Mark 16 Cross References - WPNT

¹ Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, in order to go and anoint Jesus. ² Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. ³ And they were saying among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?” ⁴ (because it was very large) but when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away! ⁵ Upon entering the tomb they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. ⁶ But he said to them: “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Natsarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He isn’t here! See, the place where they laid Him. ⁷ But go, tell His disciples, also Peter: ‘He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you’.” ⁸ Trembling and bewildered they went out and fled from the tomb; and they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. ⁹ Having risen early on the first day of the week, Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. ¹⁰ She went and reported to those who had been with Him, as they were mourning and weeping. ¹¹ When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe. ¹² After these things He appeared in a different form to two of them as they were walking, going into the country. ¹³ So they returned and reported to the rest; neither did they believe them. ¹⁴ Later He appeared to the eleven as they were reclining at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. ¹⁵ Then He said to them: “Go to the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to all creation. ¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; ¹⁸ they will remove ‘snakes’; and if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them at all; they will lay hands on sick people, and they will get well.” ¹⁹ So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at God’s right. ²⁰ And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the message by the accompanying signs. Amen.

¹⁵ So Jesus said to them: “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

⁵ These twelve Jesus sent out, and commanded them saying: “Do not go off into the road of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans. ⁶ But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

²⁰ Then He began to reproach the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.

⁴⁰ For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the sea monster, so will the Son of the Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

²⁶ And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they became agitated saying, “It’s a ghost!” And they cried out for fear. ²⁷ But immediately Jesus spoke to them saying: “Courage! It is I; don’t be afraid!”

¹⁶ So Jesus said: “Are you also still without understanding? ¹⁷ Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is expelled into the sewer?

⁸ But Jesus, being aware, said to them: “You little-faiths! Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you didn’t bring any bread? ⁹ Do you not yet perceive nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? ¹⁰ Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many hampers you took up? ¹¹ How come you don’t perceive that it wasn’t about bread that I told you to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?”

²⁰ So Jesus said to them: “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed has, you (ye) will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

³⁰ And then the sign of the Son of the Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn —they will see the Son of the Man coming on the clouds of the heaven with power and great glory.

³² But after I am raised I will go before you to Galilee.”

⁵⁶ among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

⁶⁰ and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb and left. ⁶¹ And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave. ⁶² The next day, which is after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees went together to Pilate ⁶³ saying: “Sir, we remember that that deceiver, while still alive, said, ‘After three days I am going to rise’. ⁶⁴ Therefore command that the grave be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him and say to the people, ‘He was raised from the dead’, and the last deception will be worse than the first.” ⁶⁵ So Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go make it as secure as you can!” ⁶⁶ So they went and secured the grave with the guard, having sealed the stone.

¹ Now after the Sabbath, at the dawning of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, came to see the tomb.

¹ Now after the Sabbath, at the dawning of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, came to see the tomb. ² Now then, a big earthquake had occurred, because an angel of the Lord, descending out of heaven, had come and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it!

² Now then, a big earthquake had occurred, because an angel of the Lord, descending out of heaven, had come and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it! ³ And his appearance was like lightning and his clothing as white as snow.

³ And his appearance was like lightning and his clothing as white as snow.

³ And his appearance was like lightning and his clothing as white as snow. ⁴ So the guards were shaken for fear of him, and became like dead men.

⁴ So the guards were shaken for fear of him, and became like dead men.

⁴ So the guards were shaken for fear of him, and became like dead men. ⁵ Now the angel spoke up and said to the women: “Do not be afraid! I know that you are looking for the Jesus who was crucified.

⁵ Now the angel spoke up and said to the women: “Do not be afraid! I know that you are looking for the Jesus who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here, because He is risen, just like He said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.

⁶ He is not here, because He is risen, just like He said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying. ⁷ Now go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead; and get this, He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. There, I have told you!”

⁷ Now go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead; and get this, He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. There, I have told you!”

⁷ Now go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead; and get this, He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. There, I have told you!” ⁸ So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to report to His disciples.

⁸ So they went out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to report to His disciples. ⁹ But as they were going to report to His disciples, wow, Jesus met them saying, “Rejoice!” So approaching, they held His feet and worshipped Him. ¹⁰ Then Jesus says to them: “Do not be afraid! Go report to my brothers that they must go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”

¹⁰ Then Jesus says to them: “Do not be afraid! Go report to my brothers that they must go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”

¹⁶ The eleven disciples went into Galilee to the mountain that Jesus had indicated to them. ¹⁷ When they saw Him they worshipped Him; but some doubted. ¹⁸ And approaching Jesus asserted to them saying: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ As you go make disciples in all ethnic nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

¹⁹ As you go make disciples in all ethnic nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; ²⁰ teaching them to obey everything that I commanded you; and take note, I am with you every day, until the end of the age!” Amen.

¹⁵ and saying: “The time has been fulfilled and the Kingdom of God has approached. Repent and believe in the Gospel.”

²⁴ saying: “Hey, what do you want with us, Jesus Natsarene?! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

²³ and pleads earnestly with Him, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; do come and lay your hands on her so that she may be saved, and she will live”.

⁴⁹ but they saw Him walking on the water, supposed He was a ghost, and yelled! ⁵⁰ Because they all saw Him and were terrified. Immediately He spoke with them and said: “Have courage! It is I; don’t be afraid.”

¹⁸ So He said to them: “Can you really be without understanding? Don’t you perceive that nothing that enters a man from outside can defile him,

¹⁷ Being aware of it Jesus said to them: “Why are you reasoning because you have no bread? Do you still neither perceive nor understand? Do you still have hearts that have been hardened? ¹⁸ Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear, and do you not remember?

⁹ Now as they were coming down from the mountain, He ordered them not to recount to any one the things they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. ¹⁰ So they kept this word to themselves, questioning what the ‘rising from the dead’ meant.

¹⁵ Well as soon as the crowd saw Him they were excited and ran to greet Him.

¹⁹ But He answered him by saying: “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you, how long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me!”

³⁸ So John answered Him saying, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, one who doesn’t follow us; and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow us”.

³⁴ and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And on the third day He will rise again.”

¹⁰ Also, the Gospel must first be proclaimed to all the ethnic nations.

³ Being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He was reclining at a meal, a woman came having an alabaster vase of very costly perfume of pure nard. Then she broke the vase and began to pour it over His head.

⁸ She did what she could. She has perfumed my body for the burying before the fact.

²⁸ But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee.”

⁵⁰ Then they all deserted Him and ran away.

⁶⁶ Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came by. ⁶⁷ And seeing Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Natsarene!” ⁶⁸ But Peter denied, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying”. And he went out into the entryway, and a rooster crowed. ⁶⁹ But that servant girl saw him again and began to say to those standing by, “This guy is one of them”. ⁷⁰ But again he kept denying it. Again, after a little while, those who were standing by said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them; because you really are a Galilean, and your accent agrees!” ⁷¹ Then he began to curse and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you are speaking!” ⁷² And for the second time a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times”. He broke down and started to cry.

⁷² And for the second time a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times”. He broke down and started to cry.

⁴⁰ There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome

⁴² Now when evening had come, because it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

⁴⁶ Having bought linen, he took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen and laid Him in a tomb that had been cut out of rock; then he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. ⁴⁷ Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was placed.

⁴⁷ Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was placed.

⁴ (because it was very large) but when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away! ⁵ Upon entering the tomb they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

⁵ Upon entering the tomb they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. ⁶ But he said to them: “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Natsarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He isn’t here! See, the place where they laid Him.

⁸ Trembling and bewildered they went out and fled from the tomb; and they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

¹¹ When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe. ¹² After these things He appeared in a different form to two of them as they were walking, going into the country. ¹³ So they returned and reported to the rest; neither did they believe them.

¹³ So they returned and reported to the rest; neither did they believe them. ¹⁴ Later He appeared to the eleven as they were reclining at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

¹⁴ Later He appeared to the eleven as they were reclining at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

¹² and upon seeing him Zacharias was shaken, and a fear fell upon him.

²⁹ But upon seeing him she was perplexed at his word and was trying to figure out what sort of greeting it might be. ³⁰ The angel said to her: “Do not be afraid, Mary, because you have found favor with God.

¹⁰ The angel said to them: “Do not be afraid because listen, I am announcing the most joyful news to you, which will be to all the people! ¹¹ You see, today, in David’s city, a Savior was born to you, who is Lord Christ!

³¹ which You have prepared before the face of all peoples: ³² a light for revelation to Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel.”

² also certain women who had been healed of malignant spirits and infirmities: Mary (the one called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had gone out;

¹² Those along the road are those who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, in order that they not be saved, having believed.

⁵¹ Now it happened, as the days for His Ascension approached, that He set His face to go to Jerusalem,

⁴ Do not carry a purse, nor a knapsack, nor sandals; and greet no one along the road.

¹⁷ Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”

¹⁹ Take note, I am giving you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing at all may harm you.

²¹ So that slave came and reported these things to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame’. ²² And the slave said, ‘Master, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room’. ²³ Then the master said to the slave: ‘Go out to the roads and hedges and make people come in, so that my house may be filled.

³¹ He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone should rise from the dead’.”

⁵⁴ It was a Preparation day; the Sabbath was drawing near.

⁵⁶ Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

¹ Then on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb carrying the spices they had prepared, along with some others. ² They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³ but upon entering they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that wow, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.

⁴ And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that wow, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing. ⁵ Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them: “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?

⁵ Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them: “Why do you seek the living One among the dead? ⁶ He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He told you while still in Galilee, ⁷ saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again’.” ⁸ And they remembered His words. ⁹ Then they returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the Eleven, and to all the rest. ¹⁰ They were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them, who told these things to the apostles.

¹⁰ They were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them, who told these things to the apostles. ¹¹ But their words seemed to them like nonsense, and they disbelieved them.

¹¹ But their words seemed to them like nonsense, and they disbelieved them.

¹³ And then that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And they were conversing with each other about all that had happened. ¹⁵ And then, as they were conversing and discussing, Jesus Himself came up and started going with them. ¹⁶ But their eyes were restrained, in order that they not recognize Him. ¹⁷ So He said to them, “What words are these that you are exchanging with one another as you walk, and are gloomy?”

¹⁷ So He said to them, “What words are these that you are exchanging with one another as you walk, and are gloomy?” ¹⁸ Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, “Are you the only one living in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that have happened there in these days?” ¹⁹ He said to them, “What things?” So they said to Him: “The things concerning Jesus the Natsorean, how the man was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him.

²⁰ and how the chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him. ²¹ And we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel! Further, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened.

²¹ And we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel! Further, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened. ²² Moreover certain women of our group astonished us—arriving early at the tomb,

²² Moreover certain women of our group astonished us—arriving early at the tomb,

²² Moreover certain women of our group astonished us—arriving early at the tomb, ²³ and not finding his body, they came saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.

²³ and not finding his body, they came saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.

²³ and not finding his body, they came saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.

²³ and not finding his body, they came saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. ²⁴ And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but him they didn’t see.”

²⁴ And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but him they didn’t see.”

²⁴ And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but him they didn’t see.”

²⁴ And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but him they didn’t see.” ²⁵ Then He said to them: “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the Prophets have spoken!

²⁵ Then He said to them: “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the Prophets have spoken!

²⁵ Then He said to them: “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the Prophets have spoken!

²⁵ Then He said to them: “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the Prophets have spoken! ²⁶ Was it really not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into His glory?”

²⁶ Was it really not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into His glory?”

²⁶ Was it really not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into His glory?” ²⁷ And beginning from Moses, and then all the Prophets, He explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

²⁷ And beginning from Moses, and then all the Prophets, He explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

²⁷ And beginning from Moses, and then all the Prophets, He explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. ²⁸ Then they approached the village where they were going, and He made as though He would keep going.

²⁸ Then they approached the village where they were going, and He made as though He would keep going. ²⁹ But they constrained Him, saying, “Stay with us, because it is toward evening, and the day is far spent”. So He went in to stay with them.

²⁹ But they constrained Him, saying, “Stay with us, because it is toward evening, and the day is far spent”. So He went in to stay with them. ³⁰ And then, as He was reclining with them, He took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

³⁰ And then, as He was reclining with them, He took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. ³¹ Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He became invisible to them.

³¹ Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He became invisible to them. ³² They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He talked to us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?”

³² They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He talked to us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” ³³ So they got up forthwith and returned to Jerusalem, where they found the Eleven gathered together; also those with them, ³⁴ who said, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” ³⁵ Then they described what happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread. ³⁶ As they were saying these things, indeed, Jesus Himself stood in their midst, and He said to them, “Peace to you”. ³⁷ But they, terrified, supposed they were seeing a ghost, and were becoming fearful.

³⁷ But they, terrified, supposed they were seeing a ghost, and were becoming fearful. ³⁸ And He said to them: “Why are you troubled?” and “Why do doubts arise in your hearts? ³⁹ Look at my hands and feet; it is I myself! Feel me and see; a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.” ⁴⁰ And saying this He showed them His hands and His feet. ⁴¹ But as they were still disbelieving and marveling, because of the joy, He said to them, “Do you have any food here?” ⁴² So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish and some honeycomb. ⁴³ And taking it He ate in their presence. ⁴⁴ Then He said to them, “These are the words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything that is written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵ Then He opened their understanding so as to comprehend the Scriptures. ⁴⁶ And He said to them: “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

⁴⁶ And He said to them: “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, ⁴⁷ and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

⁴⁷ and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are witnesses of these things.

⁴⁸ You are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ Take note, I am sending the Promise of my Father upon you; but you must stay in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.” ⁵⁰ He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands He blessed them. ⁵¹ And it happened, as He was blessing them, that He left them and was carried up into heaven.

¹² But, as many as did receive Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe into His name: ¹³ who were begotten, not by blood, nor by the desire of the flesh, nor by the will of a man, but by God .

¹⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it.” ²⁰ So the Jews said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and you will raise it in three days?!” ²¹ But He was speaking about the temple of His body. ²² Therefore, when He was raised from among the dead His disciples remembered that He had said this; so they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

⁵ Jesus answered: “Most assuredly I say to you, unless someone is begotten by water and Spirit he is not able to enter the kingdom of God.

¹⁵ so that everyone who believes into Him should not be wasted but should have eternal life. ¹⁶ Because God loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son, so that everyone who believes into Him should not be wasted but should have eternal life.

¹⁸ The one believing into Him is not condemned, but the one not believing has already been condemned, because he has not believed into the name of the only begotten Son of God. ¹⁹ “Now this is the basis for the condemning, that the Light has come into the world, but the people loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were malignant.

³⁶ The one believing into the Son has eternal life, but the one disobeying the Son will not see the life, but the wrath of God will remain upon him.”

²⁴ “Most assuredly I say to you that the one listening to my word and believing on Him who sent me has eternal life; he will not go into judging but has moved out of the death into the life.

²⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe into the One whom He sent.”

³⁵ So Jesus said to them: “I am the bread of the life. Whoever comes to me will never hunger and whoever believes into me will never thirst.

⁴⁰ Again this is the will of Him who sent me, that everyone who ‘sees’ the Son and believes into Him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

⁶² What if you should see the Son of Man going up to where He was at first?

³⁷ Now on the last and most important day of the Feast, Jesus stood up and called out saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. ³⁸ The one believing into me, just as the Scripture has said, out from his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.”

²⁴ That’s why I told you that you will die in your sins, because if you do not believe that I am, you will die in your sins.”

²⁵ Jesus said to her: “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes into me, though he may die, will live; ²⁶ and everyone who both lives and believes into me will never ever die. Do you believe this?”

⁴⁶ I, Light, have come into the world so that everyone who believes into me will not remain in the darkness. ⁴⁷ Also, if someone hears my words and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him; because I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. ⁴⁸ The one who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken, that’s what will judge him on the last day;

¹ Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world He loved them to the end.

¹² “Most assuredly I say to you, the one believing into me, he too will do the works that I do; in fact he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

¹⁶ It wasn’t you who chose me but I who chose you, and I appointed you so that you should go and produce fruit, and that your fruit should endure, so that whatever you may ask the Father in my name He may give you.

⁶ But because I have said these things to you sorrow has filled your heart.

²⁰ Most assuredly I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will become grieved, but your grief will be turned into joy. ²¹ When a woman gives birth she has pain, because her time has come; but when the child is born she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. ²² So in your turn you are now experiencing grief, but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

²⁸ I did come forth from the Father and have come into the world. I am leaving the world again and am going to the Father.”

⁴ I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work that You have given me to do. ⁵ So now, Father, You glorify me by Your side with the glory that I had along with You before the world existed!

¹³ But now I am coming to You, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made full in them.

¹⁹ Now Pilate had also written a notice, and put it on the cross; and the inscription was: JESUS THE NATSOREAN THE KING OF THE JEWS. ²⁰ So many of the Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; further, it was written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin!

²⁵ Now Jesus’ mother and her sister, Mary of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene were standing by His cross.

³¹ Now then, because it was Preparation Day, so that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews requested Pilate that their legs might be broken and they be removed.

³⁹ Now Nicodemus also came (the one who at first came to Jesus by night), bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. ⁴⁰ Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it in linen strips, with the aromatic spices, according to the burial custom of the Jews.

¹ Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb early, while it’s still dark, and sees that the stone has been removed from the tomb.

¹ Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb early, while it’s still dark, and sees that the stone has been removed from the tomb. ² So she runs and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and says to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they put Him!” ³ So Peter and the other disciple took off, heading for the tomb. ⁴ Well the two started running together, and the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first. ⁵ And stooping to look he sees the linen strips lying there; however he didn’t go in. ⁶ Then following him comes Simon Peter and went into the tomb; and he sees the linen strips lying there, ⁷ and the facecloth that had been on His head not lying with the linen strips, but folded up in a separate place. ⁸ So then the other disciple went in too, the one who got to the tomb first; and he saw and believed.

⁸ So then the other disciple went in too, the one who got to the tomb first; and he saw and believed. ⁹ (For they did not yet know the Scripture, that He had to rise from among the dead.) ¹⁰ Then the disciples went back home. ¹¹ Well Mary stood outside at the tomb, crying. Then, while she was crying, she stooped to look into the tomb. ¹² And she sees two angels in white, sitting one at the head and one at the feet of where the body of Jesus had lain.

¹² And she sees two angels in white, sitting one at the head and one at the feet of where the body of Jesus had lain.

¹⁴ And upon saying this she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, yet didn’t know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵ Jesus says to her: “Woman, why are you crying? Whom are you seeking?” She, supposing that He was the gardener, says to Him, “Sir, if you carried Him away, tell me where you put Him, and I will remove Him.” ¹⁶ Jesus says to her, “Mary!” Turning she says to Him, “Raboni” (which means ‘Teacher’). ¹⁷ Jesus says to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father—my God and your God.’”

¹⁷ Jesus says to her: “Stop clinging to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father—my God and your God.’” ¹⁸ Mary Magdalene goes to the disciples, reporting that she had seen the Lord and He had said these things to her.

¹⁸ Mary Magdalene goes to the disciples, reporting that she had seen the Lord and He had said these things to her. ¹⁹ Then at evening on that first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and He says to them, “Peace to you!”

¹⁹ Then at evening on that first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and He says to them, “Peace to you!” ²⁰ And upon saying this He showed them His hands and His side. Well, the disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord! ²¹ So Jesus said to them again: “Peace to you! Just as the Father sent me, I also send you.”

²⁵ So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “If I don’t see the nail prints in His hands and put my finger into the nail prints, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe!”

²⁷ Then He says to Thomas: “Bring your finger here and perceive my hands; bring your hand and put it into my side; don’t be unbelieving but believing!”

³¹ but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life through His Name.

¹ After these things Jesus, risen from the dead, revealed Himself to His disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and He did it like this:

¹⁴ This was already a third time that Jesus appeared to His disciples after He was raised from among the dead. ¹⁵ So, when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He says to Him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I’m fond of you.” He says to him, “Feed my lambs.”

²² Jesus says to him: “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”

² until the day in which He was taken back, after He had given commandment, by Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom He had chosen; ³ to whom He also showed Himself alive, after His suffering, by many convincing evidences, appearing to them during forty days and speaking of things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be witnesses to me —both in Jerusalem, and all Judea and Samaria, and even to the last part of the earth.” ⁹ Upon saying these things, as they watched, He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And as they were staring into the sky, while He was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood beside them; ¹¹ and they said: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into the sky? This very Jesus who is being taken up from you into the sky, He will come again in the precise manner that you observed Him going into the sky.”

¹ When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together with one purpose. ² And suddenly a roar came out of the sky, like the rushing of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³ Fiery tongues appeared and were distributed to them, and it [a tongue] landed on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all filled with Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages, as the Spirit was granting to them to speak out.

⁴ And they were all filled with Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages, as the Spirit was granting to them to speak out. ⁵ Now there were devout men, Jews, from every nation under heaven, dwelling in Jerusalem.

⁵ Now there were devout men, Jews, from every nation under heaven, dwelling in Jerusalem. ⁶ So when that roar occurred, the crowd came together, and was bewildered, because each one was hearing them speaking to him in his own dialect.

⁶ So when that roar occurred, the crowd came together, and was bewildered, because each one was hearing them speaking to him in his own dialect. ⁷ So they were amazed and marveled, saying to one another: “Hey, aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

⁷ So they were amazed and marveled, saying to one another: “Hey, aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? ⁸ So how can each of us be hearing our own dialect in which we were born?

⁸ So how can each of us be hearing our own dialect in which we were born? ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites; those dwelling in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,

⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites; those dwelling in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene; and visitors from Rome—both Jews and proselytes—

¹⁰ in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene; and visitors from Rome—both Jews and proselytes— ¹¹ Cretans and Arabians; we hear them declaring the great works of God in our own languages.”

¹¹ Cretans and Arabians; we hear them declaring the great works of God in our own languages.” ¹² Yes they were all amazed and perplexed, saying one to another, “Whatever is going on?” ¹³ But different ones were jeering, saying, “They are full of sweet wine!” ¹⁴ So Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and proclaimed to them: “Men—Jews and all who are dwelling in Jerusalem—let this be known to you; indeed, listen to my speech! ¹⁵ Because these are not drunk, as you suppose (since it’s only the third hour of the day), ¹⁶ but this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: ¹⁷ ‘It will be in the last days, says God: I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh; your sons and your daughters will prophesy; your young men will see visions; your old men will dream a dream. ¹⁸ In those days I will indeed pour out from my Spirit upon my male slaves and upon my female slaves, and they will prophesy. ¹⁹ I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood and fire and smoke vapor. ²⁰ The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into ‘blood’ before the great and glorious day of the LORD will come. ²¹ And it will be: whoever calls on the name of the LORD will be saved!’ ²² “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Natsorean, a man from God attested to you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by Him in your midst, as you yourselves well know,

²² “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Natsorean, a man from God attested to you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by Him in your midst, as you yourselves well know, ²³ Him —being delivered up by the established purpose and foreknowledge of God—you murdered, having taken Him with lawless hands and crucified Him;

²³ Him —being delivered up by the established purpose and foreknowledge of God—you murdered, having taken Him with lawless hands and crucified Him; ²⁴ whom God raised up, ending the labor pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. ²⁵ For David says concerning Him: ‘I always saw the LORD before my face, because He is at my right side so that I not be shaken. ²⁶ Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced. Furthermore, even my flesh will repose upon hope, ²⁷ because You will not abandon my soul in Hades, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see decay. ²⁸ You have made known to me roads of life; with Your presence You make me full of gladness.’

³³ Therefore, having been exalted to God’s right hand, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this that you now see and hear.

³⁸ So Peter said to them: “Repent and be baptized, each one of you, upon the name of Jesus Christ, for forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

⁴¹ Then those who gladly received his word were baptized, and that day about three thousand souls were added.

⁶ But Peter said: “I don’t have silver and gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Natsorean, get up and walk!” ⁷ And grasping him by his right hand he lifted him up; immediately his feet and ankles were strengthened. ⁸ So jumping up he stood, and began to walk! And he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

¹² So upon observing this Peter responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why are you marveling at this, or why are you staring at us as if we have made him walk by our own power or godliness?

¹⁶ Well His name, based on faith in His name, made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith that is through Him has given him this wholeness in the presence of you all.

²¹ whom Heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, of which times God spoke long ago by the mouth of all His holy prophets.

¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Natsorean, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole.

²² because the man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed was over forty years old.

³⁰ while You stretch out Your hand to heal and that signs and wonders may occur through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”

¹² Now many signs and wonders were being performed among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all in Solomon’s Porch with one purpose.

¹⁵ to the point that they kept carrying the sick into the streets, placing them on cots and pallets, so that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. ¹⁶ Further, the multitude from the surrounding cities also kept coming into Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

¹⁶ Further, the multitude from the surrounding cities also kept coming into Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

⁵⁵ But he, being full of Holy Spirit and looking intently into the heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on God’s right, ⁵⁶ and said, “Wow! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at God’s right!”

⁴ So on their part those who were scattered abroad went about preaching the Word. ⁵ Now Philip, having gone down to a city of Samaria, was proclaiming the Christ to them; ⁶ and the crowds gave heed with one accord to what Philip was saying, as they heard the words and saw the signs that he kept performing. ⁷ Because unclean spirits came out screaming from many who had them, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.

³⁶ Now as they were going down the road they came upon some water, and the eunuch said: “Look, water! What is keeping me from being baptized?” ³⁷ - - -³⁸ So he ordered the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. ³⁹ Now when they came up out of the water, Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, because he went on his way rejoicing.

¹⁷ So Ananias went and entered the house, and placing his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me so that you may recover your sight and be filled by Holy Spirit.” ¹⁸ Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he recovered his sight forthwith; and getting up he was baptized,

³⁴ Peter said to him: “Aeneas, Jesus the Messiah is healing you. Get up and make your bed!” And immediately he stood up!

⁴⁰ So Peter put them all out, kneeled down and prayed. Turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, get up!” So she opened her eyes, and upon seeing Peter she sat up. ⁴¹ Then he gave her a hand and lifted her up, and calling the saints and widows he presented her alive. ⁴² And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord.

³⁸ Jesus of Natsareth, how God anointed Him with Holy Spirit and power, who went about doing good and healing all those being oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him ³⁹ —yes, we are witnesses of all that He did, both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem—whom they also killed, hanging Him on a tree. ⁴⁰ Him God raised on the third day, and gave Him to become visible,

⁴³ To Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes into Him will receive forgiveness of sins.”

⁴⁶ in that they heard them speaking in tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter responded:

³¹ and for many days He was seen by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.

³⁹ and by Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the Law of Moses.

⁴⁶ But Paul and Barnabas speaking boldly said: “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. But since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, now we are being turned to the Gentiles.

³ Even so they stayed there a considerable time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who was bearing witness to the word of His grace, giving signs and wonders to take place by their hands.

⁸ Well in Lystra a certain man with helpless feet was sitting (lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked). ⁹ This man was listening to Paul speaking; who looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be healed, ¹⁰ said with a loud voice, “Stand up straight on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk!

¹⁸ She kept this up for many days! So Paul, becoming increasingly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out that very hour.

³⁰ He then brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” ³¹ So they said, “Believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your household”. ³² Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

⁶ And as Paul laid his hands on them the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they started speaking languages and prophesying.

¹² so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that he touched were applied to the sick, and the diseases left them and the wicked spirits went out from them.

¹² so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that he touched were applied to the sick, and the diseases left them and the wicked spirits went out from them. ¹³ Well some among the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had wicked spirits saying, “We adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches”. ¹⁴ In fact there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who were doing this. ¹⁵ But a particular wicked spirit reacted and said, “Jesus I know, and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?” ¹⁶ And the man in whom the wicked spirit was jumped on them and overpowered them; he was so much stronger that they ran out of that house naked and wounded.

⁷ Now on the first day of the week, the disciples being assembled to break bread, Paul started addressing them, and because he intended to leave the next day he continued his message until midnight.

¹⁶ And now why hesitate? Get up, be baptized and wash away your sins, invoking the name of the Lord.’

³ But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and placed them on the fire, because of the heat a viper came out and fastened itself on his hand. ⁴ So when the natives saw the beast hanging from his hand, they started saying to each other, “This man must be a murderer, whom Justice has not allowed to live, even though rescued from the sea”. ⁵ But he just shook the beast off into the fire and suffered no harm. ⁶ Well they were expecting him to swell up, or suddenly fall down dead; but after waiting for quite a while and seeing nothing unusual happening to him, they changed their mind and started saying he was a god.

⁸ Well it happened that the father of Publius was sick in bed with fever and dysentery; Paul went in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him. ⁹ So, when this had happened, the rest of those on the island who had diseases started coming and being healed;

⁶ Of course not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?

²⁴ but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, we who believe on Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

³⁴ Who is he who condemns? Christ is He who died, but even more, was indeed raised, who indeed is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes on our behalf.

⁹ That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord”, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ Because with the heart one believes into righteousness, and with the mouth one promises into salvation. ¹¹ Because the Scripture says: “Everyone who believes on Him will never be put to shame”; ¹² because there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call upon Him; ¹³ because: “Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.” ¹⁴ How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe on Him of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without someone proclaiming it?

¹⁸ But I say, did they really not hear? Indeed yes: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.”

¹⁹ by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of God’s Spirit, so that I have fully proclaimed the Gospel of the Christ from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum.

²⁰ The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

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⁴ Yes, my message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, ⁵ so that your faith not be in men’s wisdom, but in God’s power.

⁶ I planted, Apollos watered, but God keeps making it grow. ⁷ So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who makes it grow. ⁸ Now he who plants and he who waters are at one, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. ⁹ Yes, we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s ‘field’, God’s ‘building’.

⁹ to a different one faith, by the same Spirit; to another presents of healings, by the same Spirit; ¹⁰ to another workings of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discernings of spirits; to a different one kinds of languages, to another interpretation of languages.

²⁸ And those whom God has appointed in the Church are: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; after that miracles, then presents of healings, helps, administrations, kinds of languages.

³⁰ All do not have presents of healings, do they? All do not speak languages, do they? All do not interpret, do they?

¹ If I speak the languages of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become a sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

² Because he who speaks in a ‘language’ isn’t speaking to people but to God, since no one understands; in spirit he speaks mysteries.

⁴ The one speaking in a ‘language’ edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the congregation. ⁵ I could wish that you all spoke in ‘languages’, but even more that you might prophesy; because the one prophesying is greater than the one speaking in ‘languages’ (unless he interprets), so that the congregation may receive edification. ⁶ Now then, brothers, what good will I do you if I come to you speaking in ‘languages’ instead of addressing you with revelation, or with knowledge, or with prophecy, or with teaching? ⁷ Take lifeless things like a flute or a harp; if they make no distinction in the notes when they produce sound, how will it be known what is being piped or harped? ⁸ Also a trumpet; if it gives an indistinct sound, who will prepare for battle? ⁹ So it is with you: if you do not deliver an intelligible message with the ‘language’, how will it be known what is being said? You will just be speaking into the air. ¹⁰ There are probably a great many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without significance. ¹¹ But if I don’t know the force of the sound, I will be a foreigner to the speaker, and he will be a foreigner to me. ¹² And you too: since you are zealous for spiritual things, aim at the edification of the congregation, that you may all grow. ¹³ Therefore the one speaking in a ‘language’ should pray that he may interpret. ¹⁴ For if I pray in a ‘language’, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. ¹⁵ So what then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will also pray with the mind; I will sing with the spirit, but I will also sing with the mind. ¹⁶ Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the outsider say the “Amen” at your giving of thanks, since he doesn’t know what you are saying? ¹⁷ You, of course, give thanks quite well, but the other is not edified. ¹⁸ I thank my God speaking in ‘languages’ more than you all, ¹⁹ but in the congregation I would rather speak five words with my understanding, precisely so as to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a ‘language’. ²⁰ Brothers, stop thinking like children—well, in malice be ‘infants’, but in thinking be adults. ²¹ In the law it stands written: “I will speak to this people in foreign languages and with different ‘lips’, but not even then will they listen to me,” says the LORD. ²² Therefore the ‘languages’ are for a sign, not to believers but to unbelievers; while prophesying is not for unbelievers but for believers. ²³ So if the whole congregation comes together and all are speaking in ‘languages’, but outsiders or unbelievers come in, won’t they say that you are raving? ²⁴ But if everyone is prophesying, and an unbeliever or outsider comes in, he is reproved by all, he is examined by all. ²⁵ And thus the secrets of his heart are exposed, and so, falling on his face he will worship God, affirming, “Truly God is among you.” ²⁶ So what goes on, brothers? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a ‘language’, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

³ Because I transmitted to you at first that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴ and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, ⁵ and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the Twelve.

⁵ and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the Twelve. ⁶ After that He was seen by over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, while some have fallen asleep. ⁷ After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles.

²⁴ then the end, when He hands over the Kingdom to the God and Father, whenever He puts an end to every ruler and all authority and power. ²⁵ Because it is necessary that He reign until He has put all the enemies under His feet.

² On the first day of the week, each of you should set something aside, saving up as he is being prospered, that there be no collections when I come.

⁷ so that now, on the other side, you should forgive and comfort him, so that he not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

¹ So working together we really urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain,

²⁰ which He exercised in the Christ when He raised Him\up6 [S]\up0 from among the dead and seated Him at His\up6 [F]\up0 right, in the heavenly realms, ²¹ far above every ruler and authority and power and dominion —even every name that can be named, not only in this age but also in the next. ²² In short, He\up6 [F]\up0 placed everything under His\up6 [S]\up0 feet and appointed Him to be Head over everything in the Church,

¹⁷ He came and proclaimed peace to us, being both far and near,

⁸ That is why He says, “When He ascended into the heights He captured the concentration camp, and distributed gifts to men.” ⁹ (What does ‘He ascended’ imply if not that He also first descended into the interior regions of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is the very one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) ¹¹ Yes, He Himself gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

⁶ (the Gospel that has come to you just as also in all the world, where it is producing fruit and growing just as also among you, from the day in which you heard about and truly understood God’s grace),

²³ if, that is, you continue in the faith established and firm, not drifting away from the hope of the Gospel, that you heard and that was proclaimed in all the creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, became a servant.

¹ Furthermore, since you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, sitting at God’s right;

⁸ inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹² and so that all may be condemned who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in wickedness.

¹⁶ Yes, the mystery of our religion is confessedly great: God was manifested in flesh, was vindicated in spirit, was revealed to angels, was proclaimed among nations, was believed in the world, was received up in glory!

³ who being the projection of His glory and the very image of His essence, and sustaining all things by the expression of His\up6 [S]\up0 own power, when He had by Himself provided purification for our sins He sat down on the highest Majesty’s right,

⁴ God adding His\up6 [F]\up0 attestation by signs, wonders, various miracles, and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.

⁷ Therefore—just as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you would hear His voice, ⁸ do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, during the time of the testing in the desert,

¹⁵ while it is still being said, “Today, if you would hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” ¹⁶ So who were they who, upon hearing, rebelled? Really now, wasn’t it all those who came out of Egypt by Moses? ¹⁷ And with whom was He\up6 [F]\up0 angry for forty years? Wasn’t it with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the desert? ¹⁸ Or to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, if not to those who disobeyed? ¹⁹ So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.

¹⁴ Therefore, since we have a Great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the Confession.

²⁰ where Forerunner Jesus has entered on our behalf, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

²⁶ Now such a High Priest was fitting for us—holy, innocent, undefiled, having been set apart from sinners, and having become higher than the heavens—

¹ Now the main point of the things we are saying is this: We do have such a High Priest, who sat down at the right of the Majesty’s throne in the heavens,

²⁴ For Christ did not enter into Holy Places made by hands, mere copies of the true ones, but into Heaven itself, now to appear in God’s presence on our behalf;

¹² but He Himself, having offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, sat down at God’s right. ¹³ Since that time He is waiting until His enemies are placed as a footstool for His feet,

¹⁹ Therefore, brothers, having courage to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by a new and living way that He inaugurated for us, through the curtain, that is to say, His flesh, ²¹ and having a Great Priest over the house of God, ²² let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts having been sprinkled from an evil conscience and our body having been washed with clean water.

³⁸ Now the righteous one will live by faith, yet if he backs away, my soul has no pleasure in him.” ³⁹ But we are not of those who back away into ruin, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

² looking unto Jesus, the Founder and Perfecter of the Faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured a cross, scorning its ignominy, and took His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

¹⁴ Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵ And the prayer of faith will deliver the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sin, it will be forgiven him.

²¹ who through Him are believing into God, who raised Him out from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are into God.

²¹ This is an antitype of baptism, that now saves us also (not the removal of physical filth, but the appeal into God from a good conscience) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ²² who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

¹⁴ Yes, we have observed and do testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.

¹⁰ He who believes into the Son of God has the witness within himself; he who doesn’t believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning His Son. ¹¹ And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. ¹² He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. ¹³ I have written these things to you who believe into the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life, really believing into the name of God’s Son.

¹⁰ I was in spirit on the Lord’s day and I heard a voice behind me, loud as a trumpet,

¹⁷ And when I saw Him I fell at His feet as if dead. And He placed His right hand upon me saying, “Do not fear. I am the First and the Last, ¹⁸ even the Living One—I became dead, to be sure, and now I am living for ever and ever! Oh yes!! And I have the keys of Death and of Hades!

¹⁹ As many as I love I rebuke and discipline; so be zealous and repent! ²⁰ ‘Now then, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone should hear my voice and open the door I really will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. ²¹ To the one who overcomes I will grant to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on His throne.

⁶ And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having an everlasting gospel to be proclaimed to those who reside on the earth—to every ethnic nation and tribe and language and people—

¹⁵ And if anyone was not found written in the Book of Life he was thrown into the Lake of Fire.

⁸ But as for the cowardly and unbelieving and sinners and abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters, and all who are false, their portion is in the Lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”