001:001 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ{Christ (Greek)
and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean "Anointed One"}, the son of David,
the son of Abraham.
001:002 Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father
of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.
001:003 Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar.
Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the
father of Ram.
001:004 Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father
of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.
001:005 Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became
the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
001:006 Jesse became the father of David the king. David became
the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
001:007 Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became
the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.
001:008 Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became
the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.
001:009 Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father
of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.
001:010 Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became
the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.
001:011 Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers,
at the time of the exile to Babylon.
001:012 After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel.
Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.
001:013 Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father
of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor.
001:014 Azor became the father of Sadoc. Sadoc became the father of Achim.
Achim became the father of Eliud.
001:015 Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father
of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.
001:016 Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary,
from whom was born Jesus{"Jesus" means "Salvation."},
who is called Christ.
001:017 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations;
from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations;
and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ,
fourteen generations.
001:018 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother,
Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together,
she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
001:019 Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing
to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.
001:020 But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David,
don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife,
for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
001:021 She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus,
for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."
001:022 Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
001:023 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son.
They shall call his name Immanuel;" which is, being interpreted,
"God with us."{Isaiah 7:14}
001:024 Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord
commanded him, and took his wife to himself;
001:025 and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her
firstborn son. He named him Jesus.
002:001 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days
of Herod the king, behold, wise men{The word for "wise men"
(magoi) can also mean teachers, scientists, physicians,
astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, or sorcerers.}
from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
002:002 "Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star
in the east, and have come to worship him."
002:003 When Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all
Jerusalem with him.
002:004 Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people,
he asked them where the Christ would be born.
002:005 They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written
through the prophet,
002:006 'You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among
the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come forth a governor,
who shall shepherd my people, Israel.'"{Micah 5:2}
002:007 Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them
exactly what time the star appeared.
002:008 He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently
for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word,
so that I also may come and worship him."
002:009 They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold,
the star, which they saw in the east, went before them,
until it came and stood over where the young child was.
002:010 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
002:011 They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary,
his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him.
Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts:
gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
002:012 Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod,
they went back to their own country another way.
002:013 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared
to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child
and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I
tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."
002:014 He arose and took the young child and his mother by night,
and departed into Egypt,
002:015 and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet,
saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."{Hosea 11:1}
002:016 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men,
was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children
who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside,
from two years old and under, according to the exact time
which he had learned from the wise men.
002:017 Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet
was fulfilled, saying,
002:018 "A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn't be comforted,
because they are no more."{Jeremiah 31:15}
002:019 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared
in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
002:020 "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into
the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's
life are dead."
002:021 He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came
into the land of Israel.
002:022 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea
in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there.
Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
002:023 and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets:
"He will be called a Nazarene."
003:001 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness
of Judea, saying,
003:002 "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"
003:003 For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way
of the Lord. Make his paths straight."{Isaiah 40:3}
003:004 Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair,
with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts
and wild honey.
003:005 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region
around the Jordan went out to him.
003:006 They were baptized{or, immersed} by him in the Jordan,
confessing their sins.
003:007 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming
for his baptism,{or, immersion} he said to them, "You offspring
of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
003:008 Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance!
003:009 Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,'
for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham
from these stones.
003:010 "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees.
Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit
is cut down, and cast into the fire.
003:011 I indeed baptize{or, immerse} you in water for repentance,
but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am
not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.{TR
and NU add "and with fire"}
003:012 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse
his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn,
but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire."
003:013 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be
baptized by him.
003:014 But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized
by you, and you come to me?"
003:015 But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this
is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness."
Then he allowed him.
003:016 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water:
and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit
of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.
003:017 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son,
with whom I am well pleased."
004:001 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted by the devil.
004:002 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights,
he was hungry afterward.
004:003 The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God,
command that these stones become bread."
004:004 But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth
of God.'"{Deuteronomy 8:3}
004:005 Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on
the pinnacle of the temple,
004:006 and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down,
for it is written, 'He will give his angels charge concerning you.'
and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't
dash your foot against a stone.'"{Psalm 91:11-12}
004:007 Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test
the Lord, your God.'"{Deuteronomy 6:16}
004:008 Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain,
and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.
004:009 He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you
will fall down and worship me."
004:010 Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me,{TR and NU read "Go away"
instead of "Get behind me"} Satan! For it is written,
'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall
you serve.'"{Deuteronomy 6:13}
004:011 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
004:012 Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up,
he withdrew into Galilee.
004:013 Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is
by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
004:014 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah
the prophet, saying,
004:015 "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea,
beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
004:016 the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those
who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light
has dawned."{Isaiah 9:1-2}
004:017 From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent! For the
Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."
004:018 Walking by the sea of Galilee, he{TR reads "Jesus"
instead of "he"} saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter,
and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea;
for they were fishermen.
004:019 He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you
fishers for men."
004:020 They immediately left their nets and followed him.
004:021 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son
of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee
their father, mending their nets. He called them.
004:022 They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
004:023 Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every
disease and every sickness among the people.
004:024 The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought
to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases
and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics;
and he healed them.
004:025 Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and
from beyond the Jordan followed him.
005:001 Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain.
When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
005:002 He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
005:003 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom
of Heaven.{Isaiah 57:15; 66:2}
005:004 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.{Isaiah 61:2;
66:10,13}
005:005 Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.{or, land.
Psalm 37:11}
005:006 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness,
for they shall be filled.
005:007 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
005:008 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
005:009 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called
children of God.
005:010 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness'
sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
005:011 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you,
and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
005:012 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven.
For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
005:013 "You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor,
with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing,
but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
005:014 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill
can't be hidden.
005:015 Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket,
but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
005:016 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see
your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
005:017 "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets.
I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill.
005:018 For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not even one smallest letter{literally, iota} or one tiny
pen stroke{or, serif} shall in any way pass away from the law,
until all things are accomplished.
005:019 Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments,
and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom
of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called
great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
005:020 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of
the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter
into the Kingdom of Heaven.
005:021 "You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones,
'You shall not murder;'{Exodus 20:13} and 'Whoever shall
murder shall be in danger of the judgment.'
005:022 But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother
without a cause{NU omits "without a cause".} shall be in danger
of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca{"Raca"
is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for "empty"
and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.}!' shall be
in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!'
shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.{or, Hell}
005:023 "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar,
and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
005:024 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way.
First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and
offer your gift.
005:025 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him
in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you
to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer,
and you be cast into prison.
005:026 Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there,
until you have paid the last penny.{literally, kodrantes.
A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta
(widow's mites)--not enough to buy very much of anything.}
005:027 "You have heard that it was said, {TR adds "to the ancients,"}
'You shall not commit adultery;'{Exodus 20:14}
005:028 but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after
her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
005:029 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and
throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you
that one of your members should perish, than for your whole
body to be cast into Gehenna.{or, Hell}
005:030 If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off,
and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you
that one of your members should perish, than for your whole
body to be cast into Gehenna.{or, Hell}
005:031 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him
give her a writing of divorce,'{Deuteronomy 24:1}
005:032 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for
the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress;
and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
005:033 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time,
'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the
Lord your vows,'
005:034 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven,
for it is the throne of God;
005:035 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet;
nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
005:036 Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one
hair white or black.
005:037 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is
more than these is of the evil one.
005:038 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth
for a tooth.'{Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21}
005:039 But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever
strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
005:040 If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have
your cloak also.
005:041 Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
005:042 Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires
to borrow from you.
005:043 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor,
and hate your enemy.'{Leviticus 19:18}
005:044 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you,
do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat
you and persecute you,
005:045 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven.
For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good,
and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
005:046 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have?
Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
005:047 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others?
Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
005:048 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in
heaven is perfect.
006:001 "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men,
to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father
who is in heaven.
006:002 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet
before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues
and in the streets, that they may get glory from men.
Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
006:003 But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know
what your right hand does,
006:004 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father
who sees in secret will reward you openly.
006:005 "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites,
for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in
the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men.
Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
006:006 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber,
and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret,
and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
006:007 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do;
for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
006:008 Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things
you need, before you ask him.
006:009 Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name
be kept holy.
006:010 Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven,
so on earth.
006:011 Give us today our daily bread.
006:012 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
006:013 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever.
Amen.{NU omits "For yours is the Kingdom, the power,
and the glory forever. Amen."}'
006:014 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father
will also forgive you.
006:015 But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will
your Father forgive your trespasses.
006:016 "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites,
with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they
may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you,
they have received their reward.
006:017 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
006:018 so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your
Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret,
will reward you.
006:019 "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth
and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
006:020 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither
moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break
through and steal;
006:021 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
006:022 "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound,
your whole body will be full of light.
006:023 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness.
If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great
is the darkness!
006:024 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one
and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and
despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.
006:025 Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life:
what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body,
what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body
more than clothing?
006:026 See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap,
nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them.
Aren't you of much more value than they?
006:027 "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment{literally,
cubit} to his lifespan?
006:028 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,
006:029 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not
dressed like one of these.
006:030 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists,
and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more
clothe you, you of little faith?
006:031 "Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?',
'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'
006:032 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly
Father knows that you need all these things.
006:033 But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness;
and all these things will be given to you as well.
006:034 Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be
anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.
007:001 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.
007:002 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged;
and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
007:003 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye,
but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?
007:004 Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck
from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
007:005 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye,
and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of
your brother's eye.
007:006 "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw
your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them
under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
007:007 "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find.
Knock, and it will be opened for you.
007:008 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds.
To him who knocks it will be opened.
007:009 Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread,
will give him a stone?
007:010 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
007:011 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven
give good things to those who ask him!
007:012 Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall
also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
007:013 "Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad
is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who
enter in by it.
007:014 How{TR reads "Because" instead of "How"} narrow is the gate,
and restricted is the way that leads to life!
Few are those who find it.
007:015 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing,
but inwardly are ravening wolves.
007:016 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes
from thorns, or figs from thistles?
007:017 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt
tree produces evil fruit.
007:018 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt
tree produce good fruit.
007:019 Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown
into the fire.
007:020 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.
007:021 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into
the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father
who is in heaven.
007:022 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy
in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name
do many mighty works?'
007:023 Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me,
you who work iniquity.'
007:024 "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them,
I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
007:025 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded
on the rock.
007:026 Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them
will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.
007:027 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
007:028 It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things,
that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
007:029 for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
008:001 When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
008:002 Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord,
if you want to, you can make me clean."
008:003 Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to.
Be made clean." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
008:004 Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself
to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded,
as a testimony to them."
008:005 When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,
008:006 and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed,
grievously tormented."
008:007 Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."
008:008 The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come
under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
008:009 For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers.
I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,'
and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
008:010 When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed,
"Most certainly I tell you, I haven't found so great a faith,
not even in Israel.
008:011 I tell you that many will come from the east and the west,
and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the
Kingdom of Heaven,
008:012 but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the
outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
008:013 Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done
for you as you have believed." His servant was healed
in that hour.
008:014 When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother
lying sick with a fever.
008:015 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up
and served him.{TR reads "them" instead of "him"}
008:016 When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons.
He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
008:017 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah
the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore
our diseases."{Isaiah 53:4}
008:018 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave
the order to depart to the other side.
008:019 A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you
wherever you go."
008:020 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky
have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
008:021 Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first
to go and bury my father."
008:022 But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury
their own dead."
008:023 When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
008:024 Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat
was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.
008:025 They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord!
We are dying!"
008:026 He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?"
Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was
a great calm.
008:027 The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this,
that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
008:028 When he came to the other side, into the country of the
Gergesenes,{NU reads "Gadarenes"} two people possessed by demons
met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce,
so that nobody could pass that way.
008:029 Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do
with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment
us before the time?"
008:030 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
008:031 The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us
to go away into the herd of pigs."
008:032 He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd
of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down
the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
008:033 Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city,
and told everything, including what happened to those who were
possessed with demons.
008:034 Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him,
they begged that he would depart from their borders.
009:001 He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into
his own city.
009:002 Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed.
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up!
Your sins are forgiven you."
009:003 Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves,
"This man blasphemes."
009:004 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil
in your hearts?
009:005 For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;'
or to say, 'Get up, and walk?'
009:006 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on
earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic),
"Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house."
009:007 He arose and departed to his house.
009:008 But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God,
who had given such authority to men.
009:009 As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting
at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me."
He got up and followed him.
009:010 It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors
and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
009:011 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples,
"Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
009:012 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy
have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
009:013 But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not
sacrifice,'{Hosea 6:6} for I came not to call the righteous,
but sinners to repentance.{NU omits "to repentance".}"
009:014 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and
the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
009:015 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.
009:016 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment;
for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse
hole is made.
009:017 Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins,
or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled,
and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins,
and both are preserved."
009:018 While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came
and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died,
but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."
009:019 Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples.
009:020 Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came
behind him, and touched the fringe{or, tassel} of his garment;
009:021 for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment,
I will be made well."
009:022 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up!
Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well
from that hour.
009:023 When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players,
and the crowd in noisy disorder,
009:024 he said to them, "Make room, because the girl isn't dead,
but sleeping." They were ridiculing him.
009:025 But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand,
and the girl arose.
009:026 The report of this went out into all that land.
009:027 As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him,
calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David!"
009:028 When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him.
Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"
They told him, "Yes, Lord."
009:029 Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith
be it done to you."
009:030 Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly charged them, saying,
"See that no one knows about this."
009:031 But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
009:032 As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed
was brought to him.
009:033 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke.
The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever
been seen in Israel!"
009:034 But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of the demons,
he casts out demons."
009:035 Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in
their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom,
and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
009:036 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion
for them, because they were harassed{TR reads "weary" instead of
"harassed"} and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
009:037 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful,
but the laborers are few.
009:038 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out
laborers into his harvest."
010:001 He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them
authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal
every disease and every sickness.
010:002 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these.
The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother;
James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;
010:003 Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector;
James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, whose surname was{NU
omits "Lebbaeus, whose surname was"} Thaddaeus;
010:004 Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
010:005 Jesus sent these twelve out, and charged them, saying,
"Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city
of the Samaritans.
010:006 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
010:007 As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!'
010:008 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers{TR adds ", raise the dead"},
and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
010:009 Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.
010:010 Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes,
nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
010:011 Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it
is worthy; and stay there until you go on.
010:012 As you enter into the household, greet it.
010:013 If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it,
but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you.
010:014 Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out
of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
010:015 Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land
of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
010:016 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves.
Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
010:017 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils,
and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
010:018 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake,
for a testimony to them and to the nations.
010:019 But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you
will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
010:020 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father
who speaks in you.
010:021 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child.
Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be
put to death.
010:022 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who
endures to the end will be saved.
010:023 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next,
for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through
the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.
010:024 "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
010:025 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher,
and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master
of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
010:026 Therefore don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered
that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.
010:027 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you
hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
010:028 Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able
to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy
both soul and body in Gehenna.{or, Hell.}
010:029 "Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin{An assarion is a small
coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius
(approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor).}?
Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,
010:030 but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
010:031 Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
010:032 Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will
also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
010:033 But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before
my Father who is in heaven.
010:034 "Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth.
I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.
010:035 For I came to set a man at odds against his father,
and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law
against her mother-in-law.
010:036 A man's foes will be those of his own household.{Micah 7:6}
010:037 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me;
and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.
010:038 He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me,
isn't worthy of me.
010:039 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life
for my sake will find it.
010:040 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives
him who sent me.
010:041 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive
a prophet's reward: and he who receives a righteous man in the name
of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
010:042 Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold
water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I
tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
011:001 It happened that when Jesus had finished directing his
twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach
in their cities.
011:002 Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ,
he sent two of his disciples
011:003 and said to him, "Are you he who comes, or should we
look for another?"
011:004 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you
hear and see:
011:005 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers
are cleansed, the deaf hear,{Isaiah 35:5} the dead are raised up,
and the poor have good news preached to them.{Isaiah 61:1-4}
011:006 Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me."
011:007 As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes
concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see?
A reed shaken by the wind?
011:008 But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing?
Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.
011:009 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you,
and much more than a prophet.
011:010 For this is he, of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send
my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way
before you.'{Malachi 3:1}
011:011 Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women
there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer;
yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
011:012 From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom
of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it
by force.{or, plunder it.}
011:013 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
011:014 If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.
011:015 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
011:016 "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children
sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
011:017 and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance.
We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'
011:018 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,
'He has a demon.'
011:019 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold,
a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors
and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children.{NU
reads "actions" instead of "children"}"
011:020 Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty
works had been done, because they didn't repent.
011:021 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty
works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you,
they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
011:022 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon
on the day of judgment than for you.
011:023 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down
to Hades.{or, Hell} For if the mighty works had been done
in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained
until this day.
011:024 But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land
of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than for you."
011:025 At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise
and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
011:026 Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.
011:027 All things have been delivered to me by my Father.
No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone
know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son
desires to reveal him.
011:028 "Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened,
and I will give you rest.
011:029 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle
and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
011:030 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
012:001 At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields.
His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain
and to eat.
012:002 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold,
your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
012:003 But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did,
when he was hungry, and those who were with him;
012:004 how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread,
which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who
were with him, but only for the priests?{1 Samuel 21:3-6}
012:005 Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day,
the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
012:006 But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
012:007 But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not
sacrifice,'{Hosea 6:6} you would not have condemned the guiltless.
012:008 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
012:009 He departed there, and went into their synagogue.
012:010 And behold there was a man with a withered hand.
They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?"
that they might accuse him.
012:011 He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep,
and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day,
won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?
012:012 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep!
Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."
012:013 Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out;
and it was restored whole, just like the other.
012:014 But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him,
how they might destroy him.
012:015 Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes
followed him; and he healed them all,
012:016 and charged them that they should not make him known:
012:017 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah
the prophet, saying,
012:018 "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom
my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him.
He will proclaim justice to the nations.
012:019 He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone hear his
voice in the streets.
012:020 He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax,
until he leads justice to victory.
012:021 In his name, the nations will hope."{Isaiah 42:1-4}
012:022 Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought
to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man
both spoke and saw.
012:023 All the multitudes were amazed, and said, "Can this be
the son of David?"
012:024 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast
out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
012:025 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom
divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every
city or house divided against itself will not stand.
012:026 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself.
How then will his kingdom stand?
012:027 If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children
cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
012:028 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom
of God has come upon you.
012:029 Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man,
and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man?
Then he will plunder his house.
012:030 "He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't gather
with me, scatters.
012:031 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men,
but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
012:032 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be
forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit,
it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that
which is to come.
012:033 "Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make
the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known
by its fruit.
012:034 You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things?
For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
012:035 The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things,
and the evil man out of his evil treasure{TR adds "of
the heart"} brings out evil things.
012:036 I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give
account of it in the day of judgment.
012:037 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words
you will be condemned."
012:038 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher,
we want to see a sign from you."
012:039 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks
after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign
of Jonah the prophet.
012:040 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly