John 1 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ In the beginning the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was divine. ² It was he that was with God in the beginning. ³ Everything came into existence through him, and apart from him nothing came to be. ⁴ It was by him that life came into existence, and that life was the light of mankind. ⁵ The light is still shining in the darkness, for the darkness has never put it out. ⁶ There appeared a man by the name of John, with a message from God. ⁷ He came to give testimony, to testify to the light, so that everyone might come to believe in it through him. ⁸ He was not the light; he came to testify to the light. ⁹ The real light, which sheds light upon everyone, was just coming into the world. ¹⁰ He came into the world, and though the world came into existence through him, the world did not recognize him. ¹¹ He came to his home, and his own family did not welcome him. ¹² But to all who did receive him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God, ¹³ owing their birth not to nature nor to any human or physical impulse, but to God. ¹⁴ So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father. ¹⁵ (John testified to him and cried out—for it was he who said it—"He who was to come after me is now ahead of me, for he existed before me!") ¹⁶ For from his abundance we have all had a share, and received blessing after blessing. ¹⁷ For while the Law was given through Moses, blessing and truth came to us through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; it is the divine Only Son, who leans upon his Father's breast, that has made him known. ¹⁹ Now this is the testimony that John gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him who he was. ²⁰ He admitted—he made no attempt to deny it—he admitted that he was not the Christ. ²¹ Then they asked him, "What are you then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "No, I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No." ²² Then they said to him, "Who are you? We must have some answer to give those who sent us here. What have you to say for yourself?" ²³ He said, "I am a voice of one shouting in the desert, 'Straighten the Lord's way!' as the prophet Isaiah said." ²⁴ Now the messengers were Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, "Then why are you baptizing people, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" ²⁶ "I am only baptizing in water," John answered, "but someone is standing among you of whom you do not know. ²⁷ He is to come after me, and I am not worthy to undo his shoe!" ²⁸ This took place at Bethany, on the farther side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and he said, "There is God's lamb, who is to remove the world's sin! ³⁰ This is the man of whom I spoke when I said, 'After me there is coming a man who is even now ahead of me, for he existed before me.' ³¹ I did not know him, but it is in order that he may be made known to Israel that I have come and baptized people in water." ³² And John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down from heaven like a dove, and it remained upon him. ³³ I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain, is the one who is to baptize in the holy Spirit.' ³⁴ And I did see it, and I testify that he is the Son of God." ³⁵ Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples, ³⁶ and looking at Jesus as he passed, he said, "There is God's lamb!" ³⁷ The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸ But Jesus turned, and seeing them following him he said, "What do you want?" They said to him, "Rabbi"—that is to say, Master—"Where are you staying?" ³⁹ He said to them, "Come and you will see." So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent the rest of the day with him. It was about four in the afternoon. ⁴⁰ Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard what John said and followed Jesus. ⁴¹ Andrew immediately sought out his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!"—that is to say, the Christ. ⁴² He took him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, son of John. You shall be called Cephas"—that is, Peter, which means rock. ⁴³ The next day Jesus determined to leave for Galilee. And he sought out Philip and said to him, "Come with me." ⁴⁴ Now Philip came from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ Philip sought out Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the Law and about whom the prophets wrote; it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazareth!" ⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see!" ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and he said of him, "Here is really an Israelite without any deceit in him!" ⁴⁸ Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "While you were still under that fig tree, before Philip called you I saw you." ⁴⁹ Nathanael answered, "Master, you are the Son of God! You are king of Israel!" ⁵⁰ Jesus answered, "Do you believe in me because I told you that I had seen you under that fig tree? You will see greater things than that!" ⁵¹ And he said to him, "I tell you all, you will see heaven opened and God's angels going up, and coming down to the Son of Man!"

¹⁶ and Jacob of Joseph, the husband of Mary, who was the mother of Jesus called Christ.

²⁰ But while he was thinking of doing this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not fear to take Mary, your wife, to your home, for it is through the influence of the holy Spirit that she is to become a mother. ²¹ She will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for it is he who is to save his people from their sins."

²¹ She will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for it is he who is to save his people from their sins." ²² All this happened in fulfilment of what the Lord said through the prophet, ²³ "The maiden will be pregnant and will have a son, And they will name him Immanuel."—a word which means "God with us."

²³ "The maiden will be pregnant and will have a son, And they will name him Immanuel."—a word which means "God with us."

² and asked, "Where is the newly born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star rise and we have come to do homage to him."

²³ and he went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in fulfilment of the saying of the prophets, "He shall be called a Nazarene."

¹ In those days John the Baptist appeared, and preached in the desert of Judea. ² "Repent!" he said, "for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!" ³ It was he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, when he said, "Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready! Make his paths straight!' "

³ It was he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, when he said, "Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready! Make his paths straight!' " ⁴ John wore clothing made of hair cloth, and he had a leather belt around his waist, and he lived on dried locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole Jordan valley went out to him, ⁶ and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, in acknowledgment of their sins.

⁶ and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, in acknowledgment of their sins. ⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming? ⁸ Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance! ⁹ Do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!

⁹ Do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones! ¹⁰ But the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree that fails to produce good fruit is going to be cut down and thrown into the fire. ¹¹ I am baptizing you in water in token of your repentance, but he who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not fit to carry his shoes. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire.

¹¹ I am baptizing you in water in token of your repentance, but he who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not fit to carry his shoes. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire.

¹¹ I am baptizing you in water in token of your repentance, but he who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not fit to carry his shoes. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire. ¹² His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean up his threshing-floor, and store his wheat in his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with inextinguishable fire." ¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him. ¹⁴ But John dissuaded him, and said, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"

¹⁴ But John dissuaded him, and said, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"

¹⁴ But John dissuaded him, and said, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" ¹⁵ But Jesus answered, "Let it be so this time, for it is right for us to do everything that God requires." Then John consented.

¹⁵ But Jesus answered, "Let it be so this time, for it is right for us to do everything that God requires." Then John consented. ¹⁶ And when Jesus was baptized, he went right up out of the water, and the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God come down like a dove and light upon him,

¹⁶ And when Jesus was baptized, he went right up out of the water, and the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God come down like a dove and light upon him, ¹⁷ and a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, my Beloved! This is my Chosen."

¹⁷ and a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, my Beloved! This is my Chosen."

³ And the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to turn into bread!"

⁶ and said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down, for the Scripture says, " 'He will give his angels orders about you, And they will lift you up with their hands So that you may never strike your foot against a stone!' "

¹¹ Then the devil left him, and angels came and waited on him.

¹⁶ The people that were living in darkness Have seen a great light, And on those who were living in the land of the shadow of death A light has dawned!"

¹⁸ As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who was afterward called Peter, and his brother, Andrew, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

¹⁸ As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who was afterward called Peter, and his brother, Andrew, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁹ He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fish for men!"

¹⁹ He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fish for men!" ²⁰ They immediately dropped their nets and went with him.

²⁰ They immediately dropped their nets and went with him. ²¹ And he went on a little farther and saw two other men who were brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother, John, in the boat with Zebedee, their father, putting their nets in order, and he called them.

²¹ And he went on a little farther and saw two other men who were brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother, John, in the boat with Zebedee, their father, putting their nets in order, and he called them. ²² And they immediately left the boat and their father, and went with him.

⁶ But when you pray, go into your own room, and shut the door, and pray to your Father who is unseen, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

²³ but if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be dark. If, therefore, your very light is darkness, how deep the darkness will be!

²⁰ And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and wild birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no where to lay his head!"

²⁹ And they suddenly screamed out, "What do you want of us, you Son of God? Have you come here before the appointed time to torture us?"

⁶ But I would have you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth." Then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your bed and go home!"

⁹ Afterward, as Jesus was passing along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he got up and followed him.

² These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, ³ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax-collector, James the son of Alpheus and Thaddeus,

⁴⁰ "Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes him who has sent me.

⁹ Then why did you go out there? Was it to see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet! ¹⁰ This is the man of whom the Scripture says, " 'Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare the road ahead of you.'

¹⁰ This is the man of whom the Scripture says, " 'Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare the road ahead of you.' ¹¹ "I tell you, among men born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has ever appeared. And yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of Heaven are greater than he.

¹⁴ and, if you are ready to accept the idea, he is himself Elijah who was to come.

²¹ "Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago!

²⁷ Everything has been handed over to me by my Father, and no one understands the Son but the Father, nor does anyone understand the Father but the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. ²⁸ Come to me, all of you who toil and are burdened, and I will let you rest. ²⁹ Let my yoke be put upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble-minded, and your hearts will find rest, ³⁰ for the yoke I offer you is a kindly one, and the load I ask you to bear is light."

²¹ The heathen will rest their hopes on his name!"

¹² For people who have will have more given to them, and will be plentifully supplied, and from people who have nothing even what they have will be taken away.

⁵⁵ Is he not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother named Mary, and are not his brothers named James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

³³ And the men in the boat fell down before him and said, "You are certainly God's Son!"

²⁴ But he answered, "I am sent only to the lost sheep of Israel's house."

¹³ When Jesus reached the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" ¹⁴ They said, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

¹⁴ They said, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." ¹⁵ He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" ¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!"

¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!" ¹⁷ Jesus answered, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for human nature has not disclosed this to you, but my Father in heaven! ¹⁸ But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it.

²⁷ For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone for what he has done. ²⁸ I tell you, some of you who stand here will certainly live to see the Son of Man come to reign!"

¹ Six days after this, Jesus took Peter and James and his brother John, and led them up on a high mountain, by themselves. ² And his appearance underwent a change in their presence and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light. ³ And Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him. ⁴ And Peter spoke, and said to Jesus, "Master, how good it is that we are here! If you wish, I will make three huts here, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah." ⁵ As he spoke a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, my Beloved. He is my Chosen. Listen to him!"

⁵ As he spoke a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, my Beloved. He is my Chosen. Listen to him!"

¹⁰ The disciples asked him, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?" ¹¹ He answered, "Elijah does come and is to reform everything, ¹² but I tell you, Elijah has come already, and they would not recognize him, but treated him just as they pleased. It is in just that way that the Son of Man is going to be treated by them!"

⁵ and anyone who welcomes one child like this on my account welcomes me.

²⁸ just as the Son of Man has come not to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to ransom many others."

⁵ "Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Here is your king coming to you, Gentle, and riding on an ass, And on the foal of a beast of burden.' "

¹¹ The crowd answered, "It is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth in Galilee!"

²³ When he had entered the Temple, and was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came up to him, and said, "What authority have you for doing as you do, and who gave you this authority?"

²³ When he had entered the Temple, and was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came up to him, and said, "What authority have you for doing as you do, and who gave you this authority?" ²⁴ Jesus answered, "Let me ask you one question, and if you answer it, I will tell you what authority I have for doing as I do. ²⁵ Where did John's baptism come from? Was it from heaven, or from men?" And they argued with one another, "If we say, 'It was from heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

²⁵ Where did John's baptism come from? Was it from heaven, or from men?" And they argued with one another, "If we say, 'It was from heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?' ²⁶ But if we say, 'From men,' we have the people to fear, for they all consider John a prophet." ²⁷ And they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do. ²⁸ But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'My son, go and work in the vineyard today.' ²⁹ And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go. ³⁰ Then the man went to the second son, and told him the same thing. And he answered, 'I will not!' But afterward he changed his mind and went. ³¹ Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They said, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I tell you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you. ³² For John came to you with a way of uprightness, and you would not believe him. The tax-collectors and prostitutes believed him, but even after seeing that, you would not change your minds and believe him!

⁷ and to be saluted with respect in public places, and to have men call them 'Rabbi.' ⁸ But you must not let people call you 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and you are all brothers.

¹³ "But alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you lock the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven in men's faces, for you will neither go in yourselves nor let those enter who are trying to do so. ¹⁴ OMITTED TEXT ¹⁵ Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you scour land and sea to make one convert, and when he is converted you make him twice as fit for the pit as you are.

²⁶ You blind Pharisee! You must first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may be clean too.

²⁹ for the man who has will have more given him, and will be plentifully supplied, and from the man who has nothing even what he has will be taken away.

³¹ "When the Son of Man comes in his splendor, with all his angels with him, he will take his seat on his glorious throne,

²⁴ The Son of Man is to go away as the Scriptures say of him, but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born!"

⁶³ But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I charge you, on your oath, by the living God, tell us whether you are the Christ, the son of God."

¹¹ Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "Yes."

⁴⁰ and saying, "You who would tear down the sanctuary, and build one in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

⁴² "He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is King of Israel; let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. ⁴³ He trusts in God; let God deliver him if he cares for him, for he said he was God's son."

⁵⁴ And the captain and the men with him who were watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and all that was happening, were dreadfully frightened and said, "He surely must have been a son of God!"

¹ The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ.

¹ The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ. ² As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare your way; ³ Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready, Make his paths straight,' "

³ Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready, Make his paths straight,' "

³ Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready, Make his paths straight,' " ⁴ John the baptizer appeared in the desert, and preached repentance and baptism in order to obtain the forgiveness of sins.

⁴ John the baptizer appeared in the desert, and preached repentance and baptism in order to obtain the forgiveness of sins. ⁵ And all Judea and everybody in Jerusalem went out to him there, and accepted baptism from him in the Jordan River, acknowledging their sins.

⁵ And all Judea and everybody in Jerusalem went out to him there, and accepted baptism from him in the Jordan River, acknowledging their sins. ⁶ John's clothing was made of hair cloth, and the belt around his waist was leather, and he lived on dried locusts and wild honey. ⁷ And this was his message: "After me there is coming one stronger than I am, one whose shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie.

⁷ And this was his message: "After me there is coming one stronger than I am, one whose shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie. ⁸ I have baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the holy Spirit."

⁸ I have baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the holy Spirit."

¹⁰ And just as he was coming up out of the water he saw the heavens torn open and the Spirit coming down like a dove to enter into him, ¹¹ and out of the heavens came a voice: "You are my Son, my Beloved! You are my Chosen!"

¹⁶ As he was passing along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets in the sea, for they were fishermen. ¹⁷ Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men." ¹⁸ They immediately abandoned their nets and followed him. ¹⁹ He went on a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; they too were in their boat putting their nets in order. ²⁰ He immediately called them. And they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went off after him.

¹⁶ Peter, which was the name he gave to Simon,

¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, Thaddeus, Simon the Zealot,

³ Is he not the carpenter, Mary's son, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And do not his sisters live here among us?"

⁴⁵ He immediately had his disciples get into the boat and cross before him to the other side toward Bethsaida, while he was dismissing the crowd.

²² And they came to Bethsaida. And people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.

⁶² But Jesus said, "I am! and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming in the clouds of the sky!"

⁶⁷ and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You were with this Jesus of Nazareth too!"

¹³ And the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.

¹⁵ For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He will drink no wine or strong drink, but he will be filled with the holy Spirit from his very birth, ¹⁶ and he will turn many of Israel's descendants to the Lord their God. ¹⁷ He will go before him with the spirit and the power of Elijah, to reconcile fathers to their children, and to bring the disobedient back to the wisdom of upright men, to make a people perfectly ready for the Lord."

¹⁷ He will go before him with the spirit and the power of Elijah, to reconcile fathers to their children, and to bring the disobedient back to the wisdom of upright men, to make a people perfectly ready for the Lord."

³¹ You are to become a mother and you will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus. ³² He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David, ³³ and he will reign over Jacob's house forever; his reign will have no end." ³⁴ Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, when I have no husband?" ³⁵ The angel answered, "The holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. For that reason your child will be called holy, and the Son of God.

³⁵ The angel answered, "The holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. For that reason your child will be called holy, and the Son of God.

⁴⁵ Blessed is she who has believed, For what the Lord has promised her will be fulfilled!"

⁵⁴ "He has helped his servant Israel, Remembering his mercy, ⁵⁵ As he promised our forefathers To have mercy on Abraham and his descendants forever!"

⁶¹ They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who bears that name." ⁶² But they made signs to the child's father and asked him what he wished to have the child named. ⁶³ He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John."

⁶⁸ "Blessings on the Lord, the God of Israel, Because he has turned his attention to his people, and brought about their deliverance, ⁶⁹ And he has produced a mighty Savior for us In the house of his servant David. ⁷⁰ "By the lips of his holy prophets he promised of old to do this— ⁷¹ To save us from our enemies and from the hands of all who hate us, ⁷² Thus showing mercy to our forefathers, And keeping his sacred agreement, ⁷³ "And the oath that he swore to our forefather Abraham, ⁷⁴ That we should be delivered from the hands of our enemies, ⁷⁵ And should serve him in holiness and uprightness, unafraid, In his own presence all our lives. ⁷⁶ "And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, For you will go before the Lord to make his way ready,

⁷⁶ "And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, For you will go before the Lord to make his way ready,

⁷⁶ "And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, For you will go before the Lord to make his way ready, ⁷⁷ Bringing his people the knowledge of salvation Through the forgiveness of their sins.

⁷⁷ Bringing his people the knowledge of salvation Through the forgiveness of their sins. ⁷⁸ "Because the heart of our God is merciful, And so the day will dawn upon us from on high,

⁷⁸ "Because the heart of our God is merciful, And so the day will dawn upon us from on high, ⁷⁹ To shine on men who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, And guide our feet into the way of peace."

⁷⁹ To shine on men who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, And guide our feet into the way of peace." ⁸⁰ And the child grew up and became strong in the Spirit, and he lived in the desert until the day when he proclaimed himself to Israel.

⁴ And Joseph went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he belonged to the house and family of David,

⁷ and she gave birth to her first-born son; and she wrapped him up, and laid him in a manger, for there was no room for them at the inn.

⁹ And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terribly frightened.

¹¹ for today, in the town of David, a Savior for you has been born who is your Messiah and Lord.

¹³ Suddenly there appeared with the angel a throng of the heavenly army, praising God, saying,

¹⁷ When they saw this, they told what had been said to them about this child.

³² A light of revelation for the heathen, And a glory to your people Israel!"

³⁸ She came up just at that time and gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were living in expectation of the liberation of Jerusalem. ³⁹ When they had done everything that the Law of the Lord required, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. ⁴⁰ And the child grew up and became strong and thoughtful, with God's blessing resting on him. ⁴¹ His parents used to go to Jerusalem every year at the Passover Festival. ⁴² And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual to the festival and made their customary stay.

² in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, a message from God came to Zechariah's son John in the desert. ³ And he went all through the Jordan Valley preaching repentance and baptism in order to obtain the forgiveness of sins,

³ And he went all through the Jordan Valley preaching repentance and baptism in order to obtain the forgiveness of sins, ⁴ as the book of the sermons of the prophet Isaiah says, "Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, Get the Lord's way ready! Make his paths straight.

⁴ as the book of the sermons of the prophet Isaiah says, "Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, Get the Lord's way ready! Make his paths straight.

⁴ as the book of the sermons of the prophet Isaiah says, "Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, Get the Lord's way ready! Make his paths straight. ⁵ Every hollow must be filled up, And every mountain and hill leveled. What is crooked is to be made straight, And the rough roads are to be made smooth,

⁵ Every hollow must be filled up, And every mountain and hill leveled. What is crooked is to be made straight, And the rough roads are to be made smooth, ⁶ And all mankind is to see how God can save!"

⁶ And all mankind is to see how God can save!" ⁷ So he would say to the crowds that came out there to be baptized by him, "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to fly from the wrath that is coming? ⁸ Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones! ⁹ But the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree that fails to produce good fruit is going to be cut down and thrown into the fire." ¹⁰ The crowds would ask him, "Then what ought we to do?" ¹¹ And he answered, "The man who has two shirts must share with the man who has none, and the man who has food must do the same." ¹² Even tax-collectors came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Master, what ought we to do?" ¹³ He said to them, "Do not collect any more than you are authorized to." ¹⁴ And soldiers would ask him, "And what ought we to do?" He said to them, "Do not extort money or make false charges against people, but be satisfied with your pay." ¹⁵ As all this aroused people's expectations, and they were all wondering in their hearts whether John was the Christ,

¹⁵ As all this aroused people's expectations, and they were all wondering in their hearts whether John was the Christ,

¹⁵ As all this aroused people's expectations, and they were all wondering in their hearts whether John was the Christ, ¹⁶ John said to them all, "I am only baptizing you in water, but someone is coming who is stronger than I am, whose shoes I am not fit to untie. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire.

¹⁶ John said to them all, "I am only baptizing you in water, but someone is coming who is stronger than I am, whose shoes I am not fit to untie. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire.

¹⁶ John said to them all, "I am only baptizing you in water, but someone is coming who is stronger than I am, whose shoes I am not fit to untie. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire.

¹⁶ John said to them all, "I am only baptizing you in water, but someone is coming who is stronger than I am, whose shoes I am not fit to untie. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire. ¹⁷ He has his winnowing fork in his hand, to clean up his threshing-floor, and store his wheat in his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with inextinguishable fire."

¹⁷ He has his winnowing fork in his hand, to clean up his threshing-floor, and store his wheat in his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with inextinguishable fire."

¹⁷ He has his winnowing fork in his hand, to clean up his threshing-floor, and store his wheat in his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with inextinguishable fire." ¹⁸ So with many varied exhortations he would preach the good news to the people,

¹⁸ So with many varied exhortations he would preach the good news to the people, ¹⁹ but Herod the governor, whom he condemned because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and all the wicked things Herod had done, ²⁰ crowned them all by putting John in prison. ²¹ Now when all the people were baptized and when Jesus also after his baptism was praying, heaven opened ²² and the holy Spirit came down upon him in the material shape of a dove, and there came a voice from heaven, "You are my Son, my Beloved! You are my Chosen!" ²³ Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his work. He was the son, it was supposed, of Joseph, the son of Eli,

¹⁸ "The spirit of the Lord is upon me, For he has consecrated me to preach the good news to the poor, He has sent me to announce to the prisoners their release and to the blind the recovery of their sight, To set the down-trodden at liberty, ¹⁹ To proclaim the year of the Lord's favor!" ²⁰ And he rolled up the roll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed upon him. ²¹ And he began by saying to them, "This passage of Scripture has been fulfilled here in your hearing today!" ²² And they all spoke well of him and were astonished at the winning words that fell from his lips, and they said, "Is he not Joseph's son?"

²⁸ And when the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all very angry, ²⁹ and they got up and drove him out of the town and took him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, intending to throw him down from it.

² and he saw two boats on the shore of the lake, for the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. ³ And he got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to push out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds of people from the boat. ⁴ When he stopped speaking, he said to Simon, "Push out into deep water, and then put down your nets for a haul." ⁵ Simon answered, "Master, we worked all night and caught nothing, but as you tell me to do it, I will put down the nets." ⁶ So they did so, and inclosed such a shoal of fish that their nets began to break. ⁷ And they signaled to their comrades in the other boat to come and help them. And they came, and they filled both boats so full that they began to sink. ⁸ When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' feet and said, "Leave me, Master, for I am a sinful man."

⁸ When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' feet and said, "Leave me, Master, for I am a sinful man." ⁹ For he and all the men with him were perfectly amazed at the haul of fish they had made, ¹⁰ and so were Zebedee's sons, James and John, who were Simon's partners. Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid. From now on you are to catch men!" ¹¹ And they brought the boats to land and left everything and followed him.

¹⁴ Simon, whom he named Peter, his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

⁹ When Jesus heard this, he was astonished at him, and turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such faith as this even in Israel!"

²⁴ When John's messengers were gone, he began to speak to the crowds about John. "What was it that you went out into the desert to look at? A reed swaying in the wind? ²⁵ Then what did you go out there to see? A man luxuriously dressed? Men who wear fine clothes and live in luxury you find in palaces. ²⁶ Then what did you go out there to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet! ²⁷ This is the man of whom the Scripture says, " 'Here I send my messenger on before you, He will prepare the road ahead of you!'

³⁰ but the Pharisees and experts in the Law thwarted God's purpose for themselves, by refusing to be baptized by him.

³⁸ The man out of whom the demons had gone begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, and said,

¹⁰ Then the apostles came back and told Jesus what they had done. And he took them and quietly retired to a town called Bethsaida.

³² Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, but waking up they saw his glorious appearance and the two men standing by him.

¹³ Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes!

²² Everything has been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, nor who the Father is but the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

³⁹ She had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Master's feet, and listened to what he was saying.

³⁹ But the Master said to him, "You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. ⁴⁰ You fools! Did not the Creator of the outside make the inside too? ⁴¹ But give your inmost life as charity, and you will immediately find everything clean. ⁴² But alas for you Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint, rue, and every tiny herb, and disregard justice and the love of God. But you should have observed these, without neglecting the others. ⁴³ Alas for you Pharisees! For you love to have the front seat in the synagogues and to be saluted with respect in public places. ⁴⁴ Alas for you! For you are like unmarked graves which men tread upon without knowing it."

⁵³ After he left the house, the scribes and the Pharisees began to watch him closely and to try to draw him out on many subjects,

⁵⁷ Why do you not decide what is right yourselves?

²⁵ There were great crowds accompanying him, and once he turned and said to them,

²⁰ And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and pitied him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

¹⁴ The Pharisees, who were avaricious, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.

²² And it came about that the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to the companionship of Abraham, and the rich man too died and was buried. ²³ And in Hades he looked up, tormented as he was, and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus beside him.

⁴⁰ And Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came up, Jesus asked him, ⁴¹ "What do you want me to do for you?" He answered, "Master, let me regain my sight!"

⁵ When Jesus reached the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, come down quickly! for I must stay at your house today."

¹⁰ For the Son of Man has come to search for what was lost and to save it."

¹⁴ But his countrymen hated him, and they sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man made king over us.'

³⁸ and to say, "Blessed is the king who comes in the Lord's name, Peace be in heaven and glory on high!"

¹³ Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What can I do? I will send them my dear son; perhaps they will respect him.' ¹⁴ But when the tenants saw him, they argued with one another, 'This is his heir! Let us kill him, so that the property will belong to us!' ¹⁵ So they drove him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

¹⁵ for I will give you such wisdom of utterance as none of your opponents will be able to resist or dispute.

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⁶¹ And the Master turned and looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the words the Master had said to him— "Before the cock crows today, you will disown me three times."

⁶⁹ But from this time on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of God Almighty!"

⁴ They were in great perplexity over this, when suddenly two men in dazzling clothing stood beside them.

²⁷ And he began with Moses and all the prophets and explained to them the passages all through the Scriptures that referred to himself.

²⁹ but they urged him not to, and said, "Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day is nearly over." So he went in to stay with them.

⁴⁴ Then he said to them, "This is what I told you when I was still with you—that everything that is written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must come true."

¹ In the beginning the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was divine.

¹ In the beginning the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was divine. ² It was he that was with God in the beginning.

² It was he that was with God in the beginning.

⁴ It was by him that life came into existence, and that life was the light of mankind. ⁵ The light is still shining in the darkness, for the darkness has never put it out.

⁷ He came to give testimony, to testify to the light, so that everyone might come to believe in it through him.

⁷ He came to give testimony, to testify to the light, so that everyone might come to believe in it through him. ⁸ He was not the light; he came to testify to the light.

⁸ He was not the light; he came to testify to the light. ⁹ The real light, which sheds light upon everyone, was just coming into the world.

⁹ The real light, which sheds light upon everyone, was just coming into the world. ¹⁰ He came into the world, and though the world came into existence through him, the world did not recognize him.

¹⁰ He came into the world, and though the world came into existence through him, the world did not recognize him. ¹¹ He came to his home, and his own family did not welcome him. ¹² But to all who did receive him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God,

¹⁴ So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father. ¹⁵ (John testified to him and cried out—for it was he who said it—"He who was to come after me is now ahead of me, for he existed before me!") ¹⁶ For from his abundance we have all had a share, and received blessing after blessing. ¹⁷ For while the Law was given through Moses, blessing and truth came to us through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; it is the divine Only Son, who leans upon his Father's breast, that has made him known.

¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; it is the divine Only Son, who leans upon his Father's breast, that has made him known. ¹⁹ Now this is the testimony that John gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him who he was. ²⁰ He admitted—he made no attempt to deny it—he admitted that he was not the Christ.

²⁰ He admitted—he made no attempt to deny it—he admitted that he was not the Christ. ²¹ Then they asked him, "What are you then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "No, I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No." ²² Then they said to him, "Who are you? We must have some answer to give those who sent us here. What have you to say for yourself?"

²⁵ And they asked him, "Then why are you baptizing people, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" ²⁶ "I am only baptizing in water," John answered, "but someone is standing among you of whom you do not know. ²⁷ He is to come after me, and I am not worthy to undo his shoe!"

²⁷ He is to come after me, and I am not worthy to undo his shoe!" ²⁸ This took place at Bethany, on the farther side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and he said, "There is God's lamb, who is to remove the world's sin!

²⁹ The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and he said, "There is God's lamb, who is to remove the world's sin! ³⁰ This is the man of whom I spoke when I said, 'After me there is coming a man who is even now ahead of me, for he existed before me.'

³⁰ This is the man of whom I spoke when I said, 'After me there is coming a man who is even now ahead of me, for he existed before me.' ³¹ I did not know him, but it is in order that he may be made known to Israel that I have come and baptized people in water."

³¹ I did not know him, but it is in order that he may be made known to Israel that I have come and baptized people in water." ³² And John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down from heaven like a dove, and it remained upon him. ³³ I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain, is the one who is to baptize in the holy Spirit.'

³³ I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain, is the one who is to baptize in the holy Spirit.' ³⁴ And I did see it, and I testify that he is the Son of God."

³⁴ And I did see it, and I testify that he is the Son of God." ³⁵ Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples, ³⁶ and looking at Jesus as he passed, he said, "There is God's lamb!"

³⁶ and looking at Jesus as he passed, he said, "There is God's lamb!" ³⁷ The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸ But Jesus turned, and seeing them following him he said, "What do you want?" They said to him, "Rabbi"—that is to say, Master—"Where are you staying?"

⁴⁰ Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard what John said and followed Jesus. ⁴¹ Andrew immediately sought out his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!"—that is to say, the Christ. ⁴² He took him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, son of John. You shall be called Cephas"—that is, Peter, which means rock. ⁴³ The next day Jesus determined to leave for Galilee. And he sought out Philip and said to him, "Come with me."

⁴⁵ Philip sought out Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the Law and about whom the prophets wrote; it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazareth!" ⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see!"

⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see!" ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and he said of him, "Here is really an Israelite without any deceit in him!" ⁴⁸ Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "While you were still under that fig tree, before Philip called you I saw you." ⁴⁹ Nathanael answered, "Master, you are the Son of God! You are king of Israel!"

¹¹ This, the first of the signs of his mission, Jesus showed at Cana in Galilee. By it he showed his greatness, and his disciples believed in him.

¹⁸ Then the Jews addressed him and said, "What sign have you to show us, for acting in this way?"

²³ Now when he was at Jerusalem, at the Passover Festival, many, when they saw the signs that he showed, came to believe in him. ²⁴ But Jesus on his part would not trust himself to them, for he knew them all, ²⁵ and had no need of anybody's evidence about men, for he knew well what was in their hearts.

²⁵ and had no need of anybody's evidence about men, for he knew well what was in their hearts.

¹ Among the Pharisees there was a man named Nicodemus, a leader among the Jews. ² This man went to Jesus one night, and said to him, "Master, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can show the signs that you do, unless God is with him."

² This man went to Jesus one night, and said to him, "Master, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can show the signs that you do, unless God is with him." ³ Jesus answered him, "I tell you, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born over again from above!"

⁵ Jesus answered, "I tell you, if a man does not owe his birth to water and spirit, he cannot get into the Kingdom of God.

⁵ Jesus answered, "I tell you, if a man does not owe his birth to water and spirit, he cannot get into the Kingdom of God. ⁶ Whatever owes its birth to the physical is physical, and whatever owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual. ⁷ Do not wonder at my telling you that you must be born over again from above. ⁸ The wind blows wherever it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is the way with everyone who owes his birth to the Spirit."

¹³ Yet no one has gone up into heaven except the Son of Man who came down from heaven. ¹⁴ And just as Moses in the desert lifted the serpent up in the air, the Son of Man must be lifted up,

¹⁶ For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life.

¹⁶ For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to pass judgment upon the world, but that through him the world might be saved. ¹⁸ No one who believes in him has to come up for judgment. Anyone who does not believe stands condemned already, for not believing in God's only Son.

¹⁸ No one who believes in him has to come up for judgment. Anyone who does not believe stands condemned already, for not believing in God's only Son. ¹⁹ And the basis of the judgment is this, that the light has come into the world, and yet, because their actions were wicked, men have loved the darkness more than the light. ²⁰ For everyone who does wrong hates the light and will not come to it, for fear his actions will be exposed.

²³ John too was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, for there was plenty of water there, and people came there and were baptized.

²⁵ So a discussion arose between John's disciples and a man from Judea, about purification. ²⁶ And they went to John and said to him, "Master, the man who was with you across the Jordan, and to whom you yourself gave testimony, is baptizing, and everybody is going to him."

²⁶ And they went to John and said to him, "Master, the man who was with you across the Jordan, and to whom you yourself gave testimony, is baptizing, and everybody is going to him."

²⁶ And they went to John and said to him, "Master, the man who was with you across the Jordan, and to whom you yourself gave testimony, is baptizing, and everybody is going to him." ²⁷ John answered, "A man cannot get anything unless it is given to him from heaven. ²⁸ You will bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ; I have been sent in advance of him.'

²⁸ You will bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ; I have been sent in advance of him.' ²⁹ It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend who stands outside and listens for his voice is very glad when he hears the bridegroom speak. So this happiness of mine is now complete. ³⁰ He must grow greater and greater, but I less and less." ³¹ He who comes from above is above all others. A son of earth belongs to earth and speaks of earth. He who comes from heaven is above all others. ³² It is to what he has seen and heard that he gives testimony, and yet no one accepts his testimony.

³² It is to what he has seen and heard that he gives testimony, and yet no one accepts his testimony. ³³ Whoever does accept it has thereby acknowledged that God is true. ³⁴ For he whom God has sent speaks God's words, for God gives him his Spirit without measure.

³⁴ For he whom God has sent speaks God's words, for God gives him his Spirit without measure. ³⁵ The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands. ³⁶ Whoever believes in the Son possesses eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not experience life, but will remain under the anger of God.

²⁵ The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming—he who is called the Christ. When he comes, he will tell us everything!"

²⁸ So the woman left her pitcher and went back to the town, and said to the people, ²⁹ "Come, here is a man who has told me everything I ever did! Do you suppose he is the Christ?"

²⁹ "Come, here is a man who has told me everything I ever did! Do you suppose he is the Christ?"

³⁹ Many of the Samaritans in that town came to believe in him because of the testimony the woman gave when she said, "He has told me everything I ever did!" ⁴⁰ So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them, and he did stay there two days.

⁴⁰ So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them, and he did stay there two days. ⁴¹ And a great many more believed because of what he said, ⁴² and they said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your statement that we believe, for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he is really the Savior of the world."

¹⁰ Now it was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the Sabbath, and it is against the Law for you to carry your mat."

¹⁷ But he answered them, "My Father is still at work, and I work too."

¹⁷ But he answered them, "My Father is still at work, and I work too." ¹⁸ On account of this the Jews were all the more eager to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath but actually called God his Father, thus putting himself on an equality with God. ¹⁹ So Jesus answered them, "I tell you, the Son cannot do anything of his own accord, unless he sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

¹⁹ So Jesus answered them, "I tell you, the Son cannot do anything of his own accord, unless he sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

²¹ For just as the Father awakens the dead and makes them come to life, the Son makes anyone whom he chooses come to life.

²³ so that all men may honor the Son just as much as they honor the Father. Whoever refuses to honor the Son refuses to honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴ I tell you, whoever listens to my message and believes him who has sent me, possesses eternal life, and will not come to judgment, but has already passed out of death into life.

²⁴ I tell you, whoever listens to my message and believes him who has sent me, possesses eternal life, and will not come to judgment, but has already passed out of death into life. ²⁵ I tell you, the time is coming—it is here already!—when those who are dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen to it will live.

²⁵ I tell you, the time is coming—it is here already!—when those who are dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen to it will live. ²⁶ For just as the Father is self-existent, he has given self-existence to the Son,

²⁶ For just as the Father is self-existent, he has given self-existence to the Son, ²⁷ and he has given him the authority to act as judge, because he is a son of man.

²⁷ and he has given him the authority to act as judge, because he is a son of man.

³² It is someone else who testifies to me, and I know that the testimony that he gives about me is true. ³³ You yourselves sent to John, and he testified to the truth.

³³ You yourselves sent to John, and he testified to the truth. ³⁴ But the testimony that I accept is not from any man; I am only saying this that you may be saved.

³⁴ But the testimony that I accept is not from any man; I am only saying this that you may be saved. ³⁵ He was the lamp that burned and shone, and you were ready to be gladdened for a while by his light.

³⁵ He was the lamp that burned and shone, and you were ready to be gladdened for a while by his light. ³⁶ But I have higher testimony than John's, for the things that my Father has intrusted to me to accomplish, the very things that I am doing, are proof that my Father has sent me,

⁴⁵ Do not suppose that I will accuse you to the Father. Moses is your accuser—Moses, on whom you have fixed your hopes!

⁴⁵ Do not suppose that I will accuse you to the Father. Moses is your accuser—Moses, on whom you have fixed your hopes! ⁴⁶ For if you really believed Moses, you would believe me, for it was about me that he wrote.

⁵ So Jesus, raising his eyes and seeing that a great crowd was coming up to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy food for these people to eat?"

⁷ Philip answered, "Forty dollars' worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to have even a little." ⁸ Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, another of his disciples, said to him,

²⁵ And when they had crossed the sea and found him, they said to him, "When did you get here, Master?" ²⁶ Jesus answered, "I tell you, it is not because of the signs you have seen that you have come in search of me, but because you ate that bread and had all you wanted of it.

³² Jesus said to them, "I tell you, Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the bread out of heaven,

³⁷ All that my Father gives to me will come to me, and I will never refuse anyone who comes to me,

⁴¹ The Jews complained of him for saying, "I am the bread that has come out of heaven," ⁴² and they said, "Is he not Joseph's son, Jesus, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?"

⁴⁶ Not that anyone has ever seen the Father, except him who is from God; he has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ I tell you, whoever believes already possesses eternal life.

⁵¹ I am this living bread that has come down out of heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the world's life is my own flesh!" ⁵² This led the Jews to dispute with one another. They said, "How can he give us his flesh to eat?" ⁵³ Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no self-existent life.

⁶⁹ and we believe and are satisfied that you are the Holy One of God." ⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, "Did I not myself select all twelve of you? And even of you, one is an informer." ⁷¹ He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, though he was one of the Twelve, was going to betray him.

¹² and there was a great deal of muttering about him among the crowds, some saying that he was a good man, and others that he was not, but was imposing on the people.

¹⁹ Was it not Moses who gave you the Law? Yet not one of you obeys the Law. Why are you trying to kill me?"

⁴⁰ So some of the people, when they heard these words, said, "This is certainly the Prophet!" ⁴¹ Others said, "This is the Christ!" But they rejoined, "What! Is the Christ to come from Galilee? ⁴² Do not the Scriptures say that the Christ is to spring from the descendants of David and to come from the village of Bethlehem where David lived?"

⁴⁷ The Pharisees answered, "Have you been imposed upon too? ⁴⁸ Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹ But these common people who do not know the Law are doomed!"

⁵² They answered, "Are you from Galilee too? Study and you will find that no prophet is to appear from Galilee."

¹² Then Jesus spoke to them again and said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not have to walk in darkness but will have the light of life."

¹⁹ Then they said to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father too."

³¹ So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide by what I teach, you are really disciples of mine, ³² and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free." ³³ They answered, "We are descended from Abraham, and have never been anyone's slaves. How can you say to us, 'You will be set free'?" ³⁴ Jesus answered, "I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.

³⁴ Jesus answered, "I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. ³⁵ Now a slave does not belong to a household permanently; but a son does. ³⁶ So if the Son sets you free you will be really free. ³⁷ I know that you are descended from Abraham, yet you want to kill me, because there is no room in your hearts for my teaching. ³⁸ It is what I have seen in the presence of my Father that I tell, and it is what you have heard from your father that you do." ³⁹ They answered, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you are Abraham's children, then do what Abraham did.

³⁹ They answered, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you are Abraham's children, then do what Abraham did. ⁴⁰ But instead you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth he has heard from God. Abraham would not have done that. ⁴¹ You are doing as your father does." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one father, God himself."

⁵¹ I tell you, if anyone observes my teaching, he will never experience death."

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, "I tell you, I existed before Abraham was born!"

⁵ As long as I am in the world, I am a light for the world."

²⁹ We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man came from."

¹ "I tell you, any man who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs over at some other place, is a thief and robber.

⁷ So Jesus said again, "I tell you, I am the door of the sheepfold.

²⁴ So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are really the Christ, tell us so frankly!"

³⁰ The Father and I are one."

³⁰ The Father and I are one." ³¹ The Jews again picked up stones to stone him with. ³² Jesus answered, "I have let you see many good things from the Father; which of them do you mean to stone me for?" ³³ The Jews answered, "We are not stoning you for doing anything good, but for your impious talk, and because you, a mere man, make yourself out to be God."

³⁶ do you mean to say to me whom the Father has consecrated and made his messenger to the world, 'You are blasphemous,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

⁴⁰ He went across the Jordan again to the place where John used to baptize at first, and there he stayed.

²⁵ Jesus said to her, "I myself am Resurrection and Life. He who believes in me will live on, even if he dies,

²⁷ She said to him, "Yes, Master, I do indeed believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."

⁴⁰ Jesus said to her, "Have I not promised you that if you will believe in me you will see the glory of God?"

⁵² and not only for the nation but also for the purpose of uniting the scattered children of God.

⁵ "Why was this perfume not sold for sixty dollars, and the money given to the poor?"

¹³ got palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "God bless him! God bless him who comes in the Lord's name! Blessings on the king of Israel!" ¹⁴ And Jesus found a young ass and mounted it, in accordance with the Scripture, ¹⁵ "Do not be afraid, Daughter of Zion! See, your king is coming mounted on an ass's colt!"

²¹ and they went to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and made this request of him: "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

²³ Jesus answered, "The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. ²⁴ I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it remains just one grain. But if it dies, it yields a great harvest.

³⁵ Jesus said to them, "You will have the light only a little while longer. Go on while you still have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you, for those who go about in the dark do not know where they are going. ³⁶ While you have the light believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." With these words Jesus went away, and disappeared from them. ³⁷ But for all the signs he had shown among them, they refused to believe in him, ³⁸ in fulfilment of the saying of the prophet Isaiah, "Lord, who has believed our account? And to whom has the Lord's mighty arm been unveiled?" ³⁹ So they could not believe; for Isaiah says again, ⁴⁰ "He has made their eyes blind and their minds dull, To keep them from seeing with their eyes, and understanding with their minds, And turning to me to be cured."

⁴⁰ "He has made their eyes blind and their minds dull, To keep them from seeing with their eyes, and understanding with their minds, And turning to me to be cured." ⁴¹ Isaiah said this because he saw his glory; it was of him that he spoke.

⁴¹ Isaiah said this because he saw his glory; it was of him that he spoke.

⁴⁶ I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me may have to remain in darkness.

¹⁶ I tell you, no slave is superior to his master, and no messenger is greater than the man who sends him.

¹⁸ I do not mean all of you; I know whom I have chosen; but let the Scripture be fulfilled: " 'He who is eating my bread Has raised his heel against me.'

²⁰ I assure you, whoever welcomes any messenger of mine welcomes me and whoever welcomes me welcomes him who has sent me." ²¹ After Jesus had said this he was greatly moved and said solemnly, "I tell you, it is one of you that will betray me!"

²³ Next to Jesus, at his right at the table, was one of his disciples whom Jesus especially loved.

³⁸ Jesus answered, "You will lay down your life for me? I tell you, before a cock crows, you will disown me thrice over!

⁶ Jesus said to him, "I am Way and Truth and Life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

⁸ Philip said to him, "Master, let us see the Father, and it will satisfy us."

⁸ Philip said to him, "Master, let us see the Father, and it will satisfy us." ⁹ Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Let us see the Father'?

⁹ Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Let us see the Father'?

¹² I tell you, whoever believes in me will do such things as I do, and things greater yet, because I am going to the Father.

²² Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said to him, "Master, how does it happen that you are going to show yourself to us and not to the world?" ²³ Jesus answered, "Anyone who loves me will observe my teaching, and my Father will love him and we will come to him and live with him.

¹ "I am the true vine, and my Father is the cultivator.

¹ "I am the true vine, and my Father is the cultivator. ² Any branch of mine that does not bear fruit he trims away, and he prunes every branch that bears fruit, to make it bear more. ³ You are pruned already because of the teaching that I have given you. ⁴ You must remain united to me and I will remain united to you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains united to the vine, you cannot unless you remain united to me. ⁵ I am the vine, you are the branches. Anyone who remains united to me, with me united to him, will be very fruitful, for you cannot do anything apart from me.

³ They will do this because they do not know the Father or me.

²⁰ I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world will be happy; you will grieve, but your grief will change to happiness.

²³ When that time comes, you will not ask me any questions; I tell you, whatever you ask the Father for, he will give you as my followers.

²⁸ I did come from the Father and enter the world. Now I am leaving the world again and going back to the Father."

³ And eternal life means knowing you as the only true God, and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

⁵ Now, Father, do such honor to me in your presence as I had done me there before the world existed. ⁶ "I have revealed your real self to the men you gave me from the world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your message.

²² I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one just as we are,

²⁵ Righteous Father, though the world did not know you, I knew you, and these men knew that you had sent me. ²⁶ I have made your self known to them and I will do so still, so that the love which you have had for me may be in their hearts, and I may be there also."

⁴ Then Jesus, as he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came forward and said to them, "Who is it you are looking for?" ⁵ They answered, "Jesus of Nazareth." He said to them, "I am he." Judas who betrayed him was standing among them.

⁷ Then he asked them again, "Who is it you are looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

³⁷ Pilate said to him, "Then you are a king?" Jesus answered, "As you say, I am a king. It was for this that I was born and for this that I came to the world, to give testimony for truth. Everyone who is on the side of truth listens to my voice."

⁷ The Jews answered, "We have a law, and by our law he deserves death, for declaring himself to be a son of God."

¹⁹ Pilate had written a placard and had it put on the cross; it read "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."

¹⁹ Pilate had written a placard and had it put on the cross; it read "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews." ²⁰ Many of the Jews read this placard, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. ²¹ So the Jewish high priests said to Pilate, "Do not write 'The king of the Jews,' but write 'He said, I am the king of the Jews.' " ²² Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written!"

¹⁵ Jesus said to her, "Why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing that he was the gardener, said to him, "If it was you, sir, that carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away." ¹⁶ "Mary!" said Jesus. She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni!" which means Master.

²⁸ Thomas answered him, "My Master and my God!"

²⁸ Thomas answered him, "My Master and my God!" ²⁹ Jesus said to him, "Is it because you have seen me that you believe? Blessed be those who believe without having seen me!"

²⁹ Jesus said to him, "Is it because you have seen me that you believe? Blessed be those who believe without having seen me!"

³¹ But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and through believing you may have life as his followers.

² Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael, of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of Jesus were all together.

¹⁵ When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than these others are?" Peter said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs!" ¹⁶ Again Jesus said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, are you devoted to me?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then be a shepherd to my sheep!" ¹⁷ Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because the third time Jesus asked him if he loved him, and he answered, "Master, you know everything, you can see that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep! ¹⁸ I tell you, when you were young, you used to put on your own girdle and go where you pleased, but when you grow old, you will stretch our your hands and someone else will put a girdle on you and take you where you have no wish to go"

⁵ "for John baptized people in water, but in a few days you will be baptized in the holy Spirit."

¹⁰ And while they were gazing after him into the sky, two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them, ¹¹ and said to them, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into the sky? This very Jesus who has been caught up from you into heaven will come in just the way that you have seen him go up to heaven."

¹³ When they entered the city they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. There were Peter, John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.

⁴ and they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to say in foreign languages whatever the Spirit prompted them to utter.

²² "Men of Israel, listen to what I say. Jesus of Nazareth, as you know, was a man whom God commended to you by the wonders, portents, and signs that God did right among you through him.

⁶ But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but I will give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!"

¹² When Peter saw this, he said to the people. "Men of Israel, why are you so surprised at this? Why do you stare so at us, as though it were some power or some piety of ours that had made him able to walk? ¹³ The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has done this honor to his servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to let him go. ¹⁴ But you disowned the Holy, Righteous One. You asked to have a murderer released for you, ¹⁵ and killed the very source of life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can testify. ¹⁶ It is by his power and through faith in him that this man whom you see and recognize has been made strong again, and it is faith inspired by him that has given him the perfect health you all see.

¹⁶ It is by his power and through faith in him that this man whom you see and recognize has been made strong again, and it is faith inspired by him that has given him the perfect health you all see.

²⁵ You are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the agreement that God made with your forefathers when he said to Abraham, 'Through your posterity all the families of the earth will be blessed.' ²⁶ It was to you that God first sent his servant after he had raised him from the dead, to bless you by making every one of you turn from his wickedness."

⁵ On the next day the leading members of the council, the elders, and the scribes met in Jerusalem, ⁶ with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who belonged to the high priest's family. ⁷ They had the apostles brought before them and demanded of them, "By what power or authority have men like you done this?"

²⁷ For they have assembled here in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you had consecrated—Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen and the peoples of Israel,

²⁸ "We strictly forbade you," he said, "to teach on this authority, and here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and propose to hold us responsible for this man's death!"

³⁸ It was he who with the congregation in the desert went between the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and our forefathers, and received and communicated to you utterances that still live.

⁵¹ You stubborn people, with heathen hearts and ears, you are always opposing the holy Spirit, just as your forefathers did! ⁵² Which of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They killed the men who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and killed—

⁵⁶ And he said, "Look! I can see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand!"

³² This was the passage of Scripture that he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, And just as a lamb is dumb before its shearer, He does not open his mouth.

¹¹ and saw the sky opened and a thing like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the ground by the four corners,

²¹ Then Peter went down to see the men, and said to them, "I am the man you are asking for. What is the reason for your coming?"

²⁹ That was why, when I was sent for, I came without any hesitation. And now I want to ask why you sent for me."

³⁸ about Jesus of Nazareth, and how God endowed him with the power of the holy Spirit, and he went about doing good and curing all who were in the power of the devil, because God was with him.

⁴⁴ Before Peter had finished saying these words, the holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to his message. ⁴⁵ The Jewish believers who had come with Peter were amazed because the gift of the holy Spirit had been showered upon the heathen too, ⁴⁶ for they heard them speaking in foreign languages and declaring the greatness of God. Then Peter said, ⁴⁷ "Can anyone refuse the use of water to baptize these people when they have received the holy Spirit just as we did?"

¹⁵ When I began to speak to them, the holy Spirit fell upon them just as it did upon us at the beginning, ¹⁶ and I remembered the saying of the Lord, 'John baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the holy Spirit.'

¹⁶ and I remembered the saying of the Lord, 'John baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the holy Spirit.'

²⁴ in preparation for whose coming John had preached to all the people of Israel baptism in token of repentance. ²⁵ Toward the end of his career, John said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he! No! Someone is coming after me, the shoes on whose feet I am not fit to untie!' ²⁶ Brothers! Descendants of the house of Abraham, and those others among you who reverence God! It is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.

³² So we now bring you the good news ³³ that God has fulfilled to us, their children, the promise that he made to our forefathers, by raising Jesus to life, just as the Scripture says in the second psalm, You are my Son! Today I have become your Father!'

³³ that God has fulfilled to us, their children, the promise that he made to our forefathers, by raising Jesus to life, just as the Scripture says in the second psalm, You are my Son! Today I have become your Father!' ³⁴ Now as evidence that he has raised him from the dead, never again to return to decay, he said this: 'I will fulfil to you my sacred promises to David.' ³⁵ For in another psalm he says, 'You will not let your Holy One undergo decay.' ³⁶ Now David, after serving God's purposes in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his forefathers and did undergo decay, ³⁷ but he whom God raised to life did not undergo it. ³⁸ You must understand therefore, my brothers, that through him the forgiveness of your sins is announced to you, ³⁹ and that through union with him everyone who believes is cleared of every charge of which the Law of Moses could not clear you.

³⁹ and that through union with him everyone who believes is cleared of every charge of which the Law of Moses could not clear you.

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out plainly, and said, "God's message had to be told to you first, but since you thrust it off and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the heathen.

¹⁷ though he did not fail to give some evidence about himself, through his kindnesses to you, in sending you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, giving you food and happiness to your heart's content."

²⁴ God who created the world and all that is in it, since he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples built by human hands, ²⁵ nor is he waited on by human hands as though he were in need of anything, for he himself gives all men life and breath and everything. ²⁶ From one forefather he has created every nation of mankind, and made them live all over the face of the earth, fixing their appointed times and the limits of their lands, ²⁷ so that they might search for God, and perhaps grope for him and find him, though he is never far from any of us.

² he said to them, "Did you receive the holy Spirit when you became believers?" "No," they said to him, "we never even heard that there was a holy Spirit." ³ "How then were you baptized?" he asked. "With John's baptism," they answered. ⁴ "John's baptism was a baptism in token of repentance," said Paul, "and he told the people to believe in him who was to follow him, that is, in Jesus."

⁴ "John's baptism was a baptism in token of repentance," said Paul, "and he told the people to believe in him who was to follow him, that is, in Jesus." ⁵ When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, ⁶ and when Paul laid his hands on them, the holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in foreign tongues and with prophetic inspiration.

⁸ I answered, 'Who are you, sir?' 'I am Jesus of Nazareth,' he said, 'whom you are persecuting.'

⁸ For the Sadducees hold that there is no resurrection and that there are no angels or spirits, while the Pharisees believe in all three.

⁵ for they have known from the first, if they are willing to give evidence, that I was a Pharisee and my life was that of the strictest sect of our religion.

⁹ I once thought it my duty vigorously to oppose the cause of Jesus of Nazareth.

²³ if the Christ was to suffer and by being the first to rise from the dead was to proclaim the light to our people and to the heathen."

²³ So they fixed a day, and came in even larger numbers to the place where he was staying, and from morning till night he explained to them the Kingdom of God and gave his testimony, trying to convince them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

³⁰ So he stayed for two full years in rented lodgings of his own, and welcomed everybody who came to see him, ³¹ preaching the Kingdom of God to them and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ openly and unhindered.

³ about his Son, who was physically descended from David, ⁴ and decisively declared Son of God in his holiness of spirit, by being raised from the dead—Jesus Christ our Lord,

⁴ and decisively declared Son of God in his holiness of spirit, by being raised from the dead—Jesus Christ our Lord,

²⁸ And just as they refused to recognize God any longer, God has abandoned them to unworthy impulses and indecent conduct.

²⁸ For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not something physical and external. ²⁹ The real Jew is the man who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, a spiritual, not a literal, thing. Such a man receives his praise not from men, but from God.

¹⁹ Now we know that everything the Law says is addressed to those under its authority, so that every mouth may be shut, and the whole world be made accountable to God. ²⁰ For no human being can be made upright in the sight of God by observing the Law. All that the Law can do is to make man conscious of sin. ²¹ But now God's way of uprightness has been disclosed without any reference to law, though the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it. ²² It is God's way of uprightness and comes through having faith in Jesus Christ, and it is for all who have faith, without distinction. ²³ For all men sin and come short of the glory of God, ²⁴ but by his mercy they are made upright for nothing, by the deliverance secured through Christ Jesus. ²⁵ For God showed him publicly dying as a sacrifice of reconciliation to be taken advantage of through faith. This was to vindicate his own justice (for in his forbearance, God passed over men's former sins)— ²⁶ to vindicate his justice at the present time, and show that he is upright himself, and that he makes those who have faith in Jesus upright also.

² by whom we have been introduced through faith to the favor of God that we now enjoy, and let us glory in our hope of sharing the glory of God.

¹⁷ For if that one man's offense made death reign through that one man, all the more will those who receive God's overflowing mercy and his gift of uprightness live and reign through the one individual Jesus Christ.

²⁰ Then law slipped in, and multiplied the offense. But greatly as sin multiplied, God's mercy has far surpassed it,

²⁰ Then law slipped in, and multiplied the offense. But greatly as sin multiplied, God's mercy has far surpassed it, ²¹ so that just as sin had reigned through death, mercy might reign through uprightness and bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁴ For sin must no longer control you, for you live not under law but under mercy.

³ For though it was impossible for the Law to do it, hampered as it was by our physical limitations, God, by sending his own Son in our sinful physical form, as a sin-offering, put his condemnation upon sin through his physical nature,

⁹ But you are not physical but spiritual, if God's Spirit has really taken possession of you; for unless a man has Christ's spirit, he does not belong to Christ.

¹⁴ For all who are guided by God's Spirit are God's sons.

¹ I am telling the truth as a Christian, it is no falsehood, for my conscience under the holy Spirit's influence bears me witness in it,

¹ I am telling the truth as a Christian, it is no falsehood, for my conscience under the holy Spirit's influence bears me witness in it, ² when I say that I am greatly pained and my heart is constantly distressed, ³ for I could wish myself accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my natural kindred. ⁴ For they are Israelites, and to them belong the rights of sonship, God's glorious presence, the divine agreements and legislation, the Temple service, the promises,

⁴ For they are Israelites, and to them belong the rights of sonship, God's glorious presence, the divine agreements and legislation, the Temple service, the promises, ⁵ and the patriarchs, and from them physically Christ came—God who is over all be blessed forever! Amen.

⁵ and the patriarchs, and from them physically Christ came—God who is over all be blessed forever! Amen. ⁶ Not that God's message has failed. For not everybody who is descended from Israel really belongs to Israel, ⁷ nor are they all children of Abraham because they are descended from him, but he was told, "The line of Isaac will be called your descendants." ⁸ That is to say, it is not his physical descendants who are children of God, but his descendants born in fulfilment of the promise who are considered his true posterity. ⁹ For this is what the promise said: "When I come back at this time next year, Sarah will have a son." ¹⁰ And that is not all, for there was Rebecca too, when she was about to bear twin sons to our forefather Isaac. ¹¹ For before the children were born or had done anything either good or bad, in order to carry out God's purpose of selection, which depends not on what men do but on his calling them, ¹² she was told, "The elder will be the younger's slave." ¹³ As the Scripture says, "I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau." ¹⁴ What do we conclude? That God is guilty of injustice? By no means. ¹⁵ He said to Moses, "I will have mercy on the man on whom I choose to have mercy, and take pity on the man on whom I choose to take pity." ¹⁶ So it depends not on human will or exertion, but on the mercy of God.

¹ Brothers, my heart is full of good will toward them; my prayer to God is that they may be saved. ² I can testify to their sincere devotion to God, but it is not an intelligent devotion. ³ For in their ignorance of God's way of uprightness and in the attempt to set up one of their own, they refused to conform to God's way of uprightness.

¹⁷ So faith comes from hearing what is told, and that hearing comes through the message about Christ.

⁸ I hold that Christ has become an agent of circumcision to show God's truthfulness in carrying out the promises made to our forefathers,

⁸ I hold that Christ has become an agent of circumcision to show God's truthfulness in carrying out the promises made to our forefathers, ⁹ and causing the heathen to praise God for his mercy; as the Scripture says, "I will give thanks to you for this among the heathen, And sing in honor of your name." ¹⁰ And again, "Rejoice, you heathen, with his people!" ¹¹ And again, "Praise the Lord, all you heathen, And let all nations sing his praises." ¹² Again Isaiah says, "The descendant of Jesse will come, The one who is to rise to rule the heathen; The heathen will set their hopes on him."

⁴ I am always thanking God about you, for the blessing God has given you through Christ Jesus. ⁵ For you have grown rich in everything through union with him—in power of expression and in capacity for knowledge.

¹² What I mean is this, that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul," another, "And I, of Apollos," another, "And I, of Cephas," and another, "And I, of Christ!"

²¹ For since in God's providence the world with all its wisdom did not come to know God, God chose, through the folly of the gospel message, to save those who had faith in him.

⁸ It is a wisdom unknown to any of the authorities of this world, for otherwise they would never have crucified our glorious Lord.

¹⁴ A material man will not accept what the Spirit of God offers. It seems mere folly to him, and he cannot understand it, because it takes spiritual insight to see its true value.

⁶ I did the planting, Apollos the watering, but it was God who made the plants grow.

²² Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present, the future—all of it belongs to you.

⁵ Do not form any premature judgments, therefore, but wait until the Lord comes back. For he will light up the darkness that now hides things and show what the motives in people's minds are, and then everyone will get from God the praise he deserves.

⁶ yet for us there is just one God, the Father, who is the source of all things, and for whom we live, and just one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom everything was made and through whom we live.

⁵ Have we not a right to take a Christian wife about with us, like the rest of the apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas?

¹³ For we have all—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free men—been baptized in one spirit to form one body, and we have all been saturated with one Spirit.

²⁵ the secrets of his heart are exposed, and he will fall down on his face and worship God, and declare that God is really among you.

³ For I passed on to you, as of first importance, the account I had received, that Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures foretold,

⁵ and that he was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.

⁴⁵ This is also what the Scripture says: "The first man Adam became a living creature." The last Adam has become a life-giving Spirit.

⁴⁷ The first man is of the dust of the earth; the second man is from heaven.

¹⁹ The Son of God, Christ Jesus, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus, Timothy, and I, you have not found wavering between "Yes" and "No." With him it has always been "Yes," ²⁰ for to all the promises of God he supplies the "Yes" that confirms them. That is why we utter the "Amen" through him, when we give glory to God.

⁷ But if the religion of death, carved in letters of stone, was ushered in with such splendor, so that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face on account of the brightness that was fading from it, ⁸ why should not the religion of the Spirit be attended with much greater splendor? ⁹ If there was splendor in the religion of condemnation, the religion of uprightness must far surpass it in splendor. ¹⁰ For in comparison with its surpassing splendor, what was splendid has come to have no splendor at all.

⁴ In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep the light of the good news of the glorious Christ, the likeness of God, from dawning upon them. ⁵ For it is not myself but Christ Jesus that I am proclaiming as Lord; I am only a slave of yours for Jesus' sake. ⁶ For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in my heart, to give me the light of the knowledge of God's glory, that is on the face of Christ.

²¹ He made him who knew nothing of sin to be sin, for our sake, so that through union with him we might become God's uprightness.

¹⁷ Therefore, "Come out from them, And separate from them, says the Lord, And touch nothing that is unclean. Then I will welcome you, ¹⁸ I will become a father to you, And you shall become my sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty."

⁹ and he said to me, "My favor is enough for you, for only where there is weakness is perfect strength developed." So I am perfectly willing to boast of all my weakness, so that the strength of Christ may shelter me.

⁴ who to save us from the present wicked world gave himself for our sins at the will of our God and Father.

⁹ and when they recognized the favor God had shown me, James, Cephas, and John, who were regarded as pillars of the church, pledged Barnabas and me their co-operation, with the understanding that we should work among the heathen and they among the Jews.

¹⁰ For there is a curse upon all who rely on obedience to the Law, for the Scripture says, "Cursed be anyone who does not stand by everything that is written in the Book of the Law and obey it." ¹¹ That no one is accepted as upright by God for obeying the Law is evident because the upright will have life because of his faith, ¹² and the Law has nothing to do with faith; it teaches that it is the man who does these things that will find life by doing them. ¹³ Christ ransomed us from the Law's curse by taking our curse upon himself (for the Scripture says, "Cursed be anyone who is hung on a tree")

¹³ Christ ransomed us from the Law's curse by taking our curse upon himself (for the Scripture says, "Cursed be anyone who is hung on a tree")

¹⁷ My point is this: An agreement already ratified by God cannot be annulled and its promise canceled by the Law, which arose four hundred and thirty years later.

²⁶ For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through your faith.

⁴ but when the proper time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, and made subject to law,

⁶ And because you are sons, God has sent into our hearts the spirit of his Son, with the cry, "Abba!" that is, Father.

⁶ so that we might praise the splendid blessing which he has given us through his beloved Son. ⁷ It is through union with him and through his blood that we have been delivered and our offenses forgiven, ⁸ in the abundance of his mercy which he has lavished upon us.

²³ which is his body, filled by him who fills everything everywhere.

⁵ he made us, dead as we were through our offenses, live again with the Christ. It is by his mercy that you have been saved. ⁶ And he raised us with Christ, and through our union with Christ Jesus made us sit down with him in heaven, ⁷ to show the incomparable wealth of his mercy throughout the ages to come by his goodness to us through Christ Jesus. ⁸ For it is by his mercy that you have been saved through faith. It is not by your own action, it is the gift of God. ⁹ It has not been earned, so that no one can boast of it. ¹⁰ For he has made us, creating us through our union with Christ Jesus for the life of goodness which God had predestined us to live.

⁸ To me, the very least of all his people, this favor has been given, of preaching to the heathen the inexhaustible wealth of the Christ, ⁹ and making clear how the secret purpose is to be worked out which has been hidden away for ages in God the creator of all things,

¹⁸ so that you and all God's people may be strong enough to grasp what breadth, length, height, and depth mean, ¹⁹ and to understand Christ's love, so far beyond our understanding, so that you may be filled with the very fulness of God.

¹⁹ and to understand Christ's love, so far beyond our understanding, so that you may be filled with the very fulness of God.

⁷ But each one of us has been given mercy in Christ's generous measure. ⁸ So it says, "When he went up on high, he led a host of captives, And gave gifts to mankind." ⁹ What does "he went up" mean, except that he had first gone down to the under parts of the earth? ¹⁰ It is he who went down who has also gone up above all the heavens, to fill the universe. ¹¹ And he has given us some men as apostles, some as prophets, some as missionaries, some as pastors and teachers, ¹² in order to fit his people for the work of service, for building the body of Christ, ¹³ until we all attain unity in faith, and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and reach mature manhood, and that full measure of development found in Christ.

²⁹ No bad word must ever pass your lips, but only words that are good and suited to improve the occasion, so that they will be a blessing to those who hear them.

¹⁴ So it says, "Wake up, sleeper! Rise from the dead, And Christ will dawn upon you!"

⁶ Though he possessed the nature of God, he did not grasp at equality with God,

⁶ Though he possessed the nature of God, he did not grasp at equality with God,

⁶ Though he possessed the nature of God, he did not grasp at equality with God, ⁷ but laid it aside to take on the nature of a slave and become like other men.

⁷ but laid it aside to take on the nature of a slave and become like other men. ⁸ When he had assumed human form, he still further humbled himself and carried his obedience so far as to die, and to die upon the cross.

¹³ For it is God who in his good will is at work in your hearts, inspiring your will and your action.

³ We are the true circumcision, who worship God by his Spirit, priding ourselves only on Christ Jesus, and not relying on physical advantages,

⁵ I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a descendant of Israel. I belong to the tribe of Benjamin. I am a Hebrew, and the son of Hebrews. As to the Law, I was a Pharisee; ⁶ as to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church; and by the Law's standard of uprightness, no fault could be found with me.

¹² Not that I have secured it yet, or already reached perfection, but I am pressing on to see if I can capture it, because I have been captured by Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ He is a likeness of the unseen God, born before any creature, ¹⁶ for it was through him that everything was created in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, angelic thrones, dominions, principalities, authorities—all things were created through him and for him. ¹⁷ He existed before all things and he sustains and embraces them all.

¹⁷ He existed before all things and he sustains and embraces them all.

¹⁹ For all the divine fulness chose to dwell in him,

³ that divine mystery in which all treasures of wisdom and knowledge are to be found.

⁶ So just as you once accepted the Christ, Jesus, as your Lord, you must live in vital union with him.

⁹ For it is in him that all the fulness of God's nature lives embodied,

⁹ For it is in him that all the fulness of God's nature lives embodied, ¹⁰ and in union with him you too are filled with it. He is the head of all your principalities and dominions.

⁴ When Christ, who is our true life, shall make his appearance, then you also will appear glorified with him.

⁴ But you are not in darkness, brothers, so that that Day should surprise you like thieves. ⁵ You all belong to the light and the day. We have nothing to do with night or with darkness. ⁶ So we must not sleep like other men, but we must be vigilant and composed. ⁷ For those who sleep sleep at night and those who get drunk do so at night,

²¹ but test them all, retaining what is good

⁷ and to give rest to you who are suffering and to us, when our Lord Jesus appears from heaven, with his mighty angels

⁹ They will be punished with eternal ruin and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and his glorious might,

¹⁴ and the blessing of our Lord has been given me in the greatest abundance, together with faith and love that union with Christ Jesus brings. ¹⁵ It is a trustworthy saying, entitled to the fullest acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of them, ¹⁶ but God had mercy on me in order that in my case as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display his perfect patience, as an example to those who would later believe in him and find eternal life. ¹⁷ To the eternal King, immortal and invisible, the one God, be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.

⁴ who wants all men to be saved and to come to know the truth.

⁶ who gave himself as a ransom for all men. This is what was testified to at the proper times,

¹⁶ No one can deny the profundity of the divine truth of our religion! "He was revealed in flesh, He was vindicated by the Spirit, He was seen by the angels, He was proclaimed among the heathen, He was believed in throughout the world, He was taken up into glory."

¹⁶ who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

¹¹ For God's mercy has appeared and brought salvation to all men,

¹³ while we wait for the fulfilment of our blessed hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ He gave himself for us, to free us from all wickedness and purify for himself a people of his own, eager to do right.

⁵ he saved us, not for any upright actions we had performed, but from his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal by the holy Spirit,

⁵ he saved us, not for any upright actions we had performed, but from his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal by the holy Spirit, ⁶ which he has poured out upon us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

¹ It was little by little and in different ways that God spoke in old times to our forefathers through the prophets, ² but in these latter days he has spoken to us in a Son, whom he had destined to possess everything, and through whom he had made the world.

² but in these latter days he has spoken to us in a Son, whom he had destined to possess everything, and through whom he had made the world. ³ He is the reflection of God's glory, and the representation of his being, and bears up the universe by his mighty word. He has effected man's purification from sin, and has taken his seat on high at the right hand of God's Majesty,

³ He is the reflection of God's glory, and the representation of his being, and bears up the universe by his mighty word. He has effected man's purification from sin, and has taken his seat on high at the right hand of God's Majesty,

⁵ For to what angel did God ever say, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father"? Or again, "I will become his Father, and he shall become my Son"?

⁵ For to what angel did God ever say, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father"? Or again, "I will become his Father, and he shall become my Son"? ⁶ But of the time when he is to bring his firstborn Son back to the world he says, "And let all God's angels bow before him."

⁸ But of the Son he says, "God is your throne forever and ever! And a righteous scepter is the scepter of his kingdom!

⁸ But of the Son he says, "God is your throne forever and ever! And a righteous scepter is the scepter of his kingdom! ⁹ You have loved right and hated wrong! That is why God, your God, has anointed you with exhilarating oil beyond all your comrades."

⁹ You have loved right and hated wrong! That is why God, your God, has anointed you with exhilarating oil beyond all your comrades." ¹⁰ And "You, Lord, in the beginning founded the earth, And the sky is the work of your hands!

¹⁰ And "You, Lord, in the beginning founded the earth, And the sky is the work of your hands! ¹¹ They will perish, but you continue! And they will all wear out like a coat,

¹¹ They will perish, but you continue! And they will all wear out like a coat, ¹² And you will fold them up like a mantle, And change them as one changes his coat. But you are always the same, and your years will have no end!"

¹² And you will fold them up like a mantle, And change them as one changes his coat. But you are always the same, and your years will have no end!" ¹³ But to what angel did he ever say, 'Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for you"? ¹⁴ Are not the angels all spirits in service, whom he sends on his errands for the good of those who are destined to possess salvation?

¹¹ For both he who purifies them and they who are purified spring from one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

¹⁴ Therefore since these children referred to have the same mortal nature, Jesus also shared it, like them, in order that by his death he might dethrone the lord of death, the devil, ¹⁵ and free from their slavery men who had always lived in fear of death. ¹⁶ For of course it was not angels but the descendants of Abraham that he came to help. ¹⁷ And so he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might prove a compassionate high priest as well as one faithful in his service to God, in order to forgive the people's sins.

¹⁷ And so he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might prove a compassionate high priest as well as one faithful in his service to God, in order to forgive the people's sins.

³ For Jesus is entitled to as much more honor than Moses as the builder of a house is than the house he builds. ⁴ For every house has a builder, and the builder of the universe is God. ⁵ Now the faithfulness of Moses in all the house of God was that of a servant, in faithfully repeating what he was told to say; ⁶ but Christ's faithfulness was that of a son set over the house of God. And we are that house, if we keep up our courage and our triumphant hope to the very end.

⁵ So even Christ did not claim for himself the dignity of the high priesthood, but he was appointed to it by him who said to him, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father!"

³ with no father or mother or ancestry, and with no beginning to his days nor end to his life, but like no one but the Son of God, continues as priest forever.

⁸ But in his dissatisfaction with them he says, " 'See! the time is coming,' says the Lord, 'When I will conclude a new agreement with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, ⁹ Not like the one that I made with their forefathers, On the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt, For they would not abide by their agreement with me, So I paid no attention to them,' says the Lord. ¹⁰ 'For this is the agreement that I will make with the house of Israel, In those later days,' says the Lord; 'I will put my laws into their minds, And write them on their hearts, And they will have me for their God, And I will have them for my people. ¹¹ And they will not have to teach their townsmen and their brothers to know the Lord, For they will all know me, From the lowest to the highest. ¹² For I will be merciful to their misdeeds, And I will no longer remember their sins.' "

²² In fact, under the Law, almost everything is purified with blood, and unless blood is poured out nothing is forgiven.

²⁸ so the Christ too, after being offered in sacrifice once for all to carry away the sins of many, will appear again but without any burden of sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him to come and save them.

⁴ for bulls' and goats' blood is powerless to remove sin. ⁵ That is why the Christ, when he was coming into the world, said, "You have not wished sacrifice or offering, but you have provided a body for me.

⁵ That is why the Christ, when he was coming into the world, said, "You have not wished sacrifice or offering, but you have provided a body for me. ⁶ You never cared for burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin! ⁷ So I said, 'See, I have come! as the Book of the Law says of me, O God, to do your will!' " ⁸ At first he says, "You never wished or cared for sacrifices or offerings, or burnt-offerings or sacrifices for sin"—all of which the Law prescribes— ⁹ and then he adds, "See, I have come to do your will!" He is taking away the old to put the new in its place. ¹⁰ And it is through his doing of God's will that we have been once for all purified from sin through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ in sacrifice.

³ It is faith that enables us to see that the universe was created at the command of God, so that the world we see did not simply arise out of matter.

³⁹ Yet though they all gained God's approval by their faith, they none of them received what he had promised, ⁴⁰ for God had resolved upon something still better for us, that they might not reach the fulfilment of their hopes except with us.

² fixing our eyes upon Jesus, our leader and example in faith, who in place of the happiness that belonged to him, submitted to a cross, caring nothing for its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

⁸ Jesus Christ is the same today that he was yesterday, and he will be so forever.

¹⁸ Of his own accord he brought us into being through the message of truth, so that we might be a kind of first-fruits among his creatures.

² whom God the Father has chosen and predestined by the consecration of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ, and to be sprinkled with his blood; God bless you and give you perfect peace. ³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has caused us to be born anew to a life of hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead,

¹¹ trying to learn for what possible time the spirit of Christ within them in predicting the sufferings destined for Christ intended them and the glories that were to follow them.

¹⁹ but with precious blood, like that of an unblemished, spotless lamb, the blood of Christ,

¹⁹ but with precious blood, like that of an unblemished, spotless lamb, the blood of Christ, ²⁰ who was predestined for this before the foundation of the world, but was revealed only at the end of the ages,

²³ for you have been born anew from a germ not perishable, but imperishable, through the message of the living, everlasting God.

¹ Free yourselves, therefore, from all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of any kind, ² and like new-born babes crave the pure spiritual milk that will make you grow up to salvation,

⁴ Come to him, as to a living stone rejected by men, but chosen and prized in the sight of God, ⁵ and build yourselves up as living stones into a spiritual house for a consecrated priesthood, so as to offer spiritual sacrifices that through Jesus Christ will be acceptable to God. ⁶ For it says in Scripture, "Here I lay a choice stone in Zion, a costly cornerstone; No one who believes in it will ever be disappointed!" ⁷ It is you, therefore, who believe who see its value, but for men who do not believe, "The stone which the builders refused has been made a cornerstone,"

²² He committed no sin, and deceit was never on his lips.

²⁴ He carried the burden of our sins in his own body on the cross, in order that we might die to sin and live for uprightness. By his wounds you have been healed.

¹⁸ For Christ himself died once for all, for sin, an upright man for unrighteous men, to bring us to God, and was physically put to death, but he was made alive in the Spirit.

¹ Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the uprightness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been given a faith as privileged as ours;

⁴ Thus he has given us his precious and splendid promises so that through them you may escape the corrupting influences that exist in the world through passion, and come to share in the divine nature.

¹⁶ For they were no fictitious stories that we followed when we informed you of the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and of his coming, but we had been eye-witnesses of his majesty. ¹⁷ For when he was so honored and glorified by God the Father and from the supreme glory there were borne to him such words as these: "This is my Son, my Beloved! He is my Chosen!"—

⁹ The Lord is not slow about his promise, in the sense that some men think; he is really showing his patience with you, because he does not want any to perish, but wishes all men to be brought to repentance.

¹ It is what existed from the beginning, that we announce; what we have heard, what we have seen with our own eyes, what we have beheld, and touched with our hands; it is the very message of life— ² for life has been revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it and announce to you that eternal life that was with the Father and has been revealed to us—

² for life has been revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it and announce to you that eternal life that was with the Father and has been revealed to us— ³ it is what we have seen and heard that we announce to you also, so that you may share our fellowship, for our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ,

⁵ This is the message that we heard from him and announce to you: God is light; there is no darkness in him at all. ⁶ If we say, "We have fellowship with him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not living the truth. ⁷ But if we live in the light, just as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin. ⁸ If we say, "We are without any sin," we are deceiving ourselves, and there is no truth in our hearts.

² He is himself an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the whole world.

⁸ Yet it is a new command that I am writing you; it is newly realized in him and in yourselves, for the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

²³ No one who disowns the Son can have the Father. Whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father too.

²⁸ Now, dear children, keep in union with him, so that if he appears, we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame when he comes. ²⁹ If you know that he is upright, you may be sure that everyone who acts uprightly is his child.

¹ Think what love the Father has had for us, in letting us be called God's children, for that is what we are. This is why the world does not know what we are—because it has never come to know him.

⁵ You know that he appeared to take our sins away, and that there is no sin in him.

⁸ Whoever commits sin is a child of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. This is why the Son of God appeared—to undo the devil's work. ⁹ No one who is a child of God commits sin, for God's nature remains in his heart, and he cannot sin, because he is a child of God.

²³ His command is this—that we are to believe in his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us to do.

² You can tell the Spirit of God in this way: all inspiration that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in human form comes from God, ³ and any inspired utterance that does not acknowledge Jesus does not come from God; it is the inspiration of the Antichrist. You have heard that it was coming, and here it is already in the world.

⁷ Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God, and everyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.

⁹ God's love for us has been revealed in this way—that God has sent his only Son into the world, to let us have life through him. ¹⁰ The love consists not in our having loved God, but in his loving us and sending his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

¹² No one has ever seen God; yet if we love one another, God keeps in union with us and love for him attains perfection in our hearts.

¹⁴ We have seen and can testify that the Father has sent the Son to be Savior of the world.

¹⁴ We have seen and can testify that the Father has sent the Son to be Savior of the world. ¹⁵ If anyone acknowledges that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, God keeps in union with him and he with God.

¹⁹ We love because he loved us first. ²⁰ If anyone says, "I love God," and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

¹ Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves those who are his children.

⁴ for every child of God is victorious over the world. Our faith is the victory that has triumphed over the world.

⁷ For there are three that testify to it,

⁹ If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is stronger still; for the value of God's testimony lies in this, that he has testified to his Son. ¹⁰ Whoever believes in the Son of God possesses that testimony in his heart. Anyone who will not believe God has made him a liar, for he has refused to believe the testimony that God has borne to his Son. ¹¹ And that testimony is that God has given us eternal life, and that this life is found in his Son.

¹¹ And that testimony is that God has given us eternal life, and that this life is found in his Son. ¹² Whoever has the Son has life; whoever has not the Son has not life. ¹³ I have written this so that you who believe in the Son of God may know that you have eternal life.

¹⁸ We know that no child of God commits sin, but the fact that he is God's child protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us power to recognize him who is true; and we are in union with him who is true, through his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

⁷ For many impostors have gone out into the world—men who do not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in human form. That is the mark of the impostor and the Antichrist.

⁹ Anyone who goes too far and does not keep to the teaching of Christ has not God. It is the man who holds to the teaching who has both the Father and the Son.

¹⁴ Of them also Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said, "See! The Lord comes with his holy myriads

² who testifies to what he saw—to the message of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the sovereign of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has released us from our sins by his blood

⁸ "I am the Alpha and the Omega." says the Lord God, who is and was and is coming, the Almighty.

¹¹ say, "Write what you see in a roll and send it to the seven churches—to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. But he laid his right hand upon me, and said, "Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last,

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. But he laid his right hand upon me, and said, "Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ the living one. I was dead, yet here I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys of death and the underworld.

⁸ "To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: " 'The first and the last, who died and came to life again, speaks thus:

¹⁸ "To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: " 'The Son of God, whose eyes blaze like fire, and whose feet are like bronze, speaks thus:

¹⁸ "To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: " 'The Son of God, whose eyes blaze like fire, and whose feet are like bronze, speaks thus: ¹⁹ I know the things you do, your love and faithfulness and helpfulness and endurance, and I know that you are now doing more than you did at first.

¹⁴ "To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: " 'The Amen, the true and faithful witness, the origin of God's creation, speaks thus:

²⁰ Here I stand knocking at the door. If anyone listens to my voice and opens the door, I will be his guest and dine with him, and he with me.

¹ Afterward I had another vision: There was a door standing open in the heavens and the first voice like a trumpet that I had heard speak to me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place."

¹¹ "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory, honor, and power, for you created all things; by your will they existed and were created."

⁶ Then I saw standing in the center of the throne and of the four animals and of the elders a Lamb which seemed to have been slaughtered. He had seven horns and seven eyes; these are the seven spirits of God, which are sent on errands to all parts of the earth.

⁸ When he took the roll, the four animals and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each with a harp and gold bowls full of incense, that is, of the prayers of God's people.

⁸ When he took the roll, the four animals and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each with a harp and gold bowls full of incense, that is, of the prayers of God's people. ⁹ Then they sang a new song: "You deserve to take the roll and open its seals, for you have been slaughtered, and with your blood have bought for God men from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation, ¹⁰ and have made them a kingdom of priests for our God, and they are to reign over the earth."

¹² saying in a loud voice, "The Lamb that was slaughtered deserves to receive power, wealth, wisdom, might, honor, glory, and blessing." ¹³ Then I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, underneath the earth, and on the sea, and all that they contain, say, "Blessing, honor, glory, and power to him who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever!"

¹ In my vision, when the Lamb broke the first of the seven seals, I heard the first of the four animals say with a voice like thunder, "Come!"

¹⁶ And they said to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and conceal us from the sight of him who is seated on the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb,

⁹ After that I saw a great crowd which no one could count from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

⁹ After that I saw a great crowd which no one could count from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands, ¹⁰ and they cried in a loud voice, "Our deliverance is the work of our God who is seated on the throne, and of the Lamb!"

¹⁰ and they cried in a loud voice, "Our deliverance is the work of our God who is seated on the throne, and of the Lamb!" ¹¹ Then all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four animals, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹² saying, "Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen!" ¹³ Then one of the elders addressed me and said, "Who are these people dressed in white robes, and where do they come from?" ¹⁴ I said to him, "You know, my lord." He said to me, "They are the people who come through the great persecution, who have washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁴ I said to him, "You know, my lord." He said to me, "They are the people who come through the great persecution, who have washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ That is why they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple, and he who is seated on the throne will shelter them. ¹⁶ They will never be hungry or thirsty again, and never again will the sun or any burning heat distress them, ¹⁷ for the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."

¹⁷ for the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."

¹¹ They have conquered him because of the Lamb's blood, and the message to which they bore testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.

⁸ All the inhabitants of the earth whose names have not from the foundation of the world been written in the slain Lamb's book of life, will worship it.

¹ Then in my vision I saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 people who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.

⁴ They are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women; they are celibates. It is they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been ransomed from among men as the first-fruits for God and the Lamb, ⁵ and they have never been known to utter a lie; they are irreproachable.

¹⁰ shall drink the wine of God's wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and be tortured with fire and brimstone before the eyes of the holy angels and the Lamb.

³ and they were singing the song of Moses, the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Great and marvelous are your doings, Lord God Almighty! Upright and true are your ways, King of the Ages!

¹⁴ They will make war upon the Lamb, and the Lamb with his elect, chosen, and faithful followers with him will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings.

⁷ Let us be glad and triumphant and give him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

⁹ Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are they who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' These," he said to me, "are the true words of God."

¹¹ Then I saw heaven thrown open and there appeared a white horse. His rider was called Faithful and True, and he judges and wages war in uprightness.

¹³ The garment he wore was spattered with blood, and his name was the Word of God.

³ I heard a loud voice from the throne say, "See! God's dwelling is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people and God himself will be with them,

⁶ It is all over!" he told me, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end I will give anyone who is thirsty water without cost from the spring of the water of life.

⁹ Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke to me. "Come," he said, "I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."

¹⁴ The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the Lamb's twelve apostles.

²² I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. ²³ The city does not need the sun nor the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God lighted it, and the Lamb is its lamp.

²⁷ Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who indulges in abominable practices and falsehoods, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

¹ Then he showed me a river of living water, clear as crystal, which issued from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

¹³ I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

¹⁶ "I, Jesus, sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am of the line and family of David, I am the bright morning star." ¹⁷ "Come," say the Spirit and the bride. Let everyone who hears this say, "Come!" Let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wants it come and take without cost living water.