Luke 5 Cross References - WNT

¹ On one occasion the crowd was pressing on Him and listening to God's Message, while He was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. ² He, however, saw two fishing-boats drawn up on the beach (for the men had gone away from them and were washing the nets), ³ and going on board one of them, which was Simon's He asked him to push out a little from land. Then He sat down and taught the crowd of people from the boat. ⁴ When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Push out into deep water, and let down your nets for a haul." ⁵ "Rabbi," replied Peter, "all night long we have worked hard and caught nothing; but at your command I will let down the nets." ⁶ This they did, and enclosed a vast number of fish; and their nets began to break. ⁷ So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came, and they filled both the boats so that they almost sank. ⁸ When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, and exclaimed, "Master, leave my boat, for I am a sinful man." ⁹ (For he was astonished and terrified--he and all his companions--at the haul of fish which they had taken; ¹⁰ and so were Simon's partners James and John, the sons of Zabdi.) But Jesus replied to Simon, "Fear not: from this time you shall be a catcher of men." ¹¹ Then, after bringing their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him. ¹² On another occasion, when He was in one of the towns, there was a man there covered with leprosy, who, seeing Jesus, threw himself at His feet and implored Him, saying, "Sir, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean." ¹³ Reaching out His hand and touching him, Jesus said, "I am willing; be cleansed!" And instantly the leprosy left him. ¹⁴ He ordered him to tell no one. "But go," He said, "show yourself to the Priest, and make the offering for your purification which Moses appointed, as evidence for them." ¹⁵ But all the more the report about Him spread abroad, and great multitudes crowded to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases; ¹⁶ but Jesus Himself constantly withdrew into the Desert and there prayed. ¹⁷ One day He was teaching, and there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting there who had come from every village in Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present for Him to cure people. ¹⁸ And a party of men came carrying a palsied man on a bed, and they endeavoured to bring him in and lay him before Jesus. ¹⁹ But when they could find no way of doing so because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiling--bed and all--into the midst, in front of Jesus. ²⁰ He saw their faith and said to him, "Friend, your sins are forgiven." ²¹ Then the Scribes and Pharisees began to cavil, asking, "Who is this, uttering blasphemies? Who but God alone can forgive sins?" ²² Well aware of their reasonings, Jesus answered their questions by asking in turn, "What is this that you are debating in your hearts? ²³ Which is easier? --to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'? ²⁴ But to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" --Turning to the paralytic He said, "I bid you, Rise, take up your bed, and go home." ²⁵ Instantly he stood up in their presence, took up the mattress on which he had been lying, and went away to his home, giving glory to God. ²⁶ Amazement seized them all. "Glory to God!" was the abiding feeling. Yet fear flashed through their minds and they said, "We have seen strange things to-day." ²⁷ After this He went out and noticed a tax-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the Toll office; and He said to him, "Follow me." ²⁸ He rose, left everything, and followed Him. ²⁹ Levi also gave a great entertainment at his house in honour of Jesus, and there was a large party of tax-gatherers and others at table with them. ³⁰ This led the Pharisees and Scribes of their party to expostulate with His disciples and ask, "Why are you eating and drinking with these tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?" ³¹ But Jesus replied to them, "It is not men in good health who require a physician, but the sick. ³² I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners." ³³ Again they said to Him, "John's disciples fast often and pray, as do also those of the pharisees; but yours eat and drink." ³⁴ "Can you compel the bridal party to fast," replied Jesus, "so long as they have the bridegroom among them? ³⁵ But a time for this will come, when the Bridegroom has been taken away from them: then, at that time, they will fast." ³⁶ He also spoke in figurative language to them. "No one," He said, "tears a piece from a new garment to mend an old one. Otherwise he would not only spoil the new, but the patch from the new would not match the old. ³⁷ Nor does any one pour new wine into old wine-skins. Otherwise the new wine would burst the skins, the wine itself would be spilt, and the skins be destroyed. ³⁸ But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. ³⁹ Nor does any one after drinking old wine wish for new; for he says, 'The old is better.'"

¹⁸ And walking along the shore of the Lake of Galilee He saw two brothers--Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew--throwing a drag-net into the Lake; for they were fishers. ¹⁹ And He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." ²⁰ So they immediately left their nets and followed Him. As He went further on, ²¹ He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zabdi and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zabdi mending their nets; and He called them. ²² And they at once left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

¹² But from the time of John the Baptist till now, the Kingdom of the Heavens has been suffering violent assault, and the violent have been seizing it by force.

³⁴ When they had quite crossed over, they put ashore at Gennesaret;

¹⁶ One day, passing along the shore of the Lake of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, throwing their nets in the Lake; for they were fisherman. ¹⁷ "Come and follow me," said Jesus, "and I will make you fishers for men." ¹⁸ At once they left their nets and followed Him. ¹⁹ Going on a little further He saw James the son of Zabdi and his brother John: they also were in the boat mending the nets, and He immediately called them. ²⁰ They therefore left their father Zabdi in the boat with the hired men, and went and followed Him.

⁹ So He gave directions to His disciples to keep a small boat in constant attendance on Him because of the throng--to prevent their crushing Him.

²⁴ And Jesus went with him. And a dense crowd followed Him, and thronged Him on all sides.

⁵³ Having crossed over they drew to land in Gennesaret and came to anchor.

⁴⁵ "Who is it touched me?" Jesus asked. And when all denied having done so, Peter and the rest said, "Rabbi, the crowds are hemming you in and pressing on you."

¹ Meanwhile the people had come streaming towards Him by tens of thousands, so that they were trampling one another under foot. And now He proceeded to say to His disciples first, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is to say, beware of hypocrisy.

²¹ He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zabdi and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zabdi mending their nets; and He called them.

¹⁹ Going on a little further He saw James the son of Zabdi and his brother John: they also were in the boat mending the nets, and He immediately called them.

¹⁸ And walking along the shore of the Lake of Galilee He saw two brothers--Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew--throwing a drag-net into the Lake; for they were fishers.

¹ That same day Jesus had left the house and was sitting on the shore of the Lake, ² when a vast multitude of people crowded round Him. He therefore went on board a boat and sat there, while all the people stood on the shore.

¹ Once more He began to teach by the side of the Lake, and a vast multitude of people came together to listen to Him. He therefore went on board the boat and sat there, a little way from the land; and all the people were on the shore close to the water. ² Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,

⁴¹ He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" --that is to say, the Anointed One. ⁴² He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, son of John: you shall be called Cephas" --that is to say, Peter (or 'Rock').

² At break of day however He returned to the Temple, and there the people came to Him in crowds. He seated Himself;

²⁷ "However, lest we cause them to sin, go and throw a hook into the Lake, and take the first fish that comes up. When you open its mouth, you will find a shekel in it: bring that coin and give it to them for yourself and me."

⁶ "Throw the net in on the right hand side," He said, "and you will find fish." So they threw the net in, and now they could scarcely drag it along for the quantity of fish.

⁴⁶ "And why do you all call me 'Master, Master' and yet not do what I tell you? ⁴⁷ Every one who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them in practice, I will show you whom he is like. ⁴⁸ He is like a man building a house, who digs and goes deep, and lays the foundation on the rock; and when a flood comes, the torrent bursts upon that house, but is unable to shake it, because it is securely built.

²⁴ So they came and woke Him, crying, "Rabbi, Rabbi, we are drowning." Then He roused Himself and rebuked the wind and the surging of the water, and they ceased and there was a calm.

³³ And when they were preparing to depart from Him, Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, we are thankful to you that we are here. Let us put up three tents--one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He did not know what he was saying.

⁴⁹ "Rabbi," replied John, "we have seen a man making use of your name to expel demons; and we forbad him, because he does not come with us."

¹³ In loud voices they cried out, "Jesus, Rabbi, take pity on us."

⁵ His mother said to the attendants, "Whatever he tells you to do, do it."

¹⁴ You are my friends, if you do what I command you.

³ Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." "We will go too," said they. So they set out and went on board their boat; but they caught nothing that night.

⁶ "Throw the net in on the right hand side," He said, "and you will find fish." So they threw the net in, and now they could scarcely drag it along for the quantity of fish. ⁷ This made the disciple whom Jesus loved say to Peter, "It is the Master." Simon Peter therefore, when he heard the words, "It is the Master," drew on his fisherman's shirt--for he had not been wearing it--put on his girdle, and sprang into the water. ⁸ But the rest of the disciples came in the small boat (for they were not far from land--only about a hundred yards off), dragging the net full of fish. ⁹ As soon as they landed, they saw a charcoal fire burning there, with fish broiling on it, and bread close by. ¹⁰ Jesus told them to fetch some of the fish which they had just caught. ¹¹ So Simon Peter went on board the boat and drew the net ashore full of large fish, 153 in number; and yet, although there were so many, the net had not broken.

⁴¹ Those, therefore, who joyfully welcomed his Message were baptized; and on that one day about three thousand persons were added to them;

⁴ But many of those who had listened to their preaching believed; and the number of the adult men had now grown to be about 5,000.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

⁹ Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.

²⁵ Then Barnabas paid a visit to Tarsus to try to find Saul.

² that you may receive her as a fellow Christian in a manner worthy of God's people, and may assist her in any matter in which she may need help. For she has indeed been a kind friend to many, including myself. ³ Greetings to Prisca and Aquila my fellow labourers in the work of Christ Jesus-- ⁴ friends who have endangered their own lives for mine. I am grateful to them, and not I alone, but all the Gentile Churches also.

² Always carry one another's burdens, and so obey the whole of Christ's Law.

³ Yes, and I beg you also, my faithful yoke-fellow, to help these women who have shared my toil in connection with the Good News, together with Clement and the rest of my fellow labourers, whose names are recorded in the book of Life.

¹¹ So they entered the house; and when they saw the babe with His mother Mary, they prostrated themselves and did Him homage, and opening their treasure-chests offered gifts to Him--gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

⁸ "Sir," replied the Captain, "I am not a fit person to receive you under my roof: merely say the word, and my servant will be cured.

⁶ On hearing this voice, the disciples fell on their faces and were filled with terror.

³² Mary then, when she came to Jesus and saw Him, fell at His feet and exclaimed, "Master, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

²⁵ When Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him, and threw himself at his feet to do him homage. ²⁶ But Peter lifted him up. "Stand up," he said; "I myself also am but a man."

¹² For the present we see things as if in a mirror, and are puzzled; but then we shall see them face to face. For the present the knowledge I gain is imperfect; but then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

¹⁷ When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as if I were dead. But He laid His right hand upon me and said, "Do not be afraid: I am the First and the Last, and the ever-living One.

⁸ I John heard and saw these things; and when I had heard and seen them, I fell at the feet of the angel who was showing me them--to worship him. ⁹ But he said to me, "Oh, do not do that. I am a fellow bondservant of yours, and a fellow bondservant of your brethren the Prophets and of those who are mindful of the teachings of this book. Worship God."

⁶ For he knew not what to say: they were filled with such awe.

³² And they were greatly impressed by His teaching, because He spoke with the language of authority.

³⁶ All were astonished and awe-struck; and they asked one another, "What sort of language is this? For with authority and real power He gives orders to the foul spirits and they come out."

¹⁹ And He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."

⁴⁷ "Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a draw-net let down into the sea, which encloses fish of all sorts.

²⁷ But instantly Jesus spoke to them, and said, "There is no danger; it is I; do not be afraid."

²⁰ Then the mother of the sons of Zabdi came to Him with her sons, and knelt before Him to make a request of Him.

¹⁷ "Come and follow me," said Jesus, "and I will make you fishers for men."

⁷ So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came, and they filled both the boats so that they almost sank.

¹⁴ These were Simon, to whom also He had given the name of Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;

⁴ They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in foreign languages according as the Spirit gave them words to utter.

²³ As for Titus, remember that he is a partner with me, and is my comrade in my labours for you. And as for our brethren, remember that they are delegates from the Churches, and are men in whom Christ is glorified.

²⁰ So they immediately left their nets and followed Him. As He went further on,

³⁷ Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

²⁷ Then Peter said to Jesus, "See, *we* have forsaken everything and followed you; what then will be *our* reward?"

¹⁸ At once they left their nets and followed Him. ¹⁹ Going on a little further He saw James the son of Zabdi and his brother John: they also were in the boat mending the nets, and He immediately called them. ²⁰ They therefore left their father Zabdi in the boat with the hired men, and went and followed Him. ²¹ So they came to Capernaum, and on the next Sabbath He went to the synagogue and began to teach. ²² The people listened with amazement to His teaching--for there was authority about it: it was very different from that of the Scribes-- ²³ when all at once, there in their synagogue, a man under the power of a foul spirit screamed out: ²⁴ "What have you to do with us, Jesus the Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--God's Holy One." ²⁵ But Jesus reprimanded him, saying, "Silence! come out of him."

²¹ Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said, "One thing is lacking in you: go, sell all you possess and give the proceeds to the poor, and you shall have riches in Heaven; and come and be a follower of mine."

²⁹ "In solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has forsaken house or brothers or sisters, or mother or father, or children or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, ³⁰ but will receive a hundred times as much now in this present life--houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, lands--and persecution with them--and in the coming age the Life of the Ages.

²⁸ He rose, left everything, and followed Him.

²⁸ Then Peter said, "See, we have given up our homes and have followed you." ²⁹ "I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has left house or wife, or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of God's Kingdom, ³⁰ who shall not certainly receive many times as much in this life, and in the age that is coming the Life of the Ages."

⁷ Yet all that was gain to me--for Christ's sake I have reckoned it loss. ⁸ Nay, I even reckon all things as pure loss because of the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. And for His sake I have suffered the loss of everything, and reckon it all as mere refuse, in order that I may win Christ and be found in union with Him,

² And a leper came to Him, and throwing himself at His feet, said, "Sir, if only you are willing you are able to cleanse me." ³ So Jesus put out His hand and touched him, and said, "I am willing: be cleansed." Instantly he was cleansed from his leprosy; ⁴ and Jesus said to him, "Be careful to tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses appointed as evidence for them."

⁸ "Sir," replied the Captain, "I am not a fit person to receive you under my roof: merely say the word, and my servant will be cured. ⁹ For I myself am also under authority, and have soldiers under me. To one I say 'Go,' and he goes, to another 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave 'Do this or that,' and he does it."

²⁸ And when He had gone indoors, they came to Him. "Do you believe that I can do this?" He asked them. "Yes, Sir," they replied.

⁶ Now when Jesus was come to Bethany and was at the house of Simon the Leper,

⁴⁰ One day there came a leper to Jesus entreating Him, and pleading on his knees. "If you are willing," he said, "you are able to cleanse me." ⁴¹ Moved with pity Jesus reached out His hand and touched him. "I am willing," He said; "be cleansed." ⁴² The leprosy at once left him, and he was cleansed. ⁴³ Jesus at once sent him away, strictly charging him, ⁴⁴ and saying, "Be careful not to tell any one, but go and show yourself to the Priest, and for your purification present the offerings that Moses appointed as evidence for them." ⁴⁵ But the man, when he went out, began to tell every one and to publish the matter abroad, so that it was no longer possible for Jesus to go openly into any town; but He had to remain outside in unfrequented places, where people came to Him from all parts.

²³ and besought Him with many entreaties. "My little daughter," he said, "is at the point of death: I pray you come and lay your hands upon her, that she may recover and live."

²² "and often it has thrown him into the fire or into pools of water to destroy him. But, if you possibly can, have pity on us and help us." ²³ "'If I possibly can!'" replied Jesus; "why, everything is possible to him who believes." ²⁴ Immediately the father cried out, "I do believe: strengthen my weak faith."

¹² And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him who were lepers and stood at a distance. ¹³ In loud voices they cried out, "Jesus, Rabbi, take pity on us."

¹⁶ and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.

²⁵ Hence too He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, seeing that He ever lives to plead for them.

²⁹ So He touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith let it be to you." ³⁰ Then their eyes were opened. And assuming a stern tone Jesus said to them, "Be careful to let no one know."

³⁹ Then standing over her He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she at once rose and waited on them.

⁵⁴ He, however, took her by the hand and called aloud, "Child, awake!" ⁵⁵ And her spirit returned, and instantly she stood up; and He directed them to give her some food.

⁵⁰ "You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home; ⁵¹ and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well. ⁵² So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "the fever left him." ⁵³ Then the father recollected that that was the time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son has recovered," and he and his whole household became believers.

⁴ and Jesus said to him, "Be careful to tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses appointed as evidence for them."

³⁰ Then their eyes were opened. And assuming a stern tone Jesus said to them, "Be careful to let no one know."

¹⁸ and you will even be put on trial before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.

¹⁶ But He gave them strict injunctions not to blaze abroad His doings,

⁴⁴ and saying, "Be careful not to tell any one, but go and show yourself to the Priest, and for your purification present the offerings that Moses appointed as evidence for them."

¹¹ But wherever they will not receive you or listen to you, when you leave shake off the very dust from under your feet to bear witness concerning them."

⁵ Wherever they refuse to receive you, as you leave that town shake off the very dust from your feet as a protest against them."

¹⁴ Perceiving this, He said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the Priests." And while on their way to do this they were made clean.

²³ Then Jesus travelled through all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people. ²⁴ Thus His fame spread through all Syria; and they brought all the sick to Him, the people who were suffering from various diseases and pains--demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics; and He cured them. ²⁵ And great crowds followed Him, coming from Galilee, from the Ten Towns, from Jerusalem, and from beyond the district on the other side of the Jordan.

²⁶ And the report of this spread throughout all that district.

³⁰ Soon great crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were crippled in feet or hands, blind or dumb, and many besides, and they hastened to lay them at His feet. And He cured them, ³¹ so that the people were amazed to see the dumb speaking, the maimed with their hands perfect, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they gave the glory to the God of Israel.

²⁸ And His fame spread at once everywhere in all that part of Galilee.

⁴⁵ But the man, when he went out, began to tell every one and to publish the matter abroad, so that it was no longer possible for Jesus to go openly into any town; but He had to remain outside in unfrequented places, where people came to Him from all parts.

⁷ Accordingly Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the Lake, and a vast crowd of people from Galilee followed Him;

²⁵ On His journey vast crowds attended Him, towards whom He turned and said,

² A vast multitude followed Him, because they witnessed the miracles on the sick which He was constantly performing.

²⁵ So also the right actions of some are evident to the world, and those that are not cannot remain for ever out of sight.

²³ When He had done this, He climbed the hill to pray in solitude. Night came on, and he was there alone.

³⁵ In the morning He rose early, while it was still quite dark, and leaving the house He went away to a solitary place and there prayed. ³⁶ And Simon and the others searched everywhere for Him.

⁴⁶ He then bade the people farewell, and went away up the hill to pray.

¹² About that time He went out on one occasion into the hill country to pray; and He remained all night in prayer to God.

¹⁵ Perceiving, however, that they were about to come and carry Him off by force to make Him a king, Jesus withdrew again up the hill alone by Himself.

⁵ "blind eyes receive sight, and cripples walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf ears hear; the dead are raised to life, and the poor have the Good News proclaimed to them;

¹ Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem, who inquired,

²² The Scribes, too, who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Baal-zebul in him; and it is by the power of the Prince of the demons that he expels the demons."

³⁰ Immediately Jesus, well knowing that healing power had gone from within Him, turned round in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

¹ Then the Pharisees, with certain Scribes who had come from Jerusalem, came to Him in a body.

¹⁸ They shall take up venomous snakes, and if they drink any deadly poison it shall do them no harm whatever. They shall lay their hands on the sick, and the sick shall recover."

⁴⁶ On the third day they found Him in the Temple sitting among the Rabbis, both listening to them and asking them questions,

²¹ Then the Scribes and Pharisees began to cavil, asking, "Who is this, uttering blasphemies? Who but God alone can forgive sins?"

³⁰ This led the Pharisees and Scribes of their party to expostulate with His disciples and ask, "Why are you eating and drinking with these tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?"

¹⁹ The whole crowd were eager to touch Him, because power went forth from him and cured every one.

³⁰ But the Pharisees and expounders of the Law have frustrated God's purpose as to their own lives, by refusing to be baptized.

⁴⁶ "Some one has touched me," Jesus replied, "for I feel that power has gone out from me."

⁵² "Alas for you expounders of the Law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you yourselves have not entered, and those who wanted to enter you have hindered." ⁵³ After He had left the house, the Scribes and Pharisees commenced a vehement attempt to entangle Him and make Him give off-hand answers on numerous points, ⁵⁴ lying in wait to catch some unguarded expression from His lips.

² and this led the Pharisees and the Scribes indignantly to complain, saying, "He gives a welcome to notorious sinners, and joins them at their meals!"

²¹ But he who does what is honest and right comes to the light, in order that his actions may be plainly shown to have been done in God.

³⁰ whilst Thou stretchest out Thine arm to cure men, and to give signs and marvels through the name of Thy holy Servant Jesus."

¹¹ God also brought about extraordinary miracles through Paul's instrumentality.

² Here they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith Jesus said to the paralytic, "Take courage, my child; your sins are pardoned." ³ "Such language is impious," said some of the Scribes among themselves. ⁴ Knowing their thoughts Jesus said, "Why are you cherishing evil thoughts in your hearts? ⁵ Why, which is easier? --to say, 'Your sins are pardoned,' or to say 'Rise up and walk'? ⁶ But, to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He then says to the paralytic, "Rise, and take up your bed and go home." ⁷ And he got up, and went off home. ⁸ And the crowds were awe-struck when they saw it, and ascribed the glory to God who had entrusted such power to a man.

³ when there came a party of people bringing a paralytic--four men carrying him. ⁴ Finding themselves unable, however, to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they untiled the roof just over His head, and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying. ⁵ Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are pardoned." ⁶ Now there were some of the Scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts. ⁷ "Why does this man use such words?" they said; "he is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One--that is, God?" ⁸ At once perceiving by His spirit that they were reasoning within themselves, Jesus asked them, "Why do you thus argue in your minds? ⁹ Which is easier? --to say to this paralytic, 'Your sins are pardoned,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your mat, and walk?' ¹⁰ But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He turned to the paralytic, and said, ¹¹ "To you I say, 'Rise, take up your mat and go home.'" ¹² The man rose, and immediately under the eyes of all took up his mat and went out, so that they were all filled with astonishment, gave the glory to God, and said, "We never saw anything like this."

⁵ And there was one man there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. ⁶ Jesus saw him lying there, and knowing that he had been a long time in that condition, He asked him, "Do you wish to have health and strength?"

³³ There he found a man of the name of Aeneas, who for eight years had kept his bed, through being paralysed.

²⁷ What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses.

¹⁷ let him who is on the roof not go down to fetch what is in his house;

⁴ Finding themselves unable, however, to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they untiled the roof just over His head, and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

² Here they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith Jesus said to the paralytic, "Take courage, my child; your sins are pardoned."

⁵ Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are pardoned."

⁴⁸ And He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."

²⁵ and did not need any one's testimony concerning a man, for He of Himself knew what was in the man.

¹⁴ Afterwards Jesus found him in the Temple and said to him, "You are now restored to health. Do not sin any more, or a worse thing may befall you."

²³ On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain, with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord.

⁹ After this man had listened to one of Paul's sermons, the Apostle, looking steadily at him and perceiving that he had faith to be cured,

¹⁰ When you forgive a man an offence I also forgive it; for in fact what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has always been for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

¹³ bearing with one another and readily forgiving each other, if any one has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, you also must forgive.

¹⁸ Nay, some one will say, "You have faith, I have actions: prove to me your faith apart from corresponding actions and I will prove mine to you by my actions.

¹⁴ Is any one ill? Let him send for the Elders of the Church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵ And the prayer of faith will restore the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up to health; and if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven.

³ "Such language is impious," said some of the Scribes among themselves.

⁶⁵ Then the High Priest tore his robes and exclaimed, "Impious language! What further need have we of witnesses! See, you have now heard the impiety.

⁶ Now there were some of the Scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts. ⁷ "Why does this man use such words?" they said; "he is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One--that is, God?"

¹⁷ One day He was teaching, and there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting there who had come from every village in Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present for Him to cure people.

⁴⁹ Then the other guests began to say to themselves, "Who can this man be who even forgives sins?"

³³ "For no good deed," the Jews replied, "are we going to stone you, but for blasphemy, and because you, who are only a man, are making yourself out to be God."

¹¹ Then they privately put forward men who declared, "We have heard him speak blasphemous things against Moses and against God." ¹² In this way they excited the people, the Elders, and the Scribes. At length they came upon him, seized him with violence, and took him before the Sanhedrin. ¹³ Here they brought forward false witnesses who declared, "This fellow is incessantly speaking against the Holy Place and the Law.

³³ Who shall impeach those whom God has chosen? God declares them free from guilt.

⁴ Knowing their thoughts Jesus said, "Why are you cherishing evil thoughts in your hearts?

²⁵ Knowing their thoughts He said to them, "Every kingdom in which civil war has raged suffers desolation; and every city or house in which there is internal strife will be brought low.

¹⁷ He perceived what they were saying, and He said to them, "What is this discussion of yours about having no bread? Do you not yet see and understand? Are your minds so dull of comprehension?

³⁸ but He said to them, "Why such alarm? And why are there such questionings in your minds?

³ "Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan taken possession of your heart, that you should try to deceive the Holy Spirit and dishonestly keep back part of the price paid you for this land?

¹² For God's Message is full of life and power, and is keener than the sharpest two-edged sword. It pierces even to the severance of soul from spirit, and penetrates between the joints and the marrow, and it can discern the secret thoughts and purposes of the heart.

²³ Her children too shall surely die; and all the Churches shall come to know that I am He who searches into men's inmost thoughts; and to each of you I will give a requital which shall be in accordance with what your conduct has been.

⁵ Why, which is easier? --to say, 'Your sins are pardoned,' or to say 'Rise up and walk'?

⁹ Which is easier? --to say to this paralytic, 'Your sins are pardoned,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your mat, and walk?'

⁶ But, to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He then says to the paralytic, "Rise, and take up your bed and go home."

¹³ When He arrived in the neighbourhood of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus questioned His disciples. "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" He asked.

³¹ "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then will He sit upon His glorious throne,

⁶⁴ "I am He," replied Jesus. "But I tell you that, later on, you will see THE SON OF MAN SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND of Omnipotence, AND COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY."

¹⁸ Jesus however came near and said to them, "All power in Heaven and over the earth has been given to me.

¹³ Reaching out His hand and touching him, Jesus said, "I am willing; be cleansed!" And instantly the leprosy left him.

¹⁴ Then He went close and touched the bier, and the bearers halted. "Young man," He said, "I command you, wake!"

⁵⁴ He, however, took her by the hand and called aloud, "Child, awake!"

¹³ There is no one who has gone up to Heaven, but there is One who has come down from Heaven, namely the Son of Man whose home is in Heaven.

⁸ "Rise," said Jesus, "take up your mat and walk." ⁹ Instantly the man was restored to perfect health, and he took up his mat and began to walk. ¹⁰ That day was a Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the Sabbath: you must not carry your mat." ¹¹ "He who cured me," he replied, "said to me, 'Take up your mat and walk.'" ¹² "Who is it," they asked, "that said to you, 'Take up your mat and walk'?"

²² The Father indeed does not judge any one, but He has entrusted all judgement to the Son, ²³ that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. The man who withholds honour from the Son withholds honour from the Father who sent Him.

²⁷ And He has conferred on Him authority to act as Judge, because He is the Son of Man.

⁴³ After speaking thus, He called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."

² even as Thou hast given Him authority over all mankind, so that on all whom Thou hast given Him He may bestow the Life of the Ages.

²² Having said this He breathed upon them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³ If you remit the sins of any persons, they remain remitted to them. If you bind fast the sins of any, they remain bound."

⁶ "I have no silver or gold," Peter said, "but what I have, I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene-- walk!" ⁷ Then taking his hand Peter lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened. ⁸ Leaping up, he stood upright and began to walk, and went into the Temple with them, walking, leaping, and praising God.

³¹ God has exalted Him to His right hand as Chief Leader and as Saviour, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.

³⁴ Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ cures you. Rise and make your own bed." He at once rose to his feet.

⁴⁰ Peter, however, putting every one out of the room, knelt down and prayed, and then turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, rise." Dorcas at once opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, sat up.

¹⁰ said in a loud voice, "Stand upright upon your feet!"

¹³ and in the center of the lampstands some One resembling the Son of Man, clothed in a robe which reached to His feet, and with a girdle of gold across His breast.

¹³ And He put His hands on her, and she immediately stood upright and began to give glory to God.

¹⁵ One of them, seeing that he was cured, came back, adoring and praising God in a loud voice, ¹⁶ and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ "Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine? ¹⁸ Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"

⁴³ No sooner were the words spoken than the man regained his sight and followed Jesus, giving glory to God; and all the people, seeing it, gave praise to God.

²⁴ A second time therefore they called the man who had been blind, and said, "Give God the praise: we know that that man is a sinner."

⁸ And the crowds were awe-struck when they saw it, and ascribed the glory to God who had entrusted such power to a man.

²³ And the crowds of people were all filled with amazement and said, "Can this be the Son of David?"

⁸ They quickly left the tomb and ran, still terrified but full of unspeakable joy, to carry the news to His disciples.

¹² The man rose, and immediately under the eyes of all took up his mat and went out, so that they were all filled with astonishment, gave the glory to God, and said, "We never saw anything like this."

⁸ When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, and exclaimed, "Master, leave my boat, for I am a sinful man."

¹⁶ All were awe-struck, and they gave glory to God--some saying, "A Prophet, a great Prophet, has risen up among us." Others said, "God has not forgotten His People."

³⁷ Then the whole population of the Gerasenes and of the adjacent districts begged Him to depart from them; for their terror was great. So He went on board and returned.

²¹ The Court added further threats and then let them go, being quite unable to find any way of punishing them on account of the people, because all gave God the glory for the thing that had happened.

¹¹ This incident struck terror into the whole Church, and into the hearts of all who heard of it. ¹² Many signs and marvels continued to be done among the people by the Apostles; and by common consent they all met in Solomon's Portico. ¹³ But none of the others dared to attach themselves to them. Yet the people held them in high honour--

²⁴ And they gave glory to God on my account.

¹⁹ And He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." ²⁰ So they immediately left their nets and followed Him. As He went further on, ²¹ He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zabdi and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zabdi mending their nets; and He called them.

²² "Follow me," said Jesus, "and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

⁹ Passing on thence Jesus saw a man called Matthew sitting at the Toll Office, and said to him, "Follow me." And he arose, and followed Him. ¹⁰ And while He was reclining at table, a large number of tax-gathers and notorious sinners were of the party with Jesus and His disciples. ¹¹ The Pharisees noticed this, and they inquired of His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with the tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?" ¹² He heard the question and replied, "It is not men in good health who require a doctor, but the sick. ¹³ But go and learn what this means, 'IT IS MERCY THAT I DESIRE, NOT SACRIFICE'; for I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners." ¹⁴ At that time John's disciples came and asked Jesus, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?" ¹⁵ "Can the bridegroom's party mourn," He replied, "as long as the bridegroom is with them? But other days will come (when the Bridegroom has been taken from them) and then they will fast. ¹⁶ No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some of the old, and a worse hole would be made. ¹⁷ Nor do people pour new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins would split, the wine would escape, and the skins be destroyed. But they put new wine into fresh skins, and both are saved."

³ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax-gatherer, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If any one desires to follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.

¹³ Again He went out to the shore of the Lake, and the whole multitude kept coming to Him, and He taught them. ¹⁴ And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the Toll Office, and said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed Him. ¹⁵ When He was sitting at table in Levi's house, a large number of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners were at table with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many such who habitually followed Him. ¹⁶ But when the Scribes of the Pharisee sect saw Him eating with the sinners and the tax-gatherers, they said to His disciples, "He is eating and drinking with the tax-gatherers and sinners!" ¹⁷ Jesus heard the words, and He said, "It is not the healthy who require a doctor, but the sick: I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners." ¹⁸ (Now John's disciples and those of the Pharisees were keeping a fast.) And they came and asked Him, "How is it that John's disciples and those of the Pharisees are fasting, and yours are not?" ¹⁹ "Can a wedding party fast while the bridegroom is among them?" replied Jesus. "So long as they have the bridegroom with them, fasting is impossible. ²⁰ But a time will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast. ²¹ No one mends an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away from it--the new from the old--and a worse hole would be made. ²² And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the wine would burst the skins, and both wine and skins would be lost. New wine needs fresh skins!"

¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananaean,

²² On receiving this answer Jesus said to him, "There is still one thing wanting in you. Sell everything you possess and give the money to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; and then come, follow me."

⁴³ The next day, having decided to leave Bethany and go into Galilee, Jesus found Philip, and invited him to follow Him.

²⁶ If a man wishes to be my servant, let him follow me; and where I am, there too shall my servant be. If a man wishes to be my servant, the Father will honour him.

¹⁹ This He said to indicate the kind of death by which that disciple would bring glory to God; and after speaking thus He said to him, "Follow me." ²⁰ Peter turned round and noticed the disciple whom Jesus loved following--the one who at the supper had leaned back on His breast and had asked, "Master, who is it that is betraying you?" ²¹ On seeing him, Peter asked Jesus, "And, Master, what about him?" ²² "If I desire him to remain till I come," replied Jesus, "what concern is that of yours? You, yourself, must follow me."

²² On hearing those words the young man went away much cast down; for he had much property. ²³ So Jesus said to His disciples, "I solemnly tell you that it is with difficulty that a rich man will enter the Kingdom of the Heavens. ²⁴ Yes, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God." ²⁵ These words utterly amazed the disciples, and they asked, "Who then can be saved?" ²⁶ Jesus looked at them and said, "With men this is impossible, but with God everything is possible." ²⁷ Then Peter said to Jesus, "See, *we* have forsaken everything and followed you; what then will be *our* reward?"

¹¹ Then, after bringing their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.

⁵⁹ "Follow me," He said to another. "Master," the man replied, "allow me first to go and bury my father." ⁶⁰ "Leave the dead," Jesus rejoined, "to bury their own dead; but you must go and announce far and wide the coming of the Kingdom of God." ⁶¹ "Master," said yet another, "I will follow you; but allow me first to go and say good-bye to my friends at home." ⁶² Jesus answered him, "No one who has put his hand to the plough, and then looks behind him, is fit for the Kingdom of God.

¹⁰ And while He was reclining at table, a large number of tax-gathers and notorious sinners were of the party with Jesus and His disciples.

¹⁵ When He was sitting at table in Levi's house, a large number of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners were at table with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many such who habitually followed Him.

¹ Now the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners were everywhere in the habit of coming close to Him to listen to Him;

² So they gave a dinner there in honour of Jesus, at which Martha waited at table, but Lazarus was one of the guests who were with Him.

⁹ I wrote to you in that letter that you were not to associate with fornicators; ¹⁰ not that in this world you are to keep wholly aloof from such as they, any more than from people who are avaricious and greedy of gain, or from worshippers of idols. For that would mean that you would be compelled to go out of the world altogether. ¹¹ But what I meant was that you were not to associate with any one bearing the name of "brother," if he was addicted to fornication or avarice or idol-worship or abusive language or hard-drinking or greed of gain. With such a man you ought not even to eat.

²⁷ If an unbeliever gives you an invitation and you are disposed to accept it, eat whatever is put before you, and ask no questions for conscience' sake.

²⁸ "But give me your judgement. There was a man who had two sons. He came to the elder of them, and said, "'My son, go and work in the vineyard to-day.' ²⁹ "'I will not,' he replied. "But afterwards he was sorry, and went. ³⁰ He came to the second and spoke in the same manner. His answer was, "'I will go, Sir.' "But he did not go. ³¹ Which of the two did as his father desired?" "The first," they said. "I solemnly tell you,' replied Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners are entering the Kingdom of God in front of you. ³² For John came to you observing all sorts of ritual, and you put no faith in him: the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners did put faith in him, and you, though you saw this example set you, were not even afterwards sorry so as to believe him.

³ (For the Pharisees and all the Jews--being, as they are, zealous for the traditions of the Elders--never eat without first carefully washing their hands,

²⁹ And all the people, including the tax-gatherers, when they listened to him upheld the righteousness of God, by being baptized with John's baptism. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and expounders of the Law have frustrated God's purpose as to their own lives, by refusing to be baptized.

³⁴ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, there is a man who is overfond of eating and drinking--he is a friend of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners!'

³⁹ Noticing this, the Pharisee, His host, said to himself, "This man, if he were really a Prophet, would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching him--and would know that she is an immoral woman."

¹ Now the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners were everywhere in the habit of coming close to Him to listen to Him; ² and this led the Pharisees and the Scribes indignantly to complain, saying, "He gives a welcome to notorious sinners, and joins them at their meals!"

¹¹ The Pharisee, standing erect, prayed as follows by himself: "'O God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people--I am not a thief nor a cheat nor an adulterer, nor do I even resemble this tax-gatherer.

⁷ When they all saw this, they began to complain with indignation. "He has gone in to be the guest of a notorious sinner!" they said.

⁹ So there arose a great uproar; and some of the Scribes belonging to the sect of the Pharisees sprang to their feet and fiercely contended, saying, "We find no harm in the man. What if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel----!"

¹² He heard the question and replied, "It is not men in good health who require a doctor, but the sick. ¹³ But go and learn what this means, 'IT IS MERCY THAT I DESIRE, NOT SACRIFICE'; for I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners."

¹⁷ Jesus heard the words, and He said, "It is not the healthy who require a doctor, but the sick: I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners."

¹⁰ "Beware of ever despising one of these little ones, for I tell you that in Heaven their angels have continual access to my Father who is in Heaven.

⁷ and at this time a man named Barabbas was in prison among the insurgents--persons who in the insurrection had committed murder.

¹⁰ For he could see that it was out of sheer spite that the High Priests had handed Him over.

¹⁸ "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE HAS ANOINTED ME TO PROCLAIM GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR; HE HAS SENT ME TO ANNOUNCE RELEASE TO THE PRISONERS OF WAR AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND: TO SEND AWAY FREE THOSE WHOM TYRANNY HAS CRUSHED, ¹⁹ TO PROCLAIM THE YEAR OF ACCEPTANCE WITH THE LORD."

⁷ I tell you that in the same way there will be rejoicing in Heaven over one repentant sinner--more rejoicing than over ninety-nine blameless persons who have no need of repentance.

¹⁰ "I tell you that in the same way there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one repentant sinner."

¹⁰ "Two men went up to the Temple to pray," He said; "one being a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer. ¹¹ The Pharisee, standing erect, prayed as follows by himself: "'O God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people--I am not a thief nor a cheat nor an adulterer, nor do I even resemble this tax-gatherer. ¹² I fast twice a week. I pay the tithe on all my gains.' ¹³ "But the tax-gatherer, standing far back, would not so much as lift his eyes to Heaven, but kept beating his breast and saying, "'O God, be reconciled to me, sinner that I am.' ¹⁴ "I tell you that this man went home more thoroughly absolved from guilt than the other; for every one who uplifts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

¹⁰ For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

⁴⁷ and that proclamation would be made, in His name, of repentance and forgiveness of sins to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

³⁸ "Repent," replied Peter, "and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, with a view to the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ Repent, therefore, and reform your lives, so that the record of your sins may be cancelled, and that there may come seasons of revival from the Lord,

²⁶ It is to you first that God, after raising His Servant from the grave, has sent Him to bless you, by causing every one of you to turn from your wickedness."

³⁰ Those times of ignorance God viewed with indulgence. But now He commands all men everywhere to repent,

²¹ and urging upon both Jews and Greeks the necessity of turning to God and of believing in Jesus our Lord.

¹⁸ that they may turn from darkness to light and from the obedience to Satan to God, in order to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified through faith in Me.' ¹⁹ "Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision; ²⁰ but I proceeded to preach first to the people in Damascus, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judaea, and to the Gentiles, that they must repent and turn to God, and live lives consistent with such repentance.

⁹ Do you not know that unrighteous men will not inherit God's Kingdom? Cherish no delusion here. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor any who are guilty of unnatural crime, ¹⁰ nor theives, nor avaricious people, nor any who are addicted to hard drinking, to abusive language or to greed of gain, will inherit God's Kingdom. ¹¹ And all this describes what some of you were. But now you have had every stain washed off: now you have been set apart as holy: now you have been pronounced free from guilt; in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and through the Spirit of our God.

¹⁵ Faithful is the saying, and deserving of universal acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; among whom I stand foremost. ¹⁶ But mercy was shown me in order that in me as the foremost of sinners Christ Jesus might display the fulness of His long-suffering patience as an example to encourage those who would afterwards be resting their faith on Him with a view to the Life of the Ages.

²⁵ He must speak in a gentle tone when correcting the errors of opponents, in the hope that God will at last give them repentance, for them to come to a full knowledge of the truth ²⁶ and recover sober-mindedness and freedom from the Devil's snare, though they are now entrapped by him to do his will.

⁹ The Lord is not slow in fulfilling His promise, in the sense in which some men speak of slowness. But He bears patiently with you, His desire being that no one should perish but that all should come to repentance.

⁵ "And when praying, you must not be like the hypocrites. They are fond of standing and praying in the synagogues or at the corners of the wider streets, in order that men may see them. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward. ⁶ But you, whenever you pray, go into your own room and shut the door: then pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father--He who sees in secret--will recompense you.

¹³ "But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you lock the door of the Kingdom of the Heavens against men; you yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those to enter who are seeking to do so.

⁴⁰ and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment."

³⁴ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, there is a man who is overfond of eating and drinking--he is a friend of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners!' ³⁵ But wisdom is justified by all who are truly wise."

¹ At one place where He was praying, when He rose from His knees one of His disciples said to Him, "Master, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

¹² I fast twice a week. I pay the tithe on all my gains.'

⁴⁷ who swallow up the property of widows and mask their wickedness by making long prayers. They will be punished far more severely than others."

³⁵ Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples,

²⁵ As the result, a discussion having arisen on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification,

¹¹ "Rise," said the Lord, "and go to Straight Street, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man called Saul, from Tarsus, for he is actually praying.

² For I bear witness that they possess an enthusiasm for God, but it is an unenlightened enthusiasm. ³ Ignorant of the righteousness which God provides and building their hopes upon a righteousness of their own, they have refused submission to God's righteousness.

² "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "may be compared to a king who celebrated the marriage of his son,

¹ "Then will the Kingdom of the Heavens be found to be like ten bridesmaids who took their torches and went out to meet the bridegroom. ² Five of them were foolish and five were wise. ³ For the foolish, when they took their torches, did not provide themselves with oil; ⁴ but the wise, besides their torches, took oil in their flasks. ⁵ The bridegroom was a long time in coming, so that meanwhile they all became drowsy and fell asleep. ⁶ But at midnight there is a loud cry, "'The bridegroom! Go out and meet him!' ⁷ "Then all those bridesmaids roused themselves and trimmed their torches. ⁸ "'Give us some of your oil,' said the foolish ones to the wise, 'for our torches are going out.' ⁹ "'But perhaps,' replied the wise, 'there will not be enough for all of us. Go to the shops rather, and buy some for yourselves.' ¹⁰ "So they went to buy. But meanwhile the bridegroom came; those bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet; and the door was shut.

²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; and the bridegroom's friend who stands by his side and listens to him, rejoices heartily on account of the bridegroom's happiness. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.

² I am jealous over you with God's own jealousy. For I have betrothed you to Christ to present you to Him like a faithful bride to her one husband.

²⁵ Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her; ²⁶ in order to make her holy, cleansing her with the baptismal water by the word, ²⁷ that He might present the Church to Himself a glorious bride, without spot or wrinkle or any other defect, but to be holy and unblemished.

⁷ Let us rejoice and triumph and give Him the glory; for the time for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His Bride has made herself ready." ⁸ And she was permitted to array herself in fine linen, shining and spotless; the fine linen being the righteous actions of God's people. ⁹ And he said to me, "Write as follows: 'Blessed are those who receive an invitation to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.'" And he added, still addressing me, "These are truly the words of God."

¹⁷ But, whenever you fast, pour perfume on your hair and wash your face, ¹⁸ that it may not be apparent to men that you are fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father--He who sees in secret--will recompense you.

²² Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.

¹⁷ "What is the subject," He asked them, "on which you are talking so earnestly, as you walk?" And they stood still, looking full of sorrow. ¹⁸ Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered, "Are you a stranger lodging alone in Jerusalem, that you have known nothing of the things that have lately happened in the city?" ¹⁹ "What things?" He asked. "The things about Jesus the Nazarene," they said, "who was a Prophet powerful in work and word before God and all the people; ²⁰ and how our High Priests and Rulers delivered Him up to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him. ²¹ But we were hoping that it was He who was about to ransom Israel. Yes, and moreover it was the day before yesterday that these things happened.

⁸ For the poor you always have with you, but you have not me always."

³³ Dear children, I am still with you a little longer. You will seek me, but, as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going you cannot come,' so for the present I say to you.

³ And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will return and take you to be with me, that where I am you also may be. ⁴ And where I am going, you all know the way."

⁴ But I have spoken these things to you in order that when the time for their accomplishment comes you may remember them, and may recollect that I told you. I did not, however, tell you all this at first, because I was still with you. ⁵ But now I an returning to Him who sent me; and not one of you asks me where I am going. ⁶ But grief has filled your hearts because I have said all this to you. ⁷ "Yet it is the truth that I am telling you--it is to your advantage that I go away. For unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

¹⁶ "A little while and you see me no more, and again a little while and you shall see me." ¹⁷ Some of His disciples therefore said to one another, "What does this mean which He is telling us, 'A little while and you do not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me,' and 'Because I am going to the Father'?" ¹⁸ So they asked one another repeatedly, "What can that 'little while' mean which He speaks of? We do not understand His words." ¹⁹ Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask Him, and He said, "Is this what you are questioning one another about--my saying, 'A little while and you do not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me'? ²⁰ In most solemn truth I tell you that you will weep aloud and lament, but the world will be glad. You will mourn, but your grief will be turned into gladness. ²¹ A woman, when she is in labour, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has given birth to the babe, she no longer remembers the pain, because of her joy at a child being born into the world. ²² So you also now have sorrow; but I shall see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and your gladness no one will take away from you.

²⁸ I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again I am leaving the world and am going to the Father."

¹¹ I am now no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I am coming to Thee. "Holy Father, keep them true to Thy name--the name which Thou hast given me to bear--that they may be one, even as we are. ¹² While I was with them, I kept them true to Thy name--the name Thou hast given me to bear--and I kept watch over them, and not one of them is lost but only he who is doomed to destruction--that the Scripture may be fulfilled. ¹³ "But now I am coming to Thee, and I speak these words while I am in the world, in order that they may have my gladness within them filling their hearts.

⁹ When He had said this, and while they were looking at Him, He was carried up, and a cloud closing beneath Him hid Him from their sight.

²¹ Heaven must receive Him until those times of which God has spoken from the earliest ages through the lips of His holy Prophets--the times of the reconstitution of all things.

² While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me, now at once, Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them." ³ So, after fasting and prayer and the laying on of hands, they let them go.

²³ And in every Church, after prayer and fasting, they selected Elders by show of hands, and commended them to the Lord on whom their faith rested.

⁵ Do not refuse one another, unless perhaps it is just for a time and by mutual consent, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer and may then associate again; lest the Adversary begin to tempt you because of your deficiency in self-control.

²⁷ with labour and toil, with many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fastings, in cold, and with insufficient clothing.

¹⁶ And what compact has the Temple of God with idols? For *we* are the Temple of the ever-living God; as God has said, "I WILL DWELL AMONG THEM, AND WALK ABOUT AMONG THEM; AND WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND IT IS THEY WHO SHALL BE MY PEOPLE."

¹⁷ So that if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old state of things has passed away; a new state of things has come into existence.

⁴ Yet there was danger of this through the false brethren secretly introduced into the Church, who had stolen in to spy out the freedom which is ours in Christ Jesus, in order to rob us of it.

¹² For until certain persons came from James he had been accustomed to eat with Gentiles; but as soon as these persons came, he withdrew and separated himself for fear of the Circumcision party. ¹³ And along with him the other Jews also concealed their real opinions, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their lack of straightforwardness. ¹⁴ As soon as I saw that they were not walking uprightly in the spirit of the Good News, I said to Peter, before them all, "If you, though you are a Jew, live as a Gentile does, and not as a Jew, how can you make the Gentiles follow Jewish customs?

⁹ Now, however, having come to know God--or rather to be known by Him--how is it you are again turning back to weak and worthless rudimentary notions to which you are once more willing to be enslaved? ¹⁰ You scrupulously observe days and months, special seasons, and years. ¹¹ I am alarmed about you, and am afraid that I have perhaps bestowed labour upon you to no purpose.

¹ Christ having made us gloriously free--stand fast and do not again be hampered with the yoke of slavery. ² Remember that it is I Paul who tell you that if you receive circumcision Christ will avail you nothing. ³ I once more protest to every man who receives circumcision that he is under obligation to obey the whole Law of Moses. ⁴ Christ has become nothing to any of you who are seeking acceptance with God through the Law: you have fallen away from grace. ⁵ *We* have not, for through the Spirit we wait with longing hope for an acceptance with God which is to come through faith. ⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any importance; but only faith working through love.

¹³ For these very men do not really keep the Law of Moses, but they would have you receive circumcision in order that they may glory in *your* bodies. ¹⁴ But as for me, God forbid that I should glory in anything except the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, upon which the world is crucified to me, and I am crucified to the world.

⁵ circumcised, as I was, on the eighth day, a member of the race of Israel and of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew sprung from Hebrews; as to the Law a Pharisee; ⁶ as to zeal, a persecutor of the Church; as to the righteousness which comes through Law, blameless. ⁷ Yet all that was gain to me--for Christ's sake I have reckoned it loss.

¹⁹ Such a one does not keep his hold upon Christ, the Head, from whom the Body, in all its parts nourished and strengthened by its points of contact and its connections, grows with a divine growth. ²⁰ If you have died with Christ and have escaped from the world's rudimentary notions, why, as though your life still belonged to the world, do you submit to such precepts as ²¹ "Do not handle this;" "Do not taste that;" "Do not touch that other thing" -- ²² referring to things which are all intended to be used up and perish--in obedience to mere human injunctions and teachings? ²³ These rules have indeed an appearance of wisdom where self-imposed worship exists, and an affectation of humility and an ascetic severity. But not one of them is of any value in combating the indulgence of our lower natures.

⁸ Train yourself in godliness. Exercise for the body is not useless, but godliness is useful in every respect, possessing, as it does, the promise of Life now and of the Life which is soon coming.

⁸ For, being dissatisfied with His people, God says, "'THERE ARE DAYS COMING,' SAYS THE LORD, 'WHEN I WILL ESTABLISH WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH A NEW COVENANT-- ⁹ A COVENANT UNLIKE THE ONE WHICH I MADE WITH THEIR FOREFATHERS ON THE DAY WHEN I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO LEAD THEM OUT FROM THE LAND OF EGYPT; FOR THEY WOULD NOT REMAIN FAITHFUL TO THAT.' 'SO I TURNED FROM THEM,' SAYS THE LORD. ¹⁰ 'BUT THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS,' SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS AND WILL WRITE THEM UPON THEIR HEARTS. AND I WILL INDEED BE THEIR GOD AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. ¹¹ AND THERE SHALL BE NO NEED FOR THEM TO TEACH EACH ONE HIS FELLOW CITIZEN AND EACH ONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, KNOW THE LORD. FOR ALL WILL KNOW ME FROM THE LEAST OF THEM TO THE GREATEST; ¹² BECAUSE I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR WRONGDOINGS, AND THEIR SINS I WILL REMEMBER NO LONGER.'" ¹³ By using the words, "a new Covenant," He has made the first one obsolete; but whatever is decaying and showing signs of old age is not far from disappearing altogether.

⁹ Do not be drawn aside by all sorts of strange teaching; for it is well to have the heart made stedfast through God's grace, and not by special kinds of food, from which those who scrupulously attend to them have derived no benefit. ¹⁰ We Christians have an altar from which the ministers of the Jewish Tent have no right to eat.

⁵ Then He who was seated on the throne said, "I am re-creating all things." And He added, "Write down these words, for they are trustworthy and true."

⁷ BUT IDLE IS THEIR DEVOTION WHILE THEY LAY DOWN PRECEPTS WHICH ARE MERE HUMAN RULES.' ⁸ "You neglect God's Commandment: you hold fast to men's traditions." ⁹ "Praiseworthy indeed!" He added, "to set at nought God's Commandment in order to observe your own traditions! ¹⁰ For Moses said, 'HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER' and again, 'HE WHO CURSES FATHER OR MOTHER, LET HIM DIE THE DEATH.' ¹¹ But *you* say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, It is a Korban (that is, a thing devoted to God), whatever it is, which otherwise you would have received from me--' ¹² And so you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or mother, ¹³ thus nullifying God's precept by your tradition which you have handed down. And many things of that kind you do."

¹¹ Before, not after. And he received circumcision as a sign, a mark attesting the reality of the faith-righteousness which was his while still uncircumcised, that he might be the forefather of all those who believe even though they are uncircumcised--in order that this righteousness might be placed to their credit; ¹² and the forefather of the circumcised, namely of those who not merely are circumcised, but also walk in the steps of the faith which our forefather Abraham had while he was as yet uncircumcised.

¹ Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see. ² For by it the saints of old won God's approval.

³⁹ And although by their faith all these people won God's approval, none of them received the fulfilment of His great promise;