010:031 But many who are first will be last; and the last first."
010:032 They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going
in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed
were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell
them the things that were going to happen to him.
010:033 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man
will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes.
They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him
to the Gentiles.
010:034 They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him.
On the third day he will rise again."
010:035 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him,
saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."
010:036 He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
010:037 They said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit, one at your
right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory."
010:038 But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking.
Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized with?"
010:039 They said to him, "We are able." Jesus said to them,
"You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall
be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;
010:040 but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine
to give, but for whom it has been prepared."
010:041 When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards
James and John.
010:042 Jesus summoned them, and said to them, "You know that they
who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them,
and their great ones exercise authority over them.
010:043 But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become
great among you shall be your servant.
010:044 Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be
bondservant of all.
010:045 For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve,
and to give his life as a ransom for many."
010:046 They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his
disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus,
a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.
010:047 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out,
and say, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!"
010:048 Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out
much more, "You son of David, have mercy on me!"
010:049 Jesus stood still, and said, "Call him." They called
the blind man, saying to him, "Cheer up! Get up.
He is calling you!"
010:050 He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
010:051 Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?"
The blind man said to him, "Rhabboni,{Rhabboni is a transliteration
of the Hebrew word for "great teacher."} that I may see again."
010:052 Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your faith has made you well."
Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus
in the way.
011:001 When they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage{TR & NU
read "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage"} and Bethany,
at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
011:002 and said to them, "Go your way into the village that
is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it,
you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has sat.
Untie him, and bring him.
011:003 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord
needs him;' and immediately he will send him back here."
011:004 They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door
outside in the open street, and they untied him.
011:005 Some of those who stood there asked them, "What are you doing,
untying the young donkey?"
011:006 They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go.
011:007 They brought the young donkey to Jesus, and threw their garments
on it, and Jesus sat on it.
011:008 Many spread their garments on the way, and others were cutting
down branches from the trees, and spreading them on the road.
011:009 Those who went in front, and those who followed, cried out,
"Hosanna{"Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, we pray."}!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!{Psalm 118:25-26}
011:010 Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming
in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
011:011 Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had
looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went
out to Bethany with the twelve.
011:012 The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry.
011:013 Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see
if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it,
he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
011:014 Jesus told it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!"
and his disciples heard it.
011:015 They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple,
and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought
in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers,
and the seats of those who sold the doves.
011:016 He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.
011:017 He taught, saying to them, "Isn't it written, 'My house will be
called a house of prayer for all the nations?'{Isaiah 56:7}
But you have made it a den of robbers!"{Jeremiah 7:11}
011:018 The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how
they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all
the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
011:019 When evening came, he went out of the city.
011:020 As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered
away from the roots.
011:021 Peter, remembering, said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree
which you cursed has withered away."
011:022 Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God.
011:023 For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain,
'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt
in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening;
he shall have whatever he says.
011:024 Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for,
believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
011:025 Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything
against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven,
may also forgive you your transgressions.
011:026 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven
forgive your transgressions."
011:027 They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple,
the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,
011:028 and they began saying to him, "By what authority do you do
these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?"
011:029 Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me,
and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
011:030 The baptism of John--was it from heaven, or from men?
Answer me."
011:031 They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we should say,
'From heaven;' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
011:032 If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people,
for all held John to really be a prophet.
011:033 They answered Jesus, "We don't know." Jesus said to them,
"Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."
012:001 He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard,
put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower,
rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
012:002 When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get
from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
012:003 They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.
012:004 Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him,
wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.
012:005 Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others,
beating some, and killing some.
012:006 Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him
last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
012:007 But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir.
Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
012:008 They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
012:009 What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come
and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
012:010 Haven't you even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the
builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.
012:011 This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes'?"{Psalm
118:22-23}
012:012 They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude;
for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them.
They left him, and went away.
012:013 They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him,
that they might trap him with words.
012:014 When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know
that you are honest, and don't defer to anyone; for you
aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
012:015 Shall we give, or shall we not give?" But he,
knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me?
Bring me a denarius, that I may see it."
012:016 They brought it. He said to them, "Whose is this image
and inscription?" They said to him, "Caesar's."
012:017 Jesus answered them, "Render to Caesar the things that
are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
They marveled greatly at him.
012:018 There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection.
They asked him, saying,
012:019 "Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If a man's brother dies,
and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children,
that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring
for his brother.'
012:020 There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying
left no offspring.
012:021 The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him.
The third likewise;
012:022 and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all
the woman also died.
012:023 In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them?
For the seven had her as a wife."
012:024 Jesus answered them, "Isn't this because you are mistaken,
not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?
012:025 For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry,
nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
012:026 But about the dead, that they are raised; haven't you
read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke
to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob'{Exodus 3:6}?
012:027 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
You are therefore badly mistaken."
012:028 One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together.
Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him,
"Which commandment is the greatest of all?"
012:029 Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God,
the Lord is one:
012:030 you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your
strength.'{Deuteronomy 6:4-5} This is the first commandment.
012:031 The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor
as yourself.'{Leviticus 19:18} There is no other commandment
greater than these."
012:032 The scribe said to him, "Truly, teacher, you have said well
that he is one, and there is none other but he,
012:033 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding,
with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love
his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole
burnt offerings and sacrifices."
012:034 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him,
"You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one dared ask
him any question after that.
012:035 Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, "How is it
that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
012:036 For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said
to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies
the footstool of your feet."'{Psalm 110:1}
012:037 Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?"
The common people heard him gladly.
012:038 In his teaching he said to them, "Beware of the scribes,
who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings
in the marketplaces,
012:039 and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts:
012:040 those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make
long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."
012:041 Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude
cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.
012:042 A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins,{literally,
lepta (or widow's mites). Lepta are very small brass coins worth
half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion.
Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker's daily
wages.} which equal a quadrans coin.{A quadrans is a coin
worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day's
wages for an agricultural laborer.}
012:043 He called his disciples to himself, and said to them,
"Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than
all those who are giving into the treasury,
012:044 for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of
her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."
013:001 As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him,
"Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!"
013:002 Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings?
There will not be left here one stone on another, which will
not be thrown down."
013:003 As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple,
Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,
013:004 "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that
these things are all about to be fulfilled?"
013:005 Jesus, answering, began to tell them, "Be careful that no one
leads you astray.
013:006 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!{or, "I AM!"}'
and will lead many astray.
013:007 "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled.
For those must happen, but the end is not yet.
013:008 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
There will be earthquakes in various places. There will
be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning
of birth pains.
013:009 But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils.
You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers
and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.
013:010 The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.
013:011 When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be
anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say,
but say whatever will be given you in that hour.
For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
013:012 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child.
Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be
put to death.
013:013 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who
endures to the end, the same will be saved.
013:014 But when you see the abomination of desolation,{Daniel 9:17;
11:31; 12:11} spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it
ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are
in Judea flee to the mountains,
013:015 and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in,
to take anything out of his house.
013:016 Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
013:017 But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse
babies in those days!
013:018 Pray that your flight won't be in the winter.
013:019 For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has
not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God
created until now, and never will be.
013:020 Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would
have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones,
whom he picked out, he shortened the days.
013:021 Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!'
or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.
013:022 For there will arise false christs and false prophets,
and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray,
if possible, even the chosen ones.
013:023 But you watch. "Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
013:024 But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened,
the moon will not give its light,
013:025 the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are
in the heavens will be shaken.{Isaiah 13:10; 34:4}
013:026 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great
power and glory.
013:027 Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his
chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth
to the ends of the sky.
013:028 "Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch
has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know
that the summer is near;
013:029 even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass,
know that it is near, at the doors.
013:030 Most certainly I say to you, this generation{The word
translated "generation" (genea) could also be translated "race,"
"family," or "people."} will not pass away until all
these things happen.
013:031 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
013:032 But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels
in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
013:033 Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.
013:034 "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left
his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each
one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.
013:035 Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of
the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight,
or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;
013:036 lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.
013:037 What I tell you, I tell all: Watch."
014:001 It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and
the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes
sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.
014:002 For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be
a riot of the people."
014:003 While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar
of ointment of pure nard--very costly. She broke the jar,
and poured it over his head.
014:004 But there were some who were indignant among themselves,
saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted?
014:005 For this might have been sold for more than three hundred
denarii,{300 denarii was about a years wages for an agricultural
laborer.} and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.
014:006 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her?
She has done a good work for me.
014:007 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to,
you can do them good; but you will not always have me.
014:008 She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand
for the burying.
014:009 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be
preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman
has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her."
014:010 Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to
the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them.
014:011 They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money.
He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.
014:012 On the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed
the Passover, his disciples asked him, "Where do you want us
to go and make ready that you may eat the Passover?"
014:013 He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city,
and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water.
Follow him,
014:014 and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house,
'The Teacher says, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat
the Passover with my disciples?"'
014:015 He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready.
Make ready for us there."
014:016 His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things
as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.
014:017 When it was evening he came with the twelve.
014:018 As they sat and were eating, Jesus said, "Most certainly I
tell you, one of you will betray me--he who eats with me."
014:019 They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one,
"Surely not I?" And another said, "Surely not I?"
014:020 He answered them, "It is one of the twelve, he who dips with me
in the dish.
014:021 For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him,
but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed!
It would be better for that man if he had not been born."
014:022 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had blessed,
he broke it, and gave to them, and said, "Take, eat.
This is my body."
014:023 He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them.
They all drank of it.
014:024 He said to them, "This is my blood of the new covenant,
which is poured out for many.
014:025 Most certainly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit
of the vine, until that day when I drink it anew in the
Kingdom of God."
014:026 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
014:027 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 will be scattered.'{Zechariah 13:7}
014:028 However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."
014:029 But Peter said to him, "Although all will be offended,
yet I will not."
014:030 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you, that you today,
even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny
me three times."
014:031 But he spoke all the more, "If I must die with you, I will
not deny you." They all said the same thing.
014:032 They came to a place which was named Gethsemane.
He said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray."
014:033 He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly
troubled and distressed.
014:034 He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death.
Stay here, and watch."
014:035 He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that,
if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
014:036 He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you.
Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire,
but what you desire."
014:037 He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon,
are you sleeping? Couldn't you watch one hour?
014:038 Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation.
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
014:039 Again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words.
014:040 Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes
were very heavy, and they didn't know what to answer him.
014:041 He came the third time, and said to them, "Sleep on now,
and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come.
Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
014:042 Arise, let us be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."
014:043 Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of
the twelve, came--and with him a multitude with swords and clubs,
from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.
014:044 Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, "Whoever I
will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely."
014:045 When he had come, immediately he came to him,
and said, "Rabbi! Rabbi!" and kissed him.
014:046 They laid their hands on him, and seized him.
014:047 But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword,
and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
014:048 Jesus answered them, "Have you come out, as against a robber,
with swords and clubs to seize me?
014:049 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't
arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."
014:050 They all left him, and fled.
014:051 A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown
around himself, over his naked body. The young men grabbed him,
014:052 but he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
014:053 They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests,
the elders, and the scribes came together with him.
014:054 Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into
the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers,
and warming himself in the light of the fire.
014:055 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses
against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.