Matthew 20 Cross References - BLB

¹ For the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, a master of a house, who went out in the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard. ² And having agreed with the workmen on a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³ And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, ⁴ and to them he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will give you whatever might be right.’ ⁵ And they went. And having gone out again about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise. ⁶ And about the eleventh having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, ‘Why do you stand here all the day idle?’ ⁷ They say to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He says to them, ‘You go also into the vineyard.’ ⁸ And evening having arrived, the master of the vineyard says to his foreman, ‘Call the workmen and pay them the wages, having begun from the last, up to the first.’ ⁹ And those hired about the eleventh hour having come, they received a denarius each. ¹⁰ And the first having come, they thought that they will receive more, but they themselves also received a denarius each. ¹¹ And having received it, they were grumbling against the master of the house, ¹² saying, ‘These the last have worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us, the ones having borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ ¹³ And answering one of them, he said, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? ¹⁴ Take what is yours and go; and I desire to give to this last, as to you also. ¹⁵ Or is it not lawful for me to do what I will with that which is mine? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’ ¹⁶ Thus the last will be first, and the first, last.” ¹⁷ And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside themselves on the way, and said to them, ¹⁸ “Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death. ¹⁹ And they will betray Him to the Gentiles to mock and to flog and to crucify; and the third day He will rise again.” ²⁰ Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him. ²¹ And He said to her, “What do you desire?” She says to Him, “Say that these two sons of mine might sit, one on Your right hand and one on Your left hand, in Your kingdom.” ²² And Jesus answering, said, “You do not know what you ask for. Are you able to drink the cup which I am about to drink?” They say to Him, “We are able.” ²³ He says to them, “Indeed you will drink My cup, but to sit on My right hand and on My left, this is not Mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared by My Father.” ²⁴ And the ten having heard this, were indignant about the two brothers. ²⁵ And Jesus having summoned them, said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and the great ones exercise authority over them. ²⁶ Thus will it not be among you. But whoever wishes to become great among you, he will be your servant; ²⁷ and whoever wishes to be first among you, he will be your slave— ²⁸ even as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” ²⁹ And as they were going out from Jericho, a great crowd followed Him. ³⁰ And behold, two blind men sitting beside the road, having heard that Jesus is passing by, cried out saying, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” ³¹ And the crowd rebuked them that they should be silent. But they cried out all the more, saying, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” ³² And Jesus having stopped, called them and said, “What do you desire I should do unto you?” ³³ They say to Him, “Lord, that our eyes might be opened.” ³⁴ And having been moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they received sight, and they followed Him.

² and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.”

³⁷ Then He says to His disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the workmen are few. ³⁸ Beseech the Lord of the harvest, therefore, that He might send out workmen into His harvest.”

²⁴ He put before them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man having sown good seed in his field.

³¹ He put before them another parable, saying: “The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man having taken, sowed in his field,

³³ He spoke to them another parable: “The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”

⁴⁴ The kingdom of the heavens is like treasure having been hidden in the field, which a man having found, hid. And for joy over it, he goes and he sells all that he has, and buys that field. ⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant seeking fine pearls.

⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a dragnet having been cast into the sea, and having gathered together of every kind,

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.’

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.

² “The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man, a king, who made a wedding feast for his son.

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!

¹ Then the kingdom of the heavens will be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom.

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

³⁴ It is like a man going on a journey, having left his house, and having given his servants authority, to each one his work. And he commanded the doorkeeper that he should keep watch.

¹ I am the true vine and My Father is the vinedresser.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil in the Lord is not in vain.

²¹ equip you in everything good, in order to do His will, working in us that which is well pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory to the ages of the ages. Amen.

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. ⁹ For in whomever these things are not present, he is blind, being short sighted, having received forgetfulness of the purification from his former sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brothers, be diligent, rather, to make your calling and election sure. For practicing these things, never at any time shall you stumble.

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.’

¹³ And answering one of them, he said, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

¹⁹ Show Me the coin of the tribute.” And they presented to Him a denarius.

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 on the next day, having taken out two denarii, he gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you might expend, I will repay you on my returning.’

¹⁵ and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings, being able to make you wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

⁶ And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, “A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenixes of barley for a denarius; and you should not injure the oil and the wine.”

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.’

⁶ And about the eleventh having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, ‘Why do you stand here all the day idle?’ ⁷ They say to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He says to them, ‘You go also into the vineyard.’

²⁵ And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.

¹⁵ For these are not drunkards as you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day.

¹⁷ So indeed he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and those worshiping, and in the marketplace on every day with those meeting him. ¹⁸ And also some of the Epicureans and Stoics, philosophers, encountered him, and some were saying, “What may this babbler desire to say?” but others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he was proclaiming the gospel of Jesus and the resurrection. ¹⁹ And having taken hold of him they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “Are we able to know what is this new teaching which is spoken by you. ²⁰ For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. We resolve therefore to know what these things wish to be.” ²¹ Now all the Athenians and the visiting strangers spent their time in nothing else than to tell something and to hear something new.

¹³ And at the same time also, going about house to house, they learn to be idle; and not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, speaking things not being proper.

¹² so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those inheriting the promises through faith and patience.

⁹ And Jesus passing on from there saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth. And He says to him, “Follow Me.” And having arisen, he followed Him.

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. 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.

⁷ And having seen it, all were grumbling, saying, “He has entered to stay with a sinful man.” ⁸ And Zacchaeus having stood, said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anything of anyone, I restore it fourfold.” ⁹ And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that having been lost.”

¹⁶ Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves to him whom you obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness? ¹⁷ But thanks be to God that you who were slaves of sin have now become obedient from the heart to the pattern of teaching to which you were committed. ¹⁸ And having been set free from sin, you have become slaves to righteousness. ¹⁹ I speak in human terms on account of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you yielded your members in bondage to impurity and to lawlessness unto lawlessness, so now yield your members in bondage to righteousness unto sanctification. ²⁰ For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness. ²¹ What fruit, therefore, did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 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.

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.

¹ Masters, give to the slaves that which is righteous and that which is equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

¹² I have thankfulness for the One having strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, that He esteemed me faithful, having appointed me to service, ¹³ being formerly a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and insolent; but I was shown mercy, because I did it in unbelief, being ignorant.

⁸ Trustworthy is the saying, and I want you to affirm strongly concerning these things, so that those believing God may take care to be devoted to good works. These things are excellent and profitable to men.

¹³ Therefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober-minded, set your hope fully upon the grace being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

² so as to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer to men’s desires, but to the will of God. ³ For the time past is sufficient to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having walked in sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and abominable idolatries.

⁴⁵ And from the sixth hour, darkness was over all the land, until the ninth hour.

³³ And the sixth hour having arrived, darkness came over the whole land, until the ninth hour. ³⁴ And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” Which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

⁴⁴ And now it was about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. ⁴⁵ The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in the middle. ⁴⁶ And having called out in a loud voice, Jesus said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And having said this, He breathed His last.

³⁹ He says to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they went and saw where He abides, and they stayed with Him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

⁶ And Jacob’s well was there. Therefore Jesus, being wearied from the journey, thus was sitting at the well. The hour was about the sixth.

⁹ Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

¹ Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth.

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!”

⁹ Now on the next day as these are journeying and are approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.

²⁴ By faith Moses, having become grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, ²⁵ having chosen to suffer affliction with the people of God, rather than to have the fleeting enjoyment of sin, ²⁶ having esteemed the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking toward the reward.

⁴⁰ And the other answering, was rebuking him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, that you are under the same judgment, ⁴¹ and we indeed justly? For we are receiving things worthy of what we did, but this man did nothing wrong.” ⁴² And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!” ⁴³ And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

⁴ It behooves us to work the works of the One having sent Me while it is day; night is coming, when no one is able to work.

²¹ Now all the Athenians and the visiting strangers spent their time in nothing else than to tell something and to hear something new.

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.

²¹ And the servant having come, reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, having become angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ ²² And the servant said, ‘Sir, as you did command, it has been done, and there is still room.’ ²³ And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

¹⁶ saying, “What shall we do to these men? For truly that a noteworthy sign has come to pass through them is evident to all those inhabiting Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it.

³⁰ So indeed God, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to repent, ³¹ because He set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness by a man whom He appointed, having provided a guarantee to all, having raised Him out from the dead.”

¹⁴ How then shall they call on Him whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe on Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear apart from preaching? ¹⁵ And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it has been written: “How beautiful are the feet of those proclaiming good news of good things!” ¹⁶ But not all heeded the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” ¹⁷ So faith is from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

²⁵ Now to Him being able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery having been kept secret in times of the ages,

¹¹ Therefore remember that formerly you—the Gentiles in the flesh, the ones being called the uncircumcision by that being called the circumcision, made by hands in the flesh— ¹² that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, not having hope and without God in the world.

⁵ which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as now it has been revealed in the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets, ⁶ that the Gentiles are joint-heirs, and a joint-body, and joint-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus, through the gospel,

⁸ knowing that each one, whatever good he might have done, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is slave or free.

²⁶ the mystery having been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but now having been manifested to His saints,

¹⁰ For God is not unjust to forget your work and the love that you have shown toward His name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering.

³⁹ and the enemy having sown them is the devil; and the harvest is the consummation of the age; and the harvesters are angels. ⁴⁰ Therefore, as the weeds are gathered and consumed in fire, so will it be in the consummation of the age.

¹⁹ And after much time, the master of those servants comes and takes account with them.

³¹ And when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit upon His throne of glory.

³ and Joanna wife of Chuza, a steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to them out of their own means.

⁷ And remain in the same house, eating and drinking the things supplied by them; for the workman is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.

⁴² And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful, wise manager, whom the master will set over the care of his servants, to give them the measure of food in season?

¹ Now also He was saying to the disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and was accused unto him as he is wasting his possessions. ² And having called him, he said to him, ‘What is this I hear concerning you? Give the account of your stewardship, for you are not able to manage any longer.’

⁶ who “will give to each according to his works,” ⁷ to those who indeed with endurance in good work are seeking glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; ⁸ but to those of self-interest and disobeying the truth, but being persuaded about unrighteousness, wrath and anger; ⁹ tribulation and distress upon every soul of man working evil, both of Jewish first, and also of Greek; ¹⁰ but glory and honor and peace to everyone doing good, both to Jewish first, and to Greek.

¹ So let a man regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries. ² In this case, moreover, it is required in the stewards, that one shall be found faithful.

¹⁰ For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ, that each may receive back the things done through the body according to what he did, whether good or evil.

⁷ For it behooves the overseer to be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-willed, not quick tempered, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of base gain,

²⁸ so also Christ, having been offered once in order to bear the sins of many, will appear for a second time, apart from sin, to those awaiting Him for salvation.

¹⁰ as each has received a gift, to them serving each other as good stewards of the manifold grace of God:

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne and the One sitting on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the one of life. And the dead were judged out of the things having been written in the books, according to their deeds.

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

³ For what does the Scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.” ⁴ Now to the one working, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt. ⁵ However, to the one not working, but believing on the One justifying the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness, ⁶ just as David also declares the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

²⁰ Now the Law entered so that trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace overabounded, ²¹ so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness, unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One, ⁷ in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of trespasses, according to the riches of His grace ⁸ which He lavished upon us in all wisdom and understanding,

⁸ For by grace you are saved through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, ⁹ not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 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.

¹⁴ And the grace of our Lord surpassingly increased with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Trustworthy is the saying, and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. ¹⁶ But because of this I was shown mercy, that in me, the foremost, Christ Jesus might display perfect patience, as a pattern for those being about to believe on Him to eternal life.

³⁰ And the Pharisees and their scribes were grumbling at His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

² And both the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

²⁸ But he was angry, and was not willing to go in. And his father, having gone, was begging him. ²⁹ And answering, he said to his father, ‘Behold, so many years I serve you, and never did I disobey a commandment of yours; and never did you give to me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. ³⁰ But when this son of yours came, the one having devoured your living with prostitutes, you have killed the fattened calf for him!’

⁷ And having seen it, all were grumbling, saying, “He has entered to stay with a sinful man.”

² And when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision began contending with him, ³ saying, “You went to men having uncircumcision, and ate with them.”

⁴⁵ But the Jews, having seen the crowds, were filled with jealousy, and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, blaspheming.

²¹ And He said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’” ²² Now they were listening to him until this word. Then they lifted up their voice, saying, “Away with such from the earth. For he is not fit to live!”

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.

¹⁶ These are grumblers, discontented, following after the own lusts; and their mouth speaks great swelling words, flattering faces for the sake of profit.

⁵⁵ And when a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘There will be heat,’ and it happens.

¹⁰ But when you are invited, having gone, recline in the last place, so that when the one having invited you might come, he will say to you, ‘Friend, come up higher.’ Then glory will be to you before all those reclining with you. ¹¹ For everyone exalting himself will be humbled, and the one humbling himself will be exalted.”

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.’

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,

²⁷ Where then is boasting? It has been excluded. Through what principle? That of works? No, but through the principle of faith.

³⁰ since indeed God is the One who will justify the circumcision by faith and the uncircumcision through the same faith.

³⁰ What then will we say? That Gentiles, not pursuing righteousness, have attained righteousness, and righteousness that is by faith; ³¹ but Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not attain to that law. ³² Why? Because it was not by faith, but as by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,

¹ Brothers, indeed the desire and supplication of my heart to God on behalf of them is for salvation. ² For I bear witness about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. ³ For being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish the own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.

⁵ So then also, in the present time, there has been a remnant according to the election of grace. ⁶ And if by grace, it is no longer from works; otherwise grace no longer would be grace.

¹¹ As far as the present hour, we both hunger and thirst, and are poorly clad, and are buffeted, and wander homeless,

²³ Are they servants of Christ? I speak as being beside myself, I too above measure: more abundantly in labors, more abundantly in imprisonments, in beatings above measure, in deaths often. ²⁴ Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. ²⁵ Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I have passed a night and a day in the deep sea; ²⁶ in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers; in perils from my own race, in perils from the Gentiles; in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness; in perils on the sea, in perils among false brothers; ²⁷ in labor and toil, often in watchings; in hunger and thirst, often in fastings; in cold and nakedness. ²⁸ Besides the external things, the pressure on me on every day is my care for all the churches.

⁶ that the Gentiles are joint-heirs, and a joint-body, and joint-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus, through the gospel,

¹¹ For the sun has risen with its burning heat and withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the beauty of its appearance has perished. Thus also the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

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

⁵⁰ And Jesus said to him, “Friend, for what are you come?” Then having approached, they laid hands on Jesus and seized Him.

¹⁴ What then shall we say? Is there injustice with God? Never may it be! ¹⁵ For He says to Moses: “I will show mercy to whom I may show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I may have compassion.”

²⁰ But rather, O man, who are you, answering against God? Shall the thing formed say to the One having formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

² Therefore when you perform acts of charity, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly I say to you, they have their recompense.

⁶ But you when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father, the One in secret. And your Father, the One seeing in secret, will reward you.

¹⁶ And whenever you fast, do not be downcast in countenance like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so that they might appear to men as fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their recompense.

³¹ And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

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.

² As You gave Him authority over all flesh, so that all whom You have given Him, He may give to them eternal life.

⁴ Never may it be! But let God be true, and every man a liar, as it has been written: “That You may be justified in Your words, and will prevail in Your being judged.”

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.

²³ But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

²⁵ At that time, Jesus answering said, “I fully consent to You, Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, that You did hide these things from the wise and learned, and did reveal them to little children.

²² covetous desires, wickednesses, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, slander, pride, foolishness.

¹⁵ For He says to Moses: “I will show mercy to whom I may show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I may have compassion.” ¹⁶ So then, it is not of the willing, nor of the running, but of God showing mercy. ¹⁷ For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “For this very purpose I have raised you up, so that I might show My power in you, and that My name should be declared in all the earth.” ¹⁸ So then, He shows mercy to whom He wants, and He hardens whom He wants. ¹⁹ Then you will say to me, “Why then does He still find fault? For who is resisting His purpose?” ²⁰ But rather, O man, who are you, answering against God? Shall the thing formed say to the One having formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” ²¹ Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel unto honor, but one unto dishonor? ²² And what if God, desiring to show the wrath and to make known His power, bore with much patience the vessels of wrath, having been fitted for destruction, ²³ that He might also make known the riches of His glory upon the vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, ²⁴ even us, whom He has called not only out from the Jews, but also out from the Gentiles?

⁷ For who makes you any different? And what do you have that you did not receive? And if also you did receive it, why do you boast as not having received it?

¹¹ in Him, in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One working all things according to the counsel of His will

¹ And you, being dead in your trespasses and sins—

⁵ made us alive with Christ even we being dead in trespasses—by grace you are saved—

¹⁸ Having willed it, He brought us forth by the word of truth, for us to be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

⁹ Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing before the doors.

¹³ Enter through the narrow gate for wide is the gate and broad the way leading to destruction, and many are those entering through it.

¹¹ And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and will recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens. ¹² But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.”

³⁰ But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

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.

¹⁴ For many are called, but few chosen.”

³¹ But many first will be last; and the last, first.”

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.”

²⁸ There will be weeping and gnashing of the teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you are being cast out. ²⁹ And they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will recline in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ And behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”

²⁴ For I say to all of you that not one of those men having been invited will taste my supper.’”

⁷ I say to you that in the same way there will be joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, rather than over ninety nine righteous ones who have no need of repentance.

¹⁷ And Jesus, having answered, said, “Were not the ten cleansed? But where are the nine? ¹⁸ Was there found none having returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”

¹⁹ Therefore the Pharisees said among themselves, “You see that you gain nothing. Behold, the world has gone after Him.” ²⁰ Now there were certain Greeks among those coming up that they might worship at the feast. ²¹ Therefore these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and they were asking him, saying, “Sir, we desire to see Jesus.” ²² Philip comes and tells Andrew; Andrew and Philip come and tell Jesus.

²⁰ Now the Law entered so that trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace overabounded,

³⁰ And those whom He predestined, these also He called; and whom He called, these also He justified; and whom He justified, these also He glorified.

³⁰ What then will we say? That Gentiles, not pursuing righteousness, have attained righteousness, and righteousness that is by faith;

¹³ And because of this, we also give thanks to God unceasingly that, having received the word of God by your hearing from us, you accepted not the word of men, but even as truly it is, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

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; ¹⁴ to this also He called you through our gospel to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²³ because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror, ²⁴ for he has viewed himself and has gone away, and immediately he has forgotten of what manner he was. ²⁵ But the one having looked intently into the perfect law, that of freedom, and having continued in it, not having been a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work—this one will be blessed in his work.

¹¹ And answering He said to them, “Because it has been granted to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it has not been granted.

¹³ And Jesus having come into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was questioning His disciples saying, “Whom do men pronounce the Son of Man to be?”

³² And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going on before them. And they were astonished, and those following were afraid. And having taken to Him the Twelve again, He began to tell them the things being about to happen to Him: ³³ “Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they will condemn Him to death, and will betray Him to the Gentiles. ³⁴ And they will mock Him, and will spit upon Him, and will flog and will kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”

³¹ And having taken aside the Twelve, He said to them, “Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things having been written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished. ³² For He will be betrayed to the Gentiles and will be mocked and will be insulted and will be spit upon. ³³ And having flogged Him, they will kill Him; and on the third day He will rise again.” ³⁴ And they understood none of these things, and this word was hidden from them, and they did not know the things being spoken.

¹² On the next day the great crowd having come to the feast, having heard that Jesus is coming into Jerusalem,

¹⁵ No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because all things that I heard from My Father, I have made known to you.

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.

²¹ From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that it is necessary for Him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and to be killed, and to be raised on the third day.

²² And while they were abiding in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men, ²³ and they will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised up.” And they were deeply grieved.

² “You know that after two days the Passover takes place, and the Son of Man is delivered over to be crucified.”

⁶⁶ What do you think?” And answering they said, “He is deserving of death.”

¹ And morning having arrived, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.

⁶⁴ You heard the blasphemy. What does it appear to you?” And all condemned Him to be deserving of death. ⁶⁵ And some began to spit upon Him, and to cover up His face, and to strike Him and to say to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers struck Him with the palms.

⁷¹ And they said, “What need do we have of any more witness? For we ourselves have heard it from His mouth.”

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

²⁷ For in truth, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together in this city against Your holy servant Jesus whom You anointed, ²⁸ to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose had determined beforehand to happen.

⁴⁰ For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

⁶⁷ Then they spat in His face and struck Him. And others slapped Him, ⁶⁸ saying, “Prophesy to us, Christ, who is the one having struck You?”

² And having bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate the governor. ³ Then Judas, the one having delivered Him up, having seen that He was condemned, having regretted it, he returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, ⁴ saying, “I sinned, having betrayed innocent blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? You will see.” ⁵ And having cast down the pieces of silver into the temple, he withdrew, and having gone away, hanged himself. ⁶ And the chief priests, having taken the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.” ⁷ And having taken counsel, they bought with them the potter’s field, for a burial place for strangers. ⁸ Therefore that field was called Field of Blood, to this day. ⁹ Then was fulfilled that having been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the One having been priced, whom they set a price on by the sons of Israel, ¹⁰ and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.”

²⁷ Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus into the Praetorium, gathered the whole cohort before Him. ²⁸ And having stripped Him, they put a scarlet robe around Him. ²⁹ And having twisted together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and having bowed the knees before Him, they mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” ³⁰ And having spit upon Him, they took the reed and kept striking Him on His head. ³¹ And when they had mocked Him, they took off Him the robe, and they put His garments on Him and led away Him to crucify Him.

⁶⁵ And some began to spit upon Him, and to cover up His face, and to strike Him and to say to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers struck Him with the palms.

¹ And early in the morning, having formed a counsel, the chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the whole Council, having bound Jesus, led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.

¹⁶ And the soldiers led Him away into the palace, that is the Praetorium, and they call together the whole cohort. ¹⁷ And they put on Him purple, and having twisted together a crown of thorns, they placed it on Him, ¹⁸ and they began to salute Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” ¹⁹ And they kept striking His head with a reed and spitting on Him; and bending the knees, they were kneeling down to Him. ²⁰ And when they had mocked Him, they took off Him the purple and put on Him His own garments. And they are leading Him out, that they might crucify Him.

²⁹ And those passing by were railing at Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! The One destroying the temple and building it in three days, ³⁰ save Yourself, having descended from the cross!” ³¹ Likewise also the chief priests, with the scribes, mocking among one another, were saying, “He saved others; He is not able to save Himself.

¹ And having risen up, all the multitude of them led Him to Pilate. 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.” ³ And Pilate questioned Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And answering him, He was saying, “You say.” ⁴ And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no guilt in this man.” ⁵ But they kept insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all of Judea, and He has begun from Galilee even to here.”

¹¹ And Herod, with his troops, having set Him at naught and also having mocked Him, having put on Him splendid apparel, sent Him back to Pilate.

⁴⁶ And He said to them, “Thus it has been written: The Christ was to suffer and to rise out from the dead on the third day,

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. ³³ Therefore Pilate entered again into the Praetorium, and he called Jesus and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” ³⁴ Jesus answered, “Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it to you concerning Me?” ³⁵ Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests delivered You to me. What have You done?” ³⁶ Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if My kingdom were of this world, My attendants would fight that I might not be betrayed to the Jews. But now My kingdom is not from here.” ³⁷ Therefore Pilate said to Him, “Then You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I may bear witness to the truth. Everyone being of the truth hears My voice.” ³⁸ Pilate says to Him, “What is truth?” And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and says to them, “I find no guilt in Him.

¹ So at that time Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. ² And the soldiers, having twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head and cast around Him a purple robe. ³ And they began coming up to Him and saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they kept giving Him blows with the palm. ⁴ And Pilate went forth outside again and says to them, “Behold, I bring Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him.”

¹³ The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, whom indeed you betrayed and disowned in the presence of Pilate, that one having adjudged to release Him. ¹⁴ But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and requested a murderer to be granted to you. ¹⁵ And you killed the Author of life, whom God has raised up out from the dead, whereof we are witnesses. ¹⁶ And on the faith in His name, this man whom you see and know, His name has strengthened; and the faith which is through Him has given to him this complete soundness before all of you.

²⁷ For in truth, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together in this city against Your holy servant Jesus whom You anointed,

¹¹ And having come to us and having taken Paul’s belt, having bound his feet and hands, he said, “Thus the Holy Spirit says, ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man whose belt this is, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”

³ For I delivered to you in the foremost what also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴ and that He was buried, and that He was raised the third day according to the Scriptures, ⁵ and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve. ⁶ Thereafter He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, the greater part of whom remain until now, although some have fallen asleep. ⁷ Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

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.

²¹ And having gone on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. And He called them,

² And behold a leper having come, was worshipping Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You are able to cleanse me.”

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

²⁵ And having come, she was worshiping Him saying, “Lord, help me!”

⁵⁶ among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

¹⁷ And having seen Him they worshiped; but some doubted.

³⁵ And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come up to Him saying to Him, “Teacher, we desire that You would do for us whatever we might ask you.” ³⁶ And He said to them, “What do you desire Me to do for you?” ³⁷ And they said to Him, “Grant to us that we might sit, one of us at Your right hand and one at Your left hand, in Your glory.” ³⁸ And Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” ³⁹ And they said to Him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup that I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized, ⁴⁰ but to sit at My right hand or at My left hand, is not Mine to give, but to those for whom it has been prepared.” ⁴¹ And having heard this, the ten began to be indignant about James and John. ⁴² And Jesus having called them near, says to them, “You know that those being accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ⁴³ But it shall not be thus among you. Instead, whoever desires to become great among you will be your servant, ⁴⁴ and whoever desires to become first among you will be slave of all. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

⁴⁰ And there were also women looking on from afar off, among whom also were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the least and of Joseph, and Salome,

¹ In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?”

²⁸ And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man shall sit down upon His throne of glory, you having followed Me, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

³² And Jesus having stopped, called them and said, “What do you desire I should do unto you?”

²² and the daughter of Herodias herself having come in, and having danced, pleased Herod and those reclining with him. And the king said the to the girl, “Ask me whatever you wish, and I will give to you.”

³⁶ And He said to them, “What do you desire Me to do for you?” ³⁷ And they said to Him, “Grant to us that we might sit, one of us at Your right hand and one at Your left hand, in Your glory.”

⁵¹ And Jesus answering him says, “What do you desire I should do to you?” And the blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive sight.”

¹⁹ Therefore indeed the Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, was taken up into the heaven and sat at the right hand of God.

²⁰ And having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God is coming, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with careful observation, ²¹ nor will they say, ‘Behold here,’ or ‘There.’ For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

⁴¹ “What do you desire I shall do to you?” And he said, “Lord, that I might receive sight.”

¹¹ While they were hearing these things, having proceeded, He spoke a parable because of His being near Jerusalem and of their thinking that the kingdom of God is about to appear immediately.

²⁴ And there was also a dispute among them which of them is thought to be the greatest.

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.

⁶ So indeed those having come together were asking Him, saying, “Lord, at this time are you restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

³⁴ Who is the one condemning? For it is Christ Jesus, the one having died, now rather having been raised up, who is also at the right hand of God, and who is interceding for us.

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

¹ If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.

² and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church at your house: ³ Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³⁵ Peter says to Him, “Even if it were necessary for me to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the disciples said likewise.

³⁹ And having gone forward a little, He fell upon His face, praying, and saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Nevertheless not as I will, but as You.”

⁴² Again for a second time having gone away, He prayed, saying, “My Father, if this is not possible to pass unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

⁵⁶ And all this is come to pass, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then the disciples all, having forsaken Him, fled.

³⁸ And Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” ³⁹ And they said to Him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup that I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized,

³⁶ And He was saying, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to You; take away this cup from Me; but not what I will, but what You will.”

⁵⁰ But I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and how I am distressed until it should be accomplished!

⁴² saying, “Father, if You are willing, take away this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

¹¹ Therefore Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath. The cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”

²⁶ Now likewise also, the Spirit joins to help us in weakness; for we do not know the things which we should pray for as it behooves, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession with inexpressible groanings.

³ You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, that you may spend it in your pleasures.

³⁴ Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, those being blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom having been prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

⁴⁰ but to sit at My right hand or at My left hand, is not Mine to give, but to those for whom it has been prepared.”

² And he put to death James the brother of John with the sword.

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.

⁹ But as it has been written: “What no eye has seen, and no ear has heard, and has not entered into heart of man, what God has prepared for those loving Him.”

⁷ And our hope for you is sure, knowing that as you are partners of our sufferings, so also of our comfort.

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,

¹¹ Trustworthy is the saying: For if we have died together with Him, we will also live together with Him; ¹² if we endure, we will also reign together with Him; if we will deny Him, He also will deny us;

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.

⁹ I John, your brother and fellow-partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

⁴¹ And having heard this, the ten began to be indignant about James and John.

²³ And they began to question among themselves who then of them it might be who is about to do this. ²⁴ And there was also a dispute among them which of them is thought to be the greatest. ²⁵ And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles rule over them, and those exercising authority over them are called benefactors.

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind, love is not envious, it is not boastful, it is not puffed up.

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

¹⁴ But if you have bitter jealousy and self-interest in your heart, do not boast of it and lie against the truth.

⁵ Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit that He has made to dwell in us yearns with envy”? ⁶ But He gives greater grace. Therefore it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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.”

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.

³ and said, “Truly I say to you, if you are not converted and become as the little children, you shall never enter into the kingdom of the heavens. ⁴ Therefore whoever will humble himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens.

²⁵ And Jesus having summoned them, said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and the great ones exercise authority over them. ²⁶ Thus will it not be among you. But whoever wishes to become great among you, he will be your servant; ²⁷ and whoever wishes to be first among you, he will be your slave— ²⁸ even as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

⁴² And Jesus having called them near, says to them, “You know that those being accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

²⁵ And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles rule over them, and those exercising authority over them are called benefactors. ²⁶ But you shall not be thus. Instead, the greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and the one leading, as the one serving. ²⁷ For who is greater, the one reclining or the one serving? Is not the one reclining? But I am in your midst as the One serving.

¹² Therefore when He had washed their feet and taken His garments, and having reclined again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? ¹³ You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say rightly, for so I am. ¹⁴ Therefore if I, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash the feet of one another. ¹⁵ For I gave you a pattern, that as I did to you, you also should do. ¹⁶ Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor a messenger greater than the one having sent him. ¹⁷ If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

⁸ But you shall not be called ‘Rabbi,’ for your Teacher is One, and you are all brothers. ⁹ And call no one your father on the earth; for One is your Father, who is in heaven. ¹⁰ Neither be called instructors; since One is your instructor, the Christ. ¹¹ But the greatest among you will be your servant. ¹² And whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted.

⁴⁴ Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

⁵⁵ And many women were there, looking on from afar off, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him—

³⁵ And having sat down, He called the Twelve, and He says to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.”

⁴³ But it shall not be thus among you. Instead, whoever desires to become great among you will be your servant,

⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

⁷ And He was speaking a parable to those having been invited, remarking how they were choosing out the first places, saying to them, ⁸ “When you are invited by anyone to wedding feasts, do not recline in the first place, lest one more honorable than you might have been invited by him. ⁹ And the one having invited you and him, having come, will say to you, ‘Give your place to this one,’ and then with shame you should begin to take the last place.

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.”

³⁶ Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if My kingdom were of this world, My attendants would fight that I might not be betrayed to the Jews. But now My kingdom is not from here.”

⁵ And having come into Salamis, they began proclaiming the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John as a helper.

²⁴ Not that we lord it over your faith, but are fellow workers with you of joy; for in the faith you stand firm.

⁴ For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but divinely powerful toward the demolition of strongholds, 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, ⁶ and having readiness within to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience may have been fulfilled. ⁷ You are looking at things according to appearance. If anyone is persuaded in himself to be of Christ, let him reckon this within himself again, that as he is of Christ, so also are we. ⁸ For even if I should boast somewhat more abundantly concerning our authority, which the Lord has given us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed, ⁹ so that I might not seem as if to frighten you by means of the letters. ¹⁰ For they say, “The letters indeed are weighty and strong, but the presence of the body is weak, and the speech having been ignored.”

¹⁸ May the Lord grant unto him to find mercy from the Lord in that day! And you know very well how much he served in Ephesus.

¹³ whom I was wishing to keep with myself, so that on behalf of you he might serve me in the chains of the gospel. ¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, being sent forth for service for the sake of those being about to inherit salvation?

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.

³ not as exercising lordship over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.

⁹ I have written something to the church; but Diotrephes, the one loving to be first among them, does not welcome us. ¹⁰ Because of this, if I might come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he is doing, speaking against us with evil words; and not being satisfied with these, neither he receives the brothers himself, and he forbids those purposing, and he casts them out from the church.

¹¹ And I saw another beast rising out of the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb, and it was speaking like a dragon. ¹² And it exercises all the authority of the first beast in the presence of it, and causes the earth and those dwelling in it, that they will worship the first beast, of whom its fatal wound had been healed. ¹³ And it works great signs, so that it should even cause fire out of heaven to come down to the earth in the presence of men. ¹⁴ And it deceives those dwelling on the earth, by reason of the signs that were given to it to perform before the beast, telling those dwelling on the earth to make an image to the beast that has the wound of the sword and has lived. ¹⁵ And there was given to it to give breath to the image of the beast, so that image of the beast also should speak, and should cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast would be killed. ¹⁶ And it causes all the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the servants, that it should give them a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, ¹⁷ and that no one should be able to buy or to sell, if not the one having the mark—the name of the beast, or the number of its name.

⁶ And I saw the woman being drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And having seen her, I marveled with great wonder.

⁴ Therefore whoever will humble himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens.

³³ And they came to Capernaum. And having been in the house, He was asking them, “What were you discussing on the way?” ³⁴ And they were silent, for along the road they had been discussing with one another which was greatest. ³⁵ And having sat down, He called the Twelve, and He says to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.”

²⁶ But you shall not be thus. Instead, the greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and the one leading, as the one serving.

³⁴ You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my needs and to those being with me. ³⁵ In everything I showed you that by thus straining, it behooves us to aid those being weak, and also to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, ‘It is more Blessed to give than to receive.’”

¹⁴ I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and the foolish.

¹⁹ For being free from all, I myself became servant to all, so that I might win the more. ²⁰ And to the Jews I became like a Jew, so that I might win the Jews. To those under the Law, as under the Law (myself not being under the Law) so that I might win those under the Law. ²¹ To those outside the Law, as outside the Law (not being outside the law of God, but under the law of Christ) so that I might win those outside the Law. ²² To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all these things to all, so that by all means I might save some. ²³ Now I do all things on account of the gospel, that I might become a fellow partaker with it.

⁵ For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord; and ourselves as your servants for the sake of Jesus.

⁵ For I reckon in nothing to have been inferior to those “most eminent apostles.”

²³ Are they servants of Christ? I speak as being beside myself, I too above measure: more abundantly in labors, more abundantly in imprisonments, in beatings above measure, in deaths often. ²⁴ Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. ²⁵ Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I have passed a night and a day in the deep sea; ²⁶ in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers; in perils from my own race, in perils from the Gentiles; in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness; in perils on the sea, in perils among false brothers; ²⁷ in labor and toil, often in watchings; in hunger and thirst, often in fastings; in cold and nakedness.

¹⁵ Now I will spend most gladly, and will be utterly spent, for your souls. If loving you more abundantly, am I loved less?

²⁰ And Jesus says to him, “Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere He might lay the head.”

²⁸ For this is My blood of the covenant, being poured out for many, for forgiveness of sins.

²⁴ And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is being poured out for many.

²⁷ For who is greater, the one reclining or the one serving? Is not the one reclining? But I am in your midst as the One serving.

¹⁵ As the Father knows Me, I also know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

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.” ⁵¹ Now he did not say this from himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation, ⁵² and not for the nation only, but also that children of God, those having been scattered, He might gather together into one.

⁴ He rises from the supper and lays aside the garments. And having taken a towel, He girded Himself. 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.” ⁹ Simon Peter says to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.” ¹⁰ Jesus says to him, “The one having been bathed has no need to wash, except the feet, but is wholly clean. And you all are clean, but not all.” ¹¹ For He knew the one who was betraying Him; on account of this He said, “You are not all clean.”

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, ²⁶ in the forbearance of God, for the showing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for Him to be just, and justifying the one of the faith of Jesus.

²⁵ who was delivered over for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

¹⁵ But so also the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one, the many died, how much more did the grace of God and the gift in grace, which is of the one man Jesus Christ, abound to the many! ¹⁶ And the gift is not as through one having sinned. For truly the judgment from one was unto condemnation; but the gift is out of many trespasses unto justification. ¹⁷ For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one, how much more will those receiving the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ! ¹⁸ So then, just as through one trespass, it is unto condemnation to all men, so also through one act of righteousness it is unto justification of life to all men. ¹⁹ For as indeed through the disobedience of the one man, the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the One, the many will be made righteous.

⁹ For you know the grace our Lord Jesus Christ, that being rich, for the sake of you He became poor, so that you through His poverty might be enriched.

¹³ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it has been written: “Cursed is everyone hanging on a tree”—

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

² and walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God, into an aroma of a sweet smell.

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: ⁶ Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider to be equal with God something to be grasped, ⁷ but emptied Himself, having taken the form of a servant, having been made in the likeness of men. ⁸ And having been found in appearance as a man He humbled Himself, having become obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

⁶ the One having given Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony in their own proper times,

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.

¹⁰ For it was fitting to Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, having brought many sons to glory, to make perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.

⁸ though being a Son, He learned obedience from the things He suffered,

¹⁸ knowing that you were redeemed from your futile manner of life handed down from your fathers, not by perishable things—by silver or by gold— ¹⁹ but by the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot,

²⁴ Who Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that, having been dead to sins, we might live to righteousness. “By whose scourge marks you have been healed.”

¹⁸ because Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, so that He might bring you to God, having been put to death indeed in the flesh, but having been made alive in the spirit,

² And He is the propitiation for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the One loving us and releasing us from our sins through His blood,

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,

²⁷ And Jesus passing on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.” ²⁸ And having come into the house, the blind men came to Him, and Jesus says to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They say to him, “Yes, Lord.” ²⁹ Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it to you.” ³⁰ And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly instructed them, saying, “See that no one knows!” ³¹ But having gone out, they made Him known in all that land.

⁴⁶ And they come to Jericho. And as He was going out from Jericho—and His disciples, and a large crowd—a blind beggar, Bartimaeus, son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road. ⁴⁷ And having heard that it is Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and to say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.” ⁴⁸ And many were rebuking him, that he should be silent; but he kept crying out much more, “Son of David, have mercy on me.” ⁴⁹ And Jesus, having stopped, commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage! Rise up! He calls you.” ⁵⁰ And having cast away his cloak, having risen up, he came to Jesus. ⁵¹ And Jesus answering him says, “What do you desire I should do to you?” And the blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive sight.” ⁵² And Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has healed you.” And immediately he received sight and began following Him on the way.

³⁵ And it came to pass in His drawing near to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the road, begging. ³⁶ And having heard a crowd passing along, he was asking what this might be. ³⁷ And they told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” 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.” ⁴⁰ And Jesus, having stopped, commanded him to be brought to Him. And of him having drawn near, He asked him, ⁴¹ “What do you desire I shall do to you?” And he said, “Lord, that I might receive sight.” ⁴² And Jesus said to him, “Receive sight! Your faith has healed you.” ⁴³ And immediately he received sight and began following Him, glorifying God. And all the people having seen it gave praise to God.

²² Then was brought to Him one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, and He healed him, in order for the mute man to speak and to see. ²³ And all the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “Could this be the Son of David?”

²² And behold, a Canaanite woman from the same region having approached, was crying out saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”

⁹ And the crowds going before Him and those following were crying out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is the One coming in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

¹⁴ And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

⁴² saying, “What do you think concerning the Christ? Of whom is He son?” They say to Him, “Of David.”

⁴⁶ And they come to Jericho. And as He was going out from Jericho—and His disciples, and a large crowd—a blind beggar, Bartimaeus, son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road.

¹⁸ “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because of which He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth in deliverance the oppressed,

²¹ At that very hour, He healed many of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits, and He granted many blind to see.

¹ And passing by, He saw a man blind from birth. ² And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?” ³ Jesus answered, “Neither this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was that the works of God should be displayed in him. ⁴ It behooves us to work the works of the One having sent Me while it is day; night is coming, when no one is able to work. ⁵ While I shall be in the world, I am the light of the world.” ⁶ Having said these things, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and applied the clay to his eyes. ⁷ And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Therefore he went and washed, and came seeing. ⁸ Therefore the neighbors and those having seen him before, that he was a beggar, were saying, “Is this not he who was sitting and begging?” ⁹ Some were saying, “It is he,” but others, were saying, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am he.” ¹⁰ Therefore they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?” ¹¹ He answered, “The man called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and He said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Therefore having gone and having washed, I received sight.” ¹² And they said to him, “Where is He?” He says, “I do not know.”

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,

⁷ Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened unto you. ⁸ For everyone asking receives; and the one seeking finds; and to the one knocking, it will be opened.

²³ But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples having approached, were imploring Him, saying, “Dismiss her, for she cries out after us!”

¹³ Then little children were brought to Him, that He might lay the hands on them, and might pray. But the disciples rebuked them.

⁸ I say to you, even though he will not give to him, having risen up because of being his friend; yet because of his persistence, having risen, he will give him as much as he needs. ⁹ And I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone asking receives; and the one seeking finds; and to the one knocking, it will be opened.

¹ And He was speaking to them a parable about the way it behooves them always to pray and not to lose heart, ² saying, “In a certain city, there was a certain judge, not fearing God, and not respecting man. ³ And there was a widow in that city, and she was coming to him, saying, ‘Avenge me of my adversary.’ ⁴ And for a time he would not, but afterward he said within himself, ‘Even if I do not fear God, nor respect man, ⁵ yet because this widow causes me trouble, I will avenge her, so that in the end she does not exhaust me, coming to me.’” ⁶ And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. ⁷ And shall not God execute the avenging of His elect, the ones crying out to Him day and night, and be deferring in regard to them? ⁸ I say to you that He will execute their avenging in quickness. Nevertheless, the Son of Man having come, will He find faith on the earth?”

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.”

² Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it, with thanksgiving,

¹⁷ Pray unceasingly.

²¹ And He said to her, “What do you desire?” She says to Him, “Say that these two sons of mine might sit, one on Your right hand and one on Your left hand, in Your kingdom.”

²⁹ So also without objection I came, having been summoned. Therefore I inquire, for what reason did you summon me?”

⁶ Be anxious about nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, ¹⁸ the eyes your of heart being enlightened, in order for you to know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us believing according to the working of the power of His might,

¹⁵ And He touched her hand and the fever left her; and she arose and was ministering unto them.

²⁹ Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it to you.”

³⁶ And having seen the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were wearied and cast away, as sheep not having a shepherd.

¹⁴ And having gone out, He saw a great crowd and was moved with compassion toward them, and He healed their sick.

³² And Jesus, having called His disciples to Him, said, “I am moved with compassion toward the crowd, because they continue with Me three days already and have nothing that they might eat. And I am not willing to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”

³³ And having taken him away from the crowd privately, He put His fingers to his ears, and having spit, He touched his tongue,

¹³ And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.”

⁴³ And immediately he received sight and began following Him, glorifying God. And all the people having seen it gave praise to God.

⁵¹ And Jesus answering said, “Allow you thus far!” And having touched the ear, He healed him.

⁶ Having said these things, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and applied the clay to his eyes. ⁷ And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Therefore he went and washed, and came seeing.

³³ Therefore Jesus, when He saw her weeping and the Jews having come with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit and Himself troubled. ³⁴ And He said, “Where have you laid him?” They say to Him, “Lord, come and see.” ³⁵ Jesus wept.

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 Therefore it behooved Him to be made like the brothers in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, in order to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

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. ¹⁶ Therefore we should come with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need.

⁸ Now the end: All be single-minded, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tender-hearted, humble,