to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the
Pharisees and Sadducees."
016:012 Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast
of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
016:013 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi,
he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I,
the Son of Man, am?"
016:014 They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others,
Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."
016:015 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
016:016 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of
the living God."
016:017 Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father
who is in heaven.
016:018 I also tell you that you are Peter,{Peter's name, Petros in Greek,
is the word for a specific rock or stone.} and on this rock{Greek,
petra, a rock mass or bedrock.} I will build my assembly,
and the gates of Hades{or, Hell} will not prevail against it.
016:019 I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever
you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever
you release on earth will have been released in heaven."
016:020 Then he charged the disciples that they should tell no one
that he is Jesus the Christ.
016:021 From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must
go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders,
chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day
be raised up.
016:022 Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be
it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."
016:023 But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are
a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind
on the things of God, but on the things of men."
016:024 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come
after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross,
and follow me.
016:025 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever
will lose his life for my sake will find it.
016:026 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world,
and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange
for his life?
016:027 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with
his angels, and then he will render to everyone according
to his deeds.
016:028 Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who
will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man
coming in his Kingdom."
017:001 After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John
his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.
017:002 He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun,
and his garments became as white as the light.
017:003 Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.
017:004 Peter answered, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us
to be here. If you want, let's make three tents here:
one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
017:005 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud
overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud,
saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Listen to him."
017:006 When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces,
and were very afraid.
017:007 Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up, and don't be afraid."
017:008 Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
017:009 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them,
saying, "Don't tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man
has risen from the dead."
017:010 His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say
that Elijah must come first?"
017:011 Jesus answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will
restore all things,
017:012 but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't
recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to.
Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them."
017:013 Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of
John the Baptizer.
017:014 When they came to the multitude, a man came to him,
kneeling down to him, saying,
017:015 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic,
and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire,
and often into the water.
017:016 So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."
017:017 Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation!
How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you?
Bring him here to me."
017:018 Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy
was cured from that hour.
017:019 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said,
"Why weren't we able to cast it out?"
017:020 He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly
I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed,
you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,'
and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
017:021 But this kind doesn't go out except by prayer and fasting."
017:022 While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son
of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
017:023 and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up."
They were exceedingly sorry.
017:024 When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma
coins{A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas,
about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days' wages.
It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax,
because 2 drachmas were worth one half shekel of silver.} came
to Peter, and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?"
017:025 He said, "Yes." When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him,
saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings
of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children,
or from strangers?"
017:026 Peter said to him, "From strangers." Jesus said to him,
"Therefore the children are exempt.
017:027 But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea,
cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up.
When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater
coin.{A stater is a silver coin equivalent to four
Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel:
just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel temple tax for two
people.} Take that, and give it to them for me and you."
018:001 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then
is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"
018:002 Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the
midst of them,
018:003 and said, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn,
and become as little children, you will in no way enter
into the Kingdom of Heaven.
018:004 Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child,
the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
018:005 Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,
018:006 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me
to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone
should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk
in the depths of the sea.
018:007 "Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling!
For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person
through whom the occasion comes!
018:008 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off,
and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life
maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet
to be cast into the eternal fire.
018:009 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast
it from you. It is better for you to enter into life
with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into
the Gehenna{or, Hell} of fire.
018:010 See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I
tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face
of my Father who is in heaven.
018:011 For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.
018:012 "What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep,
and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine,
go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
018:013 If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it
more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
018:014 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven
that one of these little ones should perish.
018:015 "If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault
between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have
gained back your brother.
018:016 But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you,
that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may
be established.{Deuteronomy 19:15}
018:017 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly.
If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you
as a Gentile or a tax collector.
018:018 Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth
will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you
release on earth will have been released in heaven.
018:019 Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree
on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be
done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
018:020 For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
there I am in the midst of them."
018:021 Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often
shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?
Until seven times?"
018:022 Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but,
until seventy times seven.
018:023 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king,
who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.
018:024 When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed
him ten thousand talents.{Ten thousand talents represents
an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about
60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day's
wages for agricultural labor.}
018:025 But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold,
with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment
to be made.
018:026 The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him,
saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'
018:027 The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion,
released him, and forgave him the debt.
018:028 "But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants,
who owed him one hundred denarii,{100 denarii was about one
sixtieth of a talent.} and he grabbed him, and took him
by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
018:029 "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him,
saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'
018:030 He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should
pay back that which was due.
018:031 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were
exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all
that was done.
018:032 Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant!
I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.
018:033 Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant,
even as I had mercy on you?'
018:034 His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors,
until he should pay all that was due to him.
018:035 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each
forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."
019:001 It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed
from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
019:002 Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
019:003 Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful
for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
019:004 He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from
the beginning made them male and female,{Genesis 1:27}
019:005 and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father
and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall
become one flesh?'{Genesis 2:24}
019:006 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore
God has joined together, don't let man tear apart."
019:007 They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her
a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"
019:008 He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts,
allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it
has not been so.
019:009 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for
sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery;
and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."
019:010 His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man
with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."
019:011 But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying,
but those to whom it is given.
019:012 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their
mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs
by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs
for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it,
let him receive it."
019:013 Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay
his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
019:014 But Jesus said, "Allow the little children, and don't forbid
them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs
to ones like these."
019:015 He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.
019:016 Behold, one came to him and said, "Good teacher, what good thing
shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"
019:017 He said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good
but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life,
keep the commandments."
019:018 He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "'You shall not murder.'
'You shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not steal.'
'You shall not offer false testimony.'
019:019 'Honor your father and mother.'{Exodus 20:12-16;
Deuteronomy 5:16-20} And, 'You shall love your neighbor
as yourself.'"{Leviticus 19:18}
019:020 The young man said to him, "All these things I have observed
from my youth. What do I still lack?"
019:021 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have,
and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven;
and come, follow me."
019:022 But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad,
for he was one who had great possessions.
019:023 Jesus said to his disciples, "Most certainly I say to you,
a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
019:024 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through
a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the
Kingdom of God."
019:025 When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished,
saying, "Who then can be saved?"
019:026 Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible,
but with God all things are possible."
019:027 Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have left everything,
and followed you. What then will we have?"
019:028 Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that you who have
followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit
on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
019:029 Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father,
or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake,
will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
019:030 But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.
020:001 "For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master
of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire
laborers for his vineyard.
020:002 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius{A denarius
is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus.
This was a common wage for a day of farm labor.} a day,
he sent them into his vineyard.
020:003 He went out about the third hour,{Time was measured from sunrise
to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 AM.} and saw
others standing idle in the marketplace.
020:004 To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever
is right I will give you.' So they went their way.
020:005 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,{noon
and 3:00 P. M.} and did likewise.
020:006 About the eleventh hour{5:00 PM} he went out, and found
others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand
here all day idle?'
020:007 "They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.'
"He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you
will receive whatever is right.'
020:008 When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to
his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages,
beginning from the last to the first.'
020:009 "When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came,
they each received a denarius.
020:010 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more;
and they likewise each received a denarius.
020:011 When they received it, they murmured against the master
of the household,
020:012 saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made
them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day
and the scorching heat!'
020:013 "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong.
Didn't you agree with me for a denarius?
020:014 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire
to give to this last just as much as to you.
020:015 Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own?
Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'
020:016 So the last will be first, and the first last.
For many are called, but few are chosen."
020:017 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve
disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
020:018 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man
will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they
will condemn him to death,
020:019 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge,
and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up."
020:020 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons,
kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
020:021 He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him,
"Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand,
and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."
020:022 But Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking.
Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink,
and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"
They said to him, "We are able."
020:023 He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be
baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit
on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give;
but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
020:024 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
020:025 But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers
of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise
authority over them.
020:026 It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become
great among you shall be{TR reads "let him be" instead of "shall
be"} your servant.
020:027 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
020:028 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve,
and to give his life as a ransom for many."
020:029 As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
020:030 Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard
that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us,
you son of David!"
020:031 The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet,
but they cried out even more, "Lord, have mercy on us,
you son of David!"
020:032 Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you
want me to do for you?"
020:033 They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."
020:034 Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes;
and immediately their eyes received their sight,
and they followed him.
021:001 When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage,{TR
& NU read "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"} to the Mount
of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
021:002 saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you,
and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her.
Untie them, and bring them to me.
021:003 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,'
and immediately he will send them."
021:004 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
through the prophet, saying,
021:005 "Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes
to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal
of a donkey."{Zechariah 9:9}
021:006 The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them,
021:007 and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them;
and he sat on them.
021:008 A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road.
Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
021:009 The multitudes who went before him, and who followed
kept shouting, "Hosanna{"Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us,
we pray."} to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes
in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"{Psalm 118:26}
021:010 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up,
saying, "Who is this?"
021:011 The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from
Nazareth of Galilee."
021:012 Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who
sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers'
tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
021:013 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called
a house of prayer,'{Isaiah 56:7} but you have made it a den
of robbers!"{Jeremiah 7:11}
021:014 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple,
and he healed them.
021:015 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful
things that he did, and the children who were crying
in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!"
they were indignant,
021:016 and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?"
Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'Out of the mouth
of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?'"{Psalm 8:2}
021:017 He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany,
and lodged there.
021:018 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
021:019 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing
on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit
from you forever!" Immediately the fig tree withered away.
021:020 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did
the fig tree immediately wither away?"
021:021 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, if you
have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what was
done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain,
'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done.
021:022 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
021:023 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and
the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching,
and said, "By what authority do you do these things?
Who gave you this authority?"
021:024 Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question,
which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority
I do these things.
021:025 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?"
They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,'
he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
021:026 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold
John as a prophet."
021:027 They answered Jesus, and said, "We don't know."
He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority
I do these things.
021:028 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came
to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'
021:029 He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed
his mind, and went.
021:030 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered,
'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.
021:031 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him,
"The first." Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you
that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering
into the Kingdom of God before you.
021:032 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you
didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes
believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward,
that you might believe him.
021:033 "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master
of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it,
dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers,
and went into another country.
021:034 When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants
to the farmers, to receive his fruit.
021:035 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another,
and stoned another.
021:036 Again, he sent other servants more than the first:
and they treated them the same way.
021:037 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will
respect my son.'
021:038 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves,
'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize
his inheritance.'
021:039 So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard,
and killed him.
021:040 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do
to those farmers?"
021:041 They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men,
and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will
give him the fruit in its season."
021:042 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The
stone which the builders rejected, the same was made
the head of the corner. This was from the Lord.
It is marvelous in our eyes?'{Psalm 118:22-23}
021:043 "Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away
from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit.
021:044 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on
whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."
021:045 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables,
they perceived that he spoke about them.
021:046 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes,
because they considered him to be a prophet.
022:001 Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,
022:002 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made
a marriage feast for his son,
022:003 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited
to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
022:004 Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those
who are invited, "Behold, I have made ready my dinner.
My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready.
Come to the marriage feast!"'
022:005 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his
own farm, another to his merchandise,
022:006 and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully,
and killed them.
022:007 When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies,
destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
022:008 "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready,
but those who were invited weren't worthy.
022:009 Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many
as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'
022:010 Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered
together as many as they found, both bad and good.
The wedding was filled with guests.
022:011 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there
a man who didn't have on wedding clothing,
022:012 and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not
wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless.
022:013 Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot,
take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness;
there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'
022:014 For many are called, but few chosen."
022:015 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap
him in his talk.
022:016 They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians,
saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach
the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you
aren't partial to anyone.
022:017 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay
taxes to Caesar, or not?"
022:018 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you
test me, you hypocrites?
022:019 Show me the tax money." They brought to him a denarius.
022:020 He asked them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"
022:021 They said to him, "Caesar's." Then he said to them,
"Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's,
and to God the things that are God's."
022:022 When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.
022:023 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection)
came to him. They asked him,
022:024 saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children,
his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed
for his brother.'
022:025 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died,
and having no seed left his wife to his brother.
022:026 In like manner the second also, and the third, to the seventh.
022:027 After them all, the woman died.
022:028 In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven?
For they all had her."
022:029 But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing
the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
022:030 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given
in marriage, but are like God's angels in heaven.
022:031 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read
that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
022:032 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God
of Jacob?'{Exodus 3:6} God is not the God of the dead,
but of the living."
022:033 When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
022:034 But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced
the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
022:035 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
022:036 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"
022:037 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all
your mind.'{Deuteronomy 6:5}
022:038 This is the first and great commandment.
022:039 A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor
as yourself.'{Leviticus 19:18}
022:040 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
022:041 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked
them a question,
022:042 saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?"
They said to him, "Of David."
022:043 He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call
him Lord, saying,
022:044 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make
your enemies a footstool for your feet?'{Psalm 110:1}
022:045 "If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?"
022:046 No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare
ask him any more questions from that day forth.
023:001 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
023:002 saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat.
023:003 All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe,
observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say,
and don't do.
023:004 For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne,
and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will
not lift a finger to help them.
023:005 But all their works they do to be seen by men.
They make their phylacteries{phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew)
are small leather pouches that some Jewish men wear on their
forehead and arm in prayer. They are used to carry a small
scroll with some Scripture in it. See Deuteronomy 6:8.} broad,
enlarge the fringes{or, tassels} of their garments,
023:006 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats
in the synagogues,
023:007 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called
'Rabbi, Rabbi' by men.
023:008 But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher,
the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
023:009 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father,
he who is in heaven.
023:010 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
023:011 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
023:012 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles
himself will be exalted.
023:013 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you
devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers.
Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
023:014 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men;
for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow
those who are entering in to enter.{Some Greek manuscripts
reverse the order of verses 13 and 14, and some omit verse 13,
numbering verse 14 as 13.}
023:015 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you
travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte;
and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son
of Gehenna{or, Hell} as yourselves.
023:016 "Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple,
it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple,
he is obligated.'
023:017 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple
that sanctifies the gold?
023:018 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears
by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?'
023:019 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar
that sanctifies the gift?
023:020 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by
everything on it.
023:021 He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was
living in it.
023:022 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God,
and by him who sits on it.
023:023 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you
tithe mint, dill, and cumin,{ cumin is an aromatic seed from
Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance.
It is used as a spice.} and have left undone the weightier
matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith.
But you ought to have done these, and not to have left
the other undone.
023:024 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
023:025 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean
the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are
full of extortion and unrighteousness.{TR reads "self-indulgence"
instead of "unrighteousness"}
023:026 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of
the platter, that the outside of it may become clean also.
023:027 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you
are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful,
but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
023:028 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly
you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
023:029 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you
build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs
of the righteous,
023:030 and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't
have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'
023:031 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children
of those who killed the prophets.
023:032 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
023:033 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape
the judgment of Gehenna{or, Hell}?
023:034 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes.
Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you
will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
023:035 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth,
from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah
son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary
and the altar.
023:036 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come
upon this generation.
023:037 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones
those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered
your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks
under her wings, and you would not!
023:038 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
023:039 For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say,
'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"{Psalm 118:26}
024:001 Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way.
His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
024:002 But he answered them, "Don't you see all of these things?
Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one
stone on another, that will not be thrown down."
024:003 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to
him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be?
What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"
024:004 Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.
024:005 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,'
and will lead many astray.
024:006 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you
aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end
is not yet.
024:007 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes
in various places.
024:008 But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
024:009 Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you.
You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.
024:010 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another,
and will hate one another.
024:011 Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.
024:012 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many
will grow cold.
024:013 But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
024:014 This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world
for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
024:015 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation,{Daniel 9:27;
11:31; 12:11} which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet,
standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
024:016 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
024:017 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things
that are in his house.
024:018 Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.
024:019 But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers
in those days!
024:020 Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,
024:021 for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been
from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
024:022 Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved.
But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.
024:023 "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,'
or, 'There,' don't believe it.
024:024 For there will arise false christs, and false prophets,
and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray,
if possible, even the chosen ones.
024:025 "Behold, I have told you beforehand.
024:026 If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,'
don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner chambers,'
don't believe it.
024:027 For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even
to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
024:028 For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures{or,
eagles} gather together.
024:029 But immediately after the oppression of those days,
the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,
the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens
will be shaken;{Isaiah 13:10; 34:4}
024:030 and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky.
Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see
the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power
and great glory.
024:031 He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet,
and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds,
from one end of the sky to the other.
024:032 "Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch
has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know
that the summer is near.
024:033 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it
is near, even at the doors.
024:034 Most certainly I tell you, this generation{The word for "generation"
(genea) can also be translated as "race."} will not pass away,
until all these things are accomplished.
024:035 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
024:036 But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels
of heaven, but my Father only.
024:037 "As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
024:038 For as in those days which were before the flood they
were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,
until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
024:039 and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away,
so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
024:040 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one
will be left;
024:041 two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one
will be left.
024:042 Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.
024:043 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what
watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched,
and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
024:044 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect,
the Son of Man will come.
024:045 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has
set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
024:046 Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
024:047 Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all
that he has.
024:048 But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord
is delaying his coming,'
024:049 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink
with the drunkards,
024:050 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't
expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,
024:051 and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with
the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding
of teeth will be.
025:001 "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins,
who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.
025:002 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
025:003 Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no
oil with them,
025:004 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
025:005 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
025:006 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming!
Come out to meet him!'
025:007 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.{The end
of the wick of an oil lamp needs to be cut off periodically
to avoid having it become clogged with carbon deposits.
The wick height is also adjusted so that the flame burns evenly
and gives good light without producing a lot of smoke.}
025:008 The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil,
for our lamps are going out.'
025:009 But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't
enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell,
and buy for yourselves.'
025:010 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those
who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast,
and the door was shut.
025:011 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord,
open to us.'
025:012 But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'
025:013 Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour
in which the Son of Man is coming.
025:014 "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called
his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.
025:015 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one;
to each according to his own ability. Then he went
on his journey.
025:016 Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded
with them, and made another five talents.
025:017 In like manner he also who got the two gained another two.
025:018 But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth,
and hid his lord's money.
025:019 "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came,
and reconciled accounts with them.
025:020 He who received the five talents came and brought another
five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents.
Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.'
025:021 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.
You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you
over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
025:022 "He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord,
you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained
another two talents besides them.'
025:023 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.
You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you
over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
025:024 "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew
you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow,
and gathering where you did not scatter.
025:025 I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth.
Behold, you have what is yours.'
025:026 "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant.
You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where
I didn't scatter.
025:027 You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers,
and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.
025:028 Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him
who has the ten talents.
025:029 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance,
but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will
be taken away.
025:030 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness,
where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
025:031 "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy
angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
025:032 Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate
them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep
from the goats.
025:033 He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats
on the left.
025:034 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come,
blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world;
025:035 for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat; I was thirsty,
and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;
025:036 naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me;
I was in prison, and you came to me.'
025:037 "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we
see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?
025:038 When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked,
and clothe you?
025:039 When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'
025:040 "The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you,
inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my
brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly
translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."}, you did
it to me.'
025:041 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me,
you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil
and his angels;
025:042 for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat;
I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;
025:043 I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't
clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'
025:044 "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see
you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick,
or in prison, and didn't help you?'
025:045 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you,
inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these,
you didn't do it to me.'
025:046 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous
into eternal life."
026:001 It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words,
that he said to his disciples,
026:002 "You know that after two days the Passover is coming,
and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
026:003 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people
were gathered together in the court of the high priest,
who was called Caiaphas.
026:004 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit,
and kill him.
026:005 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur
among the people."
026:006 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
026:007 a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very
expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat
at the table.
026:008 But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying,
"Why this waste?
026:009 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given
to the poor."
026:010 However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble
the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.
026:011 For you always have the poor with you; but you don't
always have me.
026:012 For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare
me for burial.
026:013 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached
in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be
spoken of as a memorial of her."
026:014 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot,
went to the chief priests,
026:015 and said, "What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver
him to you?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.
026:016 From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
026:017 Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came
to Jesus, saying to him, "Where do you want us to prepare
for you to eat the Passover?"
026:018 He said, "Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him,
'The Teacher says, "My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover
at your house with my disciples."'"
026:019 The disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they
prepared the Passover.
026:020 Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table
with the twelve disciples.
026:021 As they were eating, he said, "Most certainly I tell you
that one of you will betray me."
026:022 They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him,
"It isn't me, is it, Lord?"
026:023 He answered, "He who dipped his hand with me in the dish,
the same will betray me.
026:024 The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe
to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed!
It would be better for that man if he had not been born."
026:025 Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It isn't me,
is it, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You said it."
026:026 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for{TR
reads "blessed" instead of "gave thanks for"} it, and broke it.
He gave to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body."
026:027 He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, "All of
you drink it,
026:028 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured
out for many for the remission of sins.
026:029 But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine
from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you
in my Father's Kingdom."
026:030 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
026:031 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because
of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'{Zechariah 13:7}
026:032 But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."
026:033 But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble
because of you, I will never be made to stumble."
026:034 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you that tonight,
before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."
026:035 Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not
deny you." All of the disciples also said likewise.
026:036 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said
to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go there and pray."
026:037 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began
to be sorrowful and severely troubled.
026:038 Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful,
even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."
026:039 He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying,
"My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me;
nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."
026:040 He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said
to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?
026:041 Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation.
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
026:042 Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, "My Father,
if this cup can't pass away from me unless I drink it,
your desire be done."
026:043 He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
026:044 He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time,
saying the same words.
026:045 Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, "Sleep on now,
and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son
of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
026:046 Arise, let's be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."
026:047 While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve,
came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs,
from the chief priest and elders of the people.
026:048 Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, "Whoever I kiss,
he is the one. Seize him."
026:049 Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Rabbi!"
and kissed him.
026:050 Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came
and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
026:051 Behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand,
and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest,
and struck off his ear.
026:052 Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place,
for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.
026:053 Or do you think that I couldn't ask my Father, and he would
even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
026:054 How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"
026:055 In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come
out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me?
I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.
026:056 But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets
might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
026:057 Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest,
where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
026:058 But Peter followed him from a distance, to the court of
the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers,
to see the end.
026:059 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council
sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put
him to death;
026:060 and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward,
they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,
026:061 and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God,
and to build it in three days.'"
026:062 The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer?
What is this that these testify against you?"
026:063 But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him,
"I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether
you are the Christ, the Son of God."
026:064 Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you,
after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right
hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
026:065 Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, "He has
spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses?
Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.
026:066 What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of death!"
026:067 Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists,
and some slapped him,
026:068 saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"
026:069 Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came
to him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!"
026:070 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I don't know what you
are talking about."
026:071 When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him,
and said to those who were there, "This man also was with
Jesus of Nazareth."
026:072 Again he denied it with an oath, "I don't know the man."
026:073 After a little while those who stood by came and said
to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your speech
makes you known."
026:074 Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!"
Immediately the rooster crowed.
026:075 Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him,
"Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."
He went out and wept bitterly.
027:001 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders
of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
027:002 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up
to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
027:003 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned,
felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver
to the chief priests and elders,
027:004 saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood."
But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."
027:005 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed.
He went away and hanged himself.
027:006 The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said,
"It's not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it
is the price of blood."
027:007 They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them,
to bury strangers in.
027:008 Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood"
to this day.
027:009 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah{some manuscripts
omit "Jeremaiah"} the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "They took
the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price
had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,
027:010 and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded
me."{Zechariah 11:12-13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9}
027:011 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him,
saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him,
"So you say."
027:012 When he was accused by the chief priests and elders,
he answered nothing.
027:013 Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they
testify against you?"
027:014 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the
governor marveled greatly.
027:015 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release
to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.
027:016 They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
027:017 When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them,
"Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus,
who is called Christ?"
027:018 For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
027:019 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent
to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man,
for I have suffered many things this day in a dream
because of him."
027:020 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes
to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
027:021 But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want
me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!"
027:022 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is
called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"
027:023 But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?"
But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"
027:024 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained,
but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water,
and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am
innocent of the blood of this righteous person.
You see to it."
027:025 All the people answered, "May his blood be on us,
and on our children!"
027:026 Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged
and delivered to be crucified.
027:027 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium,
and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
027:028 They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
027:029 They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head,
and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him,
and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
027:030 They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
027:031 When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him,
and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
027:032 As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name,
and they compelled him to go with them, that he might
carry his cross.
027:033 They came to a place called "Golgotha," that is to say,
"The place of a skull."
027:034 They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall.
When he had tasted it, he would not drink.
027:035 When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them,
casting lots,{TR adds "that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophet: 'They divided my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots;'" [see Psalm 22:18
and John 19:24]}
027:036 and they sat and watched him there.
027:037 They set up over his head the accusation against him written,
"THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
027:038 Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his
right hand and one on the left.
027:039 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
027:040 and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it
in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God,
come down from the cross!"
027:041 Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes,
the Pharisees,{TR omits "the Pharisees"} and the elders, said,
027:042 "He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is
the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now,
and we will believe in him.
027:043 He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him;
for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
027:044 The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him
the same reproach.
027:045 Now from the sixth hour{noon} there was darkness over all
the land until the ninth hour.{3:00 P. M.}
027:046 About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,
"Eli, Eli, lima{TR reads "lama" instead of "lima"} sabachthani?"
That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"{Psalm 22:1}
027:047 Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man
is calling Elijah."
027:048 Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it
with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.
027:049 The rest said, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes
to save him."
027:050 Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
027:051 Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top
to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
027:052 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had
fallen asleep were raised;
027:053 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered
into the holy city and appeared to many.
027:054 Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus,
when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done,
feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."
027:055 Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed
Jesus from Galilee, serving him.
027:056 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses,
and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
027:057 When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph,
who himself was also Jesus' disciple came.
027:058 This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate
commanded the body to be given up.
027:059 Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
027:060 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock,
and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.
027:061 Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting
opposite the tomb.
027:062 Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day,
the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
027:063 saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was
still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.'
027:064 Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day,
lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away,
and tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last
deception will be worse than the first."
027:065 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard. Go, make it as secure
as you can."
027:066 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure,
sealing the stone.
028:001 Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first
day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came
to see the tomb.
028:002 Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord
descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone
from the door, and sat on it.
028:003 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.
028:004 For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.
028:005 The angel answered the women, "Don't be afraid, for I know
that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.
028:006 He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said.
Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.
028:007 Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead,
and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will
see him.' Behold, I have told you."
028:008 They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy,
and ran to bring his disciples word.
028:009 As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them,
saying, "Rejoice!" They came and took hold of his feet,
and worshiped him.
028:010 Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell my
brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly
translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} that they
should go into Galilee, and there they will see me."
028:011 Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came
into the city, and told the chief priests all the things
that had happened.
028:012 When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel,
they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,
028:013 saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him
away while we slept.
028:014 If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him
and make you free of worry."
028:015 So they took the money and did as they were told.
This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues
until this day.
028:016 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain
where Jesus had sent them.
028:017 When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.
028:018 Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority
has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
028:019 Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
028:020 teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you.
Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.