Luke 20 Cross References - BLB

¹ And it came to pass on one of the days He was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came up with the elders, ² and spoke to Him, saying, “Tell us by what authority You do these things, or who is the one having given to You this authority?” ³ And answering, He said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, and you tell Me: ⁴ The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?” ⁵ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we should say ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’ ⁶ But if we should say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.” ⁷ And they answered, they did not know from where. ⁸ And Jesus said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.” ⁹ And He began to speak to the people this parable: “A certain man planted a vineyard, and rented it to farmers, and went abroad a long time. ¹⁰ And in the season, he sent a servant to the farmers, that they will give to him from the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers sent him away empty-handed, having beaten him. ¹¹ And he proceeded to send another servant; but having beaten him and having dishonored him, they sent him away empty-handed. ¹² And he proceeded to send a third; and having wounded him also, they cast him out. ¹³ Then the master of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ ¹⁴ And having seen him, the farmers began reasoning among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him, so that the inheritance might become ours.’ ¹⁵ And having cast him forth outside the vineyard, they killed him. What therefore will the master of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come and will destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” And having heard it, they said, “Never may it be!” ¹⁷ But having looked at them, He said, “What then is this that has been written: ‘The stone which those building rejected, this has become into the head of the corner’? ¹⁸ Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but on whomever it might fall, it will grind him into powder.” ¹⁹ And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on Him in that hour, and they feared the people. For they perceived that He was speaking this parable against them. ²⁰ And having watched Him, they sent spies, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might catch Him in His word, in order to deliver Him to the rule and to the authority of the governor. ²¹ And they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach rightly, and do not receive any person, but teach the way of God on the basis of truth. ²² Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?” ²³ But having perceived their craftiness, He said to them, ²⁴ “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” And they said, “Caesar’s.” ²⁵ And He said to them, “Therefore give back to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God.” ²⁶ And they were not able to catch Him in His word before the people. And having marveled at His answer, they became silent. ²⁷ And some of the Sadducees, the ones denying there is a resurrection, having approached, questioned Him, ²⁸ saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us if anyone’s brother should die having a wife, and he is childless, that his brother should take the wife and should raise up seed to his brother. ²⁹ Therefore there were seven brothers. And the first, having taken a wife, died childless; ³⁰ and the second ³¹ and the third took her; and likewise also the seven did not leave children and died. ³² Finally the woman also died. ³³ Therefore in the resurrection, the woman, whose wife does she become? For the seven had her as wife.” ³⁴ And Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. ³⁵ But those having been considered worthy to obtain that which is to the age, and the resurrection which is from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage. ³⁶ For neither are they able to die any more, for they are like the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. ³⁷ But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.’ ³⁸ Now He is not God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to Him.” ³⁹ And some of the scribes answering, said, “Teacher, you have spoken well.” ⁴⁰ And no longer did they dare to ask Him anything. ⁴¹ And He said to them, “How do they declare the Christ to be Son of David? 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?” ⁴⁵ While all the people were listening, He said to His disciples, ⁴⁶ “Beware of the scribes, desiring to walk in long robes, and loving greetings in the marketplaces and first seats in the synagogues and first places in the banquets, ⁴⁷ who devour the houses of widows, and pray at great length as a pretext. These will receive more abundant condemnation.”

²³ And of Him having come into the temple, teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him, saying, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave to You this authority?” ²⁴ And Jesus answering, said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I also will say to you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ From where was the baptism of John? From heaven, or from men?” And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘from heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ ²⁶ But if we should say, ‘from men,’ we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet.” ²⁷ And answering Jesus, they said “We do not know.” And He said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

⁵⁵ In that hour, Jesus said to the crowds, “Did you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber, to capture Me? Every day in the temple I was sitting, teaching, and you did not seize Me.

²⁷ And they come again to Jerusalem. And as He is walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders come to Him. ²⁸ And they were saying to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things? Or who gave You this authority, that You should do these things?” ²⁹ And Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one thing, and you answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ³⁰ The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer Me.” ³¹ And they began reasoning with themselves, saying, “What should we say? If we should say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ ³² But should we say, ‘From men’...” They were afraid of the people, for all were holding that John truly was a prophet. ³³ And answering to Jesus, they say, “We do not know.” And Jesus says to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

¹ And it came to pass soon afterward that He was traveling throughout city and village, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. And the Twelve were with Him,

⁴⁷ And He was teaching every day in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the foremost of the people were seeking to destroy Him. ⁴⁸ And they did not find what they might do; for all the people are listening, hanging on His words.

²⁰ Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where the Jews always come together; and I spoke nothing in secret.

¹ And of them speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

¹² And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes; and having come upon him, they seized him and brought him to the Council.

³⁵ And they led it to Jesus, and having cast their garments on the colt, they put Jesus on it. ³⁶ And as He is going, they were spreading their garments on the road. ³⁷ And as He is drawing near, already at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples rejoicing, began to praise God in a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen, ³⁸ saying: “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” ³⁹ And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.” ⁴⁰ And answering He said, “I say to you that if these will be silent, the stones will cry out.”

⁴⁵ And having entered into the temple, He began to cast out those selling, ⁴⁶ saying to them, “It has been written: ‘And My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

¹⁸ So the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us that You do these things?”

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.

⁷ And having placed them in the midst, they began to inquire, “In what power or in what name have you done this?” ⁸ Then Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, ⁹ if we are being examined this day as to a good work to the ailing man, by what means he has been healed, ¹⁰ let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth—whom you crucified, whom God raised out from the dead—in Him this man stands before you sound.

²⁷ But the one mistreating the neighbor pushed him away, having said, ‘Who appointed you ruler and judge over us?

³⁵ This Moses whom they rejected, having said, ‘Who appointed you ruler and judge?’—him whom God sent and as ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel having appeared to him in the bush— ³⁶ this one led them out, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years. ³⁷ This is the Moses having said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me out from your brothers.’ ³⁸ This is the one having been in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel speaking to him in Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers. He received living oracles to give to us, ³⁹ to whom our fathers were not willing to be obedient, but thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

⁵¹ You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, also do you.

² “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they shall eat bread.” ³ And answering He said to them, “Why also do you break the commandment of God on account of your tradition?

⁶⁸ and if I should ask you, you would not answer.

⁶ Let your speech be always in grace, having been seasoned with salt, to know how it behooves you to answer each one.

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? ⁸ But what did you go out to see? A man having been dressed in delicate clothing? Behold, those wearing delicate clothing are in kings’ houses. 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.”

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.”

²⁵ From where was the baptism of John? From heaven, or from men?” And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘from heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ ²⁶ But if we should say, ‘from men,’ we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet.” ²⁷ And answering Jesus, they said “We do not know.” And He said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁸ But what do you think? A man had two sons, and having come to the first he said, ‘Son, go work in the vineyard today.’ 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.

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.” ²⁹ And all the people having heard, even the tax collectors, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God as to themselves, not having been baptized by him. ³¹ “To what therefore will I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like? ³² They are like to little children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying: ‘We piped to you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’ ³³ For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’ ³⁴ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and of sinners!’ ³⁵ And wisdom was justified by all her children.”

¹⁸ Having risen up, I will go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;

⁶ There came a man having been sent from God. His name was John.

¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem, that they might ask him, “Who are you?” ²⁰ And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 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.

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. ¹⁸ No one has ever yet seen God. The only begotten God, the One being in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known.

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.”

²⁶ And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have borne witness, behold He baptizes, and all are coming to Him.”

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.”

³³ You have sent unto John, and he has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴ And I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved. ³⁵ He was the lamp burning and shining, and you were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.

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.’

⁹ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one more excellent than a prophet.

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.”

⁴⁶ And seeking to lay hold of Him, they feared the crowds, because they were holding Him as a prophet.

⁵ But they were saying, “Not during the feast, lest there be a riot among the people.”

¹² And they were seeking to lay hold of Him, and yet they feared the crowd; for they knew that He had spoken the parable against them. And having left Him, they went away.

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

²⁶ But what have you gone out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one more excellent than a prophet. 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.” ²⁹ And all the people having heard, even the tax collectors, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

⁴¹ And many came to Him and were saying, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.”

²⁶ Then the captain, having gone with the officers, was bringing them, not with force, for they were afraid of the people lest they might be stoned.

¹⁹ And this is the judgement, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light; for their deeds were evil. ²⁰ For everyone practicing evil hates the Light and does not come to the Light, so that his works may not be exposed;

³⁹ And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.”

¹⁰ and in every deception of wickedness unto those perishing, in return for which they did not receive the love of the truth in order for them to be saved. ¹¹ And because of this, God will send to them a working of delusion, for them to believe what is false, ¹² in order that all those not having believed the truth but having delighted in unrighteousness should be judged.

⁸ Now as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth, men being depraved in mind, disqualified regarding the faith. ⁹ But they will not advance much further, for their folly will be plain to all, as also that of those two became.

³ first knowing this, that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following according to their own evil desires,

¹⁴ Leave them! They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

⁴ An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” And having left them, He went away.

²⁷ And answering Jesus, they said “We do not know.” And He said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

³³ And answering to Jesus, they say, “We do not know.” And Jesus says to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

³³ Hear another parable: There was a man, a master of a house, who planted a vineyard, and placed around it a fence, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower; and he rented it out to farmers and traveled abroad. ³⁴ And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruits. ³⁵ And the farmers having taken his servants, one they beat, and one they killed, and one they stoned. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. ³⁷ And afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ ³⁸ But the farmers having seen the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and gain possession of his inheritance.’ ³⁹ And having taking him, they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. ⁴⁰ Therefore when the master of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those farmers?” ⁴¹ They say to him, “He will destroy them, the wretches, grievously, and he will rent out the vineyard to other farmers who will give to him the fruits in their seasons.” ⁴² Jesus says to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that those building rejected, this has become the chief corner. This was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? ⁴³ Because of this I say to you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a people producing its fruits. ⁴⁴ And the one having fallen on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.” ⁴⁵ And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard His parables, knew that He speaks about them. ⁴⁶ And seeking to lay hold of Him, they feared the crowds, because they were holding Him as a prophet.

¹⁴ For it is like a man going on a journey who called his own servants and delivered his possessing to them.

¹ And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, and placed around it a fence, and dug a wine vat, and built a tower, and rented it out to farmers, and traveled abroad. ² And he sent a servant to the farmers at the due time, that he might receive from the farmers from the fruit of the vineyard. ³ But having taken him, they beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴ And again he sent to them another servant, and him they struck on the head, and treated shamefully. ⁵ And He sent another, and him they killed; also many others, indeed some beating, and some killing. ⁶ Yet having one beloved son, he sent him to them last, saying, ‘They will have respect for my son.’ ⁷ But those farmers said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ ⁸ And having taken him, they killed him, and cast him forth outside the vineyard. ⁹ What therefore will the master of the vineyard do? He will come and will destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which those building rejected, this has become the chief corner; ¹¹ this was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?” ¹² And they were seeking to lay hold of Him, and yet they feared the crowd; for they knew that He had spoken the parable against them. And having left Him, they went away.

¹² Therefore He said, “A certain man of noble birth proceeded to a distant country, to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

¹ I am the true vine and My Father is the vinedresser. ² Every branch not bearing fruit in Me, He takes it away; and every one bearing fruit, He prunes it that it may bear more fruit. ³ Already you are clean by reason of the word that I have spoken to you. ⁴ Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither you, unless you abide in Me. ⁵ I am the vine; you are the branches. The one abiding in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit. For apart from Me you are able to do nothing. ⁶ If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown out like the branch and is dried up, and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and it is burned. ⁷ If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you wish, and to you it will come to pass. ⁸ In this My Father is glorified, that you should bear much fruit, and you shall be My disciples.

⁶ I planted, Apollos watered, but God kept it growing. ⁷ So neither the one planting nor the one watering is anything, but only God, the One giving growth. ⁸ Now the one planting and the one watering are one, and each will receive the own reward, according to the own labor. ⁹ For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

³⁴ And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruits. ³⁵ And the farmers having taken his servants, one they beat, and one they killed, and one they stoned. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.

² And he sent a servant to the farmers at the due time, that he might receive from the farmers from the fruit of the vineyard. ³ But having taken him, they beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴ And again he sent to them another servant, and him they struck on the head, and treated shamefully. ⁵ And He sent another, and him they killed; also many others, indeed some beating, and some killing.

⁴⁷ Woe to you, for you build the tombs of the prophets, yet your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸ So you are witnesses and consent to the works of your fathers; for indeed they killed them, and you build their tombs. ⁴⁹ Because of this also, the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’ ⁵⁰ so that the blood of all the prophets having been poured out from the foundation of the world might be charged against this generation,

³⁴ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets, and stoning those having been sent to her, how often I have wanted to gather your children, the way that a hen gathers her brood under the wings, and you were not willing.

¹⁶ You did not chose Me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and you should bear fruit, and your fruit should remain, so that whatever you might ask the Father in My name, He may give you.

⁴ Likewise, my brothers, you also have been put to death to the Law through the body of Christ, for you to belong to another, to the One having been raised out from the dead, so that we should bear fruit to God.

³⁰ and you say, ‘If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’ ³¹ Thus you bear witness to yourselves that you are sons of those having murdered the prophets. ³² You, then, fill up the measure of your fathers. ³³ Serpents! Offspring of vipers! How shall you escape from the sentence of Gehenna? ³⁴ Because of this, behold, I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and will crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues, and will persecute from town to town; ³⁵ so that upon you shall come all the righteous blood being poured out upon the earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. ³⁷ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those having been sent to her! How often would I have gathered together your children, the way in which a hen gathers together her chicks under the wings, and you were not willing!

⁵² Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those having foretold about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers,

² But having previously suffered and having been mistreated in Philippi, just as you know, we had boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much conflict.

³⁶ And others received the trial of mockings and of scourgings, and in addition, of chains and imprisonment. ³⁷ They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were killed by slaughter of the sword; they wandered in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, being oppressed, being mistreated;

¹⁷ And behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, “This is my Son, the beloved, in whom I was well pleased.”

⁵ While yet he was speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold, a voice out of the cloud saying, “This is My Son, the beloved, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

³⁵ And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen; listen to Him!”

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. ¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world that He might judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

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.”

³ For of the Law being powerless in that it was weak through the flesh, God, having sent His Son in likeness of sin of flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh,

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,

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. ¹¹ Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. ¹² No one has seen God at any time; if we should love one another, God abides in us, and His love is having been perfected in us. ¹³ By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us: because He has given to us from out of His Spirit. ¹⁴ And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. ¹⁵ Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

² saying, “Where is the One having been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” ³ And King Herod having heard this, was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ And having assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring of them where the Christ was to be born. ⁵ And they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus has it been written through the prophet: ⁶ ‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come forth One leading, who will shepherd My people Israel.’” ⁷ Then Herod, having called the Magi secretly, inquired of them the exact time of the star appearing. ⁸ And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, “Having gone, search carefully for the Child; and when You shall have found Him, bring word back to me, so that I also having come, may worship Him.” ⁹ And having heard the king, they departed. And behold, the star they had seen in the east went before them until, having arrived, it stood over the place where the Child was. ¹⁰ And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. ¹¹ And having come into the house, they found the Child with His mother Mary, and having fallen down, they worshiped Him. And having opened their treasures, they offered to Him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. ¹² And having been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew into their own country by another route. ¹³ And of them having withdrawn, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream saying, “Having arisen, take the Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt, and remain there until I should tell you, for Herod is about to seek the Child to destroy Him.” ¹⁴ And having arisen, he took the Child and His mother by night and withdrew into Egypt, ¹⁵ and there he remained until the death of Herod, so that it might be fulfilled what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I have called my Son.” ¹⁶ Then Herod, having seen that he had been outwitted by the Magi, was intensely enraged. And having sent forth, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and in all its vicinity from two years old and under, according to the time he had ascertained from the Magi.

⁷ And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, “It is because we did not take bread.”

²⁵ From where was the baptism of John? From heaven, or from men?” And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘from heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

²¹ And the governor answering said to them, “Which of the two do you desire that I release to you?” And they said, “Barabbas.” ²² Pilate says to them, “What then should I do with Jesus, who is called Christ?” They all say, “Let Him be crucified.” ²³ And he said, “For what evil did He commit?” And they kept crying out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified.” ²⁴ And Pilate having seen that it availed nothing, but rather a riot is arising, having taken water, washed the hands before the crowd, saying, “I am guiltless of the blood of this man. For yourselves you will see.” ²⁵ And all the people answering said, “His blood be on us, and on our children.”

⁴⁷ And He was teaching every day in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the foremost of the people were seeking to destroy Him.

⁵ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we should say ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

¹⁹ And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on Him in that hour, and they feared the people. For they perceived that He was speaking this parable against them.

² And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how the they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.

⁴⁷ Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and were saying, “What are we to do? For this man does many signs. ⁴⁸ If we shall let Him alone like this, all will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and will take away both our place and nation.” ⁴⁹ But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest the same year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, ⁵⁰ nor do you consider that it is profitable for you that one man should die for the people, and the whole nation should not perish.”

²³ Him delivered up by the determinate plan and foreknowledge of God, you put to death, having crucified Him by lawless hands,

¹⁵ And you killed the Author of life, whom God has raised up out from the dead, whereof we are witnesses.

¹⁷ and if children, also heirs: heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs of Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified together.

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,

³⁷ And afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ ³⁸ But the farmers having seen the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and gain possession of his inheritance.’ ³⁹ And having taking him, they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. ⁴⁰ Therefore when the master of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those farmers?”

⁶ Yet having one beloved son, he sent him to them last, saying, ‘They will have respect for my son.’ ⁷ But those farmers said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ ⁸ And having taken him, they killed him, and cast him forth outside the vineyard. ⁹ What therefore will the master of the vineyard do? He will come and will destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

¹² Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, so that he might sanctify the people by the own blood.

⁴¹ They say to him, “He will destroy them, the wretches, grievously, and he will rent out the vineyard to other farmers who will give to him the fruits in their seasons.”

⁷ And the king was angry, and having sent his armies, he destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

²⁷ Furthermore, these enemies of mine, those not having been willing for me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.’”

⁴⁶ And Paul and Barnabas, having spoken boldly, said, “It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken first to you. But since you thrust it away and do not judge yourselves worthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.

⁴² Jesus says to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that those building rejected, this has become the chief corner. This was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

⁵ And having looked around on them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their heart, He says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

²³ And Jesus having looked around, says to His disciples, “How difficultly those having riches will enter into the kingdom of God!”

¹⁰ Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which those building rejected, this has become the chief corner;

⁴¹ And as He drew near, having seen the city, He wept over it,

³⁷ For I say to you that this which has been written, it behooves to be accomplished in Me: ‘And He was reckoned with the lawless.’ For also the things concerning Me have an end.”

⁶¹ And having turned, the Lord looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

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.”

²⁵ But this is that the word having been written in their Law may be fulfilled: ‘They hated Me without cause.’

¹¹ This is ‘the stone having been rejected by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’

⁷ Therefore the preciousness is to you believing. But to those disobeying, “The stone which those building have rejected, this has become into the head of the corner,” ⁸ and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble at being disobedient to the word, to which also they were appointed.

³⁴ And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruits.

⁴⁴ And the one having fallen on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.”

¹⁶ forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, so as always to fill up their sins. Now the wrath has come upon them to the utmost.

³ Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the courtyard of the high priest, who is called Caiaphas, ⁴ and they plotted together, in order that they might seize Jesus by guile and kill Him.

¹⁴ And having seen him, the farmers began reasoning among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him, so that the inheritance might become ours.’

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees having gone out, took counsel how they might trap Him in His words. ¹⁶ And they send their disciples to Him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and You teach the way of God in the truth, and to You there is care about no one, for You do not look on the appearance of men. ¹⁷ Therefore tell us, what do You think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?” ¹⁸ But having known their malice, Jesus said, “Hypocrites, why do you test Me? ¹⁹ Show Me the coin of the tribute.” And they presented to Him a denarius. ²⁰ And He says to them, “Whose likeness and whose inscription is this?” ²¹ They say to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He says to them, “Therefore give back to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God.” ²² And having heard, they marveled. And having left Him, they went away.

² And having bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate the governor.

² And they were watching Him, whether He will heal him on the Sabbaths, in order that they might accuse Him.

¹³ And they send some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him, that they might catch Him in discourse. ¹⁴ And having come, they say to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and to You there is no care about any one; for You do not look on the appearance of men, but teach the way of God on the basis of the truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? Should we pay or not pay?” ¹⁵ And knowing their hypocrisy, He said to them, “Why do you test Me? Bring Me a denarius, that I might see it.” ¹⁶ And they brought it, and He says to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” And they said to Him, “Caesar’s.” ¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God.” And they were amazed at Him.

⁵⁴ watching to catch Him in something out of his mouth.

²⁶ And they were not able to catch Him in His word before the people. And having marveled at His answer, they became silent.

²⁸ Then they are leading Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. Now it was early, and they did not enter into the Praetorium, so that they should not be defiled, but might eat the Passover. ²⁹ Therefore Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” ³⁰ They answered and said to him, “If He were not doing evil, we would not have delivered Him to you.” ³¹ Therefore Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves and judge Him according to your Law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not permitted to us to put anyone to death”— ³² that word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which He had spoken signifying what death He was about to die.

³ And through covetousness they will exploit you with fabricated words, for whom the judgment of long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.

¹⁶ And they send their disciples to Him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and You teach the way of God in the truth, and to You there is care about no one, for You do not look on the appearance of men.

⁴⁹ And having come up to Jesus immediately, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi,” and kissed Him. ⁵⁰ And Jesus said to him, “Friend, for what are you come?” Then having approached, they laid hands on Jesus and seized Him.

¹⁴ And having come, they say to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and to You there is no care about any one; for You do not look on the appearance of men, but teach the way of God on the basis of the truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? Should we pay or not pay?”

² He came to Him by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one is able to do these signs that You do, unless God should be with him.”

³⁴ And Peter, having opened the mouth, said, “Of a truth I understand that God is not One who shows partiality, ³⁵ but in every nation, the one fearing Him and working righteousness is acceptable to Him,

¹⁷ For we are not like the many, peddling the word of God, but as of sincerity, but as of God, we speak before God in Christ.

¹⁰ For presently do I seek approval of men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

⁶ Now of those esteemed to be something, whatsoever they were formerly makes no difference to me. God does not accept the person of a man—for the esteemed added nothing to me.

⁴ but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, the One examining our hearts. ⁵ For never at any time were we with word of flattery, just as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

²⁵ He says, “Yes.” And he having entered into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive custom or tribute? From their sons, or from strangers?”

¹⁷ Therefore tell us, what do You think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?” ¹⁸ But having known their malice, Jesus said, “Hypocrites, why do you test Me? ¹⁹ Show Me the coin of the tribute.” And they presented to Him a denarius. ²⁰ And He says to them, “Whose likeness and whose inscription is this?” ²¹ They say to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He says to them, “Therefore give back to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God.”

³⁷ After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the registration and drew away people after him. And he perished, and all, as many as were persuaded by him, were scattered.

¹ And the Pharisees and Sadducees having approached testing Him, asked Him to show them a sign out of heaven.

¹⁸ But having known their malice, Jesus said, “Hypocrites, why do you test Me?

²² And Jesus, having known their reasonings, answering, said to them, “Why do you reason in your hearts?

⁸ And He knew their thoughts, and He said to the man having the withered hand, “Arise and stand in the midst.” And having risen up, he stood.

¹⁶ And others, testing, were seeking from Him a sign from heaven. ¹⁷ And He knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom having been divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house against a house falls.

⁵³ Of Him having gone forth from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began urgently to press upon Him and to make Him speak about many things, ⁵⁴ watching to catch Him in something out of his mouth.

²⁰ And having watched Him, they sent spies, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might catch Him in His word, in order to deliver Him to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

²⁴ But Jesus on His part did not did entrust Himself to them, because of His knowing all men, ²⁵ and because He had no need that anyone should testify concerning man, for He Himself knew what was in man.

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it has been written: “He is the One catching the wise in their craftiness.”

⁹ Neither should we test the Christ, as some of them tested, and were destroyed by serpents.

¹³ And there is no creature hidden before Him, but all things are uncovered and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom is our reckoning.

²⁸ But the same servant having gone out, found one of his fellow servants who was owing him a hundred denarii, and having seized him, he was throttling him, saying, ‘Pay what you owe.’

² And having agreed with the workmen on a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

¹ And it came to pass in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the world.

¹ And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip being tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene,

²² Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?”

² And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation, and forbidding tribute to be given to Caesar, and declaring Himself to be Christ, a king.”

²⁸ And one of them named Agabus, having risen up, signified by the Spirit that a great famine is about to be over the whole world—which came to pass under Claudius.

⁸ Paul made his defense: “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned in anything.” ⁹ But Festus, wishing to lay a favor on the Jews, answering, said to Paul, “Are you willing, having gone up to Jerusalem, to be judged before me there concerning these things?” ¹⁰ And Paul said, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where it behooves me to be judged. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well. ¹¹ Therefore if indeed I do wrong and have done anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is nothing of which they can accuse me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!” ¹² Then Festus, having conferred with the Council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!”

³² Then Agrippa was saying to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

²² All the saints greet you, and especially those of the household of Caesar.

²⁷ But that we might not offend them, having gone to the sea, cast a hook and take the first fish having come up, and having opened its mouth, you will find a stater. Having taken that, give it to them for Me and yourself.”

²¹ They say to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He says to them, “Therefore give back to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God.”

¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God.” And they were amazed at Him.

¹⁹ But Peter and John answering, said to them, “Whether it is right before God to listen to you, rather than God, you must judge. ²⁰ For we are not able to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

²⁹ But Peter and the apostles answering said, “It is necessary to obey God rather than men.

⁶ For because of this, you also pay taxes; for they are servants of God, attending continually upon this very thing. ⁷ Render to all their dues: tax to whom tax, revenue to whom revenue, respect to whom respect, honor to whom honor.

³¹ Therefore whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all things to the glory of God.

¹³ Be in subjection to every human institution for the sake of the Lord, whether to the king as being supreme, ¹⁴ or to governors as being sent by him for vengeance to evildoers and praise to well-doers, ¹⁵ because the will of God is this: doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of foolish men, ¹⁶ as free, and not having the freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as servants of God. ¹⁷ Honor everyone: love the brotherhood, fear God, Honor the king.

¹¹ if anyone speaks, as oracles of God; if anyone serves, as of strength which God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power to the ages of the ages. Amen.

¹² And he says to him, ‘Friend, how did you enter here not having a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.

²² And having heard, they marveled. And having left Him, they went away.

³⁴ And the Pharisees, having heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, were gathered together the same.

¹⁷ And of Him saying these things, all those opposed to Him were ashamed; and the whole crowd was rejoicing at all the glorious things that were being done by Him.

³⁹ And some of the scribes answering, said, “Teacher, you have spoken well.” ⁴⁰ And no longer did they dare to ask Him anything.

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.

¹⁰ For there are also many insubordinate, empty talkers, and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

⁶ And Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

¹² Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

²³ On that day Sadducees, those saying there is no resurrection, came to Him, and they questioned Him, ²⁴ saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If anyone should die not having children, his brother will marry his wife and will raise up offspring for his brother.’ ²⁵ Now there were seven brothers among us; and the first died, and having married not having seed, he left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ Likewise also the second, and the third, unto the seventh. ²⁷ And last of all, the woman died. ²⁸ In the resurrection, therefore, of which of the seven will she be wife? For all had her.” ²⁹ And, Jesus answering said to them, “You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. ³⁰ For in the resurrection, neither do they marry, nor are given in marriage, but they are like angels in heaven. ³¹ And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which has been spoken to you by God, saying, ³² ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?’ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” ³³ And the crowds having heard, were astonished at His teaching.

¹⁸ And Sadducees, who say there is not a resurrection, come to Him. And they began questioning Him, saying, ¹⁹ “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, that if anyone’s brother should die and leave behind a wife and not leave children, that his brother should take the wife and raise up seed for his brother. ²⁰ There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying, left no seed. ²¹ And the second took her, and died, not having left seed. And the third likewise. ²² And the seven left no seed. Last of all, the woman also died. ²³ In the resurrection, when they rise, of which of them will she be wife? For the seven had her as wife.” ²⁴ Jesus was saying to them, “Do you not err because of this, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God? ²⁵ For when they rise out from the dead, neither do they marry, nor are given in marriage; but they are like angels in the heavens. ²⁶ And concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses on the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? ²⁷ He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You err greatly.”

¹ And of them speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, ² being distressed because of their teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection out from the dead.

¹⁷ But the high priest, having risen up, and all those with him (being the sect of the Sadducees) were filled with jealousy,

⁶ Then Paul, having known that the one part consists of Sadducees, but the other of Pharisees, began crying out in the Council, “Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; I am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead.” ⁷ And of him saying this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided. ⁸ For indeed Sadducees say there to be no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but Pharisees confess both.

¹² Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised out from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

¹⁷ and their talk will have pasture to grow like gangrene, among whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus, ¹⁸ who have gone astray concerning the truth, asserting the resurrection already to have taken place; and they are overthrowing the faith of some.

²⁷ And inasmuch as it is apportioned to men to die once, and after this, judgment,

²⁴ saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If anyone should die not having children, his brother will marry his wife and will raise up offspring for his brother.’ ²⁵ Now there were seven brothers among us; and the first died, and having married not having seed, he left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ Likewise also the second, and the third, unto the seventh. ²⁷ And last of all, the woman died. ²⁸ In the resurrection, therefore, of which of the seven will she be wife? For all had her.”

¹⁹ “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, that if anyone’s brother should die and leave behind a wife and not leave children, that his brother should take the wife and raise up seed for his brother. ²⁰ There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying, left no seed. ²¹ And the second took her, and died, not having left seed. And the third likewise. ²² And the seven left no seed. Last of all, the woman also died. ²³ In the resurrection, when they rise, of which of them will she be wife? For the seven had her as wife.”

⁸ And the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd than the sons of the light in their own generation.

²⁷ They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until that day Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all.

² But because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have the own husband. ³ Let the husband fulfill the duty to the wife, and likewise also the wife to the husband. ⁴ The wife does not have authority over the own body, but the husband; and likewise also, the husband does not have authority over the own body, but the wife. ⁵ Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement, for a time, that you might be at leisure for prayer; and be together the same again, so that Satan may not tempt you through your lack of self-control. ⁶ Now I say this by way of concession, not by way of command. ⁷ And I wish all men to be even like myself. But each has his own gift from God; for one has this, but one that. ⁸ Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them if they should remain as even I. ⁹ But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. ¹⁰ Now to those having married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): A wife is not to be separated from a husband. ¹¹ But if indeed she is separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to the husband; and a husband is not to send away a wife. ¹² Now to the rest I say (I, not the Lord): If any brother has an unbelieving wife and she consents to dwell with him, let him not divorce her. ¹³ And if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, let her not divorce the husband. ¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise, your children are unclean; but now they are holy. ¹⁵ But if the unbeliever separates himself, let him separate himself. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called you into peace. ¹⁶ For how do you know, wife, if you will save the husband? Or how do you know, husband, if you will save the wife?

³¹ “Because of this, a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will be into one flesh.”

⁴ Let marriage be honorable in all, and the marriage bed undefiled; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

³² And if anyone speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but if anyone speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age nor in the coming one.

²⁹ And, Jesus answering said to them, “You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

²⁴ Jesus was saying to them, “Do you not err because of this, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God?

³⁶ Watch also at every season, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to come to pass and to stand before the Son of Man.”

²⁹ and will come forth—those having done good to the resurrection of life, and those having done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

⁴¹ Therefore indeed they departed from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.

¹⁵ having a hope in God, which they themselves also await, that there is about to be a resurrection, both of the just and of the unjust.

⁵ This is a plain token of the righteous judgment of God, for you to be accounted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which also you suffer.

³⁵ Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not having accepted release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection.

⁴ But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with Me in white, because they are worthy.

³⁰ For in the resurrection, neither do they marry, nor are given in marriage, but they are like angels in heaven.

²⁵ For when they rise out from the dead, neither do they marry, nor are given in marriage; but they are like angels in the heavens.

¹⁷ and if children, also heirs: heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs of Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified together. ¹⁸ For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are not comparable to the coming glory to be revealed to us. ¹⁹ For the earnest expectation of the creation awaits the revelation of the sons of God. ²⁰ For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of the One having subjected it, in hope ²¹ that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay, into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. ²² For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails together until now. ²³ And not only so, but we ourselves, even having the firstfruit of the Spirit, also groan ourselves in ourselves, awaiting divine adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.

²⁶ The last enemy to be abolished is death.

⁴² So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in decay; it is raised in immortality.

⁴⁹ And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

⁵² in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. ⁵³ For it behooves this, the perishable to put on the imperishable; and this, the mortal to put on immortality. ⁵⁴ Now when this the perishable shall have put on the imperishable, and this, the mortal, shall have put on immortality, then the word having been written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

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.

¹³ But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those having fallen asleep, so that you should not be grieved, just as also the rest, those having no hope. ¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those having fallen asleep. ¹⁵ For this we declare to you in the word of the Lord, that we the living, remaining unto the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those having fallen asleep, ¹⁶ because the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we, the living remaining, will be caught away together with them in the clouds for the meeting of the Lord in the air; and so we will be always with the Lord.

¹ Behold what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God—and we are! Because of this, the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. ² Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

⁶ And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing as having been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God having been sent out into all the earth. ⁷ And He came and took it out of the right hand of the One sitting on the throne. ⁸ And when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls being full of incenses, which are the prayers of the saints. ⁹ And they are singing a new song, saying, “Worthy are You to take the scroll and to open its seals, because You were slain, and You purchased to God by Your blood, out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, ¹⁰ and You have made them a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.” ¹¹ And I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, and of the living creatures, and of the elders; and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, ¹² saying in a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb having been slain, to receive the power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!” ¹³ And I heard every creature which is in heaven, and upon the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and everything in them, saying: “To the One sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb, blessing and honor and glory and might to the ages of the ages.” ¹⁴ And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.

⁹ After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no one was able to number it, out of every nation, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, having been clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands. ¹⁰ And they were crying out in a loud voice, saying: “Salvation to our God, the One sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb!” ¹¹ And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures, and they fell upon their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹² saying, “Amen! Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and strength, to our God, to the ages of the ages! Amen.”

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.

⁴ And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more nor mourning nor crying nor pain; they will be no more, because the former things have passed away.”

² In the middle of its street and of the river, on this side and on that side, was a tree of life, producing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit according to each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 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.

⁹ And he says to me, “See that you not do this. I am your fellow servant, and with your brothers the prophets, and with those keeping the words of this book. Worship God!”

³ And he sent his servants to call those having been invited to the wedding feast—and they were not willing to come. ⁴ Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Say to those having been invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready; come to the wedding feast.”’ ⁵ And having paid no attention they went away, one to the own field, and one to his business. ⁶ And the rest, having laid hold of his servants, mistreated and killed them. ⁷ And the king was angry, and having sent his armies, he destroyed those murderers and burned their city. ⁸ Then he says to his servants, ‘Indeed the wedding feast is ready, but those having been invited were not worthy. ⁹ Therefore go into the thoroughfares of the highways, and invite to the wedding feast as many as you shall find.’ ¹⁰ And those servants, having gone out into the highways, brought together all, as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall became full of those reclining. ¹¹ And the king having entered in to see those reclining, he beheld a man there not being dressed in wedding clothes. ¹² And he says to him, ‘Friend, how did you enter here not having a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. ¹³ Then the king said to the servants, ‘Having bound his hands and feet, cast him out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.’ ¹⁴ For many are called, but few chosen.” ¹⁵ Then the Pharisees having gone out, took counsel how they might trap Him in His words. ¹⁶ And they send their disciples to Him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and You teach the way of God in the truth, and to You there is care about no one, for You do not look on the appearance of men. ¹⁷ Therefore tell us, what do You think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?” ¹⁸ But having known their malice, Jesus said, “Hypocrites, why do you test Me? ¹⁹ Show Me the coin of the tribute.” And they presented to Him a denarius. ²⁰ And He says to them, “Whose likeness and whose inscription is this?” ²¹ They say to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He says to them, “Therefore give back to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God.” ²² And having heard, they marveled. And having left Him, they went away.

³⁰ And forty years having been passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush. ³¹ And Moses having seen it, marveled at the vision. And of him coming near to behold it, there was the voice of the Lord: ³² ‘I am the God of your Fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob.’ And Moses, having become terrified, did not dare to look.

⁵⁷ As the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one feeding on Me, he also will live because of Me.

²⁵ Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; the one believing in Me, even if he should die, he will live. ²⁶ And everyone living and believing in Me shall never die, to the age. Do you believe this?”

¹⁹ Yet a little while, and the world sees Me no more, but you see Me. Because I live, you also will live.

¹⁰ For that which He died, He died to sin once for all; but that which He lives, He lives to God. ¹¹ So also you, consider yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.

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. ²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁷ For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. ⁸ For both if we should live, we live to the Lord; and if we should die, we die to the Lord. Therefore both if we should live and if we should die, we are the Lord’s. ⁹ For unto this, Christ died and lived again that He might rule over both the dead and living.

¹⁶ And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them, and will walk among them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

⁴ For indeed He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we also are weak in Him, but we will live with Him by God’s power toward you.

³ For you have died, and your life has been hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ your life may be revealed, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

¹⁶ But now they stretch forward to a better one, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them.

¹⁵ Because of this, ‘They are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One sitting on the throne will tabernacle over them. 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.’”

¹ And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, flowing out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

³⁴ And the Pharisees, having heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, were gathered together the same. ³⁵ And one of them, a lawyer, questioned Him, testing Him, ³⁶ “Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?” ³⁷ And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ³⁸ This is the great and first commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ⁴⁰ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

²⁸ And one of the scribes having come up, having heard them reasoning together, having seen that He answered them well, questioned Him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” ²⁹ Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear this O Israel: The Lord our God is One Lord, ³⁰ and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ ³¹ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is not another commandment greater than these.” ³² And the scribe said to Him, “Right, Teacher. You have spoken according to truth that He is One, and there is not another besides Him, ³³ and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as oneself is more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.” ³⁴ And Jesus, having seen him that he answered wisely, said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any longer.

⁹ Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the party of the Pharisees, having risen up, were contending saying, “We find nothing evil in this man. And what if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

⁴⁶ And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day to question Him any longer.

³⁴ And Jesus, having seen him that he answered wisely, said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any longer.

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

⁴¹ And the Pharisees having been assembled together, Jesus questioned them, ⁴² saying, “What do you think concerning the Christ? Of whom is He son?” They say to Him, “Of David.” ⁴³ He says to them, “How then does David in spirit call Him Lord, saying: ⁴⁴ ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, until I place Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.”’ ⁴⁵ If therefore David calls Him Lord, how is He his son?”

³⁵ And answering, Jesus was saying, teaching in the temple, “How do the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 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.”’ ³⁷ David himself calls Him Lord. And from where is He his son?” And the great crowd was listening to Him gladly.

³⁸ And he called out saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” ³⁹ And those going before were rebuking him, that he should be silent. But he kept crying out much more, “Son of David, have mercy on me.”

⁴² Has not the Scripture said that Christ comes out of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

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.

³ concerning His Son, having come of the seed of David according to flesh, 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,

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.”

²⁰ “For it has been written in the book of Psalms: ‘Let his homestead become desolate, and let there be not one dwelling in it,’ and, ‘Let another take his position.’

³⁴ For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, ³⁵ until I place Your enemies as a footstool of Your feet.”’

³³ that God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus, as also it has been written in the second psalm: ‘You are My Son, today I have begotten you.’ ³⁴ And that He raised Him out from the dead, no more being about to return to decay, He spoke thus: ‘I will give to you the holy and sure blessings of David.’ ³⁵ Therefore He also says in another: ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’

²⁵ For it behooves Him to reign until He shall have put all the enemies under His feet.

¹³ Now to which of the angels did He ever say: “Sit at My right hand, until I may place Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet”?

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

¹⁴ And the armies who were in heaven, having been clothed in pure, white, fine linen were following Him upon white horses. ¹⁵ And out of His mouth goes forth a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations; and He will shepherd them with a rod of iron. And He treads the press of the wine of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. ¹⁶ And He has a name having been written upon the robe and upon His thigh: King of Kings and Lord of Lords. ¹⁷ And I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in loud a voice, saying to all the birds flying in mid-heaven, “Come, gather yourselves unto the great supper of God, ¹⁸ so that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of commanders, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of horses and of those sitting on them, and the flesh of all, both free and slaves, and small and great.” ¹⁹ And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, having been gathered together to make war with the One sitting on the horse and with His army. ²⁰ And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet, the one having done the signs before him, by which he deceived those having received the mark of the beast and those worshiping its image. The two were cast living into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. ²¹ And the rest were killed with the sword of the One sitting on the horse having gone forth out of his mouth. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.

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.”

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.

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

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

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.

¹⁰ And having summoned the crowd, He said to them, “Hear and understand!

¹ Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, ² saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down on Moses’ seat;

⁵ And they do all their deeds in order to be seen by men. For they broaden their phylacteries and enlarge their tassels, ⁶ and they love the chief place at the banquets, and the first seats in the synagogues, ⁷ and the greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by men.

³⁴ And having summoned the crowd with His disciples, He said to them, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and let him take up his cross, and let him follow Me.

³⁸ And in His teaching He was saying, “Beware of the scribes, desiring to walk about in robes, and greetings in the marketplaces, ³⁹ and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at the feasts;

²⁰ But those sinning, rebuke before all, so that the rest might have fear as well.

¹⁵ And He was instructing them, saying, “Watch out! Take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

⁴³ Woe to you Pharisees, for you love the first seat in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

¹ In these times, the myriads of the crowd having been gathered together so as to trample upon one another, He began to say to His disciples first, “Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

⁷ And He was speaking a parable to those having been invited, remarking how they were choosing out the first places, saying to them,

¹⁰ devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another in honor,

³ nothing according to self-interest or according to vain conceit, but in humility be esteeming one another surpassing themselves, ⁴ each considering not the things of themselves, but each also the things of others. ⁵ Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:

¹⁵ whom you also beware of, for exceedingly he has opposed our message.

⁹ I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, the one loving to be first among them, does not welcome us.

²² But I say to you, in the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you. ²³ And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, but will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles having taken place in you had taken place in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴ But I say to you that in day of judgment it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom than for you.”

¹³ But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men. For you neither enter, nor even do you allow those who are entering to go in.

²⁶ Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside might become clean also. ²⁷ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like tombs having been whitewashed, which indeed outwardly appear beautiful, but inside they are full of bones of the dead, and of all impurity. ²⁸ Thus indeed outwardly you also appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

⁴⁰ those devouring the houses of widows, and praying at great length as a pretext. These will receive greater judgment.”

¹² I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city. ¹³ Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles having taken place in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. ¹⁴ But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

⁴⁷ Now that servant, the one having known the will of his master, and not having prepared nor having done according to his will, will be beaten with many blows. ⁴⁸ But the one not having known, but having done things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few. And everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from him to whom much has been committed, more will they ask of him.

⁵ For never at any time were we with word of flattery, just as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

² For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, proud, verbally abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, ³ unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, savage, haters of good, ⁴ betrayers, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ⁵ having a form of godliness but denying its power. And turn away from these. ⁶ For out of this sort are those entering into households and taking captive weak women, burdened with sins, being led away by various passions,

¹⁶ They profess to know God, but in their works they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and unfit for any good work.

¹ Not many of you should be teachers my brothers, knowing that we will receive greater judgment.