Elijah has already come, but they have not recognized him — they have worked their will on him. And the Son of man will suffer at their hands in the same way." ¹³ Then the disciples realized he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

³⁷ But he took Peter and the two sons of Zebedaeus along with him; and when he began to feel distressed and agitated, 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."

³⁵ Then in the early morning, long before daylight, he got up and went away out to a lonely spot.

⁴⁶ and after saying goodbye to them he went up the hill to pray.

² Six days afterwards Jesus took Peter, James and John, and led them up a high hill by themselves alone; in their presence he was transfigured, ³ and his clothes glistened white, vivid white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them. ⁴ And Elijah along with Moses appeared to them, and conversed with Jesus. ⁵ So Peter addressed Jesus, saying, "Rabbi, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" ⁶ (for he did not know what to say, they were so terrified). ⁷ Then a cloud came overshadowing them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, listen to him." ⁸ And suddenly looking round they saw no one there except Jesus all alone beside them. ⁹ As they went down the hill, he forbade them to tell anyone what they had seen, till such time as the Son of man rose from the dead. ¹⁰ This order they obeyed, debating with themselves what 'rising from the dead' meant. ¹¹ So they put this question to him, "Why do the [Pharisees and] scribes say that Elijah has to come first?" ¹² He said to them, "Elijah does come first, to restore all things; but what is written about the Son of man as well? This, that he is to endure great suffering and be rejected. ¹³ As for Elijah, I tell you he has come already, and they have done to him whatever they pleased — as it is written of him."

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."

²¹ Now when all the people had been baptized and when Jesus had been baptized and was praying, heaven opened

¹² It was in these days that he went off to the hillside to pray. He spent the whole night in prayer to God,

⁵¹ When he reached the house he would not allow anyone to come in with him except Peter and James and John, and the child's father and mother.

¹⁸ Now it happened that while he was praying by himself his disciples were beside him. So he inquired of them, "Who do the crowds say I am?"

¹ This will be my third visit to you: every case is to be decided on the evidence of two or of three witnesses.

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.

² in their presence he was transfigured, his face shone like the sun, and his clothes turned white as light.

² Six days afterwards Jesus took Peter, James and John, and led them up a high hill by themselves alone; in their presence he was transfigured, ³ and his clothes glistened white, vivid white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.

¹² After this he appeared in another form to two of them as they were walking on their way to the country.

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.

¹⁵ Then all who were seated in the Sanhedrin fixed their eyes on him, and saw that his face shone like the face of an angel.

⁷ But for Christ's sake I have learned to count my former gains a loss; ⁸ indeed I count anything a loss, compared to the supreme value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have lost everything (I count it all the veriest refuse) in order to gain Christ

¹⁶ For it was no fabricated fables that we followed when we reported to you the power and advent of our Lord Jesus Christ; we were admitted to the spectacle of his sovereignty, 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." ¹⁸ That voice borne from heaven we heard, we who were beside him on the sacred hill,

¹³ and in the middle of the lampstands One who resembled a human being, with a long robe, and a belt of gold round his breast; ¹⁴ his head and hair were white as wool, white as snow; his eyes flashed like fire, ¹⁵ his feet glowed like burnished bronze, his voice sounded like many waves, ¹⁶ in his right hand he held seven stars, a sharp sword with a double edge issued from his mouth, and his face shone like the sun in full strength.

³ There appeared to them Moses and Elijah, who conversed with Jesus. ⁴ So Peter addressed Jesus and said, "Lord, it is a good thing we are here; pray let me put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

⁴ And Elijah along with Moses appeared to them, and conversed with Jesus. ⁵ So Peter addressed Jesus, saying, "Rabbi, it is a good thing we are here; let us put up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" ⁶ (for he did not know what to say, they were so terrified).

¹⁷ he will go in front of Him with the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, turning the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make a people ready and prepared for the Lord."

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

⁴⁴ Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."

¹⁷ while the Law was given through Moses, grace and reality are ours through Jesus Christ.

²¹ But now we have a righteousness of God disclosed apart from law altogether; it is attested by the Law and the prophets, ²² but it is a righteousness of God which comes by believing in Jesus Christ. And it is meant for all who have faith. No distinctions are drawn. ²³ All have sinned, all come short of the glory of God,

⁷ Now if the administration of death which was engraved in letters of stone, was invested with glory — so much so, that the children of Israel could not gaze at the face of Moses on account of the dazzling glory that was fading from his face; ⁸ surely the administration of the Spirit must be invested with still greater glory. ⁹ If there was glory in the administration that condemned, then the administration that acquits abounds far more in glory ¹⁰ (indeed, in view of the transcendent glory, what was glorious has thus no glory at all); ¹¹ if what faded had its glory, then what lasts will be invested with far greater glory.

³ Jesus has been adjudged greater glory than Moses, inasmuch as the founder of a house enjoys greater honour than the house itself. ⁴ (Every house is founded by someone, but God is the founder of all.) ⁵ Besides, while Moses was faithful in every department of God's house as an attendant — by way of witness to the coming revelation — ⁶ Christ is faithful as a Son over God's house. Now we are this house of God, if we will only keep confident and proud of our hope.

¹⁷ Elijah was a man with a nature just like our own; but he offered prayer that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain; ¹⁸ then he prayed again, and the sky yielded rain, the earth brought forth its fruit.

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.

³² "Go and tell that fox," he replied, "I cast out daemons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I complete my task! ³³ But I must journey on, to-day, to-morrow, and the next day; it would never do for a prophet to perish except in Jerusalem! ³⁴ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

²⁹ Next day he observed Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, there is the lamb of God, who is to remove the sin of the world!

²³ but our message is Christ the crucified — a stumbling-block to the Jews, 'sheer folly' to the Gentiles, ²⁴ but for those who are called, whether Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

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.

²¹ who will transform the body that belongs to our low estate till it resembles the body of his Glory, by the same power that enables him to make everything subject to himself.

⁴ When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you will appear with him in glory.

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; ¹² to them it was revealed that they got this intelligence not for themselves but for you, regarding all that has now been disclosed to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the holy Spirit sent from heaven. The very angels long to get a glimpse of this!

¹⁰ Once you have suffered for a little, the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will repair and recruit and strengthen you.

¹⁵ Yes, and I will see to it that even when I am gone, you will keep this constantly in mind.

⁶ Then I noticed a Lamb standing in the midst of the throne and the four living Creatures and the Presbyters; it seemed to have been slain, but it had seven horns and seven eyes (they are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth), ⁷ and it went and took the scroll out of the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. ⁸ And when it took the scroll, the four living Creatures and the four and twenty Presbyters fell down before the Lamb, each with his harp and with golden bowls full of incense (that is, full of the prayers of the saints), 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."

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.

⁴⁰ Then he went to the disciples and found them asleep; and he said to Peter, "So the three of you could not watch with me for a single hour? ⁴¹ Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak." 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." ⁴³ And when he returned he found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

⁴⁵ Then rising from prayer he went to the disciples, only to find them asleep from sheer sorrow. ⁴⁶ He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not slip into temptation."

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.

¹⁶ For it was no fabricated fables that we followed when we reported to you the power and advent of our Lord Jesus Christ; we were admitted to the spectacle of his sovereignty,

² We are children of God now, beloved; what we are to be is not apparent yet, but we do know that when he appears, we are to be like him — for we are to see him as he is.

⁴ they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. ⁵ Night there shall be none; they need no lamp or sun to shine upon them, for the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign for ever and ever.

¹⁴ When they reached the crowd, a man came up and knelt to him.

³⁸ Jesus said, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I have to drink, or undergo the baptism I have to undergo?"

⁵ Simon replied, "Master, we worked all night and got nothing! However, I will lower the nets at your command."

⁸ "Lord," said Philip, "let us see the Father; that is all we want."

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.

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." ⁶ When the disciples heard the voice they fell on their faces in terror; ⁷ but Jesus came forward and touched them, saying, "Rise, have no fear."

⁷ Then a cloud came overshadowing them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, listen to him." ⁸ And suddenly looking round they saw no one there except Jesus all alone beside them.

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man; but he laid his hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and Last,

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

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."

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.

³⁵ the Father loves the Son and has given him control over everything. ³⁶ He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life — God's anger broods over him."

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.

²² for Moses said, The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brotherhood, as he raised me: you must listen to whatever he may tell you. ²³ Any soul that will not listen to this prophet shall be exterminated from the People;

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,

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,

¹⁵ this word ever sounding in our ears, To-day, when you hear his voice, harden not your hearts as at the Provocation.

⁹ and by being thus perfected he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

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. ²⁶ Then his voice shook the earth, but now the assurance is, once again I will make heaven as well as earth to quake.

⁶ (for he did not know what to say, they were so terrified).

⁹ As they went down the hill, he forbade them to tell anyone what they had seen, till such time as the Son of man rose from the dead. ¹⁰ This order they obeyed, debating with themselves what 'rising from the dead' meant.

¹⁴ When they reached the crowd, a man came up and knelt to him. ¹⁵ "Ah, sir," he said, "have pity on my son; he is an epileptic and he suffers cruelly, he often falls into the fire and often into the water. ¹⁶ I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him." ¹⁷ Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long must I still be with you? How long have I to bear with you? Bring him here to me." ¹⁸ So Jesus checked the daemon and it came out of him, and from that hour the boy was healed. ¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" ²⁰ He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you truly, if you had faith the size of a grain of mustard-seed, you could say to this hill, 'Move from here to there,' and remove it would; nothing would be impossible for you."

¹⁴ When they reached the disciples they saw a large crowd round them, and some scribes arguing with them. ¹⁵ On seeing him the whole crowd was thunderstruck and ran to greet him. ¹⁶ Jesus asked them, "What are you discussing with them?" ¹⁷ A man from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you; he has a dumb spirit, ¹⁸ and whenever it seizes him it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth. He is wasting away with it; so I told your disciples to cast it out, but they could not." ¹⁹ He answered them, "O faithless generation, how long must I still be with you? how long have I to bear with you? Bring him to me." ²⁰ So they brought the boy to him, and when the spirit saw Jesus it at once convulsed the boy; he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. ²¹ Jesus asked his father, "How long has he been like this?" "From childhood," he said; ²² "it has thrown him into fire and water many a time, to destroy him. If you can do anything, do help us, do have pity on us." ²³ Jesus said to him, "'If you can'! Anything can be done for one who believes." ²⁴ At once the father of the boy cried out, "I do believe; help my unbelief." ²⁵ Now as Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, he checked the unclean spirit. "Deaf and dumb spirit," he said, "leave him, I command you, and never enter him again." ²⁶ And it did come out, after shrieking aloud and convulsing him violently. The child turned like a corpse, so that most people said, "he is dead"; ²⁷ but, taking his hand, Jesus raised him and he got up. ²⁸ When he went indoors his disciples asked him in private, "Why could we not cast it out?" ²⁹ He said to them, "Nothing can make this kind come out but prayer and fasting."

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."

¹² Just as he was near the gate of the town, there was a dead man being carried out; he was the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the town were with her.

⁴¹ A man called Jairus came, who was a president of the synagogue, and falling at the feet of Jesus entreated him to come to his house, ⁴² for he had an only daughter about twelve years old and she was dying. As Jesus went the crowds kept crushing him,

⁴⁷ when he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judaea, he went to him and begged him to come down and cure his son, who was at the point of death.

⁴ for he had often been bound with fetters and chains and had snapped the chains and broken the fetters — nobody could tame him. ⁵ All night and day among the tombs and the hills he shrieked and gashed himself with stones.

²⁰ So they brought the boy to him, and when the spirit saw Jesus it at once convulsed the boy; he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

²⁶ And it did come out, after shrieking aloud and convulsing him violently. The child turned like a corpse, so that most people said, "he is dead";

³⁵ But Jesus checked it, saying, "Be quiet, come out of him." And after throwing him down before them the daemon did come out of him without doing him any harm.

²⁹ (For he had charged the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many a time when it had seized hold of him, he had been fastened secure in fetters and chains, but he would snap his bonds and be driven by the daemon into the desert.)

⁴⁴ You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires; he was a slayer of men from the very beginning, and he has no place in the truth because there is no truth in him: when he tells a lie, he is expressing his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

⁸ Keep cool, keep awake. Your enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion, looking out for someone to devour.

¹¹ they had a king over them, the angel of the abyss — his Hebrew name is Abaddon, but in Greek he is called Apollyon.

²⁰ He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you truly, if you had faith the size of a grain of mustard-seed, you could say to this hill, 'Move from here to there,' and remove it would; nothing would be impossible for you."

¹ Calling the twelve apostles together he gave them power and authority over all daemons as well as to heal diseases.

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.

¹³ Some strolling Jewish exorcists also undertook to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches!" ¹⁴ The seven sons of Sceuas, a Jewish high priest, used to do this. ¹⁵ But the evil spirit retorted, "Jesus I know and Paul I know, but you — who are you?" ¹⁶ And the man in whom the evil spirit resided leapt at them, overpowered them all, and belaboured them, till they rushed out of the house stripped and wounded.

⁷ But when he noticed a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who told you to flee from the coming Wrath?

²⁸ Come to me, all who are labouring and burdened, and I will refresh you.

³⁹ He replied to them, "It is an evil and disloyal generation that craves a Sign, but no Sign will be given to it except the Sign of the prophet Jonah;

⁴⁵ Then it goes off to fetch seven other spirits worse than itself; they go in and dwell there, and the last state of that man is worse than the first. This is how it will be with the present evil generation."

⁴ "It is an evil and disloyal generation that craves a Sign, and no Sign shall be given to it except the Sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.

¹⁷ Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long must I still be with you? How long have I to bear with you? Bring him here to me."

³⁶ I tell you truly, it will all come upon this generation.

¹⁹ He answered them, "O faithless generation, how long must I still be with you? how long have I to bear with you? Bring him to me."

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 Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." Then they called the blind man and told him, "Courage! Get up, he is calling you."

²⁵ Then he said to them, "Where is your faith?" They marvelled in awe, saying to one another, "Whatever can he be? He gives orders to the very winds and water, and they obey 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'?

²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, "Look at my hands, put your finger here; and put your hand here into my side; cease your unbelief and believe."

⁴⁰ And with many another appeal he urged and entreated them. "Save yourselves," he cried, "from this crooked generation!"

¹⁸ For about forty years he bore with them in the desert,

⁴ Or are you slighting all his wealth of kindness, forbearance, and patience? Do you not know his kindness is meant to make you repent?

⁹ where your fathers put me to the proof, and for forty years felt what I could do. ¹⁰ Therefore I grew exasperated with that generation, I said, 'They are always astray in their heart': They would not learn my ways; ¹¹ so I swore in my anger, 'they shall never enter my Rest.'

¹⁹ Thus we see it was owing to unbelief that they could not enter.

² For we have had the good news as well as they; only, the message they heard was of no use to them, because it did not meet with faith in the hearers.

¹¹ Let us be eager then to enter that Rest, in case anyone falls into the same sort of disobedience.

²⁵ Hence for all time he is able to save those who approach God through him, as he is always living to intercede on their behalf.

²⁶ And after convulsing him the unclean spirit did come out of him with a loud cry. ²⁷ Then they were all so amazed that they discussed it together, saying, "Whatever is this?" "It's new teaching with authority behind it!" "He orders even unclean spirits!" "Yes, and they obey him!"

²⁶ And it did come out, after shrieking aloud and convulsing him violently. The child turned like a corpse, so that most people said, "he is dead"; ²⁷ but, taking his hand, Jesus raised him and he got up.

¹⁵ Then the corpse sat up and began to speak; and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

³⁹ and a spirit gets hold of him till he suddenly shrieks; it convulses him till he foams; indeed it will hardly leave off tearing him to pieces.

⁴¹ Then he gave her his hand, raised her, and, after calling the saints and the widows he presented her to them alive.

¹² Rejoice for this, O heavens and ye that dwell in them! But woe to earth and sea! The devil has descended to you in fierce anger, knowing that his time is short."

⁵¹ And he got into the boat beside them, and the wind dropped. They were utterly astounded,

³⁰ On leaving there they passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know of their journey, ³¹ for he was teaching his disciples, telling them that the Son of man would be betrayed into the hands of men, that they would kill him, and that when he was killed he would rise again after three days. ³² But they did not understand what he said, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

³⁶ Then amazement came over them all; they talked it over among themselves, saying, "What does this mean? He orders the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!"

⁹ For amazement had seized him and all his companions at the take of fish they had caught;

²⁶ And all were seized with astonishment; they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, "We have seen incredible things to-day."

⁴³ And all were astounded at this grand display of God. But while all marvelled at all he did, he said to his disciples, ⁴⁴ "Let these words sink into your ears: 'the Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men.'" 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.

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. ¹² But when Peter saw this, he said to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you surprised at this? Why do you stare at us, as if we had made him walk by any power or piety of ours? 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,

²¹ From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he had to leave for Jerusalem and endure great suffering at the hands of the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed and raised on the third day.

²² When his adherents mustered in Galilee Jesus told them, "The Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men; ²³ they will kill him, but on the third day he will be raised." They were greatly distressed at this.

¹⁸ "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and scribes; they will sentence him to death ¹⁹ and hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified; then on the third day he will be raised."

³⁸ But when the vinedressers saw his son they said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him and seize his inheritance!' ³⁹ So they took and threw him outside the vineyard and killed him.

² "You know the passover is to be held two days after this; and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified."

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;

⁶⁶ All who heard of it bore it in mind; they said, "Whatever will this child become?" For the hand of the Lord was indeed with him.

¹⁹ and as for Mary, she treasured it all up and mused upon it.

⁵¹ Then he went down along with them to Nazaret, and did as they told him. His mother treasured up everything in her heart.

³¹ Then he took the twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and all the predictions of the prophets regarding the Son of man will be fulfilled;

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."

¹⁹ Jesus replied, "Destroy this sanctuary and I will raise it up in three days." ²⁰ "This sanctuary took forty-six years to build," the Jews retorted, "and you are going to raise it up in three days!" ²¹ He meant the sanctuary of his body, however, 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.

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;

¹¹ Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me, unless it had been granted you from above. So you are less guilty than he who betrayed me to you."

²³ this Jesus, betrayed in the predestined course of God's deliberate purpose, you got wicked men to nail to the cross and murder;

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, ¹⁴ but you repudiated the Holy and Just One; the boon you asked was a murderer, ¹⁵ and you killed the pioneer of Life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can bear witness.

³ to prevent anyone being disturbed by these troubles. (Troubles are our lot, you know that well; ⁴ for we told you beforehand, when we were with you, that "we Christians are to have trouble" — and, as you know, it has been so.)

¹ We must therefore pay closer attention to what we have heard, in case we drift away.

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. ³ Compare him who steadily endured all that hostility from sinful men, so as to keep your own hearts from fainting and failing. ⁴ You have not had to shed blood yet in the struggle against sin. ⁵ And have you forgotten the word of appeal that reasons with you as sons? — My son, never make light of the Lord's discipline, never faint under his reproofs;

²² Peter took him and began to reprove him for it; "God forbid, Lord," he said, "This must not be."

¹⁶ "Leaven?" they argued to themselves, "we have no bread at all." 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?

³² he spoke of this quite freely. Peter took him and began to reprove him for it, ³³ but he turned on him and noticing his disciples reproved Peter, telling him, "Get behind me, you Satan! Your outlook is not God's but man's."

¹⁰ This order they obeyed, debating with themselves what 'rising from the dead' meant.

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

⁵⁰ But they did not understand what he said.

⁴⁶ A dispute arose among them as to which of them was the greatest.

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.

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.)

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?"

⁵ "Lord," said Thomas, "we do not know where you are going, and how are we to know the way?"

¹⁷ So some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean by telling us, 'In a little while, you will behold me no longer; then, after a little, you shall see me'? and, 'I go to the Father'?" ¹⁸ They said, "What is the meaning of 'In a little'? We do not understand what he is saying."

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.

¹ At that hour the disciples came and asked Jesus, "Who is greatest in the Realm of heaven?" ² So he called a child, set it among them, ³ and said, "I tell you truly, unless you turn and become like children, you will never get into the Realm of heaven at all. ⁴ Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the Realm of heaven; ⁵ and whoever receives a little child like this for my sake, receives me.

²⁰ Then the mother of the sons of Zebedaeus came up to him with her sons, praying him for a favour. ²¹ He said to her, "What do you want?" She said, "Give orders that my two sons are to sit at your right hand and at your left in your Realm." ²² Jesus replied, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?" They said to him, "We can."

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.

³³ Then they reached Capharnahum. And when he was indoors he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?" ³⁴ They said nothing, for on the road they had been disputing about which of them was the greatest. ³⁵ So he sat down and called the twelve. "If anyone wants to be first," he said to them, "he must be last of all and the servant of all." ³⁶ Then he took a little child, set it among them, and putting his arms round it said to them, 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."

⁷ He also told a parable to the guests, when he observed how they picked out the best places. ⁸ "When anyone invites you to a marriage-banquet," he said, "never lie down in the best place, in case a more distinguished guest than yourself has been invited; ⁹ then the host will tell you, 'Make room for him,' and you will proceed in shame to take the lowest place. ¹⁰ No, when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes in he will tell you, 'Move higher up, my friend.' Then you will be honoured before your fellow guests. ¹¹ For everyone who uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

²⁴ A quarrel also rose among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest. ²⁵ But Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles rule over them, and their authorities take the name of 'Benefactor': ²⁶ not so with you. He who is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and he who is chief like a servant. ²⁷ Which is the greatest, guest or servant? Is it not the guest? But I am among you as a servant.

³ In virtue of my office, I tell everyone of your number who is self-important, that he is not to think more of himself than he ought to think; he must take a sane view of himself, corresponding to the degree of faith which God has assigned to each.

¹⁰ Put affection into your love for the brotherhood; be forward to honour one another;

²⁰ idolatry, magic, quarrels, dissension, jealousy, temper, rivalry, factions, party-spirit, ²¹ envy, [murder], drinking bouts, revelry, and the like; I tell you beforehand as I have told you already, that people who indulge in such practices will never inherit the Realm of God.

²⁵ As we live by the Spirit, let us be guided by the Spirit; ²⁶ let us have no vanity, no provoking, no envy of one another.

³ never acting for private ends or from vanity, but humbly considering each other the better man,

¹⁴ In all that you do, avoid grumbling and disputing,

⁹ I have written to the church; only, Diotrephes, who likes to take the lead among them, repudiates me.

⁴ Jesus saw what they were thinking and said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?

² So he called a child, set it among them, ³ and said, "I tell you truly, unless you turn and become like children, you will never get into the Realm of heaven at all. ⁴ Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the Realm of heaven;

¹³ Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray over them. The disciples checked the people, ¹⁴ but Jesus said to them, "Let the children alone, do not stop them from coming to me: the Realm of heaven belongs to such as these." ¹⁵ Then he laid his hands on them and went upon his way.

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. ¹⁵ I tell you truly, whoever will not submit to the Reign of God like a child will never get into it at all."

²² Conscious that they were arguing to themselves, Jesus addressed them, saying, "Why argue in your hearts?

³⁹ When his host the Pharisee noticed this, he said to himself, "If he was a prophet he would know what sort of a woman this is who is touching him; for she is a sinner." ⁴⁰ Then Jesus addressed him. "Simon," he said, "I have something to say to you." "Speak, teacher," he said.

²⁵ and required no evidence from anyone about human nature; well did he know what was in human nature.

³⁰ Now we are sure you know everything, and need no one to put questions to you. This makes us believe you have come forth from God."

¹⁷ For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.

²⁰ Brothers, do not be children in the sphere of intelligence; in evil be mere infants, but be mature in your intelligence.

¹³ And no created thing is hidden from him; all things lie open and exposed before the eyes of him with whom we have to reckon.

¹ So off with all malice, all guile and insincerity and envy and slander of every kind! ² Like newly-born children, thirst for the pure, spiritual milk to make you grow up to salvation.

²³ and her children I will exterminate. So shall all the churches know that I am the searcher of the inmost heart; I will requite each of you according to what you have done.

⁴⁰ He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives Him who sent me. ⁴¹ He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet, will receive a prophet's reward; he who receives a good man because he is good, will receive a good man's reward. ⁴² And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, I tell you, he shall not lose his reward."

⁵ and whoever receives a little child like this for my sake, receives me. ⁶ But whoever is a hindrance to one of these little ones who believe in me, better for him to have a great mill-stone hung round his neck and be sunk in the deep sea.

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.

¹⁴ So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that a single one of these little ones should be lost.

²⁸ Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel.

¹¹ He who is greatest among you must be your servant. ¹² Whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be uplifted.

⁴⁰ The King will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even to the least of them, you did it to me.'

⁴⁵ Then he will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did not do it to one of these, even the least of them, you did not do it to me.'

²⁸ I tell you, among the sons of women there is none greater than John, and yet the least in the Realm of God is greater than he is."

¹¹ For everyone who uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

²⁶ not so with you. He who is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and he who is chief like a servant.

³⁰ I assign you the right of eating and drinking at my table in my Realm and of sitting on thrones to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.

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.

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 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."

⁸ hence, he who disregards this, disregards not man but the God who gave you his holy Spirit.

³ not by way of lording it over your charges but proving a pattern to the flock. ⁴ Then you will receive the unfading crown of glory, when the chief Shepherd makes his appearance.

⁶ Humble yourselves under the strong hand of God, then, so that when it is time, he may raise you;

²¹ 'The conqueror I will allow to sit beside me on my throne, as I myself have conquered and sat down beside my Father on his throne.'

¹⁴ And the wall of the City has twelve foundation-stones, bearing the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

³⁸ John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out daemons in your name; but he does not follow us, and so we stopped him." ³⁹ Jesus said, "Do not stop him; no one who performs any miracle in my name will be ready to speak evil of me. ⁴⁰ He who is not against us is for us.

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.

¹⁸ So they called the men in and ordered them not to speak or teach a single sentence about the Name of Jesus. ¹⁹ But Peter and John replied, "Decide for yourselves whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God.

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!"

¹⁶ by hindering us from speaking words of salvation to the Gentiles. So they would fill up the measure of their sins to the last drop! But the Wrath is on them to the bitter end!

⁹ I have written to the church; only, Diotrephes, who likes to take the lead among them, repudiates me. ¹⁰ So when I come, I shall bring up what he is doing, babbling against me with wicked words — and, not satisfied with words, he refuses to welcome the brothers, checks those who want to welcome them, and excommunicates them from the church.

³⁰ He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

²⁸ He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Then would you like us to go and gather them?' ²⁹ 'No,' he said, 'for you might root up the wheat when you were gathering the weeds. ³⁰ Let them both grow side by side till harvest; and at harvest-time I will tell the reapers to gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to be burnt, but to collect the wheat in my granary.'"

²⁴ When they reached Capharnahum, the collectors of the temple-tax came and asked Peter, "Does your teacher not pay the temple-tax?"

²⁶ "From aliens," he said. Then Jesus said to him, "So their own people are exempt.

⁴¹ Whoever gives you a cup of water because you belong to Christ, I tell you truly, he shall not miss his reward.

²³ He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

¹³ No servant can serve two masters: either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will stand by the one and despise the other, you cannot serve both God and Mammon."

³ so I tell you now, that no one is speaking in the Spirit of God when he cries, 'Cursed be Jesus,' and that no one can say, 'Jesus is Lord,' except in the holy Spirit.

¹⁵ Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, others from goodwill; ¹⁶ the latter do it from love to me, knowing that I am set here to defend the gospel, ¹⁷ but the former proclaim Christ for their own ends, with mixed motives, intending to annoy me as I lie in prison. ¹⁸ What does it matter? Anyhow, for ulterior ends or honestly, Christ is being proclaimed, and I rejoice over that; yes and I will rejoice over it.

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

⁵⁰ I have a baptism to undergo. How I am distressed till it is all over!

²² On he went, teaching from one town and village to another, as he made his way to Jerusalem.

¹¹ Now it happened in the course of his journey to Jerusalem that he passed between Samaria and Galilee.

¹¹ He went on to tell a parable in their hearing, as he was approaching Jerusalem and as they imagined God's Reign would instantly come into view.

²⁸ With these words he went forward on his way up to Jerusalem.

⁵¹ And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].

⁶² Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he formerly existed?

¹ Now before the passover festival Jesus knew the time had come for him to pass from this world to the Father. He had loved his own in this world and he loved them to the end;

⁵ but now I am going to him who sent me. And yet not one of you asks, 'Where are you going?'

²⁸ From the Father I came and I entered the world; again, I leave the world and I go to the Father."

¹¹ I am to be in the world no longer, but they are to be in the world; I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one.

² down to the day when, after issuing his orders by the holy Spirit to the disciples whom he had chosen, he was taken up to heaven.

⁹ On saying this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him out of sight.

²² Now here I go to Jerusalem under the binding force of the Spirit. What will befall me there, I do not know.

¹¹ He came to us, took Paul's girdle and bound his own feet and hands, saying, "Here is the word of the holy Spirit: 'So shall the Jews bind the owner of this girdle at Jerusalem and hand him over to the Gentiles'." ¹² Now when we heard this, we and the local disciples besought Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. 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." ¹⁴ As he would not be persuaded, we acquiesced, saying, "The will of the Lord be done."

²⁰ which he exerted in raising Christ from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavenly sphere,

⁸ Thus it is said, When he ascended on high he led a host captive and granted gifts to men. ⁹ What does he ascended mean, except that he first descended to the nether regions of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is he who ascended above all the heavens to fill the universe; ¹¹ he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach,

¹⁴ to press on to the goal for the prize of God's high call in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶ And who does not admit how profound is the divine truth of our religion? — it is He who was "manifest in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by the angels, preached among the nations, believed on throughout the world, taken up to glory."

²⁰ There Jesus entered for us in advance, when he became high priest for ever with the rank of Melchizedek.

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.

²² who is at God's right hand — for he went to heaven after angels, authorities, and powers celestial had been made subject to him.)

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

²⁷ This is he of whom it is written, Here I send my messenger before your face, to prepare the way for you.

³³ However a Samaritan traveller came to where he was and felt pity when he saw him;

¹⁶ and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.

⁴⁸ The Jews retorted, "Are we not right in saying you are a Samaritan, you are mad?"

⁹ The Samaritan woman said, "What? You are a Jew, and you ask me for a drink — me, a Samaritan!" (Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

⁴⁰ So when the Samaritans arrived, they pressed him to stay with them; he did stay there two days, ⁴¹ and far more of them believed on account of what he said himself. ⁴² As they told the woman, "We no longer believe on account of what you said; we have heard for ourselves, we know that he is really the Saviour of the world."

²⁹ So now, O Lord, consider the threats of these men, and grant that thy servants may be perfectly fearless in speaking thy word, ³⁰ when thy hand is stretched out to heal and to perform miracles and wonders by the name of thy holy Servant Jesus."

¹⁹ Be sure of that, my beloved brothers. Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to talk, slow to be angry — ²⁰ for human anger does not promote divine righteousness;

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. ¹⁷ The wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, forbearing, conciliatory, full of mercy and wholesome fruit, unambiguous, straightforward; ¹⁸ and the peacemakers who sow in peace reap righteousness.

³ One of his heads looked as if it had been slain and killed, but the deadly wound was healed, and the whole earth went after him in wonder,

²³ But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me! Your outlook is not God's but man's."

³³ Peter answered, "Supposing they are all disconcerted over you, I will not be disconcerted."

⁴¹ Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

⁵¹ One of his companions put out his hand, drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

⁹ of sin, because they do not believe in me;

³ At this Paul said to him, "You whitewashed wall, God will strike you! You sit there to judge me by the Law, do you? And you break the Law by ordering me to be struck!" ⁴ The bystanders said, "What! would you rail at God's high priest?" ⁵ "Brothers," said Paul, "I did not know he was high priest" (for it is written, You must not speak evil of any ruler of your people).

⁹ I once believed it my duty indeed actively to oppose the name of Jesus the Nazarene. ¹⁰ I did so in Jerusalem. I shut up many of the saints in prison, armed with authority from the high priests; when they were put to death, I voted against them; ¹¹ there was not a synagogue where I did not often punish them and force them to blaspheme; and in my frantic fury I persecuted them even to foreign towns.

¹⁰ blessing and cursing stream from the same lips! My brothers, this ought not to be.

⁹ never paying back evil for evil, never reviling when you are reviled, but on the contrary blessing. For this is your vocation, to bless and to inherit blessing;

¹⁹ I reprove and discipline those whom I love; so be in warm earnest and repent.

³⁹ But I tell you, you are not to resist an injury: whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well;

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."

²⁷ I tell you, my hearers, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you: ²⁸ bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. ²⁹ If a man strikes you on the one cheek, offer him the other as well: if anyone takes your coat, do not deny him your shirt as well; ³⁰ give to anyone who asks you, and do not ask your goods back from anyone who has taken them. ³¹ As you would like men to do to you, so do to them.

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

⁵¹ Jesus said, "Let me do this at least," and cured him by touching his ear.

³⁴ Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing." Then they distributed his clothes among themselves by drawing lots.

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

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.

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.

²¹ Do not let evil get the better of you; get the better of evil by doing good.

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,

²¹ It is your vocation; for when Christ suffered for you, he left you an example, and you must follow his footsteps. ²² He committed no sin, no guile was ever found upon his lips; ²³ he was reviled and made no retort, he suffered and never threatened, but left everything to Him who judges justly;

¹⁹ A scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you anywhere"; 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." ²¹ Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me go and bury my father first of all"; ²² Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

⁵¹ As the time for his assumption was now due, he set his face for the journey to Jerusalem.

⁵⁷ And as they journeyed along the road a man said to him, "I will follow you anywhere." ⁵⁸ 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." ⁵⁹ He said to another man, "Follow me"; but he said, "Let me go and bury my father first of all." ⁶⁰ Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; you go and spread the news of the Reign of God."

³⁷ "Lord," said Peter, "why cannot I follow you just now? I will lay down my life for you."

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."

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; ²⁷ whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, he cannot be a disciple of mine. ²⁸ For which of you wants to build a tower and does not first sit down to calculate the expense, to see if he has enough money to complete it? — ²⁹ in case, after he has laid the foundation and then is unable to finish the building, all the spectators start to make fun of him, ³⁰ saying, 'This fellow started to build but he could not finish it.' ³¹ Or what king sets out to fight against another king without first sitting down to deliberate whether with ten thousand men he can encounter the king who is attacking him with twenty thousand? ³² If he cannot, when the other is still at a distance he will send an embassy to do homage to him. ³³ So with everyone of you who will not part with all his goods he cannot be a disciple of mine.

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." ²³ But when he heard that, he was vexed, for he was extremely rich.

⁶⁰ Now many of his disciples, on hearing it, said, "This is hard to take in! Who can listen to talk like this?" ⁶¹ Jesus, inwardly conscious that his disciples were murmuring at it, said to them, "So this upsets you? ⁶² Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he formerly existed? 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. ⁶⁴ And yet there are some of you who do not believe" (for Jesus knew from the very first who the unbelieving were, and who was to betray him; ⁶⁵ that was why he said 'I tell you that no one is able to come to me unless he is allowed by the Father'). ⁶⁶ After that, many of his disciples drew back and would not associate with him any longer.

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.)

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers; has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the realm which he has promised to those who love him?

¹⁹ so he said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men." ²⁰ And they dropped their nets at once and followed him. ²¹ Then going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedaeus and his brother John, mending their nets in the boat beside their father Zebedaeus. He called them, ²² and they left the boat and their father at once, and went after him.

³³ Seek God's Realm and his goodness, and all that will be yours over and above.

⁹ As Jesus passed along from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me"; and he rose and followed him.

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;

³² We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "

¹⁵ Then after breakfast Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others do?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then feed my lambs," said Jesus. ¹⁶ Again he asked him, for the second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then be a shepherd to my sheep," said Jesus. ¹⁷ For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.

¹⁶ What I am proud of is not the mere preaching of the gospel; that I am constrained to do. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

¹⁶ Once convinced of this, then, I estimate no one by what is external; even though I once estimated Christ by what is external, I no longer estimate him thus. ¹⁷ There is a new creation whenever a man comes to be in Christ; what is old is gone, the new has come. ¹⁸ It is all the doing of the God who has reconciled me to himself through Christ and has permitted me to be a minister of his reconciliation.

¹ And as with us so with you. You were dead in the trespasses and sins

⁵ he made us live together with Christ (it is by grace you have been saved);

⁶ whereas the widow who plunges into dissipation is dead before ever she dies.

³ Join the ranks of those who bear suffering, like a loyal soldier of Christ Jesus. ⁴ No soldier gets entangled in civil pursuits; his aim is to satisfy his commander.

⁵ Whatever happens, be self-possessed, flinch from no suffering, do your work as an evangelist, and discharge all your duties as a minister.

¹ Then to the angel of the church at Sardis write thus: — These are the words of him who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your doings, you have the name of being alive, but you are dead.

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

¹⁸ But they all alike proceeded to decline. The first said to him, 'I have bought a farm and I am obliged to go and look at it. Pray consider me excused.' ¹⁹ The second said, 'I have bought five pair of oxen and I am going to try them. Pray consider me excused.' ²⁰ Another said, 'I have married a wife; that is why I cannot come.'

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;

³¹ On that day, if a man is on the housetop and his goods inside the house, he must not go down to fetch them out; nor must a man in the field turn back ³² (remember Lot's wife).

³⁷ But while Barnabas wanted to take John (who was called Mark) along with them, ³⁸ Paul held they should not take a man with them who had deserted them in Pamphylia, instead of accompanying them on active service.

¹³ Brothers, I for one do not consider myself to have appropriated this; my one thought is, by forgetting what lies behind me and straining to what lies before me,

¹⁰ for Demas, in his love for this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens is off to Gaul, Titus to Dalmatia,

³⁸ Meantime my just man shall live on by his faith; if he shrinks back, my soul takes no delight in him.

⁶ Only, let him ask in faith, with never a doubt; for the doubtful man is like surge of the sea whirled and swayed by the wind; ⁷ that man need not imagine he will get anything from God, ⁸ double-minded creature that he is, wavering at every turn.

²⁰ After escaping the pollutions of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, if they get entangled and overpowered again, the last state is worse for them than the first. ²¹ Better had they never known the Way of righteousness, than to know it and then turn back from the holy command which was committed to them. ²² They verify the truth of the proverb: "The dog turns back to what he has vomited, the sow when washed will wallow in the mire."