Luke 22 Cross References - NSB

¹ The feast of unleavened bread was near. This is called the Passover. ² The chief priests and the scribes searched for a way to put him to death. But they feared the people. ³ Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot. He was one of the twelve. ⁴ He went away to discuss with the chief priests and captains, how he might deliver Jesus to them. ⁵ They were glad, and pledged to give him money. ⁶ He consented and looked for a way to deliver him to them in the absence of the crowd. ⁷ The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed. ⁸ Jesus sent Peter and John, saying: »Go make everything ready that we may eat the Passover.« ⁹ They asked him: »Where do you want us to get ready?« ¹⁰ He said: »When you enter the city a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the house. ¹¹ »Say to the master of the house: The teacher says; ‘where is the guest chamber where I shall eat the Passover with my disciples?’ ¹² »He will show you a large furnished upper room. Make it ready.« ¹³ They found things as he described them and they made things ready for the Passover. ¹⁴ When it was time he sat down with the apostles. ¹⁵ He said to them: »I have earnestly wanted to eat this Passover with you before I die. ¹⁶ »I tell you I will not eat it again until it takes place in the kingdom of God.« ¹⁷ He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said: »Take this, and share it among yourselves. ¹⁸ »I say to you, I shall not drink from the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God comes.« ¹⁹ He gave thanks. Then he took the bread, broke it and gave it to them, saying: »This represents my body that is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.« ²⁰ Then he took the cup saying: »This represents the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. ²¹ »Look, he who betrays me is at the table. ²² »The Son of man indeed goes, as it has been determined. But woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!« ²³ They questioned among themselves, which of them would do this thing. ²⁴ Contention grew between them concerning which of them was the greatest. ²⁵ He told them: »The kings of the nations have lordship over them. Those who have authority over them are called Benefactors. ²⁶ »But you should not be this way. He who is the greater among you let him become as the younger. He that is chief among you is he who serves. ²⁷ »Which is greater, he who sits and eats or he who serves? Is it he who sits and eats? However I am in the midst of you as he who serves. ²⁸ »You have continued with me in my temptations. ²⁹ »I assigned a kingdom to you just as my Father assigned it to me. ³⁰ »Just as you eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ³¹ »Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat. ³² »I prayed for you that your faith would not fail. Once you have turned again strengthen your brothers.« ³³ He said: »Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.« ³⁴ Jesus said: »I tell you Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, until you deny that you know me three times.« ³⁵ Speaking to them he asked: »When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?« They said: »Nothing.« ³⁶ Now he said: »Take your purse and wallet. If you do not have a sword sell your cloak and buy one. ³⁷ »I tell you that which is written must be fulfilled in me. He was numbered with transgressors for that which concerns me has fulfillment.« ³⁸ They said: »Lord, here are two swords.« And he said to them: »It is enough.« ³⁹ He went to the Mount of Olives as was his custom and the disciples also followed him. ⁴⁰ When he arrived he said to them: »Pray that you do not enter into temptation.« ⁴¹ He went a short distance from them and kneeled down and prayed. ⁴² He prayed: »Father if it is your will remove this cup from me, nevertheless not my will, but your will be done.« ⁴³ An angel came to him and gave him strength. ⁴⁴ (possible spurious text) He was in agony and earnestly prayed. His sweat became, as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground. ⁴⁵ When he finished his prayer he went to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of their sorrow. ⁴⁶ He said: »Why do you sleep? Arise and pray that you do not enter into temptation.« ⁴⁷ As he spoke a crowd followed Judas, one of the twelve. They came to him. Judas approached Jesus and kissed him. ⁴⁸ Jesus said to him: »Judas, do you betray the Son of man with a kiss?« ⁴⁹ Those near him saw what happened and asked: »Lord shall we strike them with a sword?« ⁵⁰ One of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. ⁵¹ Jesus said: »Do not do any more of this.« Then he touched his ear and healed him. ⁵² Jesus spoke to the chief priests, captains of the temple and elders who came against him: »Did you come as you would against a robber with swords and clubs? ⁵³ »I was with you every day in the temple. Yet you did not lift a hand against me. This is your hour for this power of darkness.« ⁵⁴ They seized him and led him away. They took him to the high priest’s house. Peter followed from a distance. ⁵⁵ They kindled a fire in the midst of the court. They sat down together. Peter sat in the midst of them. ⁵⁶ A servant girl saw him sitting by the light of the fire. She looked steadfastly upon him and said: »This man was also with him.« ⁵⁷ He denied it saying: »Woman, I do not know him!« ⁵⁸ After a little while another saw him, and said: »You are one of them.« Peter replied: »Man I am not!« ⁵⁹ Another hour passed. Someone else said: »It is true this man was with him for he is a Galilean.« ⁶⁰ Peter responded: »I do not know what you are talking about!« Immediately, while he spoke he heard the cockcrow. ⁶¹ The Lord turned and looked at Peter. Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him: »Before the cockcrow this day you will deny me three times.« ⁶² He left there and wept bitterly. ⁶³ The men that held Jesus mocked him and beat him. ⁶⁴ They blindfolded him, and asked him, saying: »Prophesy: who is it that struck you?« ⁶⁵ They reviled him and spoke many things against him. ⁶⁶ The next day the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together. They included chief priests and scribes. They led him away to their council, saying: ⁶⁷ »If you are the Christ, tell us.« But he said to them: »If I tell you, you will not believe: ⁶⁸ and if I ask you, you will not answer.« ⁶⁹ »Soon the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.« ⁷⁰ They all asked: »Are you the Son of God?« He said to them: »You say that I am.« ⁷¹ They responded: »What further need do we have for witnesses? We have heard this from his mouth.«

¹⁵ »And I will put enmity (hostility) (hatred) between you and the woman, and between your offspring (seed) and hers. He will bruise (overwhelm) (crush) you in the head, and you will bruise (overwhelm) (crush) him in the heel.« (Romans 16:20)

²⁴ Then Jacob was by himself. A man was fighting with him till dawn. ²⁵ The man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob. He gave him a blow in the hollow part of his thigh, so that his leg was damaged. ²⁶ He said to him: »Let me go now, for the dawn is near.« But Jacob said: »I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.« ²⁷ Then he asked: »What is your name?« And he said, »Jacob.« ²⁸ The man said: »Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel (He Struggles With God), because you have struggled with God and with men and you have won.«

²⁶ »The seven good cows are seven years. The seven good heads of grain are seven years. It is all the same dream. ²⁷ »The seven thin, sickly cows that came up behind them are seven years. The seven empty heads of grain scorched by the east wind are also seven years. Seven years of famine are coming!

¹⁵ Jacob blessed Joseph. He said: »May God, in whose presence my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac walked, may this God who has been my shepherd all my life to this very day,

⁶ »‘Take care of it until the fourteenth day of this month. Then at dusk, all the assembled people from the community of Israel must slaughter their animals.

⁶ »‘Take care of it until the fourteenth day of this month. Then at dusk, all the assembled people from the community of Israel must slaughter their animals. ⁷ »‘Some of the blood must be put on the two doorposts and above the door of each house where the animals are to be eaten. ⁸ »‘That night the animals are to be roasted and eaten, together with bitter herbs (greens) and unleavened bread made without yeast. ⁹ »‘Do not eat the meat raw or boiled. The entire animal, including its head, legs, and insides, must be roasted. ¹⁰ »‘Eat what you want that night, and the next morning burn whatever is left. ¹¹ »‘Eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste. It is Jehovah’s Passover.’« ¹² Jehovah said: »That night I will go through the land of Egypt. I will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt! I am Jehovah! ¹³ »The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you live. When I see the blood I will pass over you. No plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. ¹⁴ »This day will be a memorial to you. You shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah. You are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance throughout your generations. ¹⁵ »You will eat unleavened bread for seven days. The first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day will be cut off from Israel. ¹⁶ »You shall have a holy assembly on the first day. There should be another holy assembly on the seventh day. No work at all will be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person that alone may be prepared by you. ¹⁷ »You shall also observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread. That was the day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Observe this day throughout your generations as a long lasting ordinance. ¹⁸ »In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.

¹⁸ »In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. ¹⁹ »There shall be no leaven found in your houses for seven days. Whoever eats what is leavened shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land. ²⁰ »You shall not eat anything leavened. Eat unleavened bread in all your dwellings.« ²¹ Moses called all the elders of Israel and said: »Take lambs according to your families and slay the Passover lamb. ²² »Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin. Apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts. No one shall go outside the door of his house until morning. ²³ »Jehovah will pass through to strike the Egyptians. When he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, Jehovah will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to kill you.

⁸ Moses took the blood from the bowls and sprinkled it on the people. Next, he told them: With this blood Jehovah makes his agreement with you.

⁵ »‘The Passover, celebrated to honor Jehovah, begins at sunset on the fourteenth day of the first month. ⁶ »‘The fifteenth day of the same month the Festival of Unleavened Bread begins. You must not eat any bread made with yeast for seven days.

²⁸ »‘Joshua will lead Israel across the Jordan to take the land. So help him. Encourage him and strengthen him. Tell him what he must do.’

² »Remember the forty years Jehovah your God led you in the wilderness. He did this in order to humble you and test you. He wanted to know what was in your heart. Whether you would obey his commandments. ³ »He humbled you (allowed you to suffer) with hunger and then fed you with manna. Neither you nor your fathers had seen this before. He did this to teach you that a person cannot live on bread alone but must live on all (everything) (every word) that proceeds from the mouth of Jehovah.

¹⁰ »When you have eaten all you want, thank Jehovah your God for the good land he has given you.

¹⁶ »He fed you in the desert with manna. Your fathers had never seen this. He did this in order to humble you and test you. But he also did this so that things would go well for you in the end.

⁶ »It must be at the place where Jehovah your God chooses to establish his name. Sacrifice the Passover in the evening at sunset, at the time that you came out of Egypt. ⁷ »Cook and eat it in the place Jehovah your God chooses. In the morning you are to return to your tents.

¹³ »‘But the vine answered: ‘I could not govern you for I would have to stop producing my wine. It makes gods and human beings happy.’

²¹ The Philistines captured him and put his eyes out. They took him to Gaza, chained him with copper chains. They put him to work grinding at the mill in the prison.

²¹ The Philistines captured him and put his eyes out. They took him to Gaza, chained him with copper chains. They put him to work grinding at the mill in the prison. ²² His hair grew back. ²³ The Philistine kings met together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said: »Our god gave us victory over our enemy Samson!« ²⁴ They praised their god and said: »Call Samson, and make him entertain us!« They brought Samson out of the prison and they made him entertain them. ²⁵ They forced him to stand between the columns. When the people saw him, they sang praise to their god: »Our god gave us victory over our enemy, who devastated our land and killed so many of us!«

²⁵ They forced him to stand between the columns. When the people saw him, they sang praise to their god: »Our god gave us victory over our enemy, who devastated our land and killed so many of us!« ²⁶ Samson said to the boy who led him by the hand: »Let me touch the columns that hold up the building. I want to lean on them.« ²⁷ The building was crowded with men and women. All five Philistine kings were there. There were about three thousand men and women on the roof, watching Samson entertain them. ²⁸ Samson prayed: »Sovereign Lord Jehovah please remember me. Please, God, give me my strength just this one time. With this one blow I can get even with the Philistines for putting out my two eyes.« ²⁹ Then Samson took hold of the two middle columns holding up the building. He put one hand on each column. He pushed against them. ³⁰ Samson shouted: »Let me die with the Philistines!« He pushed with all his might, and the building fell down on the five kings and everyone else. Samson killed more people at his death than he had killed during his life.

¹³ »As you go into the city, you can find him before he goes to the worship site to eat. The people will not eat until he comes. He blesses the sacrifice. Then those who are invited may eat. You should be able to find him now.«

² »When you leave me today two men will be at Rachel’s grave on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will tell you: ‘We have found the donkeys you are looking for. Your father no longer cares about them. Instead he is worried about you. He keeps asking: What can I do to find my son?’« ³ »You will go from there until you find the oak tree of Tabor. You will see three men going up to God to Bethel. One will have three young goats and another three cakes of bread and another a skin full of wine: ⁴ »They will say: ‘Peace be with you.’ They will give you two cakes of bread that you should take from them. ⁵ »After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed. When you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them. They will be acting like prophets: ⁶ »The Spirit of Jehovah will come upon you with power. You will be acting like a prophet with them, and will be changed into a different person. ⁷ »When you see these signs be sure to take what is offered to you. For God is with you.

⁹ The king called Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said: »I am giving Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, everything that belonged to Saul and his family. ¹⁰ »You, your sons, and your servants will farm the land for your master Saul’s family and bring in the harvest. This will provide food for them. Mephibosheth will always be a guest at my table.« Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

²⁸ »You could have killed anyone in my entire family. Instead you seated me with those who eat at your table. I no longer have the right to complain to my lord the king.«

⁹ »How are you, my brother?« Joab asked Amasa. He took hold of Amasa’s beard with his right hand to kiss him. ¹⁰ Amasa was not on guard against the sword in Joab’s left hand. Joab stabbed him in the stomach. Then he stabbed him in his intestines and they poured out on the ground. He died without being stabbed again. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

¹² »Why are you crying?« Hazael asked. »Because I know the horrible things you will do against the people of Israel,« Elisha answered. »You will burn their fortresses, slaughter their finest young men, batter their children to death, and rip open their pregnant women.« ¹³ »How could I ever be that powerful?« Hazael asked. »I am nobody, only a dog.« Elisha replied: »Jehovah has revealed to me that you will be king of Syria.«

¹⁵ Jehoiada the priest did not want Athaliah killed in the Temple area. He ordered the army officers: »Take her out between the rows of guards, and kill anyone who tries to rescue her.«

¹⁰ Jabez cried out to the God of Israel: Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain. And God granted his request.

³¹ When the leaders of Babylon sent ambassadors to ask him about the miraculous sign that had happened in the land, God left him. God did this to test him, to find out everything that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

⁶ The day came when heavenly beings appeared before Jehovah (YHWH). Satan was there among them. ⁷ Jehovah asked him: »What have you been doing?« Satan answered: »I have been walking here and there and roaming around the earth.« ⁸ »Did you notice my servant Job?« Jehovah asked. »There is no one on earth as faithful and good as he is. He respects me and is careful not to do anything evil.« ⁹ Satan replied: »Would Job respect you if he got nothing out of it? ¹⁰ »You have always protected him and his family and everything he owns. You bless everything he does. You have given him enough cattle to fill the whole country. ¹¹ »Now suppose you take away everything he has. He will curse you to your face!« ¹² »All right,« Jehovah said to Satan, »everything he has is in your power, but you must not hurt Job!« So Satan left.

¹ One day when the sons of God came to present themselves in front of Jehovah, Satan the Accuser came along with them. ² Jehovah asked Satan: »Where have you come from? Satan replied to Jehovah: From wandering all over the earth.« ³ Jehovah asked Satan: »Have you thought about my servant Job? No one in the world is like him! He is a man of integrity! He is decent and he respects God. He stays away from evil. And he still holds on to his principles. You are trying to provoke me into ruining him for no reason.« ⁴ Satan answered Jehovah: »Skin for skin! Certainly, a man will give everything he has for his life. ⁵ »But stretch out your hand, and strike his flesh and bones and he will curse you to your face!« ⁶ Jehovah told Satan: »He is in your power, but you must spare his life!«

³ »Look, you have instructed many people. When hands were weak, you made them strong. ⁴ »When someone stumbled, you lifted him up with your words. When knees were weak, you gave them strength.

⁹ »His anger has torn me and hunted me down. He has gnashed at me with his teeth. My adversary glares at me. ¹⁰ »They have gaped at me with their mouth. They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt. They have massed themselves against me.

¹⁹ »All my closest friends are disgusted with me. Those I love have turned against me.

⁵ »The success of the wicked is brief and the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

⁹ »Now they make fun of me with songs. I have become a joke to them. ¹⁰ »Since they consider me disgusting, they keep their distance from me and don't hesitate to spit in my face. ¹¹ »Because God has untied my cord and has made me suffer, they are no longer restrained in my presence. ¹² »They have attacked me on my right side like a mob. They trip my feet and then prepare ways to destroy me. ¹³ »They break up my path, they promote my calamity and no one restrains them! ¹⁴ »As through a wide breach they come. Amid the crash they roll on.

²⁷ »He comes to men and says: ‘I sinned, and perverted what was right, but I did not get what I deserved.’

¹ Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of the scornful mockers.

¹ Why do the nations conspire together and rage? Why do the peoples plot in vain?

¹ Why do the nations conspire together and rage? Why do the peoples plot in vain? ² The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against Jehovah and against his Anointed One.

² The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against Jehovah and against his Anointed One. ³ They say: »Let us break their chains of control and throw off their oppressive rule.«

³ They say: »Let us break their chains of control and throw off their oppressive rule.« ⁴ The One who dwells in heaven laughs. Jehovah scoffs at them. ⁵ Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his rage (fury). He says:

⁷ I will proclaim the decree of Jehovah: He said to me: »You are my Son. Today I have become your Father. (I have begotten you.)

¹² Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed (happy) are all who take refuge (put trust) in him.

⁵ My steps have remained firmly in your paths. My feet have not slipped.

¹³ Keep me from sinning. Do not let anyone gain control over me. Then I will be blameless, and I will be free from any great offense.

⁴ I do not sit with deceitful men, and I will not be found among hypocrites. ⁵ I hate the assembly of evildoers and will not sit with wicked people.

³ Do not drag me away with the wicked and with troublemakers who speak of peace with their neighbors but have evil in their hearts.

³ When I kept silent about my sins, my body wasted away and I groaned all day long. ⁴ Day and night your hand lay heavily on me. My strength drained in the summer heat. ⁵ I confessed my sins to you, and I did not cover up my guilt. I decided to confess them to you, O Jehovah. Then you forgave all my sins. ⁶ For this reason let all godly people pray to you when you may be found. Then raging floodwater will not reach them.

⁹ Respect Jehovah, you holy people who belong to him. Those who reverence him are never in need. ¹⁰ Young lions go hungry and may starve, but those who seek Jehovah’s help have all the good things they need.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far away from my deliverance, so far away from the words of my moaning?

¹ ([Psalm of David]) My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far away from my deliverance, so far away from the words of my moaning? ² My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer. I cry by night, but I find no rest.

² My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer. I cry by night, but I find no rest. ³ Yet you are holy, you who dwell seated on the praises of Israel. ⁴ Our ancestors trusted you. They trusted, and you delivered them. ⁵ They cried to you and were delivered. They trusted you and were never disappointed. ⁶ Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people.

⁶ Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people. ⁷ All who see me laugh at me. Insults pour from their mouths. They shake their heads and say:

⁷ All who see me laugh at me. Insults pour from their mouths. They shake their heads and say: ⁸ »Put yourself in Jehovah’s hands. Let Jehovah save him! Let God rescue him since he is pleased with him!« ⁹ You are the one who brought me out of the womb. You made me feel safe at my mother's breasts. ¹⁰ I was placed in your care from birth. From my mother's womb you have been my God. ¹¹ Do not be so far away from me. Trouble is near, and there is no one to help. ¹² Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls from Bashan have encircled me.

¹² Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls from Bashan have encircled me. ¹³ They opened their mouths to attack me like ferocious, roaring lions.

¹³ They opened their mouths to attack me like ferocious, roaring lions.

¹³ They opened their mouths to attack me like ferocious, roaring lions. ¹⁴ I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart has melted within me like wax (I am weak).

¹⁴ I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart has melted within me like wax (I am weak). ¹⁵ My power is dried up like pieces of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in the dust of death.

¹⁵ My power is dried up like pieces of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in the dust of death. ¹⁶ Dogs have surrounded me. A mob has encircled me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

¹⁶ Dogs have surrounded me. A mob has encircled me. They have pierced my hands and feet. ¹⁷ I can count all my bones. People stare and gloat over me.

¹⁷ I can count all my bones. People stare and gloat over me. ¹⁸ They divide my clothes among themselves. They cast lots (throw dice) for my clothing.

¹⁸ They divide my clothes among themselves. They cast lots (throw dice) for my clothing. ¹⁹ Do not stay far off, O Jehovah. Come quickly to assist me, O my strength.

¹⁹ Do not stay far off, O Jehovah. Come quickly to assist me, O my strength. ²⁰ Rescue me from the sword, my life from vicious dogs.

²⁰ Rescue me from the sword, my life from vicious dogs. ²¹ Save me from the mouth of the lion and from the horns of wild oxen. You have answered me.

²¹ Save me from the mouth of the lion and from the horns of wild oxen. You have answered me. ²² I will tell my people about your name. I will praise you within the congregation. ²³ All who reverence Jehovah, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob honor him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel. ²⁴ Jehovah has not despised or been disgusted with the plight of the oppressed one. He has not hidden his face from that person. Jehovah heard when that oppressed person cried out to him for help. ²⁵ My praise comes from you while I am among those assembled for worship. I will fulfill my vows in the presence of those who respect Jehovah. ²⁶ Humble (meek) people will eat until they are full. Those who look to Jehovah will praise him. May your heart live forever. ²⁷ All the ends of the earth will remember and return to Jehovah. All the families from all the nations will worship you. ²⁸ This is because the kingdom belongs to Jehovah and he rules the nations. ²⁹ All prosperous people on earth will eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust will kneel in front of him, even those who are barely alive. ³⁰ There will be descendants who serve him, a generation that will be told about Jehovah. ³¹ They will tell people yet to be born about the righteousness he has performed.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

⁵ You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.

¹⁵ Yet, when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me. Unknown attackers tore me apart without stopping. ¹⁶ With godless and abusive mockers, they grit their teeth at me.

²⁵ Do not let them say: Aha, just what we wanted! We have swallowed him up.

³ Trust Jehovah and do good things. Live in the land, and practice being faithful.

⁹ Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁴ Like sheep, they are laid in the grave. Death will shepherd them. The upright will rule them in the morning. Their forms will decay in the grave, far away from their comfortable homes.

¹² If an enemy had insulted me, then I could tolerate it. If someone who hated me had attacked me, then I could hide from him.

¹² If an enemy had insulted me, then I could tolerate it. If someone who hated me had attacked me, then I could hide from him. ¹³ But it is you, my equal, my close friend, and a well-known companion!

¹³ But it is you, my equal, my close friend, and a well-known companion! ¹⁴ We took sweet fellowship together and walked into God's house with the crowds.

¹⁴ We took sweet fellowship together and walked into God's house with the crowds. ¹⁵ Let death suddenly take them! Let them go into the grave while they are still alive, for evil lives in their homes and within them.

²¹ His speech was smoother than butter, but his heart was war! His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck! ² I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. ³ I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God. ⁴ Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I did not take away. ⁵ O God, you know my foolishness. My sins are not hidden from you. ⁶ Do not let those who wait for you to be shamed through me, Lord Jehovah of Hosts. Do not let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel. ⁷ Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.

⁷ Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face. ⁸ I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children.

⁸ I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children. ⁹ Zeal for your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

⁹ Zeal for your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me. ¹⁰ When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

¹⁰ When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach. ¹¹ When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

¹¹ When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. ¹² Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards.

¹² Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards. ¹³ But as for me, my prayer is to you, Jehovah, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation. ¹⁴ Deliver me out of the mire, and do not let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.

¹⁴ Deliver me out of the mire, and do not let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters. ¹⁵ Do not let the floodwaters overwhelm me; neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me.

¹⁵ Do not let the floodwaters overwhelm me; neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me. ¹⁶ Answer me, Jehovah, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.

¹⁶ Answer me, Jehovah, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me. ¹⁷ Do not hide your face (turn away) from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!

¹⁷ Do not hide your face (turn away) from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily! ¹⁸ Draw near to me and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.

¹⁸ Draw near to me and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies. ¹⁹ You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you. ²⁰ Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none. ²¹ They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink. ²² Let their table before them become a snare. Let it become retribution and a trap. ²³ Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see. Let their backs be continually bent. ²⁴ Pour out your indignation on them. Let the fierceness of your anger overtake them. ²⁵ Let their habitation be desolate and let no one live in their tents. ²⁶ For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt. ²⁷ Charge them with crime upon crime. Do not let them come into your righteousness. ²⁸ Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous. ²⁹ I am in pain and distress. O God, Let your salvation protect me. ³⁰ I will praise the name of God with a song. I will magnify him with thanksgiving. ³¹ It will please Jehovah better than an ox of bull that has horns and hoofs. ³² The humble have seen it and are glad. And you, who seek after God, let your heart live. ³³ For Jehovah hears the needy and does not despise his captive people. ³⁴ Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in it! ³⁵ God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it. ³⁶ The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell in it.

¹⁸ I confess my guilt. My sin troubles me.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) I waited patiently for Jehovah and he bent down to me and heard my cry. ² He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet upon a rock and made me stand erect. ³ He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see, respect and trust in Jehovah.

⁸ »I am pleased to do your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart.

¹² Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and establish a willing spirit in me. ¹³ I will teach your ways to transgressors, and sinners will turn to you.

⁴ We will not conceal them from their children, but tell to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength and his wondrous works that he has done. ⁵ He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel. This he commanded our fathers that they should teach them to their children, ⁶ That the generation to come might know, the children to be born, that they may arise and tell to their children,

¹ ([Sons of Korah]) O Jehovah, God of my salvation I cry out to you day and night. ² Let my prayer come before your presence. Turn your ear to hear my cries. ³ I am filled with troubles, and my life comes closer to the grave. ⁴ I am numbered with those who go into the pit. I am like a man without any strength. ⁵ I am abandoned with the dead, like those who have been killed and lie in graves. I am like those whom you no longer remember, who are cut off from your hand (power) (care). ⁶ You have put me in the bottom of the pit, in deep dark places. ⁷ Your rage lies heavily on me. You afflict me with all your waves. ⁸ You have taken my friends far away from me. You made me disgusting to them. I am shut in, and I cannot get out. ⁹ My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O Jehovah. I stretch out my hands to you in prayer. ¹⁰ Will you perform miracles for those who are dead? Will the dead rise and give thanks to you? ¹¹ Will anyone tell about your loving kindness in the grave or about your faithfulness after they parish? ¹² Will anyone know about your miracles in that dark place or about your righteousness (mercy) in the place of destruction? ¹³ I cry out to you for help, O Jehovah, and in the morning my prayer will come before you. ¹⁴ Why do you reject me, O Jehovah? Why do you hide your face from me (turn from me)? ¹⁵ Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair. ¹⁶ Your burning anger has swept over me. Your terrors have destroyed me. ¹⁷ They swirl around me all day long like water. They surround me on all sides. ¹⁸ You have taken my loved ones and friends far away from me. Darkness is my only friend!

¹¹ He will put his angels in charge of you to protect you in all your ways. ¹² They will carry you in their hands so that you never strike your foot against a rock.

¹⁵ And wine which makes man's heart glad. That he may make his face shine with oil, and food, which sustains man's heart.

⁶ Appoint the evil one to oppose him. Let an accuser stand at his right hand. ⁷ When he stands trial, let him be found guilty. Let his prayer be considered sinful. ⁸ Let his days be few in number. Let someone else take his place. ⁹ Let his children become fatherless and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ Let his children wander around and beg. Let them seek help far from their ruined homes. ¹¹ Let a creditor take everything he owns. Let strangers steal what he has worked for. ¹² Let no one be kind to him anymore. Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children. ¹³ Let his descendants be cut off and their family name be wiped out by the next generation. ¹⁴ Let Jehovah remember the guilt of his ancestors and not wipe out his mother's sin. ¹⁵ Let their guilt and sin always remain on record in front of Jehovah. Let Jehovah remove every memory of him from the earth,

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Jehovah said to my Lord: »Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.«

⁴ He has made his miracles unforgettable. Jehovah is gracious and compassionate.

¹¹⁶ Sustain me according to your word that I may live. Do not let me be ashamed of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Uphold me that I may be safe, that I may continually have regard for your statutes.

¹³³ Establish my footsteps in your word, and do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.

¹³ I will take the cup of salvation and call on the name of Jehovah.

⁵ Those who cry while they plant will joyfully sing while they harvest. ⁶ The person who goes out weeping, carrying his bag of seed, will come home singing, carrying his bundles of grain.

¹ Out of the depths of despair I have cried to you, O Jehovah.

¹ Out of the depths of despair I have cried to you, O Jehovah. ² Jehovah, do hear my voice! Let your ears listen to the voice of my supplications.

² Jehovah, do hear my voice! Let your ears listen to the voice of my supplications. ³ If You, Jehovah, should record our sins, O Jehovah, who could stand? ⁴ But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be reverenced.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in your faithfulness. Answer me in your righteousness! ² Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous. ³ For the enemy has persecuted me. He has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead. ⁴ Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart is devastated within me.

⁶ I stretch out my hands to you for I long for you, like a parched land. ⁷ Answer me quickly, O Jehovah for my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will become like those who go down to the pit.

⁴ Do this before you fall asleep. Do not allow your eyes to close. ⁵ Deliver your self like a deer from the hand of the hunter, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler (bird catcher). ⁶ Go to the ant, you lazy person. Consider her ways and be wise! ⁷ The lowly ant has no guide or overseer. ⁸ It prepares its food in the summer and gathers food at the harvest.

⁶ »Forsake the foolish, and live. Travel in the way of understanding.«

⁹ How long will you sleep, O lazy person? When will you arise from your sleep? ¹⁰ »A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest. ¹¹ Your poverty comes like a traveler. Your need comes like an armed man.

²⁰ The one who walks with wise men will be wise. A companion of fools will be destroyed.

⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

²⁶ He who trusts in his own heart is a fool. He who walks wisely will be delivered.

⁸ Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food necessary for me. ⁹ If I am full I could deny you and say, »Who is Jehovah?« Or if I am poor and steal, I could take God’s name in vain.

⁶ Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are bitter. ⁷ Let him drink and forget his poverty. Let him remember his misery no more.

⁴ »Draw me away. (Daughters of Jerusalem) »We will run after you.« (The Shulamite) »The king brought me into his chambers.« (Daughters of Jerusalem) »We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will remember your love more than wine!« (The Shulamite) »They are right to love you.«

¹ (The Beloved) »I came to my garden, my sister, my spouse. I gathered my myrrh with my spice. I ate my honeycomb with my honey and drank my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.«

⁹ They no longer drink wine with a song. The beverage is bitter to its drinkers. ¹⁰ The ruined city lies desolate. The entrance to every house is barred and none may enter. ¹¹ In the streets they cry out for wine. Joy turns to gloom and rejoicing is banished from the earth.

⁶ On this mountain Jehovah of Hosts will make a feast of rich food for all peoples, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear of dregs.

⁷ Israel’s Holy God and Savior says to the one who is deeply despised, hated by the nations and is the servant of rulers: »Kings will see you released and will rise to show their respect. Princes will also see it and they will bow low to honor you.«

⁶ I will offer my back to those who whip me. I will offer my cheeks to those who pluck hairs out of my beard. I will not turn my face away from those who humiliate me and spit on me. ⁷ The Lord Jehovah helps me. That is why I will not be ashamed. I have set my face like a flint (firm and resolute). I know that I will not be put to shame.

¹⁷ Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath, you who have drained to its dregs the goblet that makes men stagger.

²² This is what your Lord Jehovah says, your God, who defends his people: »See, I have taken out of your hand the cup that made you stagger. You will never drink from that cup, that cup of wrath, again.

¹⁴ There were many who were appalled at him and his appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness.

¹ THIS IS THE PEOPHESY ABOUT THE MESSIAH. Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm (power) of Jehovah been revealed? ² He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him. Nothing in his appearance will make us desire him. ³ He was despised and rejected by men. He was a man of sorrows familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised. We did not consider him to be worth much.

³ He was despised and rejected by men. He was a man of sorrows familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised. We did not consider him to be worth much. ⁴ He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows. We considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. ⁵ But he was pierced for our transgressions! He was crushed for our iniquities! The punishment that brought us peace was upon him. There has been healing for us because of his wounds. ⁶ We are all like sheep. We have gone astray! Each of us has turned to his own way. Jehovah has caused the iniquity (sin) of all of us to be laid on him. ⁷ He was oppressed and afflicted and yet he did not open his mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. He was silent like sheep ready to be sheared. He did not open his mouth. ⁸ He was oppressed, judged and taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? He was removed from the land of the living. He was destroyed because of the transgression of my people. ⁹ He was buried like a criminal in a rich mans grave. He had done no wrong, nor was any deceit in his mouth. ¹⁰ It was Jehovah’s will to allow him to be crushed. Even though Jehovah makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of Jehovah will prosper in his hand.

¹⁰ It was Jehovah’s will to allow him to be crushed. Even though Jehovah makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of Jehovah will prosper in his hand. ¹¹ After his suffering he will see the light and be satisfied. By his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many. He will bear their iniquities. ¹² Therefore I will give him a portion among the great. He will divide the spoils with the strong. This is because he poured out his life unto death. He was numbered with the transgressors. He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

¹² Therefore I will give him a portion among the great. He will divide the spoils with the strong. This is because he poured out his life unto death. He was numbered with the transgressors. He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

¹ Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the water. You, who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

¹⁵ The High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy, says: ‘I dwell in the high and holy and also with him who has a contrite and humble spirit. I revive the spirit of the humble, and the heart of the contrite ones.’ ¹⁶ For I will not contend (rebuke) forever! Nor will I always be angry! The spirit would fail before me, and those whom I have made. ¹⁷ Because of the iniquity of his covetousness gain I was angry and struck him. I hid and was angry. He went on backsliding in the way of his heart (his heart directed course of life). ¹⁸ I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will also lead him, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

²³ O Jehovah, I know that humans are not able to govern their own lives. Humans cannot administer their own steps.

⁷ »Men will not break bread in mourning for them in order to comfort anyone for the dead. Nor will they give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone's father or mother.

⁹ »The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately corrupt. Who can understand it?

¹⁵ »This is what Jehovah the God of Israel said to me: ‘Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my fury, and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it.

¹⁸ »I hear the people of Israel say in grief, ‘Jehovah, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back for we are ready to return to you, Jehovah our God.

¹⁸ »I hear the people of Israel say in grief, ‘Jehovah, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back for we are ready to return to you, Jehovah our God. ¹⁹ »‘We turned away from you. But soon we wanted to return. After you had punished us we hung our heads in grief. We were ashamed and disgraced because we sinned when we were young.’« ²⁰ »Ephraim, O Ephraim my dear delightful son! Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him. My heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,« declares Jehovah.

³¹ »The time is coming,« proclaims Jehovah, »when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

⁵³ They sentence my life to prison and keep hurling stones at me. ⁵⁴ Waters were flowing over my head; I said: »I am cut off.« ⁵⁵ I called out your name in prayer, O Jehovah, out of the lowest prison. ⁵⁶ My voice came to you, »Do not shut your ear to my relief, to my cry!«

¹² »Come to me all you who go by, keep your eyes on me! See if there is any pain like the pain of my wound. For Jehovah has sent it to me in the day of his burning anger.

¹⁶ ‘»Some will escape to the mountains like doves frightened from the valleys. All of them will moan over their sins.

⁶³ ‘»I will forgive all the wrongs you have done, but you will remember them and be too ashamed to open your mouth.’ The Lord Jehovah has spoken.«

³¹ »‘Then you will remember your evil ways and the bad things that you did. You will hate yourselves for all these wicked and disgusting things. ³² »‘I want you to know that I am not doing this for your sake,’ proclaims the Lord Jehovah. ‘Be ashamed and disgraced because of your ways, people of Israel.’

¹¹ Jehovah also said: »Son of man, all the people of Israel are like these bones. The people say: Our bones are dry, and our hope has vanished. We are completely destroyed.

³⁸ »He gave the children of men, the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens to your hand. He made you the ruler over them all! You are the head of gold.

⁴⁴ »In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. Its sovereignty will not be entrusted to another people. It will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms and it will stand forever!

²² It is you O king! You have grown and become strong. Your greatness has grown, and reaches to heaven. Your dominion is to the end of the earth. ²³ ‘»Since the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven saying: Chop down the tree, and destroy it. Leave the stump and the roots in the earth. With a band of iron and brass leave it in the tender grass of the field and let it be wet with the dew of heaven. Let its portion be with the beasts of the field till seven times pass over it.« ²⁴ This is the interpretation, O king. It is the decree from the Most High that has come to my lord the king.

¹³ »I saw in the night-visions someone like a SON OF MAN came with the clouds of heaven. He came to the Ancient of Days. They brought him near before him. ¹⁴ »He was given legal power and a kingdom. Out of his glory all the peoples, nations, and languages will serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away. His kingdom will not be destroyed. (Revelation 11:15) (Daniel 2:44) (Psalm 45:6)

⁹ I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations! Like grain is sifted in a sieve, yet the least kernel will not fall on the earth.

²⁴ »Seventy weeks (seventy sets of seven time periods) are decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish transgression and to make an end of sin, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. ²⁵ »Know and discern, that from the utterance of the commandment to restore and to rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One (Messiah), the Leader: there shall be seven weeks, also sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again with a public square and moat, even in terrible times. ²⁶ »And after the sixty-two weeks the anointed one will be cut off (destroyed) (killed) and shall have nothing. The people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be by the flood of war and desolations.

¹⁶ Then one who looked like a human touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth, and spoke to him: »O my lord, by reason of the vision I have convulsions and I have no strength. ¹⁷ »For how can the servant of my lord talk? I had no strength in me. I was also without breath.« ¹⁸ Then the one with the human appearance touched me and he strengthened me. ¹⁹ He said, »O man greatly beloved, do not fear, peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong.« And when he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, »Let my lord speak for you have strengthened me.«

¹ »I stood up to confirm and strengthen Darius the Mede in his first year.

⁸ »How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is changed within me. All my compassion is aroused.

⁶ So the captain came to him, and said: »Why are you sleeping? Get up and call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.«

² He said: »I called to Jehovah because of my affliction. And he answered me! Out of the belly of the grave I cried and you heard my voice. ³ »For you threw me into the deep, in the heart of the seas. The current was all around me. All your waves, your huge breakers passed over me!

¹ »Now you will gather in troops, O daughter of troops! He has attacked us. They will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod.

⁵ Do not put your faith in your neighbor. Do not trust a friend! Guard your lips from her who lies in your bosom (is your intimate companion). ⁶ The son dishonors the father. The daughter rises up against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man's enemies are the men of his own house.

¹ He showed me Joshua the high priest. Joshua was standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan was standing at his right hand to be his adversary. ² Jehovah said to Satan: »Jehovah rebukes you, O Satan; yes, Jehovah, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you. Is this a brand plucked out of the fire?« ³ Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel. ⁴ He spoke to those who stood before him: »Take the filthy garments from him. Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you and I will clothe you with rich apparel.«

⁷ A round flat weight made of lead was lifted up. There was a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah measure. ⁸ He said: »This is Wickedness.« He tossed her down into the middle of the ephah measure. He threw the weight of lead on the opening.

¹¹ »I set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. This is because of the blood of your covenant!

¹⁵ »Jehovah of Hosts will defend them! They will devour and trample on the sling stones. They will drink and be boisterous with the wine. They will be filled like the sacrificial basins by the corners of the altar.

¹⁷ »How great is his goodness! How great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.«

¹² I said to them, »If it is good in your sight give me my wages, if not forget it.« So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. ¹³ Jehovah said to me, »Throw it to the potter,« the amount they paid me. I took the thirty pieces of silver, and threw them to the potter, in the house of Jehovah.

¹⁰ »I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of kindness and of supplication. They will look to the one whom they pierced; and they will mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son. There will be a bitter lamentation for him, like one who grieves for his first-born.

⁷ »Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow (neighbor) (companion), said Jehovah of Hosts: Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered! I will turn my hand upon (against) the little ones.

²² »Now I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother [without cause] shall be guilty before the court. Whoever speaks to his brother with words of contempt shall receive condemnation before the Sanhedrin [Supreme Court]. Curse your brother and you will be guilty enough to be destroyed by fire, with the burning trash, at the Valley of Hinnom, outside of Jerusalem (Greek: Gehenna).

¹³ »‘And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil (the wicked one).’ (Psalm 82:4) (Psalm 97:10) (Matthew 13:19) (John 17:15) (1 John 5:19)

³¹ »Do not worry! Do not say: ‘What shall we eat?’ or, ‘What shall we drink?’ or, ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² »All people go in search of these things. Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ³³ »Seek (desire) (require) (serve) first the kingdom of God and his righteousness [continuously] and all these things will be added to you.

¹¹ »I tell you, many will come from the east and the west, to sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:

⁹ »Do not take gold, silver, or copper money in your money belt. ¹⁰ »Take no extra clothes, not even two coats, no extra shoes or walking stick for the laborer is worthy of his food.

²² »Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved. ²³ »When they persecute you in this city, flee to the next. I tell you; before you have gone through all the cities of Israel the Son of man will come. ²⁴ »A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a servant his master. ²⁵ »It is enough for the disciple (student) that he is like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebub (Satan), others of the household could also be called the same!

³¹ »Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men. But the blasphemy against God’s Spirit will not be forgiven. ³² »Whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

¹⁵ Jesus answered emphatically: »This is the proper way to do everything that God requires. This is the way it must be!«

¹⁷ Then a voice from heaven said: »This is my Son whom I love and whom I have approved.«

³ Satan, the Tempter, said to him: »If (since) you are the Son of God order these stones to turn into bread.«

⁶ »If (since) you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. The Scriptures say: ‘God will give orders to his angels about you and they will hold you with their hands, so that not even your feet will strike the ground.’«

¹⁰ »Go away, Satan!« demanded Jesus. »It is written, »It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.’« (Deuteronomy 6:13-15) ¹¹ Then the Devil left Jesus, and the angels came and served him.

⁴ »Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

³³ »I will deny, before my heavenly Father, anyone who denies me before men.

³ They asked Jesus: »Are you the Expected One or should we look for another?« ⁴ And Jesus answered: »Go tell John the things you hear and see. ⁵ »The blind receive their sight. The lame walk! The lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear. The dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

¹⁴ The Pharisees left and took counsel against him, to decide how they might destroy him.

¹⁹ He commanded the crowd to sit down on the grass. Then he prayed. He gave the five loaves and two fishes to the disciples to distribute to the crowd.

³ He said: »Truly I tell you, if you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

³ He said: »Truly I tell you, if you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ »He who humbles himself to become like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ⁵ »Everyone who accepts this little child in my name accepts me.

³⁸ »When the workmen saw the son, they said, ‘Let us put him to death and take his heritage, for someday he will own this property.’

⁴⁵ When the chief priests and Pharisees heard his illustrations they realized he was talking about them. ⁴⁶ They wanted to seize him, but feared the people, because the people saw Jesus as a prophet.

⁴⁴ »‘Jehovah said to my Lord, »Sit on my right hand until I put your enemies beneath your feet.«’ (Psalm 110:1)

⁸ »Do not be called Rabbi (master) (teacher) (leader), for only one is your teacher. You are all brothers. ⁹ »Call no man your father on the earth, for only one is your Father in heaven. ¹⁰ »Do not be called master (teacher) (leader), for only one is your master, and he is Christ. ¹¹ »The greatest among you will be your servant. ¹² »He who exalts himself will be humbled. He who humbles himself will be exalted.

¹³ »The person who endures to the end will be saved.

⁴⁷ »I tell you, he will put him in charge of everything he owns.

³⁴ »The King will say to those on his right hand: ‘Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

⁶⁶ »What is your opinion?« The crowd answered: »Put him to death!«

⁶⁶ »What is your opinion?« The crowd answered: »Put him to death!« ⁶⁷ They spat in his face and hit him, saying: ⁶⁸ »Prophesy to us, you Christ; tell us who hit you!« ⁶⁹ Peter was seated in the square outside the house, and a servant-girl came to him. She said: »You were with Jesus the Galilean.«

⁶⁹ Peter was seated in the square outside the house, and a servant-girl came to him. She said: »You were with Jesus the Galilean.« ⁷⁰ In front of everybody, he replied: »I do not know what you are talking about.«

⁷⁰ In front of everybody, he replied: »I do not know what you are talking about.« ⁷¹ When he reached the gate, another saw him and said: »This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.«

⁷¹ When he reached the gate, another saw him and said: »This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.« ⁷² Again he denied with an oath: »I have no knowledge of the man.«

⁷² Again he denied with an oath: »I have no knowledge of the man.« ⁷³ A few moments later, those who were near approached and said to Peter: »Indeed, you are one of them, because the way you speak gives you away.«

⁷³ A few moments later, those who were near approached and said to Peter: »Indeed, you are one of them, because the way you speak gives you away.« ⁷⁴ Then with curses and oaths he said: »I do not know the man!« And immediately a rooster crowed.

⁷⁴ Then with curses and oaths he said: »I do not know the man!« And immediately a rooster crowed.

⁷⁴ Then with curses and oaths he said: »I do not know the man!« And immediately a rooster crowed. ⁷⁵ Peter remembered what Jesus told him: »Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times.« He went out and wept bitterly.

⁷⁵ Peter remembered what Jesus told him: »Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times.« He went out and wept bitterly.

¹ It was morning. The chief priests and those in authority conspired to put Jesus to death.

³ Judas, his betrayer, heard he was to be put to death. Out of regret, he took the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and those in authority. ⁴ He said: »I have done wrong in giving a righteous man to you.« ⁵ He left the silver in the Temple. Then he went away and hanged himself.

⁵ He left the silver in the Temple. Then he went away and hanged himself.

¹¹ Jesus stood before the governor. He asked him: »Are you the King of the Jews?« Jesus said to him: »It is as you say.«

²⁸ They took off his clothes and dressed him in a scarlet robe. ²⁹ They made a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They placed a rod in his right hand. Then they bowed down on their knees before him. They mocked him, saying: »Long life to the King of the Jews.« ³⁰ They spat on him and hit him on the head with the rod. ³¹ After they mocked him, they took off the robe. He was dressed in his garments and he was led away to be impaled.

³⁹ People passing by spoke evil abuse to him. They wagged their heads

³⁹ People passing by spoke evil abuse to him. They wagged their heads ⁴⁰ and said, »You who would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God come down from the stake.« ⁴¹ In like manner the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked him. ⁴² They said: »He saved others, but cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the stake and we will believe in him.« ⁴³ He trusts in God. Let him save him now if he wants him. After all he said: »I am the Son of God.«

⁴³ He trusts in God. Let him save him now if he wants him. After all he said: »I am the Son of God.« ⁴⁴ The robbers that were impaled with him also insulted him.

⁵⁴ The centurion and those who were with him watching Jesus saw the earthquake. Filled with much fear of the things that were done, they proclaimed: »Truly, this was the Son of God!«

¹⁸ »You are Peter (Greek: petros: piece of rock), and on this rock-mass (Greek: petra: mass of rock) (referring to Jesus) I will build my congregation. The entrance to the grave (Greek: Hades) will not have power to stop it.

²⁸ Jesus replied: »Truly I say to you, when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

²⁸ Jesus replied: »Truly I say to you, when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹ »Everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will receive many times as much, and have everlasting life.

²⁰ The mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons. She bowed down and requested a favor of him. ²¹ »What is your desire?« he asked. She said to him: »Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.« ²² Jesus told her: »You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup I am about to take? »

²² Jesus told her: »You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup I am about to take? » ²³ They said: »We are able.« »Truly, you will take of my cup,« he said. »But to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.« ²⁴ When the ten heard it, they were angry with the two brothers. ²⁵ Jesus called them to himself and said: »You know that the rulers of the nations exercise absolute dominion over them. They lord it over them and behave like tyrants. ²⁶ »But it will not be so among you. He who will be great among you must be your servant. ²⁷ And he who will be first among you will be your attendant (servant) (minister). ²⁸ »The Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom in payment for many.«

²⁸ »The Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom in payment for many.«

¹ They were near Jerusalem at Bethphage. Jesus sent two disciples to the Mount of Olives.

³ »Tell anyone who asks, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and right away he will allow them to go.«

¹² Jesus went into the Temple and drove out all who were trading there. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those trading in doves. ¹³ He told them: »It is written, ‘My house is to be named a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a hiding place of thieves.« ¹⁴ The blind and the crippled came to him in the Temple, and he made them well. ¹⁵ The chief priests and the scribes saw the powerful works he did. They heard the children crying out in the Temple: »Glory to the son of David.« This made them very angry.

²³ When he went into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching. They asked: »By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?«

² »As you know, the Passover will be here in two days. At that time the Son of man will be captured and impaled.« ³ The chief priest and the elders of the people assembled at the court of Caiaphas, the high priest.

³ The chief priest and the elders of the people assembled at the court of Caiaphas, the high priest. ⁴ All of them, using deceit, worked together to capture Jesus and kill him. ⁵ They insisted: »Not during the feast; it could start a riot among the people.«

⁵ They insisted: »Not during the feast; it could start a riot among the people.«

¹⁴ Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests.

¹⁴ Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests. ¹⁵ He asked them: »What are you willing to give me to deliver him to you?« They paid him thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶ He continued to seek opportunity to turn him over to them. ¹⁷ The first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus. They asked: »Where do you wish to eat the Passover?« ¹⁸ Jesus told them to go into the city and tell a certain man: »The Teacher’s time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.« ¹⁹ The disciples did as Jesus told them, to get ready for the Passover. ²⁰ When evening arrived, he sat down to eat with the twelve disciples. ²¹ While they ate, he said: »One of you will betray me.« ²² They were filled with sorrow, and each one asked him: »Is it I, Lord?«

²² They were filled with sorrow, and each one asked him: »Is it I, Lord?« ²³ He answered: »He who dips his hand with me in the dish is the same one who will betray me.

²³ He answered: »He who dips his hand with me in the dish is the same one who will betray me. ²⁴ »It is written that the Son of man will depart. The man who betrays him will experience much grief. It would have been better if that man had not been born.«

²⁴ »It is written that the Son of man will depart. The man who betrays him will experience much grief. It would have been better if that man had not been born.«

²⁶ As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed, and broke it; and he gave to the disciples. Then he said: »Take, eat; this is (represents) (means) (exemplifies) my body.« ²⁷ Then he took a cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying: »Drink it all.« ²⁸ »This is (represents) (means) (exemplifies) my blood of the covenant, poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.

²⁸ »This is (represents) (means) (exemplifies) my blood of the covenant, poured out for many for forgiveness of sins. ²⁹ »I tell you, I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.« ³⁰ After they sang a song of praise to God, they went to the Mount of Olives.

³³ Peter answered: »Even if everyone falls away because of you, I will never fall away.« ³⁴ Jesus said: »I say to you, this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny me three times.«

³⁴ Jesus said: »I say to you, this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny me three times.« ³⁵ Peter protested: »Even if I must die for you, I would not deny you!« His disciples said the same thing. ³⁶ Jesus went with them to Gethsemane. He said to his disciples: »Sit here while I go over there and pray.«

³⁶ Jesus went with them to Gethsemane. He said to his disciples: »Sit here while I go over there and pray.« ³⁷ He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him. He was sorrowful and very troubled.

³⁷ He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him. He was sorrowful and very troubled. ³⁸ He told them: »My heart is deeply grieved to the point of death. Stay with me and watch.«

³⁸ He told them: »My heart is deeply grieved to the point of death. Stay with me and watch.« ³⁹ Then he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed: »My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.«

³⁹ Then he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed: »My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.« ⁴⁰ When he came to the disciples, they were sleeping. He said to Peter: »Could you not watch with me one hour?

⁴⁰ When he came to the disciples, they were sleeping. He said to Peter: »Could you not watch with me one hour?

⁴⁰ When he came to the disciples, they were sleeping. He said to Peter: »Could you not watch with me one hour? ⁴¹ »Watch and pray continually that you do not enter into temptation!«

⁴¹ »Watch and pray continually that you do not enter into temptation!« ⁴² A second time he went away and prayed, saying: »Father, if this cannot pass away, except I drink it, your will be done.«

⁴² A second time he went away and prayed, saying: »Father, if this cannot pass away, except I drink it, your will be done.« ⁴³ He returned to find them sleeping again, for their eyes were heavy.

⁴³ He returned to find them sleeping again, for their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴ He went away to pray a third time, saying the same words.

⁴⁴ He went away to pray a third time, saying the same words. ⁴⁵ After returning to the disciples, he said: »Do you sleep now and take your rest? The hour is here and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴⁵ After returning to the disciples, he said: »Do you sleep now and take your rest? The hour is here and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶ »Arise, let us go; the man who betrays me is here.«

⁴⁶ »Arise, let us go; the man who betrays me is here.« ⁴⁷ As he spoke, Judas, one of the twelve, followed by a crowd carrying swords and spears, approached him. The chief priest and elders of the people had sent them. ⁴⁸ He that betrayed him gave them a sign. He told them: »The one I kiss is he. Take him.«

⁴⁸ He that betrayed him gave them a sign. He told them: »The one I kiss is he. Take him.« ⁴⁹ He went directly to Jesus and said: »Hail, Rabbi,« and kissed him.

⁴⁹ He went directly to Jesus and said: »Hail, Rabbi,« and kissed him. ⁵⁰ Jesus told him: »Do that for which you came.« They laid hands on Jesus, and captured him.

⁵⁰ Jesus told him: »Do that for which you came.« They laid hands on Jesus, and captured him. ⁵¹ Look, one of them with Jesus stretched out his hand, drew his sword, and cut off the ear of the servant of the high priest.

⁵¹ Look, one of them with Jesus stretched out his hand, drew his sword, and cut off the ear of the servant of the high priest. ⁵² Jesus told him: »Put your sword in its place. Those who take up the sword will perish by the sword.

⁵² Jesus told him: »Put your sword in its place. Those who take up the sword will perish by the sword. ⁵³ »Do you think I cannot ask my Father for help? He would send me more than twelve legions of angels.

⁵³ »Do you think I cannot ask my Father for help? He would send me more than twelve legions of angels.

⁵³ »Do you think I cannot ask my Father for help? He would send me more than twelve legions of angels. ⁵⁴ »How then will the scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen this way?«

⁵⁴ »How then will the scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen this way?« ⁵⁵ That very hour Jesus said to the people, »Have you come out to take me with swords and sticks as if I were a thief? You did not take me when I taught in the Temple daily.

⁵⁵ That very hour Jesus said to the people, »Have you come out to take me with swords and sticks as if I were a thief? You did not take me when I taught in the Temple daily. ⁵⁶ »This has taken place so that the writings of the prophets will come true.« Then all his disciples left him. ⁵⁷ Those who captured Jesus took him to the house of Caiaphas, the high priest. The scribes and those in authority also gathered there. ⁵⁸ But Peter kept his distance. He followed him to the courtyard of the high priest. He entered and sat down with the servants, to see the outcome. ⁵⁹ The chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus. They wanted to put him to death. ⁶⁰ They failed, even though a number of false witnesses came. ⁶¹ Later two witnesses came. They said: »This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the Temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.’« ⁶² The high priest stood up and said to him: »Have you no answer? What is it these say against you?« ⁶³ Jesus said nothing. The high priest said to him: »I put you on oath, by the living God, that you will tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.« ⁶⁴ Jesus said to him: »You said it yourself. And I say to you, after this you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven.«

⁶⁴ Jesus said to him: »You said it yourself. And I say to you, after this you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven.« ⁶⁵ Then the high priest ripped his robes apart and said: »He has said evil against God! Why do we need more witnesses? You have heard his words of blasphemy!«

⁶⁵ Then the high priest ripped his robes apart and said: »He has said evil against God! Why do we need more witnesses? You have heard his words of blasphemy!«

¹⁸ Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying: »All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

³⁰ Suddenly Jesus recognized that power issued from him. He turned to the crowd and asked: »Who touched my garments?«

⁸ They were instructed to take nothing for their journey, with the exception of a walking staff. ⁹ They were to take no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse and no extra sandals or coat.

³⁰ The apostles gathered together with Jesus. They told him all things they had done and taught.

¹ He continued: »Truly I tell you there are some here who will in no way experience death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power.«

³⁴ They said nothing because they had had an argument between themselves about who was the greatest. ³⁵ He sat down and the twelve came to him. He said: »If any man has the desire to be first, he would be last of all and servant of all.«

³⁷ They said to him: »Allow us to sit next to you in your glory. One could sit on your right hand, and one on your left hand.« ³⁸ »You do not know what you ask,« Jesus replied. »Are you able to drink the cup that I drink? Are you able to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?« ³⁹ They said: »We are able.« Jesus replied: »The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism that I am baptized you will be baptized. ⁴⁰ »But to sit on my right hand or on my left hand is not mine to give. It is for them for whom it has been prepared.« ⁴¹ When the ten heard it they were indignant with James and John.

⁴¹ When the ten heard it they were indignant with James and John. ⁴² Jesus called them together and said: »You know that those who rule over the nations lord it over them. Their great ones exercise authority over them. ⁴³ »It is not so among you. Whoever would become great among you, shall be your minister (servant) (attendant). ⁴⁴ »Whoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all. ⁴⁵ »For the Son of man also came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.«

¹¹ He entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. When evening came he went with the twelve to Bethany.’

¹⁹ And every evening he left the city.

³ He sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple. Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately:

¹ It was just two days until the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread. The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might quietly capture and kill him. ² They said: »Not during the feast for it might cause the people to riot.«

² They said: »Not during the feast for it might cause the people to riot.«

⁶ Jesus said: »Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She did a good thing to me.

¹⁰ Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might betray Jesus to them.

¹⁰ Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might betray Jesus to them. ¹¹ They were glad to hear it and promised to give him money. He looked for ways how he might conveniently deliver Jesus to them. ¹² Now it was the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover. His disciples said to him: »Where do you want to go to prepare to eat the Passover?«

¹² Now it was the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the Passover. His disciples said to him: »Where do you want to go to prepare to eat the Passover?« ¹³ He sent two of his disciples into the city. He said: »Meet a man bearing a pitcher of water and follow him. ¹⁴ »Where he leads you say to the master of the house: The Teacher says where is my guest-chamber? Where I shall eat the Passover with my disciples? ¹⁵ »He will show you a large upper room. It is furnished and ready. Prepare it for us.« ¹⁶ The disciples went to the city and found everything as he described and they prepared for the Passover. ¹⁷ When it was evening he came with the twelve. ¹⁸ While they sat and ate Jesus said: »Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me, even he that eats with me.«

¹⁸ While they sat and ate Jesus said: »Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me, even he that eats with me.« ¹⁹ They were sorrowful and said to him one by one: »Is it I?«

¹⁹ They were sorrowful and said to him one by one: »Is it I?«

¹⁹ They were sorrowful and said to him one by one: »Is it I?« ²⁰ He said to them: »It is one of the twelve, he that dips with me in the dish.

²⁰ He said to them: »It is one of the twelve, he that dips with me in the dish. ²¹ »The Son of man goes even as it is written of him. Woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better if he had not been born.«

²¹ »The Son of man goes even as it is written of him. Woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better if he had not been born.« ²² While they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said: »Take it, this means (represents) my body.« ²³ He took a cup, and when he had given praise, he gave it to them and they all had a drink from it.

²³ He took a cup, and when he had given praise, he gave it to them and they all had a drink from it. ²⁴ He said: »This means (represents) my blood of the covenant given for men. ²⁵ »Truly I say to you, I will take no more of the fruit of the vine till the day when I take it new in the kingdom of God.« ²⁶ After a song of praise to God they went to the Mount of Olives.

²⁹ Peter declared to him: »Even though all shall leave you I will not.« ³⁰ Jesus said to Peter: »I tell you that before the rooster crows twice tonight, you will say three times that you do not know me.« ³¹ Peter answered even more strongly: »I will never say that, even if I have to die with you!« All the other disciples said the same thing. ³² They came to a place called Gethsemane. He said to his disciples: »Sit here while I pray.«

³² They came to a place called Gethsemane. He said to his disciples: »Sit here while I pray.« ³³ He took Peter, James and John with him. He was very distressed and troubled.

³³ He took Peter, James and John with him. He was very distressed and troubled. ³⁴ He said to them: »I am very sorrowful to the point of death. Stay here with me and watch.«

³⁴ He said to them: »I am very sorrowful to the point of death. Stay here with me and watch.« ³⁵ He went forward a little ways and fell on the ground to pray. He prayed that if it were possible the hour might pass from him.

³⁵ He went forward a little ways and fell on the ground to pray. He prayed that if it were possible the hour might pass from him.

³¹ Likewise, also the chief priests mocked among themselves with the scribes said, »He saved others. He cannot save himself. ³² »Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down from the stake that we may see and believe him.« Those who were impaled with him also mocked him.

⁷ »Go tell his disciples and Peter that he goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him just as he told you.«

¹⁹ After he had spoken to them the Lord Jesus, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

⁶ They were both righteous before God. They blamelessly obeyed all the commandments and ordinances of God (Greek: kurios: God).

¹⁰ »It is written, he shall give his angels charge concerning you to guard you. ¹¹ »They will carry you with their hands so you do not dash your foot against a stone.«

⁴¹ Demons came out from many. They cried out: »You are the Son of God!« He rebuked them and charged them not to speak for they knew he was the Christ.

³⁶ He said: »Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Take this cup from me. Even so not what I will, but what you will.«

³⁶ He said: »Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Take this cup from me. Even so not what I will, but what you will.« ³⁷ He returned to find them sleeping. He said to Peter, »Simon why do you sleep? Could you not watch for one hour?

³⁷ He returned to find them sleeping. He said to Peter, »Simon why do you sleep? Could you not watch for one hour?

³⁷ He returned to find them sleeping. He said to Peter, »Simon why do you sleep? Could you not watch for one hour? ³⁸ »To avoid temptation watch and pray. The spirit truly is willing but the flesh is weak.«

³⁸ »To avoid temptation watch and pray. The spirit truly is willing but the flesh is weak.« ³⁹ Again he went away and prayed, and spoke the same words. ⁴⁰ He came and found them asleep again. They did not know what to say to him.

⁴⁰ He came and found them asleep again. They did not know what to say to him. ⁴¹ He came a third time and said to them: »Sleep and take your rest. It is enough the hour has come. Look, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners!

⁴¹ He came a third time and said to them: »Sleep and take your rest. It is enough the hour has come. Look, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners!

⁴¹ He came a third time and said to them: »Sleep and take your rest. It is enough the hour has come. Look, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners! ⁴² »Rise up and let us go. He that betrays me is near.«

⁴² »Rise up and let us go. He that betrays me is near.« ⁴³ Suddenly, as he spoke, Judas one of the twelve arrived. A great crowd with swords and spears were with him. They were from the chief priests, scribes and elders. ⁴⁴ He who betrayed him gave them a sign. He told them the one I kiss is the one to capture and take away safely.

⁴⁴ He who betrayed him gave them a sign. He told them the one I kiss is the one to capture and take away safely. ⁴⁵ When he arrived he went straight to him and said: »Master« and kissed him.

⁴⁵ When he arrived he went straight to him and said: »Master« and kissed him. ⁴⁶ They grabbed him and took him away.

⁴⁶ They grabbed him and took him away. ⁴⁷ One of those who were near took out his sword and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.

⁴⁷ One of those who were near took out his sword and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear. ⁴⁸ Jesus said: »Have you come out as against a thief with swords and sticks to take me?

⁴⁸ Jesus said: »Have you come out as against a thief with swords and sticks to take me? ⁴⁹ »I was with you every day in the Temple teaching and you did not take me. This is done so that the scriptures will be fulfilled.«

⁴⁹ »I was with you every day in the Temple teaching and you did not take me. This is done so that the scriptures will be fulfilled.« ⁵⁰ They all left him, and fled.

⁵³ They led Jesus away to the high priest. The chief priests, elders and scribes came together with him. ⁵⁴ Peter followed him at a distance. He followed into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers staying warm by the fire. ⁵⁵ Now the chief priests and the whole council looked for witness against Jesus to put him to death. They found none. ⁵⁶ Many gave false witness against him. But their witness was not in agreement. ⁵⁷ One person falsely witnessed against him by saying: ⁵⁸ »We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.« ⁵⁹ Even so their witness did not agree. ⁶⁰ The high priest stood in the middle of them, and said to Jesus: »Do you not answer? What is it these say against you?« ⁶¹ But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioned him: »Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?«

⁶¹ But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioned him: »Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?« ⁶² Jesus said: »I am and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.«

⁶² Jesus said: »I am and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.«

⁶² Jesus said: »I am and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.« ⁶³ Violently parting his robes, the high priest said: »What need do we have for more witnesses?«

⁶³ Violently parting his robes, the high priest said: »What need do we have for more witnesses?«

⁶³ Violently parting his robes, the high priest said: »What need do we have for more witnesses?« ⁶⁴ We have heard his words against God. What is your opinion? They all said he should be put to death.

⁶⁴ We have heard his words against God. What is your opinion? They all said he should be put to death.

⁶⁴ We have heard his words against God. What is your opinion? They all said he should be put to death. ⁶⁵ Some spit on him and covering his face they gave him blows. Guess who hit you, they said. The leaders took him and beat him with their hands.

⁶⁵ Some spit on him and covering his face they gave him blows. Guess who hit you, they said. The leaders took him and beat him with their hands. ⁶⁶ Peter was still in the courtyard when one of the High Priest’s servant women came by.

⁶⁶ Peter was still in the courtyard when one of the High Priest’s servant women came by.

⁶⁶ Peter was still in the courtyard when one of the High Priest’s servant women came by. ⁶⁷ When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said: »You were with Jesus of Nazareth.«

⁶⁷ When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said: »You were with Jesus of Nazareth.« ⁶⁸ He denied it. »I do not know and I do not understand what you are talking about,« he answered. He went out into the passageway.

⁶⁸ He denied it. »I do not know and I do not understand what you are talking about,« he answered. He went out into the passageway. ⁶⁹ The servant woman saw him there and told bystanders, »He is one of them!«

⁶⁹ The servant woman saw him there and told bystanders, »He is one of them!« ⁷⁰ Peter denied it again. Later the bystanders accused Peter again saying: »You cannot deny that you are one of them, because you, too, are from Galilee.«

⁷⁰ Peter denied it again. Later the bystanders accused Peter again saying: »You cannot deny that you are one of them, because you, too, are from Galilee.« ⁷¹ Then Peter said: »I swear I am telling the truth! May God punish me if I lie! I do not know the man you are talking about!« ⁷² Then a rooster crowed. Peter remembered what Jesus said: »Before the rooster crows two times, you will deny me three times.« He broke down and cried.

⁷² Then a rooster crowed. Peter remembered what Jesus said: »Before the rooster crows two times, you will deny me three times.« He broke down and cried.

¹ Early in the morning the chief priests met hurriedly with the elders, the teachers of the Law, and the entire Council. They made their plans. They led Jesus away in chains and handed him over to Pilate. ² Pilate questioned him: »Are you the king of the Jews?« Jesus answered: »You say so.«

¹⁶ The soldiers led him away to the court in the Praetorium building (governor’s palace). They assembled together all of the troops. ¹⁷ They clothed him with purple. After weaving a crown of thorns they put it on him. ¹⁸ »Hail King of the Jews!« They shouted at him. ¹⁹ They struck his head with a reed and spat on him. They bowed their knees in false adoration to him. ²⁰ After they mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to impale him.

²³ They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he did not take it.

²⁷ They impaled two robbers with him, one on his right hand, and one on his left.

²⁷ They impaled two robbers with him, one on his right hand, and one on his left. ²⁸ The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, »He was numbered with transgressors.« ²⁹ Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, »ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, ³⁰ save yourself, and come down from the stake!«

¹⁶ And finally there was Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

¹³ When the Lord saw her he had sympathy for her. »Do not cry,« he said.

¹³ »Those on the rock are those who receive the word with joy. These have no root. They believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.

²⁷ »I tell you the truth, there are some here who shall not taste of death till they see the kingdom of God.«

⁴⁶ They reasoned among themselves which of them was the greatest.

⁴⁸ Then he said to them: »Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. He who is least among you will be the greatest!«

⁴ »Carry no purse, no wallet, and no shoes; and greet no man on the way.

⁴¹ The Lord answered: »Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.

⁴ »Forgive us our sins. For we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And keep us from temptation.«

⁹ »He who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God. ¹⁰ »He who speaks against the Son of man will be forgiven. However he who blasphemes against Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

²⁹ »Do not seek food and drink and do not worry. ³⁰ »For the people of the nations seek after these things. Your Father knows that you need them. ³¹ »Seek first his kingdom and these things will be added to you. ³² »Do not fear little flock for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

³⁷ »Those servants are blessed, for the master will find them alert when he comes. I tell you he will tighten his belt, have them sit down at the table, and he will serve them the meal.

⁵⁰ »I have a baptism to experience and I am distressed until it is accomplished!

³¹ »Abraham said: If they would not listen to Moses and the prophets, they would not listen to someone from the dead.«

⁷ »Let us say you have a servant who is plowing or looking after the sheep. Do you tell him to hurry and eat his meal when he comes in from the field? ⁸ »No you do not. You say to him get my supper ready. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. After that you may have your meal. ⁹ Does the servant deserve thanks for obeying orders?

¹¹ »The Pharisee stood and prayed like this: God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

³¹ He took the twelve to Jerusalem so that the Son of man will accomplish all the things that are written through the prophets:

³ He said, »Take nothing for your journey. Do not take a staff or food or money. Do not even take two coats.

¹⁶ He took the five loaves and the two fishes. Looking up to heaven, he blessed them and broke the bread. Then he gave them to the disciples to pass out to the crowd.

¹⁵ One of the guests at the table then said to Jesus: »Those who sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God will be happy!«

⁵ When Jesus came to the place he looked up at Zacchaeus and said: »Come down quickly for today I must visit your home.«

¹⁷ »He said: Well done, you good servant. You were faithful in very little. Now you shall have authority over ten cities.

²⁹ When he came close to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples. ³⁰ He told them, »Go into the nearby village. You will find a colt tied. No man has ever sat on him. Untie him and bring him to me. ³¹ »If any one asks why you untied him say the Lord needs him.«

³¹ »If any one asks why you untied him say the Lord needs him.« ³² They left and found things to be as he said.

³² They left and found things to be as he said. ³³ The owners found them when they untied the colt and asked why do you untie the colt? ³⁴ They said: »The Lord needs him.«

³⁴ They said: »The Lord needs him.« ³⁵ They brought him to Jesus. Then they threw their garments on the colt and Jesus sat on him. ³⁶ As he went, they spread their garments in the way. ³⁷ He was near the descent of the Mount of Olives. The entire crowd of disciples rejoiced and praised God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen. ³⁸ They said: »Blessed is the King that comes in the name of Jehovah! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!« (Psalms 118:26; 134:3) ³⁹ Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, »Teacher, rebuke your disciples.« ⁴⁰ He answered: »I tell you if these remain quiet the stones will cry out!«

⁴⁷ Everyday he taught in the temple. The chief priests, scribes and other important men of the people looked for ways to destroy him. ⁴⁸ They could not find a way for the people listened to every thing he said.

³ Jesus responded: »I also will ask you a question. Tell me, ⁴ »The baptism of John was it from heaven or from men?« ⁵ They reasoned among themselves, »If we say from heaven; he will say why did you not believe him? ⁶ »If we say from men all the people will stone us. They are persuaded that John was a prophet.« ⁷ So they answered: »We do not know.«

¹⁹ The scribes and the chief priests attempted to capture him in that very hour. They feared the people. They perceived that he spoke this illustration against them.

⁴¹ He asked them a question: »How is it that they say the Christ is David’s son? ⁴² »For David said in the book of Psalms: Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand. ⁴³ »Till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet. (Psalm 110:1) ⁴⁴ »David therefore called him Lord, and how is he his son?«

³¹ »Even so, when you see these things coming to pass, know that the kingdom of God is near!

³³ »Heaven and earth will pass away: but my words will not pass away. ³⁴ »Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes. ³⁵ »It will come as a surprise to all who dwell on the face of the earth. ³⁶ »Be on the watch all the time. Pray for the strength to escape all these things in order to stand before the Son of man.« ³⁷ He taught in the temple every day and he stayed on the Mount of Olives at night.

³⁷ He taught in the temple every day and he stayed on the Mount of Olives at night. ³⁸ The people came early in the morning to hear him in the temple.

¹ The feast of unleavened bread was near. This is called the Passover.

³ Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot. He was one of the twelve. ⁴ He went away to discuss with the chief priests and captains, how he might deliver Jesus to them.

⁴ He went away to discuss with the chief priests and captains, how he might deliver Jesus to them. ⁵ They were glad, and pledged to give him money. ⁶ He consented and looked for a way to deliver him to them in the absence of the crowd.

¹⁶ »I tell you I will not eat it again until it takes place in the kingdom of God.«

¹⁶ »I tell you I will not eat it again until it takes place in the kingdom of God.« ¹⁷ He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said: »Take this, and share it among yourselves.

¹⁷ He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said: »Take this, and share it among yourselves.

¹⁷ He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said: »Take this, and share it among yourselves. ¹⁸ »I say to you, I shall not drink from the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God comes.«

¹⁸ »I say to you, I shall not drink from the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God comes.« ¹⁹ He gave thanks. Then he took the bread, broke it and gave it to them, saying: »This represents my body that is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.«

¹⁹ He gave thanks. Then he took the bread, broke it and gave it to them, saying: »This represents my body that is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.« ²⁰ Then he took the cup saying: »This represents the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

²⁰ Then he took the cup saying: »This represents the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. ²¹ »Look, he who betrays me is at the table. ²² »The Son of man indeed goes, as it has been determined. But woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!«

³⁰ »Just as you eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

³² »I prayed for you that your faith would not fail. Once you have turned again strengthen your brothers.« ³³ He said: »Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.« ³⁴ Jesus said: »I tell you Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, until you deny that you know me three times.«

³⁴ Jesus said: »I tell you Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, until you deny that you know me three times.«

³⁸ They said: »Lord, here are two swords.« And he said to them: »It is enough.«

⁴⁰ When he arrived he said to them: »Pray that you do not enter into temptation.«

⁴⁴ (possible spurious text) He was in agony and earnestly prayed. His sweat became, as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.

⁴⁶ He said: »Why do you sleep? Arise and pray that you do not enter into temptation.«

⁴⁹ Those near him saw what happened and asked: »Lord shall we strike them with a sword?«

⁵² Jesus spoke to the chief priests, captains of the temple and elders who came against him: »Did you come as you would against a robber with swords and clubs?

⁶¹ The Lord turned and looked at Peter. Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him: »Before the cockcrow this day you will deny me three times.« ⁶² He left there and wept bitterly.

²⁵ He said to them: »You are foolish men. You are slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! ²⁶ »Did the Christ need to suffer these things and enter into his glory?« ²⁷ He explained to them all the Scriptures about the things concerning him. He spoke about Moses and all the prophets.

³⁰ When he had sat down with them to eat he took the bread and blessed; and breaking it he gave to them.

⁴⁴ He said: »These are my words that I spoke to you, while I was yet with you. All things must be fulfilled. They are things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, concerning me.« ⁴⁵ He opened their minds that they might understand the scriptures. ⁴⁶ He said: »It is written that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day.

⁴⁶ He said: »It is written that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day.

³⁴ »I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.«

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered: »Rabbi you are the Son of God. You are King of Israel.«

⁵ His mother told the servants to do whatever he says.

²⁵ He did not need evidence about men for he knew what was in man.

³⁴ Jesus said: »My food is to do the will of him that sent me. To finish his work!

³ Pilate asked him: »Are you King of the Jews?« He answered him: »You say it.«

³² Two criminals were to be put to death with him.

³⁰ »I can do nothing by myself. So I hear and judge and my judgment is righteous. I do not seek my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

³⁹ »You search (investigate) (study) the Scriptures because you think that in them you have everlasting life. These Scriptures testify about me. ⁴⁰ »And yet you will not come to me that you may have life. ⁴¹ »I do not accept glory from men. ⁴² »I know that the love of God is not in you. ⁴³ »I came in my Father’s name and you did not receive me. If another came in his own name you would receive him. ⁴⁴ »How can you believe? You seek praise and glory from one another? Why do you not seek the glory that comes from the only God? ⁴⁵ »Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Moses on whom you have set your hope is a plaintiff against you. ⁴⁶ »It is a fact! If you believed Moses you would believe me. He wrote about me! ⁴⁷ »If you do not believe his writings how will you believe my words?«

²³ Small boats from Tiberias came there to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord gave thanks.

²⁷ »Do not work for food that perishes but for food that offers everlasting life. The Son of man will give you this food. The Father, even God, has set his seal upon him.«

³⁸ »I do not do my own will. I came down from heaven to do the will of him that sent me.

⁵⁰ »This is the bread that comes down out of heaven that a man may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹ »I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any man eats of this bread he will live forever. Yes and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.«

⁵¹ »I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any man eats of this bread he will live forever. Yes and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.« ⁵² The Jews argued with one another saying: »How can this man give us his flesh to eat?« ⁵³ Jesus responded to them: »Truly I tell you if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood you will not have life in yourselves. ⁵⁴ »He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life! I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵ »For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. ⁵⁶ »He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides with me, and I with him. ⁵⁷ »The living Father sent me and I live because of the Father. He who takes me for his food will live because of me. ⁵⁸ »This is the bread that came down out of heaven. It is not like the bread (manna) the fathers ate and then died. He who eats this bread will live forever.«

⁶⁷ Jesus asked the twelve: »Will you also go away?« ⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him: »Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of everlasting life!

⁷⁰ Jesus replied: »Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil (false accuser) (slanderer) (demon)«. ⁷¹ He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot one of the twelve, for he would betray him.

²⁵ Some in Jerusalem asked: »Is this he whom they seek to kill? ²⁶ »He spoke openly and they said nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?

³⁰ They looked for a way to capture him. But no man laid his hand on him. This is because his hour had not yet arrived.

⁴⁵ The chief priests and Pharisees asked the officers: »Why did you not bring him?«

³¹ Jesus told the Jews who believed him: »If you dwell in my word you truly are my disciples.

⁴³ »Why do you not understand what I say? Can you not hear me? ⁴⁴ »You are from your father [Satan] the Devil (slanderer) (false accuser)! You want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. He does not stand for the truth. There is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks his own lies. He is a liar and the father of the lie! ⁴⁵ »I tell you the truth and you do not believe me.

²⁷ He answered them: »I told you before and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Would you also become his disciples?« ²⁸ Then they spoke abusively to him: »You are his disciple! We are disciples of Moses.«

²⁴ The Jews came to him and asked: »How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.« ²⁵ Jesus replied: »I told you and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness of me. ²⁶ »You do not believe because you are not my sheep!

³⁰ »The Father and I are one (united in purpose).«

³⁵ »So if he called them ‘god-like ones,’ those to whom the word of God came, and the Scriptures may not be annulled, ³⁶ »do you say to the one whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, you blaspheme? And this because I said, I am the Son of God. (Psalm 82:1, 6) (John 1:34; 5:18) (Luke 1:35)

²⁷ »I am troubled! What should I say? Father, save me out of this hour? It is for this purpose that I came to this hour! (Hebrews 5:7)

²⁷ »I am troubled! What should I say? Father, save me out of this hour? It is for this purpose that I came to this hour! (Hebrews 5:7) ²⁸ »Father, glorify your name.« A voice came from heaven: »I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.«

³⁷ Even though he performed many miracles in front of them they did not believe in him. ³⁸ The word of Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled: »Jehovah who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of Jehovah been revealed?« (Isaiah 53:1) ³⁹ Isaiah revealed the reason they could not believe: ⁴⁰ »He has blinded their eyes. He hardened their heart. Otherwise they would see with their eyes and perceive with their heart. Then they would turn and I would heal them.« ⁴¹ Isaiah said these things because he saw and spoke about his glory. ⁴² Many of the rulers believed in him, although they did not confess their faith because of the Pharisees, for they would be expelled from the synagogue. ⁴³ They loved the glory from men more than the glory from God.

¹ Jesus knew before the feast of the Passover that the time had come for him to leave this world and return to his Father. He loved his own who were in the world to the very end. ² The devil influenced the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son. So he betrayed him during the meal.

⁵ Then he poured water into the basin and washed the disciples’ feet. He wiped them with the towel he was wearing. ⁶ When he approached, Simon Peter said: »Lord do you wash my feet?« ⁷ »You do not know what I do now,« Jesus said: »but you will understand later.« ⁸ Peter said: »You will never wash my feet.« Jesus answered him: »If I do not wash you; you have no part with me.« ⁹ Simon Peter replied: »Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.« ¹⁰ Jesus responded: »He that is bathed must wash his feet. He is clean everywhere and you are clean, but not all.« ¹¹ He knew who would betray him. That is why he said you are not all clean. ¹² After he washed their feet he put his outer garments on and sat down. He asked: »Do you know what I have done to you? ¹³ »You call me Teacher and Lord and you are right for I am. ¹⁴ »If the Teacher and Lord washed your feet you should wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵ »I have given you an example. You should also do as I have done to you. ¹⁶ »Truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master. Neither is one that is sent greater than he that sent him.

¹⁸ »I do not speak about all of you. I know whom I have chosen! This way the scripture may be fulfilled: ‘He that eats my bread lifted up his heel against me.’«

¹⁸ »I do not speak about all of you. I know whom I have chosen! This way the scripture may be fulfilled: ‘He that eats my bread lifted up his heel against me.’« ¹⁹ »I tell you before it happens. So that when it takes place you may believe that I am he.

²¹ After Jesus said this he was troubled in spirit and said: One of you will betray me.« ²² The disciples looked at each other. They were perplexed and wondered who it would be.

²² The disciples looked at each other. They were perplexed and wondered who it would be. ²³ The disciple whom Jesus loved was leaning on his chest. ²⁴ Simon Peter motioned to him: »Ask him who it is,« he urged. ²⁵ He leaned back on Jesus’ breast and said to him: »Lord, who is it?« ²⁶ Jesus answered: »It is he to whom I give a piece of bread after I dip it.« So when he dipped the bread he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

²⁶ Jesus answered: »It is he to whom I give a piece of bread after I dip it.« So when he dipped the bread he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷ After he was given the piece of bread Satan entered him. Jesus said to him: »Do what you do quickly.«

³⁶ Simon Peter said: »Lord where are you going?« Jesus answered: »Where I am going you cannot follow me now. You will follow me later.« ³⁷ Peter said: »Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.« ³⁸ Jesus answered: »Will you lay down your life for me? Truly I tell you the cock will not crow till you have denied me three times.«

¹⁹ »A little while and the world will not see me anymore, but you will. I live and you will also live.

³⁰ »I will speak no more with you. The prince of the world comes. He has no hold on me!

²⁰ »Remember the word I said to you. A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours also.

⁴ »I tell you these things so you will remember that I told you when the time comes. I did not tell this from the beginning because I was with you.

²⁸ After she said this she went away and secretly called her sister Mary. She said: »The teacher is here and calls you.«

⁴⁰ Jesus said to her: »Did I not say that if you believe you shall see the glory of God?«

⁴⁷ The chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council. They asked what they should do. »This man does many signs and miracles. ⁴⁸ »If we let him alone all men will believe in him. Then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.« ⁴⁹ Caiaphas the high priest that year said to them: »You know nothing at all. ⁵⁰ »You do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people. That way the whole nation will not perish.« ⁵¹ He did not say this from his own understanding. As high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation. ⁵² He would die for the nation. He would also gather together the children of God that are scattered abroad. ⁵³ So from that day forth they took counsel that they might put him to death.

⁵⁵ It was the Jewish Passover. Many went out of the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover. ⁵⁶ They searched for Jesus. They stood in the temple speaking to one another: »What do you think? Will he come to the feast?« ⁵⁷ Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that, if any man knew where he was, he should report it that they might seize him.

⁵⁷ Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that, if any man knew where he was, he should report it that they might seize him.

⁶ He did not say this because he cared for the poor. He was a thief. He had the moneybox and took away what was put in it.

²⁰ »Truly I tell you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. ²¹ »A woman in tribulation has sorrow, because her hour to give birth has come. When she delivers the child, she remembers no more anguish, because of the joy that a man is born into the world. ²² »You have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your heart will rejoice and no one can take your joy from you.

³³ »I spoke to you that in me you might have peace. In the world you have tribulation. Be of good cheer for I have conquered the world!«

¹ Jesus spoke these things and lifted up his eyes to heaven. He said: »Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that the son may glorify you.

⁴ »I glorified you on the earth. I accomplished the work you gave me to do.

⁹ »I pray for them. I do not pray for the world. I pray only for those you gave me, for they are yours. ¹⁰ »All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine and I am glorified in them. ¹¹ »I am no more in the world but they are in the world. I come to you Holy Father. Keep them in your name, which you have given to me, that they may be one*, even as we are. *(Greek: heis; united in purpose and love) ¹² »While I was with them I kept them in your name, which you have given to me. I guarded them, and not one of them perished, except the son of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

¹⁵ »I do not pray that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. ¹⁶ »They are not of the world even as I am not of the world. ¹⁷ »Sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth. ¹⁸ »As you commissioned (sent) me into the world, I commissioned (sent) them into the world. ¹⁹ »I sanctify myself for them, that they may be sanctified by truth. ²⁰ »I pray, not for these alone but for those who will believe in me through their word. ²¹ »May they all be united (in agreement) as one. Just as you, Father, are with me, and I am with you. Help them be united with us! That way the world may believe that you sent me.

¹ When Jesus finished his prayer he and his disciples crossed the Kedron winter stream to a garden. ² Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place because Jesus went there frequently with his disciples.

² Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place because Jesus went there frequently with his disciples. ³ Judas brought a band of armed men and police from the chief priests and Pharisees there with lights and with weapons. ⁴ Jesus knew what was about to happen to him. He asked: »Whom do you seek?« ⁵ They answered him: »Jesus of Nazareth.« Jesus replied: »I am he.« Judas the betrayer was with them. ⁶ When he said to them I am he they drew back and fell to the ground. ⁷ Again he asked: »Whom do you seek?« And they said: »Jesus of Nazareth.« ⁸ Jesus answered: »I told you that I am he. If you seek me let these go their way.«

⁸ Jesus answered: »I told you that I am he. If you seek me let these go their way.« ⁹ That way the word he spoke might be fulfilled; ‘I lost none of those you gave me.’

⁹ That way the word he spoke might be fulfilled; ‘I lost none of those you gave me.’ ¹⁰ Simon Peter drew the sword he had, struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. ¹¹ Jesus said to Peter: »Put the sword in the sheath. Shall I drink the cup the Father has given me?«

¹¹ Jesus said to Peter: »Put the sword in the sheath. Shall I drink the cup the Father has given me?« ¹² The soldiers, the military commanders, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him. ¹³ They led him to Annas first for he was father in law to Caiaphas who was high priest that year. ¹⁴ Caiaphas was the man who gave counsel to the Jews that it was for their benefit that one man should die for the people. ¹⁵ Simon Peter followed Jesus and so did another disciple. The high priest knew that disciple. He entered the court of the high priest with Jesus. ¹⁶ Peter stood outside the door. The disciple known by the high priest went out and spoke to the woman who kept the door and he brought in Peter.

¹⁶ Peter stood outside the door. The disciple known by the high priest went out and spoke to the woman who kept the door and he brought in Peter. ¹⁷ The maid that kept the door asked Peter: »Are you also one of this man’s disciples?« He said: »I am not.«

¹⁷ The maid that kept the door asked Peter: »Are you also one of this man’s disciples?« He said: »I am not.«

¹⁷ The maid that kept the door asked Peter: »Are you also one of this man’s disciples?« He said: »I am not.« ¹⁸ It was cold. So the servants and officers warmed themselves by the fire. Peter also stood by the fire to get warm.

²² When he said this one of the officers standing nearby struck Jesus with his hand, saying: »You answer the high priest!«

²⁴ Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. ²⁵ Simon Peter stood nearby warming himself. They asked him: »Are you also one of his disciples?« He denied it saying: »I am not.«

²⁵ Simon Peter stood nearby warming himself. They asked him: »Are you also one of his disciples?« He denied it saying: »I am not.« ²⁶ One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter cut off, said: »Did I see you in the garden with him?« ²⁷ Peter denied it again. Then the cock crowed.

²⁷ Peter denied it again. Then the cock crowed. ²⁸ They lead Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early and they did not enter directly into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

³⁶ Jesus answered: »My kingdom is not of this world! If my kingdom were of this world my servants would fight that I should not be delivered to the Jews. My kingdom is not from this domain.« ³⁷ Pilate said: »Are you a king then?« Jesus answered: »As you say I am a king. I was born and came into the world for this purpose, that I should bear witness to the truth! Every one who is of the truth hears my voice.«

⁷ The Jews answered him: »We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.«

²⁸ He knew that it was over. In order that the scripture might be accomplished, he said: »I thirst.« ²⁹ A vessel full of vinegar was setting there. They put a sponge full of vinegar upon a hyssop branch and brought it to his mouth. ³⁰ When Jesus received the vinegar, he said, »it is finished.« He bowed his head, and he stopped breathing.

¹⁵ When they had eaten Jesus said to Simon Peter: »Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?« He said: »Yes Lord; you know I have affection for you.« Jesus said to him: »Feed my lambs.« ¹⁶ He spoke to him a second time: »Simon, son of John, do you love me?« He replied: »Yes Lord, you know I have affection for you.« Then Jesus said: »Shepherd my sheep.« ¹⁷ The third time Jesus said to him: »Simon, son of John, do you have affection for me?« Peter was grieved. Because he said to him the third time, do you have affection for me? Peter replied: »Lord, you know all things; you know I have affection for you!« Jesus said to him: »Feed my sheep.«

¹⁷ The third time Jesus said to him: »Simon, son of John, do you have affection for me?« Peter was grieved. Because he said to him the third time, do you have affection for me? Peter replied: »Lord, you know all things; you know I have affection for you!« Jesus said to him: »Feed my sheep.«

¹³ When they entered the city they went to the upper chamber where they were staying. Included were Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealous one, and Judas the son of James.

¹⁶ »Brothers, the Scripture needed to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who guided those who arrested Jesus.

¹⁶ »Brothers, the Scripture needed to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who guided those who arrested Jesus. ¹⁷ »He was numbered among us, and shared in this ministry.

¹⁷ »He was numbered among us, and shared in this ministry. ¹⁸ »This man obtained a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open and all his intestines spilled out. (Matthew 27:5 says he hanged himself. The rope broke or the branch on which it was tied broke. Then he fell to the ground and burst open.)

¹⁸ »This man obtained a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open and all his intestines spilled out. (Matthew 27:5 says he hanged himself. The rope broke or the branch on which it was tied broke. Then he fell to the ground and burst open.)

¹⁸ »This man obtained a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open and all his intestines spilled out. (Matthew 27:5 says he hanged himself. The rope broke or the branch on which it was tied broke. Then he fell to the ground and burst open.) ¹⁹ »It became known to all who live in Jerusalem that the field was called the field of blood, in their language; Akeldama. ²⁰ »It is written in the book of Psalms: ‘Let his habitation be made desolate and let no man dwell there. Let another take his office.’ (Psalm 109:8) ²¹ »Someone must join us as a witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. He must be one of the men who were in our group during the time that the Lord Jesus traveled about with us. This should be from the time John preached his message of baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us to heaven. ²² »One who was with us from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us must become a witness with us of his resurrection.« ²³ They proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. ²⁴ They prayed: »You O Jehovah, know the hearts of all men. Show us which of these men you choose. ²⁵ »Which of these men should assume this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.«

²⁵ »Which of these men should assume this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.«

²³ »You took this man and delivered him by the determined counsel (purpose) and foreknowledge of God. With wicked hands you impaled and murdered him.

³⁰ »Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne. ³¹ »He seeing this before spoke about the resurrection of Christ. That he would not be left in the grave and his flesh did not see corruption. ³² »God resurrected Jesus and we all witnessed this! ³³ »He is exalted to the right hand of God. He has received the promised Holy Spirit from the Father. So he poured out what you now see and hear. ³⁴ »For David has not ascended into heaven and yet he said: ‘Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, ³⁵ ‘»until I make your enemies your footstool.’ (Psalm 110:1) ³⁶ »Therefore let all the house of Israel know for sure that God has made that same Jesus, whom you impaled, both Lord and Christ.« (Acts 10:36)

¹ Peter and John went up to the temple at the hour of prayer. It was the ninth hour.

¹¹ The beggar held on to Peter and John while all the people came to them at the place called Solomon’s Colonnade.

¹³ »The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus. You handed him over to Pilate. When he was determined to let him go you denied him. ¹⁴ »You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and requested a murderer to be released to you.

¹⁹ »Repent therefore, and turn around, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times (seasons) of refreshing shall come from the presence of Jehovah. (Deuteronomy 18:18, 19)

¹ As they spoke to the people, the chief priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came to them.

¹³ They observed the confidence of Peter and John. Yet they thought they were uneducated (not formally educated) and ordinary men. They were amazed and recognized them as having been with Jesus.

¹⁹ Peter and John answered: »You judge whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God.

²⁵ »You spoke by the mouth of your servant David: Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? (Psalm 2:1) ²⁶ »The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against Jehovah, and against his Christ. (Psalm 2:2) ²⁷ Truly both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the people of the nations and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you have anointed.

²⁷ Truly both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the people of the nations and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you have anointed. ²⁸ »They were there to do the things your hand and council foreordained to occur.

³ Peter said: »Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the money from the land sale?

⁵⁵ Being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. ⁵⁶ He said, »Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.«

¹⁴ When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

²⁰ Peter said to him: »Your money will perish with you, because you think that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

²⁶ God’s angel said to Philip: »Arise, and go toward the south the way that goes from Jerusalem unto Gaza through the desert.« ²⁷ He went and an Ethiopian eunuch (government official), a man of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship. ²⁸ He was returning and sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet. ²⁹ The Spirit said to Philip: »Go near, and climb on this chariot.«

⁴ He fell to the earth and heard a voice saying: »Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?«

²⁴ When the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted them. They wondered what this would come to.

²⁶ Then the captain with the officers brought them in without violence. They feared the people lest they should have been stoned.

³¹ »God exalted him to his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

⁴¹ »However, all the people did not see him. Witnesses who were previously chosen by God saw him. We who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead saw him.

¹⁴ A woman named Lydia who was a seller of purple came from Thyatira. She worshipped God because God opened her heart to listen to the things spoken by Paul. ¹⁵ When she and her household were baptized she came to us saying, »If you judge me to be faithful to God, come to my house, and stay there.« She absolutely insisted that we come.

²³ After spending some time there he departed through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia strengthening all the disciples.

⁸ There were many lights in the upper chamber where we gathered.

²³ »Holy Spirit warns me that in every city, prison and hardships are facing me there. ²⁴ »I do not consider my life of any account. It is not dear to me so that I may finish the race, and I may accomplish the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to preach the good news of the grace of God.

¹³ Why do you weep and break my heart? Paul answered: »For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.«

⁵ »The High Priest and the whole Council can prove that I am telling the truth. I received letters from them written to fellow Jews in Damascus, so I went there to arrest these people and bring them back in chains to Jerusalem to be punished.

¹¹ »I punished them in every synagogue and tried to force them to recant their beliefs. I was exceedingly mad against them. I persecuted them even in strange cities.

¹⁸ »To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God. They may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

²² »Having obtained help from God, I continue to this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those that the prophets and Moses said should come. ²³ »That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first to rise from the dead, and should show light to the people, and to the nations.«

²⁷ »The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not know Jesus. They fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath when they condemned Jesus.

²⁷ »The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not know Jesus. They fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath when they condemned Jesus. ²⁸ »They found no grounds for the death sentence for him. Yet they asked Pilate to put him to death.

²⁸ »They found no grounds for the death sentence for him. Yet they asked Pilate to put him to death. ²⁹ »When they had fulfilled all that was written about him, they took him down from the stake, and laid him in a tomb.

³² He that did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?

³⁴ Who is he that condemns? It is Christ that died, yes rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

² Do not be conformed to this world (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement). But be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.

¹⁰ Be devoted to one another with brotherly love, in honor preferring one another.

¹⁹ Dearly beloved, do not avenge yourselves, instead leave room for divine punishment, for it is written: Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says Jehovah. (Deuteronomy 32:35)

²¹ Do not be evil, but overcome evil with good.

⁹ Much more, now justified by his blood, we will be saved from the wrath of God through him. ¹⁰ While we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son. Being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

⁶ He who regards the day regards it to God and he who does not regard the day does not regard it to God. He, who eats, eats to God, for he gives God thanks. He who does not eat does not eat to God and he gives God thanks.

⁷ Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new batch of dough. For even Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us.

⁷ Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new batch of dough. For even Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us. ⁸ Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

² Do you not know that the holy ones will judge the world? And if you will judge the world, are you unworthy to judge these small matters? ³ Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the matters that pertain to this life?

²³ For I received from the Lord that which I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread. ²⁴ And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, »Take and eat. This represents (is) my body, which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me.« ²⁵ In the same manner, after supper, he took the cup, saying, »This cup represents (is) the new covenant of my blood. Drink this as often as you do it in remembrance of me.«

²⁵ In the same manner, after supper, he took the cup, saying, »This cup represents (is) the new covenant of my blood. Drink this as often as you do it in remembrance of me.« ²⁶ For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till he comes. ²⁷ Whoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of [sinning against] (falsely representing) the body and blood of the Lord. ²⁸ Let a man examine himself before he eats of that bread, and drinks of that cup. ²⁹ For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks damnation to himself, not discerning (not judging rightly) the Lord's body.

⁴ Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is not jealous. Love does not brag and is not arrogant (proud).

³ First of all, I delivered to you what I also received, how Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures. ⁴ He was buried, and he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.

⁶ He also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant. This is a covenant not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

³ If our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who perish. ⁴ The god of this age (world) (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement) has blinded the minds of unbelievers that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine on them. ⁵ We do not preach about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord. We are your servants for Jesus' sake. ⁶ God said: Light will shine out of darkness. He shined in our hearts. He gave the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face (presence) ((person) of Jesus Christ.

²¹ He made the one who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf. That way we might become the righteousness of God in him.

¹⁵ And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? ¹⁶ And what agreement does a temple of God have with idols? We are the temple of the living God. God said: I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people. (Leviticus 26:12) (Zechariah 8:8) ¹⁷ Therefore come out from among them and be separate (set off) (severed from them) (excluded from them), said Jehovah. Do not touch the unclean thing and I will receive you. (Isaiah 52:11) (Jeremiah 51:45)

⁹ I now rejoice, not because you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance; for you were made sorry after a godly fashion, that you might not suffer loss by us. ¹⁰ For godly sorrow works repentance leading to salvation. This is a repentance that brings no regret: but the sorrow of the world works death. ¹¹ This very thing that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it made in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, yes what vindication! You demonstrated yourself to innocent in the matter.

⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

²⁵ Every man taking part in the contest is temperate in all things. They do it to obtain a corruptible crown but we do it to receive an incorruptible crown.

⁴ They all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them. That Rock was (represented) (symbolic of) Christ! (Exodus 7:6) (Numbers 20:11)

¹² Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.

¹⁶ The cup of blessing we bless, is it not the sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread we break, is it not the sharing of the body of Christ?

¹⁶ The cup of blessing we bless, is it not the sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread we break, is it not the sharing of the body of Christ? ¹⁷ For we being many are one-bread and one-body. We are all partakers of that one bread. ¹⁸ Is physical Israel the ones who eat the sacrifices, the partakers of the altar? ¹⁹ What do I mean? That the idol is anything, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything? ²⁰ But I say, that the things that the nations sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. ²¹ You cannot drink the cup of Jehovah and the cup of demons. You cannot be partakers of the Jehovah's Table and of the table of demons. (Malachi 1:12)

³³ Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good morals.

⁴ He comforts us in all our trouble, that we may be able to comfort those who also have trouble, through the comfort with which we are comforted from God. ⁵ For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ. ⁶ If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort. It works through patience and longsuffering and is the same sufferings that we also suffer. ⁷ Our hope for you is steadfast; knowing that, as you are partakers of the sufferings, so you also partake of the comfort.

¹ Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.

³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. ⁴ The weapons we use in our fight are not of the flesh but God's powerful weapons, which we use to destroy strongholds. We destroy false arguments.

⁴ The weapons we use in our fight are not of the flesh but God's powerful weapons, which we use to destroy strongholds. We destroy false arguments.

¹³ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. It is written; »Cursed is everyone who is hung on a stake.«

⁴ When the full time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, ⁵ that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

²⁵ Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia. She corresponds to the Jerusalem that now is. She is in bondage with her children.

²⁰ He operated in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places. ²¹ It is far above all governments and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. ²² He (God) put all things in subjection under his feet, and made him head over all things to the congregation, ²³ which is his body, the fullness of him who fills (accomplishes) (completes) all in all.

¹¹ Remember that you were once people of the nations in the flesh. You are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision, in the flesh, made by human hands.

⁸ Therefore it says: »When he ascended on high, he led captives, and gave gifts to men (anthropos: human beings).« ⁹ (Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

² Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us. He was an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling odor.

¹⁸ Do not get drunk with wine, for that is a public act of violence, but be filled with the Spirit. ¹⁹ Speak to one another in psalms and praise and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to Jehovah.

¹³ He rescued us from the power of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love (the Son he dearly loves).

⁷ I was given a painful physical ailment that will keep me from being puffed up with pride because of the many wonderful things I saw. It acts as Satan's messenger to beat me and keep me from being proud. ⁸ Three times I prayed to God about this and asked him to take it away. ⁹ He told me: »My grace is sufficient for you for my strength is made perfect in weakness.« Most gladly therefore, I would rather glory in my infirmities (frailities), that the power of Christ may rest upon me (cover me like a tent) (descend upon me) (abide with me). (Isaiah 40:29-31) ¹⁰ Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then I am strong.

⁴ He (Jesus) gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us out of this present evil age. This is according to the will of our God and Father.

¹⁰ Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in his mighty strength. ¹¹ Put on the full armor (every implement) of God, that you may be able to stand against the cunning (inventive) (clever) methods of the devil. ¹² Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in heavenly places.

¹² Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in heavenly places. ¹³ For that reason, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, having done everything, to stand firm. ¹⁴ Stand firm therefore and gird your loins with truth. Put on the breastplate of righteousness. ¹⁵ Shod your feet with the preparation of the good news of peace. ¹⁶ Also take up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. ¹⁸ With prayer and supplication pray at all times in the Spirit. Watch with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones.

¹⁸ With prayer and supplication pray at all times in the Spirit. Watch with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones. ¹⁹ Pray on my behalf, that ability to speak may be given to me, to make known with boldness the secret of the good news.

³ Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others more important than you. ⁴ Look out for the interest of others and not only for your own personal interest. ⁵ Have this attitude (mind-set) (understanding) (mental state) in you that was also in Christ Jesus.

⁷ He emptied (humbled) himself by taking the form of a servant. He was made in the likeness of men. ⁸ He obtained the appearance as a man, humbled himself, and became obedient even to death, yes, death on the stake.

¹ If you have been raised together with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

¹⁴ You brothers became imitators of the congregations of God that are in Judea in Christ Jesus. You also suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews. ¹⁵ They killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They did not please God and are contrary to all men.

⁴ When we were with you, we told you that we would suffer tribulation and affliction. It happened, as you know.

⁸ Let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love; and the hope of salvation as a helmet.

¹⁸ In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

⁴ For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving. ⁵ This is because it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

⁹ Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

¹⁰ For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory. ¹¹ This is a faithful saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him. ¹² If we endure, we will also reign with Him. If we deny him, He will deny us!

¹² If we endure, we will also reign with Him. If we deny him, He will deny us!

¹⁸ These men have gone astray from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they upset the faith of some.

³ God’s Son is the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his being. He sustains all things by his powerful word. After Jesus purged our sins, he sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

⁶ And again: when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says: »Let all the angels of God pay him homage.«

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent to minister for those who will be heirs of salvation?

¹⁷ This means that he had to become like his »brothers« in every way, in order to be their faithful and merciful High Priest in his service to God, in order to offer a propitiatory sacrifice (pay atonement) (to make reconciliation) for the sins of the people. ¹⁸ Since he has suffered and was tested in every way; he is able to help those who are being tested.

¹³ I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a violent aggressor. I was shown mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

¹³ I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a violent aggressor. I was shown mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. ¹⁴ The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴ The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Faithful is the saying, and worthy of acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am foremost. ¹⁶ For this I obtained mercy, which in me as the foremost sinner Jesus Christ might show his long-suffering. This is for an example to those who should later believe in him for eternal life.

¹⁶ The secret of godliness is great and it is without controversy. ‘He (Jesus Christ) was manifested (revealed) in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, and seen by angels. He preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, and received up in glory.’

¹ Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness.

¹⁴ He (Jesus Christ) gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify a people for himself, who are special people, zealous for good works.

¹⁵ We do not have a high priest who is not able to sympathize with our infirmities (weaknesses). He was tested in all things like ourselves. Yet he was without sin!

⁷ In the days of his life on earth, when he [Christ] offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to the one who was able to save him out of death, and was heard because of his godly reverence. (Galatians 1:1) (Psalm 69:13)

²⁵ He is able to save completely those who approach God through him, because he is always alive to intercede for them.

¹ Here is a summary of the things we are discussing: We have this kind of high priest. He sat down at the right hand of the throne of the majesty in heaven.

⁶ Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry. The covenant that he arranged between God and his people is a better one, because it is based on promises of better things. ⁷ If there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, there would not have been a need for a second one. ⁸ God finds fault with his people and said to them: »‘The time is coming,’ says Jehovah, ‘when I will draw up a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. (Jeremiah 31:31) ⁹ »‘It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. They were not faithful to the covenant I made with them, and so I paid no attention to them. ¹⁰ »‘This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,’ said Jehovah: ‘I will put my teachings (laws) in their mind, I will write them upon their hearts (deep thought) (understanding). I will be their God, and they will be my people. (Jeremiah 31:32) ¹¹ »‘They will not teach a neighbor or brother saying: »Know Jehovah.« All will know me from the little one among them to the great among them. (Hosea 2:20) ¹² »‘I will forgive their wickedness and I will remember their sins no more.’« ¹³ By calling this covenant »new,« he has made the first one old (obsolete). That which grows old and aged will soon disappear.

¹⁵ For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant. A death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant. Those called may receive the promise of everlasting inheritance.

¹⁷ A will is in force after a person dies. Otherwise it is not in effect at all while the one who provided it lives.

¹ The Law is a shadow of the good things to come. It is not the actual things. The continual yearly sacrifices can never make those who worship perfect. ² If it could, it would cease to be offered. Once the worshipers were cleansed they would have no awareness of sin anymore. ³ These sacrifices are an annual reminder of sin. ⁴ It is not possible for the blood of bulls and of goats to take away sins. ⁵ When Christ came into the world he said: »‘Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but you have prepared a body for me. ⁶ »‘You have no pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.’ ⁷ »Then I said: ‘I have come in the scroll of the book. It is written about me, to do your will, O God.’« ⁸ Then he said: »You did not want nor did you approve of sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin;« which are offered by the Law. ⁹ He also said: »I come to do your will, O God.« He takes away the first in order to establish the second. ¹⁰ We are sanctified by his »will« through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

⁸ By faith, when Abraham was called, he obeyed. He went to a place that he was to receive for an inheritance. He went even though he did not know where he was going.

² Look to (consider without distractions) Jesus, the Leader (Predecessor) and Finisher (Perfecter) of our faith. He despised the shame. He endured the stake for the joy that was set before him. Then he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

¹² Lift up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees. ¹³ Make straight paths for your feet. Let that which is lame be turned out of the way, but rather let it be healed.

¹⁵ See that no one misses the grace of God; that no bitter root spring up to cause trouble and defile many.

²⁴ You have come to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks in a better way than the blood of Abel.

²⁰ Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus,

¹ Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are temporary residents scattered in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.

⁵ You are protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

¹¹ searching what time or what manner of time the spirit of Christ that was in them did point to, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.

¹³ Brace up your minds. Remain sober, and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ Brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election (choosing) sure. If you do (practice) (exercise) (apply) these things, you will never stumble! ¹¹ For in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly (abundantly) supplied to you. ¹² I will always be ready to remind you of these things. Even though you know them, and are established in the truth that is present with you.

³ They speak evil words about you because of their extreme greed. They will exploit you with false evil words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle. Their destruction will not delay.

¹⁵ They went astray, forsaking the right way. They followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing.

¹⁴ Seeing that you anticipate these things, be diligent that you may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

¹⁷ You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, avoid being carried away with the error of the wicked and falling from your own steadfastness. ¹⁸ Grow in the unmerited favor and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

¹ My little children, I write you these things that you may not sin. If any man sin, we have an Advocate (intercessor) (comforter) (helper) with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous!

⁵ Listen, my dearly beloved brothers! Did God choose poor people in the world to be rich in faith and to receive the kingdom he promised to those who love him?

⁵ Or do you think the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the attitude of the heart (mental disposition) that he induced to live in us cause us to envy? ⁶ But he gives more grace. The scripture said, »God resists the proud, but gives grace (loving-kindness) to the humble.«

²¹ For this you were called because Christ also suffered for you. He left you an example (a copy for imitation) (a model) that you should follow in his steps. ²² He committed no sin and deception was not found in him. ²³ When he was reviled (insulted), he did not revile in return. When he suffered he did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judges righteously.

²³ When he was reviled (insulted), he did not revile in return. When he suffered he did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judges righteously. ²⁴ He bore our sins in his body upon the stake, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed because of his wounds (stripes).

²² He is in heaven at the right hand of God, ruling over all angels and heavenly authorities and powers.

¹ Since Christ suffered physically for us, you too must strengthen yourselves with the same way of thinking that he had. Whoever suffers physically has ceased from sin.

⁷ The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.

³ Do not lord it over your charge, but make yourselves examples to the flock. ⁴ When the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. ⁵ Likewise, you younger men, be subject to the older men. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and serve one another. God resists the proud, but gives loving kindness to the humble.

⁵ Likewise, you younger men, be subject to the older men. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and serve one another. God resists the proud, but gives loving kindness to the humble. ⁶ Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you at the proper time.

⁸ Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume).

⁸ Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume).

⁸ Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume). ⁹ Stand firm in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brothers in the world.

⁹ Stand firm in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brothers in the world.

⁹ Stand firm in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brothers in the world. ¹⁰ After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will perfect, establish, and strengthen you.

² He is the propitiation (Greek: hilasmos: atonement, compensation) for our sins. Not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

¹⁹ They went out from us, but they were not of us. If they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they went out that it made it plain that they all are not of us.

⁵ »'Think how far you have fallen! Turn from your sins (repent) and do what you did at first. If you do not turn from your sins, I will come to you and remove your lamp stand from its place.

²⁶ »'To the person who conquers and continues to do my works to the end, I will give power (authority) over the nations. ²⁷ »'He will rule them with a rod of iron and break them to pieces like clay vessels: even as I received from my Father.

¹⁰ »'Because you have kept the word of my patience (endurance), I also will keep you from the hour of testing. This will come upon the whole world to test (scrutinize) (discipline) (examine) those who dwell on the earth.

²⁰ »'Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him, and dine with him, and he with me. ²¹ »'To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me on my throne, even as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

⁴ Around the throne were twenty-four elders sitting on thrones. They were dressed in white with crowns of gold on their heads.

⁹ The great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was hurled down to the earth, and his angels with him. ¹⁰ I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, »Now has come the salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power (authority) of his Christ: for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accused them before our God day and night.

¹⁰ I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, »Now has come the salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power (authority) of his Christ: for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accused them before our God day and night. ¹¹ They conquered (overcame) him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they did not love their lives when faced with death. ¹² Therefore rejoice (be glad), you heavens, and you that dwell in them. But woe to the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having fierce anger, because he knows that he has only a short time.«

⁹ He said to me: »Write: Blessed are they who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb.« He said to me: »These are the true sayings of God.«

¹⁴ The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹ He showed me a pure river of water of life. It was clear as crystal and flowed out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

⁹ I wrote something to the congregation. But Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, did not receive us. ¹⁰ If I come, I will remind you of what he does. He unjustly accuses us with wicked words and is never satisfied. He does not allow the brothers to greet one another and he throws them out of the congregation. ¹¹ Woe to them! They went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the rebellious talk of Korah.