all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,
008:044 came behind him, and touched the fringe{or, tassel} of his cloak,
and immediately the flow of her blood stopped.
008:045 Jesus said, "Who touched me?" When all denied it, Peter and those
with him said, "Master, the multitudes press and jostle you,
and you say, 'Who touched me?'"
008:046 But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power
has gone out of me."
008:047 When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling,
and falling down before him declared to him in the presence
of all the people the reason why she had touched him,
and how she was healed immediately.
008:048 He said to her, "Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well.
Go in peace."
008:049 While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue's
house came, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead.
Don't trouble the Teacher."
008:050 But Jesus hearing it, answered him, "Don't be afraid.
Only believe, and she will be healed."
008:051 When he came to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in,
except Peter, John, James, the father of the child,
and her mother.
008:052 All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep.
She isn't dead, but sleeping."
008:053 They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.
008:054 But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand,
he called, saying, "Child, arise!"
008:055 Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately.
He commanded that something be given to her to eat.
008:056 Her parents were amazed, but he charged them to tell no one
what had been done.
009:001 He called the twelve{TR reads "his twelve disciples"
instead of "the twelve"} together, and gave them power
and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
009:002 He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to
heal the sick.
009:003 He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey--neither staffs,
nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.
009:004 Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.
009:005 As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city,
shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony
against them."
009:006 They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the
Good News, and healing everywhere.
009:007 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him;
and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John
had risen from the dead,
009:008 and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one
of the old prophets had risen again.
009:009 Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I
hear such things?" He sought to see him.
009:010 The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they
had done. He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted
place of a city called Bethsaida.
009:011 But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him.
He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God,
and he cured those who needed healing.
009:012 The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said
to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into
the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food,
for we are here in a deserted place."
009:013 But he said to them, "You give them something to eat."
They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish,
unless we should go and buy food for all these people."
009:014 For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples,
"Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
009:015 They did so, and made them all sit down.
009:016 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up
to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them
to the disciples to set before the multitude.
009:017 They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets
of broken pieces that were left over.
009:018 It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples
were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say
that I am?"
009:019 They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,'
and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."
009:020 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
009:021 But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,
009:022 saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected
by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed,
and the third day be raised up."
009:023 He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me,
let him deny himself, take up his cross,{TR, NU add "daily"}
and follow me.
009:024 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever
will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.
009:025 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world,
and loses or forfeits his own self?
009:026 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him
will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory,
and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
009:027 But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who
stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they
see the Kingdom of God."
009:028 It happened about eight days after these sayings,
that he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up
onto the mountain to pray.
009:029 As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered,
and his clothing became white and dazzling.
009:030 Behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah,
009:031 who appeared in glory, and spoke of his departure,{literally,
"exodus"} which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
009:032 Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep,
but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory,
and the two men who stood with him.
009:033 It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter
said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here.
Let's make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses,
and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said.
009:034 While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them,
and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.
009:035 A voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son.
Listen to him!"
009:036 When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent,
and told no one in those days any of the things which
they had seen.
009:037 It happened on the next day, when they had come down from
the mountain, that a great multitude met him.
009:038 Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg
you to look at my son, for he is my only child.
009:039 Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it
convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him,
bruising him severely.
009:040 I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn't."
009:041 Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you and bear with you?
Bring your son here."
009:042 While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed
him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit,
and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
009:043 They were all astonished at the majesty of God.
But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did,
he said to his disciples,
009:044 "Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man
will be delivered up into the hands of men."
009:045 But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them,
that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask
him about this saying.
009:046 There arose an argument among them about which of them
was the greatest.
009:047 Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child,
and set him by his side,
009:048 and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name
receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."
009:049 John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons
in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn't
follow with us."
009:050 Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against
us is for us."
009:051 It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be
taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem,
009:052 and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered
into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.
009:053 They didn't receive him, because he was traveling with his face
set towards Jerusalem.
009:054 When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord,
do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky,
and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"
009:055 But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind
of spirit you are.
009:056 For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's lives,
but to save them." They went to another village.
009:057 As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want
to follow you wherever you go, Lord."
009:058 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky
have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
009:059 He said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, allow me
first to go and bury my father."
009:060 But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead,
but you go and announce the Kingdom of God."
009:061 Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow
me to bid farewell to those who are at my house."
009:062 But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow,
and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."
010:001 Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others,
and sent them two by two ahead of him{literally, "before his
face"} into every city and place, where he was about to come.
010:002 Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful,
but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of
the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.
010:003 Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
010:004 Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.
010:005 Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'
010:006 If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him;
but if not, it will return to you.
010:007 Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things
they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages.
Don't go from house to house.
010:008 Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you,
eat the things that are set before you.
010:009 Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom
of God has come near to you.'
010:010 But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you,
go out into the streets of it and say,
010:011 'Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off
against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God
has come near to you.'
010:012 I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom
than for that city.
010:013 "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, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
010:014 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment
than for you.
010:015 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought
down to Hades.{Hades is the lower realm of the dead, or Hell.}
010:016 Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you
rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."
010:017 The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons
are subject to us in your name!"
010:018 He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning
from heaven.
010:019 Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions,
and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any
way hurt you.
010:020 Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject
to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
010:021 In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said,
"I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you
have hidden these things from the wise and understanding,
and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it
was well-pleasing in your sight."
010:022 Turning to the disciples, he said, "All things have been
delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is,
except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son,
and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him."
010:023 Turning to the disciples, he said privately, "Blessed are
the eyes which see the things that you see,
010:024 for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see
the things which you see, and didn't see them, and to hear
the things which you hear, and didn't hear them."
010:025 Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher,
what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
010:026 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"
010:027 He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength,
and with all your mind;{Deuteronomy 6:5} and your neighbor
as yourself."{Leviticus 19:18}
010:028 He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this,
and you will live."
010:029 But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who
is my neighbor?"
010:030 Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem
to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him
and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
010:031 By chance a certain priest was going down that way.
When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
010:032 In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place,
and saw him, passed by on the other side.
010:033 But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was.
When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
010:034 came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine.
He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn,
and took care of him.
010:035 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii,
and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him.
Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'
010:036 Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor
to him who fell among the robbers?"
010:037 He said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him,
"Go and do likewise."
010:038 It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a
certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received
him into her house.
010:039 She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus'
feet, and heard his word.
010:040 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up
to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left
me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."
010:041 Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled
about many things,
010:042 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part,
which will not be taken away from her."
011:001 It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place,
one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray,
just as John also taught his disciples."
011:002 He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father in heaven,
may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come.
May your will be done on Earth, as it is in heaven.
011:003 Give us day by day our daily bread.
011:004 Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone
who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.'"
011:005 He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight,
and tell him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
011:006 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I
have nothing to set before him,'
011:007 and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me.
The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed.
I can't get up and give it to you'?
011:008 I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him
because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence,
he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
011:009 "I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you.
Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it
will be opened to you.
011:010 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds.
To him who knocks it will be opened.
011:011 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give
him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him
a snake instead of a fish, will he?
011:012 Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?
011:013 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give
the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
011:014 He was casting out a demon, and it was mute.
It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke;
and the multitudes marveled.
011:015 But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul,
the prince of the demons."
011:016 Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
011:017 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom
divided against itself is brought to desolation.
A house divided against itself falls.
011:018 If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?
For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
011:019 But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children
cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.
011:020 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom
of God has come to you.
011:021 "When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling,
his goods are safe.
011:022 But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him,
he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted,
and divides his spoils.
011:023 "He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather
with me scatters.
011:024 The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man,
passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none,
he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'
011:025 When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
011:026 Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil
than himself, and they enter in and dwell there.
The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."
011:027 It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman
out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him,
"Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts
which nursed you!"
011:028 But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear
the word of God, and keep it."
011:029 When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began
to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign.
No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
011:030 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will
also the Son of Man be to this generation.
011:031 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment
with the men of this generation, and will condemn them:
for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom
of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.
011:032 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation,
and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah,
and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
011:033 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or
under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may
see the light.
011:034 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good,
your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil,
your body also is full of darkness.
011:035 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.
011:036 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark,
it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its
bright shining gives you light."
011:037 Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him.
He went in, and sat at the table.
011:038 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first
washed himself before dinner.
011:039 The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside
of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full
of extortion and wickedness.
011:040 You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make
the inside also?
011:041 But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within,
and behold, all things will be clean to you.
011:042 But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and
every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God.
You ought to have done these, and not to have left
the other undone.
011:043 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues,
and the greetings in the marketplaces.
011:044 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you
are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them
don't know it."
011:045 One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you
insult us also."
011:046 He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens
that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even
lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
011:047 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets,
and your fathers killed them.
011:048 So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers.
For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
011:049 Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets
and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
011:050 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the
foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
011:051 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished
between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you,
it will be required of this generation.
011:052 Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge.
You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering
in, you hindered."
011:053 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees
began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;
011:054 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something
he might say, that they might accuse him.
012:001 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together,
so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell
his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy.
012:002 But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed,
nor hidden, that will not be known.
012:003 Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard
in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner
chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.
012:004 "I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill
the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
012:005 But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him,
who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna.{or,
Hell} Yes, I tell you, fear him.
012:006 "Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins{An assarion
was a small copper coin worth about an hour's wages for an
agricultural laborer.}? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
012:007 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't
be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
012:008 "I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will
the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;
012:009 but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied
in the presence of the angels of God.
012:010 Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will
be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit
will not be forgiven.
012:011 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers,
and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer,
or what you will say;
012:012 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what
you must say."
012:013 One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother
to divide the inheritance with me."
012:014 But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an
arbitrator over you?"
012:015 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness,
for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things
which he possesses."
012:016 He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain
rich man brought forth abundantly.
012:017 He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I
don't have room to store my crops?'
012:018 He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns,
and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain
and my goods.
012:019 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up