Matthew 21 Cross References - RYLT

¹ And when they came near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying to them, 'Go on to the village opposite you, and immediately you shall find an ass bound, and a colt with her -- having loosed, bring you to me; ³ and if any one may say anything to you, you shall say, that the lord has need of them, and immediately he will send them.' ⁴ And all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, ⁵ 'Tell you the daughter of Zion, Lo, your king does come to you, meek, and mounted on an ass, and a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.' ⁶ And the disciples having gone and having done as Jesus commanded them, ⁷ brought the ass and the colt, and did put on them their garments, and set him upon them; ⁸ and the very great multitude spread their own garments in the way, and others were cutting branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way, ⁹ and the multitudes who were going before, and who were following, were crying, saying, 'Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.' ¹⁰ And he having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, 'Who is this?' ¹¹ And the multitudes said, 'This is Jesus the prophet, who is from Nazareth of Galilee.' ¹² And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and did cast forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers he overturned, and the seats of those selling the doves, ¹³ and he said to them, 'It has been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but you did make it a den of robbers.' ¹⁴ And there came to him blind and lame men in the temple, and he healed them, ¹⁵ and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, 'Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased; ¹⁶ and they said to him, 'Hear you what these say?' And Jesus said to them, 'Yes, did you never read, that, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You did prepare praise?' ¹⁷ And having left them, he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and did lodge there. ¹⁸ And in the morning turning back to the city, he hungered, ¹⁹ and having seen a certain fig-tree on the way, he came to it, and found nothing in it except leaves only, and he said to it, 'No more from you may fruit be -- to the age;' and forthwith the fig-tree withered. ²⁰ And the disciples having seen, did wonder, saying, 'How did the fig-tree forthwith wither?' ²¹ And Jesus answering said to them, 'Verily I say to you, If you may have faith, and may not doubt, not only this of the fig-tree shall you do, but even if to this mount you may say, Be lifted up and be cast into the sea, it shall come to pass; ²² and all -- as much as you may ask in the prayer, believing, you shall receive.' ²³ And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, 'By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority?' ²⁴ And Jesus answering said to them, 'I will ask you -- I also -- one word, which if you may tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things; ²⁵ the baptism of John, from where was it? -- From heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, 'If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why, then, did you not believe him? ²⁶ And if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.' ²⁷ And answering Jesus they said, 'We have not known.' He said to them -- he also -- 'Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁸ 'And what think you? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.' ²⁹ And he answering said, 'I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went. ³⁰ 'And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I go, sir, and went not; ³¹ which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God, ³² for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and you, having seen, repented not at last -- to believe him. ³³ 'Hear you another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. ³⁴ 'And when the season of the fruits came near, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it, ³⁵ and the husbandmen having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned. ³⁶ 'Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner. ³⁷ 'And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son; ³⁸ and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance; ³⁹ and having taken him, they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him; ⁴⁰ whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these husbandmen?' ⁴¹ They say to him, 'Evil men -- he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.' ⁴² Jesus said to them, 'Did you never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord has this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes. ⁴³ 'Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit; ⁴⁴ and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.' ⁴⁵ And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaks, ⁴⁶ and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.

³ And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, 'Tell us, when shall these be? And what is the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'

³⁰ And having sung a hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives.

¹ And when they come near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage, and Bethany, unto the mount of the Olives, he sends forth two of his disciples, ² and said to them, 'Go away to the village that is across from you, and immediately, entering into it, you shall find a colt tied, on which no one of men has sat, having loosed it, bring it: ³ and if any one may say to you, Why do you this? say you that the lord has need of it, and immediately he will send it hither.' ⁴ And they went away, and found the colt tied at the door without, by the two ways, and they loose it, ⁵ and certain of those standing there said to them, 'What do you -- loosing the colt?' ⁶ and they said to them as Jesus commanded, and they suffered them. ⁷ And they brought the colt unto Jesus, and did cast upon it their garments, and he sat upon it, ⁸ and many did spread their garments in the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way. ⁹ And those going before and those following were crying out, saying, 'Hosanna! blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; ¹⁰ blessed is the coming reign, in the name of the Lord, of our father David; Hosanna in the highest.'

²⁶ And having sung an hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives,

²⁸ And having said these things, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹ And it came to pass, as he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, unto the mount called of the Olives, he sent two of his disciples, ³⁰ having said, Go away to the village opposite you, in which, entering into, you shall find a colt bound, on which no one of men did ever sit, having loosed it, bring it; ³¹ and if any one does question you, Therefore do you loose it? thus you shall say to him -- The Lord has need of it.' ³² And those sent, having gone away, found according as he said to them, ³³ and while they are loosing the colt, its owners said unto them, 'Why loose you the colt?' ³⁴ and they said, 'The Lord has need of it;' ³⁵ and they brought it unto Jesus, and having cast their garments upon the colt, they did set Jesus upon it. ³⁶ And as he is going, they were spreading their garments in the way, ³⁷ and as he is coming near now, at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a great voice for all the mighty works they had seen, ³⁸ saying, 'blessed is he who is coming, a king in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.'

³⁷ And he was during the days in the temple teaching, and during the nights, going forth, he was lodging at the mount called of Olives;

³⁹ And having gone forth, he went on, according to custom, to the mount of the Olives, and his disciples also followed him,

¹ And at dawn he came again to the temple,

¹² Then did they return to Jerusalem from the mount that is called of Olives, that is near Jerusalem, a sabbath's journey;

¹⁸ And he said, 'Go away to the city, unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher said, My time is near; near you I keep the passover, with my disciples;'

² and said to them, 'Go away to the village that is across from you, and immediately, entering into it, you shall find a colt tied, on which no one of men has sat, having loosed it, bring it: ³ and if any one may say to you, Why do you this? say you that the lord has need of it, and immediately he will send it hither.'

¹³ And he sends forth two of his disciples, and said to them, 'Go you away to the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water, follow him; ¹⁴ and wherever he may go in, say you to the master of the house -- The Teacher said, Where is the guest-chamber, where the passover, with my disciples, I may eat? ¹⁵ and he will show you a large upper room, furnished, prepared -- there make ready for us.' ¹⁶ And his disciples went forth, and came to the city, and found as he said to them, and they made ready the passover.

³⁰ having said, Go away to the village opposite you, in which, entering into, you shall find a colt bound, on which no one of men did ever sit, having loosed it, bring it; ³¹ and if any one does question you, Therefore do you loose it? thus you shall say to him -- The Lord has need of it.' ³² And those sent, having gone away, found according as he said to them,

⁵ His mother said to the ministrants, 'Whatever he may say to you -- do.' ⁶ And there were there six water-jugs of stone, placed according to the purifying of the Jews, holding each two or three measures. ⁷ Jesus said to them, 'Fill the water-jugs with water;' and they filled them -- unto the brim; ⁸ and he said to them, 'Draw out, now, and bear to the director of the apartment;' and they bare.

³⁵ the Father does love the Son, and all things has given into his hand;

² according as You did give to him authority over all flesh, that -- all that You have given to him -- he may give to them life age-during;

²⁵ neither by the hands of men is He served -- needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;

¹ And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God, that has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia, ² because in much trial of tribulation the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, did abound to the riches of their liberality;

⁹ for you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that you by that poverty may become rich.

¹⁶ And thanks to God, who is putting the same diligence for you in the heart of Titus,

¹⁷ every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

²² And all this has come to pass, that it may be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

⁵⁶ but all this has come to pass, that the Writings of the prophets may be fulfilled;' then all the disciples, having left him, fled.

¹⁵ 'Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, your king does come, sitting on an ass' colt.'

³⁶ For these things came to pass, that the Writing may be fulfilled, 'A bone of him shall not be broken;' ³⁷ and again another Writing said, 'They shall look to him whom they did pierce.'

² saying, 'Where is he who was born king of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.'

⁶ And you, Beth-Lehem, the land of Judah, you are by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for out of you shall come one leading, who shall feed My people Israel.'

²⁹ take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and you shall find rest to your souls,

¹⁹ he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice, ²⁰ a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory,

⁴ And they went away, and found the colt tied at the door without, by the two ways, and they loose it, ⁵ and certain of those standing there said to them, 'What do you -- loosing the colt?' ⁶ and they said to them as Jesus commanded, and they suffered them. ⁷ And they brought the colt unto Jesus, and did cast upon it their garments, and he sat upon it, ⁸ and many did spread their garments in the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way. ⁹ And those going before and those following were crying out, saying, 'Hosanna! blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; ¹⁰ blessed is the coming reign, in the name of the Lord, of our father David; Hosanna in the highest.' ¹¹ And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple, and having looked round on all things, it being now evening, he went forth to Bethany with the twelve.

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered and said to him, 'Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel.'

¹⁵ and they cried out, 'Take away, take away, crucify him;' Pilate said to them, 'Your king shall I crucify?' the chief priests answered, 'We have no king except Caesar.' ¹⁶ Then, therefore, he delivered him up to them, that he may be crucified, and they took Jesus and led him away, ¹⁷ and bearing his cross, he went forth to the place called Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha; ¹⁸ where they crucified him, and with him two others, on this side, and on that side, and Jesus in the midst. ¹⁹ And Pilate also wrote a title, and put it on the cross, and it was written, 'Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews;' ²⁰ this title, therefore, read many of the Jews, because the place was near to the city where Jesus was crucified, and it was having been written in Hebrew, in Greek, in Roman. ²¹ The chief priests of the Jews said, therefore, to Pilate, 'Write not -- The king of the Jews, but that one said, I am king of the Jews;' ²² Pilate answered, 'What I have written, I have written.'

¹ And I, Paul, myself, do call upon you -- through the meekness and gentleness of the Christ -- who in presence, indeed am humble among you, and being absent, have courage toward you,

³ nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves -- ⁴ each not to your own look you, but each also to the things of others. ⁵ For, let this mind be in you that is also in Christ Jesus,

¹⁴ you are my friends, if you may do whatever I command you;

⁴ And they went away, and found the colt tied at the door without, by the two ways, and they loose it, ⁵ and certain of those standing there said to them, 'What do you -- loosing the colt?' ⁶ and they said to them as Jesus commanded, and they suffered them. ⁷ And they brought the colt unto Jesus, and did cast upon it their garments, and he sat upon it, ⁸ and many did spread their garments in the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way.

³² And those sent, having gone away, found according as he said to them, ³³ and while they are loosing the colt, its owners said unto them, 'Why loose you the colt?' ³⁴ and they said, 'The Lord has need of it;' ³⁵ and they brought it unto Jesus, and having cast their garments upon the colt, they did set Jesus upon it.

¹³ took the branches of the palms, and went forth to meet him, and were crying, 'Hosanna, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord -- the king of Israel;'

²⁷ And Jesus passing on from there, two blind men followed him, calling and saying, 'Deal kindly with us, Son of David.'

¹⁵ and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, 'Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased;

³⁹ for I say to you, you may not see me henceforth, till you may say, Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'

¹⁴ 'Glory in the highest to God, and upon earth peace, among men -- good will.'

¹³ took the branches of the palms, and went forth to meet him, and were crying, 'Hosanna, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord -- the king of Israel;' ¹⁴ and Jesus having found a young ass did sit upon it, according as it is written, ¹⁵ 'Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, your king does come, sitting on an ass' colt.'

³ And Herod the king having heard, was stirred, and all Jerusalem with him,

²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, 'Who is this that does speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins, except God only?'

⁴⁹ and those reclining with him (at meat) began to say within themselves, 'Who is this, who also does forgive sins?'

⁹ and Herod said, 'John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?' and he was seeking to see him.

² and spake unto him, saying, 'Tell us by what authority you do these things? or who is he that gave to you this authority?'

¹⁸ the Jews then answered and said to him, 'What sign do you show to us -- that you do these things?'

¹⁶ And these things his disciples did not know at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were having been written about him, and these things they did to him. ¹⁷ The multitude, therefore, who are with him, were testifying that he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and did raise him out of the dead; ¹⁸ because of this also did the multitude meet him, because they heard of his having done this sign, ¹⁹ the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, 'You see that you do not gain anything, lo, the world did go after him.'

⁵ And he said, 'Who are you, Lord?' and the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you do persecute; hard for you at the pricks to kick;'

²³ and coming, he dwelt in a city named Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophets, that 'A Nazarene he shall be called.'

¹³ And Jesus, having come to the parts of Caesarea Philippi, was asking his disciples, saying, 'Who do men say me to be -- the Son of Man?' ¹⁴ And they said, 'Some, John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.'

¹⁵ Others said -- 'It is Elijah,' and others said -- 'It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.'

¹⁶ and fear took hold of all, and they were glorifying God, saying -- 'A great prophet has risen among us,' and -- 'God did look upon His people.'

³⁹ And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, 'This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind is the woman who does touch him, that she is a sinner.'

³³ but it is necessary for me to-day, and to-morrow, and the day following, to go on, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish out of Jerusalem.

¹⁹ And he said to them, 'What things?' And they said to him, 'The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who became a man -- a prophet -- powerful in deed and word, before God and all the people,

²¹ And they questioned him, 'What then? Elijah are you?' and he said, 'I am not.' -- 'The prophet are you?' and he answered, 'No.'

²⁵ and they questioned him and said to him, 'Why, then, do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'

⁴⁵ Philip finds Nathanael, and said to him, 'Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets, we have found, Jesus the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth;' ⁴⁶ and Nathanael said to him, 'Out of Nazareth is any good thing able to be?' Philip said to him, 'Come and see.'

¹⁹ The woman said to him, 'Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet;

¹⁴ The men, then, having seen the sign that Jesus did, said -- 'This is truly the Prophet, who is coming to the world;'

⁴⁰ Many, therefore out of the multitude, having heard the word, said, 'This is truly the Prophet;'

¹⁷ They said to the blind man again, 'You -- what do you say of him -- that he opened your eyes?'

²² 'For Moses, indeed, unto the fathers said -- A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me; him shall you hear in all things, as many as he may speak unto you; ²³ and it shall be, every soul that may not hear that prophet shall be utterly destroyed out of the people;

³⁷ this is the Moses who did say to the sons of Israel: A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me, him shall you hear.

¹¹ And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple, and having looked round on all things, it being now evening, he went forth to Bethany with the twelve.

¹⁵ And they come to Jerusalem, and Jesus having gone into the temple, began to cast forth those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those selling the doves, he overthrew, ¹⁶ and he did not suffer that any might bear a vessel through the temple, ¹⁷ and he was teaching, saying to them, 'Has it not been written -- My house a house of prayer shall be called for all the nations, and you did make it a den of robbers?' ¹⁸ And the scribes and the chief priests heard, and they were seeking how they shall destroy him, for they were afraid of him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching;

²⁴ and to give a sacrifice, according to that said in the Law of the Lord, 'A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons.'

⁴⁵ And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying, ⁴⁶ saying to them, 'It has been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but you made it a den of robbers.' ⁴⁷ And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him -- also the chiefs of the people --

¹⁴ and he found in the temple those selling oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting, ¹⁵ and having made a whip of small cords, he put all forth out of the temple, also the sheep, and the oxen; and of the money-changers he poured out the coins, and the tables he overthrew, ¹⁶ and to those selling the doves he said, 'Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.' ¹⁷ And his disciples remembered that it is written, 'The zeal of Your house did eat me up;'

⁵ And they said to him, 'In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet,

¹⁷ and he was teaching, saying to them, 'Has it not been written -- My house a house of prayer shall be called for all the nations, and you did make it a den of robbers?'

⁴⁶ saying to them, 'It has been written, My house is a house of prayer -- but you made it a den of robbers.'

²⁵ but -- that the word may be fulfilled that was written in their law -- They hated me without a cause.

²³ And Jesus was going about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every disease, and every malady among the people,

³⁵ And Jesus was going up and down all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every sickness and every malady among the people.

⁴ And Jesus answering said to them, 'Having gone, declare to John the things that you hear and see, ⁵ blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,

¹ And Peter and John were going up at the same time to the temple, at the hour of the prayer, the ninth hour, ² and a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple, ³ who, having seen Peter and John about to go into the temple, was begging to receive a kindness. ⁴ And Peter, having looked stedfastly toward him with John, said, 'Look toward us;' ⁵ and he was giving heed to them, looking to receive something from them; ⁶ and Peter said, 'Silver and gold I have none, but what I have, that I give to you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and be walking.' ⁷ And having seized him by the right hand, he raised him up, and presently his feet and ankles were strengthened, ⁸ and springing up, he stood, and was walking, and did enter with them into the temple, walking and springing, and praising God; ⁹ and all the people saw him walking and praising God,

³⁸ Jesus who is from Nazareth -- how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;

⁹ and the multitudes who were going before, and who were following, were crying, saying, 'Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.'

²³ And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, 'By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority?'

⁴² saying, 'What do you think concerning the Christ? Of whom is he son?' They say to him, 'Of David.'

³ Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;

⁵⁹ And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,

¹ And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death;

²⁰ And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;

¹⁸ And the scribes and the chief priests heard, and they were seeking how they shall destroy him, for they were afraid of him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching;

³⁹ And certain of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, 'Teacher, rebuke your disciples;' ⁴⁰ and he answering said to them, 'I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!'

¹ And it came to pass, on one of those days, as he is teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came upon him,

² and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.

⁶⁶ And when it became day there was gathered together the eldership of the people, chief priests also, and scribes, and they led him up to their own sanhedrin,

¹ When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples does make and baptize than John,

⁴² Did not the Writing say, that out of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem -- the village where David was -- the Christ does come?'

⁴⁷ the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrin, and said, 'What may we do? because this man does many signs? ⁴⁸ if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.' ⁴⁹ and a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest of that year, said to them, 'You have not known anything,

⁵⁷ and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if any one may know where he is, he may show it, so that they may seize him.

¹⁹ the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, 'You see that you do not gain anything, lo, the world did go after him.'

²⁵ At that time Jesus answering said, 'I do confess to You, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that you did hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and did reveal them to babes.

³ And he said to them, 'Did you not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him --

⁴ And he answering said to them, 'Did you not read, that He who made them, from the beginning a male and a female made them,

³¹ And concerning the rising again of the dead, did you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

²⁵ And he said to them, 'Did you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?

⁴⁷ the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrin, and said, 'What may we do? because this man does many signs? ⁴⁸ if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'

¹⁶ saying, 'What shall we do to these men? because that, indeed, a notable sign has been done through them, to all those dwelling in Jerusalem is manifest, and we are not able to deny it; ¹⁷ but that it may spread no further toward the people, let us strictly threaten them no more to speak in this name to any man.' ¹⁸ And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus,

⁴ 'A generation evil and adulterous does seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;' and having left them he went away.

⁶ And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

⁷ And Jesus withdrew with his disciples unto the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,

¹ And when they come near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage, and Bethany, unto the mount of the Olives, he sends forth two of his disciples,

¹⁹ and when evening came, he was going forth without the city.

³⁷ And the whole multitude of the region of the Gadarenes round about asked him to go away from them, because with great fear they were pressed, and he having entered into the boat, did turn back. ³⁸ And the man from whom the demons had gone forth was beseeching of him to be with him, and Jesus sent him away, saying,

³⁸ And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house,

²⁹ And it came to pass, as he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, unto the mount called of the Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

⁵⁰ And he led them forth without -- unto Bethany, and having lifted up his hands he did bless them,

¹ And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister --

¹⁸ And Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off,

¹ Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, who had died, whom he raised out of the dead; ² they made, therefore, to him a supper there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together (at meat) with him; ³ Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of spikenard, of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus and did wipe with her hair his feet, and the house was filled from the fragrance of the ointment.

² and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.

¹ At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat,

¹² And on the morrow, they having come forth from Bethany, he hungered, ¹³ and having seen a fig-tree afar off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he shall find anything in it, and having come to it, he found nothing except leaves, for it was not a time of figs, ¹⁴ and Jesus answering said to it, 'No more from you -- to the age -- may any eat fruit;' and his disciples were hearing.

²⁰ And in the morning, passing by, they saw the fig-tree having been dried up from the roots, ²¹ and Peter having remembered said to him, 'Rabbi, lo, the fig-tree that you did curse is dried up.' ²² And Jesus answering said to them, 'Have faith of God; ²³ for verily I say to you, that whoever may say to this mount, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he says do come to pass, it shall be to him whatever he may say. ²⁴ Because of this I say to you, all whatever -- praying -- you do ask, believe that you receive, and it shall be to you.

² forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered,

¹⁵ for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathize with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner -- apart from sin;

¹⁴ and Jesus answering said to it, 'No more from you -- to the age -- may any eat fruit;' and his disciples were hearing.

⁹ and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.'

⁶ And he spake this simile: 'A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find; ⁷ and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground does it render useless? ⁸ 'And he answering said to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung; ⁹ and if indeed it may bear fruit --; and if not so, thereafter you shall cut it off.'

⁴² saying -- 'If you did know, even you, at least in this your day, the things for your peace; but now they were hid from your eyes. ⁴³ 'Because days shall come upon you, and your enemies shall cast around you a rampart, and compass you round, and press you on every side, ⁴⁴ and lay you low, and your children within you, and they shall not leave in you a stone upon a stone, because you did not know the time of your inspection.'

² every branch in me not bearing fruit, He does take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He does cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;

⁶ if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;

⁵ having a form\'7bsemblance\'7d of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,

¹⁶ God they profess to know, and in the works they deny Him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.

⁷ For earth, that is drinking in the rain many times coming upon it, and is bringing forth herbs fit for those because of whom also it is dressed, does partake of blessing from God, ⁸ and that which is bearing thorns and briers is disapproved of, and near to cursing, whose end is for burning;

²⁰ for, if having escaped from the pollutions of the world, in the acknowledging of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and by these again being entangled, they have been overcome, become to them has the last things worse than the first, ²¹ for it were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of the righteousness, than having acknowledged it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them, ²² and happened to them has that of the true similitude; 'A dog did turn back upon his own vomit,' and, 'A sow having bathed herself -- to rolling in mire.'

¹² These are in your love-feasts craggy rocks; feasting together with you, without fear shepherding themselves; clouds without water, by winds carried about; trees autumnal, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;

¹¹ he who is unrighteous -- let him be unrighteous still, and he who is filthy -- let him be filthy still, and he who is righteous -- let him be declared righteous still, and he who is sanctified -- let him be sanctified still:

²⁰ And in the morning, passing by, they saw the fig-tree having been dried up from the roots, ²¹ and Peter having remembered said to him, 'Rabbi, lo, the fig-tree that you did curse is dried up.'

¹⁰ and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away; ¹¹ for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

¹² but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness -- there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'

²⁰ And Jesus said to them, 'Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if you may have faith as a grain of mustard, you shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you,

²² And Jesus answering said to them, 'Have faith of God; ²³ for verily I say to you, that whoever may say to this mount, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he says do come to pass, it shall be to him whatever he may say.

⁶ and the Lord said, 'If you had faith as a grain of mustard, you would have said to this sycamine, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you. ⁷ 'But, who is he of you -- having a servant ploughing or feeding -- who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat?

¹⁹ and not having been weak in the faith, he did not consider his own body, already become dead, (being about a hundred years old,) and the deadness of Sarah's womb, ²⁰ and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,

² and if I have prophecy, and know all the secrets, and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing;

⁶ and let him ask in faith, nothing doubting, for he who is doubting has been like a wave of the sea, driven by wind and tossed,

⁷ 'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

¹¹ If, therefore, you being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

¹⁹ 'Again, I say to you, that, if two of you may agree on the earth concerning anything, whatever they may ask -- it shall be done to them from my Father who is in the heavens,

²⁴ Because of this I say to you, all whatever -- praying -- you do ask, believe that you receive, and it shall be to you.

⁸ 'I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he does need; ⁹ and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; ¹⁰ for every one who is asking does receive; and he who is seeking does find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

¹³ and whatever you may ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;

⁷ if you may remain in me, and my sayings in you may remain, whatever you may wish you shall ask, and it shall be done to you.

²⁴ till now you did ask nothing in my name; ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.

¹⁶ Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that you may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

²² and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because His commands we keep, and the things pleasing before Him we do,

¹⁴ And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He does hear us, ¹⁵ and if we have known that He does hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.

⁵⁵ In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, 'As against a robber you did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! Daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and you did not lay hold on me;

²⁷ And they come again to Jerusalem, and in the temple, as he is walking, there come unto him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, ²⁸ and they say to him, 'By what authority do you these things? and who gave you this authority that these things you may do?' ²⁹ And Jesus answering said to them, 'I will question you -- I also -- one word; and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things; ³⁰ the baptism of John -- from heaven was it? or from men? answer me.' ³¹ And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, 'If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Therefore, then, did you not believe him? ³² But if we may say, From men,' -- they were fearing the people, for all were holding John that he was indeed a prophet; ³³ and answering they say to Jesus, 'We have not known;' and Jesus answering said to them, 'Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.'

⁴⁷ And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him -- also the chiefs of the people --

⁷ and having set them in the midst, they were inquiring, 'In what power, or in what name did you do this?'

²⁷ and he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set you a ruler and a judge over us?

¹⁶ 'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be you therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

⁹ Then said Jesus unto them, 'I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?'

⁶ your word always in grace -- with salt being seasoned -- to know how it behooveth you to answer each one.

¹ And in those days comes John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea, ² and saying, 'Reform, for come near has the reign of the heavens,' ³ for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, straight make you His paths.' ⁴ And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field. ⁵ Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan, ⁶ and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins. ⁷ And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, 'Brood of vipers! Who did show you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, ⁹ and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham, ¹⁰ and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast. ¹¹ 'I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire, ¹² whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'

⁷ And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, 'What went you out to the wilderness to view? -- A reed shaken by the wind? ⁸ 'But what went you out to see? -- A man clothed in soft garments? Lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses. ⁹ 'But what went you out to see? -- A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet, ¹⁰ for this is he of whom it has been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you. ¹¹ Verily I say to you, there has not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he. ¹² 'And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens does suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force, ¹³ for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy, ¹⁴ and if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who was about to come; ¹⁵ he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

¹² and I say to you -- Elijah did already come, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.' ¹³ Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spoke to them.

¹ A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God. ² As it has been written in the prophets, 'Lo, I send My messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way\'7bwho shall engineer your road\'7d before you,' -- ³ 'A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, straight make you his paths,' -- ⁴ John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins, ⁵ and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶ And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field, ⁷ and he proclaimed, saying, 'He does come -- who is mightier than I -- after me, of whom I am not worthy -- having stooped down -- to loose the latchet of his sandals; ⁸ I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.' ⁹ And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan; ¹⁰ and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him; ¹¹ and a voice came out of the heavens, 'You are My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

¹¹ And there appeared to him a messenger of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of the perfume, ¹² and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him; ¹³ and the messenger said unto him, 'Fear not, Zacharias, for your supplication was heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear a son to you, and you shall call his name John, ¹⁴ and there shall be joy to you, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy, ¹⁵ for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb; ¹⁶ and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God, ¹⁷ and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'

⁶⁷ And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and did prophesy, saying, ⁶⁸ 'Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, Because He did look upon, And wrought redemption for His people, ⁶⁹ And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant, ⁷⁰ As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age; ⁷¹ Salvation from our enemies, And out of the hand of all hating us, ⁷² To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant, ⁷³ An oath that He sware to Abraham our father, ⁷⁴ To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered, ⁷⁵ To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life. ⁷⁶ And you, child, Prophet of the Highest Shall you be called; For you shall go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways. ⁷⁷ To give knowledge of salvation to His people In remission of their sins, ⁷⁸ Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us, ⁷⁹ To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.' ⁸⁰ And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.

² Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests -- there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness, ³ and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins, ⁴ as it has been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, straight make you His paths; ⁵ every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straightness, and the rough become smooth ways; ⁶ and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.' ⁷ Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptized by him, 'Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father -- Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham; ⁹ and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.' ¹⁰ And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, 'What, then, shall we do?' ¹¹ and he answering said to them, 'He having two coats -- let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals -- in like manner let him do.' ¹² And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptized, and they said unto him, 'Teacher, what shall we do?' ¹³ and he said unto them, 'Exact no more than that directed you.' ¹⁴ And questioning him also were those warring, saying, 'And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, 'Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.' ¹⁵ And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ; ¹⁶ John answered, saying to all, 'I indeed with water do baptize you, but he comes who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals -- he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire; ¹⁷ whose winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat to his storehouse, and the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.' ¹⁸ And, therefore, indeed with many other things, exhorting, he was proclaiming good news to the people, ¹⁹ and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and concerning all the evils that Herod did, ²⁰ added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.

²⁸ for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.' ²⁹ And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John, ³⁰ but the Pharisees, and the lawyers, the counsel of God did put away for themselves, not having been baptized by him. ³¹ And the Lord said, 'To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? ³² they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and you did not dance, we mourned to you, and you did not weep! ³³ 'For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon; ³⁴ the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners; ³⁵ and the wisdom was justified from all her children.'

⁵ And they reasoned with themselves, saying -- 'If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Therefore, then, did you not believe him?

⁶ There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name is John,

¹⁵ John does testify concerning him, and has cried, saying, 'This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, has come before me, for he was before me;'

²⁵ and they questioned him and said to him, 'Why, then, do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?' ²⁶ John answered them, saying, 'I baptize with water, but in midst of you he has stood whom you have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who has been before me, ²⁷ of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.' ²⁸ These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing, ²⁹ on the morrow John sees Jesus coming unto him, and said, 'Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world; ³⁰ this is he concerning whom I said, After me does come a man, who has come before me, because he was before me: ³¹ and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing. ³² And John testified, saying -- 'I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove, out of heaven, and it remained on him; ³³ and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whomsoever you mayest see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with the Holy Spirit; ³⁴ and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.'

¹⁸ he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

²⁶ and they came unto John, and said to him, 'Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you did testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.' ²⁷ John answered and said, 'A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven; ²⁸ you yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him; ²⁹ he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy does rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy has been fulfilled. ³⁰ 'Him it behooves to increase, and me to become less; ³¹ he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaks; he who from the heaven is coming is above all. ³² 'And what he has seen and heard this he does testify, and his testimony none receives; ³³ he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true; ³⁴ for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaks; for not by measure does God give the Spirit; ³⁵ the Father does love the Son, and all things has given into his hand; ³⁶ he who is believing in the Son, has life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God does remain upon him.'

³³ you have sent unto John, and he has testified to the truth. ³⁴ 'But I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that you may be saved; ³⁵ he was the burning and shining lamp, and you did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light. ³⁶ 'But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father has sent me.

⁴⁴ how are you able -- you -- to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that is from God alone you seek not? ⁴⁵ 'Do not think that I will accuse you unto the Father; there is who is accusing you, Moses -- in whom you have hoped; ⁴⁶ for if you were believing Moses, you would have been believing me, for he wrote concerning me; ⁴⁷ but if his writings you believe not, how shall you believe my sayings?'

²⁵ Jesus answered them, 'I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me; ²⁶ but you do not believe, for you are not of my sheep,

³⁷ yet he having done so many signs before them, they were not believing in him, ³⁸ that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, 'Lord, who gave credence to our report? and the arm of the Lord -- to whom was it revealed?' ³⁹ Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said, ⁴⁰ 'He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;' ⁴¹ these things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. ⁴² Still, however, also out of the rulers did many believe in him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing, that they might not be put out of the synagogue, ⁴³ for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

²⁰ because if our heart may condemn -- because greater is God than our heart, and He does know all things.

⁹ 'But what went you out to see? -- A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet,

⁵ and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

⁴⁶ and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.

²⁰ for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.

³² But if we may say, From men,' -- they were fearing the people, for all were holding John that he was indeed a prophet;

¹² And they were seeking to lay hold on him, and they feared the multitude, for they knew that against them he spake the simile, and having left him, they went away;

⁶ and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.'

¹⁹ And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

³⁵ he was the burning and shining lamp, and you did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light.

²² These things said his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews, for already had the Jews agreed together, that if any one may confess him -- Christ, he may be put out of the synagogue;

⁴¹ and many came unto him, and said -- 'John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;' ⁴² and many did believe in him there.

²⁶ then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;

¹⁴ let them alone, guides they are -- blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'

³ and at morning, Foul weather to-day, for the heaven is red -- gloomy; hypocrites, the face of the heavens indeed you do know to discern, but the signs of the times you are not able!

¹⁶ 'Woo to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary -- is debtor! ¹⁷ Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold? ¹⁸ 'And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it -- is debtor! ¹⁹ Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift? ²⁰ 'He therefore who did swear by the altar, does swear by it, and by all things on it; ²¹ and he who did swear by the sanctuary, does swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it; ²² and he who did swear by the heaven, does swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it. ²³ 'Woo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect. ²⁴ 'Blind guides! Who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing. ²⁵ 'Woo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence. ²⁶ 'Blind Pharisee! Cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean. ²⁷ 'Woo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness; ²⁸ so also you outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

⁷ And they answered, that they knew not whence it was, ⁸ and Jesus said to them, 'Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these things.'

³⁰ The man answered and said to them, 'Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that you have not known whence he is, and he opened my eyes!

⁴⁰ And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, 'Are we also blind?' ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, 'If you were blind, you were not having had sin, but now you say -- We see, therefore does your sin remain.

¹⁸ for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness. ¹⁹ Because that which is known of God is manifest among them, for God did manifest it to them, ²⁰ for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead -- to their being inexcusable; ²¹ because, having known God they did not glorify Him as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened, ²² professing to be wise, they were made fools,

²⁸ And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;

³ and if also our good news is veiled, in those perishing it is veiled,

⁹ him, whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders, ¹⁰ and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved,

²⁵ And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, 'What think you, Simon? The kings of the earth -- from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? From their sons or from the strangers?'

¹ 'For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

⁵ and they went away. 'Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner. ⁶ And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and said to them, Why here have you stood all the day idle? ⁷ They say to him, Because no one did hire us; he said to them, Go you -- you also -- to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous you shall receive.

³³ 'Hear you another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

¹⁷ tell us, therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

³⁴ as a man who is gone abroad, having left his house, and given to his servants the authority, and to each one his work, did command also the porter that he may watch;

⁴ 'Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; think you that these became debtors beyond all men who are dwelling in Jerusalem?

¹¹ And he said, 'A certain man had two sons, ¹² and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to me, and he divided to them the living. ¹³ 'And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously; ¹⁴ and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want; ¹⁵ and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine, ¹⁶ and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him. ¹⁷ 'And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing! ¹⁸ having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before you, ¹⁹ and no more am I worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hirelings. ²⁰ 'And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him; ²¹ and the son said to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before you, and no more am I worthy to be called your son. ²² 'And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet; ²³ and having brought the fatted calf, kill it, and having eaten, we may be merry, ²⁴ because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry. ²⁵ 'And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing, ²⁶ and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be, ²⁷ and he said to him -- Your brother is arrived, and your father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back. ²⁸ 'And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him; ²⁹ and he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve you, and never your command did I transgress, and to me you did never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry; ³⁰ but when your son -- this one who did devour your living with harlots -- came, you did kill to him the fatted calf. ³¹ 'And he said to him, Child, you are always with me, and all my things are yours; ³² but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this your brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'

¹⁵ as to wise men I speak -- judge you what I say:

⁵⁸ so that, my brethren beloved, become you stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

² and saying, 'Reform, for come near has the reign of the heavens,' ³ for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, straight make you His paths.' ⁴ And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field. ⁵ Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan, ⁶ and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins. ⁷ And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, 'Brood of vipers! Who did show you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,

³¹ which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,

¹⁷ 'And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing! ¹⁸ having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before you,

²⁰ but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;

¹¹ And certain of you were these! but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

¹ Also you -- being dead in the trespasses and the sins, ² in which once you did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience, ³ among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes\'7bdesires\'7d of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath -- as also the others, ⁴ and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ even being dead in the trespasses, made us to live together with the Christ, (by grace you are having been saved,) ⁶ and raised us up together, and did seat us together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷ that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding\'7bsuperb\'7d riches of His grace in kindness\'7bgoodness\'7d toward us in Christ Jesus, ⁸ for by grace you are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you -- of God the gift, ⁹ not of works, that no one may boast; ¹⁰ for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk. ¹¹ Therefore, remember, that you were once the nations in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that called Circumcision in the flesh made by hands, ¹² that you were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world; ¹³ and now, in Christ Jesus, you being once afar off became near in the blood of the Christ,

¹⁷ This, then, I say, and I testify in the Lord; you are no more to walk, as also the other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind, ¹⁸ being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart, ¹⁹ who, having ceased to feel, themselves did give up to the lasciviousness\'7blewdness\'7d, for the working of all uncleanness\'7bimpurity\'7d in greediness;

³ all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;

¹⁷ Lo, you are named a Jew, and do rest upon the law, and do boast in God, ¹⁸ and do know the will, and do approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the law, ¹⁹ and have confidence that you yourself are a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness, ²⁰ an instructor of foolish ones, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth in the law. ²¹ You, then, who are teaching another, yourself do you not teach? ²² you who are preaching not to steal, do you steal? you who are saying not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? you who are abhorring the idols, do you rob temples? ²³ you who in the law do boast, through the transgression of the law God do you dishonour? ²⁴ for the name of God because of you is evil spoken of among the nations, according as it has been written. ²⁵ For circumcision, indeed, does profit, if law you may practise, but if a transgressor of law you may be, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

¹⁸ for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota\'7bsmallest Hebrew letter\'7d or one tittle\'7bpoint on a letter, serif\'7d may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.

⁵ 'And when you may pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places -- standing -- to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

²¹ 'Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

⁹ And Jesus passing by from there, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and said to him, 'Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

⁵⁰ For whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'

³ and said, 'Verily I say to you, if you may not be turned and become as the children, you may not enter into the reign of the heavens;

¹⁶ So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

²⁹ And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

³⁷ and lo, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that he reclines (at meat) in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment, ³⁸ and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment. ³⁹ And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, 'This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind is the woman who does touch him, that she is a sinner.' ⁴⁰ And Jesus answering said unto him, 'Simon, I have something to say to you;' and he said, 'Teacher, say on.' ⁴¹ 'Two debtors were to a certain creditor; the one was owing five hundred denaries, and the other fifty; ⁴² and they not having wherewith to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say you, will love him more?' ⁴³ And Simon answering said, 'I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;' and he said to him, 'Rightly you did judge.' ⁴⁴ And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, 'See you this woman? I entered into your house; water for my feet you did not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe; ⁴⁵ a kiss to me you did not give, but this woman, from what time I came in, did not cease kissing my feet; ⁴⁶ with oil my head you did not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet; ⁴⁷ therefore I say to you, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he does love.' ⁴⁸ And he said to her, 'Your sins have been forgiven;' ⁴⁹ and those reclining with him (at meat) began to say within themselves, 'Who is this, who also does forgive sins?' ⁵⁰ and he said unto the woman, 'Your faith have saved you, be going on to peace.'

¹ And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him, to hear him, ² and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying -- This one does receive sinners, and does eat with them.'

¹⁰ 'So I say to you, joy does come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

⁹ And Jesus said unto him -- 'To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham; ¹⁰ for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

²² 'And he said to him, Out of your mouth I will judge you, evil servant: you knew that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!

³⁰ the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, does now command all men everywhere to reform,

¹⁹ And we have known that as many things as the law says, to those in the law it does speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

²⁰ And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,

³⁰ What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that is of faith, ³¹ and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive; ³² therefore? because -- not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling, ³³ according as it has been written, 'Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'

¹³ who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did it in unbelief, ¹⁴ and exceedingly abound did the grace of our Lord, with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus: ¹⁵ stedfast is the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners -- first of whom I am; ¹⁶ but because of this I found kindness, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, for a pattern of those about to believe on him to life age-during:

⁹ the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

¹⁸ 'For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon;

²⁵ the baptism of John, from where was it? -- From heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, 'If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why, then, did you not believe him?

⁸ make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father -- Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham; ⁹ and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.' ¹⁰ And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, 'What, then, shall we do?' ¹¹ and he answering said to them, 'He having two coats -- let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals -- in like manner let him do.' ¹² And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptized, and they said unto him, 'Teacher, what shall we do?' ¹³ and he said unto them, 'Exact no more than that directed you.'

²⁹ And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John, ³⁰ but the Pharisees, and the lawyers, the counsel of God did put away for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

³³ you have sent unto John, and he has testified to the truth. ³⁴ 'But I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that you may be saved; ³⁵ he was the burning and shining lamp, and you did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light. ³⁶ 'But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father has sent me. ³⁷ 'And the Father who sent me Himself has testified concerning me; you have neither heard His voice at any time, nor His appearance have you seen; ³⁸ and His word you have not remaining in you, because whom He sent, him you do not believe. ³⁹ 'You search the Writings, because you think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me; ⁴⁰ and you do not will to come unto me, that you may have life;

²⁵ and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do you suppose to be? I am not he, but, lo, he does come after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of his feet. ²⁶ 'Men, brethren, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you fearing God, to you was the word of this salvation sent, ²⁷ for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read -- having judged him -- did fulfill, ²⁸ and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain, ²⁹ and when they did complete all the things written about him, having taken him down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb;

²⁵ in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

¹² See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,

⁶ and having fallen away, again to renew them to reformation, having crucified again to themselves the Son of God, and exposed to public shame.

²¹ for it were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of the righteousness, than having acknowledged it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them,

²¹ and I did give to her a time that she might reform from her whoredom, and she did not reform;

¹⁸ 'You, therefore, hear you the simile of the sower:

²⁸ 'And what think you? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.'

² saying, 'On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;

¹⁴ 'For -- as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance, ¹⁵ and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.

¹ And he began to speak to them in similes: 'A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-winevat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad; ² and he sent unto the husbandmen at the due time a servant, that from the husbandmen he may receive from the fruit of the vineyard, ³ and they, having taken him, did severely beat him, and did send him away empty. ⁴ 'And again he sent unto them another servant, and at that one having cast stones, they wounded him in the head, and sent away -- dishonoured. ⁵ 'And again he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating, and some killing. ⁶ 'Having yet therefore one son -- his beloved -- he sent also him unto them last, saying -- They will reverence my son; ⁷ and those husbandmen said among themselves -- This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and ours shall be the inheritance; ⁸ and having taken him, they did kill, and cast him forth without the vineyard. ⁹ 'What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ And this Writing did you not read: A stone that the builders rejected, it did become the head of a corner: ¹¹ from the Lord was this, and it is wonderful in our eyes.' ¹² And they were seeking to lay hold on him, and they feared the multitude, for they knew that against them he spake the simile, and having left him, they went away;

¹² He said therefore, 'A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,

⁹ And he began to speak unto the people this simile: 'A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time, ¹⁰ and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send him away empty. ¹¹ 'And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty; ¹² and he added to send a third, and this one also, having wounded, they did cast out. ¹³ 'And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son -- the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence; ¹⁴ and having seen him, the husbandmen reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, we may kill him, that the inheritance may become ours; ¹⁵ and having cast him outside of the vineyard, they killed him; what, then, shall the owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, 'Let it not be!' ¹⁷ and he, having looked upon them, said, 'What, then, is this that has been written: A stone that the builders rejected -- this became head of a corner? ¹⁸ every one who has fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.' ¹⁹ And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

¹ 'I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman;

³ and he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.

² and he sent unto the husbandmen at the due time a servant, that from the husbandmen he may receive from the fruit of the vineyard, ³ and they, having taken him, did severely beat him, and did send him away empty. ⁴ 'And again he sent unto them another servant, and at that one having cast stones, they wounded him in the head, and sent away -- dishonoured. ⁵ 'And again he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating, and some killing.

¹² rejoice you and be glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

³¹ So that you testify to yourselves, that you are sons of them who did murder the prophets; ³² and you -- you fill up the measure of your fathers. ³³ 'Serpents! Brood of vipers! How may you escape from the judgment of the gehenna? ³⁴ 'Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them you will kill and crucify, and of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city; ³⁵ that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar: ³⁶ verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation. ³⁷ 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto you, how often did I will to gather your children together, as a hen does gather her own chickens under the wings, and you did not will.

³³ but it is necessary for me to-day, and to-morrow, and the day following, to go on, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish out of Jerusalem. ³⁴ 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together your children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and you did not will.

⁵² which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now you betrayers and murderers have become,

¹⁵ who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men are contrary, ¹⁶ forbidding us to speak to the nations that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always, but the anger did come upon them -- to the end!

³⁶ and others of mockings and scourgings did receive trial, and yet of bonds and imprisonment; ³⁷ they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins -- being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,

⁹ And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony that they held,

⁴ 'Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready, come you to the marriage-feasts;

¹⁷ and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, 'This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

⁶ 'Having yet therefore one son -- his beloved -- he sent also him unto them last, saying -- They will reverence my son;

¹³ 'And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son -- the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence;

¹⁸ God no one has ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.

³⁴ and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.'

¹⁶ for God did so love the world, that His Son -- the only begotten -- He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

¹ In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets, ² in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;

¹³ And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord does appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, 'Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be you there till I may speak to you, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.' ¹⁴ And he, having risen, took the child and his mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt, ¹⁵ and he was there till the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 'Out of Egypt I did call My Son.' ¹⁶ Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very enraged, and having sent forth, he murdered all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.

³ Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas; ⁴ and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill him,

¹ And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death; ² and having bound him, they did lead away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

⁷ and those husbandmen said among themselves -- This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and ours shall be the inheritance; ⁸ and having taken him, they did kill, and cast him forth without the vineyard.

¹⁴ and having seen him, the husbandmen reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, we may kill him, that the inheritance may become ours;

⁴⁷ the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrin, and said, 'What may we do? because this man does many signs? ⁴⁸ if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.' ⁴⁹ and a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest of that year, said to them, 'You have not known anything, ⁵⁰ nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.' ⁵¹ And this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation, ⁵² and not for the nation only, but that also the children of God, who have been scattered abroad, he may gather together into one. ⁵³ From that day, therefore, they took counsel together that they may kill him;

²⁷ for gathered together of a truth against Your holy child Jesus, whom You did anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel, ²⁸ to do whatever Your hand and Your counsel did determine before to come to pass.

²⁴ And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come; ²⁵ and coming near, a certain one told them, saying -- 'Lo, the men whom you did put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people;' ²⁶ then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned; ²⁷ and having brought them, they set them in the sanhedrin, and the chief priest questioned them, ²⁸ saying, 'Did not we strictly command you not to teach in this name? and lo, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.'

² in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;

⁵⁰ and Jesus said to him, 'Comrade, for what are you present?' Then having come near, they laid hands on Jesus, and took hold on him.

⁵⁷ And those laying hold on Jesus led him away unto Caiaphas the chief priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together,

⁴⁶ And they laid on him their hands, and kept hold on him; ⁴⁷ and a certain one of those standing by, having drawn the sword, struck the servant of the chief priest, and took off his ear. ⁴⁸ And Jesus answering said to them, 'As against a robber you came out, with swords and sticks, to take me! ⁴⁹ daily I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not lay hold on me -- but that the Writings may be fulfilled.' ⁵⁰ And having left him they all fled; ⁵¹ and a certain young man was following him, having put a linen cloth about his naked body, and the young men lay hold on him, ⁵² and he, having left the linen cloth, did flee from them naked. ⁵³ And they led away Jesus unto the chief priest, and come together to him do all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes;

⁵² And Jesus said to those having come upon him -- chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders -- 'As upon a robber have you come forth, with swords and sticks? ⁵³ while daily I was with you in the temple, you did stretch forth no hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of the darkness.' ⁵⁴ And having taken him, they led and brought him to the house of the chief priest. And Peter was following afar off,

¹² The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took hold on Jesus, and bound him,

²⁴ Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the chief priest.

²³ this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified -- you did slay;

¹⁴ and you the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man -- a murderer -- to be granted to you, ¹⁵ and the Prince of the life you did kill, whom God did raise out of the dead, of which we are witnesses;

¹⁰ be it known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you did crucify, whom God did raise out of the dead, in him has this one stood by before you whole.

²⁵ who, through the mouth of David your servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things? ²⁶ the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ; ²⁷ for gathered together of a truth against Your holy child Jesus, whom You did anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,

³⁰ and the God of our fathers did raise up Jesus, whom you slew, having hanged upon a tree;

¹¹ for of those beasts whose blood is brought for sin into the holy places through the chief priest -- of these the bodies are burned without the camp. ¹² Therefore, also Jesus -- that he might sanctify through his own blood the people -- without the gate did suffer; ¹³ now, then, may we go forth unto him without the camp, his reproach bearing;

⁶ you did condemn -- you did murder the righteous one, he does not resist you.

⁹ 'What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

¹⁵ and having cast him outside of the vineyard, they killed him; what, then, shall the owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, 'Let it not be!'

²⁹ of how much sorer punishment shall he be counted worthy who the Son of God did trample on, and the blood of the covenant did count a common thing, in which he was sanctified, and to the Spirit of the grace did despite?

¹² whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'

¹¹ and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the reign of the heavens, ¹² but the sons of the reign shall be cast forth to the outer darkness -- there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'

⁴³ 'Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;

⁶ and the rest, having laid hold on his servants, did insult and slay them. ⁷ 'And the king having heard, was enraged, and having sent forth his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers, and their city he set on fire;

³⁵ that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar: ³⁶ verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation. ³⁷ 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto you, how often did I will to gather your children together, as a hen does gather her own chickens under the wings, and you did not will. ³⁸ Lo, left desolate to you is your house;

²¹ for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be. ²² And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

²⁸ 'There shall be there the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth, when you may see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the reign of God, and yourselves being cast out without; ²⁹ and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,

²³ 'And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled; ²⁴ for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'

³² remember the wife of Lot. ³³ Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it. ³⁴ 'I say to you, In that night, there shall be two men on one couch, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left; ³⁵ two women shall be grinding at the same place together, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left; ³⁶ two men shall be in the field, the one shall be taken, and the other left.' ³⁷ And they answering say to him, 'Where, sir?' and he said to them, 'Where the body is, there will the eagles be gathered together.'

⁴¹ And when he came near, having seen the city, he wept over it,

²² because these are days of vengeance, to fulfil all things that have been written. ²³ 'And woo to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people; ²⁴ and they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.

⁴⁶ And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, 'To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing you do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations; ⁴⁷ for so has the Lord commanded us: I have set you for a light of nations -- for your being for salvation unto the end of the earth.' ⁴⁸ And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe -- as many as were appointed to life age-during;

⁷ and there having been much disputing, Peter having risen up said unto them, 'Men, brethren, you know that from former days, God among us did make choice, through my mouth, for the nations to hear the word of the good news, and to believe;

⁶ and on their resisting and speaking evil, having shaken his garments, he said unto them, 'Your blood is upon your head -- I am clean; henceforth to the nations I will go on.'

⁸ and it came to pass, the father of Publius with feverish heats and dysentery pressed, was laid, unto whom Paul having entered, and having prayed, having laid his hands on him, healed him;

²⁸ 'Be it known, therefore, to you, that to the nations was sent the salvation of God, these also will hear it;'

¹ Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit, ² that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart -- ³ for I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ -- for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh, ⁴ who are Israelites, whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises, ⁵ whose are the fathers, and of whom is the Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed to the ages. Amen. ⁶ And it is not possible that the word of God has failed; for not all who are of Israel are these Israel; ⁷ nor because they are seed of Abraham are all children, but -- 'in Isaac shall a seed be called to you;' ⁸ that is, the children of the flesh -- these are not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed; ⁹ for the word of promise is this; 'According to this time I will come, and there shall be to Sarah a son.' ¹⁰ And not only so, but also Rebecca, having conceived by one -- Isaac our father -- ¹¹ (for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her --

⁹ and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it has been written, 'Because of this I will confess to You among nations, and to Your name I will sing praise,' ¹⁰ and again it says, 'Rejoice you nations, with His people;' ¹¹ and again, 'Praise the Lord, all you nations; and laud Him, all you peoples;' ¹² and again, Isaiah says, 'There shall be the root of Jesse, and he who is rising to rule nations -- upon him shall nations hope;' ¹³ and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁴ And I am persuaded, my brethren -- I myself also -- concerning you, that you yourselves also are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also one another to admonish; ¹⁵ and the more boldly I did write to you, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God, ¹⁶ for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷ I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God, ¹⁸ for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,

¹⁶ forbidding us to speak to the nations that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always, but the anger did come upon them -- to the end!

³ how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation? which a beginning receiving -- to be spoken through the Lord -- by those having heard was confirmed to us,

²⁵ See, may you not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking -- much less we who do turn away from him who speaks from heaven,

¹⁰ And this Writing did you not read: A stone that the builders rejected, it did become the head of a corner: ¹¹ from the Lord was this, and it is wonderful in our eyes.'

¹⁷ and he, having looked upon them, said, 'What, then, is this that has been written: A stone that the builders rejected -- this became head of a corner? ¹⁸ every one who has fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.'

¹¹ 'This is the stone that was set at nought by you -- the builders, that became head of a corner;

⁴⁰ see, therefore, it may not come upon you that has been spoken in the prophets: ⁴¹ See, you despisers, and wonder, and perish, because a work I -- I do work in your days, a work in which you may not believe, though any one may declare it to you.'

³³ according as it has been written, 'Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'

²⁰ being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-stone,

³ that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few words -- ⁴ in regard to which you are able, reading it, to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ, ⁵ which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit -- ⁶ that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news, ⁷ of which I became a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power; ⁸ to me -- the less than the least of all the saints -- was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news -- the untraceable riches of the Christ, ⁹ and to cause all to see what is the fellowship\'7bMT reads "administration"\'7d of the secret that has been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,

⁴ to whom coming -- a living stone -- by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious, ⁵ and you yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶ Therefore, also, it is contained in the Writing: 'Lo, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, choice, precious, and he who is believing on him may not be put to shame;' ⁷ to you, then, who are believing is the preciousness; and to the unbelieving, a stone that the builders disapproved of, this one did become for the head of a corner, ⁸ and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence -- who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, -- to which also they were set;

²⁸ 'But if I, by the Spirit of God, do cast out the demons, then come already unto you did the reign of God.

⁴¹ They say to him, 'Evil men -- he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.'

²⁰ And having been questioned by the Pharisees, when the reign of God does come, he answered them, and said, 'The reign of God does not come with observation; ²¹ nor shall they say, Lo, here; or lo, there; for lo, the reign of God is within you.'

³ Jesus answered and said to him, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

⁵ Jesus answered, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

⁹ and you are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences you may show forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

²⁴ the Son of Man does indeed go, as it has been written concerning him, but woo to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up! Good it were for him if that man had not been born.'

²⁵ and all the people answering said, 'His blood is upon us, and upon our children!'

¹⁸ every one who has fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.'

¹¹ Jesus answered, 'You wouldst have no authority against me, if it were not having been given you from above; because of this, he who is delivering me up to you has greater sin.'

³ and if also our good news is veiled, in those perishing it is veiled, ⁴ in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there does not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

² for if the word being spoken through messengers did become stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience did receive a just recompense, ³ how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation? which a beginning receiving -- to be spoken through the Lord -- by those having heard was confirmed to us,

⁸ and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence -- who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, -- to which also they were set;

¹² How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- So that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'

⁴⁵ And one of the lawyers answering, said to him, 'Teacher, these things saying, us also you do insult;'

¹¹ And the multitudes said, 'This is Jesus the prophet, who is from Nazareth of Galilee.'

²⁶ And if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.'

⁷ the world is not able to hate you, but me it does hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.

⁴⁰ Many, therefore out of the multitude, having heard the word, said, 'This is truly the Prophet;' ⁴¹ others said, 'This is the Christ;' and others said, 'Why, out of Galilee does the Christ come?

²² 'Men, Israelites! hear these words, Jesus the Nazarene, a man approved of God among you by mighty works, and wonders, and signs, that God did through him in the midst of you, according as also you yourselves have known;