Luke 13 Cross References - Riverside

¹ AT that time some were present telling him about the Galilaeans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. ² He answered them, "Do you think that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans because they suffered this? ³ No, I tell you, but unless you have a change of heart, you will all perish in the same way. ⁴ Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were deserving of punishment beyond all the people that dwell at Jerusalem? ⁵ No, I tell you, but unless you have a change of heart, you will all perish just the same." ⁶ He gave this illustration: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard and came looking for fruit on it and found none. ⁷ He said to the gardener, 'See, three years I have been coming, looking for fruit on this fig tree, and I do not find any. Gut it down. Why should we waste land for it?' ⁸ But he answered him, 'Leave it this year too, Sir, until I dig around it and throw on manure. ⁹ Then, if it yields fruit in the future, all right. But if not, then you shall cut it down.' ¹⁰ He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. ¹¹ And a woman was there who had had a spirit of weakness eighteen years, and was bent together and could not stand up straight. ¹² When Jesus saw her he called to her and said, "Woman, you have been freed from your weakness," ¹³ and he laid his hands on her. Immediately she was straightened and gave glory to God. ¹⁴ But the synagogue Director, angry because Jesus was healing on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in which work should be done. On those days come and be healed, but not on the Sabbath day." ¹⁵ The Master answered him, "Hypocrite, does not each of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger and lead him away and water him? ¹⁶ And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound for eighteen years, to have been freed from this bond on the Sabbath day?" ¹⁷ As he said this, all his opposers were ashamed, and all the crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things that he did. ¹⁸ He said, "To what is the kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it? ¹⁹ It is like a mustard seed which a man took and cast into his garden. It grew and became a tree and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches." ²⁰ Again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? ²¹ It is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until the whole was leavened." ²² He was journeying through the cities and villages teaching and making his way toward Jerusalem. ²³ A man said to him, "Master, are there few that are saved?" He said to them, ²⁴ "Try hard to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. ²⁵ After the house-holder has arisen and has shut the door, then you will begin to stand outside and knock at the door, and say, 'Master, open to us.' And he will answer you, 'I do not know you or where you come from.' ²⁶ Then you will begin and say, 'We have eaten and drunk before you and you have taught in our streets.' ²⁷ And he will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from. Go away from me, all you workers of wickedness.' ²⁸ There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and yourselves thrust outside. ²⁹ People will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and recline at the table in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ Indeed, there are last who will be first and there are first who will be last." ³¹ At that time there came to him some Pharisees, saying, "Go out and leave this place, for Herod purposes to kill you." ³² He said to them, "Go tell that fox, 'See, I am casting out demons and performing cures to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I will finish.' ³³ But I must journey to-day, and to-morrow and the next day, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem. ³⁴ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often would I have gathered your children as a bird gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it! ³⁵ See, your house is left to you! I tell you, you will not see me until the day when you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!' "

² After binding him, they led him away and handed him over to Pilate the Governor.

³⁷ After him arose Judas the Galilean, in the days of the Census, and led away people after him. He too perished, and all who followed him were scattered.

¹⁷ For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God. And if it begins first with us, what will be the end of those who disobey the good news of God? ¹⁸ If the righteous is saved with difficulty, where will the godless and sinful appear?

⁴ Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were deserving of punishment beyond all the people that dwell at Jerusalem?

² His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

⁴ When the foreigners saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, although he has escaped the sea, Justice does not permit to live."

² and saying, "Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

¹⁰ Now the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Every tree that does not yield good fruit will be cut down and cast into the fire. ¹¹ I baptize you with water for a change of heart, but he who is coming after me is more powerful than I; I am not worthy to carry his shoes; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. ¹² He has his fan in his hand and will thoroughly clean his threshing-floor. He will gather his grain into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable."

⁴⁵ Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits worse than himself, and they enter and live there. So the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Just so will it be with this wicked generation."

⁷ Then the king grew angry and sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.

³⁵ so that all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar, may come on you. ³⁶ I tell you truly all this will come on this generation. ³⁷ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often would I fain have gathered your children as a bird gathers her nestlings under her wings, and you would not. ³⁸ See, your house is left to you desolate,

²¹ For there will be then great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall be again. ²² "Unless those days had been shortened none would be saved; but for the sake of the chosen those days will be shortened. ²³ Then if any one says to you, 'See, here is the Christ,' or 'here,' do not believe him. ²⁴ For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will give great signs and wonders so as to mislead, if possible, even the chosen. ²⁵ See, I have told you beforehand. ²⁶ So, if they say to you, 'He is in the wilderness,' do not go out there. If they say, 'in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. ²⁷ For as the lightning comes out of the east and shines across to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. ²⁸ Wherever the carcass is, there will the vultures flock together. ²⁹ "Immediately after the distress of those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give her light, and the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

⁵ No, I tell you, but unless you have a change of heart, you will all perish just the same."

⁴² saying, "If this day you also knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes! ⁴³ For days will come when your enemies will throw up a palisade against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side ⁴⁴ and level you to the ground, and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time when you were visited."

²² for these are days of vengeance, that all the prophecies may be fulfilled. ²³ Alas for the women with child and the nursing mothers in those days! For there will be great distress on earth and wrath upon this people, ²⁴ and they will fall by the edge of the sword and will be taken as captives into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles have gone by.

²⁸ Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; but weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹ For days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed a babe!' ³⁰ Then they will begin and say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Hide us!'

⁴⁷ and in his name change of heart for forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

³⁸ Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For the promise belongs to you and to your children and to all those who are far off, as many as the Lord your God may call." ⁴⁰ With many other words he bore witness and exhorted them, "Save yourselves from this perverse generation."

¹⁹ Therefore, repent and turn about, that your sins may be wiped away and the gracious face of the Lord may bring times of refreshing,

²¹ I gave her time to repent, but she will not repent of her unchastity. ²² See, I will cast her into a bed and those who commit adultery with her into great distress, unless they repent of their deeds,

¹² And forgive us our failures As we forgive those who fail toward us;

²⁴ When he had begun the accounting there was brought to him one who owed him ten thousand talents.

⁴¹ "A certain money-lender had two debtors; one owed him five hundred shillings; the other fifty. ⁴² Because they had nothing to pay with, he graciously forgave both. Which of them will love him most?"

⁴ And forgive us our sins; For we ourselves forgive every one who fails toward us. And bring us not into trial."

⁷ and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which means Sent)." He went away and washed and came back seeing.

¹¹ He replied, "The man called Jesus made clay and spread it on my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' I went and washed and received my sight."

³ No, I tell you, but unless you have a change of heart, you will all perish in the same way.

¹⁹ and seeing a solitary fig tree at the roadside he went to it, but found on it nothing but leaves only. He said to it, "Let there no more be fruit from you forever." The fig tree immediately withered up. ²⁰ Upon seeing this, the disciples were astonished and said, "How suddenly the fig tree withered up!"

³⁴ When the time of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the grape-growers to get his fruit. ³⁵ But the grape-growers seized the servants, and one they beat, one they killed, one they pelted with stones. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first, but they treated them just the same. ³⁷ At last he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.' ³⁸ But when the grape-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.' ³⁹ So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. ⁴⁰ When, therefore, the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those grape-growers?"

¹² On the next morning, after they had left Bethany, he was hungry, ¹³ and seeing a fig tree at a distance in full leaf he went to it on the chance of finding something on it. But when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. ¹⁴ Then he said to it, "Nevermore may any one eat fruit from you!" And his disciples heard him.

¹⁰ At the proper season he sent to the grape-growers a servant for them to give him a part of the fruit of the vineyard. But the grape-growers beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. ¹¹ He afterwards sent another servant. That one, too, they beat and insulted and sent away empty-handed. ¹² Then he sent a third. But this one, too, they wounded and threw out. ¹³ The owner of the vineyard said, 'I will send my son, my beloved. Perhaps they will reverence him.' ¹⁴ But when the grape-growers saw him, they conferred with one another and said, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours.'

¹⁶ It was not you who chose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, slowness to anger, kindness, benevolence, faithfulness,

¹⁷ Not that I am seeking for the gift, but I am seeking for the fruit that increases to your credit.

⁹ and do not think of saying to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you God is able out of these stones to raise up children for Abraham. ¹⁰ Now the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Every tree that does not yield good fruit will be cut down and cast into the fire.

¹⁹ Every tree that does not yield fine fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

⁹ Already the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Every tree that does not yield good fruit is to be cut down and thrown into the fire."

² Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every one that bears fruit he cleanses, that it may bear more fruit.

⁶ If any one does not abide in me, he is cast out like a branch and withers, and they gather them and throw them into the fire and they are burned.

⁴ Or do you despise the wealth of his kindness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the kindness of God is calling you to a change of heart? ⁵ Are you with a hard and unrepentant heart treasuring for yourself wrath for the day of wrath and for the revelation of the just judgment of God?

¹ BRETHREN, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation.

¹⁴ if in any way I may arouse to emulation my own kindred and save some of them —

⁹ The Lord is not slow about what he has promised, as some think of slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, wishing not to have any perish but to have all come to a change of heart.

¹⁵ who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out and do not please God and are enemies to all men,

⁸ but if it bears thorns and thistles it is judged worthless and is near to being cursed. In the end it will be burnt over.

³ They were singing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying: "Great and wonderful are thy works, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are thy ways, O King of the nations. ⁴ Who will not reverence and glorify thy name, O Lord? For thou only art holy. All the nations will come and worship before thee, because thy righteous acts have been made manifest."

⁵ Then I heard the angel of the waters saying, "Just art thou who art and wast, the Holy One, because thou hast so judged, ⁶ for they poured out the blood of thy holy ones and prophets and thou hast given them blood to drink. They deserve it." ⁷ Then I heard the altar saying, "Yes, O Lord God Almighty, true and just are thy judgments."

²³ Jesus went around through the whole of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.

¹⁵ He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all. ¹⁶ He came to Nazareth where he had been brought up, and, according to his custom, went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

⁴⁴ So he continued teaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

³² As they were going out, a dumb man who was also a demoniac was brought to him. ³³ After the demon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke. The crowd wondered and said, "Never was anything like this seen in Israel."

²¹ Jesus asked the father, "How long is it since this came on him?" He said, "From early childhood.

² and certain women who had been relieved of evil spirits and infirmities — Mary, who was called Magdalene, out of whom seven demons had gone,

²⁷ When he got out on to the land, there met him a certain man from that city who had demons. For a long time he had not worn clothes and had not lived in a house, but in the tombs.

⁴³ A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and could not be cured by any one,

¹⁶ And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound for eighteen years, to have been freed from this bond on the Sabbath day?"

⁵ There was a man there who had had an infirmity thirty-eight years. ⁶ Jesus saw this man lying there and perceiving that he had been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to get well?"

¹⁹ and had asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how can he see now?" ²⁰ His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind. ²¹ But how he sees now we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him; he is of age; he shall speak for himself."

² when a man lame from his birth was being carried along. This man used to be placed every day near the gate of the Temple courts — the one called the Beautiful Gate — to beg of those who were entering.

²² For the man upon whom this miracle of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.

⁸ In Lystra there was a man sitting who was powerless in his feet. He had been lame from his mother's womb and never had walked. ⁹ He was listening to Paul as he was speaking. Paul fixed his eyes on him, and, seeing that he had faith to be healed, ¹⁰ said in a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet." He sprang up and walked about.

¹⁶ When evening came, they brought to him many demoniacs and he cast out the spirits by a word, and all their sick he healed.

⁸ But he knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, "Rise, and stand in the center." He rose and stood. ⁹ Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?" ¹⁰ He looked around at all of them, then said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did so and his hand was restored.

²³ and pleaded with him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is near to death. I beg you to come and lay your hands on her so that she may be saved and live."

⁵ There he was unable to do any work of power, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.

²⁵ Again Jesus put his hand on his eyes, and he looked and was restored and saw everything clearly.

¹⁸ they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly it will not harm them. They will lay hands on sick people and the sick will be well."

⁴⁰ As the sun was setting, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to him, and he put his hands on each of them and healed them.

¹⁴ When Jesus saw them, he said, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." While they were going, they became clean. ¹⁵ One of them, seeing that he had been cured, turned back with a loud shout giving glory to God, ¹⁶ and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus, thanking him. He was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ Jesus said, "Were not ten cleansed? But the nine — where are they?

⁴³ Immediately he received sight and followed him, giving glory to God. All the people upon seeing this gave praise to God.

¹⁷ Ananias went and entered the house and put his hands on Saul, and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me — Jesus who appeared to you on the road as you were coming — that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

² When the Pharisees saw it they said, "See, your disciples are doing what is not allowable on the Sabbath."

¹⁰ A man was there with a withered hand. They asked Jesus, "Is it allowable to heal on the Sabbath?" — so that they might have something to accuse him of. ¹¹ He said to them, "What man is there of you who, if he has one sheep, and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold on it and lift it out? ¹² But how much more is a man worth than a sheep! So it is allowable to do good on the Sabbath."

² They watched him to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might have something to say against him. ³ He said to the man with the withered hand, "Stand up in the center." ⁴ Then he said to them, "Is it allowable to do good on the Sabbath or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?" But they kept silent. ⁵ He looked round on them with anger, grieved at the hardness of their hearts, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched the hand out and it was completely restored. ⁶ The Pharisees went out immediately and joined with the Herodians in a plot to put him out of the way.

²² Then came one of the directors of the synagogue, by the name of Jairus, and as soon as he saw Jesus he fell at his feet

⁷ The scribes and Pharisees watched to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, wishing to find something to accuse him of.

¹¹ But they were filled with blind fury, and discussed with one another what they could do to Jesus.

⁴¹ There came a man by the name of Jairus — he was a synagogue director. Falling at the feet of Jesus, he begged him to come to his house

³ Jesus said to the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it allowable to heal on the Sabbath or is it not?" ⁴ They kept quiet. Then taking hold of him he cured him and dismissed him. ⁵ He said to them, "If the son or the ox of any one of you falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will he not at once draw him out?" ⁶ They could not say anything in answer to this.

¹⁵ The man went away and told the Jews that Jesus was the man who had made him well. ¹⁶ On this account the Jews persecuted Jesus because he did such things on the Sabbath.

¹⁴ It was on the Sabbath day that Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. ¹⁵ The Pharisees in their turn asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put clay on my eyes and I washed and I saw." ¹⁶ Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man, if he is a sinner, do such signs?" So there was a division among them.

¹⁵ After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue directors sent to them saying, "Brethren, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, speak it."

⁸ Crispus, the synagogue Director, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard believed and were baptized.

¹⁷ Then they laid hold of Sosthenes, the synagogue Director, and beat him right in front of the judge's seat. But Gallio cared for none of these things.

² For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not an intelligent one.

⁵ You hypocrite, first get the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to get the speck out of your brother's eye.

⁷ You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you when he said,

¹⁴ Beware of them. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind leads the blind, both will fall into the ditch."

¹³ "But alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut the kingdom of heaven before men. You yourselves do not enter nor do you permit those who are entering to go in.

²⁸ So you, too, outwardly appear to men to be righteous, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

⁴² How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me get out the speck that is in your eye,' while you yourself never notice the beam in your own eye? Hypocrite, take out first the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to get out the speck in your brother's eye.

¹ MEANWHILE, as the myriads of the crowd were thronging together so that they trod down one another, he began and said to his disciples first, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, their hypocrisy.

⁵ He said to them, "If the son or the ox of any one of you falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will he not at once draw him out?"

²¹ Jesus answered them, "I did one good work and you all wonder about it. ²² Moses gave you circumcision — not that it is from Moses, but from our fathers — and on the Sabbath you circumcise a person. ²³ If a person receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the Law of Moses may not be broken, are you bitter against me because I have made a man well on the Sabbath? ²⁴ Do not judge by appearances, but judge fair judgment."

²⁰ But Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you because you have thought that you could buy the gift of God with money! ²¹ You have no part or lot in this matter. For your heart is not right before God. ²² Repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. ²³ For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and the fetters of unrighteousness."

⁹ But Saul (who is also called Paul), full of the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes on him ¹⁰ and said, "You who are full of every kind of fraud, you son of the Devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

¹⁰ Jesus said to him, "Begone, Satan, for it is written, 'To the Lord thy God alone shalt thou do homage, and him alone shalt thou serve.' "

²⁷ He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath;

⁸ Produce then fruits suitable for a change of heart, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father.' For I tell you, God is able out of these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

¹¹ And a woman was there who had had a spirit of weakness eighteen years, and was bent together and could not stand up straight. ¹² When Jesus saw her he called to her and said, "Woman, you have been freed from your weakness,"

²⁴ He called and said, 'Father Abraham, have compassion on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.'

⁹ Jesus said to him, "To-day salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.

⁴⁴ You are of your father the Devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to practice. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not stand in the truth; for truth is not in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks out of his own; for he is a liar and the father of it.

²⁶ "Brethren, sons of Abraham's race and those among you who reverence God, the message of this salvation has been sent to you.

¹² and the father of the circumcised, that is, of those who are not only circumcised, but who walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while uncircumcised. ¹³ It was not through the Law that the promise came to Abraham or to his descendants that he should be the heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith. ¹⁴ For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is emptied of value and the promise is nullified. ¹⁵ For the Law works wrath. But where there is no law, neither is there lawbreaking. ¹⁶ Therefore all depends on faith, that it may be of grace, and thus the promise be sure for all his descendants, not only those who are of the Law, but also those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us

²⁶ and they may return to soberness and escape the snare of the Devil when captured by the Lord's servant to do the Lord's will.

⁶ They could not say anything in answer to this.

³⁷ and as he approached the descent of the Mount of Olives all the multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen, ³⁸ saying: "Blessed be he who comes as king, in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the heights above!" ³⁹ Some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples." ⁴⁰ But he said, "I tell you if these become silent, the stones will cry out."

⁴⁸ But they could find no way to do it; for all the people hung upon him listening.

⁴⁰ And they no longer dared to ask him anything.

¹⁷ The people that were with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead were bearing witness to it. ¹⁸ For this reason the crowd went to meet him, because they had heard that he had done this sign.

⁹ All the people saw him walking about and praising God, ¹⁰ and when they recognized that it was he who had sat begging at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple court, they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. ¹¹ While he still clung to Peter and John, all the people ran crowding around them in what was called Solomon's Colonnade, greatly astonished.

²¹ The Council after further threats set them at liberty, not finding any way to punish them on account of the people; for all were giving glory to God because of what had happened.

⁹ But they will go no further, for their folly will be manifest to all as that of Jannes and Jambres became.

¹⁶ Keep a good conscience that, although you are slandered, those who misrepresent your good life in Christ may be put to shame.

²⁴ Another illustration he put before them. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

³¹ Another illustration he put before them. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field. ³² It is the least of all the seeds, but when it grows up it is greater than the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and live in its branches."

²⁶ He said again, "The kingdom of God is like this: A man casts seed on the ground

³⁰ Again he said, "With what shall we compare the kingdom of God? or by what figure can we illustrate it? ³¹ It is like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the ground, although it is the least of all the seeds that are in the ground, ³² yet grows up and becomes larger than all the garden herbs, and puts out great branches so that the birds of the air can find shelter under its shadow." ³³ With many such illustrations he went on talking to them as they were able to listen; ³⁴ but except in figures of speech he did not talk to them. Privately to his own disciples he explained all things.

³¹ "To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? What are they like?

²⁰ Again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

²¹ nor will they say, 'Here it is!' or, 'There it is!' For indeed the kingdom of God is among you."

²⁰ He said to them, "Because of your lack of faith. I tell you truly, if you have faith like a mustard seed you will say to this mountain, 'Remove from here to there,' and it will remove, and nothing will be impossible for you."

³¹ It is like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the ground, although it is the least of all the seeds that are in the ground, ³² yet grows up and becomes larger than all the garden herbs, and puts out great branches so that the birds of the air can find shelter under its shadow."

⁶ The Master said, "If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

⁴¹ Those who accepted his message were baptized, and there were added on that day about three thousand souls.

⁴ But many of those who had heard the message believed, and the number of the men grew to be about five thousand.

¹⁴ Symeon has told how first God graciously visited the Gentiles and took a people for his name. ¹⁵ With this the words of the prophets agree, as it is written, ¹⁶ 'After this I will return and build up again the tent of David which has fallen down; yes, I will build up its ruins and erect it again, ¹⁷ that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles upon whom my name has been bestowed, says the Lord ¹⁸ who does these things foreknown from of old.'

²⁰ After hearing him, they gave glory to God and said to Paul, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and they are all zealous for the Law.

¹⁹ through the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Holy Spirit, so that from Jerusalem around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the good news of Christ,

¹⁵ The seventh angel sounded his trumpet and there came loud voices in heaven saying, "The kingship of the world has become our Lord's and his Christ's and he will be king for the ages of the ages."

³³ Another illustration he spoke to them. "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until it was all leavened."

¹⁴ But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst, but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water, flowing out into life eternal."

⁶ Your boasting is unbecoming. Do you not know that a little yeast sets the whole mass fermenting?

⁶ being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun the good work in you will carry it on to completion on the day of Christ Jesus.

⁹ And this is my prayer that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and all insight, ¹⁰ so that you may discriminate between the things that differ, that you may be pure and blameless in the day of Christ, ¹¹ filled with the fruit of knowledge through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

²³ May the God of peace himself make you completely holy, and may your spirits and souls and bodies be kept faultless and blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ He is faithful who calls you and he will do it.

²¹ So lay aside all that is vile and all that remains of malice, and receive with gentleness the implanted message which can save your souls.

³⁵ Jesus made a circuit through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity.

⁶ Their lack of faith astonished him. He made a circuit through the villages, teaching.

³² They were on the road going up to Jerusalem and Jesus was walking in advance. Astonishment fell on them, and those who were following were fearful. Then again he took aside the twelve and began and told them what was going to happen to him. ³³ He said, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the high priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, ³⁴ and they will make sport of him and spit on him and scourge him and kill him. But after three days he will rise."

⁴³ But he said to them, "I must tell the good news about the kingdom of God in the other cities also, because for this I have been sent." ⁴⁴ So he continued teaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

⁵¹ As the days before his being taken up to heaven were passing, he set his face to go to Jerusalem

³⁸ You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were harassed by the Devil, for God was with him.

¹⁴ but narrow is the gate and contracted is the road that leads into life, and few there are who find it.

²⁵ When the disciples heard this, they were amazed and said, "Who then can be saved?"

¹⁶ So the last will be first and the first last."

¹⁴ For many are invited, but few are chosen."

³ While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us when these things will be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?" ⁴ Jesus answered them, "Make sure that no one misleads you. ⁵ For many will come in my name and will say, 'I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray.

⁴ "Tell us when these things will be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to come to pass?" ⁵ Jesus began and said to them: "See to it that no one misleads you.

¹³ One out of the crowd said to him, "Teacher, bid my brother to divide the inheritance with me." ¹⁴ But he said, "Man, who appointed me judge or divider over you?" ¹⁵ He said to them, "See to it and be on your guard against every form of covetousness, for not even when one has a superabundance is his life from the things he owns."

⁷ They asked him, "Teacher, when will these things be? And what will be the sign when they are about to happen?" ⁸ He said, "Be on your guard against being misled. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is at hand.' Do not follow them.

²¹ Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, "Master, what shall this man do?" ²² Jesus said to him, "If I choose to have him stay until I come, what is that to you? You must follow me."

⁷ He said to them, "It is not yours to know the times and seasons which the Father has put under his own authority. ⁸ But you will receive power after the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and in Samaria and to the ends of the earth."

¹³ "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide and spacious is the road that leads away to ruin, and many there are who go through it; ¹⁴ but narrow is the gate and contracted is the road that leads into life, and few there are who find it.

¹² From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence and violent men have been seizing it.

¹⁸ For John had said to Herod, "It is not right for you to have your brother's wife." ¹⁹ Herodias hated him and wished to kill him, but was unable to do so, ²⁰ because Herod reverenced John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When Herod heard John, he was much perplexed, and yet he was glad to listen to him.

³⁶ Be watchful at every season in prayer that you may be able to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

²⁷ Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to life eternal, which the Son of Man will give you. For him God the Father has sealed."

³⁴ You will look for me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come."

²¹ He said again to them, "I am going away and you will search for me and will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come."

³³ Children, yet a little while I am with you. You will look for me and, as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going you cannot come,' so I say now to you.

³¹ but Israel pursuing after the Law of righteousness did not attain to the Law. ³² Why? Because they pursued it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over that stumbling stone, ³³ as it is written, "See, I am laying in Zion a stumbling stone, a rock to trip over, but he who has faith in him will never be put to shame."

³ For, ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God's righteousness.

²⁴ Do you not know that those who run in a stadium all run, yet one gets the prize? Run so as to win. ²⁵ Every one who contends in the games practices self-restraint in all things. They do it to win a fading crown, but we for an unfading one. ²⁶ Thus I run with no uncertain goal: thus I strike, not as if pounding the air. ²⁷ On the contrary, I maul and master my body so that I may not, after preaching to others, become myself unable to stand the test.

¹² So then, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with reverence and awe. ¹³ For it is God who is working in you both the willing and the doing because of his kindness.

²⁹ For this also I labor, wrestling with the energy of him who works powerfully within me.

¹¹ Let us endeavor then to enter into that rest so that no one shall fall, after that example of lack of faith.

¹⁰ Therefore endeavor more earnestly, brethren, to make sure that you have been called and chosen. For while doing these things you will never stumble.

²¹ "Not every one who says to me, 'Master, Master,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²² Many will say to me on that day, 'Master, Master, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name east out demons, and in your name do many miracles?' ²³ And then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work lawlessness.'

¹⁰ While they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut. ¹¹ Afterwards came the rest of the maidens, saying, 'Master, Master, open for us.' ¹² But he answered, 'I tell you truly I do not know you.'

⁴¹ Then he will say to those on his left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the fire eternal prepared for the Devil and his angels.

⁴⁶ "Why do you call me: 'Master, Master,' and yet not do what I say?

²⁷ And he will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from. Go away from me, all you workers of wickedness.'

² For he says, "At a favorable time I heard you and on a day of salvation I helped you." Now is a particularly favorable time, now is a day of salvation.

⁷ Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "To-day if you will hear his voice, ⁸ do not harden your hearts as when they made me angry on the day when they tried me in the desert,

¹⁷ For you know that afterward when he wished to inherit the blessing he was rejected, for he found no place for a change in his father's mind though he sought it earnestly with tears.

⁵ They will have a form of religion, but will cast off its power. Avoid such people.

¹⁶ They profess to know God, but by their deeds they disown him. They are detestable, disobedient, and worthless for any good work.

¹² But he answered, 'I tell you truly I do not know you.'

²⁵ After the house-holder has arisen and has shut the door, then you will begin to stand outside and knock at the door, and say, 'Master, open to us.' And he will answer you, 'I do not know you or where you come from.'

³ If any one loves God, he is known by him.

⁹ But now that you know God, or rather have been known by God, how are you turning back to the weak and beggarly elementary lessons to which you wish to be slaves again?

¹⁹ However, God's solid foundation stands, with this inscription, "The Lord knows his own," and, "Let every one who names the Lord's name turn from wickedness."

¹¹ I tell you many will come from the east and from the west and will recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. ¹² But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the darkness outside. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

⁴² and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

⁵⁰ and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

¹³ The king said to the attendants, 'Bind him feet and hands and throw him out into the darkness outside.' There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

⁵¹ and will cut him asunder and assign his part with the hypocrites. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

³⁰ And the worthless servant throw out into the darkness outside. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.'

¹⁵ And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be abased to Hades!

¹⁵ On hearing this, one of his fellow guests said to him, "Blessed will he be who eats bread in the kingdom of God!"

²³ And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom.

⁴² Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." ⁴³ Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly to-day you will be with me in Paradise."

⁵ This is a proof of God's righteous judgment. It is to make you worthy of God's kingdom, on behalf of which you are suffering,

¹¹ For so entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.

⁸ But the timid and faithless and abominable and murderers and the unchaste and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars will have their lot in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

¹⁵ Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the unchaste and the murderers and the idolaters and every one who loves and makes a lie.

¹¹ I tell you many will come from the east and from the west and will recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

²⁷ Then he will send out his angels and will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the farthest bound of earth to the farthest bound of heaven.

²⁸ Therefore be it known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles. They will listen."

⁶ namely, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, fellow sharers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the good news, ⁷ of which I became a servant according to the free grace of God which was given me by the inworking of his power. ⁸ To me, the least of all the holy, has this grace been given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the unsearchable riches of Christ

⁶ which has come to you. Just as in all the world it is bearing fruit and growing, so also it is among you since the day that you heard and learned of the grace of God in truth.

²³ if you remain in the faith, firm and steadfast, never moving from the hope of the good news which you have heard and which has been proclaimed in all the creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a servant.

⁹ After this I looked and there was a great multitude which no one could count, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb clothed in white robes and with palms in their hands, ¹⁰ and they shouted with a loud voice saying, "Salvation to our God who sits upon the throne and to the Lamb!"

³⁰ But many now first will be last and many now last will be first.

²⁸ What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go to-day and work in the vineyard.' ²⁹ He answered, 'I will, Sir,' but he did not go. ³⁰ The father went to the second son and said the same. He answered, 'I will not,' but afterwards he changed his mind and went. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The last." Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly the tax collectors and the bad women are going before you into the kingdom of God.

³¹ But many who are first will be last and the last first."

¹ AT that time Herod the Prince heard the reports about Jesus

¹ IN the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was Governor of Judaea and Herod Prince of Galilee, and Philip his brother Prince of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias Prince of Abilene,

¹⁴ The name of Jesus was so much talked about that King Herod heard of it. Some were saying, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these mighty works are done by him."

²⁶ This made the King very sorry, but on account of his oaths and his guests he was unwilling to refuse her. ²⁷ So he immediately sent one of the guardsmen with orders to bring John's head. The soldier went and beheaded him in the prison ²⁸ and brought the head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother.

¹⁹ But Herod, the prince, because John reproved him regarding Herodias, his brother's wife, and regarding all the wicked things which Herod had done, ²⁰ added also this wickedness to all the rest — he shut up John in prison.

⁷ Herod the Prince heard of all that was going on, and he was at a loss because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead, ⁸ by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that some one of the old prophets had arisen. ⁹ Herod said, "John I beheaded. Who is this about whom I hear such things?" And he made efforts to see him.

⁸ Herod on seeing Jesus was much pleased because for a long time he had been anxious to see him on account of hearing about him, and he was hoping to see some miracle done by him. ⁹ He questioned him with many words; but Jesus gave him no answer. ¹⁰ The high priests and the scribes stood and vehemently accused him. ¹¹ Herod along with his soldiers treated him with contempt and after making sport of him and putting a gorgeous robe on him, sent him back to Pilate.

³² Jesus answered them, "Many good works I have shown you from my Father. For which of these works are you stoning me?"

⁸ The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, just now the Jews were trying to stone you, and are you going there again?" ⁹ Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walks in the day, he does not stumble because he sees the light of this world. ¹⁰ But if any one walks in the night, he stumbles because the light is not in him."

⁴ I have glorified thee on the earth by completing the work that thou gavest me to do. ⁵ And now glorify me, Father, at thy side with the glory that I had at thy side before the existence of the world.

³⁰ When Jesus had taken the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and bowing his head gave up his spirit.

¹⁰ For it was fitting that he through whom are all things and for whom are all things, when leading many sons to glory, should make the great Leader of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

⁹ and being thus made perfect he became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

²⁸ For the Law makes high priests of men who have infirmities, but the word of the oath, which comes after the Law, makes High Priest of a Son who is perfected forever.

¹⁸ "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the high priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death

¹¹ The crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee."

⁵³ The Samaritans did not receive him because his face was toward Jerusalem.

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

⁴ We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.

⁹ Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walks in the day, he does not stumble because he sees the light of this world.

⁵⁴ So Jesus no more walked about openly among the Jews, but went away from there into the country near the wild lands, to a city called Ephraim, and there he stayed with his disciples.

³⁵ Jesus said to them, "A little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, that darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

²⁷ For the inhabitants of Jerusalem and their rulers, neither understanding him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled those utterances by condemning him.

³⁵ But the grape-growers seized the servants, and one they beat, one they killed, one they pelted with stones. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first, but they treated them just the same.

³ He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they would not come.

⁶ The rest seized his servants, treated them roughly, and killed them.

³⁷ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often would I fain have gathered your children as a bird gathers her nestlings under her wings, and you would not. ³⁸ See, your house is left to you desolate, ³⁹ for I tell you, you will not see me from now on until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!' "

²⁸ But he grew angry, and would not go in. Then his father came out and begged him.

⁴¹ As he drew near and looked at the city, he wept over it, ⁴² saying, "If this day you also knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes!

⁴⁴ and level you to the ground, and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time when you were visited."

²⁸ Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; but weep for yourselves and for your children.

¹⁴ You disowned the holy and righteous one and begged to have a murderer granted you. ¹⁵ You killed the Author of life, but God raised him from the dead. Of this we are witnesses.

⁵² Which one of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? Yes, they killed those who announced in advance the coming of the righteous one of whom now you have become the betrayers and murderers —

⁵⁹ They stoned Stephen as he was praying and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

¹ SAUL also approved of their putting him to death. On that day arose a great persecution of the church in Jerusalem. All except the apostles were scattered through Judaea and Samaria.

²⁵ Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia. She represents the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery along with her children. ²⁶ But the Jerusalem on high is free and she is our mother.

⁸ Their corpses will lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

⁹ The crowds that walked before and those that followed shouted, "God save the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! God in highest heaven save him!"

⁹ Some went in front and some followed, shouting, "God save him! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! ¹⁰ Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! God in highest heaven save him!"

⁵ As some were speaking about the Temple buildings, how they were decorated with beautiful stones and votive gifts, ⁶ he said, "As to these things that you are looking at, there will come days in which there will not be left one stone upon another which will not be thrown down."

²⁴ and they will fall by the edge of the sword and will be taken as captives into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles have gone by.

³⁴ You will look for me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come." ³⁵ The Jews said to one another, "Where is this man going that we shall not find him? Will he go to the Jews who are scattered among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? ³⁶ What does this assertion mean, 'You will look for me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?"

²² The Jews said, "Will he kill himself, and so says, 'Where I am going you cannot come'?" ²³ He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. ²⁴ Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins. Unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

¹³ took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, "God save him! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord — the King of Israel!"

³⁵ Jesus said to them, "A little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, that darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. ³⁶ While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so as to become sons of Light." Jesus said these things and then went away and hid himself from them.

¹⁹ After a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I am living you too will live. ²⁰ On that day you will know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you. ²¹ He who has my commands and keeps them — he is the one that loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will show myself to him." ²² Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Master, what has happened that you are going to show yourself to us and not to the world?" ²³ Jesus answered him, "If any one loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him and we will come to him and abide with him.

¹³ There they put forward false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases saying things against this holy place and the law. ¹⁴ We have heard him say that this Jesus, the Nazarene, will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed down to us."

⁹ that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved. ¹⁰ For with the heart a man believes and becomes righteous, and with the mouth he confesses and attains salvation. ¹¹ For the Scripture says, "No one who believes in him will be put to shame." ¹² For there is no difference between Jew and Greek. For there is the same Lord of all, rich toward all who call upon him. ¹³ For "Every one who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." ¹⁴ How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? How shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? How shall they hear without some one to proclaim him? ¹⁵ How shall they proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"

¹⁵ To this day when Moses is read the veil lies on their hearts; ¹⁶ "but when they turn to the Lord the veil is taken away." ¹⁷ The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. ¹⁸ And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same likeness from glory to glory as by the Spirit of the Lord.