except this stranger?"
017:019 Then he said to him, "Get up, and go your way. Your faith
has healed you."
017:020 Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come,
he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation;
017:021 neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold,
the Kingdom of God is within you."
017:022 He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you
will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man,
and you will not see it.
017:023 They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!'
Don't go away, nor follow after them,
017:024 for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part
under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky;
so will the Son of Man be in his day.
017:025 But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected
by this generation.
017:026 As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also
in the days of the Son of Man.
017:027 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage,
until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came,
and destroyed them all.
017:028 Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate,
they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
017:029 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire
and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.
017:030 It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
017:031 In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods
in the house, let him not go down to take them away.
Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.
017:032 Remember Lot's wife!
017:033 Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses
his life preserves it.
017:034 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed.
The one will be taken, and the other will be left.
017:035 There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken,
and the other will be left."
017:036 {Some Greek manuscripts add: "Two will be in the field:
the one taken, and the other left."}
017:037 They answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them,
"Where the body is, there will the vultures also
be gathered together."
018:001 He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray,
and not give up,
018:002 saying, "There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God,
and didn't respect man.
018:003 A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying,
'Defend me from my adversary!'
018:004 He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself,
'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,
018:005 yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else
she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"
018:006 The Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.
018:007 Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him
day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
018:008 I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the
Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"
018:009 He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced
of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
018:010 "Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee,
and the other was a tax collector.
018:011 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this:
'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men,
extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like
this tax collector.
018:012 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'
018:013 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift
up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God,
be merciful to me, a sinner!'
018:014 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather
than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
018:015 They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might
touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
018:016 Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come
to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs
to such as these.
018:017 Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom
of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
018:018 A certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall
I do to inherit eternal life?"
018:019 Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good,
except one--God.
018:020 You know the commandments: 'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,'
'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor your father
and your mother.'"{Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20}
018:021 He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up."
018:022 When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack
one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor.
You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."
018:023 But when he heard these things, he became very sad,
for he was very rich.
018:024 Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is
for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
018:025 For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye,
than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
018:026 Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"
018:027 But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are
possible with God."
018:028 Peter said, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you."
018:029 He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no
one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents,
or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake,
018:030 who will not receive many times more in this time, and in
the world to come, eternal life."
018:031 He took the twelve aside, and said to them, "Behold, we are going
up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through
the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.
018:032 For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked,
treated shamefully, and spit on.
018:033 They will scourge and kill him. On the third day,
he will rise again."
018:034 They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden
from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said.
018:035 It happened, as he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat
by the road, begging.
018:036 Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
018:037 They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
018:038 He cried out, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!"
018:039 Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet;
but he cried out all the more, "You son of David,
have mercy on me!"
018:040 Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him.
When he had come near, he asked him,
018:041 "What do you want me to do?" He said, "Lord, that I
may see again."
018:042 Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you."
018:043 Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God.
All the people, when they saw it, praised God.
019:001 He entered and was passing through Jericho.
019:002 There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector,
and he was rich.
019:003 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of
the crowd, because he was short.
019:004 He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him,
for he was to pass that way.
019:005 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him,
and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today
I must stay at your house."
019:006 He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.
019:007 When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone
in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."
019:008 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of
my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted
anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."
019:009 Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house,
because he also is a son of Abraham.
019:010 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."
019:011 As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable,
because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom
of God would be revealed immediately.
019:012 He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country
to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
019:013 He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins,{10
minas was more than 3 years' wages for an agricultural
laborer.} and told them, 'Conduct business until I come.'
019:014 But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him,
saying, 'We don't want this man to reign over us.'
019:015 "It happened when he had come back again, having received
the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had
given the money, to be called to him, that he might know
what they had gained by conducting business.
019:016 The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made
ten more minas.'
019:017 "He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you
were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority
over ten cities.'
019:018 "The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'
019:019 "So he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
019:020 Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept
laid away in a handkerchief,
019:021 for I feared you, because you are an exacting man.
You take up that which you didn't lay down, and reap that
which you didn't sow.'
019:022 "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you,
you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man,
taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that
which I didn't sow.
019:023 Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming,
I might have earned interest on it?'
019:024 He said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina away from him,
and give it to him who has the ten minas.'
019:025 "They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'
019:026 'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given;
but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will
be taken away from him.
019:027 But bring those enemies of mine who didn't want me to reign
over them here, and kill them before me.'"
019:028 Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
019:029 It happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage{TR, NU read "Bethpage"
instead of "Bethsphage"} and Bethany, at the mountain that is
called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
019:030 saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side,
in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no
man ever yet sat. Untie it, and bring it.
019:031 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him:
'The Lord needs it.'"
019:032 Those who were sent went away, and found things just as
he had told them.
019:033 As they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them,
"Why are you untying the colt?"
019:034 They said, "The Lord needs it."
019:035 They brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt,
and set Jesus on them.
019:036 As he went, they spread their cloaks in the way.
019:037 As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives,
the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice
and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works
which they had seen,
019:038 saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!{Psalm
118:26} Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!"
019:039 Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher,
rebuke your disciples!"
019:040 He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent,
the stones would cry out."
019:041 When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,
019:042 saying, "If you, even you, had known today the things which belong
to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.
019:043 For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up
a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,
019:044 and will dash you and your children within you to the ground.
They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you
didn't know the time of your visitation."
019:045 He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who
bought and sold in it,
019:046 saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house
of prayer,'{Isaiah 56:7} but you have made it a 'den
of robbers'!"{Jeremiah 7:11}
019:047 He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests
and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought
to destroy him.
019:048 They couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung
on to every word that he said.
020:001 It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people
in the temple and preaching the Good News, that the {TR adds
"chief"}priests and scribes came to him with the elders.
020:002 They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things?
Or who is giving you this authority?"
020:003 He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
020:004 the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?"
020:005 They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,'
he will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?'
020:006 But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us,
for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."
020:007 They answered that they didn't know where it was from.
020:008 Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority
I do these things."
020:009 He began to tell the people this parable. "A {NU (in brackets)
and TR add "certain"}man planted a vineyard, and rented it out
to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.
020:010 At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers
to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.
020:011 He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated
him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
020:012 He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out.
020:013 The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do?
I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him,
they will respect him.'
020:014 "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves,
saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him,
that the inheritance may be ours.'
020:015 They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
020:016 He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give
the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said,
"May it never be!"
020:017 But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written,
'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made
the chief cornerstone?'{Psalm 118:22}
020:018 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces,
but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust."
020:019 The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him
that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew
he had spoken this parable against them.
020:020 They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous,
that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver
him up to the power and authority of the governor.
020:021 They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach
what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach
the way of God.
020:022 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"
020:023 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do
you test me?
020:024 Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?"
They answered, "Caesar's."
020:025 He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's,
and to God the things that are God's."
020:026 They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people.
They marveled at his answer, and were silent.
020:027 Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there
is a resurrection.
020:028 They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's
brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother
should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.
020:029 There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife,
and died childless.
020:030 The second took her as wife, and he died childless.
020:031 The third took her, and likewise the seven all left
no children, and died.
020:032 Afterward the woman also died.
020:033 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be?
For the seven had her as a wife."
020:034 Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry, and are
given in marriage.
020:035 But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age
and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are
given in marriage.
020:036 For they can't die any more, for they are like the angels,
and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.
020:037 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush,
when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob.'{Exodus 3:6}
020:038 Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living,
for all are alive to him."
020:039 Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well."
020:040 They didn't dare to ask him any more questions.
020:041 He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son?
020:042 David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said
to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
020:043 until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'{Psalm 110:1}
020:044 "David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"
020:045 In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,
020:046 "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love
greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues,
and the best places at feasts;
020:047 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers:
these will receive greater condemnation."
021:001 He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their
gifts into the treasury.
021:002 He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass
coins.{literally, "two lepta." 2 lepta was about 1% of a day's
wages for an agricultural laborer.}
021:003 He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than
all of them,
021:004 for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she,
out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."
021:005 As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated
with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
021:006 "As for these things which you see, the days will come,
in which there will not be left here one stone on another
that will not be thrown down."
021:007 They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be?
What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"
021:008 He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come
in my name, saying, 'I am he{or, I AM},' and, 'The time is at hand.'
Therefore don't follow them.
021:009 When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified,
for these things must happen first, but the end
won't come immediately."
021:010 Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom.
021:011 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in
various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
021:012 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and
will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons,
bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.
021:013 It will turn out as a testimony for you.
021:014 Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand
how to answer,
021:015 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries
will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
021:016 You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives,
and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.
021:017 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.
021:018 And not a hair of your head will perish.
021:019 "By your endurance you will win your lives.
021:020 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know
that its desolation is at hand.
021:021 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Let those who are in the midst of her depart.
Let those who are in the country not enter therein.
021:022 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are
written may be fulfilled.
021:023 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants
in those days! For there will be great distress in the land,
and wrath to this people.
021:024 They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive
into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by
the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
021:025 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth
anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea
and the waves;
021:026 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things
which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens
will be shaken.
021:027 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power
and great glory.
021:028 But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up
your heads, because your redemption is near."
021:029 He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees.
021:030 When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own
selves that the summer is already near.
021:031 Even so you also, when you see these things happening,
know that the Kingdom of God is near.
021:032 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away
until all things are accomplished.
021:033 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no
means pass away.
021:034 "So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing,
drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come
on you suddenly.
021:035 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on
the surface of all the earth.
021:036 Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be
counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen,
and to stand before the Son of Man."
021:037 Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night
he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that
is called Olivet.
021:038 All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple
to hear him.
022:001 Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called
the Passover, drew near.
022:002 The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put
him to death, for they feared the people.
022:003 Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, who was
numbered with the twelve.
022:004 He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains
about how he might deliver him to them.
022:005 They were glad, and agreed to give him money.
022:006 He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them
in the absence of the multitude.
022:007 The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover
must be sacrificed.
022:008 He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover
for us, that we may eat."
022:009 They said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare?"
022:010 He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered into the city,
a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you.
Follow him into the house which he enters.
022:011 Tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you,
"Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover
with my disciples?"'
022:012 He will show you a large, furnished upper room.
Make preparations there."
022:013 They went, found things as he had told them, and they
prepared the Passover.
022:014 When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve apostles.
022:015 He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover
with you before I suffer,
022:016 for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until
it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God."
022:017 He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said,
"Take this, and share it among yourselves,
022:018 for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit
of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes."
022:019 He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it,
and gave to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you.
Do this in memory of me."
022:020 Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is
the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
022:021 But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me
on the table.
022:022 The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined,