Luke Cross References - BLB

¹ Inasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a narration concerning the things having been accomplished among us, ² just as those from the beginning having been eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us, ³ it seemed good also to me, having been acquainted with all things carefully from the first, to write with method to you, most excellent Theophilus, ⁴ so that you may know the certainty concerning the things which you were instructed. ⁵ There was in the days of Herod king of Judea a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth. ⁶ And they were both righteous before God, walking blameless in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord. ⁷ And to them there was no child, inasmuch as Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their years. ⁸ Now it came to pass, in his fulfilling the priestly service before God in the order of his division, ⁹ according to the custom of the priesthood, it fell to him by lot to burn incense, having entered into the temple of the Lord. ¹⁰ And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of the incense. ¹¹ And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right of the altar of the incense. ¹² And having seen him, Zechariah was troubled, and fear fell upon him. ¹³ And the angel said to him, “Fear not, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard, and Your wife Elizabeth will bear to you a son, and you shall call his name John. ¹⁴ And he will be joy and gladness to you, and many will rejoice at his birth. ¹⁵ For he will be great before the Lord. And he shall never drink wine and strong drink, and he will be full of the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb. ¹⁶ And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God. ¹⁷ And he will go forth before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” ¹⁸ And Zechariah said to the angel, “By what will I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in her years.” ¹⁹ And the angel answering, said to him, “I am Gabriel, the one standing before God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to bring these glad tidings to you. ²⁰ And behold, you will be silent, and not able to speak until that day these things shall take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their season.” ²¹ And the people were expecting Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delaying in temple. ²² And having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they recognized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was making signs to them, and remained mute. ²³ And it came to pass, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his home. ²⁴ And after these days, his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying, ²⁵ “Thus the Lord has done to me, in the days in which He looked upon me to take away my disgrace among men.” ²⁶ And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee whose name was Nazareth, ²⁷ to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the name of the virgin was Mary. ²⁸ And having come to her, he said, “Greetings, you favored with grace! The Lord is with you.” ²⁹ And she was troubled at the statement and was pondering what kind this salutation might be. ³⁰ And the angel said to her, “Fear not, Mary; for you have found favor with God. ³¹ And behold, you will conceive in womb, and will bring forth a son, and you shall call His name Jesus. ³² He will be great, and He will be called Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, ³³ and He will reign over the house of Jacob to the ages. And of His kingdom there will be no end!” ³⁴ And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I do not know a man?” ³⁵ And the angel answering, said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore also the Holy One being born will be called the Son of God. ³⁶ And behold your relative Elizabeth, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren. ³⁷ For nothing will be impossible with God.” ³⁸ And Mary said, “Behold, the Lord’s handmaid. May it happen to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her. ³⁹ And in those days Mary, having risen up, went with haste into the hill country, to a town of Judah, ⁴⁰ and she entered into the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹ And it came to pass, as Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby in her womb leaped. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, ⁴² and she cried out in a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit your of womb. ⁴³ And from where is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴ For behold, as the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby in my womb leaped in exultation. ⁴⁵ And blessed is the one having believed that there will be a fulfillment to the things spoken to her from the Lord.” ⁴⁶ And Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord, ⁴⁷ and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. ⁴⁸ For He has looked upon the humiliation of His handmaiden. For behold, from henceforth all the generations will count me blessed. ⁴⁹ For the mighty One has done great things to me. And holy is His name. ⁵⁰ And His mercy is to generations and generations, to those fearing Him. ⁵¹ He has shown strength with His arm, He has scattered the proud in the thought of their heart. ⁵² He has brought down rulers from thrones, and exalted the humble. ⁵³ He has filled those hungering with good things, and those being rich He has sent away empty. ⁵⁴ He has helped Israel His servant, remembering mercy, ⁵⁵ as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his to descendants to the age.” ⁵⁶ And Mary dwelt with her about three months, and returned to her home. ⁵⁷ Now the time was fulfilled to Elizabeth for her to give birth, and she bore a son. ⁵⁸ And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord was magnifying His mercy with her, and they were rejoicing with her. ⁵⁹ And it came to pass on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and were calling it after the name of his father, Zechariah. ⁶⁰ And his mother answering said, “No, but he will be called John.” ⁶¹ And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.” ⁶² And they were making signs to his father, what he might wish him to be called. ⁶³ And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, “John is his name.” And they all marveled. ⁶⁴ And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he was speaking, blessing God. ⁶⁵ And fear came upon all those dwelling around them. And in all the hill country of Judea all these words were being talked about. ⁶⁶ And all those having heard laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” And indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him. ⁶⁷ And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, ⁶⁸ “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and has performed redemption on His people, ⁶⁹ and has raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of His servant David; ⁷⁰ as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets of old, ⁷¹ salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all those hating us, ⁷² to fulfill mercy toward our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant, ⁷³ the oath that He swore to Abraham our father, to grant us, ⁷⁴ having been saved from the hand of our enemies, to serve Him without fear, ⁷⁵ in holiness and righteousness before Him, all the days of our life. ⁷⁶ And you, child, will be called prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways, ⁷⁷ to give knowledge of salvation to His people, in forgiveness of their sins, ⁷⁸ through the affections of compassion of our God, in which the Sunrise will visit us from on high, ⁷⁹ to shine upon those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace.” ⁸⁰ And the child continued to grow and was strengthened in spirit; and he was in the deserted places until the day of his appearance to Israel.

³¹ But these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, you may have life in His name.

¹ In the first account I composed, O Theophilus, concerning all the things that Jesus began both to do and to teach, ² until the day He was taken up, having given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen, ³ to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering with many proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God.

¹⁶ And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: Who was revealed in the flesh, was justified in the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation would be fully accomplished, and all the Gentiles should hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

¹⁶ For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ having followed out cleverly devised fables, but having been eyewitnesses of His majesty. ¹⁷ For having received honor and glory from God the Father, a voice such as follows was brought to Him by the Majestic Glory: “This is My Son, My beloved, in whom I have found delight.” ¹⁸ And we heard this voice having been brought from heaven, being with Him in the holy mountain. ¹⁹ And we have the more certain prophetic word, to which you do well taking heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until this day shall have dawned and the morning star shall have arisen in your hearts,

¹ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, Son of God.

¹⁴ The one sowing sows the word.

⁴⁸ You are witnesses of these things.

²⁷ And you also bear witness, because you are with Me from the beginning.

³ to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering with many proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God.

⁸ But you will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and you will be witnesses for Me, both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.”

²¹ Therefore it behooves the men having accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus came in and went out among us, ²² having begun from the baptism of John until the day in which He was taken up from us, one of these, to become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

²⁰ For we are not able to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

³⁹ And we are witnesses of all things that He did, both in the region of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they also put to death, having hanged Him on a tree. ⁴⁰ This One God raised up on the third day, and gave Him to become manifest, ⁴¹ not to all the people, but to the witnesses having been chosen beforehand by God, to us who did eat with and drink with Him after His rising out from the dead.

¹⁶ But rise up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you a servant and a witness both of that which you have seen of Me, and of the things in which I will appear to you,

¹⁶ for me to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, administering the sacred service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might become acceptable, having been sanctified in the Holy Spirit.

¹ So let a man regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries.

⁷ of which I became servant according to the gift of God’s grace, having been given to me according to the working of His power. ⁸ To me, the very least of all saints, was given this grace: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ

¹¹ And He gave some indeed to be apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers, ¹² toward the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ,

²³ if indeed you continue in the faith, established and firm, and not being moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, having been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I Paul have become a minister. ²⁴ Now I rejoice in the sufferings for you, and I am filling up in my flesh that which is lacking of the tribulations of Christ for His body, which is the church, ²⁵ of which I became a minister according to the administration of God having been given me toward you, to complete the word of God,

³ how shall we escape, having neglected such a great salvation, which, having received a commencement declared by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those having heard,

¹ I exhort the elders among you, a fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory being about to be revealed:

¹⁶ For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ having followed out cleverly devised fables, but having been eyewitnesses of His majesty.

¹ That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we have gazed upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life— ² and the life was made manifest, and we have seen and bear witness, and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was revealed to us— ³ that which we have seen and have heard, we proclaim to you also, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

¹ Inasmuch as many have undertaken to draw up a narration concerning the things having been accomplished among us,

¹ In the first account I composed, O Theophilus, concerning all the things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

⁴ Now Peter having begun, set forth to them in order, saying,

¹⁹ Therefore I judge not to trouble those from the Gentiles turning to God,

²⁵ it seemed good to us, having come with one accord, having chosen men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

²⁸ For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to lay upon you no further burden, except these necessary things:

²⁶ “Claudius Lysias, To the most excellent, governor Felix: Greetings.

³ Both in every way and everywhere, we gladly accept it, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

²⁵ But Paul says, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but I speak words of truth and sobriety.

⁴⁰ But she is more blessed if she should remain in the same manner, according to my judgment; and I think myself also to have the Spirit of God.

¹² Now concerning Apollos our brother, I exhorted him greatly that he should go to you with the brothers, and his will was not at all that he should come now; but he will come when he shall have opportunity.

²⁵ He was instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and was teaching earnestly the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John.

¹⁸ and you know His will and approve the things being superior, being instructed out of the Law,

¹⁹ But in the church, I desire to speak five words with my mind, that also I might instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

⁶ Now let the one being taught in the word share in all good things with the one teaching.

¹⁵ And I will be diligent also for you to have at every time after my departure these things, to make a lasting remembrance. ¹⁶ For we have not made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ having followed out cleverly devised fables, but having been eyewitnesses of His majesty.

¹ Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

¹⁵ And He said to them, “You are those justifying themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is exalted among men is an abomination before God.

¹ And having looked intently at the Council, Paul said, “Men, brothers, I have lived as a citizen in all good conscience to God unto this day.”

¹⁶ In this also I myself strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men through everything.

⁹ What then? Are we better? Not at all. For we have already charged both Jews and Greeks all to be under sin. ¹⁰ As it has been written: “There is none righteous, not even one; ¹¹ there is none understanding; there is none seeking after God. ¹² All have turned away; together they have become worthless; there is none who is practicing good, there is not so much as one. ¹³ Their throat is a grave having been opened; they keep practicing deceit with their tongues; the venom of vipers is under their lips, ¹⁴ of whom the mouth is full of cursing and of bitterness; ¹⁵ their feet are swift to shed blood; ¹⁶ ruin and misery are in their paths; ¹⁷ and the way of peace they have not known. ¹⁸ There is no fear of God before their eyes.” ¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those under the Law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be under judgment to God. ²⁰ Therefore by works of the Law, not any flesh will be justified before Him; for through the Law is knowledge of sin. ²¹ But now apart from Law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, being borne witness to by the Law and the Prophets. ²² And the righteousness of God is through faith from Jesus Christ toward all those believing. For there is no distinction, ²³ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴ being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God set forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood, for a showing forth of His righteousness, because of the forbearance of the sins having taken place beforehand,

² Now I commend you that you have remembered me in all things, and you are keeping the teachings as I delivered to you.

¹² For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you, in the purity and sincerity of God, and not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God.

¹⁵ so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God unblemished in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

⁶ according to zeal, persecuting the church; according to righteousness in the Law, having become faultless. ⁷ But whatever things were gain to me, these I have esteemed loss because of Christ. ⁸ But indeed, therefore, I also count all things to be loss because of the excelling knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I have lost all things, and esteem them rubbish, that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which is of the Law, but that which is through faith from Christ, the righteousness of God on the basis of faith,

²² but now He has reconciled in His body of flesh through death, to present you holy and unblemished and blameless before Him,

¹³ in order to strengthen your hearts, blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.

¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, ¹² instructing us that, having denied ungodliness and worldly passions, we should live discreetly and righteously and piously in the present age, ¹³ awaiting the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, ¹⁴ who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all lawlessness and might purify to Himself a people specially chosen, zealous of good works.

³ For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, being deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. ⁴ But when the kindness and the love of mankind of God our Savior appeared, ⁵ He saved us, not by works in righteousness that we did, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, ⁶ whom He poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ so that, having been justified by that grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

¹⁴ Therefore, beloved, expecting these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and without blemish.

³ And by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we should keep His commandments.

²⁹ If you know that He is righteous, you know also that everyone practicing righteousness has been begotten of Him.

⁷ Little children, let no one lead you astray; the one practicing righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

¹⁹ And not having become weak in the faith, he considered his body already having become dead, being about a hundred years old, and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

¹¹ By faith also Sarah, herself barren, received power for the conception of seed, even beyond the opportune age, since she considered the One having promised faithful.

⁵ There was in the days of Herod king of Judea a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.

⁶ Now these things having been prepared thus, indeed the priests enter into the first tabernacle regularly, accomplishing the sacred services.

¹⁴ Therefore having a great high priest having passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, we should hold firmly to our confession.

²⁴ For Christ has entered not into holy places made by hands, copies of the true ones, but into heaven itself, now to appear for us in the presence of God,

³ And another angel having a golden censer came and stood at the altar, and much incense was given to him, that he will offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne.

¹⁹ And the angel answering, said to him, “I am Gabriel, the one standing before God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to bring these glad tidings to you.

²⁸ And having come to her, he said, “Greetings, you favored with grace! The Lord is with you.”

¹⁰ And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring good news to you of great joy, which will be to all the people.

¹⁹ But during the night an angel of the Lord, having opened the doors of the jail, having brought them out, also said,

³ About the ninth hour of the day, he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God having come to him and having said to him, “Cornelius!” ⁴ And having looked intently on him, and having become afraid, he said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, being sent forth for service for the sake of those being about to inherit salvation?

³ And another angel having a golden censer came and stood at the altar, and much incense was given to him, that he will offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne. ⁴ And the smoke of the incense went up before God, with the prayers of the saints, out of the hand of the angel.

¹³ And the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard one voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,

⁵ And having entered into the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe, sitting on the right; and they were greatly amazed.

²⁹ And she was troubled at the statement and was pondering what kind this salutation might be.

⁹ And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared with great fear. ¹⁰ And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring good news to you of great joy, which will be to all the people.

⁴ And having looked intently on him, and having become afraid, he said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.

¹⁷ And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. And He placed His right hand upon me, saying, “Fear not. I am the First and the Last,

²¹ And she will bring forth a son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

²⁷ But immediately Jesus spoke to them saying, “Take courage! It is I. Fear not.”

⁵ And the angel answering said to the women, “Fear not; for I know that you seek Jesus, the One having been crucified.

⁶ And he says to them, “Do not be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, the One having been crucified. He is risen! He is not here! Behold the place where they laid Him.

³⁰ And the angel said to her, “Fear not, Mary; for you have found favor with God.

⁶⁰ And his mother answering said, “No, but he will be called John.” ⁶¹ And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.” ⁶² And they were making signs to his father, what he might wish him to be called. ⁶³ And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, “John is his name.” And they all marveled.

²¹ And when eight days to circumcise Him were fulfilled, then His name was called Jesus, which He had been called by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

³⁶ And as they were telling these things, He Himself stood in their midst, and says to them, “Peace to you.” ³⁷ But having been terrified, and having been filled with fear, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit. ³⁸ And He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts come up in your hearts? ³⁹ See My hands and My feet, that I am He. Touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see Me having.” ⁴⁰ And having said this, He showed to them the hands and the feet.

³¹ and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.

⁵⁸ And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord was magnifying His mercy with her, and they were rejoicing with her.

⁹ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one more excellent than a prophet. ¹⁰ For this is he about whom it has been written: ‘Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.’ ¹¹ Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he! ¹² And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence and the violent seize it. ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. ¹⁴ And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah, the one being about to come. ¹⁵ The one having ears, let him hear! ¹⁶ But to what will I compare this generation? It is like little children sitting in the markets and calling out to others, ¹⁷ saying: ‘We piped for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge and you did not wail.’ ¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ ¹⁹ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold a man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and of sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her deeds.”

²⁸ I say to you, no one among those born of women is greater than John; yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

³³ For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

³⁵ He was the lamp burning and shining, and you were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.

⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit was giving to them to utter forth.

¹⁴ But Peter, having stood up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke forth to them: “Men of Judea and all those inhabiting Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give heed to my words. ¹⁵ For these are not drunkards as you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day. ¹⁶ But this is that having been spoken by the prophet Joel: ¹⁷ ‘And it will be in the last days, God says, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your elders will dream dreams. ¹⁸ And even upon My servants, and upon My handmaidens, I will pour out of My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

¹⁵ But when God, the One having selected me from my mother’s womb and having called me by His grace, was pleased

¹⁸ and not to be drunk with wine in which is debauchery. Instead be filled with the Spirit,

¹ Now in those days John the Baptist comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, ² and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.” ³ For this is the one having been spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, saying, “A voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight His paths.’” ⁴ And John himself had his garment of camel’s hair, and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ At that time were going out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan, ⁶ and confessing their sins, were being baptized by him in the Jordan River.

³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him; and you having seen, did not even repent afterward to believe him.

⁷⁶ And you, child, will be called prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways,

⁴ And John himself had his garment of camel’s hair, and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

⁷ But having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance. ⁹ And do not presume to say within yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as father.’ For I say to you that out of these stones God is able to raise up children unto Abraham. ¹⁰ Already now the ax is applied to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ¹¹ I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but after me is coming He who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to carry the sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire, ¹² whose winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and will gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

¹⁴ And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah, the one being about to come.

⁴ For John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

¹¹ And answering He said, “Elijah indeed comes and will restore all things. ¹² But I say to you that Elijah already is come, and they did not know him, but did to him whatever they desired. Thus also, the Son of Man is about to suffer from them.”

²⁹ And answering he said, ‘I will not.’ But afterward, having repented, he went. ³⁰ And having come to the second, he said likewise. And answering he said, ‘I will sir,’ and he did not go. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of the father?” They say, “The first.” Jesus says to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes go before you into the kingdom of God. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him; and you having seen, did not even repent afterward to believe him.

¹¹ And they were asking Him, saying, “The scribes say that it behooves Elijah to come first.” ¹² And He was saying to them, “Elijah indeed, having come first, restores all things; and how has it been written of the Son of Man, that He should suffer many things and be set at naught? ¹³ But I say to you, that also Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they desired, as it has been written of him.”

¹⁶ And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.

⁷ So he was saying to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “Offspring of vipers, who forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance. And do not begin to say in yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. ⁹ And already also the ax is applied to the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and is thrown into the fire.” ¹⁰ And the crowds were asking him, saying, “What then shall we do?” ¹¹ And answering, he was saying to them, “The one having two tunics, let him impart to the one having none; and the one having food, let him do likewise.” ¹² And tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?” ¹³ And he said to them, “Collect nothing more beyond that having been appointed to you.” ¹⁴ And those being soldiers also were asking him, saying, “And what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Extort no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.”

¹³ who were born not of blood, nor of will of flesh, nor of will of man, but of God.

²¹ And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he says, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” And he answered, “No.” ²² Therefore they said to him, “Who are you, that we might give an answer to those having sent us? What do you say about yourself?” ²³ He was saying, “I am a voice crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’” as Isaiah the prophet said. ²⁴ And those having been sent were of the Pharisees, ²⁵ and they asked him and said to him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?” ²⁶ John answered them saying, “I baptize with water, but in the midst of you stands One whom you do not know, ²⁷ the One coming after me, of whom am I not worthy that I should untie the strap of His sandal.” ²⁸ These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ On the next day, he sees Jesus coming to him and says, “Behold the Lamb of God, the One taking away the sin of the world. ³⁰ This is He concerning whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who has precedence over me, because He was before me.’

³⁴ And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”

²⁸ You yourselves bear witness to me that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I am sent before Him.’

³³ Therefore I sent to you at once, and you did well, having come. Now therefore, we are all present before God to hear all the things having been commanded you by the Lord.”

²³ that He might also make known the riches of His glory upon the vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory,

⁹ Or do you not know that the unrighteous ones will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor coveters, not drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And some of you were such. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

¹² giving thanks to the Father, the One having qualified you for the share of the inheritance of the saints in light,

²¹ Therefore if anyone shall have cleansed himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, having been sanctified, useful to the Master, having been prepared for every good work.

⁹ But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of the One having called you out of darkness into His marvelous light,

¹¹ All these things being dissolved in this way, what kind ought you to be? In holy conduct and godliness, ¹² expecting and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens will be dissolved, being set on fire, and the elements are melting, burning with heat. ¹³ But according to His promise, we are awaiting new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. ¹⁴ Therefore, beloved, expecting these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and without blemish.

²⁸ And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears we might have boldness and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those having been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who did not worship the beast, nor his image, and did not take the mark upon the forehead, and upon their hand. And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

⁷ And to them there was no child, inasmuch as Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their years.

³⁴ And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I do not know a man?”

¹⁰ See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I say to you that their angels in the heavens continually behold the face of my Father, who is in the heavens.

²⁶ And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee whose name was Nazareth,

¹⁹ And answering him He says, “O unbelieving generation! Until when will I be with you? Until when will I bear with you? Bring him to Me.”

¹⁴ And afterward, as they were reclining, He appeared to the eleven and rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those having seen Him arisen.

²² And having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they recognized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was making signs to them, and remained mute.

⁴⁵ And blessed is the one having believed that there will be a fulfillment to the things spoken to her from the Lord.”

³ What if indeed some disbelieved? Will their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?

¹³ if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He is not able to deny Himself.

² in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time eternal

¹⁸ so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge, to take hold of the hope being set before us,

¹⁹ As many as I might love, I rebuke and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.

⁶² And they were making signs to his father, what he might wish him to be called.

²⁴ Therefore Simon Peter motions to him, to ask who it is about whom He is speaking?

¹⁷ And having made a sign to them with the hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to James and to the brothers.” And having gone out, he went to another place.

³³ Now out of the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews having thrust him forward. And Alexander, having motioned with the hand, was wanting to make a defense to the people.

⁴⁰ And he having allowed him, Paul, having stood on the stairs, made a sign with the hand to the people. And great silence having taken place, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying:

¹³ And the angel said to him, “Fear not, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard, and Your wife Elizabeth will bear to you a son, and you shall call his name John.

²³ And having come, he dwelt in a city being called Nazareth, so that it should be fulfilled that having been spoken through the prophets, that “He will be called a Nazarene.”

⁴ And Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the City of David, which is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

⁴⁵ Philip Finds Nathanael and says to him, “We have found Him whom Moses wrote of in the Law, also the prophets, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” ⁴⁶ And Nathanael said to him, “Is any good thing able to be out of Nazareth?” Philip says to him, “Come and see.”

⁴¹ Others were saying, “This is the Christ.” But others were saying, “Surely the Christ does not come out of Galilee?

¹⁶ And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, the One being called Christ.

¹⁸ Now the birth of Jesus Christ came about in this way: His mother Mary, having been pledged to Joseph, before their coming together, was found holding in womb through the Holy Spirit.

²⁰ But on his having pondered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, you should not be afraid to receive Mary as your wife, for that having been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹ And she will bring forth a son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

²³ “Behold, the virgin will hold in womb, and will bring forth a son, and they will call His name Immanuel” which is, being translated, “God with us.”

⁴ And Joseph also went up from Galilee out of the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the City of David, which is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David, ⁵ to register with Mary the one being betrothed to him, she being with child.

⁴⁸ And answering, He said to the one telling Him, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?”

⁴² and she cried out in a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit your of womb.

²⁷ And it came to pass, in His saying these things, a certain woman from the crowd, having lifted up her voice, said to Him, “Blessed is the womb having borne You, and the breasts at which You nursed.” ²⁸ And He said, “No rather, blessed are those hearing the word of God and keeping it.”

¹⁰ because I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to harm you, because there are many people to me in this city.”

⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One,

⁴⁹ And having seen Him walking on the sea, they thought that it is a ghost, and cried out. ⁵⁰ For all saw Him and were troubled. And immediately He spoke with them, and says to them, “Take courage; I am He; fear not.”

⁵ And having entered into the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe, sitting on the right; and they were greatly amazed. ⁶ And he says to them, “Do not be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, the One having been crucified. He is risen! He is not here! Behold the place where they laid Him.

¹² And having seen him, Zechariah was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

⁶⁶ And all those having heard laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” And indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.

¹⁹ But Mary was treasuring up all these matters, pondering them in her heart.

⁵¹ And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He was subject to them. And His mother was treasuring up all these matters in her heart.

¹⁷ And while Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he had seen might be, behold, the men having been sent from Cornelius, having inquired for the house of Simon, stood at the gate.

³² Do not fear, little flock, for your Father took delight to give you the kingdom.

⁹ Now the Lord said to Paul through a vision in the night, “Do not fear, but continue speaking, and do not be silent, ¹⁰ because I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to harm you, because there are many people to me in this city.”

²⁴ saying, ‘Fear not, Paul. It behooves you to stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted to you all those sailing with you.’

³¹ What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

⁶ So we are confident to say: “The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid; what shall man do to me?”

²⁵ But he did not know her until she had brought forth a Son, and he called His name Jesus.

²⁷ to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the name of the virgin was Mary.

⁴ But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, having been born of a woman, having been born under the Law,

¹ The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:

¹¹ I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but after me is coming He who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to carry the sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

⁴² The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this the generation and will condemn it. For she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

¹⁸ And having come to them, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to Me.

⁷ And having cried in a loud voice, he said, “What to me and to You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure You by God, do not torment me.”

⁶¹ But He was silent, and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and says to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”

¹⁵ For he will be great before the Lord. And he shall never drink wine and strong drink, and he will be full of the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.

³⁵ And the angel answering, said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore also the Holy One being born will be called the Son of God.

¹⁶ John answered all saying, “I indeed baptize you with water, but the One mightier than I comes, of whom I am not worthy to untie the strap of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

³⁵ But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and evil.

³⁵ The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand. ³⁶ The one believing in the Son has eternal life, but the one not obeying the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

²¹ For even as the Father raises up the dead and gives life, thus also the Son gives life to whom He will. ²² For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ so that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who is not honoring the Son is not honoring the Father, the One having sent Him. ²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you that the one hearing My word and believing the One having sent Me, he has eternal life and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. ²⁵ Truly, truly, I say to you that an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard will live. ²⁶ For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He gave to the Son to have life in Himself. ²⁷ And He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. ²⁸ Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear His voice, ²⁹ and will come forth—those having done good to the resurrection of life, and those having done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

⁶⁹ And we have believed and have known that You are the Holy One of God.”

³⁴ Then the crowd answered Him, “We have heard from the Law that Christ abides to the age, and how do you say that it behooves the Son of Man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”

³⁰ being therefore a prophet and knowing that God swore to him with an oath to set out of the fruit of his loins upon his throne.

³⁶ Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.”

⁴⁸ Yet the Most High does not dwell in hand-made houses. As the prophet says:

¹⁷ Having followed Paul and us, she was crying out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.”

⁴ having been declared the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness, by resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord,

²⁰ which He worked in Christ, having raised Him out from the dead, and having set Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, ²¹ above every principality and authority and power and dominion, and every name being named, not only in this age, but also in the one coming. ²² And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, ²³ which is His body, the fullness of the One filling all in all.

⁹ Therefore God also highly exalted Him, and granted to Him the name above every name, ¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in the heavens and on earth and under the earth, ¹¹ and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

² in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the ages, ³ who, being the radiance of His glory and the exact expression of His substance, and upholding all things by the power of His word, through having made the purification of sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, ⁴ having become by so much superior to the angels, as much as He has inherited a name more excellent beyond theirs. ⁵ For to which of the angels did He ever say: “You are my Son; today I have begotten You”? And again: “I will be to Him for a Father, and He will be to Me for a Son”? ⁶ And again, when He brings the Firstborn into the world, He says: “And let all God’s angels worship Him.” ⁷ And indeed as to the angels He says: “The One making His angels winds, and His ministers a flame of fire.” ⁸ But unto the Son: “Your throne, O God, is to the age of the age, and the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

⁷ And to the messenger of the church in Philadelphia write: These things says the Holy One, the True One, having the key of David, the One opening and no one will shut, and shutting and no one opens.

⁶ And it is not as that the word of God has failed. For not all who are of Israel, are these Israel.

²⁴ then the end, when He shall hand over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He shall have annulled all dominion, and all authority and power. ²⁵ For it behooves Him to reign until He shall have put all the enemies under His feet.

²⁹ Now if you are of Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.

¹⁶ And as many as those who will walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

³ For we are the circumcision, those worshiping in the Spirit of God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and not trusting in the flesh—

⁸ But unto the Son: “Your throne, O God, is to the age of the age, and the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

¹⁵ And the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were great voices in heaven, saying: “The kingdom of the world has become that of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign to the ages of the ages.”

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those having been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who did not worship the beast, nor his image, and did not take the mark upon the forehead, and upon their hand. And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. ⁵ The rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years shall have been completed. This is the first resurrection. ⁶ Blessed and holy is the one having a part in the first resurrection! Over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him a thousand years.

³ And there will not be any curse any longer. And the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His servants will serve Him. ⁴ And they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. ⁵ And there will be no night there, and they have no need of the light of a lamp and of the light of the sun, because the Lord God will enlighten upon them, and they will reign to the ages of the ages.

⁶ But rise up and enter into the city, and it will be told you that which it behooves you to do.”

²⁰ But on his having pondered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, you should not be afraid to receive Mary as your wife, for that having been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

³ And the one tempting, having come to Him, said “If You are Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.”

³³ And those in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are Son of God.”

⁶³ But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I adjure you by the living God, that You tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.” ⁶⁴ Jesus says to him, “You have said. But I say to you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming upon the clouds of heaven.”

⁵⁴ And the centurion and those with him keeping guard over Jesus, having seen the earthquake and the things taking place, feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was God’s Son.”

²⁴ saying, “What to us and to You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are, the Holy One of God!”

³¹ And behold, you will conceive in womb, and will bring forth a son, and you shall call His name Jesus. ³² He will be great, and He will be called Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are King of Israel.”

³⁶ And as they were going along the road they came upon some water, and the eunuch says, “Behold, water! What prevents me to be baptized?”

²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And that which I now live in the flesh, I live through faith from the Son of God, the One having loved me and having given up Himself for me.

³ among whom we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, doing the things willed of the flesh and of its thoughts; and we were by nature children of wrath even as the rest.

¹⁵ For we do not have a high priest not being able to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one having been tempted in all things by the same way, without sin.

²⁶ For such a high priest indeed was fitting for us, holy, innocent, undefiled, having been separated from sinners, and having become higher than the heavens, ²⁷ who has no need every day, as the first high priests, to offer up sacrifices for the own sins, then for those of the people; for He did this once for all, having offered up Himself. ²⁸ For the Law appoints as high priests men having weakness; but the word of the oath, which is after the Law, a Son having been perfected to the age.

²⁶ And Jesus having looked on them, said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

²⁷ Having looked on them, Jesus says, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”

²⁷ But He said, “The things impossible with men are possible with God.”

²¹ who will transform our body of humiliation, conformed to the body of His glory, according to the working enabling Him even to subdue all things to Himself.

²⁰ Yet he did not waver through unbelief at the promise of God, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God, ²¹ and having been fully assured that what He had promised, He is also able to do.

⁶⁵ And fear came upon all those dwelling around them. And in all the hill country of Judea all these words were being talked about.

⁴⁴ For behold, as the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby in my womb leaped in exultation.

⁶⁷ And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,

¹ And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

⁸ Then Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,

³ Therefore, brothers, select out from yourselves seven men being well attested, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we will appoint over this task.

⁵⁵ But he being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked intently into heaven, saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,

¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like that of a trumpet,

⁴⁸ For He has looked upon the humiliation of His handmaiden. For behold, from henceforth all the generations will count me blessed.

³⁸ saying: “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

²⁶ Because of this my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced, and now also my flesh will dwell in hope, ²⁷ for You will not abandon my soul into Hades, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see decay. ²⁸ You have made known to me the paths of life, You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’

⁵ whose are the patriarchs; and from whom is Christ according to the flesh, being God over all, blessed to the ages. Amen.

² looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who in view of the joy lying before Him endured the cross, having despised its shame, and sat down at right hand of the throne of God.

¹⁴ But John was hindering Him, saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?”

¹¹ For today in the City of David a Savior has been born to you, who is Christ the Lord.

⁷ Therefore neither did I count myself worthy to come to You; but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

⁴² For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, ⁴³ until I place Your enemies, as a footstool of Your feet.”’ ⁴⁴ David therefore calls Him Lord, and how is He his son?”

⁵ After that, He pours water into the basin, and He began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. ⁶ Then He comes to Simon Peter, who says to Him, “Lord, do You wash my feet?” ⁷ Jesus answered and said to him, “What I do, you do not know presently, but you will know after these things.” ⁸ Peter says to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet, to the age.” Jesus answered him, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”

¹³ You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say rightly, for so I am.

²⁸ Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

³ nothing according to self-interest or according to vain conceit, but in humility be esteeming one another surpassing themselves,

⁸ But indeed, therefore, I also count all things to be loss because of the excelling knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I have lost all things, and esteem them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

²⁰ And behold, you will be silent, and not able to speak until that day these things shall take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their season.”

⁴⁰ Jesus says to her, “Did I not say to you that if you should believe, you will see the glory of God?”

²⁹ Jesus says to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those not having seen, yet having believed.”

¹¹ And not only so, but also we are rejoicing in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

³¹ in order that, as it has been written: “The one boasting, let him boast in the Lord.”

¹⁴ But thanks be to God, the One always leading us in triumph in Christ, and through us in every place making manifest the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

⁸ whom not having seen you love, on whom now believing though not seeing you also exult with joy inexpressible and filled with glory,

¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, according to the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

³ This is good and acceptable before God our Savior,

³ and in His own seasons revealed in His word, in the proclamation with which I have been entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior.

¹⁰ not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity, so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

¹³ awaiting the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

⁴ But when the kindness and the love of mankind of God our Savior appeared, ⁵ He saved us, not by works in righteousness that we did, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, ⁶ whom He poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

²⁵ to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and to all the ages. Amen.

²⁷ And it came to pass, in His saying these things, a certain woman from the crowd, having lifted up her voice, said to Him, “Blessed is the womb having borne You, and the breasts at which You nursed.”

²⁶ For consider your calling, brothers, that not many were wise according to the flesh, not many powerful, not many of noble birth. ²⁷ But God has chosen the foolish things of the world that He might shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world that He might shame the strong; ²⁸ and the low-born of the world, and the things being despised, God also chose—the things not being—that He might annul the things being,

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He promised to those loving Him? ⁶ But you have dishonored the poor. Are not the rich oppressing you and they dragging you into court?

¹³ And He allowed them. And the unclean spirits having gone out, entered into the pigs, and the herd—about two thousand—rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.

²⁰ Now to the One being able to do exceedingly above all things that we ask or think, according to the power working in us,

⁸ And the four living creatures, each of them had six wings respectively, full of eyes all around and within; and they did not have rest day and night, saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, the One having been, and the One being, and the One coming.”

⁴ Who should not fear You, O Lord, and will glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all the nations will come and will worship before You, because Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

⁵ And a voice came forth from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you His servants, and those fearing Him, the small and the great!”

²¹ For having known God, they glorified Him not as God, or were thankful; but they became futile in their thinking and their foolish heart was darkened.

⁵ overthrowing arguments, and every high thing lifting itself up against the knowledge of God, and taking captive every thought into the obedience of Christ,

⁵ Likewise, younger ones, be subject to your elders. And all, gird on humility one to another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

⁸ Because of this, her plagues will come in one day, death and misery and famine, and she will be burned up with fire, because mighty is the Lord God, the One having judged her.”

³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him.

¹⁴ I say to you, this one went down to his house justified, rather than that. For everyone exalting himself will be humbled; but the one humbling himself will be exalted.”

⁹ But let the brother of low degree boast in his exaltation, ¹⁰ and he who is rich, in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of grass.

¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

⁶ Blessed are those hungering and thirsting for righteousness, for they will be filled.

²¹ Blessed are those hungering now, for you will be filled. Blessed are those weeping now, for you will laugh.

²⁴ But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort.

¹⁶ And He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly. ¹⁷ And he was reasoning within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere I will store up my fruits?’ ¹⁸ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns, and will build greater ones, and will store up there all my grain and goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your rest; eat, drink, be merry.”’ ²⁰ And God said to him, ‘Fool! This night, your soul is required of you; and what you did prepare—to whom will it be?’ ²¹ So is the one treasuring up for himself, and not being rich toward God.”

¹⁹ And there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendor every day. ²⁰ And a certain poor man named Lazarus, being full of sores, was laid at his gate ²¹ and desiring to be fed from that falling from the table of the rich man; but even the dogs, coming, were licking his sores. ²² And it came to pass that the poor man died, and he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried. ²³ And in Hades, having lifted up his eyes, being in torment, he sees Abraham from afar, and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ And having cried out, he said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he might dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am suffering in this flame.’ ²⁵ And Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you did fully receive your good things in your lifetime, and Lazarus likewise the evil things. But now he is comforted here, and you are suffering.

¹¹ The Pharisee having stood, was praying toward himself thus: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of the men—swindlers, unrighteous, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ¹² I fast twice in the week; I tithe all things, as many as I gain.’ ¹³ But the tax collector, standing afar off, was not even willing to lift up the eyes to heaven, but was striking his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’ ¹⁴ I say to you, this one went down to his house justified, rather than that. For everyone exalting himself will be humbled; but the one humbling himself will be exalted.”

²⁴ And having seen him, Jesus became sorrowful, saying, “How difficultly those having riches shall enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to go through an eye of a needle, than a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”

¹¹ And Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks, He distributed to those reclining; likewise also of the fish, as much as they wished. ¹² Now when they were filled, He says to His disciples, “Gather together the fragments having been over and above, so that not anything may be lost.” ¹³ So they gathered them together and filled twelve hand-baskets of fragments from the five barley loaves, which were over and above to those having eaten.

³⁵ Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; the one coming to Me never shall hunger, and the one believing in Me never shall thirst at any time.

²⁶ For consider your calling, brothers, that not many were wise according to the flesh, not many powerful, not many of noble birth.

⁸ Already you are satiated; already you have been enriched; apart from us you reigned; and I wish that really you did reign, so that we also might reign with you.

¹ Come now, you rich, weep, wailing over the miseries that are coming upon you. ² Your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and silver have corroded, and their rust will be for a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have treasured up in the last days. ⁴ Behold, the wage of the workmen having harvested your fields, having been kept back by you, cries out, and the cries of those having harvested have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts. ⁵ You lived in luxury and lived in self-indulgence upon the earth. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter. ⁶ You have condemned and have put to death the righteous; he does not resist you.

¹⁷ For you say, ‘I am rich, and I have grown rich, and I have need of nothing.’ And you do not realize that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. ¹⁸ I counsel you to buy from Me gold having been refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may be clothed and the shame your of nakedness might not be made manifest, and eye-salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

¹⁶ they will not hunger any more, neither will they thirst anymore, nor shall the sun at all fall upon them, nor any scorching heat; ¹⁷ because the Lamb in the center of the throne will shepherd them, and He will lead them to fountains living of waters, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”

⁷⁰ as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets of old, ⁷¹ salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all those hating us, ⁷² to fulfill mercy toward our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant, ⁷³ the oath that He swore to Abraham our father, to grant us, ⁷⁴ having been saved from the hand of our enemies, to serve Him without fear, ⁷⁵ in holiness and righteousness before Him, all the days of our life.

²⁸ For as regards the gospel, they are enemies on account of you; but as regards election, beloved on account of the patriarchs. ²⁹ For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

¹⁶ Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. It does not say “and to seeds” as of many but “and to your seed” as of One, who is Christ. ¹⁷ Now I say this: The Law, having come four hundred and thirty years afterward, does not annul the covenant having been confirmed beforehand by God, so as to nullify the promise.

⁶ And it came to pass, in their being there, the days of her giving birth were fulfilled. ⁷ And she brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

¹⁴ And he will be joy and gladness to you, and many will rejoice at his birth.

²⁵ “Thus the Lord has done to me, in the days in which He looked upon me to take away my disgrace among men.”

¹⁵ to rejoice with the rejoicing, to weep with the weeping;

²⁶ And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

⁸ And He gave to him the covenant of circumcision; and thus he begat Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

⁵ circumcision on the eighth day; of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; according to the Law, a Pharisee;

⁶³ And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, “John is his name.” And they all marveled.

⁶⁰ And his mother answering said, “No, but he will be called John.”

³³ And the demon having been cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, “Never thus was it seen in Israel.”

³² And they bring to Him a man who was deaf and who spoke with difficulty, and they implore Him that He might lay the hand on him. ³³ And having taken him away from the crowd privately, He put His fingers to his ears, and having spit, He touched his tongue, ³⁴ and having looked up to heaven He sighed deeply, and He says to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”). ³⁵ And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed, and he began speaking plainly. ³⁶ And He instructed them that they should tell no one. But as much as He kept instructing them, they were proclaiming it more abundantly. ³⁷ And they were astonished above measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

³⁹ And in those days Mary, having risen up, went with haste into the hill country, to a town of Judah,

¹⁶ And fear seized all, and they began glorifying God, saying, “A great prophet has risen up among us!” and, “God has visited His people!”

⁴³ And awe was coming upon every soul, and both many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.

⁵ And hearing these words, Ananias, having fallen down, breathed his last. And great fear came upon all those hearing.

¹¹ And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all those hearing these things.

¹⁷ Now this became known to all those inhabiting Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.

¹¹ And after the three and a half days, the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon those beholding them.

⁸⁰ And the child continued to grow and was strengthened in spirit; and he was in the deserted places until the day of his appearance to Israel.

⁴⁰ And the Child continued to grow and become strong, being filled with wisdom. And the grace of God was upon Him.

⁴⁴ “You let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

²¹ And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number, having believed, turned to the Lord.

⁴¹ And it came to pass, as Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby in her womb leaped. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

²¹ For no prophecy at any time was brought by the will of man, but men spoke from God, being carried by the Holy Spirit.

³⁸ And having come up at that hour, she was giving praise to the Lord and was speaking concerning Him to all those waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

⁴⁴ And they will level you to the ground, and your children within you, and will not leave a stone upon a stone within you, because you did not know the season of your visitation.”

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the One having blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms,

⁷ in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the One according to His great mercy having begotten us again to a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ out from the dead,

¹⁰ “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father, David!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

² which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, ³ concerning His Son, having come of the seed of David according to flesh,

¹⁶ “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to all of you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning star.”

³⁶ David himself said by the Holy Spirit: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, until I place Your enemies as a footstool of Your feet.”’

²⁶ Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?” ²⁷ And having begun from Moses and from all the Prophets, He interpreted to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

⁴⁴ And He said unto to them, “These are my words, which I spoke to you being still with you, that all things having been written concerning Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms, it behooves to be fulfilled.”

²¹ whom indeed it behooves heaven to receive until the times of restoration of all things, of which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from the age. ²² For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up to you a prophet like me out from your brothers. You will listen to Him in all things, as many as He might say to you. ²³ And it will be that every soul who might not heed that prophet will be utterly destroyed out from the people.’ ²⁴ And also all the prophets from Samuel, and those subsequently, as many as have spoken, also have proclaimed these days.

²⁵ And being discordant with one another they began to leave, Paul having spoken one word: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

² which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

⁷ Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says: “Today if you should hear His voice,

¹² to whom it was revealed that they were serving not themselves, but you, in those things which now have been proclaimed to you by those having proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit having been sent from heaven, into which angels desire to look.

¹⁰ And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he says to me, “See that you not do this. I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers, holding the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

⁷⁴ having been saved from the hand of our enemies, to serve Him without fear,

⁸ The one practicing sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this reason the Son of God was revealed, so that He might destroy the works of the devil.

⁵⁴ He has helped Israel His servant, remembering mercy, ⁵⁵ as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his to descendants to the age.”

²⁵ You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth will be blessed.’ ²⁶ God, having raised up His servant, sent Him first to you, blessing you in turning away each of you from your wickednesses.”

²⁸ For as regards the gospel, they are enemies on account of you; but as regards election, beloved on account of the patriarchs.

¹⁵ Brothers, I am speaking according to man. No one sets aside or adds thereto a covenant even of man, having been ratified.

¹³ For God, having made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, swore by Himself, ¹⁴ saying, “Surely if blessing, I will bless you; and multiplying, I will multiply you.” ¹⁵ And thus having waited patiently, he obtained the promise. ¹⁶ For men swear by one greater, and an end of all their disputes, for confirmation, is the oath, ¹⁷ in which God, desiring to show more abundantly the unchangeableness of His purpose to the heirs of the promise, guaranteed it by an oath, ¹⁸ so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge, to take hold of the hope being set before us,

¹³ For God, having made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, swore by Himself,

¹⁶ For men swear by one greater, and an end of all their disputes, for confirmation, is the oath, ¹⁷ in which God, desiring to show more abundantly the unchangeableness of His purpose to the heirs of the promise, guaranteed it by an oath,

⁷¹ salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all those hating us,

²² But now, having been set free from sin, and having become slaves to God, you have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end is eternal life.

¹⁵ For you have not received a spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of divine adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

⁷ For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of self-control.

¹⁵ and might set free those who all their time to live were subject to slavery through fear of death.

¹⁴ how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our conscience from dead works, in order to serve the living God!

¹⁰ Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you might be tested; and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give to you the crown of life.

⁴ just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world for us to be holy and blameless before Him, in love

¹⁰ For we are His workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

²⁴ and to have put on the new man, having been created according to God in righteousness and holiness of truth.

¹ Finally then, brothers, we implore and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that just as you have received from us in what manner it behooves you to walk and to please God, just as even you walk now, so you should abound more.

⁷ For God has not called us to impurity, but into holiness.

¹³ But we ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers beloved by the Lord, that God has chosen you from the beginning unto salvation in the sanctification of the Spirit, and by faith of the truth;

⁹ the One having saved us and having called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, having been given us in Christ Jesus before time eternal,

¹⁴ as children of obedience, not being conformed to the passions in your former ignorance. ¹⁵ But as the One having called you is holy, be holy yourselves also in all your conduct, ¹⁶ because it has been written: “You shall be holy, because I am holy.”

⁴ through which He has given to us the precious and magnificent promises, so that through these you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the decay in the world in desire. ⁵ Now also for this very reason, having brought in all earnestness, supplement into your faith virtue, and into virtue knowledge, ⁶ and into knowledge self-control, and into self-control endurance, and into endurance godliness, ⁷ and into godliness brotherly affection, and into brotherly affection love. ⁸ For these things being in you and abounding, make you neither idle nor unfruitful as to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

³ For this is the one having been spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, saying, “A voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight His paths.’”

⁹ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one more excellent than a prophet. ¹⁰ For this is he about whom it has been written: ‘Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.’

⁵ Although wishing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because they were holding him as a prophet.

²⁶ But if we should say, ‘from men,’ we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet.”

² As it has been written in the prophet Isaiah: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way.” ³ “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight His paths.’”

³² But should we say, ‘From men’...” They were afraid of the people, for all were holding that John truly was a prophet.

¹⁶ And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God. ¹⁷ And he will go forth before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

³² He will be great, and He will be called Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

⁴ as it has been written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.’ ⁵ Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low; and the crooked will become into straight, and the rough ways into smooth. ⁶ And all flesh will see the salvation of God.”

²⁷ This is he concerning whom it has been written: ‘Behold, I send My messenger before your face, who will prepare Your way before You.’ ²⁸ I say to you, no one among those born of women is greater than John; yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

²³ He was saying, “I am a voice crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’” as Isaiah the prophet said.

²⁷ the One coming after me, of whom am I not worthy that I should untie the strap of His sandal.”

²⁴ John having proclaimed before the face of His coming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And while John was fulfilling the course, he was saying, ‘Whom do you suppose me to be? I am not He, but behold, He comes after me, of whom I am not worthy to untie a sandal of the feet.’

³ “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight His paths.’” ⁴ John came baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

³ And he went into all the region surrounding the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins,

⁶ And all flesh will see the salvation of God.”

⁴⁷ Therefore I say to you this: Her many sins have been forgiven, for she loved much; but to whom little is forgiven, he loves little.” ⁴⁸ And He said to her, “Your sins have been forgiven.” ⁴⁹ And those reclining began to say within themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” ⁵⁰ And He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

⁷ He came as a witness, that he might testify concerning the Light, that all might believe through him. ⁸ He was not the Light, but came that he might witness concerning the Light. ⁹ The true Light who enlightens every man was coming into the world.

¹⁵ John witnesses concerning Him, and he cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I was saying, ‘The One coming after me has precedence over me, because He was before me.’” ¹⁶ For from His fullness, we have all received and grace upon grace. ¹⁷ For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

²⁹ On the next day, he sees Jesus coming to him and says, “Behold the Lamb of God, the One taking away the sin of the world.

²⁷ John answered and said, “A man is able to receive not one thing if it is not given to him from heaven. ²⁸ You yourselves bear witness to me that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I am sent before Him.’ ²⁹ The one having the bride is the bridegroom; and the friend of the bridegroom, the one standing and listening for him, rejoices with joy because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore, this joy of mine is fulfilled. ³⁰ It behooves Him to increase, but me to decrease. ³¹ The One coming from above is above all. The one being from the earth is from the earth, and speaks from the earth. The One coming from heaven is above all. ³² What He has seen and heard, this He testifies, but no one receives His testimony. ³³ The one having received His testimony has set his seal that God is true. ³⁴ For He whom God sent speaks the words of God, for He gives the Spirit without measure.

³⁸ And Peter says to them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ Repent, therefore, and turn again, for the blotting out of your sins,

³¹ God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

⁴³ To Him all the prophets bear witness that everyone believing in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

³⁸ Therefore be it known to you, men, brothers, that through this One, forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. ³⁹ And in Him everyone believing is justified from all things from which you were not able to be justified in the Law of Moses.

⁴ Then Paul said, “John baptized a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

²⁵ whom God set forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood, for a showing forth of His righteousness, because of the forbearance of the sins having taken place beforehand,

⁶ just as David also declares the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: ⁷ “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; ⁸ blessed is the man against whom the Lord will never reckon sin.”

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave the only begotten Son, so that everyone believing in Him should not perish, but should have eternal life.

⁴ But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ made us alive with Christ even we being dead in trespasses—by grace you are saved—

¹⁴ Therefore it says: “Awake you, the one sleeping, and rise up out from the dead, and Christ will shine upon you.”

⁸ For God is my witness how I long after you all in the affection of Christ Jesus.

¹ Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affections and compassions,

¹² Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

¹⁹ And we have the more certain prophetic word, to which you do well taking heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until this day shall have dawned and the morning star shall have arisen in your hearts,

¹⁷ Now whoever might have the world’s goods, and might see his brother having need, and might close up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

⁹ In this the love of God has been revealed among us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. ¹⁰ In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son as a propitiation for our sins.

¹⁶ the people sitting in darkness have seen a great light, and to those sitting in the land and shadow of death, a light has dawned on them.”

²⁸ Come to Me, all those toiling and being burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

³² a light for revelation of the Gentiles, and glory of Your people Israel.”

⁹ The true Light who enlightens every man was coming into the world.

¹² Therefore Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one following Me shall not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

⁵ While I shall be in the world, I am the light of the world.”

⁴⁶ I have come into the world as a light, so that everyone believing in Me should not abide in darkness.

¹⁸ to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those having been sanctified by faith in Me.’

¹⁷ and the way of peace they have not known.

⁸ For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light—

⁴ But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that the day should overtake you like a thief. ⁵ For you are all sons of light and sons of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.

⁵ And this is the message that we have heard from Him and we preach to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. ⁶ If we should say that we have fellowship with Him, and yet should walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. ⁷ But if we should walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

¹ Now in those days John the Baptist comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

⁷ And as these were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

⁵² And Jesus continued to advance in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

³¹ And I did not know Him. But so that He might be revealed to Israel, because of this, I came baptizing with water.”