13:1On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.13:2Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.13:3He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.13:4As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.13:5Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.13:6When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.13:7Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them:13:8and others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.13:9He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
13:10The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
13:11He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.13:12For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.13:13Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.13:14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says,
13:16"But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.13:17For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.
13:18"Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.13:19When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.13:20What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;13:21yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.13:22What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.13:23What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."
13:24He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,13:25but while people slept, his enemy came and soweddarnel weedsalso among the wheat, and went away.13:26But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.13:27The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'
13:28"He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.'
"The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'
13:29"But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.13:30Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"
13:31He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;13:32which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."
13:33He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in threemeasuresof meal, until it was all leavened."
13:34Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,13:35that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
13:36Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field."
13:37He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,13:38the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.13:39The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.13:40As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.13:41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,13:42and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.13:43Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
13:44"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
13:45"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,13:46who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
13:47"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,13:48which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.13:49So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,13:50and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."13:51Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?"
They answered him, "Yes, Lord."
13:52He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."
13:53It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.13:54Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?13:55Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, andJudas?13:56Aren't all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?"13:57They were offended by him.
But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."13:58He didn't do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
14:1At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,14:2and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him."14:3For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.14:4For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."14:5When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.14:6But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.14:7Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.14:8She, being prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer."
14:9The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,14:10and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.14:11His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it to her mother.14:12His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.14:13Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
14:14Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.14:15When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, "This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food."
14:16But Jesus said to them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."
14:17They told him, "We only have here five loaves and two fish."
14:18He said, "Bring them here to me."14:19He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes.14:20They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.14:21Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
14:22Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.14:23After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.14:24But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.14:25Inthe fourth watch of the night,Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.*14:26When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It's a ghost!" and they cried out for fear.14:27But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying "Cheer up!It is I!Don't be afraid."
14:28Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters."
14:29He said, "Come!"
Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.14:30But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"
14:31Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?"14:32When they got up into the boat, the wind ceased.14:33Those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, "You are truly the Son of God!"
14:34When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret.14:35When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick,14:36and they begged him that they might just touch thefringeof his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
15:1Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,15:2"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."
15:3He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?15:4For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,'*and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'*15:5But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"15:6he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.15:7You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
15:10He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.15:11That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."
15:12Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"
15:13But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted.15:14Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
15:15Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."
15:16So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand?15:17Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?15:18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.15:19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.15:20These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man."
15:21Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.15:22Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely demonized!"
15:23But he answered her not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."
15:24But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
15:25But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."
15:26But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
15:27But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
15:28Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
15:29Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.15:30Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,15:31so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing--and they glorified the God of Israel.
15:32Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
15:33The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"
15:34Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?"
They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
15:35He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;15:36and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.15:37They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.15:38Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.15:39Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.
16:1The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.16:2But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'16:3In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times!16:4An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah."
He left them, and departed.16:5The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.16:6Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
16:7They reasoned among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread."
16:8Jesus, perceiving it, said, "Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, 'because you have brought no bread?'16:9Don't you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?16:10Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?16:11How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
16:12Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.16:13Now 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?"
16:14They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."
16:15He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
16:16Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
16:17Jesus 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.16:18I also tell you that you arePeter,and on thisrockI will build my assembly, and the gates ofHadeswill not prevail against it.16:19I 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."16:20Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he is Jesus the Christ.16:21From 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.
16:22Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."
16:23But 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."16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.16:25For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.16:26For 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?16:27For 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.16:28Most 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."
17:1After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.17:2He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.17:3Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.
17:4Peter 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."
17:5While 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."
17:6When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.17:7Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up, and don't be afraid."17:8Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.17:9As 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."
17:10His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
17:11Jesus answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things,17:12but 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."17:13Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
17:14When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, saying,17:15"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.17:16So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."
17:17Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me."17:18Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
17:19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't we able to cast it out?"
17:20He 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.17:21But this kind doesn't go out except by prayer and fasting."
17:22While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,17:23and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up."
They were exceedingly sorry.17:24When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected thedidrachma coinscame to Peter, and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?"17:25He 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?"
17:26Peter said to him, "From strangers."
Jesus said to him, "Therefore the children are exempt.17:27But, 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 astater coin.Take that, and give it to them for me and you."
18:1In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"
18:2Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the midst of them,18:3and 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.18:4Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.18:5Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,18:6but 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.
18:7"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!18:8If 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.18:9If 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 theGehennaof fire.18:10See 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.18:11For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.
18:12"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?18:13If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.18:14Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
18:15"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.18:16But 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.*18:17If 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.18:18Most 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.18:19Again, 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.18:20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them."
18:21Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"
18:22Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.18:23Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.18:24When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed himten thousand talents.18:25But 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.18:26The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'18:27The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
18:28"But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed himone hundred denarii,and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
18:29"So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay you!'18:30He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.18:31So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done.18:32Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.18:33Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?'18:34His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.18:35So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."
19:1It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.19:2Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.19:3Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
19:4He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,*19:5and 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?'*19:6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart."
19:7They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"
19:8He 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.19:9I 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."
19:10His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."
19:11But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.19:12For 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."
19:13Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.19:14But 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."19:15He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.
19:16Behold, one came to him and said, "Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"
19:17He 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."
19:18He 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.'19:19'Honor your father and mother.'*And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"*
19:20The young man said to him, "All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?"
19:21Jesus 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."19:22But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.19:23Jesus said to his disciples, "Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.19:24Again 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."
19:25When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?"
19:26Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
19:27Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?"
19:28Jesus 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.19:29Everyone 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.19:30But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.
20:1"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.20:2When he had agreed with the laborers for adenariusa day, he sent them into his vineyard.20:3He went out about thethird hour,and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.20:4To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went their way.20:5Again he went out about thesixth and the ninth hour,and did likewise.20:6About theeleventh hourhe went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?'
20:7"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.'20:8When 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.'
20:9"When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.20:10When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.20:11When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,20:12saying, '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!'
20:13"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me for a denarius?20:14Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.20:15Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'20:16So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."
20:17As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,20:18"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,20:19and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up."
20:20Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.20:21He 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."
20:22But 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."
20:23He 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."
20:24When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
20:25But 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.20:26It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among youshall beyour servant.20:27Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,20:28even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
20:29As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.20:30Behold, 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!"20:31The 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!"
20:32Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"
20:33They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."
20:34Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
21:1When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came toBethsphage,to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,21:2saying 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.21:3If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and immediately he will send them."
21:4All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
21:6The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them,21:7and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.21:8A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.21:9The multitudes who went before him, and who followed kept shouting, "Hosannato the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"*
21:10When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"21:11The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."
21:12Jesus 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.21:13He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,'*but you have made it a den of robbers!"*
21:14The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.21:15But 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,21:16and 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?'"*
21:17He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.21:18Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.21:19Seeing 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.21:20When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?"
21:21Jesus 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.21:22All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
21:23When 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?"
21:24Jesus 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.21:25The 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?'21:26But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."21:27They 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.21:28But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'21:29He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.21:30He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.21:31Which 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.21:32For 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.
21:33"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.21:34When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit.21:35The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.21:36Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.21:37But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.'21:38But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'21:39So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.21:40When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?"
21:41They 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."
21:42Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures,
21:43"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.21:44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."
21:45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.21:46When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
22:1Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,22:2"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,22:3and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.22:4Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have made ready my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"'22:5But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,22:6and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.22:7When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
22:8"Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy.22:9Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'22:10Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.22:11But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing,22:12and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless.22:13Then 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.'22:14For many are called, but few chosen."
22:15Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.22:16They 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.22:17Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"
22:18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?22:19Show me the tax money."
They brought to him a denarius.
22:20He asked them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"
22:21They 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."
22:22When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.
22:23On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,22:24saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.'22:25Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother.22:26In like manner the second also, and the third, to the seventh.22:27After them all, the woman died.22:28In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her."
22:29But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.22:30For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God's angels in heaven.22:31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,22:32'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'*God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."
22:33When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.22:34But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.22:35One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.22:36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"
22:37Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'*22:38This is the first and great commandment.22:39A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'*22:40The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
22:41Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,22:42saying, "What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?"
They said to him, "Of David."
22:43He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
22:45"If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?"
22:46No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forth.
23:1Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,23:2saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat.23:3All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do.23:4For 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.23:5But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make theirphylacteriesbroad, enlarge thefringesof their garments,23:6and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,23:7the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi, Rabbi' by men.23:8But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.23:9Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.23:10Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.23:11But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.23:12Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
23:13"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.
23:14"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.23:15Woe 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 ofGehennaas yourselves.
23:16"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.'23:17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?23:18'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?'23:19You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?23:20He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.23:21He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.23:22He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
23:23"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, andcumin,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.23:24You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
23:25"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 andunrighteousness.23:26You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
23:27"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.23:28Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
23:29"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,23:30and 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.'23:31Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.23:32Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.23:33You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment ofGehenna?23:34Therefore, 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;23:35that 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.23:36Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
23:37"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!23:38Behold, your house is left to you desolate.23:39For 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!'"*
24:1Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.24:2But 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."
24:3As 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?"
24:4Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.24:5For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.24:6You 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.24:7For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.24:8But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.24:9Then 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.24:10Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.24:11Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.24:12Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.24:13But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.24:14This 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.
24:15"When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation,*which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),24:16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.24:17Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.24:18Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.24:19But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!24:20Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,24:21for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.24:22Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.
24:23"Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it.24:24For 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.
24:25"Behold, I have told you beforehand.24:26If 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.24:27For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.24:28For wherever the carcass is, there is where thevulturesgather together.24:29But 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;*24:30and 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.24:31He 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.
24:32"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.24:33Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.24:34Most certainly I tell you, thisgenerationwill not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.24:36But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
24:37"As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.24:38For 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 ship,24:39and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.24:40Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left;24:41two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left.24:42Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.24:43But 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.24:44Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.
24:45"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?24:46Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.24:47Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.24:48But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'24:49and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,24:50the 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,24:51and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.