Mark 13 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ As he went out of the temple one of his disciples said to him, "Look, teacher, what a size these stones and buildings are!" ² Jesus said to him, "You see these great buildings? Not a stone shall be left on another, without being torn down." ³ And as he sat on the Hill of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him in private, ⁴ "Tell us, when is this to happen? What will be the sign for all this to be accomplished?" ⁵ So Jesus began: "Take care that no one misleads you: — ⁶ many will come in my name saying, 'I am he,' and mislead many. ⁷ And when you hear of wars and rumours of war, do not be alarmed; these have to come, but it is not the end yet. ⁸ For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be earthquakes here and there, and famines too. All that is but the beginning of the trouble. ⁹ Look to yourselves. Men will hand you over to Sanhedrins and you will be flogged in synagogues and brought before governors and kings for my sake, to testify to them. ¹⁰ (Ere the end, the gospel must be preached to all nations.) ¹¹ Now when they carry you off to trial, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; say whatever comes to your lips at the moment, for he who speaks is not you but the holy Spirit. ¹² Brother will betray brother to death, the father will betray his child, children will rise against their parents and kill them, ¹³ and you will be hated by all men on account of my name; but he will be saved who holds out to the very end. ¹⁴ But whenever you see the appalling Horror standing where he has no right to stand (let the reader note this), then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills; ¹⁵ a man on the housetop must not go down into the house or go inside to fetch anything out of his house, ¹⁶ and a man in the field must not turn back to get his coat. ¹⁷ Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days! ¹⁸ Pray it may not be winter when it comes, ¹⁹ for those days will be days of misery, the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now — no and never shall be. ²⁰ Had not the Lord cut short those days, not a soul would be saved alive; but he has cut them short for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen. ²¹ If anyone tells you at that time, 'Look, here is the Christ,' or, 'Look, there he is,' do not believe it; ²² for false Christs and false prophets will rise and perform signs and wonders to mislead the elect if they can. ²³ Now take care! I am telling you of it all beforehand. ²⁴ But when that misery is past, in those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not yield her light, ²⁵ the stars will drop from heaven, and the orbs of the heavens will be shaken. ²⁶ Then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷ Then he will despatch his angels and muster the elect from the four winds, from the verge of earth to the verge of heaven. ²⁸ Let the fig tree teach you a parable. As soon as its branches turn soft and put out leaves, you know summer is at hand; ²⁹ so, whenever you see this happen, you may be sure He is at hand, at the very door. ³⁰ I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens. ³¹ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words never. ³² Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, not even the Son, but only the Father. ³³ Take care, keep awake and pray; you never know the time. ³⁴ It is like a man leaving his house to go abroad; he puts his servants in charge, each with his work to do, and he orders the porter to keep watch. ³⁵ Watch then, for you never know when the Lord of the House will come, in the late evening or at midnight or at cock-crow or in the morning. ³⁶ Watch, in case he comes suddenly and finds you asleep. ³⁷ Watch: I say it to you, and I say it to all."

¹ So Jesus left the temple and went on his way. His disciples came forward to point out to him the temple-buildings, ² but he replied to them, "You see all this? I tell you truly, not a stone here will be left upon another, without being torn down." ³ So as he sat on the Hill of Olives the disciples came up to him in private and said, "Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the sign of your arrival and of the end of the world?" ⁴ Jesus replied, "Take care that no one misleads you; ⁵ for many will come in my name, saying 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many. ⁶ You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see and do not be alarmed. These have to come, but it is not the end yet. ⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be famines and earthquakes here and there. ⁸ All that is but the beginning of the trouble. ⁹ Then men will hand you over to suffer affliction, and they will kill you; you will be hated by all the Gentiles on account of my name. ¹⁰ And many will be repelled then, they will betray one another and hate one another. ¹¹ Many false prophets will rise and mislead many. ¹² And in most of you love will grow cold by the increase of iniquity; ¹³ but he will be saved who holds out to the very end. 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. ¹⁵ So when you see the appalling Horror spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing erect in the holy place (let the reader note this), ¹⁶ then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills; ¹⁷ a man on the housetop must not go down to fetch what is inside his house, ¹⁸ and a man in the field must not turn back to get his coat. ¹⁹ Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days! ²⁰ Pray that you may not have to fly in winter or on the sabbath, ²¹ for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now — no and never shall be. ²² Had not those days been cut short, not a soul would be saved alive; however, for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short. ²³ If anyone tells you at that time, 'Here is the Christ!' or, 'there he is!' do not believe it; ²⁴ for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, — if that were possible. ²⁵ (I am telling you this beforehand.) ²⁶ If they tell you, 'Here he is in the desert,' do not go out; 'here he is in the chamber,' do not believe it. ²⁷ For like lightning that shoots from east to west, so will be the arrival of the Son of man. ²⁸ Wherever the body lies, there will the vultures gather. ²⁹ Immediately after the misery of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not yield her light, the stars will drop from heaven and the orbs of the heavens will be shaken. 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. ³² Let the fig tree teach you a parable. As soon as its branches turn soft and put out leaves, you know summer is at hand; ³³ so, whenever you see all this happen, you may be sure He is at hand, at the very door. ³⁴ I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens. ³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. ³⁶ Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, but only my Father. ³⁷ As were the days of Noah, so will the arrival of the Son of man be. ³⁸ For as in the days before the deluge people ate and drank, married and were married, till the day Noah entered the ark; ³⁹ and as they knew nothing till the deluge came and swept them all away; so will the arrival of the Son of man be. ⁴⁰ Then there will be two men in the field, one will be taken and one will be left; ⁴¹ two women will be grinding at the millstone, one will be taken and one will be left. ⁴² Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come. ⁴³ But be sure of this, that if the householder had known at what watch in the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect. ⁴⁵ Now where is the trusty and thoughtful servant, whom his lord and master has set over his household to assign them their supplies at the proper time? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant if his lord and master finds him so doing when he arrives! ⁴⁷ I tell you truly, he will set him over all his property. ⁴⁸ But if the bad servant says to himself, 'My lord and master is long of coming,' ⁴⁹ and if he starts to beat his fellow-servants and to eat and drink with drunkards, ⁵⁰ that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know; ⁵¹ he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of the impious. There men will wail and gnash their teeth.

⁵ Some were speaking of the temple with its ornamentation of splendid stones and votive gifts, but he said, ⁶ "As for what you see, there are days coming when not a stone will be left upon another, without being torn down." ⁷ So they asked him, "Teacher, and when will this happen? What will be the sign for this to take place?" ⁸ He said, "Take care that you are not misled; for many will come in my name saying, 'I am he' and 'the time is near' — do not go after them. ⁹ And when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be scared; these have to come first, but the end is not at once." ¹⁰ Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm, ¹¹ there will be great earthquakes with famine and pestilence here and there, there will be awful portents and great signs from heaven. ¹² But before all that, men will lay hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to synagogues and prisons; you will be dragged before kings and governors for the sake of my name. ¹³ That will turn out an opportunity for you to bear witness. ¹⁴ So resolve to yourselves that you will not rehearse your defence beforehand, ¹⁵ for I will give you words and wisdom that not one of your opponents will be able to meet or refute. ¹⁶ You will be betrayed by your very parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you will be put to death. ¹⁷ You will be hated by all on account of my name; ¹⁸ but not a hair of your head will perish. ¹⁹ Hold out stedfast and you win your souls. ²⁰ But whenever you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then be sure her desolation is not far away. ²¹ Then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills, let those who are in the city escape, and let not those who are in the country come in to the city; ²² for these are the days of the divine Vengeance, in fulfilment of all that is written in scripture. ²³ Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days, for sore anguish will come upon the land and Wrath on this people; ²⁴ they will fall by the edge of the sword, they will be carried prisoners to all nations, and Jerusalem will be under the heel of the Gentiles till the period of the Gentiles expires. 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, ²⁶ men swooning with panic and foreboding of what is to befall the universe. For the orbs of the heavens will be shaken, ²⁷ and then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ But when these things begin to happen, look up and raise your heads, for your release is not far distant." ²⁹ And he told them a parable. "Look at the fig tree and indeed all the trees; ³⁰ as soon as they put out their leaves, you can see for yourselves that summer is at hand. ³¹ So, whenever you see all this happen, be sure the Reign of God is at hand. ³² I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens. ³³ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words never. ³⁴ Take heed to yourselves in case your hearts get overpowered by dissipation and drunkenness and worldly anxieties, and so that Day catches you suddenly like a trap. ³⁵ For it will come upon all dwellers on the face of all the earth. ³⁶ From hour to hour keep awake, praying that you may succeed in escaping all these dangers to come and in standing before the Son of man."

² but he replied to them, "You see all this? I tell you truly, not a stone here will be left upon another, without being torn down."

⁴¹ And when he saw the city, as he approached, he wept over it, ⁴² saying, "Would that you too knew even to-day on what your peace depends! But no, it is hidden from you! ⁴³ A time is coming for you when your enemies will throw up ramparts round you and encircle you and besiege you on every side ⁴⁴ and raze you and your children within you to the ground, leaving not one stone upon another within you — and all because you would not understand when God was visiting you."

⁶ "As for what you see, there are days coming when not a stone will be left upon another, without being torn down."

¹⁴ Why, we have heard him say that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this Place and change the customs handed down to us by Moses!"

² but omit the court outside the temple, do not measure that, for it has been given over to the Gentiles; and the city will be under their heel for two and forty months.

¹⁰ Then the disciples came up and said to him, "Why do you speak in parables?"

³⁶ Then he left the crowds and went indoors. And his disciples came up to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."

¹ Six days afterwards Jesus took Peter, James and his brother John, and led them up a high hill by themselves;

¹ When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage at the Hill of Olives, then Jesus despatched two disciples,

³ So as he sat on the Hill of Olives the disciples came up to him in private and said, "Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the sign of your arrival and of the end of the world?"

¹⁶ Now as he passed along the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Simon's brother Andrew netting fish in the sea — for they were fishermen; ¹⁷ so Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me and I will make you fish for men." ¹⁸ At once they dropped their nets and went after him. ¹⁹ Then going on a little further he saw James the son of Zebedaeus and his brother John; they too were in their boat, mending their nets;

³⁴ he never spoke to them except by way of parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.

³⁷ He would not allow anyone to accompany him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.

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,

³⁵ James and John, the sons of Zebedaeus, came up to him saying, "Teacher, we want you to do whatever we ask you."

³³ But he took Peter and James and John along with him; and as he began to feel appalled and agitated,

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

⁷ So they asked him, "Teacher, and when will this happen? What will be the sign for this to take place?"

²¹ So, on catching sight of him, Peter said to Jesus, "And what about him, Lord?" ²² Jesus replied, "If I choose that he should survive till I come back, what does that matter to you? Follow me yourself."

⁶ Now when they met, they asked him, "Lord, is this the time you are going to restore the Realm to Israel?" ⁷ But he told them, "It is not for you to know the course and periods of time that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

⁴ Jesus replied, "Take care that no one misleads you; ⁵ for many will come in my name, saying 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.

⁸ He said, "Take care that you are not misled; for many will come in my name saying, 'I am he' and 'the time is near' — do not go after them.

³³ Make no mistake about this: 'bad company is the ruin of good character.'

⁶ Let no one deceive you with specious arguments; these are the vices that bring down God's anger on the sons of disobedience.

⁸ Beware of anyone getting hold of you by means of a theosophy which is specious make-believe, on the lines of human tradition, corresponding to the Elemental spirits of the world and not to Christ.

³ Let nobody delude you into this belief, whatever he may say. It will not come till the Rebellion takes place first of all, with the revealing of the Lawless One, the doomed One,

¹ Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see if they come from God; for many false prophets have emerged in the world.

⁷ But when the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison, ⁸ and he will emerge to seduce the nations at the four corners of the earth, even Gog and Magog, mustering them for the fray. Their number was like the sand of the sea,

⁵ for many will come in my name, saying 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.

¹¹ Many false prophets will rise and mislead many.

²³ If anyone tells you at that time, 'Here is the Christ!' or, 'there he is!' do not believe it; ²⁴ for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, — if that were possible.

²² for false Christs and false prophets will rise and perform signs and wonders to mislead the elect if they can.

⁴³ here am I, come in the name of my Father, and you will not accept me: let someone else come in his own name, and you will accept him!

²⁴ So I told you, you would die in your sins; for unless you believe who I am, you will die in your sins."

³⁶ In days gone by Theudas started up, claiming to be a person of importance; a number of men, about four hundred of them, rallied to him, but he was slain, and all his followers were dispersed and wiped out. ³⁷ After him Judas the Galilean started up at the time of the census, and got people to desert to him; but he perished too, and all his followers were scattered. ³⁸ So I advise you to-day to leave these men to themselves. Let them alone. If this project or enterprise springs from men, it will collapse; ³⁹ whereas, if it really springs from God, you will be unable to put them down. You may even find yourselves fighting God!"

⁷ Woe to the world for hindrances! Hindrances have to come, but — woe to the man by whom the hindrance does come!

⁶ You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see and do not be alarmed. These have to come, but it is not the end yet. ⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm; there will be famines and earthquakes here and there.

⁹ And when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be scared; these have to come first, but the end is not at once." ¹⁰ Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and realm against realm, ¹¹ there will be great earthquakes with famine and pestilence here and there, there will be awful portents and great signs from heaven.

¹ Let not your hearts be disquieted; you believe — believe in God and also in me.

²⁷ Peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you; I give it not as the world gives its 'Peace!' Let not your hearts be disquieted or timid.

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."

⁸ All that is but the beginning of the trouble.

²⁸ one of whom, named Agabus, showed by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to visit the whole world (the famine which occurred in the reign of Claudius).

³ when 'all's well' and 'all is safe' are on the lips of men, then all of a sudden Destruction is upon them, like pangs on a pregnant woman — escape there is none.

⁴ And away went another red horse; its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other; he was given a huge sword.

¹⁷ Beware of men, they will hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues, ¹⁸ and you will be haled before governors and kings for my sake — it will be a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

³⁴ This is why I will send you prophets, wise men, and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, some of whom you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town; ³⁵ it is that on you may fall the punishment for all the just blood shed on earth from the blood of Abel the just down to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. ³⁶ I tell you truly, it will all come upon this generation. ³⁷ 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!

⁹ Then men will hand you over to suffer affliction, and they will kill you; you will be hated by all the Gentiles on account of my name. ¹⁰ And many will be repelled then, they will betray one another and hate one another.

⁴⁴ "See, you are not to say a word to anybody; away and show yourself to the priest and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, to notify men."

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."

⁵ So Jesus began: "Take care that no one misleads you: —

⁵ Whoever will not receive you, leave that town and shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them."

¹⁶ You will be betrayed by your very parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you will be put to death. ¹⁷ You will be hated by all on account of my name; ¹⁸ but not a hair of your head will perish.

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

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

¹ While they were speaking to the people, they were surprised by the priests, the commander of the temple, and the Sadducees, ² who were annoyed at them teaching the people and proclaiming Jesus as an instance of resurrection from the dead. ³ They laid hands on them and, as it was now evening, put them in custody till next morning. ⁴ (A number of those who heard them speak believed, bringing up their numbers to [about] five thousand.) ⁵ Next morning a meeting was held in Jerusalem of their rulers, elders and scribes, ⁶ which was attended by the high priest Annas, by Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all the members of the high priest's family. ⁷ They made the men stand before them and inquired, "By what authority, in whose name, have you done this?" ⁸ Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, ⁹ if we are being cross-examined to-day upon a benefit rendered to a cripple, upon how this man got better, ¹⁰ you and the people of Israel must all understand that he stands before you strong and well, thanks to the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead. ¹¹ He is the stone despised by you builders, which has become head of the corner. ¹² There is no salvation by anyone else, nor even a second Name under heaven appointed for us men and our salvation." ¹³ They were astonished to notice how outspoken Peter and John were, and to discover that they were uncultured persons and mere outsiders; they recognized them as having been companions of Jesus, ¹⁴ but as they saw the man who had been healed standing beside them, they could say nothing. ¹⁵ Ordering them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin, they proceeded to hold a consultation. ¹⁶ "What are we to do with these men?" they said. "It is plain to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem that a miracle has admittedly been worked by them. That we cannot deny. ¹⁷ However, to keep things from going any further with the people, we had better threaten them that they are not to tell anyone in future about this Name." 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. ²⁰ Certainly we cannot give up speaking of what we have seen and heard." ²¹ Then they threatened them still further and let them go; on account of the people they found themselves unable to find any means of punishing them, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened

¹⁷ This filled the high priest Annas and his allies, the Sadducean party, with bitter jealousy; ¹⁸ they laid hands on the apostles and put them into the public prison, ¹⁹ but an angel of the Lord opened the prison-doors during the night and brought them out, saying, ²⁰ "Go and stand in the temple, telling the people all about this Life." ²¹ With these orders they went into the temple about dawn and proceeded to teach. Meantime the high priest and his allies met, called the Sanhedrin together and the council of seniors belonging to the sons of Israel, and then sent to prison for the men. ²² But as the attendants did not find them when they got to the prison, they came back to report, ²³ "We found the prison safely locked up with the sentries posted at the doors, but on opening the doors we found no one inside!" ²⁴ On hearing this the commander of the temple and the high priests were quite at a loss to know what to make of it. ²⁵ However, someone came and reported to them, "Here are the very men you put in prison, standing in the temple and teaching the people!" ²⁶ At this the commander went off with the attendants and fetched them — but without using violence, for fear that the people would pelt them with stones. ²⁷ They conducted them before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked them, ²⁸ "We strictly forbade you to teach about this Name, did we not? And here you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine! You want to make us responsible for this man's death!" ²⁹ Peter and the apostles answered, "One must obey God rather than men. ³⁰ The God of our fathers raised Jesus whom you murdered by hanging him on a gibbet. ³¹ God lifted him up to his right hand as our pioneer and saviour, in order to grant repentance and remission of sins to Israel. ³² To these facts we bear witness, with the holy Spirit which God has given to those who obey him." ³³ When they heard this, they were so furious that they determined to make away with the apostles. ³⁴ But a Pharisee in the Sanhedrin called Gamaliel, a doctor of the Law who was highly respected by all the people, got up and ordered the apostles to be removed for a few moments. ³⁵ Then he said, "Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men. ³⁶ In days gone by Theudas started up, claiming to be a person of importance; a number of men, about four hundred of them, rallied to him, but he was slain, and all his followers were dispersed and wiped out. ³⁷ After him Judas the Galilean started up at the time of the census, and got people to desert to him; but he perished too, and all his followers were scattered. ³⁸ So I advise you to-day to leave these men to themselves. Let them alone. If this project or enterprise springs from men, it will collapse; ³⁹ whereas, if it really springs from God, you will be unable to put them down. You may even find yourselves fighting God!" ⁴⁰ They gave in to him, and after summoning the apostles and giving them a flogging, they released them with instructions that they were not to speak about the name of Jesus.

¹¹ They then instigated people to say, "We have heard him talking blasphemy against Moses and God." ¹² In this way they excited the people, the elders, and the scribes, who rushed on him, dragged him away, and took him before the Sanhedrin. ¹³ They also brought forward false witnesses to say, "This fellow is never done talking against this holy Place and the Law! ¹⁴ Why, we have heard him say that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this Place and change the customs handed down to us by Moses!" 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.

⁵⁴ When they heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.

¹ Meanwhile Saul still breathed threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest ² and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus empowering him to put any man or woman in chains whom he could find belonging to the Way, and bring them to Jerusalem.

¹³ "But, Lord," Ananias answered, "many people have told me about all the mischief this man has done to thy saints at Jerusalem! ¹⁴ And in this city too he has authority from the high priests to put anyone in chains who invokes thy Name!"

¹⁶ I will show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my Name."

¹ It was about that time that king Herod laid hands of violence on some members of the church. ² James the brother of John he slew with the sword, ³ and when he saw this pleased the Jews, he went on to seize Peter. (This was during the days of unleavened bread.)

²⁰ Bringing them before the praetors they declared, "These fellows are Jews who are making an agitation in our town; ²¹ they are proclaiming customs which as Romans we are not allowed to accept or observe!" ²² The crowd also joined in the attack upon them, while the praetors, after having them stripped and after ordering them to be flogged with rods, ²³ had many lashes inflicted on them and put them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safe. ²⁴ On receiving so strict a charge, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

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'."

³¹ They were attempting to kill him, when word reached the commander of the garrison that the whole of Jerusalem was in confusion. ³² Taking some soldiers and officers, he at once rushed down to them, and when they saw the commander and the soldiers they stopped beating Paul. ³³ Then the commander came up and seized him; he ordered him to be bound with a couple of chains, and asked "Who is he?" and "What has he done?" ³⁴ Some of the crowd roared one thing, some another, and as he could not learn the facts owing to the uproar, he ordered Paul to be taken to the barracks. ³⁵ By the time he reached the steps, he had actually to be carried by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd, ³⁶ for the whole mass of the people followed shouting, "Away with him!" ³⁷ Just as he was being taken into the barracks, Paul said to the commander, "May I say a word to you?" "You know Greek!" said the commander. ³⁸ "Then you are not the Egyptian who in days gone by raised the four thousand assassins and led them out into the desert?" ³⁹ Paul said, "I am a Jew, a native of Tarsus in Cilicia, the citizen of a famous town. Pray let me speak to the people." ⁴⁰ As he gave permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the people. A great hush came over them, and he addressed them as follows in Hebrew.

¹⁹ 'But, Lord,' I said, 'they surely know it was I who imprisoned and flogged those who believed in you throughout the synagogues, ²⁰ and that I stood and approved when the blood of your martyr Stephen was being shed, taking charge of the clothes of his murderers!'

¹ With a steady look at the Sanhedrin Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived with a perfectly good conscience before God down to the present day." ² Then the high priest Ananias ordered those who were standing next Paul to strike him on the mouth.

¹ Five days later down came the high priest Ananias with some elders and a barrister called Tertullus. They laid information before the governor against Paul. ² So Paul was summoned, and then Tertullus proceeded to accuse him. "Your excellency," he said to Felix, "as it is owing to you that we enjoy unbroken peace, and as it is owing to your wise care that the state of this nation has been improved in every way and everywhere, ³ we acknowledge all this with profound gratitude. ⁴ I have no wish to weary you, but I beg of you to grant us in your courtesy a brief hearing. ⁵ The fact is, we have found this man is a perfect pest; he stirs up sedition among the Jews all over the world and he is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect. ⁶ He actually tried to desecrate the temple, but we got hold of him. ⁷ -- ⁸ Examine him for yourself and you will be able to find out about all these charges of ours against him." ⁹ The Jews joined in the attack, declaring that such were the facts of the case.

¹ Three days after Festus entered his province, he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem. ² The high priests and the Jewish leaders laid information before him against Paul, and begged him, ³ as a special favour, to send for him to Jerusalem, meaning to lay an ambush for him and murder him on the road. ⁴ Festus replied that Paul would be kept in custody at Caesarea, but that he himself meant to leave for Caesarea before long — ⁵ "when," he added, "your competent authorities can come down with me and charge the man with whatever crime he has committed." ⁶ After staying not more than eight or ten days with them, he went down to Caesarea. Next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought before him. ⁷ When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him and brought a number of serious charges against him, none of which they were able to prove. ⁸ Paul's defence was, "I have committed no offence against the Law of the Jews, against the temple, or against Caesar." ⁹ As Festus wanted to ingratiate himself with the Jews, he asked Paul, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there by me upon these charges?" ¹⁰ Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's tribunal; that is where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong whatever to the Jews — you know that perfectly well. ¹¹ If I am a criminal, if I have done anything that deserves death, I do not object to die; but if there is nothing in any of their charges against me, then no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!" ¹² Then, after conferring with the council, Festus answered, "You have appealed to Caesar? Very well, you must go to Caesar! " ¹³ Some days had passed, when king Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus. ¹⁴ As they were spending several days there, Festus laid Paul's case before the king. "There is a man," he said, "who was left in prison by Felix. ¹⁵ When I was at Jerusalem, the high priests and elders of the Jews informed me about him and demanded his condemnation. ¹⁶ I told them Romans were not in the habit of giving up any man until the accused met the accusers face to face and had a chance of defending himself against the impeachment. ¹⁷ Well, the day after they came here along with me, I took my seat on the tribunal without any loss of time. I ordered the man to be brought in, ¹⁸ but when his accusers stood up they did not charge him with any of the crimes that I had expected. ¹⁹ The questions at issue referred to their own religion and to a certain Jesus who had died. Paul said he was alive. ²⁰ As I felt at a loss about the method of inquiry into such topics, I asked if he would go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges. ²¹ But Paul entered an appeal for his case to be reserved for the decision of the emperor; so I ordered him to be detained till I could remit him to Caesar." ²² "I should like to hear the man myself," said Agrippa to Festus. "You shall hear him to-morrow," said Festus. ²³ So next day Agrippa and Bernice proceeded with great pomp to the hall of audience, accompanied by the military commanders and the prominent civilians of the town. Festus then ordered Paul to be brought in. ²⁴ "King Agrippa and all here present," said Festus, "you see before you a man of whom the entire body of the Jews at Jerusalem and also here have complained to me. They loudly insist he ought not to live any longer. ²⁵ I could not find he had done anything that deserved death, so I decided to send him, on his own appeal, to the emperor. ²⁶ Only, I have nothing definite to write to the sovereign about him. So I have brought him up before you all, and especially before you, O king Agrippa, in order that I may have something to write as the result of your cross-examination.

⁹ For it seems to me that God means us apostles to come in at the very end, like the doomed gladiators in the arena! We are made a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men! ¹⁰ We, for Christ's sake, are 'fools'; you in Christ are sensible. We are weak, you are strong; you are honoured, we are in disrepute. ¹¹ To this very hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and knocked about, we are waifs, ¹² we work hard for our living; when reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we put up with it; ¹³ when defamed, we try to conciliate. To this hour we are treated as the scum of the earth, the very refuse of the world!

²³ Ministers of Christ? yes perhaps, but not as much as I am (I am mad to talk like this!), with all my labours, with all my lashes, with all my time in prison — a record longer far than theirs. I have been often at the point of death; ²⁴ five times have I got forty lashes (all but one) from the Jews, ²⁵ three times I have been beaten by the Romans, once pelted with stones, three times shipwrecked, adrift at sea for a whole night and day; ²⁶ I have been often on my travels, I have been in danger from rivers and robbers, in danger from Jews and Gentiles, through dangers of town and of desert, through dangers on the sea, through dangers among false brothers — ²⁷ through labour and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger and thirst, starving many a time, cold and ill-clad, and all the rest of it.

²⁹ For on behalf of Christ you have the favour of suffering no less than of believing in him,

⁵ They are proof positive of God's equity; you are suffering for the realm of God, and he means to make you worthy of it —

⁹ I John, your brother and your companion in the distress and realm and patient endurance which Jesus brings, found myself in the island called Patmos, for adhering to God's word and the testimony of Jesus.

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.

¹³ I know where you dwell, where Satan sits enthroned, and yet you adhere to my Name, you have not renounced your faith in me even during the days when my witness, my faithful Antipas, was martyred in your midst — where Satan dwells.

⁹ And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for adhering to God's word and to the testimony which they bore; ¹⁰ and they cried aloud, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long wilt thou refrain from charging and avenging our blood upon those who dwell on earth?" ¹¹ But they were each given a white robe, and told to remain quiet for a little longer, until their number was completed by their fellow-servants and their brothers who were to be killed like themselves.

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.

¹⁸ Then Jesus came forward to them and said, "Full authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth; ¹⁹ go and make disciples of all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the holy Spirit,

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

⁸ First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because the report of your faith is over all the world.

¹⁸ But, I ask, "Have they never heard?" Indeed they have. Their voice carried over all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.

¹⁹ by the force of miracles and marvels, by the power of the Spirit of God. Thus from Jerusalem right round to Illyricum, I have been able to complete the preaching of the gospel of Christ —

⁶ which has reached you as it spreads over all the world with fruit and increase. Such has been your life from the day you learned to know what God's grace really is.

²³ that is, if you adhere to the foundations and stability of the faith, instead of moving away from the hope you have learned in the gospel, that gospel which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I Paul was made a minister.

⁶ Then I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven with an eternal gospel for the inhabitants of the earth, for every nation and tribe and tongue and people;

¹⁷ Beware of men, they will hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues,

¹⁹ Now, when they bring you up for trial, do not trouble yourselves about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will come to you at the moment, ²⁰ for you are not the speakers, it is the Spirit of your Father that is speaking through you. ²¹ Brother will betray brother to death, the father will betray his child, children will rise against their parents and put them to death,

⁹ Look to yourselves. Men will hand you over to Sanhedrins and you will be flogged in synagogues and brought before governors and kings for my sake, to testify to them.

¹¹ When they bring you before synagogues and the magistrates and authorities, do not trouble yourselves about how to defend yourselves or what to say, ¹² for the holy Spirit will teach you at that hour what you should say."

¹⁴ So resolve to yourselves that you will not rehearse your defence beforehand, ¹⁵ for I will give you words and wisdom that not one of your opponents will be able to meet or refute.

²⁷ John answered, "No one can receive anything except as a gift from heaven.

⁴ and they were all filled with the holy Spirit — they began to speak in foreign tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to express themselves.

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,

⁸ Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, ⁹ if we are being cross-examined to-day upon a benefit rendered to a cripple, upon how this man got better, ¹⁰ you and the people of Israel must all understand that he stands before you strong and well, thanks to the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead. ¹¹ He is the stone despised by you builders, which has become head of the corner. ¹² There is no salvation by anyone else, nor even a second Name under heaven appointed for us men and our salvation." ¹³ They were astonished to notice how outspoken Peter and John were, and to discover that they were uncultured persons and mere outsiders; they recognized them as having been companions of Jesus, ¹⁴ but as they saw the man who had been healed standing beside them, they could say nothing. ¹⁵ Ordering them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin, they proceeded to hold a consultation. ¹⁶ "What are we to do with these men?" they said. "It is plain to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem that a miracle has admittedly been worked by them. That we cannot deny. ¹⁷ However, to keep things from going any further with the people, we had better threaten them that they are not to tell anyone in future about this Name." 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. ²⁰ Certainly we cannot give up speaking of what we have seen and heard." ²¹ Then they threatened them still further and let them go; on account of the people they found themselves unable to find any means of punishing them, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened ²² (the man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed, being more than forty years old).

³¹ At their prayer the place of meeting was shaken, and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, speaking God's word fearlessly;

¹⁰ but they could not meet the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

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.

⁵⁵ He, full of the holy Spirit, gazed up at heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God's right hand.

¹³ And this is what we discuss, using language taught by no human wisdom but by the Spirit. We interpret what is spiritual in spiritual language.

⁵ which was not disclosed to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his sacred apostles and prophets by the Spirit),

¹⁹ and on my behalf also, that I may be allowed to speak and open my lips in order to expound fully and freely that open secret of the gospel ²⁰ for the sake of which I am in custody as its envoy. Pray that I may have freedom to declare it as I should.

⁵ Whoever of you is defective in wisdom, let him ask God who gives to all men without question or reproach, and the gift will be his.

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!

²¹ Brother will betray brother to death, the father will betray his child, children will rise against their parents and put them to death,

¹⁰ And many will be repelled then, they will betray one another and hate one another.

⁵² After this there will be five at issue in one house, three divided against two and two against three, ⁵³ father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

¹⁶ You will be betrayed by your very parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

¹¹ Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake; ¹² rejoice and exult in it, for your reward is rich in heaven; that is how they persecuted the prophets before you.

²² and you will be hated by all men on account of my name; but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

⁹ Then men will hand you over to suffer affliction, and they will kill you; you will be hated by all the Gentiles on account of my name.

¹³ but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

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

¹⁷ You will be hated by all on account of my name;

¹⁸ If the world hates you, remember it hated me first. ¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, the world would love what it owned; it is because you do not belong to the world, because I have chosen you from the world, that the world hates you.

²¹ They will do all this to you on account of my name, because they know not him who sent me.

¹⁴ I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.

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

⁹ Never let us grow tired of doing what is right, for if we do not faint we shall reap our harvest at the opportune season.

¹⁴ For we only participate in Christ provided that we keep firm to the very end the confidence with which we started,

³⁹ We are not the men to shrink back and be lost, but to have faith and so to win our souls.

¹² Blessed is he who endures under trial; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the crown of life which is promised to all who love Him.

¹³ Do not wonder, brothers, that the world hates you.

¹⁰ Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I will keep you safe through the hour of trial which is coming upon the whole world to test the dwellers on earth.

⁵¹ Have you understood all this?" They said to him, "Yes."

¹⁵ So when you see the appalling Horror spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing erect in the holy place (let the reader note this), ¹⁶ then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills; ¹⁷ a man on the housetop must not go down to fetch what is inside his house, ¹⁸ and a man in the field must not turn back to get his coat. ¹⁹ Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days! ²⁰ Pray that you may not have to fly in winter or on the sabbath, ²¹ for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now — no and never shall be. ²² Had not those days been cut short, not a soul would be saved alive; however, for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short. ²³ If anyone tells you at that time, 'Here is the Christ!' or, 'there he is!' do not believe it; ²⁴ for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, — if that were possible. ²⁵ (I am telling you this beforehand.) ²⁶ If they tell you, 'Here he is in the desert,' do not go out; 'here he is in the chamber,' do not believe it. ²⁷ For like lightning that shoots from east to west, so will be the arrival of the Son of man. ²⁸ Wherever the body lies, there will the vultures gather.

²⁰ But whenever you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then be sure her desolation is not far away. ²¹ Then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills, let those who are in the city escape, and let not those who are in the country come in to the city; ²² for these are the days of the divine Vengeance, in fulfilment of all that is written in scripture. ²³ Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days, for sore anguish will come upon the land and Wrath on this people; ²⁴ they will fall by the edge of the sword, they will be carried prisoners to all nations, and Jerusalem will be under the heel of the Gentiles till the period of the Gentiles expires.

³⁰ When Philip ran up, he heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. "Do you really understand what you are reading?" ³¹ he asked. "Why, how can I possibly understand it," said the eunuch, "unless some one puts me on the right track?" And he begged Philip to get up and sit beside him.

⁷ Inanimate instruments, such as the flute or the harp, may give a sound, but if no intervals occur in their music, how can one make out the air that is being played either on flute or on harp? ⁸ If the trumpet sounds indistinct, who will get ready for the fray?

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

³ Blessed is he who reads aloud, blessed they who hear the words of this prophecy and lay to heart what is written in it; for the time is near.

¹⁸ Now for the gift of interpretation! Let the discerning calculate the cipher of the Beast; it is the cipher of a man, and the figures are six hundred and sixty-six.

¹⁶ then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills; ¹⁷ a man on the housetop must not go down to fetch what is inside his house, ¹⁸ and a man in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

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

¹⁸ As we were being terribly battered by the storm, they had to jettison the cargo next day, ¹⁹ while two days later they threw the ship's gear overboard with their own hands;

³⁸ and when they had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.

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

⁷ It was by faith that Noah, after being told by God what was still unseen, reverently constructed an ark to save his household; thus he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that follows faith.

¹⁹ Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days! ²⁰ Pray that you may not have to fly in winter or on the sabbath, ²¹ for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now — no and never shall be.

²³ Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days, for sore anguish will come upon the land and Wrath on this people;

²⁹ For there are days coming when the cry will be, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never have borne and the breasts that never have suckled!'

²¹ for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now — no and never shall be.

⁶ But from the beginning, when God created the world, Male and female, He created them:

²² Had not those days been cut short, not a soul would be saved alive; however, for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

⁵ Well, at the present day there is also a remnant, selected by grace. ⁶ Selected by grace, and therefore not for anything they have done; otherwise grace would cease to be grace. ⁷ Now what are we to infer from this? That Israel has failed to secure the object of its quest; the elect have secured it, and the rest have been rendered insensible to it —

²³ And even the others will be grafted in, if they do not adhere to their unbelief; God can graft them in again. ²⁴ For if you have been cut from an olive which is naturally wild, and grafted, contrary to nature, upon a garden olive, how much more will the natural branches be grafted into their proper olive?

²⁸ So far as the gospel goes, they are enemies of God — which is to your advantage; but so far as election goes, they are beloved for their father's sake. ²⁹ For God never goes back upon his gifts and call. ³⁰ Once you disobeyed God, and now you enjoy his mercy thanks to their disobedience; in the same way they at present are disobedient, ³¹ so that they in turn may enjoy the same mercy as yourselves. ³² For God has consigned all men to disobedience, that he may have mercy upon all.

²³ If anyone tells you at that time, 'Here is the Christ!' or, 'there he is!' do not believe it; ²⁴ for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, — if that were possible. ²⁵ (I am telling you this beforehand.)

²³ Men will say, 'See, here he is!' 'See, there he is!' but do not go out or run after them, ²⁴ for like lightning that flashes from one side of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be on his own day.

¹⁵ Beware of false prophets; they come to you with the garb of sheep but at heart they are ravenous wolves.

²⁴ for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, — if that were possible.

⁶ many will come in my name saying, 'I am he,' and mislead many.

⁴⁸ Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you never will believe."

²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them and they follow me; ²⁸ and I give them eternal life; they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

⁸ Then shall the Lawless One be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his lips and quell by his appearing and arrival — ⁹ that One whose arrival is due to Satan's activity, with the full power, the miracles and portents, of falsehood, ¹⁰ and with the full deceitfulness of evil for those who are doomed to perish, since they refuse to love the Truth that would save them. ¹¹ Therefore God visits them with an active delusion, till they put faith in falsehood, ¹² so that all may be doomed who refuse faith in the Truth but delight in evil. ¹³ Now we are bound always to thank God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you as the first to be reaped for salvation, by the consecration of your spirit and by faith in the Truth; ¹⁴ it was for this that he called you by our gospel, to gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁹ But the solid foundation laid by God remains, and this is its inscription: the Lord knows who are his, and 'let everyone who names the name of the Lord give up evil.'

¹⁹ They withdrew from us, but they did not belong to us; had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us, but they withdrew to make it plain that they are none of us.

²⁶ I am writing to you in this way about those who would deceive you,

⁸ and all the dwellers on earth will be his worshippers, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of Life.

¹³ He performs amazing miracles, even making fire descend from heaven on earth in the sight of men, ¹⁴ and by dint of the miracles he is allowed to perform in presence of the Beast, he seduces the dwellers on earth; he bids the dwellers on earth erect a statue to the Beast who lived after being wounded by the sword,

⁸ The Beast you have seen was, is not, but is to rise from the abyss — yet to perdition he shall go — and the dwellers on earth will wonder (all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of Life), when they see that the Beast was, is not, but is coming.

³³ Take care, keep awake and pray; you never know the time.

³⁴ Take heed to yourselves in case your hearts get overpowered by dissipation and drunkenness and worldly anxieties, and so that Day catches you suddenly like a trap.

²⁹ I tell you this now, before it occurs, so that, when it does occur, you may believe.

¹ I have told you all this, to keep you from being repelled. ² They will excommunicate you; indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will imagine he is performing a service to God. ³ This they will do to you, because they have not known the Father nor me. 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;

¹⁷ Now, beloved, you are forewarned: mind you are not carried away by the error of the lawless and so lose your proper footing;

²⁹ Immediately after the misery of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not yield her light, the stars will drop from heaven and the orbs of the heavens will be shaken. 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.

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, ²⁶ men swooning with panic and foreboding of what is to befall the universe. For the orbs of the heavens will be shaken, ²⁷ and then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

¹⁹ And I will display wonders in heaven above and signs on earth below, blood and fire and vapour of smoke: ²⁰ the sun shall be changed into darkness and the moon into blood, ere the great, open Day of the Lord arrives.

¹⁰ The day of the Lord will come like a thief, when the heavens will vanish with crackling roar, the stars will be set ablaze and melt, the earth and all its works will disappear.

¹² you who expect and hasten the advent of the Day of God, which dissolves the heavens in fire and makes the stars blaze and melt!

¹² And when he opened the sixth seal, I looked; and a great earthquake took place, the sun turned black as sackcloth, the full moon turned like blood, ¹³ the stars of the sky dropped to earth as a fig tree shaken by a gale sheds her unripe figs, ¹⁴ the sky was swept aside like a scroll being folded up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.

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.

¹³ the stars of the sky dropped to earth as a fig tree shaken by a gale sheds her unripe figs,

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.

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 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,

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.

⁶² Jesus said, "I am. And, what is more, you will all see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

¹¹ who said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up to heaven? This Jesus who has been taken from you into heaven will come back, just as you have seen him depart to heaven."

¹⁶ The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud summons, when the archangel calls and the trumpet of God sounds; the dead in Christ will rise first;

⁷ and repay you who are troubled (as well as us) with rest and relief, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven together with the angels of his power 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).

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.

⁴² The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and here is One greater than Solomon.

⁴¹ the Son of man will despatch his angels, and they will gather out of his Realm all who are hindrances and who practise iniquity,

⁴⁹ So will it be at the end of the world. The angels will go out and separate the evil from among the just

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, ³² and all nations will be gathered in front of him; he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,

²⁰ Had not the Lord cut short those days, not a soul would be saved alive; but he has cut them short for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen.

²² Now it happened that the poor man died, and he was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man died too, and was buried.

⁷ And will not God see justice done to his elect who cry to him by day and night? Will he be tolerant to their opponents?

¹⁶ I have other sheep, too, which do not belong to this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice; so it will be one flock, one shepherd.

⁵² and not merely for the nation but to gather into one the scattered children of God.)

³³ Who is to accuse the elect of God? When God acquits,

¹² As God's own chosen, then, as consecrated and beloved, be clothed with compassion, kindliness, humility, gentleness, and good temper —

¹⁴ Since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then it follows that by means of Jesus God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁵ For we tell you, as the Lord has told us, that we the living, who survive till the Lord comes, are by no means to take precedence of those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud summons, when the archangel calls and the trumpet of God sounds; the dead in Christ will rise first; ¹⁷ then we the living, who survive, will be caught up along with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall be with the Lord for ever.

¹ With regard to the arrival of the Lord Jesus Christ and our muster before him, I beg you, brothers,

¹⁰ All I endure is for the sake of the elect, to let them obtain their share of the salvation of Christ Jesus and also of eternal glory.

² whom God the Father has predestined and chosen, by the consecration of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: may grace and peace be multiplied to you.

¹ After that I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds from blowing on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. ² And I saw another angel rise up from the east, with the seal of the living God; he shouted aloud to the four angels who were allowed to injure the earth and sea, ³ "Do no harm to earth or sea or trees, until we seal the servants of our God upon their foreheads."

⁵ twelve thousand sealed from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand from the tribe of Reuben, ⁶ [Relocated to follow vs 8] twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand sealed from the tribe of Manasseh. ⁷ twelve thousand from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand from the tribe of Issachar, ⁸ twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad, ⁹ After that I looked, and there was a great host whom no one could count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clad in white robes, with palm-branches in their hands;

⁶ and out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, robed in pure dazzling linen, their breasts encircled with golden belts. ⁷ Then one of the four living Creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives for ever and ever;

³² Let the fig tree teach you a parable. As soon as its branches turn soft and put out leaves, you know summer is at hand; ³³ so, whenever you see all this happen, you may be sure He is at hand, at the very door.

²⁹ And he told them a parable. "Look at the fig tree and indeed all the trees; ³⁰ as soon as they put out their leaves, you can see for yourselves that summer is at hand. ³¹ So, whenever you see all this happen, be sure the Reign of God is at hand.

²⁵ not ceasing to meet together, as is the habit of some, but admonishing one another, all the more so, as you see the Day coming near. ²⁶ For if we sin deliberately, after receiving the knowledge of the Truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left, ²⁷ nothing but an awful outlook of doom, of that burning Wrath which will consume the foes of God. ²⁸ Anyone who has rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy, on the evidence of two or of three witnesses. ²⁹ How much heavier, do you suppose, will be the punishment assigned to him who has spurned the Son of God, who has profaned the covenant-blood with which he was sanctified, who has insulted the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ We know who said, Vengeance is mine, I will exact a requital: and again, The Lord will pass sentence on his people. ³¹ It is an awful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. ³² Recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle of suffering, ³³ partly by being held up yourselves to obloquy and anguish, partly by making common cause with those who fared in this way; ³⁴ for you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you took the confiscation of your own belongings cheerfully, conscious that elsewhere you had higher, you had lasting, possessions. ³⁵ Now do not drop that confidence of yours; it carries with it a rich hope of reward. ³⁶ Steady patience is what you need, so that after doing the will of God you may get what you have been promised. ³⁷ For in a little, a very little now, The Coming One will arrive without delay.

⁹ Do not murmur against one another, brothers, lest you are judged; look, the Judge is standing at the very door!

¹⁷ It is time for the Judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the fate of those who refuse obedience to God's gospel? ¹⁸ If the just man is scarcely saved, what will become of the impious and sinful?

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."

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

³⁴ I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens.

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."

³² I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens.

¹⁸ (I tell you truly, till heaven and earth pass away not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until it is all in force.

³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

³³ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words never.

¹³ if we are faithless, he remains faithful" — for he cannot be untrue to himself.

² serving in hope of the life eternal which God, who never lies, promised ages ago —

¹⁰ and, 'Thou didst found the earth at the beginning, O Lord, and the heavens are the work at thy hands; ¹¹ they will perish, but thou remainest, they will all be worn out like a garment, ¹² thou wilt roll them up like a mantle and they win be changed, but thou art the same, and thy years will never fail.'

¹⁰ The day of the Lord will come like a thief, when the heavens will vanish with crackling roar, the stars will be set ablaze and melt, the earth and all its works will disappear. ¹¹ Now as all things are thus to be dissolved, what holy and pious men ought you to be in your behaviour, ¹² you who expect and hasten the advent of the Day of God, which dissolves the heavens in fire and makes the stars blaze and melt!

³⁶ Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, but only my Father. ³⁷ As were the days of Noah, so will the arrival of the Son of man be. ³⁸ For as in the days before the deluge people ate and drank, married and were married, till the day Noah entered the ark; ³⁹ and as they knew nothing till the deluge came and swept them all away; so will the arrival of the Son of man be. ⁴⁰ Then there will be two men in the field, one will be taken and one will be left; ⁴¹ two women will be grinding at the millstone, one will be taken and one will be left. ⁴² Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come.

⁶ But at midnight the cry arose, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'

¹³ Keep on the watch then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

¹⁹ Now a long time afterwards the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.

²⁶ Then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷ Then he will despatch his angels and muster the elect from the four winds, from the verge of earth to the verge of heaven.

⁷ But he told them, "It is not for you to know the course and periods of time that the Father has fixed by his own authority.

¹ As regards the course and periods of time, brothers, you have no need of being written to. ² You know perfectly well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night;

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

³ Now remember what you received and heard, hold to it and repent. If you will not wake up, I shall come like a thief; you will not know at what hour I come upon you.

⁴² Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come. ⁴³ But be sure of this, that if the householder had known at what watch in the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

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."

²³ Now take care! I am telling you of it all beforehand.

³⁵ Watch then, for you never know when the Lord of the House will come, in the late evening or at midnight or at cock-crow or in the morning. ³⁶ Watch, in case he comes suddenly and finds you asleep. ³⁷ Watch: I say it to you, and I say it to all."

³⁷ Then he came and found them asleep; so he said to Peter, "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not watch for a single hour? ³⁸ Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

⁴⁰ So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

¹¹ And then you know what this Crisis means, you know it is high time to waken up; for Salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. ¹² It is far on in the night, the day is almost here; so let us drop the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of the light;

¹⁴ No, put on the character of the Lord Jesus Christ, and never think how to gratify the cravings of the flesh.

¹³ Watch, stand firm in the faith, play the man, be strong!

¹⁸ praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty — be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints

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

¹⁵ see to it that no one misses the grace of God, that no root of bitterness grows up to be a trouble by contaminating all the rest of you;

⁷ Now the end of all is near. Steady then, keep cool and pray!

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

² Wake up, rally what is still left to you, though it is on the very point of death; for I find nothing you have done is complete in the eyes of my God.

¹⁵ (Lo, I am coming like a thief; blessed be he who keeps awake and holds his raiment fast, not to go naked and have the shame of exposure!)

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."

⁴⁵ Now where is the trusty and thoughtful servant, whom his lord and master has set over his household to assign them their supplies at the proper time? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant if his lord and master finds him so doing when he arrives! ⁴⁷ I tell you truly, he will set him over all his property.

¹⁴ For the case is that of a man going abroad, who summoned his servants and handed over his property to them; ¹⁵ to one he gave twelve hundred pounds, to another five hundred, and to another two hundred and fifty; each got according to his capacity. Then the man went abroad. ¹⁶ The servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds went at once and traded with them, making another twelve hundred. ¹⁷ Similarly the servant who had got the five hundred pounds made another five hundred. ¹⁸ But the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. ¹⁹ Now a long time afterwards the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them. ²⁰ Then the servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds came forward, bringing twelve hundred more; he said, 'You handed me twelve hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another twelve hundred.' ²¹ His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.' ²² Then the servant with the five hundred pounds came forward. He said, 'You handed me five hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another five hundred.' ²³ His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.' ²⁴ Then the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds came forward. He said, 'I knew you were a hard man, sir, reaping where you never sowed and gathering where you never winnowed. ²⁵ So I was afraid; I went and hid your two hundred and fifty pounds in the earth. There's your money!' ²⁶ His master said to him in reply, 'You rascal, you idle servant! You knew, did you, that I reap where I have never sowed and gather where I have never winnowed! ²⁷ Well then, you should have handed my money to the bankers and I would have got my capital with interest when I came back. ²⁸ Take therefore the two hundred and fifty pounds away from him, give it to the servant who had the twelve hundred. ²⁹ For to everyone who has shall more be given and richly given; but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken. ³⁰ Throw the good-for-nothing servant into the darkness outside; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

³⁶ and be like men who are expecting their lord and master on his return from a marriage-banquet, so as to open the door for him at once when he comes and knocks. ³⁷ Blessed are those servants whom the lord and master finds awake when he comes! I tell you truly, he will gird himself, make them recline at table, and come forward to wait on them. ³⁸ Whether he comes in the second or the third watch of the night and finds them thus alert, blessed are they! ³⁹ Be sure that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰ So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

¹² "A nobleman," he said, "went abroad to obtain royal power for himself and then return. ¹³ He first called his ten servants, giving them each a five-pound note, and telling them, 'Trade with this till I come back.' ¹⁴ Now his people hated him and sent envoys after him to say, 'We object to him having royal power over us.' ¹⁵ However he secured the royal power and came home. Then he ordered the servants to be called who had been given the money, that he might find out what business they had done. ¹⁶ The first came up saying, 'Your five pounds has made other fifty, sir.' ¹⁷ 'Capital,' he said, 'you excellent servant! because you have proved trustworthy in a trifle, you are placed over ten towns.'

³ The gate-keeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice; he calls his sheep by name and leads them out.

²⁹ I know that when I am gone, fierce wolves will get in among you, and they will not spare the flock; yes. ³⁰ and men of your own number will arise with perversions of the truth to draw the disciples after them. ³¹ So be on the alert, remember how for three whole years I never ceased night and day to watch over each one of you with tears.

⁴ In our one body we have a number of members, and the members have not all the same function; ⁵ so too, for all our numbers, we form one Body in Christ and we are severally members one of another. ⁶ Our talents differ with the grace that is given us; if the talent is that of prophecy, let us employ it in proportion to our faith; ⁷ if it is practical service, let us mind our service; the teacher must mind his teaching, ⁸ the speaker his words of counsel; the contributor must be liberal, the superintendent must be in earnest, the sick visitor must be cheerful.

⁶ for the same reason as you pay taxes — since magistrates are God's officers, bent upon the maintenance of order and authority.

⁵ Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are simply used by God to give you faith, each as the Lord assigns his task. ⁶ I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but it was God who made the seed grow. ⁷ So neither planter nor waterer counts, but God alone who makes the seed grow. ⁸ Still, though planter and waterer are on the same level, each will get his own wage for the special work that he has done. ⁹ We work together in God's service; you are God's field to be planted, God's house to be built. ¹⁰ In virtue of my commission from God, I laid the foundation of the house like an expert master-builder. It remains for another to build on this foundation. Whoever he is, let him be careful how he builds.

⁴ There are varieties of talents, but the same Spirit; ⁵ varieties of service, but the same Lord; ⁶ varieties of effects, but the same God who effects everything in everyone. ⁷ Each receives his manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. ⁸ One man is granted words of wisdom by the Spirit, another words of knowledge by the same Spirit; ⁹ one man in the same Spirit has the gift of faith, another in the one Spirit has gifts of healing; ¹⁰ one has prophecy, another the gift of distinguishing spirits, another the gift of 'tongues' in their variety, another the gift of interpreting 'tongues.' ¹¹ But all these effects are produced by one and the same Spirit, apportioning them severally to each individual as he pleases. ¹² As the human body is one and has many members, all the members of the body forming one body for all their number, so is it with Christ. ¹³ For by one Spirit we have all been baptized into one Body, Jews or Greeks, slaves or freemen; we have all been imbued with one Spirit. ¹⁴ Why, even the body consists not of one member but of many. ¹⁵ If the foot were to say, 'Because I am not the hand, I do not belong to the body,' that does not make it no part of the body. ¹⁶ If the ear were to say, 'Because I am not the eye, I do not belong to the body,' that does not make it no part of the body. ¹⁷ If the body were all eye, where would hearing be? If the body were all ear, where would smell be? ¹⁸ As it is, God has set the members in the body, each as it pleased him. ¹⁹ If they all made up one member, what would become of the body? ²⁰ As it is, there are many members and one body. ²¹ The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you,' nor again the head to the feet, 'I have no need of you.' ²² Quite the contrary. We cannot do without those very members of the body which are considered rather delicate, ²³ just as the parts we consider rather dishonourable are the very parts we invest with special honour; our indecorous parts get a special care and attention ²⁴ which does not need to be paid to our more decorous parts. Yes, God has tempered the body together, with a special dignity for the inferior parts, ²⁵ so that there may be no disunion in the body, but that the various members should have a common concern for one another. ²⁶ Thus if one member suffers, all the members share its suffering; if one member is honoured, all the members share its honour. ²⁷ Now you are Christ's Body, and severally members of it. ²⁸ That is to say, God has set people within the church to be first of all apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, and speakers in 'tongues' of various kinds. ²⁹ Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? ³⁰ Are all endowed with the gifts of healing? Are all able to speak in 'tongues'? Are all able to interpret? ³¹ Set your hearts on the higher talents. And yet I will go on to show you a still higher path.

⁵⁸ Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.

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

¹ Masters, treat your servants justly and fairly; remember you have a Master of your own in heaven.

⁷ Then to the angel of the church at Philadelphia write thus: — These are the words of the true Holy One, who holds the key of David, who opens and none shall shut, who shuts and none shall open.

⁴² Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come.

⁴⁴ So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

⁴⁸ but when he saw them buffeted as they rowed (for the wind was against them) he went to them about the fourth watch of the night walking on the sea. He meant to pass them,

³⁰ Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly, to-day you will disown me three times, this very night, before the cock crows twice."

⁵ As the bridegroom was long of coming, they all grew drowsy and went to sleep.

³⁷ Then he came and found them asleep; so he said to Peter, "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not watch for a single hour?

⁴⁰ then he returned and found them once more asleep, for their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.

⁴⁵ Then rising from prayer he went to the disciples, only to find them asleep from sheer sorrow.

¹¹ And then you know what this Crisis means, you know it is high time to waken up; for Salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. ¹² It is far on in the night, the day is almost here; so let us drop the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of the light; ¹³ let us live decorously as in the open light of day — no revelry or bouts of drinking, no debauchery or sensuality, no quarrelling or jealousy. ¹⁴ No, put on the character of the Lord Jesus Christ, and never think how to gratify the cravings of the flesh.

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

⁶ Well then, we must not sleep like the rest of men, but be wakeful and sober; ⁷ for sleepers sleep by night and drunkards are drunk by night,

³⁵ Watch then, for you never know when the Lord of the House will come, in the late evening or at midnight or at cock-crow or in the morning.

⁴¹ Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us, or is it for all and sundry?" ⁴² The Lord said, "Well, where is the trusty, thoughtful steward whom the lord and master will set over his establishment to give out supplies at the proper time? ⁴³ Blessed is that servant if his lord and master finds him so doing when he arrives! ⁴⁴ I tell you plainly, he will set him over all his property. ⁴⁵ But if that servant says to himself, 'My lord and master is long of arriving,' and if he starts to beat the menservants and maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk, ⁴⁶ that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know; he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of unbelievers.