4:22All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"
4:23He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"4:24He said, "Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.4:25But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.4:26Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.4:27There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian."
4:28They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things.4:29They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.4:30But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way.
4:31He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day,4:32and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.4:33In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,4:34saying, "Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!"
4:35Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
4:36Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"4:37News about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.
4:38He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her.4:39He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them.4:40When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.4:41Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
4:42When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn't go away from them.4:43But he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent."4:44He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
5:1Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.5:2He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.5:3He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.5:4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch."
5:5Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net."5:6When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.5:7They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.5:8But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."5:9For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;5:10and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon.
Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive."
5:11When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.5:12It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
5:13He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean."
Immediately the leprosy left him.5:14He commanded him to tell no one, "But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."5:15But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.5:16But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.
5:17It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.5:18Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.5:19Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before Jesus.5:20Seeing their faith, he said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."
5:21The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"
5:22But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, "Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?5:23Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and walk?'5:24But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" (he said to the paralyzed man), "I tell you, arise, and take up your cot, and go to your house."
5:25Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.5:26Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen strange things today."
5:27After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me!"
5:28He left everything, and rose up and followed him.5:29Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.5:30Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"5:31Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.5:32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
5:33They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?"
5:34He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?5:35But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days."5:36He also told a parable to them. "No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.5:37No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.5:38But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.5:39No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, 'The old is better.'"
6:1Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.6:2But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"
6:3Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him;6:4how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?"6:5He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
6:6It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.6:7The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.6:8But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." He arose and stood.6:9Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?"6:10He looked around at them all, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other.6:11But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.
6:12It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.6:13When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:6:14Simon, whom he also named Peter; Andrew, his brother; James; John; Philip; Bartholomew;6:15Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot;6:16Judas the son of James; and Judas Iscariot, who also became a traitor.6:17He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;6:18as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being healed.6:19All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.
6:20He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said,
6:27"But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,6:28bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.6:29To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold your coat also.6:30Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.
6:31"As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.6:32If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.6:33If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.6:34If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.6:35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
6:38"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be givento you.For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."
6:39He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?6:40A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.6:41Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?6:42Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye.6:43For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit.6:44For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don't gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.6:45The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.
6:46"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?6:47Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.6:48He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.6:49But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."
7:1After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.7:2A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.7:3When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant.7:4When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for you to do this for him,7:5for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us."7:6Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.7:7Therefore I didn't even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed.7:8For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go!' and he goes; and to another, 'Come!' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
7:9When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel."7:10Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well.
7:11It happened soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him.7:12Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.7:13When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry."7:14He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!"7:15He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
7:16Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!"7:17This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, and in all the surrounding region.
7:18The disciples of John told him about all these things.7:19John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"7:20When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"
7:21In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.7:22Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.7:23Blessed is he who is not offended by me."
7:24When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?7:25But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.7:26But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.7:27This is he of whom it is written,
7:28"For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
7:29When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
7:31*"To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?7:32They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'7:33For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'7:34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'7:35Wisdom is justified by all her children."
7:36One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table.7:37Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.7:38Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.7:39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."
7:40Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you."
He said, "Teacher, say on."
7:41"A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.7:42When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"
7:43Simon answered, "He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most."
He said to him, "You have judged correctly."7:44Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.7:45You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.7:46You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.7:47Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little."7:48He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
7:49Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"
7:50He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."
8:1It happened soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve,8:2and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;8:3and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others; who servedthemfrom their possessions.8:4When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.8:5"The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.8:6Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.8:7Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.8:8Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
8:9Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"
8:10He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'*8:11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.8:12Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.8:13Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.8:14That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.8:15That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.
8:16"No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.8:17For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.8:18Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has."
8:19His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd.8:20It was told him by some saying, "Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you."
8:21But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."
8:22Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out.8:23But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water.8:24They came to him, and awoke him, saying, "Master, master, we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm.8:25He said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"8:26They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.
8:27When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.8:28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me!"8:29For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.
8:30Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"
He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.8:31They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.8:32Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them.8:33The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.8:34When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
8:35People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.8:36Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed.8:37All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.8:38But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,8:39"Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you." He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
8:40It happened, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.8:41Behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus' feet, and begged him to come into his house,8:42for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.8:43A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,8:44came behind him, and touched thefringeof his cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped.8:45Jesus said, "Who touched me?"
When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, "Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"
8:46But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone out of me."8:47When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.8:48He said to her, "Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace."
8:49While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue's house came, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead. Don't trouble the Teacher."
8:50But Jesus hearing it, answered him, "Don't be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed."
8:51When he came to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.8:52All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep. She isn't dead, but sleeping."
8:53They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.8:54But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child, arise!"8:55Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat.8:56Her parents were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.
9:1He calledthe twelvetogether, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.9:2He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.9:3He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey--neither staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.9:4Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.9:5As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."
9:6They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the Good News, and healing everywhere.9:7Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,9:8and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.9:9Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?" He sought to see him.9:10The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done.
He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted place of a city called Bethsaida.9:11But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed healing.9:12The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place."
9:13But he said to them, "You give them something to eat."
They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people."9:14For they were about five thousand men.
He said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."9:15They did so, and made them all sit down.9:16He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.9:17They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
9:18It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"
9:19They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."
9:20He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
9:21But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,9:22saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up."
9:23He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,*and follow me.9:24For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.9:25For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?9:26For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.9:27But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."
9:28It happened about eight days after these sayings, that he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray.9:29As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling.9:30Behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah,9:31who appeared in glory, and spoke of hisdeparture,which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
9:32Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.9:33It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said.
9:34While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.9:35A voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"9:36When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.
9:37It happened on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met him.9:38Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.9:39Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.9:40I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn't."
9:41Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."
9:42While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.9:43They were all astonished at the majesty of God.
But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,9:44"Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men."9:45But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
9:46There arose an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.9:47Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side,9:48and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."
9:49John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow with us."
9:50Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us."
9:51It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem,9:52and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.9:53They didn't receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.9:54When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"
9:55But he turned and rebuked them, "You don't know of what kind of spirit you are.9:56For the Son of Man didn't come to destroy men's lives, but to save them."
They went to another village.9:57As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."
9:58Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
9:59He said to another, "Follow me!"
But he said, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."
9:60But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God."
9:61Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those who are at my house."
9:62But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."
10:1Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by twoahead of himinto every city and place, where he was about to come.10:2Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.10:3Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.10:4Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.10:5Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'10:6If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.10:7Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don't go from house to house.10:8Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.10:9Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.'10:10But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into its streets and say,10:11'Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.'10:12I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
10:13"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.10:14But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.10:15You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down toHades.10:16Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."
10:17The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"
10:18He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.10:19Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.10:20Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
10:21In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight."
10:22Turning to the disciples, he said, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him."
10:23Turning to the disciples, he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,10:24for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them."
10:25Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
10:26He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"
10:27He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind;*and your neighbor as yourself."*
10:28He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."
10:29But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"
10:30Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.10:31By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.10:32In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.10:33But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,10:34came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.10:35On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'10:36Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?"
10:37He said, "He who showed mercy on him."
Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
10:38It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.10:39She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.10:40But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."
10:41Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,10:42but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her."
11:1It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."
11:2He said to them, "When you pray, say,
11:5He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,11:6for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,'11:7and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'?11:8I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
11:9"I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.11:10For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
11:11"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?11:12Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?11:13If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
11:14He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.11:15But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."11:16Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.11:17But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.11:18If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.11:19But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.11:20But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.
11:21"When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.11:22But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.
11:23"He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters.11:24The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'11:25When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.11:26Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."
11:27It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"
11:28But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."
11:29When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.11:30For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.11:31The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.11:32The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
11:33"No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.11:34The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.11:35Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.11:36If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."
11:37Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.11:38When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.11:39The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.11:40You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make the inside also?11:41But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.11:42But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.11:43Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.11:44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."
11:45One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."
11:46He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.11:47Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.11:48So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.11:49Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,11:50that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;11:51from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.11:52Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered."
11:53As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;11:54lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
12:1Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.12:2But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.12:3Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.
12:4"I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.12:5But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast intoGehenna.Yes, I tell you, fear him.
12:6"Aren't five sparrows sold for twoassaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.12:7But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
12:8"I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;12:9but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.12:10Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.12:11When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;12:12for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say."
12:13One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
12:14But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"12:15He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."
12:16He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.12:17He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'12:18He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.12:19I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'
12:20"But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'12:21So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
12:22He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.12:23Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.12:24Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!12:25Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?12:26If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?12:27Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.12:28But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?12:29Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.12:30For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.12:31But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.12:32Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.12:33Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.12:34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
12:35"Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning.12:36Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.12:37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.12:38They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.12:39But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.12:40Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."
12:41Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?"
12:42The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?12:43Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.12:44Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.12:45But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,12:46then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.12:47That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,12:48but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
12:49"I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.12:50But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!12:51Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.12:52For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.12:53They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
12:54He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.12:55When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.12:56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't interpret this time?12:57Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?12:58For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.12:59I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very lastpenny."
13:1Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.13:2Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?13:3I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.13:4Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?13:5I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way."
13:6He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.13:7He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?'13:8He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.13:9If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'"
13:10He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.13:11Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.13:12When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."13:13He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.
13:14The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"
13:15Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?13:16Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"
13:17As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
13:18He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?13:19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches."