Luke 24 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ but on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking spices they had prepared. ² But they found the stone rolled back from the tomb, ³ and when they went inside they could not find the body. ⁴ They were in great perplexity over this, when suddenly two men in dazzling clothing stood beside them. ⁵ The women were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look among the dead for him who is alive? ⁶ Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee, ⁷ when he said that the Son of Man must be handed over to wicked men and be crucified and rise again on the third day." ⁸ Then they remembered his words, ⁹ and they went back from the tomb and told all this to the eleven and all the rest. ¹⁰ They were Mary of Magdala and Joanna and Mary, James's mother; and the other women also told this to the apostles. ¹¹ But the story seemed to them to be nonsense and they would not believe them. ¹² OMITTED TEXT ¹³ That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, ¹⁴ and they were talking together about all these things that had happened. ¹⁵ And as they were talking and discussing them, Jesus himself came up and went with them, ¹⁶ but they were prevented from recognizing him. ¹⁷ And he said to them, "What is all this that you are discussing with each other on your way?" They stopped sadly, ¹⁸ and one of them named Cleopas said to him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know what has happened there lately?" ¹⁹ And he said, "What is it?" They said to him, "About Jesus of Nazareth, who in the eyes of God and of all the people was a prophet mighty in deed and word, ²⁰ and how the high priests and our leading men gave him up to be sentenced to death, and had him crucified. ²¹ But we were hoping that he was to be the deliverer of Israel. Why, besides all this, it is three days since it happened. ²² But some women of our number have astounded us. They went to the tomb early this morning ²³ and could not find his body, but came back and said that they had actually seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. ²⁴ Then some of our party went to the tomb and found things just as the women had said, but they did not see him." ²⁵ Then he said to them, "How foolish you are and how slow to believe all that the prophets have said! ²⁶ Did not the Christ have to suffer thus before entering upon his glory?" ²⁷ And he began with Moses and all the prophets and explained to them the passages all through the Scriptures that referred to himself. ²⁸ When they reached the village to which they were going, he acted as though he were going on, 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. ³⁰ And when he took his place with them at table, he took the bread and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them. ³¹ Then their eyes were opened and they knew him, and he vanished from them. ³² And they said to each other, "Did not our hearts glow when he was talking to us on the road, and was explaining the Scriptures to us?" ³³ And they got up immediately and went back to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and their party all together, ³⁴ and learned from them that the Master had really risen and had been seen by Simon. ³⁵ And they told what had happened on the road, and how they had known him when he broke the bread in pieces. ³⁶ While they were still talking of these things, he himself stood among them. ³⁷ They were startled and panic-stricken, and thought they saw a ghost. ³⁸ But he said to them, "Why are you so disturbed, and why do doubts arise in your minds? ³⁹ Look at my hands and feet, for it is I myself! Feel of me and see, for a ghost has not flesh and bones, as you see I have." ⁴⁰ OMITTED TEXT ⁴¹ But they could not yet believe it for sheer joy and they were amazed. And he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" ⁴² And they gave him a piece of broiled fish, ⁴³ and he took it and ate it before their eyes. 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." ⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds to the understanding of the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and said to them, "The Scriptures said that Christ should suffer as he has done, and rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and that repentance leading to the forgiveness of sins should be preached to all the heathen in his name. ⁴⁸ You are to be witnesses to all this, beginning at Jerusalem. ⁴⁹ And I will send down upon you what my Father has promised. Wait here in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." ⁵⁰ And he led them out as far as Bethany. Then he lifted up his hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ And as he was blessing them, he parted from them. ⁵² And they went back with great joy to Jerusalem, ⁵³ and were constantly in the Temple, blessing God.

² "Repent!" he said, "for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!"

¹⁰ When Jesus heard this he was astonished, and said to his followers, "I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such faith as this. ¹¹ And I tell you, many will come from the east and from the west and take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven,

¹³ You must go and learn what the saying means, 'It is mercy, not sacrifice, that I care for.' I did not come to invite the pious but the irreligious."

⁵ Jesus sent these twelve out, after giving them these directions: "Do not go among the heathen, or to any Samaritan town, ⁶ but proceed instead to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

¹³ If the house deserves it, the peace you wish it will come over it, but if it does not deserve it, your blessing will come back upon yourselves.

⁴⁰ For just as Jonah was in the maw of the whale for three days and nights, the Son of Man will be three days and nights in the heart of the earth.

¹⁹ Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and he took the five loaves and the two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed them, and he broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to the disciples and they gave them to the people.

²⁶ And the disciples saw him walking on the sea, and they were terrified and said, "It is a ghost!" And they screamed with fear. ²⁷ But Jesus immediately spoke to them and said, "Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid."

³⁶ and he took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks and he broke them in pieces and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

⁵ When the disciples went across the lake, they forgot to take any bread.

⁸ Jesus noticed it and said, "Why are you discussing with one another your being without bread? You have so little faith!

²¹ It was then that Jesus Christ for the first time explained to his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and endure great suffering there at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day.

²² As they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be handed over to men, ²³ and they will kill him, but on the third day he will be raised to life again." And they were greatly distressed.

²⁰ For wherever two or three are gathered as my followers, I am there among them."

¹⁸ "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, ¹⁹ and hand him over to the heathen to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised to life."

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

¹⁷ And he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

²⁶ As they were eating Jesus took a loaf and blessed it, and he broke it in pieces and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it. It is my body!"

⁵⁴ But then how are the Scriptures to be fulfilled, which say that this must happen?"

⁵⁶ But this has all taken place in fulfilment of the writings of the prophets." Then all the disciples left him and made their escape.

¹ When it was morning, all the high priests and elders of the people held a consultation about Jesus, with a view to putting him to death. ² And they bound him and led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

²⁰ But the high priests and the elders prevailed on the crowd to ask for Barabbas, and to have Jesus put to death.

⁵⁵ There were several women there watching from a distance who had followed Jesus from Galilee to wait upon him, ⁵⁶ among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

⁵⁶ among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.

⁶⁰ and laid it in a new tomb that belonged to him, that he had cut in the rock, and he rolled a great stone over the doorway of the tomb, and went away. ⁶¹ And Mary of Magdala and the other Mary remained there, sitting before the tomb. ⁶² On the next day, that is, the day after the Preparation Day, the high priests and Pharisees went in a body to Pilate ⁶³ and said, "Sir, we remember that when this impostor was alive he said, 'After three days I will rise again!'

⁶³ and said, "Sir, we remember that when this impostor was alive he said, 'After three days I will rise again!' ⁶⁴ Give orders, therefore, to have the tomb closely guarded till the third day, so that his disciples cannot come and steal him, and then tell the people that he is risen from the dead, and that delusion be worse than the other was." ⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers, and go and make it as secure as you can." ⁶⁶ And they went and set the guard and put a seal on the stone.

¹ After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. ² And there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the stone back and sat upon it.

² And there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the stone back and sat upon it.

² And there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the stone back and sat upon it. ³ His appearance was like lightning and his clothing was as white as snow.

³ His appearance was like lightning and his clothing was as white as snow.

³ His appearance was like lightning and his clothing was as white as snow. ⁴ The men on guard trembled with fear of him, and became like dead men.

⁴ The men on guard trembled with fear of him, and became like dead men.

⁴ The men on guard trembled with fear of him, and became like dead men. ⁵ And the angel said to the women, "You need not be afraid. I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

⁵ And the angel said to the women, "You need not be afraid. I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.

⁵ And the angel said to the women, "You need not be afraid. I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here, he has risen, as he said he would do. Come and see the place where he was lying.

⁶ He is not here, he has risen, as he said he would do. Come and see the place where he was lying.

⁶ He is not here, he has risen, as he said he would do. Come and see the place where he was lying. ⁷ Now go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and is going back to Galilee before you. You will see him there.' Now I have given you my message." ⁸ And they hurried away from the tomb frightened and yet overjoyed, and ran to tell the news to his disciples. ⁹ And Jesus himself met them, and said, "Good morning!" And they went up to him and clasped his feet, and bowed to the ground before him.

¹⁷ There they saw him and bowed down before him, though some were in doubt about it.

¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all the heathen, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teach them to observe all the commands that I have given you. I will always be with you, to the very close of the age."

²⁴ "What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, you are God's holy One!"

³⁰ The apostles rejoined Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.

⁴¹ Then he took the five loaves and the two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed the loaves and broke them in pieces and gave them to the disciples to pass to the people; and he divided the two fish among them all.

⁴⁸ And he saw that they were straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, and toward morning he went out to them, walking on the sea, and was going to join them. ⁴⁹ They saw him walking on the sea, and thought it was a ghost and screamed aloud, ⁵⁰ for they all saw him and were terrified. But he immediately spoke to them and said, "Take courage, it is I. Do not be afraid."

¹⁸ And he said to them, "Have not even you any understanding then? Do you not see that nothing that goes into a man from outside can pollute him,

⁶ Then he ordered the people to take their places on the ground. And he took the seven loaves and gave thanks and broke them in pieces and gave them to his disciples to pass, and they passed them to the people.

¹⁷ And he noticed it and said to them, "Why do you discuss your being without bread? Do you not yet see nor understand? Are your minds so dull? ¹⁸ When you have eyes can you not see, and when you have ears can you not hear? Do you not remember

³¹ Then he explained to them for the first time that the Son of Man must go through much suffering, and be refused by the elders and the high priests and the scribes, and be killed, and rise again three days after.

³¹ Then he explained to them for the first time that the Son of Man must go through much suffering, and be refused by the elders and the high priests and the scribes, and be killed, and rise again three days after. ³² He told them this plainly. And Peter took him aside, and began to reprove him for it.

⁹ As they were going down the mountain, he cautioned them to let no one know what they had seen, until the Son of Man should rise from the dead. ¹⁰ And they did not forget what he said, but discussed with one another what he meant by the rising from the dead.

¹⁹ He answered them and said, "O you unbelieving people, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!"

³⁰ And they left that place and made their way through Galilee, and he did not wish anyone to know it; ³¹ for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and three days after he is killed he will rise again."

³¹ for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and three days after he is killed he will rise again." ³² But they did not understand what he meant, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

¹⁶ And he took the children in his arms and laid his hands on them and blessed them.

³³ "See!" he said, "we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the heathen ³⁴ and they will ridicule him and spit on him and flog him and kill him; and three days after he will rise again."

¹ When they were getting near Jerusalem, and had come to Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on ahead,

²² As they were eating, he took a loaf and blessed it, and he broke it in pieces and gave it to them saying, "Take this. It is my body."

¹ As soon as it was daylight, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes, and they and the whole council bound Jesus and took him away and handed him over to Pilate.

⁴⁰ There were some women also watching from a distance, among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joses, and Salome,

⁴⁰ There were some women also watching from a distance, among them Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of the younger James and of Joses, and Salome, ⁴¹ who used to accompany him and wait on him when he was in Galilee—besides many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him.

⁴⁶ And he bought a linen sheet and took him down from the cross and wrapped him in the sheet, and laid him in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the doorway of the tomb. ⁴⁷ And Mary of Magdala and Mary, Joses' mother, were looking on and saw where he was put.

¹ When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary, James's mother, and Salome bought spices, in order to go and anoint him. ² Then very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb, when the sun had just risen. ³ And they said to one another, "Who will roll the stone back from the doorway of the tomb for us?"

³ And they said to one another, "Who will roll the stone back from the doorway of the tomb for us?" ⁴ And they looked up and saw that the stone had been rolled back, for it was very large.

⁴ And they looked up and saw that the stone had been rolled back, for it was very large. ⁵ And when they went into the tomb they saw a young man in a white robe sitting at the right, and they were utterly amazed.

⁵ And when they went into the tomb they saw a young man in a white robe sitting at the right, and they were utterly amazed.

⁵ And when they went into the tomb they saw a young man in a white robe sitting at the right, and they were utterly amazed. ⁶ But he said to them, "You must not be amazed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here. See! This is where they laid him.

⁶ But he said to them, "You must not be amazed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here. See! This is where they laid him. ⁷ But go and say to his disciples and to Peter, 'He is going before you to Galilee; you will see him there, just as he told you.' "

⁷ But go and say to his disciples and to Peter, 'He is going before you to Galilee; you will see him there, just as he told you.' " ⁸ And they fled out of the tomb, for they were all trembling and bewildered, and they said nothing about it to anyone, for they were afraid to do so. ^{AN ANCIENT APPENDIX But they reported briefly to Peter and his companions all they had been told. And afterward Jesus himself sent out by them from the east to the west the sacred and incorruptible message of eternal salvation. \b ANOTHER ANCIENT APPENDIX 9} Now after he had risen, early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala, from whom he had driven out seven evil spirits.

⁹ Now after he had risen, early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdala, from whom he had driven out seven evil spirits. ¹⁰ She went and told it to his old companions, while they were mourning and weeping.

¹⁰ She went and told it to his old companions, while they were mourning and weeping.

¹⁰ She went and told it to his old companions, while they were mourning and weeping. ¹¹ When they heard that he was alive and that she had seen him, they would not believe it.

¹¹ When they heard that he was alive and that she had seen him, they would not believe it. ¹² Afterward he showed himself in a different form to two of them as they were walking along, on their way into the country.

¹² Afterward he showed himself in a different form to two of them as they were walking along, on their way into the country. ¹³ They went back and told the rest, but they would not believe them.

¹³ They went back and told the rest, but they would not believe them. ¹⁴ Still later he appeared to the Eleven themselves when they were at table, and reproached them for their obstinacy and want of faith, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he had been raised from the dead.

¹⁹ So the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was caught up into heaven and took his seat at God's right hand. ²⁰ And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed their message by the signs that attended it.

¹² When Zechariah saw him he was startled and overcome with fear. 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.

²⁹ But she was startled at what he said, and wondered what this greeting meant.

⁶⁸ "Blessings on the Lord, the God of Israel, Because he has turned his attention to his people, and brought about their deliverance,

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.

³⁰ But he made his way through the midst of them and went on.

⁴⁵ A good man, out of the good he has accumulated in his heart, produces good, and a bad man, out of what he has accumulated that is bad, produces what is bad. For his mouth says only what his heart is full of.

¹⁶ And they were all overcome with awe, and they praised God, and said, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and "God has not forgotten his people!"

² and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and sickness—Mary, who was called Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons had been driven, ³ and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them with their means.

¹⁶ Then he took the five loaves and the two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed them, and he broke them in pieces and gave them to the disciples to pass to the people.

²² and said, "The Son of Man must endure great suffering and be refused by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day."

⁴⁴ "You must store up these teachings in your minds, for the Son of Man is going to be handed over to men."

⁵ Whenever you go to stay at a house, first say, 'Peace to this household!'

³⁴ O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! murdering the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you refused!

²³ And the master said to the slave, 'Go out on the roads, and among the hedges, and make them come so that my house may be full.

³⁰ But he said, 'No! Father Abraham, but if someone will go to them from the dead, they will repent!'

³¹ And he took the Twelve aside and said to them, "See! we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written in the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

³¹ And he took the Twelve aside and said to them, "See! we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written in the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. ³² For he will be handed over to the heathen, and ridiculed and insulted and spat upon,

³² For he will be handed over to the heathen, and ridiculed and insulted and spat upon, ³³ and they will flog him and kill him, and on the third day he will rise again."

³³ and they will flog him and kill him, and on the third day he will rise again." ³⁴ And they did not understand any of this; the words were obscure to them, and they did not know what he meant.

²² for those are the days of vengeance, when all that is written in the Scriptures will be fulfilled.

¹⁹ And he took a loaf of bread and thanked God, and broke it in pieces, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body.

³⁷ For I tell you that this saying of Scripture must find its fulfilment in me: 'He was rated an outlaw.' Yes, that saying about me is to be fulfilled!"

⁵⁴ Then they arrested him and led him away and took him to the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance. ⁵⁵ And they kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat about it, and Peter sat down among them. ⁵⁶ A maid saw him sitting by the fire and looked at him and said, "This man was with him too." ⁵⁷ But he denied it, and said, "I do not know him." ⁵⁸ Shortly after, a man saw him and said, "You are one of them too!" But Peter said, "I am not!" ⁵⁹ About an hour later, another man insisted, "This man was certainly with him too, for he is a Galilean!" ⁶⁰ But Peter said, "I do not know what you mean." And immediately, just as he spoke, a cock crowed. 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." ⁶² And he went outside and wept bitterly.

⁶⁶ As soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the high priests and scribes assembled, and brought him before their council, and said to him,

¹³ Pilate summoned the high priests and the leading members of the council and the people,

⁴⁶ Then Jesus gave a loud cry, and said, "Father, I intrust my spirit to your hands!" With these words he expired.

⁵⁵ The women who had followed Jesus from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was put there. ⁵⁶ Then they went home, and prepared spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested in obedience to the commandment,

¹ but on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking spices they had prepared. ² But they found the stone rolled back from the tomb, ³ and when they went inside they could not find the body. ⁴ They were in great perplexity over this, when suddenly two men in dazzling clothing stood beside them. ⁵ The women were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look among the dead for him who is alive? ⁶ Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee,

⁶ Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee, ⁷ when he said that the Son of Man must be handed over to wicked men and be crucified and rise again on the third day."

⁷ when he said that the Son of Man must be handed over to wicked men and be crucified and rise again on the third day."

⁷ when he said that the Son of Man must be handed over to wicked men and be crucified and rise again on the third day." ⁸ Then they remembered his words, ⁹ and they went back from the tomb and told all this to the eleven and all the rest. ¹⁰ They were Mary of Magdala and Joanna and Mary, James's mother; and the other women also told this to the apostles.

¹⁰ They were Mary of Magdala and Joanna and Mary, James's mother; and the other women also told this to the apostles. ¹¹ But the story seemed to them to be nonsense and they would not believe them. ¹² OMITTED TEXT

¹⁶ but they were prevented from recognizing him.

¹⁸ and one of them named Cleopas said to him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know what has happened there lately?"

²² But some women of our number have astounded us. They went to the tomb early this morning ²³ and could not find his body, but came back and said that they had actually seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive.

²³ and could not find his body, but came back and said that they had actually seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. ²⁴ Then some of our party went to the tomb and found things just as the women had said, but they did not see him." ²⁵ Then he said to them, "How foolish you are and how slow to believe all that the prophets have said! ²⁶ Did not the Christ have to suffer thus before entering upon his glory?" ²⁷ And he began with Moses and all the prophets and explained to them the passages all through the Scriptures that referred to himself.

³⁰ And when he took his place with them at table, he took the bread and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them. ³¹ Then their eyes were opened and they knew him, and he vanished from them.

³¹ Then their eyes were opened and they knew him, and he vanished from them. ³² And they said to each other, "Did not our hearts glow when he was talking to us on the road, and was explaining the Scriptures to us?"

³⁵ And they told what had happened on the road, and how they had known him when he broke the bread in pieces. ³⁶ While they were still talking of these things, he himself stood among 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."

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." ⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds to the understanding of the Scriptures,

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds to the understanding of the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and said to them, "The Scriptures said that Christ should suffer as he has done, and rise from the dead on the third day,

⁴⁶ and said to them, "The Scriptures said that Christ should suffer as he has done, and rise from the dead on the third day,

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!"

¹⁹ Jesus answered, "Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it in three days!" ²⁰ The Jews said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this sanctuary, and are you going to raise it in three days?" ²¹ But he was speaking of his body as the sanctuary. ²² So afterward when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the passage of Scripture and what Jesus had said.

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."

¹⁴ And just as Moses in the desert lifted the serpent up in the air, the Son of Man must be lifted up,

¹⁹ The woman said to him, "I see that you are a prophet, sir.

³⁹ You pore over the Scriptures, for you think that you will find eternal life in them, and these very Scriptures testify to 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! ⁴⁶ For if you really believed Moses, you would believe me, for it was about me that he wrote.

⁴⁶ For if you really believed Moses, you would believe me, for it was about me that he wrote. ⁴⁷ But if you refuse to believe what he wrote, how are you ever to believe what I say?"

¹¹ Then Jesus took the loaves, and gave thanks, and distributed them among the people who were resting on the ground, and in the same way as much of the fish as they wanted.

¹⁴ When the people saw the signs that he showed, they said, "This is really the Prophet who was to come into the world!"

⁶³ The Spirit is what gives life; flesh is of no use at all. The things that I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

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?"

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

⁵⁹ At that, the Jews picked up stones to throw at him, but he disappeared and made his way out of the Temple.

¹⁶ His disciples did not understand this at the time but after Jesus was glorified they remembered that this was said of him in Scripture and that it had happened to him.

¹⁶ And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you always. ¹⁷ It is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot obtain that Spirit, because it does not see it or recognize it; you recognize it because it stays with you and is within you. ¹⁸ I am not going to leave you friendless. I am coming back to you. ¹⁹ In a little while the world will not see me any more, but you will still see me, because I shall live on, and you will live on too.

²⁶ but the Helper, the holy Spirit which the Father will send in my place, will teach you everything and remind you of everything that I have told you. ²⁷ I leave you a blessing; I give you my own blessing. I do not give it to you as the world gives. Your minds must not be troubled or afraid. ²⁸ You have heard me say that I am going away and am coming back to you; if you loved me you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

²⁶ When the Helper comes whom I will send to you from the Father—that Spirit of Truth that comes from the Father—he will bear testimony to me, ²⁷ and you must bear testimony too, because you have been with me from the first.

⁴ But I have told you about these things in order that when the time comes for them to happen, you may remember that I told you of them. I did not tell you this at first because I was still staying with you. ⁵ But now I am going away to him who sent me, and not one of you asks me where I am going, ⁶ but your minds are full of sorrow because I have told you this. ⁷ Yet it is only the truth when I tell you that it is better for you that I should go away. For if I do not go, the Helper will not come to you, but if I go I will send him to you.

⁷ Yet it is only the truth when I tell you that it is better for you that I should go away. For if I do not go, the Helper will not come to you, but if I go I will send him to you. ⁸ When he comes, he will bring conviction to the world about sin and uprightness and judgment; ⁹ about sin, as shown in their not believing in me; ¹⁰ about uprightness, as shown by my going away to the Father, where you can no longer see me; ¹¹ and about judgment, as shown by the condemnation of the evil genius of this world. ¹² I have much more to tell you, but you cannot take it in now, ¹³ but when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into the full truth, for he will not speak for himself but will tell what he hears, and will announce to you the things that are to come. ¹⁴ He will do honor to me, for he will take what is mine and communicate it to you. ¹⁵ All that the Father has belongs to me. That is why I said that he will take what is mine and communicate it to you. ¹⁶ "In a little while you will not see me any longer, and a little while after, you will see me again."

¹⁶ "In a little while you will not see me any longer, and a little while after, you will see me again." ¹⁷ Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean when he tells us, 'In a little while you will not see me any longer, and a little while after, you will see me again,' and 'Because I am going away to the Father'?"

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. ²¹ When a woman is in labor she is sorrowful, for her time has come; but when the child is born, she forgets her pain in her joy that a human being has been brought into the world. ²² So you, too, are sorrowful now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will be happy, and no one will rob you of your happiness.

²² So you, too, are sorrowful now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will be happy, and no one will rob you of your happiness.

³³ I have told you all this, so that through me you may find peace. In the world you have trouble; but take courage! I have conquered the world."

¹¹ Now I am to be no longer in this world, but they are to remain in the world, while I return to you. Holy Father, keep them by your power which you gave me, so that they may be one just as we are. ¹² As long as I was with them I kept them by your power which you gave me, and I protected them, and not one of them was lost (except the one who was destined to be lost), so that what the Scripture says might come true. ¹³ But now I am coming to you, and I say this here in this world in order that they may have the happiness that I feel fully realized in their own hearts.

²⁴ So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but let us draw for it, to see who gets it." This was to fulfil what the Scripture says: "They divided my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots." This was what the soldiers did. ²⁵ Near Jesus' cross stood his mother and her sister Mary, the daughter of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

²⁵ Near Jesus' cross stood his mother and her sister Mary, the daughter of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. ²⁶ So Jesus, seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, said to his mother, "There is your son!" ²⁷ Then he said to his disciple, "There is your mother!" And from that time his disciple took her into his home. ²⁸ After that, Jesus, knowing that everything was now finished, to fulfil the saying of Scripture, said, "I am thirsty." ²⁹ A bowl of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge soaked in the wine on a pike and held it to his lips. ³⁰ When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, "It is finished!" Then bowing his head he gave up his spirit. ³¹ As it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, in order that the bodies might not be left on the crosses over the Sabbath, for that Sabbath was an especially important one, the Jews asked Pilate to have the men's legs broken and the bodies removed. ³² So the soldiers went and broke the legs of the first man and then of the other who had been crucified with him. ³³ But when they came to Jesus they saw that he was dead already, and they did not break his legs, ³⁴ but one of the soldiers thrust a lance into his side, and blood and water immediately flowed out. ³⁵ The man who saw it testifies to it—his testimony is true; he knows that he is telling the truth—to lead you also to believe. ³⁶ For this happened to fulfil what the Scripture says: "Not one of its bones will be broken." ³⁷ Moreover, it says in another place, "They shall look at the man whom they pierced."

¹ On the day after the Sabbath, very early in the morning while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala went to the tomb, and she saw that the stone had been removed from it.

¹ On the day after the Sabbath, very early in the morning while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala went to the tomb, and she saw that the stone had been removed from it. ² So she ran away and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple who was dear to Jesus, and said to them, "They have taken the Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him."

² So she ran away and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple who was dear to Jesus, and said to them, "They have taken the Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him." ³ So Peter and the other disciple went out of the city and started for the tomb. ⁴ And they both ran, and the other disciple ran faster than Peter and got to the tomb first. ⁵ And he stooped down and saw the bandages lying on the ground, but he did not go in. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came up behind him, and he went inside the tomb, and saw the bandages lying on the ground,

⁶ Then Simon Peter came up behind him, and he went inside the tomb, and saw the bandages lying on the ground, ⁷ and the handkerchief that had been over Jesus' face not on the ground with the bandages, but folded up by itself.

⁷ and the handkerchief that had been over Jesus' face not on the ground with the bandages, but folded up by itself. ⁸ Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first went inside too, and saw and was convinced. ⁹ For they did not yet understand the statement of Scripture that he must rise from the dead. ¹⁰ So the disciples went home again. ¹¹ But Mary stood just outside the tomb, weeping. And as she wept she looked down into the tomb,

¹¹ But Mary stood just outside the tomb, weeping. And as she wept she looked down into the tomb, ¹² and saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus' body had been, one at his head and one at his feet.

¹² and saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus' body had been, one at his head and one at his feet. ¹³ And they said to her, "Why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken my Master away, and I do not know where they have put him."

¹³ And they said to her, "Why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken my Master away, and I do not know where they have put him." ¹⁴ As she said this she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was he.

¹⁴ As she said this she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was he.

¹⁴ As she said this she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was he. 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."

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.

¹⁶ "Mary!" said Jesus. She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni!" which means Master. ¹⁷ Jesus said to her, "You must not cling to me, for I have not yet gone up to my Father, but go to my brothers and say to them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."

¹⁷ Jesus said to her, "You must not cling to me, for I have not yet gone up to my Father, but go to my brothers and say to them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." ¹⁸ Mary of Magdala went and declared to the disciples, "I have seen the Master!" and she told them that he had said this to her.

¹⁸ Mary of Magdala went and declared to the disciples, "I have seen the Master!" and she told them that he had said this to her. ¹⁹ When it was evening on that first day after the Sabbath, and the doors of the house where the disciples met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came in and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you!"

¹⁹ When it was evening on that first day after the Sabbath, and the doors of the house where the disciples met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came in and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you!" ²⁰ Then he showed them his hands and his side, and the disciples were full of joy at seeing the Master.

²⁰ Then he showed them his hands and his side, and the disciples were full of joy at seeing the Master.

²⁰ Then he showed them his hands and his side, and the disciples were full of joy at seeing the Master. ²¹ Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you! Just as my Father sent me forth so I now send you."

²¹ Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you! Just as my Father sent me forth so I now send you." ²² As he said this he breathed upon them, and said,

²² As he said this he breathed upon them, and said, ²³ "Receive the holy Spirit! If you forgive any men's sins, they are forgiven them, and if you fix any men's sins upon them, they will remain fixed."

²³ "Receive the holy Spirit! If you forgive any men's sins, they are forgiven them, and if you fix any men's sins upon them, they will remain fixed." ²⁴ But Thomas, one of the Twelve, who was called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came in. ²⁵ So the rest of the disciples said to him, "We have seen the Master!" But he said to them, "Unless I see the marks of the nails in his hands, and put my finger into them, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!"

²⁵ So the rest of the disciples said to him, "We have seen the Master!" But he said to them, "Unless I see the marks of the nails in his hands, and put my finger into them, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!" ²⁶ A week after, the disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came in and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you!"

²⁶ A week after, the disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came in and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you!" ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and look at my hands, and take your hand and put it in my side, and be no longer unbelieving, but believe!" ²⁸ Thomas answered him, "My Master and my God!"

⁴ But just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach, though the disciples did not know that it was he. ⁵ So Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered, "No."

¹⁰ Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you have just caught." ¹¹ So Simon Peter got into the boat, and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them, and though there were so many, the net was not torn. ¹² Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." None of the disciples dared to ask him who he was, for they knew it was the Master. ¹³ Jesus went and got the bread and gave it to them, and the fish also.

³ He had shown himself alive to them after he had suffered, in many convincing ways, appearing to them through forty days, and telling them about the Kingdom of God. ⁴ And once when he ate with them, he instructed them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised. "You have heard me speak of it," he said,

⁶ So those who were present asked him, "Master, is this the time when you are going to re-establish the kingdom for Israel?"

⁸ but you will be given power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria and to the very ends of the earth." ⁹ As he said this, he was caught up before their eyes and a cloud took him up from their sight. ¹⁰ And while they were gazing after him into the sky, two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them,

¹² Then they went back to Jerusalem from the hill called the Olive-orchard, which is near Jerusalem, half a mile away.

¹⁴ They were all devoting themselves with one mind to prayer, with the women and Mary, Jesus' mother, and his brothers.

²² from his baptism by John to the time when he was caught up from us, must join us as a witness to his resurrection."

¹ On the day of the Harvest Festival, they were all meeting together, ² when suddenly there came from the sky a sound like a violent blast of wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³ And they saw tongues like flames separating and settling one on the head of each of them, ⁴ and they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to say in foreign languages whatever the Spirit prompted them to utter. ⁵ Now there were devout Jews from every part of the world living in Jerusalem. ⁶ And when this sound was heard, the crowd gathered in great excitement, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. ⁷ They were perfectly amazed and said in their astonishment, "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? ⁸ Then how is it that each of us hears his own native tongue? ⁹ Parthians, Medes, Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, of Judea and Cappadocia, of Pontus, and Asia, ¹⁰ of Phrygia, and Pamphylia, of Egypt and the district of Africa about Cyrene, visitors from Rome, Jews and proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabs—we all hear them tell in our native tongues the mighty deeds of God." ¹² And they were all amazed and bewildered and said to one another, "What can this mean?" ¹³ But others said derisively, "They have had too much new wine!" ¹⁴ Then Peter stood up with the eleven around him, and raising his voice addressed them. "Men of Judea," he said, "and all you residents of Jerusalem, let me explain this to you, and pay attention to what I say. ¹⁵ These men are not drunk as you suppose, for it is only nine in the morning. ¹⁶ But this is what was predicted by the prophet Joel, ¹⁷ " 'It will come about in the last days, God says, That I will pour out my Spirit upon all mankind; Your sons and daughters will become prophets, Your young men will have visions, And your old men will have dreams. ¹⁸ Even on my slaves, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, And they will become prophets. ¹⁹ I will show wonders in the sky above, And signs on the earth below, Blood and fire and thick smoke. ²⁰ The sun will turn to darkness, And the moon to blood, Before the coming of the great, splendid Day of the Lord. ²¹ Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.' 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.

³² He is Jesus, whom God raised from the dead, and to whose resurrection we are all witnesses.

³⁸ Peter said to them, "You must repent, and every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to have your sins forgiven; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit,

⁴² And they devoted themselves to the teaching and the society of the apostles, the breaking of bread, and prayer.

⁴⁶ Day after day they all went regularly to the Temple, they broke their bread together in their homes, and they ate their food with glad and simple hearts, ⁴⁷ constantly praising God and respected by all the people. And every day the Lord added people who were saved to their number.

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.

¹⁵ and killed the very source of life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can testify.

¹⁸ it was in this way that God fulfilled what he by all the prophets foretold that his Christ must suffer. ¹⁹ So repent and turn to God, to have your sins wiped out, and happier times will come from the presence of the Lord,

²² Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, as he raised me up. You must listen to everything that he tells you.

²² Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, as he raised me up. You must listen to everything that he tells you. ²³ Anyone that will not listen to that prophet will be annihilated from among the people.' ²⁴ Why, all the prophets from Samuel down, who have spoken, have also foretold these days.

²⁴ Why, all the prophets from Samuel down, who have spoken, have also foretold these days. 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."

⁸ Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them, "Leaders of the people and members of the council, ⁹ if it is for a benefit conferred upon a helpless man, and as to how he was cured, that we are called to account here today, ¹⁰ you and the people of Israel must all know that it is through the power of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that he stands here before you well.

¹² There is no salvation through anyone else, for there is no one else in the world who has been named to men as their only means of being saved."

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 to carry out what your hand and will had destined should happen.

³³ The apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and God's favor rested richly upon them.

³⁰ The God of our forefathers raised Jesus to life when you had hung him on a cross and killed him. ³¹ God took him up to his right hand as our leader and savior, in order to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

³¹ God took him up to his right hand as our leader and savior, in order to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel. ³² We and the holy Spirit which God has given to those who obey him are witnesses to these things."

⁴¹ So they went out from before the council, glad that they had been thought worthy to bear disgrace for the sake of Jesus, ⁴² and they did not for a single day stop teaching and preaching in the Temple and in private houses the good news of Jesus, the Christ.

²² So Moses was educated in all the Egyptian culture; he was strong in speech and action.

³⁷ This was the Moses who said to the descendants of Israel, 'God will make a prophet rise from among your brothers to teach you, just as he made me rise.'

³ One afternoon, about three o'clock, he had a vision, and distinctly saw an angel of God come into his room and say to him, "Cornelius!" ⁴ He stared at him in terror, and said, "What is it, sir?" "Your prayers and charities," the angel answered, "have gone up and been remembered before God.

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. ³⁹ We are witnesses of everything that he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. Yet they put him upon a cross and killed him.

⁴¹ not by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had designated beforehand, that is, by us, who ate and drank with him after he had risen from the dead.

⁴³ It is of him that all the prophets bear witness that everyone that believes in him will have his sins forgiven in his name."

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?" ⁴⁸ And he directed that they should be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay on there a few days.

¹⁸ When they heard this, they made no further objection, but they gave honor to God, and said, "Then God has given even the heathen repentance and the hope of life!"

⁹ So he followed him out without knowing that what the angel was doing was real, for he thought he was having a vision.

¹⁵ But they said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it was so. Then they said, "Then it is his guardian angel!"

²⁷ For the people of Jerusalem and their leaders refused to recognize him, and condemned him, thus fulfilling the very utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath,

²⁷ For the people of Jerusalem and their leaders refused to recognize him, and condemned him, thus fulfilling the very utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, ²⁸ and though they could find no ground for putting him to death, they demanded of Pilate that he be executed.

²⁸ and though they could find no ground for putting him to death, they demanded of Pilate that he be executed. ²⁹ When they had carried out everything that had been said about him in the Scriptures, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.

²⁹ When they had carried out everything that had been said about him in the Scriptures, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.

²⁹ When they had carried out everything that had been said about him in the Scriptures, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb. ³⁰ But God raised him from the dead,

³⁰ But God raised him from the dead, ³¹ and for many days he appeared to those who had come up to Jerusalem with him from Galilee, and they are now witnesses for him to the people.

³¹ and for many days he appeared to those who had come up to Jerusalem with him from Galilee, and they are now witnesses for him to the people.

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!'

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.

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.

¹⁴ One of our hearers was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple goods, from the town of Thyatira. She was a believer in God, and the Lord touched her heart, and led her to accept Paul's teaching.

² Paul went to it as he was accustomed to do, and for three Sabbaths he discussed the Scriptures with them, ³ explaining them and showing that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. "Jesus," he said, "of whom I am telling you, is the Christ!"

³ explaining them and showing that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. "Jesus," he said, "of whom I am telling you, is the Christ!"

³⁰ While God overlooked those times of ignorance, he now calls upon all men everywhere to repent, ³¹ since he has fixed a day on which he will justly judge the world through a man whom he has appointed, and whom he has guaranteed to all men by raising him from the dead."

⁵ By the time Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was absorbed in preaching the message, emphatically assuring the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. ⁶ But as they contradicted and abused him, he shook his clothes in protest, and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am not to blame for it! After this I will go to the heathen."

²¹ but earnestly urged Greeks as well as Jews to turn to God in repentance and to believe in our Lord Jesus.

¹⁵ for you shall be his witness before all men of what you have seen and heard.

¹⁸ to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they may have their sins forgiven and have a place among those who are consecrated through faith in me.'

²⁰ but first to the people of Damascus and Jerusalem and then all over Judea, and even to the heathen I preached that they must repent and turn to God and live as men who have repented should.

³⁵ With these words he took some bread and after thanking God for it before them all, he broke it in pieces and began to eat it.

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.

²⁸ "Understand then that this message of God's salvation has been sent to the heathen. They will listen to it!"

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

¹² There is no distinction between Jew and Greek for they all have the same Lord, and he is generous to all who call upon him. ¹³ For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. ¹⁴ But how are they to call upon him if they have not believed in him? And how are they to believe him if they have never heard him? And how are they to hear unless someone preaches to them? ¹⁵ And how are men to preach unless they are sent to do it? As the Scripture says, "How welcome is the coming of those who bring good news!" ¹⁶ It is true, they have not all accepted the good news, for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what we have told?" ¹⁷ So faith comes from hearing what is told, and that hearing comes through the message about Christ. ¹⁸ But I ask, had they no opportunity to hear it? On the contrary, "Their voices have gone all over the earth, And their words to the ends of the world."

²⁶ and then all Israel will be saved, just as the Scripture says, "The deliverer will come from Zion, He will drive all ungodliness away from Jacob, ²⁷ And this will be my agreement with them, When I take away their sins."

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." ¹³ May God, the source of hope, fill you with perfect happiness and peace in your faith, so that you may have overflowing hope through the power of the holy Spirit. ¹⁴ For my part, as far as you are concerned, my brothers, I am convinced that you are already full of goodness of heart, endowed with perfect knowledge, and well qualified to instruct one another. ¹⁵ But, just to refresh your memories, I have written you pretty boldly on some points, because of the favor God has shown me ¹⁶ in making me a minister of Christ Jesus among the heathen, to act as a priest of God's good news, to see that the heathen are an acceptable sacrifice, consecrated by the holy Spirit.

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, ⁴ that he was buried, that on the third day he was raised from the dead, as the Scriptures foretold, ⁵ and that he was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.

¹⁴ Their minds were dulled. For to this day, that same veil remains unlifted, when they read the old agreement, for only through union with Christ is it removed. ¹⁵ Why, to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil hangs over their minds, ¹⁶ but "whenever a man turns to the Lord, the veil is removed." ¹⁷ Now the Lord here means the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. ¹⁸ And all of us, reflecting the splendor of the Lord in our unveiled faces, are being changed into likeness to him, from one degree of splendor to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

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.

⁶ so that we might praise the splendid blessing which he has given us through his beloved Son.

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,

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.

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

²⁷ to whom God has chosen to make known among the heathen how glorious this mystery of Christ in you, the promise of glorification, really is.

²³ May God himself, the giver of peace, consecrate you through and through. Spirit, soul, and body, may you be kept sound, and be found irreproachable when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

¹⁶ And may the Lord of peace himself always give you peace in every way. The Lord be with you all.

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 how can we escape if we pay no attention to such a salvation as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and it was guaranteed to us by those who heard him, ⁴ while God himself corroborated their testimony with signs, portents, and various wonders, and by impartations of the holy Spirit when he saw fit.

⁸ You have put everything under his feet!" In thus making everything subject to man, God left nothing that was not subjected to him. But we do not as yet see everything made subject to him, ⁹ but we do see Jesus, who was "made for a little while inferior to angels, crowned with glory and honor" because he suffered death, so that by the favor of God he might taste the bitterness of death on behalf of every human being. ¹⁰ For it was appropriate that he who is the great First Cause of the universe should, in guiding his many children to his glorious salvation, make their leader in it fully qualified through what he suffered.

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;

¹² For the message of God is a living and active force, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing through soul and spirit, and joints and marrow, and keen in judging the thoughts and purposes of the mind. ¹³ No being created can escape God's sight, but everything is bare and helpless before the eyes of him with whom we have to reckon. ¹⁴ Since then we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great high priest who has gone up into heaven, let us keep firm hold of our religion.

¹¹ I have much to say to you about this, but it is difficult to make it clear to you, because you have become so slow of apprehension. ¹² For although from the length of your Christian experience you ought to be teaching others, you actually need someone to teach you over again the very elements of Christian truth, and you have come to need milk instead of solid food.

¹ For this man Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was on his way back from defeating the kings, and gave him his blessing,

⁵ Those of the descendants of Levi who are appointed to the priesthood are directed by the Law to collect tithes from the people, that is, from their own brothers, although they are descended from Abraham like themselves. ⁶ But this man, whose ancestry is not connected with theirs, collected tithes from Abraham himself, and gave his blessing to the man who had received the promises from God. ⁷ But, beyond any doubt, it is the inferior that is blessed by the superior. ⁸ In the one case, mortal men collect tithes; but in the other, one who, it is intimated, lives on.

⁸ In all this the holy Spirit was seeking to show that there was no free access to the sanctuary while the outer tent was still standing.

²² In fact, under the Law, almost everything is purified with blood, and unless blood is poured out nothing is forgiven. ²³ By such means, therefore, these things that were only copied from the originals in heaven had to be purified, but the heavenly originals themselves required far better sacrifices than these.

¹ For while the Law foreshadowed the blessings that were to come, it did not fully express them, and so the priests by offering the same sacrifices endlessly year after year cannot wholly free those who come to worship from their sins.

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.

⁹ When our earthly fathers disciplined us we treated them with respect; should we not far more submit to the Father of our spirits, and so have life?

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,

⁸ You must love him, though you have not seen him, but since you believe in him though you do not now see him, rejoice with triumphant, unutterable joy

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.

¹⁸ for you know that you have not been ransomed with anything perishable like silver or gold, from the futile way of living in which you were brought up, ¹⁹ but with precious blood, like that of an unblemished, spotless lamb, the blood of Christ,

¹ I appeal therefore to those who are elders among you; I am their brother-elder and a witness to what the Christ suffered, and I am to share in the glory that is to be revealed—

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— 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,

¹² I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven for his sake.

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.

⁴ John to the seven churches in Asia, blessing and peace to you from him who is and was and is coming, and from the seven spirits before his throne,

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:

⁷ "To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: " 'He who is holy and true, who carries the key of David, who opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open, speaks thus:

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 I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy."

²¹ The blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ be with his people.