Mark 16 Cross References - Williams

¹ When the Sabbath had ended, Mary of Magdala, Mary, James's mother, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint Him. ² It was very early, just after the sun had risen, on the first day of the week, when they went to the tomb. ³ And they kept saying to one another, "Who will roll the boulder back from the doorway of the tomb for us?" ⁴ Then they looked up and saw that the boulder had already been rolled to one side, for it was a very large one. ⁵ And when they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting at the right; and they were utterly astounded. ⁶ But he said to them, "You must not be so astounded; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified. He has risen; He is not here. See! Here is the spot where they laid Him. ⁷ But you go and tell His disciples and Peter, 'He is going back to Galilee to meet you; you will see Him there, just as He told you.'" ⁸ Then they left the tomb and fled, for they were trembling and bewildered, and they did not tell anybody a single thing about it, for they were afraid to do so. ⁹ Now after He had risen, early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary of Magdala, out of whom He had driven seven demons. ¹⁰ She went out and told it to His disciples, while they were mourning and weeping. ¹¹ But although they had heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. ¹² After this He showed Himself in a different form to two of them as they were walking along, on their way into the country. ¹³ Then they went back and told the rest, but they would not believe them either. ¹⁴ Later on He appeared to the Eleven themselves while they were at table, and reproved them for their lack of faith and their stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had been raised from the dead. ¹⁵ Then He said to them, "You must go all over the world and preach the good news to all the creation. ¹⁶ He who believes it and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe it will be condemned. ¹⁷ And the following signs will attend those who believe: By using my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in foreign languages; ¹⁸ they will take snakes in their hands; even if they drink anything poisonous, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well." ¹⁹ So the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was caught up into heaven and took His seat at God's right hand. ²⁰ Then they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept on working with them and confirming their message by the signs that attended it.

¹ After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to get a look at the tomb. ² Now there had been a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the boulder back and remained sitting upon it. ³ His appearance was as bright as lightning and his clothes as white as snow. ⁴ The men on guard trembled in awe of him, and became like dead men. ⁵ And the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here; He has risen, as He said He would do. Come, get a look at the place where He was lying. ⁷ Then run and tell His disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and is going back to Galilee ahead of you; you will see Him there.' This is my message to you." ⁸ So off they hurried from the tomb, frightened and yet in ecstasy, and ran to break the news to His disciples. ⁹ Then Jesus met them Himself, and said, "Good morning!" And they went up to Him and clasped His feet, and worshiped Him. ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go, tell my brothers to go back to Galilee, and there they will see me."

³ While He was in Bethany, He was a guest in the home of Simon the leper, and as He was sitting at table, a woman came in with an alabaster bottle of pure nard perfume, very costly; she broke the bottle and poured the perfume on His head.

⁸ She has done all she could; she has beforehand perfumed my body for my burial.

⁴⁰ Now several women were there looking on from a distance, among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joses, and Salome,

⁴² Although it was now evening, yet since it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

⁴⁷ And Mary of Magdala and Mary, Joses' mother, were looking on to see where He was put.

⁴ Then they looked up and saw that the boulder had already been rolled to one side, for it was a very large one. ⁵ And when they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting at the right; and they were utterly astounded.

⁸ Then they left the tomb and fled, for they were trembling and bewildered, and they did not tell anybody a single thing about it, for they were afraid to do so.

⁵⁴ It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was just beginning.

⁵⁶ Then they went back home, and prepared spices and perfumes.

²⁵ Near Jesus' cross were standing His mother and her sister Mary, the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

³¹ As it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, that the bodies might not remain on the crosses during the Sabbath, for that Sabbath was a very important one, the Jews requested Pilate to have their legs broken and their bodies taken down.

³⁹ Now Nicodemus also, who had formerly come to Jesus at night, went and took a mixture of myrrh and aloes that weighed about one hundred pounds. ⁴⁰ So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in bandages with the spices, in accordance with the Jewish custom of preparing a body for burial.

¹ On the first day of the week, very early in the morning while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala went to the tomb, and she saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. ² So she ran away and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus tenderly loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they have put Him." ³ So Peter and the other disciple left the city and started for the tomb. ⁴ And they both kept running, but the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first. ⁵ And he stooped down and peered in and saw the bandages lying on the ground, but he did not go in. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came running up behind him, and he went inside, and saw the bandages lying on the ground, ⁷ but the handkerchief which had been over His face was not lying with the bandages, but was folded up by itself in another place. ⁸ So then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went inside and saw, and he came to believe it. ⁹ For they had not previously understood the Scripture which said that He must rise from the dead. ¹⁰ So the disciples went home again.

¹ After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to get a look at the tomb.

¹ Now on the Sabbath they rested, in accordance with the commandment, but on the first day of the week at early dawn they went to the tomb, taking the spices which they had prepared.

¹ On the first day of the week, very early in the morning while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala went to the tomb, and she saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

⁶⁰ and laid it in a tomb of his, which he had cut out of the rock, and he rolled a big boulder over the doorway of the tomb, and went away. ⁶¹ And Mary of Magdala and the other Mary kept sitting there in front of the tomb. ⁶² On the next day, which is the day after the Preparation Day, the high priests and Pharisees met and went in a body to Pilate, ⁶³ and said, "Sir, we remember that that pretender said while He was living, 'After three days I will rise again.' ⁶⁴ Issue an order then to have the tomb closely guarded, so that His disciples cannot come and steal Him and tell the people that He rose from the dead, and the last deception be worse than the first." ⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, "Take the military guard and go and make it as secure as you can." ⁶⁶ So off they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the boulder and setting a guard.

⁴⁶ So he bought a linen sheet, then took Him down from the cross, wrapped Him in the linen sheet, and laid Him in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a boulder up to the doorway of the tomb. ⁴⁷ And Mary of Magdala and Mary, Joses' mother, were looking on to see where He was put.

² Now there had been a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the boulder back and remained sitting upon it. ³ His appearance was as bright as lightning and his clothes as white as snow. ⁴ The men on guard trembled in awe of him, and became like dead men.

² But they found the boulder rolled back from the tomb,

³ His appearance was as bright as lightning and his clothes as white as snow.

⁴⁹ But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought that it was a ghost and screamed aloud, ⁵⁰ for they all saw Him and were terrified. But He at once spoke to them and said, "Keep up courage! It is I; stop being afraid."

¹⁵ And all the people were utterly amazed when they saw Him, and ran up to Him and greeted Him.

¹² When Zechariah saw him, he was agitated, even overwhelmed with fear.

²⁹ But she was agitated at what he said, and began to ponder what this greeting meant. ³⁰ Then the angel said, "Stop being afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

³ and yet on going inside they did not find the body. ⁴ And as they were being perplexed about this, two men in dazzling robes suddenly took their stand beside them. ⁵ Because the women were so frightened and were turning their faces to the ground, they said to them, "Why are you looking among the dead for Him who is alive?

⁸ So then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went inside and saw, and he came to believe it.

¹¹ But Mary stood just outside the tomb and kept weeping. So, as she was weeping, she stooped down and peered into the tomb ¹² and saw seated there two angels in white robes, one at the head, one at the feet, where Jesus' body had lain.

⁴⁰ For as Jonah was in the whale's stomach for three days and nights, the Son of Man will be three days and nights in the heart of the earth.

²⁶ And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, "It is a ghost!" And they screamed with fright. ²⁷ Then Jesus at once spoke to them, "Be men of courage! It is I; stop being afraid."

⁴ The men on guard trembled in awe of him, and became like dead men. ⁵ And the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here; He has risen, as He said He would do. Come, get a look at the place where He was lying. ⁷ Then run and tell His disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and is going back to Galilee ahead of you; you will see Him there.' This is my message to you."

²⁴ "What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, God's Holy One!"

⁹ And while they were going down the mountain, He cautioned them not to tell anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man should rise from the dead. ¹⁰ And they held that caution fast in their minds, as they continued to discuss among themselves what rising from the dead meant.

³⁴ and they will make sport of Him, and spit on Him, and flog Him, and kill Him, but three days after He will rise again."

⁴ And as they were being perplexed about this, two men in dazzling robes suddenly took their stand beside them. ⁵ Because the women were so frightened and were turning their faces to the ground, they said to them, "Why are you looking among the dead for Him who is alive? ⁶ [He is not here but has risen.] Remember what He told you while He was still in Galilee, when ⁷ He said that the Son of Man had to be turned over to wicked men and crucified, but was to rise again on the third day." ⁸ Then they recalled His words

²⁰ and how the high priests and leading men turned Him over to be sentenced to death, and had Him crucified. ²¹ But we kept hoping that He was the One who was coming to set Israel free. Moreover, besides all this, it is now the third day since these things occurred. ²² Yes, indeed, some women of our number have astounded us! They went to the tomb early this morning ²³ and could not find His body, but came and told us that they had actually had a vision of angels who said He was alive. ²⁴ Then some of our company went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Him." ²⁵ Then He said to them, "O men sluggish in mind and slow in heart to believe all that the prophets have said! ²⁶ Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and thus to enter into His glory?" ²⁷ Then He began with Moses and went through all the prophets and explained to them all the passages in the Scriptures about Himself.

⁴⁶ and said to them, "The Scriptures said that the Christ should suffer as He has suffered, should rise from the dead on the third day,

¹⁹ Jesus answered them, "Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it in three days." ²⁰ Then the Jews retorted, "It took forty-six years to build this sanctuary, and you are going to raise it in three days!" ²¹ But He meant the sanctuary of His body. ²² So after He had risen from the dead, His disciples recalled that He had said this, and so believed the Scripture and the statement that He had made.

¹⁹ Pilate had a placard written and had it put over the cross: "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS." ²⁰ Many of the Jews read this placard, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

²² "Fellow Israelites, listen to what I say. Jesus of Nazareth, as you yourselves well know, a man accredited to you by God through mighty deeds and wonders and wonder-works which God performed through Him right here among you, ²³ this very Jesus, I say, after He was betrayed, in accordance with the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you had wicked men kill by nailing Him to a cross;

¹⁰ you and all the people of Israel must know that it is by the authority of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead -- yes, I repeat it, it is by His authority that this man stands here before you well.

³⁸ how God consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and then He went about doing good and curing all who were overpowered by the devil, because God was with Him. ³⁹ We are witnesses of everything that He did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. Yet they murdered Him by hanging Him upon a tree. ⁴⁰ But God raised Him to life on the third day, and permitted Him to be dearly seen,

³ For I passed on to you, among the primary principles of the good news, what I had received, that Christ died for our sins, in accordance with the Scriptures, ⁴ that He was buried, that on the third day He was raised from the dead, in accordance with the Scriptures, ⁵ and that He was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve. ⁶ After that, at one time He was seen by more than five hundred brothers, most of whom are still living, though some of them have fallen asleep. ⁷ Then He was seen by James, then by all the apostles, and finally

¹⁷ So when I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He laid His right hand upon me and said: "Do not be afraid any more. I am the First and the Last; ¹⁸ yea, the ever-living One. I once was dead, but now I live forever and ever. I carry the keys of death and the underworld.

³² But after I am raised from the dead, I will go back to Galilee to meet you."

⁷ Then run and tell His disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and is going back to Galilee ahead of you; you will see Him there.' This is my message to you."

¹⁰ Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go, tell my brothers to go back to Galilee, and there they will see me."

¹⁶ The eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them, ¹⁷ and as soon as they saw Him, they fell down and worshiped Him, though some were in doubt about it.

²⁸ But after I am raised from the dead, I will go back to Galilee to meet you."

⁵⁰ Then all His disciples forsook Him and made their escape.

⁶⁶ While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest's waiting girls came up, ⁶⁷ and when she saw that Peter was warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You were with Jesus of Nazareth too!" ⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, "I do not know or understand what you mean." Then he went out of the courtyard and was in the gateway to it. ⁶⁹ And the waiting girl saw him there and began again to tell the bystanders, "This fellow is one of them!" ⁷⁰ But he denied it again. And again a few minutes later the bystanders began to say to Peter, "You are surely one of them, for you are a Galilean too." ⁷¹ Then he commenced cursing and swearing, "I do not know this man that you are talking about." ⁷² At that moment for the second time a Cock crowed. Then Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock crows twice, you will disown me three times!" And when he remembered that, he burst into tears.

¹ After this Jesus again showed Himself to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias, and this is the way He showed Himself.

³¹ and for many days He appeared to those who had come up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, and they are now witnesses for Him to the people.

⁵ and that He was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.

⁷ so you must do the opposite, freely forgive and comfort him, to keep him from being overwhelmed by his excessive sadness.

⁸ So off they hurried from the tomb, frightened and yet in ecstasy, and ran to break the news to His disciples.

⁵ And when they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting at the right; and they were utterly astounded. ⁶ But he said to them, "You must not be so astounded; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified. He has risen; He is not here. See! Here is the spot where they laid Him.

⁴ Do not carry a purse, a bag, or shoes, and do not stop to say 'Good morning' to anybody on the road.

⁹ and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the Eleven and all the rest. ¹⁰ They were Mary of Magdala and Joanna, and Mary, James's mother, who, with the other women, reported these things to the apostles. ¹¹ But the report seemed to them to be nonsense, and so they continued to disbelieve the women.

²² Yes, indeed, some women of our number have astounded us! They went to the tomb early this morning ²³ and could not find His body, but came and told us that they had actually had a vision of angels who said He was alive. ²⁴ Then some of our company went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Him."

³⁷ and they were so startled and terror-stricken that they were beginning to think that they saw a ghost.

⁵⁶ among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

² and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary, who was called Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons had gone,

¹⁰ They were Mary of Magdala and Joanna, and Mary, James's mother, who, with the other women, reported these things to the apostles.

¹² and saw seated there two angels in white robes, one at the head, one at the feet, where Jesus' body had lain.

¹⁴ On saying this she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵ Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?" Because she supposed it was the gardener, she said to Him, "If it was you, sir, who carried Him away, tell me where you put Him, and I will remove Him." ¹⁶ Jesus said to her, "Mary!" At once she turned and said to Him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" which means Teacher. ¹⁷ Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to me so, for I have not yet gone up to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." ¹⁸ Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that He had told her this. ¹⁹ In the evening of that same first day of the week, even with the doors of the room bolted where the disciples had met for fear of the Jews, Jesus went in and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you!"

⁷ On the first day of the week when we had met to break bread, Paul addressed them, since he was leaving the next day, and prolonged his speech till midnight.

² On the first day of every week each of you must put aside and store up something in proportion as he is prospered, so that no contributions need be made when I come back.

¹⁰ On the Lord's day I was in the Spirit's power, and I heard a voice like a trumpet behind me say:

¹⁵ Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot mourn, can they, as long as they have the bridegroom with them? But a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

³⁰ And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the nations of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky in overwhelming power and splendor.

⁷² At that moment for the second time a Cock crowed. Then Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock crows twice, you will disown me three times!" And when he remembered that, he burst into tears.

¹⁷ Then He said to them, "What is this that you are discussing together as you walk?" So they stopped and stood still with puzzled countenances.

⁶ but sorrow has taken complete possession of your hearts, because I have told you these things.

²⁰ I most solemnly say to you, you will weep and wail, but the world will be glad; you will grieve but your grief will be turned into gladness. ²¹ When a woman is in labor, she is in pain, for her time has come, but when the baby is born, she forgets her pain because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world. ²² So you too are now in sorrow, but I am going to see you again, and then your hearts will be happy, and no one can rob you of your happiness.

¹⁸ Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that He had told her this.

¹⁹ He answered them, "Oh, you unbelieving people of the times! How long must I be with you! How long must I put up with you! Bring him to me."

¹³ Then they went back and told the rest, but they would not believe them either. ¹⁴ Later on He appeared to the Eleven themselves while they were at table, and reproved them for their lack of faith and their stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had been raised from the dead.

¹¹ But the report seemed to them to be nonsense, and so they continued to disbelieve the women.

²³ and could not find His body, but came and told us that they had actually had a vision of angels who said He was alive. ²⁴ Then some of our company went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Him." ²⁵ Then He said to them, "O men sluggish in mind and slow in heart to believe all that the prophets have said! ²⁶ Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and thus to enter into His glory?" ²⁷ Then He began with Moses and went through all the prophets and explained to them all the passages in the Scriptures about Himself. ²⁸ Then they approached the village to which they were going, and He acted as though He were going on farther, ²⁹ but they earnestly urged Him, and said, "Stop and stay with us, for it is getting toward evening and the day is nearly spent." So He went in to stay with them. ³⁰ And after He had taken His place at table with them, He took the loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them. ³¹ Then their eyes were instantly opened and they recognized Him, and at once He vanished from them. ³² Then they said to each other, "Did not our hearts keep burning in our bosoms as He was talking to us on the road, as He went on explaining the Scriptures to us?" ³³ So at once they got up and went back to Jerusalem and found the Eleven and their company all together, ³⁴ who told them that the Lord had really risen and had been seen by Simon. ³⁵ Then they themselves began to tell what had occurred on the road, and how He was recognized by them when He broke the loaf in pieces.

¹⁴ Later on He appeared to the Eleven themselves while they were at table, and reproved them for their lack of faith and their stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had been raised from the dead.

¹³ On that very day, strange to say, two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, ¹⁴ and were talking together about all these things that had taken place. ¹⁵ And as they were talking, and discussing these things, Jesus Himself came up near to them and continued to walk with them, ¹⁶ but their eyes were in such a state as to keep them from recognizing Him. ¹⁷ Then He said to them, "What is this that you are discussing together as you walk?" So they stopped and stood still with puzzled countenances. ¹⁸ Finally one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered Him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who has not heard of the things that have taken place there in these last days?" ¹⁹ And He said to them, "What sort of things?" They answered Him, "The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who in the sight of God and of all the people became a prophet mighty in deed and word, ²⁰ and how the high priests and leading men turned Him over to be sentenced to death, and had Him crucified. ²¹ But we kept hoping that He was the One who was coming to set Israel free. Moreover, besides all this, it is now the third day since these things occurred. ²² Yes, indeed, some women of our number have astounded us! They went to the tomb early this morning ²³ and could not find His body, but came and told us that they had actually had a vision of angels who said He was alive. ²⁴ Then some of our company went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Him." ²⁵ Then He said to them, "O men sluggish in mind and slow in heart to believe all that the prophets have said! ²⁶ Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and thus to enter into His glory?" ²⁷ Then He began with Moses and went through all the prophets and explained to them all the passages in the Scriptures about Himself. ²⁸ Then they approached the village to which they were going, and He acted as though He were going on farther, ²⁹ but they earnestly urged Him, and said, "Stop and stay with us, for it is getting toward evening and the day is nearly spent." So He went in to stay with them. ³⁰ And after He had taken His place at table with them, He took the loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them. ³¹ Then their eyes were instantly opened and they recognized Him, and at once He vanished from them. ³² Then they said to each other, "Did not our hearts keep burning in our bosoms as He was talking to us on the road, as He went on explaining the Scriptures to us?"

¹⁴ This was now the third time that Jesus showed Himself to His disciples, after He had risen from the dead.

³¹ Then he answered, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, even if someone rises from the dead.'"

²⁵ So the rest of the disciples kept saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail prints in His hands, and put my finger into them, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe it!"

²⁰ Then He began to censure the cities in which His many, many wonder-works had been done, because they did not repent.

¹⁶ And He said, "Are you too, even yet, without understanding? ¹⁷ Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and afterwards into the waste?

⁸ Jesus knew it and said, "Why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? Have you so little faith? ⁹ Do you not understand yet? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many basketfuls you took up? ¹⁰ Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many hamper-basketfuls you took up? ¹¹ How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about bread, when I said, keep on guarding yourselves against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?"

²⁰ He answered them, "Because you have so little faith! For I solemnly say to you, if you have the faith that is living like a grain of mustard, you can say to this mountain, 'Move over from here to yonder,' and it will move over, and nothing will be impossible for you to do."

¹⁸ And He answered them, "Are you too without understanding yet? Do you not know that nothing from the outside that goes into a man can make him foul,

¹⁷ And as He noticed it He said to them, "Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet know nor understand? Are your minds so dull? ¹⁸ Since you have eyes can you not see with them? Since you have ears can you not hear with them?

¹¹ But although they had heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. ¹² After this He showed Himself in a different form to two of them as they were walking along, on their way into the country. ¹³ Then they went back and told the rest, but they would not believe them either.

²⁵ Then He said to them, "O men sluggish in mind and slow in heart to believe all that the prophets have said!

³⁶ Even while they were talking about these things, He took His stand among them Himself, [and said to them, "Peace to you!"] ³⁷ and they were so startled and terror-stricken that they were beginning to think that they saw a ghost. ³⁸ But He said to them, "Why are you so disturbed and why are doubts arising in your hearts? ³⁹ Look at my hands and my feet, for it is I, myself. Feel of me and see for yourselves, for a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have." ⁴⁰ [After He had said this He showed them His hands and His feet.] ⁴¹ So while they were still disbelieving for sheer joy and still wondering about it, He asked them, "Have you anything here to eat?" ⁴² Then they gave Him a piece of broiled fish, ⁴³ and He took it and ate it before their eyes.

¹⁹ In the evening of that same first day of the week, even with the doors of the room bolted where the disciples had met for fear of the Jews, Jesus went in and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you!" ²⁰ On saying this, He showed them His hands and His side, and the disciples were thrilled with joy over seeing their Lord.

²⁷ Then He said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and look at my hands, and take your hand and put it in my side, and stop being an unbeliever, but be a believer!"

⁷ Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "If you but hear His voice today, ⁸ You must not harden your hearts as they did in provoking me, as on the day in the desert they tested me,

¹⁵ and yet the warning continues to be spoken: "If you but hear His voice, you must not harden your hearts as they did in provoking me." ¹⁶ For who was it that heard and yet provoked Him? Was it not all who came out of Egypt led by Moses? ¹⁷ With whom was He disgusted forty years? Was it not with those who had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the desert? ¹⁸ To whom did He take oath that they should not be admitted to His rest, if it was not to those who disobeyed Him? ¹⁹ So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they could not be admitted to it.

¹⁹ The people whom I dearly love, I always reprove and discipline. So keep on being earnest and once for all repent.

⁵ Jesus sent these twelve out, after giving them the following charge: "Do not go to the heathen, or to any Samaritan town, ⁶ but rather to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

¹⁹ Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptize them into the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

¹⁰ But before the end comes, the good news must be proclaimed to all the heathen.

¹⁰ But the angel said to them: "Stop being afraid, for now I bring you good tidings of great joy which is to be for all the people; ¹¹ for today, in the town of David, a Saviour for you has been born, who is to be your Messiah and Lord.

³¹ which you prepared before all peoples, ³² a light of revelation to the heathen, and a glory to your people Israel."

²¹ So the slave returned and reported these answers to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his slave, 'Hurry out into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor, the maimed, the crippled, and the blind.' ²² Then the slave said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and still there is room.' ²³ "Then the master said to his slave, 'Go out on the roads and by the hedges and make the people come in, so that my house may be filled.

⁴⁷ and that in His name repentance as the condition for the forgiveness of sins should be preached to all the nations. Beginning at Jerusalem ⁴⁸ you are to continue as witnesses to these things.

¹⁶ You have not chosen me; I have chosen you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit, that your fruit may remain too, so that the Father may grant you, as bearers of my name, whatever you ask Him for.

²¹ Jesus again said to them, "Peace be with you! Just as my Father has sent me forth, so I am now sending you."

⁸ but you are going to receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you must be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."

¹⁸ But may I ask, They had no chance to hear, did they? Yes, indeed: "All over the earth their voices have gone, to the ends of the world their words."

²⁶ but now has been fully brought to light by means of the prophetic Scriptures, and in accordance with the command of the eternal God has been made known to all the heathen, to win them to obedience inspired by faith --

¹⁷ When He came, He brought the good news of peace for you who were far away and for you who were near;

⁶ which reached you, and since it is bearing fruit and growing among you, just as it is all over the world, from the day you first heard of God's favor and in reality came to know it,

²³ if indeed you continue well grounded and firm in faith and never shift from the hope inspired by the good news you heard, which has been preached all over the world, and of which I, Paul, have been made a minister.

¹⁴ We have seen and now testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Saviour of the world.

⁶ Then I saw another angel flying in mid-air, with eternal good news to tell to the inhabitants of the earth, to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

¹⁵ "The time is ripe and the kingdom of God is near; repent and believe in the good news."

¹² Those along the path illustrate those who hear it, but then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved.

¹² But to all who did accept Him, and trust in His name, He gave the right to become the children of God, ¹³ who were born of God and not of natural blood nor of physical or human impulse.

⁵ Jesus answered, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever get into the kingdom of God, unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

¹⁵ so that everyone who trusts in Him may have eternal life. ¹⁶ "For God loved the world so much that He gave His Only Son, so that anyone who trusts in Him may never perish but have eternal life.

¹⁸ Whoever trusts in Him is never to come up for judgment, but whoever does not trust in Him has already received his sentence, because he has not trusted in the name of God's only Son. ¹⁹ And the ground for the sentence is this, that the light has come into the world, and yet, because their actions were evil, men have loved darkness more than the light.

³⁶ Whoever trusts in the Son possesses eternal life, but whoever refuses to trust in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God continues to remain on him.

²⁴ "I most solemnly say to you, whoever listens to me and believes Him who has sent me possesses eternal life, and will never come under condemnation, but has already passed out of death into life.

²⁹ Jesus answered them, "The work that God demands of you is this, to believe in the messenger whom He has sent."

³⁵ Jesus said to them, "I am the bread that gives life. Whoever comes to me will never get hungry, and whoever believes in me will never get thirsty.

⁴⁰ For it is my Father's will that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and that I shall raise him to life on the last day."

³⁷ On the last day, the great day, of the feast, Jesus stood and cried aloud, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. ³⁸ Whoever continues to believe in me will have, as the Scripture says, rivers of living water continuously flowing from within him."

²⁴ So I have told you that you would die under the curse of your sins, for unless you believe that I am the Christ, you will die under the curse of your sins."

²⁵ Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life myself. Whoever continues to believe in me will live right on even though he dies, ²⁶ and no person who continues to live and believe in me will ever die at all. Do you believe this?"

⁴⁶ I have come as light into the world, so that no one who continues to believe in me can remain in darkness. ⁴⁷ If anyone hears my words and fails to keep them, it is not I that judge him, for I have not come to judge but to save the world. ⁴⁸ Whoever persistently rejects me and refuses to accept my teachings has something to judge him -- the very message I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

³¹ But these have been recorded, in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life, as bearers of His name.

³⁸ Peter said to them, "You must repent -- and, as an expression of it, let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ -- that you may have your sins forgiven; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

⁴¹ So they accepted his message and were baptized, and about three thousand persons united with them on that day.

³⁶ As they continued down the road, they came to some water, and the official said, "Look! here is some water! What is there to keep me from being baptized?" ³⁷ Omitted Text. ³⁸ So he ordered the chariot to stop, and Philip and the official both went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. ³⁹ When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away; the official saw him no more, for he went on home rejoicing;

⁴³ To this very One all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in Him is to receive the forgiveness of sins through His name."

³⁹ and that through union with Him every one of you who believes is given right standing with God and freed from every charge from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas courageously spoke out, "God's message had to be spoken to you Jews first, but since you continue to thrust it from you and since you show yourselves unworthy to receive eternal life, now and here we turn to the heathen.

³⁰ After leading them out of the jail, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" ³¹ They answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you and your household will be saved." ³² Then they told God's message to him and to all the members of his household.

¹⁶ And now, why are you waiting? Get up and be baptized and wash your sins away by calling on His name.'

⁶ Not at all! If that were so, how could He judge the world?

²⁴ it was for our sakes too, for it is going to be credited to us who put our faith in God who raised from the dead our Lord Jesus,

⁹ For if with your lips you acknowledge the fact that Jesus is Lord, and in your hearts you believe that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For in their hearts people exercise the faith that leads to right standing, and with their lips they make the acknowledgment which means salvation. ¹¹ For the Scripture says, "No one who puts his faith in Him will ever be put to shame." ¹² But there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is over them all, because He is infinitely kind to all who call upon Him. ¹³ For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. ¹⁴ But how can people call upon One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in One about whom they have not heard? And how can people hear without someone to preach to them?

⁸ in a flame of fire, who will take vengeance on those who do not know God, that is, those who will not listen to the good news of our Lord Jesus.

¹² so that all who have refused to believe the truth but have chosen unrighteousness instead might be condemned.

³⁸ Meantime, my righteous servant will live by faith. But if a man draws back, my soul has no delight in him." ³⁹ But we are not of a disposition to draw back so as to perish, but we have faith that leads to the saving of the soul.

²¹ who through Him trust in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory; so that your faith and hope may rest in God.

²¹ Baptism, which corresponds to this figure, now saves you, too -- I do not mean the mere removal of physical stains, but the craving for a clear conscience toward God -- through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

¹⁰ Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his own heart. Whoever does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has borne to His Son. ¹¹ And this testimony is that God has given us eternal life, and this life is given through union with His Son. ¹² Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son does not have life. ¹³ I have written this to you who believe in the person of the Son of God, so that you may know that you already have eternal life.

¹⁵ If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was hurled into the fiery lake.

⁸ But the cowards, the unfaithful, the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral, the practicers of magic, the worshipers of idols, and all liars will have their portion in the lake that keeps on burning with fire and brimstone. This is the second death."

³⁸ John said to Him, "Teacher, we saw a man using your name to drive out demons, and we tried to stop him, for he was not one of our followers."

¹⁷ Now the seventy returned and joyously reported, "Lord, even the demons are submitting to us in your name."

¹² I most solemnly say to you, whoever perseveres in believing in me can himself do the things that I am doing; yes, he can do even greater things than I am doing, because I am going to the Father.

⁴ and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in foreign languages as the Spirit granted them to utter divine things. ⁵ Now there were devout Jews from every part of the world living in Jerusalem. ⁶ And when this sound was heard, the crowd rushed together in great excitement, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. ⁷ They were perfectly astounded, and in bewilderment they continued to say, "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? ⁸ So how is it that each of us hears them speaking in his own native tongue? ⁹ Parthians, Medes, Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, of Judea and Cappadocia, of Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ of Phrygia and Pamphylia, of Egypt and the district of Libya around Cyrene, transient dwellers from Rome, Jews and proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabs -- we hear them all alike telling in our own tongues the great wonders of God."

³³ So He has been exalted to God's right hand and has received from His Father, as promised, and poured out upon us the Holy Spirit, as you see and hear.

¹⁶ Even from the towns around Jerusalem crowds continued coming in to bring their sick ones and those troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.

⁷ For many of those under the power of foul spirits cried out and the spirits came out of them, and many paralyzed and crippled people were cured.

⁴⁶ for they heard them speaking in foreign languages and telling of the greatness of God. Then Peter asked,

¹⁸ She kept this up for a number of days. Because Paul was so much annoyed by her, he turned and said to the spirit in her, "In the name of Jesus Christ I order you to come out of her." And that very moment it came out.

⁶ and when Paul laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in foreign tongues and to prophesy.

¹² as an instrument that the people carried off to the sick, towels or aprons used by him, and at their touch they were cured of their diseases, and the evil spirits went out of them. ¹³ But some wandering Jews who claimed to be driving out the evil spirits tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus on those who had evil spirits in them, saying, "I command you by that Jesus whom Paul preaches!" ¹⁴ Sceva, a Jewish high priest, had seven sons who were doing this. ¹⁵ But on one occasion the evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know and Paul I know about, but who are you?" ¹⁶ So the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaped upon them and so violently overpowered two of them that they ran out of the house stripped of their clothes and wounded.

¹⁰ to another, power for working wonders; to another, prophetic insight; to another, the power to discriminate between the true Spirit and false spirits; to another, various ecstatic utterances; and to another, the power to explain them.

²⁸ And God has placed people in the church, first as apostles, second as prophets, third as teachers, then wonder-workers; then people with power to cure the sick, helpers, managers, ecstatic speakers.

³⁰ Not all are people with power to cure the sick, are they? Not all are ecstatic speakers, are they? Not all can explain ecstatic speaking, can they?

¹ If I could speak the languages of men, of angels too, and have no love, I am only a rattling pan or a clashing cymbal.

² For whoever speaks in ecstasy is speaking not to men but to God, for no one understands him, and yet by the Spirit he is speaking secret truths.

⁴ Whoever speaks in ecstasy builds up himself alone, but whoever prophesies builds up the congregation too. ⁵ I would like for all of you to speak in ecstasy, but I would rather that you prophesy. The man who speaks with real prophetic insight renders greater service than the man who speaks in ecstasy, unless the latter explains it, so the congregation may receive an uplift. ⁶ But as it now is, brothers, if I do come back to you speaking in ecstasy, what good shall I do you, unless my speech contains a revelation or new knowledge or a prophetic message or some teaching? ⁷ Even inanimate things, like the flute or the harp, may give out sounds, but if there is no difference in the notes, how can the tune that is played on the flute or the harp be told? ⁸ Again, indeed, if the bugle does not sound a call distinct and clear, who will prepare for battle? ⁹ So it is with you; unless in your ecstatic speaking you speak a message that is clearly intelligible, how can the message spoken by you be understood? You might just as well be talking to the air! ¹⁰ There are, supposedly, ever so many languages in the world, and not one is without its own meaning. ¹¹ So if I do not know the meaning of the language, I should be a foreigner to the man who speaks it, and he would be a foreigner to me. ¹² So, as you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, you must keep trying to excel for the upbuilding of the church. ¹³ Therefore, the man who speaks in ecstasy must pray for power to explain what he says. ¹⁴ For if I pray in ecstasy, my spirit is praying, but my mind produces no results for anyone. ¹⁵ What is my conclusion then? I will certainly pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind in action too. I will certainly sing with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind in action too. For if you give thanks with your spirit only, ¹⁶ how is the man who occupies the place of the illiterate to say "Amen" to your thanksgiving? For he does not know what you are saying. ¹⁷ You are, indeed, doing right to give thanks, but your neighbor is not built up. ¹⁸ Thank God, I speak in ecstasy more than any of you. ¹⁹ But in the public congregation I would rather speak five words with my mind in action, in order to instruct the people too, than ten thousand words in ecstasy. ²⁰ Brothers, stop being children in intelligence, but as to evil keep on being babies; and yet as to intelligence be men of maturity. ²¹ In the law it is written, "By men of foreign languages and by the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord." ²² So speaking in ecstasy is meant as a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is meant, not for unbelievers but for believers. ²³ Hence, if the whole church has met and everybody speaks in ecstasy, and illiterate people or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are crazy? ²⁴ But if everybody prophesies, and some unbeliever or illiterate man comes in, he is convinced of his sins by all, he is closely questioned by all, ²⁵ the secrets of his heart are laid bare, he falls upon his face and worships God, declaring, "God is really among you." ²⁶ Then what is our conclusion, brothers? When you meet together, everybody has a song, something to teach, a revelation, an ecstatic utterance, or an explanation of one. It must all be for the upbuilding of all.

²³ and kept earnestly begging Him, saying, "My dear little daughter is at the point of death. Come, lay your hands on her, so that she may get well and live."

¹⁹ Listen! I have given you power to tread on snakes and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy, and nothing at all will ever harm you.

⁶ But Peter said, "No silver or gold have I, but what I do have I will give you. In the name of Jesus of Nazareth start walking." ⁷ Then he took him by the right hand and lifted him, and his feet and ankles instantly grew strong, ⁸ and at once he leaped to his feet and started walking; then he went into the temple with them, walking, leaping, and praising God.

¹² When Peter saw this, he said to the people, "Fellow Israelites, why are you so surprised at this? Why do you keep staring at us, as though we had by our own power or piety made this man walk?

¹⁶ It is His name, that is, on condition of faith in His name, that has made strong again this man whom you see and recognize -- yes, faith inspired by Him has given this man the perfect health you all see.

²² for the man on whom the wonderful cure had been performed was more than forty years old.

³⁰ by stretching out your hand to cure people and to perform signs and wonders by the authority of your holy Servant Jesus."

¹⁵ so that they kept bringing out into the streets their sick ones and putting them on little couches or pallets, that at least the shadow of Peter, as he went by, might fall on some of them. ¹⁶ Even from the towns around Jerusalem crowds continued coming in to bring their sick ones and those troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.

¹⁷ So Ananias left and went to that house, and there he laid his hands upon Saul, and said, "Saul, my. brother, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road on which you were coming here, has sent me that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." ¹⁸ And all at once something like scales fell from his eyes, he regained his sight, got up and was baptized,

³⁴ So Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ now cures you! Get up and make your bed!" And at once he got up.

⁴⁰ Then Peter put them all out of the room, knelt down and prayed, and, turning to the body, said, "Tabitha, get up!" Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up. ⁴¹ He gave her his hand and lifted her to her feet, and calling in the Lord's people and the widows, he gave her back to them alive. ⁴² This became known all over Joppa, and many came to believe in the Lord.

¹² as an instrument that the people carried off to the sick, towels or aprons used by him, and at their touch they were cured of their diseases, and the evil spirits went out of them.

³ Paul, too, gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he put them on the fire, because of the heat, a viper crawled out of them and fastened itself upon his hand. ⁴ When the natives saw the reptile hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "Beyond a doubt this man is a murderer, for though he has been rescued from the sea, justice will not let him live." ⁵ But he simply shook the reptile off into the fire and suffered no harm. ⁶ The natives kept on looking for him to swell up or suddenly drop dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual take place on him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

⁸ Publius' father chanced to be sick in bed with fever and dysentery, and Paul went to see him and after praying laid his hands upon him and cured him. ⁹ Because this cure was performed, the rest of the sick people on the island kept coming to him and by degrees were cured.

²⁰ Now the peace-giving God will soon crush Satan under your feet. The spiritual blessing of our Lord Jesus be with you.

⁹ to another, through union with the same Spirit, faith; to another, by one and the same Spirit, power to cure the sick;

¹⁴ Is anyone sick among you? He should call in the elders of the church, and they should pray over him, and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord, ¹⁵ and the prayer that is offered in faith will save the sick man; the Lord will raise him to health, and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

¹⁸ Then Jesus came up to them, and said, "Full authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptize them into the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teach them to practice all the commands that I have given you. And I myself will surely be with you all the days, down to the very close of an age."

⁵¹ Now as the time was coming to a head when He should be taken up to heaven, He firmly set His face to continue His journey to Jerusalem;

⁴⁴ Then He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you, that everything which is written about me in the law of Moses, in the prophets, and in the Psalms, had to be fulfilled." ⁴⁵ Then He opened their minds so that they might continue to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and said to them, "The Scriptures said that the Christ should suffer as He has suffered, should rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and that in His name repentance as the condition for the forgiveness of sins should be preached to all the nations. Beginning at Jerusalem ⁴⁸ you are to continue as witnesses to these things. ⁴⁹ And I will send down upon you what my Father has promised. But you, on your part, must stay right here in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." ⁵⁰ Then He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifted up His hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ And while He was blessing them, He parted from them, and was taken up to heaven.

⁶² Suppose you were to see the Son of Man going back where He was before?

¹ Before the Passover feast started, Jesus knew that His time had come for Him to leave the world and go to the Father, and as He had loved His own in the world He loved them to the last.

²⁸ I did come from the Father and I have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."

⁴ I have glorified you down here upon the earth by completing the work which you have given me to do. ⁵ So now, Father, glorify me up there in your presence just as you did before the world existed.

¹³ And now I am going to be with you, and I am saying these things while still in the world, that the joy which I experience may be fully experienced in their own souls.

¹⁷ Jesus said to her, "Stop clinging to me so, for I have not yet gone up to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

¹⁵ After they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than you are to these things?" Peter answered Him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs."

²² Jesus answered him, "If I wish him to wait until I come, what is that to you? You must keep on following me."

² up to the day when through the Holy Spirit He gave the apostles whom He had chosen their orders, and then was taken up to heaven. ³ After He had suffered, He had shown Himself alive to them, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them through a period of forty days, and telling them the things about the kingdom of God.

⁹ After saying this, He was taken up while they were looking at Him, and a cloud swept under Him and carried Him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And while they were gazing after Him into heaven, two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them, ¹¹ and said to them, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This very Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in just the way you have seen Him go up into heaven."

²¹ Yet heaven must retain Him till the time for the universal restoration of which God in the early ages spoke through the lips of His holy prophets.

⁵⁵ But since he was full of the Holy Spirit, he looked right into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God's right hand. ⁵⁶ So he said, "Look! I see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand."

³⁴ who can condemn them? Christ Jesus who died, or rather, who was raised from the dead, is now at God's right hand, and is actually pleading for us.

²⁴ After that comes the end, when He will turn the kingdom over to God His Father, when He will put an end to all other government, authority, and power; ²⁵ for He must continue to be king until He puts all His enemies under His feet.

²⁰ when He raised Christ from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in heaven, ²¹ far above every other government, authority, power, and dominion, yea, far above every other title that can be conferred, not only in this world but in the world to come. ²² And so He has put all things under His feet and made Him the supreme Head of the church,

⁸ Concerning this the Scripture says: "He led a host of captives, when He went up on high, and granted gifts to men." ⁹ What does "He went up" mean, except that He had first gone down into the lower regions of the earth? ¹⁰ The very One that went down has gone up, too, far above all the heavens, to fill the universe. ¹¹ And He has given some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers,

¹ So if you have been raised to life in fellowship with Christ, keep on seeking the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

¹⁶ Undoubtedly the mystery of our religion is a great wonder: "He was made visible in human form; He was vindicated by the Spirit; He was seen by angels; He was proclaimed among the heathen; He was trusted in throughout the world; He was taken up to glory."

³ He is the reflection of God's glory and the perfect representation of His being, and continues to uphold the universe by His mighty word. After He had procured man's purification from sins, He took His seat at the right hand of God's majesty,

¹⁴ Since then we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has gone right up to heaven itself, let us continue to keep a firm hold on our profession of faith in Him.

^{20 (6:19)} where Jesus has blazed the way for us and became a High Priest with the rank of Melchizedek.

²⁶ For we needed such a High Priest, holy, innocent, unstained, far removed from sinful men, and elevated far above the very heavens,

¹ Now the main point in what I am saying is this: We have such a High Priest as this, one who has taken His seat at the right hand of God's majestic throne in heaven

²⁴ For it was not a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, that Christ entered, but it was into heaven itself that He went, in order now to appear for us in the very presence of God.

¹² But this One offered up once for all and for all time one sacrifice for sins, and once for all took His seat at God's right hand, ¹³ from that time waiting till His enemies should be made the footstool of His feet.

¹⁹ Since then, my brothers, we have free access to the real sanctuary through the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ the new and living way which He opened for us, through the curtain, that is, His physical nature, ²¹ and since in Him we have a Great Priest over the house of God, ²² let us continue to draw near to God with sincere hearts and perfect faith; with our hearts cleansed from the sense of sin, and our bodies bathed in clean water;

² keeping our eyes on Jesus, the perfect leader and example of faith, who, instead of the joy which lay before Him, endured the cross with no regard for its shame, and since has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

²² who has gone to heaven and is now at God's right hand, with angels, heavenly authorities and powers made subject to Him.

²⁰ I am now standing at the door and knocking. If anyone listens to my voice and opens the door, I will be his guest and feast with him, and he with me. ²¹ I will give to him who conquers the privilege of taking his seat with me on my throne, just as I have conquered and taken my seat with my Father on His throne.

¹ When the day of Pentecost had now come, they were all meeting in one mind, ² when suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a terrific blast of wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting, ³ And they saw tongues like flames of fire separating and resting on their heads, one to each of them, ⁴ and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in foreign languages as the Spirit granted them to utter divine things. ⁵ Now there were devout Jews from every part of the world living in Jerusalem. ⁶ And when this sound was heard, the crowd rushed together in great excitement, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. ⁷ They were perfectly astounded, and in bewilderment they continued to say, "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? ⁸ So how is it that each of us hears them speaking in his own native tongue? ⁹ Parthians, Medes, Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, of Judea and Cappadocia, of Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ of Phrygia and Pamphylia, of Egypt and the district of Libya around Cyrene, transient dwellers from Rome, Jews and proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabs -- we hear them all alike telling in our own tongues the great wonders of God." ¹² And thus they all continued to be astounded and bewildered, and continued to say to each other, "What can this mean?" ¹³ But others in derision were saying, "They are running over with new wine." ¹⁴ Then Peter stood with the Eleven around him, and raising his voice he addressed them, "Men of Judea and all you residents of Jerusalem, let me explain this to you, and give close attention to my words. ¹⁵ These men are not drunk as you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning. ¹⁶ But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: ¹⁷ 'It will occur in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all mankind. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will have visions. Your old men will have dreams. ¹⁸ Even on my slaves, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will become prophets. ¹⁹ I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs upon the earth below, yes, blood and fire and smoky mist. ²⁰ The sun will turn to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. ²¹ Then everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.' ²² "Fellow Israelites, listen to what I say. Jesus of Nazareth, as you yourselves well know, a man accredited to you by God through mighty deeds and wonders and wonder-works which God performed through Him right here among you, ²³ this very Jesus, I say, after He was betrayed, in accordance with the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you had wicked men kill by nailing Him to a cross; ²⁴ but God raised Him up by loosing Him from the pangs of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held by the power of death. ²⁵ For David says of Him: 'I always kept my eyes upon the Lord, for He is at my right hand, so that I may not be removed. ²⁶ So my heart is glad and my tongue exults, and my body still lives in hope. ²⁷ For you will not forsake my soul to Hades. Nor will you let your Holy One experience decay. ²⁸ You have made known to me the ways of life, and you will fill me with delight in your presence.'

¹² Many signs and wonders were continuously performed by the apostles among the people. And by common consent they all used to meet in Solomon's portico.

⁴ Now those who were scattered went from place to place preaching the good news of the message. ⁵ So Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began to preach the Christ to the Samaritans. ⁶ As the crowds continued to listen to his message and continued to see his wonder-works which he was performing, with one mind they became interested in what was said by Philip.

³ In spite of this, however, they stayed there a considerable time and continued to speak with courage from the Lord, who continued to bear testimony to His gracious message and kept on granting signs and wonders to be done by them.

⁸ Now in the streets of Lystra a man used to sit who had no strength in his feet, who had been crippled from his birth, and had never walked. ⁹ He continued listening to Paul as he spoke, and as Paul by looking straight at him observed that he had faith that he would be cured, ¹⁰ he shouted aloud to him, "Get on your feet and stand erect!" Then up he leaped and began to walk.

¹⁹ by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Holy Spirit. So I have completed the telling of the good news of Christ all the way from Jerusalem around to Illyricum.

⁴ and my language and the message I preached were not adorned with pleasing words of worldly wisdom, but they were attended with proof and power given by the Spirit, ⁵ so that your faith might not be in men's wisdom, but in God's power.

⁶ I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but it was God who kept the plants growing. ⁷ So neither the planter nor the waterer counts for much, but God is everything in keeping the plants growing. ⁸ The planter and the waterer are one in aim, and yet each of us will get his own pay in accordance with his own work, ⁹ for we belong to God as His fellow-workers; you belong to God as His field to be tilled, as His building to be built.

¹ As God's fellow-worker I beg you too not to accept God's favor and throw it away.

⁴ while God continued to confirm their testimony with signs, marvels, and various sorts of wonder-works, and with gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed in accordance with His will.