Luke 20 Cross References - Riverside

¹ ON one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the Temple courts and proclaiming the good news, the high priests and the scribes came up with the elders ² and said to him, "Tell us by what authority you are doing these things or who it is that gave you this authority." ³ He answered them, "I too will ask you a question and you must tell me: ⁴ the baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men?" ⁵ They conferred among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?' ⁶ and if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet." ⁷ So they answered that they did not know where it came from. ⁸ Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things." ⁹ He began and gave the people this illustration: "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to grape-growers and went abroad for a long time. 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.' ¹⁵ So they threw him outside of the vineyard and killed him. What now will the owner of the vineyard do? ¹⁶ He will come and destroy those grape-growers and will give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they exclaimed, "May it never be!" ¹⁷ He turned his eyes upon them and said, "What does this Scripture mean, 'The stone which the builders rejected — that one has become the corner stone'? ¹⁸ Every one who falls upon that stone will be shattered, but whomever it falls on it will crush to pieces." ¹⁹ The scribes and the high priests were eager to lay hands on him at that very time, for they knew that he had aimed the illustration at them; but they were afraid of the people. ²⁰ So watching insidiously for an opportunity they sent spies, who pretended to be honest men, to seize upon anything he might say, so as to hand him over to the authorities and to the power of the Governor. ²¹ They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly and that you do not regard personal influences, but you teach the way of God according to truth. ²² Is it right for us to give tribute to Caesar or not?" ²³ He saw through their cunning and said to them, ²⁴ "Show me a coin. Whose head and inscription does it have on it?" They said, "Caesar's." ²⁵ He said to them, "Then pay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and pay to God what belongs to God." ²⁶ They could not seize upon his words before the people, and in astonishment at his answer they were silent. ²⁷ There came to him some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, and asked him, ²⁸ "Teacher, Moses wrote for us, 'If any one's married brother dies childless, that man must marry his brother's widow and raise up offspring for his brother.' ²⁹ Well, there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died childless. ³⁰ The second ³¹ and the third and the rest of the seven took her and died leaving no children. ³² Finally the woman also died. ³³ Now this woman — whose wife will she be at the resurrection? For she was wife to the seven." ³⁴ Jesus said to them, "The children of this world marry and are married, ³⁵ but those who are judged worthy to reach that world and the resurrection of the dead neither marry nor are married, ³⁶ neither can they die, for they are like angels and are children of God, since they are children of the resurrection. ³⁷ But that the dead rise Moses has made known in the passage regarding the Bush where he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.' ³⁸ He is not a God of dead men, but of living men. For all are alive to him." ³⁹ Some of the scribes answered him, "Teacher, you have spoken well." ⁴⁰ And they no longer dared to ask him anything. ⁴¹ He said to them, "How do they say that the Christ is the son of David? ⁴² David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right ⁴³ until I make your enemies your footstool.' ⁴⁴ So David calls him 'Lord'; how is he then his son?" ⁴⁵ While all the people were listening, he said to the disciples, ⁴⁶ "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes and love salutations in the market-places and front seats in the synagogues and the best couches at dinners, ⁴⁷ who devour widows' houses and in pretense make long prayers. These will receive unusual condemnation."

²³ When he had gone into the Temple courts, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority are you doing this, and who gave you this authority?" ²⁴ Jesus replied to them, "I too will ask you one question. If you answer me, then I also will tell you by what authority I am doing this. ²⁵ The baptism of John — where did it come from? From heaven or from men?" They debated among themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' ²⁶ and if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the people, for they all hold John for a prophet." ²⁷ So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He in turn said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing this.

⁵⁵ Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out to seize me as if against a robber, with swords and clubs? Every day I sat in the Temple teaching and you did not arrest me.

²⁷ They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking about in the Temple courts, the high priests and the scribes came to him ²⁸ and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you authority to do them?" ²⁹ Jesus replied, "I will ask you one question; answer me and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. ³⁰ The baptism of John — was it from heaven or of men? Answer me." ³¹ But they discussed among themselves, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?' ³² But if we say, 'From men,' — they feared the people, for all regarded John as really a prophet. ³³ So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he replied, "Neither will I tell you by what power I am doing these things."

¹ SHORTLY afterwards he was making his way through cities and villages preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,

⁴⁷ He was teaching every day in the Temple courts. But the high priests and the scribes were bent on destroying him, and so were the first citizens. ⁴⁸ But they could find no way to do it; for all the people hung upon him listening.

²⁰ Jesus answered him, "I have spoken frankly to the world. I constantly taught in synagogues and in the Temple courts where all the Jews assemble, and I have spoken nothing in secret.

¹ WHILE they were speaking to the people, the priests and the commandant of the Temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

¹² They excited the people and the elders and the scribes, and coming suddenly upon Stephen they arrested him and led him to the Council.

³⁵ They led it to Jesus and threw their cloaks on the colt and mounted Jesus on it. ³⁶ As he advanced, some spread their cloaks in the road, 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."

⁴⁵ Entering into the Temple courts he began and drove out the dealers, ⁴⁶ saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers."

¹⁸ The Jews said to him, "What sign do you show us, since you act in this way?"

²² Neither does the Father judge any one, but he has committed all judgment to the Son, ²³ that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴ Truly, truly, I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has life eternal and does not come into condemnation, but has passed over from death into life. ²⁵ Truly, truly, I tell you that the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. ²⁶ For as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself. ²⁷ He has given him authority to do judgment, because he is Son of Man.

⁷ They placed the apostles in the midst and asked them, "By what power and in what name did you do this?" ⁸ Then Peter, full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders, ⁹ if we must answer to-day regarding a benefit done to an infirm man, by what name he has been healed, ¹⁰ be it known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead — by this name, this man stands here before you sound.

²⁷ But he who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying, 'Who appointed you a ruler and judge over us?

³⁵ "This Moses whom they disowned, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and judge?' — this man God sent as ruler and deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. ³⁶ This man led them out, doing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years. ³⁷ This is the Moses who said, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brethren.' ³⁸ This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in Mount Sinai and with our fathers, and he received the living words to give to us. ³⁹ Our fathers would not obey him, but thrust him away and turned back in their hearts toward Egypt,

⁵¹ "You stiff-necked men, uncircumcised in hearts and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so do you.

² "Why do your disciples violate the tradition of our forefathers? For they do not wash their hands when they eat food." ³ He answered them, "And why do you violate the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

⁶⁸ If I question you, you will not answer.

⁶ Let what you say be always with grace, seasoned with salt. Know how you should answer each one.

⁷ As these men went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ⁸ But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Those who wear soft clothes are in kings' palaces. ⁹ But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰ This is the one of whom it was written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee.' ¹¹ I tell you truly there has not arisen among those born of women a greater than John the Baptist. But any inferior in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 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. ¹³ For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John. ¹⁴ If you are willing to believe it, he is Elijah who was to come. ¹⁵ Whoever has ears, let him hear. ¹⁶ "To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market-places who call to the others, ¹⁷ 'We played the flute to you and you did not dance; we mourned and you did not beat your breasts.' ¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' ¹⁹ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'See a glutton and a wine-drinker; a friend of tax collectors and sinners.' Yet wisdom is proved to be in the right by her works."

¹¹ He answered, "Elijah does come and restore all things. ¹² But I tell you Elijah has already come and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they chose. Just so the Son of Man is about to suffer at their hands."

²⁵ The baptism of John — where did it come from? From heaven or from men?" They debated among themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' ²⁶ and if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the people, for they all hold John for a prophet." ²⁷ So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He in turn said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing this. 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. ³² For John came to you in the path of righteousness and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and the bad women believed him. And you when you saw it did not change your minds afterwards and believe him.

²⁸ I tell you there is not among those born of women a greater than John. But an inferior in the kingdom of God is greater than he." ²⁹ (All the people, even the tax collectors when they heard him, had confessed that God was right by being baptized with the baptism of John. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and the lawyers had thwarted the purpose of God in reference to themselves by not being baptized by him.) ³¹ "To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? What are they like? ³² They are like children sitting in the market-place and calling to one another, 'We played the flute for you but you did not dance. We mourned but you did not wail!' ³³ For John the Baptist has come, not eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.' ³⁴ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'See there a man who is a glutton and wine-drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' ³⁵ Yet Wisdom is shown to be in the right by all her children."

¹⁸ I will arise and go to my father and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

⁶ There came a man, sent from God. His name was John.

¹⁹ This is the testimony of John when the Jews of Jerusalem sent to him priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?" ²⁰ He confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." ²¹ They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No." ²² They said then, "Who are you? Let us have an answer to give to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" ²³ He said, "I am 'the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said." ²⁴ The men had been sent from the Pharisees. ²⁵ They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet?" ²⁶ John answered them, "I baptize with water. In the midst of you stands one whom you do not know — ²⁷ the One who is coming after me — for whom I am not worthy to loosen the strap of his sandal." ²⁸ This happened in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

¹⁵ John bore witness to him and cried, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has become before me, for he was before me.' " ¹⁶ For of his fullness we all have received, and grace for grace. ¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has interpreted him.

³⁰ This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who has become before me, for he was before me.'

³⁴ And I saw it and have borne witness that this is the Son of God."

²⁶ They came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, the man who was with you across the Jordan to whom you bore testimony — see, he is baptizing and all are coming to him."

³⁶ He who believes in the Son has life eternal. He who disbelieves in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.

³³ You sent to John and he testified to the truth, ³⁴ still I do not obtain my testimony from a man, but I say this that you may be saved. ³⁵ He was the burning and shining light and you were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light.

²⁵ As John was finishing his career he used to say, 'What do you think that I am? I am not he. But one is coming after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to unfasten.'

⁹ But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

⁵ Although he wished to kill him, he was afraid of the people because they held him for a prophet.

²⁶ and if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the people, for they all hold John for a prophet."

⁴⁶ They were eager to seize him, but were afraid of the people, for the people held him for a prophet.

⁵ But they said, "Not on the feast day, so that there may not be a riot among the people."

¹² They kept trying to seize him, but were afraid of the crowd. For they knew that he had meant the illustration for them. So they left him and went away.

⁷⁶ And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High. You will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

²⁶ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ²⁷ For this is he about whom it was written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will make ready your way before you.' ²⁸ I tell you there is not among those born of women a greater than John. But an inferior in the kingdom of God is greater than he." ²⁹ (All the people, even the tax collectors when they heard him, had confessed that God was right by being baptized with the baptism of John.

⁴¹ Many came to him and they said, "John did no sign; but all that John said about this man was true."

²⁶ Then the commandant with his subordinates went and brought them, but without violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

¹⁹ This is the condemnation, that Light has come into the world and men have loved darkness rather than Light, because their deeds were wicked. ²⁰ Every one who is doing base things hates the Light and does not come to the Light, that his deeds may not be reproved.

³⁹ Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."

¹⁰ and in every kind of wicked deception of those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth so that they might be saved. ¹¹ For this reason God sends to them a deceptive influence so that they believe a lie, ¹² that all who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness may be condemned.

⁸ Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men oppose the truth, depraved in mind, proved to be worthless as regards the faith. ⁹ But they will go no further, for their folly will be manifest to all as that of Jannes and Jambres became.

³ First you should know this, that in the last days scoffers will come with their scoffing, living according to their own passions

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

⁴ But he answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation is eager for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah"; and he left them and went away.

²⁷ So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He in turn said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing this.

³³ So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he replied, "Neither will I tell you by what power I am doing these things."

³³ "Listen to another illustration: There was a man, a house-holder, who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a wine-vat in it and built a watch-tower, and let it out to grape-growers and went abroad. 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?" ⁴¹ They said to him, "He will put those miserable men to a miserable death, and will let out the vineyard to other grape-growers who will render him the fruits in their seasons." ⁴² Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, that one has become the corner stone. This stone came from the Lord and is wonderful in our eyes'? ⁴³ Therefore I tell you the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation that produces the fruits. ⁴⁴ Whoever falls on this stone will be shattered, and if it falls on any one, it will crush him to powder." ⁴⁵ The high priests and the Pharisees listening to his illustrations knew that he was speaking about them. ⁴⁶ They were eager to seize him, but were afraid of the people, for the people held him for a prophet.

¹⁴ "It is just as when a man going abroad called his servants and committed to them his property.

¹ THEN he began to speak to them in figures: "There was a man who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug for a wine-vat, and built a tower and let it out to grape-growers, and then went abroad. ² At the proper season he sent a servant to the grape-growers to receive from them some of the fruits of the vineyard. ³ But they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴ Again he sent another servant to them, and him they beat over the head and insulted. ⁵ He sent another, and him they killed. He sent many others, some of whom were beaten and some killed. ⁶ He had still one, a beloved son. He sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' ⁷ But those grape-growers said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.' ⁸ Then they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. ⁹ What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the grape-growers and will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ Have you never read this Scripture, 'The stone which the builders despised has become the chief stone of the corner; ¹¹ this corner stone came from the Lord and is wonderful in our eyes'?" ¹² They kept trying to seize him, but were afraid of the crowd. For they knew that he had meant the illustration for them. So they left him and went away.

¹² He said, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to get for himself a kingdom and return.

¹ "I AM the true Vine and my Father is the Vine-grower. 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. ³ You are already clean through the word that I have spoken to you. ⁴ Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in me. ⁵ I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him — he bears much fruit; but without me you cannot do anything. 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. ⁷ If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask what you will and it will be done for you. ⁸ By this is my Father glorified — by your bearing much fruit and becoming my disciples.

⁶ I planted, Apollos watered, but God made the seed grow. ⁷ So then neither is he who planted anything nor he who watered, but God who makes the seed grow. ⁸ Each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. ⁹ We are God's fellow workers: you are God's farm God's building.

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.

² At the proper season he sent a servant to the grape-growers to receive from them some of the fruits of the vineyard. ³ But they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴ Again he sent another servant to them, and him they beat over the head and insulted. ⁵ He sent another, and him they killed. He sent many others, some of whom were beaten and some killed.

⁴⁷ Alas for you! for you build the tombs of the prophets, but your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸ So you are witnesses and consent to the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them and you build their tombs. ⁴⁹ Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute.' ⁵⁰ So the blood of all the prophets which has been shed from the foundation of the world will be required of this generation —

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!

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.

⁴ So, my brethren, you were made dead to the Law through the body of Christ, that you might become wedded to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bear fruit to God.

³⁰ and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' ³¹ So you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. ³² Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' guilt. ³³ Serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna? ³⁴ Therefore I am sending to you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and will persecute from city to 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.

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 —

² but after we had suffered and been roughly treated, as you know, in Philippi, we made bold in our God to speak to you the good news of God with great wrestling.

³⁶ Still others had experience of mockings and floggings, yes, of chains and prisons. ³⁷ They were stoned, afflicted, sawn in two, murdered with the sword. They went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, distressed, maltreated.

¹⁷ A voice from the heavens said, "This is my Son, the beloved in whom I delight."

⁵ While he was speaking, a bright cloud suddenly overspread them and a voice issued from the cloud, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight. Hear him."

³⁵ Then a voice came from the cloud saying, "This is my Son, the Chosen, listen to him."

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that every one who believes in him may not perish, but have life eternal. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

³⁵ The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in his hand. ³⁶ He who believes in the Son has life eternal. He who disbelieves in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.

³ For, what was impossible for the Law, because it was weak through the flesh — God, sending his own Son in the form of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned the sin that is in the flesh,

⁴ but, when the fullness of time came, God sent forth his Son born of a woman, born under the Law,

⁹ By this the love of God to us was made plain: that God sent his only Son into the world so that we may have life through him. ¹⁰ In this is love — not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins. ¹¹ Beloved, if God has so loved us, we ought also to love one another. ¹² No one has ever seen God. If we love one another God abides in us and his love is made perfect in us. ¹³ By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has imparted to us of his Spirit. ¹⁴ We have seen and we bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. ¹⁵ Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him and he in God.

² saying, "Where is he who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the East and have come to do homage to him." ³ When King Herod heard it, he was disturbed, and so was all Jerusalem. ⁴ Then he called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. ⁵ They said to him, "In Bethlehem, in Juda. For so it was written by the prophet, ⁶ 'And thou, Bethlehem, land of Judah, art by no means least among the leaders of Judah; for from thee will come a leader who will shepherd my people Israel.' " ⁷ Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and learned from them exactly the time of the star's appearance, ⁸ and as he sent them to Bethlehem he said, "Go and make careful inquiries about the child, and when you have found him bring me word, so that I too may come and do homage to him." ⁹ After hearing the king, they journeyed on, and the star which they had seen in the East went before them until it came and stood over where the child was. ¹⁰ When they saw the star, they were very joyful. ¹¹ They entered the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and presented to him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. ¹² After this they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, and so went by another mad back to their own country. ¹³ After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph and said, "Rise up, and take the child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and be there until I tell you, for Herod will search for the child in order to kill him." ¹⁴ So Joseph rose up, and took the child and his mother in the night and went away to Egypt, ¹⁵ and was there until the death of Herod, in order that the word of the Lord spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, "Out of Egypt I called my Son." ¹⁶ Then Herod, seeing that he had been outwitted by the wise men, became furious, and sent out and killed all the boy babies two years old and under in Bethlehem and all its neighborhood, guided by the date which he had carefully learned from the wise men.

⁷ They were discussing this among themselves, saying, "It is because we have brought no bread."

²⁵ The baptism of John — where did it come from? From heaven or from men?" They debated among themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

²¹ The Governor said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" They said, "Barabbas." ²² Pilate said to them, "What, then, shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said, "Have him crucified." ²³ He said, "Why, what wrong has he done?" But they kept shouting furiously, "Have him crucified!" ²⁴ When Pilate saw that he was doing no good, but rather that an uproar was arising, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd and said, "I am innocent of this blood. You will have to see to it." ²⁵ All the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"

⁴⁷ He was teaching every day in the Temple courts. But the high priests and the scribes were bent on destroying him, and so were the first citizens.

⁵ They conferred among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

¹⁹ The scribes and the high priests were eager to lay hands on him at that very time, for they knew that he had aimed the illustration at them; but they were afraid of the people.

² The high priests and the scribes were intent upon finding some way to destroy Jesus; for they were afraid of the people.

⁴⁷ So the high priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council and said, "What are we doing? for this man is doing many signs. ⁴⁸ If we let him alone in this way, all will believe in him and the Romans will come and destroy our place and nation." ⁴⁹ One of them, Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, said to them, "You do not know anything ⁵⁰ nor do you reason that it is better for you that one man should die for the people and so the whole nation escape destruction."

²³ But when he had been delivered up according to the fixed purpose and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed him through the hands of lawless men.

¹⁵ You killed the Author of life, but God raised him from the dead. Of this we are witnesses.

¹⁷ And if children, we are also heirs — heirs of God, joint heirs with Christ, since we suffer with him that we may also be glorified with him.

² but at the end of these days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things and through whom he made the world,

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?"

⁶ He had still one, a beloved son. He sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' ⁷ But those grape-growers said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.' ⁸ Then they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. ⁹ What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the grape-growers and will give the vineyard to others.

¹² For this reason Jesus also, to make the people holy by his own blood, suffered outside the gate.

⁴¹ They said to him, "He will put those miserable men to a miserable death, and will let out the vineyard to other grape-growers who will render him the fruits in their seasons."

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

²⁷ But those enemies of mine, who did not want me to be king over them, bring here and slaughter them before me.'

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas said with fearless plainness, "The message of God had to be spoken first to you. But since you thrust it away and do not judge yourselves worthy of life eternal — now, we turn to the Gentiles.

⁴² Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, that one has become the corner stone. This stone came from the Lord and is wonderful in our eyes'?

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.

²³ Then Jesus, looking around on his disciples, said, "With what difficulty will those who have wealth enter the kingdom of God!"

¹⁰ Have you never read this Scripture, 'The stone which the builders despised has become the chief stone of the corner;

⁴¹ As he drew near and looked at the city, he wept over it,

³⁷ For I tell you that the prophecy must be fulfilled in me — the prophecy, 'He was numbered among the lawless.' For what concerns me is coming to an end."

⁶¹ and the Master turned and looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Master, how he had said to him, "Before the cock crows to-day you will disown me three times."

⁴⁴ He said to them, "This is what I said to you while I was still with you, that all the things written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and Psalms about me must be fulfilled."

²⁵ But in order that the saying written in their Law may be fulfilled, 'They hated me without a cause.'

¹¹ This is the stone which was despised by you the builders, and which has become the corner stone.

⁷ To you who have faith is the "honor," but to the unbelieving "the stone which the builders rejected — that has become the corner stone, ⁸ a stone for the foot to strike, a rock to stumble over." Their feet strike the message because of their unbelief, and to this they were destined.

³⁴ When the time of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the grape-growers to get his fruit.

⁴⁴ Whoever falls on this stone will be shattered, and if it falls on any one, it will crush him to powder."

¹⁶ trying to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. All this goes always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God's fiercest wrath has overtaken them.

³ Then the high priests and the elders of the people assembled at the house of the High Priest, who was called Caiaphas, ⁴ and they plotted to seize Jesus by some trick and kill 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.'

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees went and held a consultation how they could entrap him in talk. ¹⁶ They sent to him their disciples with the Herodians and they said, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and that you are afraid of no one, for you do not regard the social standing of men. ¹⁷ Tell us therefore what you think. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" ¹⁸ But Jesus knew their wickedness and said, "Why are you trying to test me, you hypocrites? ¹⁹ Show me a piece of tax money." They brought him a shilling. ²⁰ He asked them, "Whose head is this, and whose inscription?" ²¹ They said, "Caesar's." He said to them, "Then pay to Caesar what is Caesar's, and pay to God what is God's." ²² When they heard this, they wondered and left him and went away.

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

² They watched him to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might have something to say against him.

¹³ Then they sent to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to entrap him in his talk. ¹⁴ When they came, they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are true and are not afraid of any one; for you do not look at the social standing of men, but you teach the way of God in truth. Is it right to pay tribute to Caesar or not? ¹⁵ Shall we pay or shall we not pay?" But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a coin and let me see it." ¹⁶ They brought one. Then he said, "Whose head is this and whose inscription?" They said to him, "Caesar's." ¹⁷ Jesus said to them, "Pay what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God." They were astonished at him.

⁵⁴ laying traps to catch something from his mouth.

²⁶ They could not seize upon his words before the people, and in astonishment at his answer they were silent.

²⁸ They led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Castle. It was early morning. The Jews did not enter the Castle, wishing to avoid defilement, so that they might eat the Passover. ²⁹ Pilate went out to them and said, "What charge do you bring against this man?" ³⁰ They answered, "If he were not an evil-doer, we should not have handed him over to you." ³¹ Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your law." The Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put any one to death." ³² They said this that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled — the word he had spoken indicating by what death he was to die.

³ In covetousness they will make gain out of you by their cunning words. But their condemnation from of old has not been inactive, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

¹⁶ They sent to him their disciples with the Herodians and they said, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and that you are afraid of no one, for you do not regard the social standing of men.

⁴⁹ Immediately he came up to Jesus and said, "Good evening, Rabbi," and kissed him affectionately. ⁵⁰ Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you are here for." Then they came and laid their hands on Jesus and arrested him.

¹⁴ When they came, they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are true and are not afraid of any one; for you do not look at the social standing of men, but you teach the way of God in truth. Is it right to pay tribute to Caesar or not?

² This man came to Jesus one night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that you are doing unless God is with him."

³⁴ Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I understand that God is not partial, ³⁵ but in every nation whoever reverences him and lives righteously is acceptable to him.

¹⁷ For we are not, like the most, adulterating the message of God for gain, but in sincerity, as from God, in the presence of God, we speak in Christ.

¹⁰ Am I now trying to please men or God? If I were still trying to please men I should not be Christ's servant.

⁶ But from those who were esteemed to be something — whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God does not regard the social standing of a man — those who were most esteemed did not impart to me anything additional.

⁴ but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak, not as if we were pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts. ⁵ Nor did we ever fall into flattering talk, as you know, nor use any pretext for self-enrichment — God is witness —

²⁵ He said, "Yes." But when he went into the house Jesus spoke first to him and said, "How do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect taxes or tribute, from their own sons or from those who are not?"

¹⁷ Tell us therefore what you think. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" ¹⁸ But Jesus knew their wickedness and said, "Why are you trying to test me, you hypocrites? ¹⁹ Show me a piece of tax money." They brought him a shilling. ²⁰ He asked them, "Whose head is this, and whose inscription?" ²¹ They said, "Caesar's." He said to them, "Then pay to Caesar what is Caesar's, and pay to God what is God's."

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.

¹ THE Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus, and, in order to put him to a test, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

¹⁸ But Jesus knew their wickedness and said, "Why are you trying to test me, you hypocrites?

²² But Jesus perceived their arguing and asked them, "What are you arguing in your hearts?

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.

¹⁶ Others, by way of test, demanded of him a sign from heaven. ¹⁷ But he, knowing their reasonings, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself comes to desolation, and a house divided against itself falls.

⁵³ After he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him angrily and cross-question him on many points, ⁵⁴ laying traps to catch something from his mouth.

²⁰ So watching insidiously for an opportunity they sent spies, who pretended to be honest men, to seize upon anything he might say, so as to hand him over to the authorities and to the power of the Governor.

²⁴ but Jesus did not trust himself to them because he knew all men ²⁵ and had no need for any one to inform him about man, for he knew what was in man.

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their own craftiness,"

⁹ Nor let us try the patience of the Lord, as some of them tried him and were destroyed by serpents.

¹³ There is not a creature invisible to him, but all things are naked and defenseless before the eyes of him to whom we must account.

²⁸ But that servant, on going out, found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred shillings, and he seized him and choked him, saying, 'Pay in full what you owe.'

² After agreeing with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

¹ IN those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus for the registration of the whole world.

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,

²² Is it right for us to give tribute to Caesar or not?"

² They began accusing him, saying, "We have found this man corrupting our nation and opposing the payment of tribute to Caesar and saying that he himself is Christ a king."

²⁸ One of them named Agabus arose and foretold through the Holy Spirit that a great famine was going to occur over all the inhabited world. (It happened in the time of Claudius.)

⁸ while Paul claimed in his own defense, "Neither against the Jewish Law nor against the Temple courts nor against Caesar, have I committed any wrong." ⁹ Festus, wishing to gain favor with the Jews, asked Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried for this before me?" ¹⁰ Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's bar, where I ought to be tried. I have not harmed any Jews in anything, as you very well know. ¹¹ If I am in the wrong and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not ask not to die. But if there is nothing in the accusations of these men, no one has the power to give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar." ¹² Then Festus, after talking with his council, answered, "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go."

³² Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been set at liberty if he had not appealed to Caesar."

²² All the holy send greetings to you, especially those of Caesar's household.

²⁷ But in order that we may not mislead them, go to the lake and throw in a hook and take the first fish that comes up. When you open his mouth you will find a coin. Take that and give it to them for me and yourself.

²¹ They said, "Caesar's." He said to them, "Then pay to Caesar what is Caesar's, and pay to God what is God's."

¹⁷ Jesus said to them, "Pay what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God." They were astonished at him.

¹⁹ But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves. ²⁰ We, for our part, cannot refrain from saying what we have seen and heard."

²⁹ Peter, answering for the apostles, said, "God must be obeyed rather than men.

⁶ For this reason also you pay tribute. For they are God's officers attending to this very thing. ⁷ Pay to all their dues, tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

³¹ Therefore, if you eat or if you drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

¹³ Be submissive to every human institution for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme, ¹⁴ or to governors as those sent by him for the punishment of wrongdoers and the praise of those who do good. ¹⁵ For this is the will of God — that by doing good we shall silence the ignorance of thoughtless men. ¹⁶ Live as free men, yet not using freedom as a cloak for wickedness, but as God's slaves. ¹⁷ Honor all men, love the brotherhood, reverence God, honor the king.

¹¹ If any one speaks, let it be as uttering the oracles of God. If any one serves, let it be from the strength that God supplies. Thus in all things let God be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him be glory and strength for the ages of the ages! Amen.

¹² and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding robe?' But he was speechless.

²² When they heard this, they wondered and left him and went away.

³⁴ The Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered,

¹⁷ As he said this, all his opposers were ashamed, and all the crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things that he did.

³⁹ Some of the scribes answered him, "Teacher, you have spoken well." ⁴⁰ And they no longer dared to ask him anything.

¹⁹ We know that all that the Law says, it says to those who are under the Law, that every mouth may be shut and all the world may come under the condemnation of God.

¹⁰ For there are many insubordinate persons, foolish talkers and deceivers, especially those who are of the circumcision,

⁶ and Jesus said to them, "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees."

¹² Then they understood that he had told them to beware not of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

²³ On that day some Sadducees came to him asserting that there is no resurrection, and they asked him, ²⁴ "Teacher, Moses said, 'If any man dies childless, his brother shall marry his widow and raise up offspring for his brother.' ²⁵ Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died childless and left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ So did the second and the third down to the seventh. ²⁷ The woman died last of all. ²⁸ In the resurrection, then, which of the seven will have the wife? For they all had her." ²⁹ Jesus replied to them, "You are all astray because you do not understand either the Scriptures or the power of God. ³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither many nor are married, but are like the angels in heaven. ³¹ But in reference to the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God when he said, ³² 'I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead men, but of living men." ³³ The crowd on hearing this were amazed at his teaching.

¹⁸ Then there came to him some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, ¹⁹ "Teacher, Moses wrote a law for us that if any man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but no child, the brother shall take the wife and raise up off-spring for his brother. ²⁰ Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died leaving no child, ²¹ then the second took her and died leaving no child, then the third likewise. ²² None of the seven left any child. Last of all the woman died also. ²³ In the resurrection when they rise again whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife." ²⁴ Jesus said to them, "Do you not err for the reason that you do not know either the Scriptures or the power of God? ²⁵ For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven. ²⁶ And concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses in the passage about the Bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'? ²⁷ He is not a God of dead men, but of living men. You are much mistaken."

¹ WHILE they were speaking to the people, the priests and the commandant of the Temple and the Sadducees came upon them, ² being offended because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in the case of Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

¹⁷ But the High Priest and all his party — the sect of the Sadducees — became aroused and filled with indignation,

⁶ Then Paul, perceiving that one party was of Sadducees and the other of Pharisees, shouted out in the Council, "Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am being tried for the hope of the resurrection of the dead." ⁷ On his saying this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly became divided. ⁸ For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection nor any angel or spirit, but the Pharisees confess both.

¹² But if Christ is proclaimed — that he has been raised from the dead — how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

¹⁷ and its teachings will spread like a gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort. ¹⁸ They have gone astray as to the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and they are overthrowing the faith of some.

²⁷ And as it is appointed for men once for all to die and after this comes judgment,

²⁴ "Teacher, Moses said, 'If any man dies childless, his brother shall marry his widow and raise up offspring for his brother.' ²⁵ Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died childless and left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ So did the second and the third down to the seventh. ²⁷ The woman died last of all. ²⁸ In the resurrection, then, which of the seven will have the wife? For they all had her."

¹⁹ "Teacher, Moses wrote a law for us that if any man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but no child, the brother shall take the wife and raise up off-spring for his brother. ²⁰ Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died leaving no child, ²¹ then the second took her and died leaving no child, then the third likewise. ²² None of the seven left any child. Last of all the woman died also. ²³ In the resurrection when they rise again whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife."

⁸ The master praised the wicked manager because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are with reference to their own generation wiser than the sons of light.

²⁷ They were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, until the day that Noah went into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all.

² But because of the prevailing unchastity, let each man have his own wife and each woman her own husband. ³ Let the husband pay his wife conjugal dues and the wife her husband. ⁴ The wife has not power over her own body, but her husband has. In the same way the husband has not power over his own body, but his wife has. ⁵ Do not deprive one another, unless by agreement for a time, that you may have freedom for prayer, and again come together. You must not let Satan tempt you through your lack of self-control. ⁶ I say this by way of indulgence, not by way of command. ⁷ I wish that every one were just as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one in one way and one in another. ⁸ I say to the unmarried and the widows, it is excellent for them to remain as I do. ⁹ But if they lack self-control, let them marry. It is better to marry than to burn. ¹⁰ To the married I command — yet not I, but the Lord — that the wife is not to leave her husband ¹¹ (if she leaves him let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband) and the husband is not to put away his wife. ¹² To the rest I say — not the Lord: If any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she is pleased to live with him, let him not put her away. ¹³ And if any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever and he is pleased to live with her, let her not put him away. ¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband has been made holy by the wife and the unbelieving wife has been made holy by the husband. Otherwise your children would be impure, but now they are holy. ¹⁵ But if the unbelieving one actually leaves, let him leave. The brother or sister is not under bondage in such cases; but God has called you to peace. ¹⁶ For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

³¹ "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife and the two shall become one flesh.

⁴ Let marriage be held in honor by all and let the bed be undefiled; for unchaste persons and adulterers God will judge.

³² Whoever says a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven either in this world or in the world to come.

²⁹ Jesus replied to them, "You are all astray because you do not understand either the Scriptures or the power of God.

²⁴ Jesus said to them, "Do you not err for the reason that you do not know either the Scriptures or the power of God?

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."

²⁹ and will come forth — those who have done good to a resurrection of life and those who have done evil to a resurrection of condemnation.

⁴¹ but they went away from before the Council rejoicing because they were thought worthy to be put to shame for the Name.

¹⁵ and having the hope in God which they themselves also accept — that there will be a resurrection both of the just and of the unjust.

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,

³⁵ Women received back their dead by a resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to pay for liberation, in order to gain a better resurrection.

⁴ But you have a few names in Sardis which have not stained their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither many nor are married, but are like the angels in heaven.

²⁵ For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven.

¹⁷ And if children, we are also heirs — heirs of God, joint heirs with Christ, since we suffer with him that we may also be glorified with him. ¹⁸ For I estimate that the sufferings of this present time amount to nothing in comparison with the glory that is to be revealed for us. ¹⁹ For the earnest expectation of the creation is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God. ²⁰ For the creation was made subject to folly not willingly, but for the sake of him who subjected it, in hope, ²¹ because the creation itself will be freed from the slavery of decay into the glorious freedom of the children of God. ²² For we know that all the creation groans in the pangs of childbirth until now. ²³ And not the creation alone, but we ourselves also who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, groan within ourselves in expectation of the sonship, the liberation of our bodies.

²⁶ The last enemy to be defeated will be death.

⁴² So also will be the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in decay; it is raised imperishable.

⁴⁹ And as we have borne the image of the earthly man, we shall bear the image of the heavenly man.

⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet-call. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be transformed. ⁵³ For this perishable must clothe itself with imperishability, and this mortal must clothe itself with immortality. ⁵⁴ When this perishable has clothed itself with imperishability and this mortal has clothed itself with immortality, then will come to pass the word that is written, "Death has been swallowed up in victory.

²¹ He will transform the body we have in our low estate into the likeness of the body he has in glory by the power by which he can subject all things to himself.

¹³ We do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, regarding those who are sleeping, that you may not sorrow as the rest of men who have no hope. ¹⁴ For since, as we believe, Jesus died and rose, so too God will through Jesus bring with him those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁵ This we tell you by the word of the Lord: We, the living, who have been left until the coming of the Lord, will not have the start of those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel and with God's trumpet-call, and first the dead in Christ will rise. ¹⁷ Then we, the living, who are left, will be caught up along with them into the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall forever be with the Lord.

¹ SEE what love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called children of God. And so we are. The reason why tho world does not know us is that it did not know him. ² Beloved, we are now children of God and it is not yet plain what we shall be. But we know that if he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

⁶ Then I saw midway between the throne and the four living creatures and the elders a Lamb standing. He seemed as if he had been slain. He had seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. ⁷ He came and took the book from the right hand of him who was sitting on the throne. ⁸ When he took the book the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp and a golden bowl full of incense, which is the prayers of the holy. ⁹ Then they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy art thou to take the book and to open its seals, for thou wast slain and didst ransom for God by thy blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation, ¹⁰ and hast made them a kingdom of priests to our God, and they shall be kings on the earth." ¹¹ Then I looked and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne and the voices of the four living creatures and of the elders — the number of them was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands — ¹² crying aloud, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing." ¹³ And every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all creatures in them, I heard saying, "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and power for the ages of the ages." ¹⁴ The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and worshiped.

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!" ¹¹ And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God ¹² saying, "Amen. Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength be to our God for the ages of the ages! Amen."

⁶ Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection! Over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests and kings of God and of Christ, and will reign with him the thousand years.

⁴ He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death shall be no more; neither shall there any longer be sorrow or wailing or painful toil; for the first things have passed away."

² In the space between the street and the river, on this side and on that, grew trees of life bearing twelve kinds of fruit, and yielding their fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. ³ There will no longer be any accursed thing. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it and his servants will worship him with holy rites. ⁴ They will see his face and his name will be on their foreheads. ⁵ There will not be night any more and they will have no need of lamplight or of sunlight; for the Lord God will shine upon them and they will be kings for the ages of the ages.

⁹ But he said to me, "No, no. I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren and of the prophets and of those who are keeping the words of this book. Worship God."

³ He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they would not come. ⁴ Again he sent other servants, telling them, 'Say to those who have been invited, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fat things have been killed and everything is ready. Come to the wedding.' ⁵ But they paid no attention, and went off one to his field and another to his trading. ⁶ The rest seized his servants, treated them roughly, and killed them. ⁷ Then the king grew angry and sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city. ⁸ Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. ⁹ Go out on the crossroads, and every one you find invite to the wedding.' ¹⁰ So those servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding-hall was filled with guests. ¹¹ When the king came in to look over the guests, he saw there a man who was not dressed in a wedding robe, ¹² and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding robe?' But he was speechless. 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. ¹⁴ For many are invited, but few are chosen." ¹⁵ Then the Pharisees went and held a consultation how they could entrap him in talk. ¹⁶ They sent to him their disciples with the Herodians and they said, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and that you are afraid of no one, for you do not regard the social standing of men. ¹⁷ Tell us therefore what you think. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" ¹⁸ But Jesus knew their wickedness and said, "Why are you trying to test me, you hypocrites? ¹⁹ Show me a piece of tax money." They brought him a shilling. ²⁰ He asked them, "Whose head is this, and whose inscription?" ²¹ They said, "Caesar's." He said to them, "Then pay to Caesar what is Caesar's, and pay to God what is God's." ²² When they heard this, they wondered and left him and went away.

³⁰ "When forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in the flames of a burning bush. ³¹ When Moses saw the sight he was astonished, but as he was approaching to look closely, the voice of the Lord was heard, ³² 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.' Then Moses trembled and did not dare to look closely.

⁵⁷ As the living Father sent me and I am living because of the Father, so he who eats me — he will live because of me.

²⁵ Jesus said to her, "I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in me even though he dies will live, ²⁶ and no one who lives and believes in me will ever die. Do you believe this?"

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.

¹⁰ For the death that he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life that he lives, he lives to God. ¹¹ So you must think yourselves dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.

²² But now freed from sin and having become servants of God you have your fruit in holy living and its outcome, life eternal. ²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁷ For no one of us is living for himself and no one dies for himself. ⁸ If we live we live for the Lord and if we die we die for the Lord. So whether we live or die we are the Lord's. ⁹ For to this end Christ died and lived again, in order that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

¹⁶ What agreement has the Temple of God with idols? For we are the Temple of the living God, as God said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them, and I will be their God and they shall be my people.

⁴ He was crucified in weakness, but he is living by the power of God. And we are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God for you.

³ For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ, our life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

¹⁶ But now they desire a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them — of being called their God; for he has prepared for them a city.

¹⁵ For this reason they are before the throne of God and worship him day and night in his Temple, and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. ¹⁶ They will not hunger any more nor thirst any more, nor will the sun strike on them nor any burning heat, ¹⁷ for the Lamb who is in the center before the throne will be their shepherd and will lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

¹ THEN he showed me a river of water of life bright as crystal, issuing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

³⁴ The Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered, ³⁵ and one of them, a lawyer, in order to test him, asked, ³⁶ "Teacher, which commandment in the law is greatest?" ³⁷ Jesus said to him, " 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind.' ³⁸ This is the greatest and first commandment. ³⁹ The second is like it, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.' ⁴⁰ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

²⁸ Then came one of the scribes, and, after listening to their discussion and knowing that he had answered them well, asked, "Which is the first commandment of all?" ²⁹ Jesus answered, "The first is, 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord, ³⁰ and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind and with all thy strength.' ³¹ This is the second, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." ³² The scribe said to him, "Right, teacher; you have said truly that he is one and there is no other beside him, ³³ and to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength and to love one's neighbor as one's self is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." ³⁴ Jesus, seeing that he had answered with intelligence, said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." After that no one dared question him further.

⁹ So a great uproar arose, and some of the scribes of the party of the Pharisees arose and contended, saying, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel?"

⁴⁶ No one was able to answer him a word, and no one from that day dared ask him any more questions.

³⁴ Jesus, seeing that he had answered with intelligence, said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." After that no one dared question him further.

¹ THE ancestral line of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:

⁴¹ While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them a question, ⁴² "What do you think in regard to the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said, "David's." ⁴³ He said, "How then does David by inspiration call him 'Lord,' saying, ⁴⁴ 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet'? ⁴⁵ If David calls him 'Lord,' how is he his son?"

³⁵ Then Jesus asked, while teaching in the Temple courts, "How do the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? ³⁶ David himself, guided by the Holy Spirit, said, 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand till I put your enemies under your feet.' ³⁷ David himself called him 'Lord'; how is he then his son?" A great crowd listened to him with delight.

³⁸ Then he shouted, "Jesus, son of David, have pity on me!" ³⁹ Those who were in front rebuked him and told him to be still. But he kept crying out much louder, "Son of David, have pity on me!"

⁴² Does not the Scripture say that the Christ comes of the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

³⁰ But being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn to him an oath to place a descendant of his body upon his throne,

³ concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord (who became one of the descendants of David according to the flesh, ⁴ and was with power proved to be the Son of God according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead);

¹⁶ "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright morning Star."

²⁰ For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his dwelling become desolate and let there be no one living in it,' and, 'His overseership let another take.'

³⁴ For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, ³⁵ till I make your enemies your footstool.'

³³ for God has fulfilled it for our children in raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second psalm, 'Thou art my son; to-day I have become thy father.' ³⁴ And as to his raising him from the dead, never to return to decay, he spoke thus; 'I will give you the holy and sure promises made to David.' ³⁵ Therefore he says also in another psalm, 'Thou wilt not let thy holy one see decay.'

²⁵ For he must be king until he "puts all his enemies under his feet."

¹³ To which of the angels did he ever say, "Sit at my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footstool"?

⁷ Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "To-day if you will hear his voice,

¹⁴ The armies that are in heaven follow him on white horses clothed in fine linen white and clean. ¹⁵ From his mouth issues a sharp sword to smite the nations. He will shepherd them with a rod of iron, and he treads the winepress of the fierce wrath of God Almighty. ¹⁶ He has on his robe and on his thigh a name written, "King of kings and Lord of lords." ¹⁷ Then I saw one angel standing on the sun, and he shouted with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, "Come, gather for the great feast of God, ¹⁸ to eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of generals and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of freemen and of slaves, of small and great." ¹⁹ Then I saw the Beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered to do battle with him who sits on the horse and with his army. ²⁰ And the Beast was captured and with him the False Prophet who did miracles in his presence and thereby misled those who received the mark of the Beast and who worshiped his image. The two were flung alive into the lake of fire that burns with brimstone. ²¹ The rest were slain with the sword of him who sits upon the horse, the sword that issued from his mouth, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.

²³ "Behold the virgin will conceive and will bear a son, and they will call his name Immanuel" (which means, God is with us).

³¹ You will conceive in your womb and will bear a son, and you must call his name Jesus. ³² He will be great and will be called the Son of the Highest, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. ³³ He will be king over the house of Jacob through the ages, and of his kingdom there will be no end." ³⁴ But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am not united to a man?" ³⁵ The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Highest will overshadow you. For that reason the child that is begotten will be called holy, Son of God.

¹¹ for there was born for you to-day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ and Lord.

⁵ whose are the fathers and from whom by physical descent the Christ came. God who is over all be blessed through the ages! Amen.

¹⁶ Confessedly great is the mystery of godliness: "Who was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory."

¹⁰ Calling the crowd to him he said to them, "Hear and understand.

¹ THEN Jesus addressed the crowd and his disciples. ² He said, "The scribes and Pharisees have seated themselves on Moses' seat.

⁵ All their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and make their tassels large. ⁶ They love the best couches at dinners and the front seats in the synagogues ⁷ and salutations in the markets and to be called by men Rabbi.

³⁴ Then he called the crowd along with his disciples and said to them, "If any one wishes to come after me, let him disown himself and take up his cross and follow me.

³⁸ In his teaching he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes and to have greetings in the market-places ³⁹ and front seats in the synagogues and the best couches at banquets.

²⁰ Those who are going on in sin rebuke before all, that the rest may fear.

¹⁵ Jesus warned them, "Beware, be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."

⁴³ Alas for you, Pharisees! for you love the first seats in the synagogues and greetings in the market-places.

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.

⁷ Observing how the guests were choosing the best couches, he gave them an illustration:

¹⁰ Have brotherly love toward one another like family affection, in honor preferring one another,

³ doing nothing in a partisan or vainglorious way, but each modestly regarding the others as of more account than himself. ⁴ Do not be each intent on his own interests, but also on the interests of others. ⁵ Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

¹⁵ Be on your guard against him, for he strongly opposed our teachings.

⁹ I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who desires to be first among them, does not receive us.

²² But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. ²³ And you, Capernaum! No, you will not be exalted to heaven. You will be abased to Hades. Because if those miracles which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴ But I tell you it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you."

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.

²⁶ Blind Pharisees, cleanse first the inside of your cup so that the outside of it may become clean also. ²⁷ Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs which outside appear beautiful, but inside are full of dead men's bones and every kind of uncleanness. ²⁸ So you, too, outwardly appear to men to be righteous, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

⁴⁰ They eat up widows' houses and hypocritically make long prayers. These men will receive a severer condemnation."

¹² I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city. ¹³ Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. ¹⁴ But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

⁴⁷ That servant who knew his master's will and is not ready, and has not done according to his will, will be beaten with many lashes. ⁴⁸ But he who did not know and yet has done things worthy of lashes will be beaten with few. From every one to whom much was given, much will be required, and from him to whom they have committed much, men will ask the more.

⁵ Nor did we ever fall into flattering talk, as you know, nor use any pretext for self-enrichment — God is witness —

² for people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, haughty, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane, ³ without family affection, relentless, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, ⁴ treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. ⁵ They will have a form of religion, but will cast off its power. Avoid such people. ⁶ For of this class are those who make their way into houses and take captive weak women loaded with sins, led by varying passions,

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

¹ DO not, many of you, become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we will receive severer judgment.