Luke 5 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ Once as the crowd was pressing about him to hear God's message, he happened to be standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, 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." 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. ¹² When he was in one of the towns, he came upon a man covered with leprosy. And when he saw Jesus he fell down on his face, and begged him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cure me!" ¹³ And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I do choose! Be cured!" And the leprosy immediately left him, ¹⁴ Then he warned him to tell nobody, "But go," he said, "show yourself to the priest, and in proof of your cure make the offerings for your purification, just as Moses prescribed." ¹⁵ Yet the news about him spread more and more, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be cured of their diseases. ¹⁶ But Jesus himself would retire into the desert and pray. ¹⁷ One day as he was teaching, there were some Pharisees and experts in the Law sitting near by, who had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was there, so that he might cure people. ¹⁸ Some men came up carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they tried to get him in and lay him before Jesus. ¹⁹ And as they could find no way to get him in, on account of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his mat through the tiles, among the people in front of Jesus. ²⁰ When he saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven!" ²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to debate and say, "Who is this man who talks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" ²² But Jesus saw what they were discussing, and said to them, "What are you pondering over in your minds? ²³ Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'? ²⁴ But to let you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth"—turning to the man who was paralyzed he said to him— "I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!" ²⁵ And he got up at once before them all, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home, praising God. ²⁶ They were all seized with astonishment, and praised God, and filled with awe they said, "We have seen something wonderful today!" ²⁷ After this he went out, and he saw a tax-collector named Levi sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" ²⁸ And he left everything and got up and followed him. ²⁹ Then Levi gave a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great throng of tax-collectors and others who were at table with them. ³⁰ And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled about it to his disciples, and said, "Why do you eat and drink with tax-collectors and irreligious people?" ³¹ Jesus answered them, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor. ³² I have not come to invite the pious but the irreligious to repentance!" ³³ They said to him, "John's disciples observe frequent fasts and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but your disciples eat and drink." ³⁴ Jesus said to them, "Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? ³⁵ But other days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, in those days they will fast." ³⁶ He used this figure also in speaking to them: "No one tears a piece from a new coat and sews it on an old one, or if he does, he will both tear the new one and the piece from the new one will not match the old one. ³⁷ And nobody puts new wine into old wine-skins, or if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and run out, and the skins will be spoiled. ³⁸ New wine has to be put into fresh skins. ³⁹ No one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, 'The old is better!' "

¹¹ and they went into the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they threw themselves down and did homage to him. They opened their treasure boxes and presented the child with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

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!"

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.

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.

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. ²³ Then he went all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or sickness among the people. ²⁴ Word went all through Syria about him, and people brought to him all who were suffering with any kind of disease, or who were in great pain—demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics—and he cured them. ²⁵ Great crowds followed him about, from Galilee and the Ten Towns and Jerusalem and Judea and from the other side of the Jordan.

⁵ "When you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the squares, to let people see them. I tell you, that is the only reward they will get! 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.

¹⁷ But when you fast, perfume your hair and wash your face, ¹⁸ so that no one may see that you are fasting, except your Father who is unseen, and your Father who sees what is secret, will reward you.

² And a leper came up to him and fell on his knees before him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cure me!" ³ So he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I do choose! Be cured!" And his leprosy was immediately cured. ⁴ Then Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go! Show yourself to the priest, and in proof of your cure, offer the gift that Moses prescribed."

⁴ Then Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go! Show yourself to the priest, and in proof of your cure, offer the gift that Moses prescribed."

⁸ But the captain answered, "I am not a suitable person, sir, to have you come under my roof, but simply say the word, and my servant will be cured.

⁸ But the captain answered, "I am not a suitable person, sir, to have you come under my roof, but simply say the word, and my servant will be cured. ⁹ For I am myself under the orders of others and I have soldiers under me, and I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes, and my slave to do something, and he does it."

²² But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead!"

² Some people came bringing to him on a bed a man who was paralyzed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man, "Courage, my son! Your sins are forgiven."

² Some people came bringing to him on a bed a man who was paralyzed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man, "Courage, my son! Your sins are forgiven." ³ Some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is talking blasphemy!"

³ Some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is talking blasphemy!" ⁴ Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said, "Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts?

⁴ Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said, "Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts? ⁵ For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?

⁵ For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'? 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!"

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!" ⁷ And he got up and went home. ⁸ And when the crowd saw it, they were filled with awe, and praised God for giving such power to men.

⁸ And when the crowd saw it, they were filled with awe, and praised God for giving such power to men. 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. ¹⁰ While Jesus was at home at table, a number of tax-collectors and irreligious people came in and joined Jesus and his disciples at table.

¹⁰ While Jesus was at home at table, a number of tax-collectors and irreligious people came in and joined Jesus and his disciples at table. ¹¹ And the Pharisees observed it, and they said to his disciples, "Why does your master eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?" ¹² But he heard it, and said, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor!

¹² But he heard it, and said, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor! 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."

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." ¹⁴ Then the disciples of John came up to him and said, "Why is it that we and the Pharisees are keeping the fast, while your disciples are not keeping it?" ¹⁵ Jesus said to them, "Can wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and they will fast then. ¹⁶ But no one sews a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old coat, for the patch will tear away from the coat, and make the hole worse than ever. ¹⁷ And people do not put new wine into old wine-skins, or if they do, the skins burst, and the wine runs out and the skins are spoiled. But people put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and so both are saved."

²⁶ And the news of this spread all over that part of the country.

²⁸ When he had gone indoors, the blind men came up to him, and he said to them, "Do you believe that I can do this?" They said to him, "Yes, sir." ²⁹ Then he touched their eyes and said, "You shall have what your faith expects." ³⁰ And their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly not to let anyone hear of it.

³⁰ And their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly not to let anyone hear of it.

³ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax-collector, James the son of Alpheus and Thaddeus,

¹⁸ and you will be brought before governors and kings on my account, to bear your testimony before them and the heathen.

²⁷ What I tell you in the dark you must say in the light, and what you hear whispered in your ear, you must proclaim from the housetops.

³⁷ No one who loves father or mother more than he loves me is worthy of me, and no one who loves son or daughter more than he loves me is worthy of me,

⁵ The blind are regaining their sight and the lame can walk, the lepers are being cured and the deaf can hear, the dead are being raised and good news is being preached to the poor.

¹² But from the time of John the Baptist until now men have been taking the Kingdom of Heaven by storm and impetuously crowding into it.

¹⁶ and warned them not to say anything about him

²³ And all the crowds of people were astounded, and said, "Can this be the Son of David?"

²⁵ But he knew what they were thinking, and he said to them, "Any kingdom that is disunited is on the way to destruction, and any city or household that is disunited cannot last.

¹ That same day Jesus went out of his house and was sitting on the seashore. ² And such great crowds gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat down in it, while all the people stood on the shore.

⁴⁷ "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a net that was let down into the sea, and inclosed fish of all kinds.

²³ After he had dismissed them he went up the hill by himself to pray. And when evening came on he was there alone,

²⁷ But Jesus immediately spoke to them and said, "Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid."

³⁴ And they crossed over to the other side and came to Gennesaret.

¹ Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, and said to him,

³⁰ Then great crowds came to him bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, or dumb, and many others. And they laid them down at his feet, and he cured them, ³¹ so that the people were astonished to see the dumb speak, the lame walk, and the blind see. And they praised the God of Israel.

¹³ When Jesus reached the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself and take his cross and follow me.

⁶ When the disciples heard it, they were dreadfully frightened and fell upon their faces.

²⁷ But rather than give offense to them, go down to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth and you will find in it a dollar. Take that and pay the tax for us both."

¹⁰ "Beware of feeling scornful of one single little child, for I tell you that in heaven their angels have continual access to my Father in heaven.

²² But when the young man heard that, he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property. ²³ Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of Heaven! ²⁴ And again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of God!" ²⁵ But when the disciples heard this, they were completely astounded and said, "Then who can be saved?" ²⁶ But Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but anything is possible for God!" ²⁷ Then Peter spoke and said to him, "Here we have left all we had and followed you. What are we to have?"

²⁷ Then Peter spoke and said to him, "Here we have left all we had and followed you. What are we to have?"

²⁰ Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came up to him with her sons, bowing low, to ask a favor of him.

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!

² "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a king, who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

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.

¹⁷ a man on the roof of his house must not go down to get things out of it,

¹ "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. ² Now five of them were foolish and five were sensible. ³ For the foolish ones brought their lamps but brought no oil with them, ⁴ but the sensible ones with their lamps brought oil in their flasks. ⁵ As the bridegroom was slow in coming, they all grew drowsy and fell asleep. ⁶ But in the middle of the night there was a shout 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out and meet him!' ⁷ Then all the bridesmaids awoke, and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' ⁹ But the sensible ones answered, 'There may not be enough for us and you. You had better go to the dealers and buy yourselves some.' ¹⁰ But while they were gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and the ones that were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was closed.

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,

⁶ When Jesus got back to Bethany, to the house of Simon the leper,

⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, "It is true. But I tell you you will soon see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming upon the clouds of the sky!" ⁶⁵ Then the high priest tore his clothing and said, "He has uttered blasphemy! What do we want of witnesses now? Here you have heard his blasphemy!

⁸ And they hurried away from the tomb frightened and yet overjoyed, and ran to tell the news to his disciples.

¹⁸ And Jesus came up to them and said, "Full authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

²⁰ He immediately called them. And they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went off after him. ²¹ They proceeded to Capernaum, and on the very first Sabbath he went to the synagogue and taught. ²² And they were amazed at his teaching, for he taught them like one who had authority, and not like the scribes. ²³ Just then there was in their synagogue a man under the control of a foul spirit, and he cried out, 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!" ²⁵ Jesus reproved him, and said, "Silence! Get out of him!"

²⁸ And his fame immediately spread in all directions through the whole neighborhood of Galilee.

³⁵ Early in the morning, long before daylight, he got up and left the house and went off to a lonely spot, and prayed there. ³⁶ And Simon and his companions sought him out

⁴⁰ There came to him a leper appealing to him on his knees, saying to him, "If you only choose, you can cure me." ⁴¹ And he pitied him and stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, "I do choose! Be cured!" ⁴² And the leprosy immediately left him, and he was cured. ⁴³ And Jesus immediately drove him away with stern injunctions, ⁴⁴ saying to him, "See that you say nothing about this to anybody, but begone! show yourself to the priest, and in proof of your cure make the offerings for your purification which Moses prescribed."

⁴⁴ saying to him, "See that you say nothing about this to anybody, but begone! show yourself to the priest, and in proof of your cure make the offerings for your purification which Moses prescribed." ⁴⁵ But he went off and began to talk so much about it, and to spread the story so widely, that Jesus could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed out in unfrequented places, and people came to him from every direction.

⁴⁵ But he went off and began to talk so much about it, and to spread the story so widely, that Jesus could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed out in unfrequented places, and people came to him from every direction.

³ And some people came bringing to him a man who was paralyzed, four of them carrying him. ⁴ As they could not get him near Jesus on account of the crowd, they broke open the roof just over his head, and through the opening they lowered the mat with the paralytic lying on it.

⁴ As they could not get him near Jesus on account of the crowd, they broke open the roof just over his head, and through the opening they lowered the mat with the paralytic lying on it. ⁵ When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven."

⁵ When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven." ⁶ There were some scribes sitting there pondering and saying to themselves,

⁶ There were some scribes sitting there pondering and saying to themselves, ⁷ "Why does this man talk so? This is blasphemy. Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

⁷ "Why does this man talk so? This is blasphemy. Who can forgive sins but God alone?" ⁸ Jesus, at once perceiving by his spirit that they were pondering over this, said to them, "Why do you ponder over this in your minds? ⁹ Which is easier, to say to this paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say to him, "Get up and pick up your mat and walk'?

⁹ Which is easier, to say to this paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say to him, "Get up and pick up your mat and walk'? ¹⁰ But to let you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth," turning to the paralytic he said, ¹¹ "I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!" ¹² And he got up, and immediately picked up his mat and went out before them all, so that they were all astonished and acknowledged the power of God, saying, "We never saw anything like this before."

¹² And he got up, and immediately picked up his mat and went out before them all, so that they were all astonished and acknowledged the power of God, saying, "We never saw anything like this before." ¹³ He went out of the town again and along the shore, and all the people came to him and he taught them. ¹⁴ And as he was passing along he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him. ¹⁵ He was at table in his house, with many tax-collectors and irreligious people who were at table with him and his disciples, for there were many of them among his followers.

¹⁵ He was at table in his house, with many tax-collectors and irreligious people who were at table with him and his disciples, for there were many of them among his followers. ¹⁶ And when the scribes who were of the Pharisees' party saw that he was eating with irreligious people and tax-collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?" ¹⁷ Jesus heard it, and said to them, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor. I did not come to invite the pious but the irreligious."

¹⁷ Jesus heard it, and said to them, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor. I did not come to invite the pious but the irreligious." ¹⁸ Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast. And people came and asked him, "Why is it that when John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are keeping the fast, yours are not keeping it?" ¹⁹ Jesus said to them, "Can wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast. ²⁰ But a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and when that day comes, they will fast. ²¹ No one sews a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old coat; or if he does, the patch tears away, the new from the old, and makes the hole worse than ever. ²² And no one pours new wine into old wine-skins; or if he does, the wine bursts the skins, and the wine is lost, and the skins too. New wine has to be put into fresh skins."

⁷ So Jesus retired with his disciples to the seashore, and a great many people from Galilee followed him, and from Judea

⁹ He told his disciples to have a boat always ready for his use, to prevent his being crushed by the crowd.

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

²² And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said that he was possessed by Beelzebub and drove out demons by the help of the prince of demons.

¹ Then he began again to teach by the seashore. And a crowd gathered around him so great that he got into a boat and sat in it, a little way from the shore, while all the people were on the land close to the water. ² He taught them many lessons in figures, and said to them in the course of his teaching,

²³ and appealed to him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come, lay your hands on her, so that she may get well and live!" ²⁴ So he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and pressed around him.

³⁰ Jesus instantly perceived that healing power had passed from him, and he turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

¹¹ If any place refuses to receive you or to listen to you, when you leave it shake off the very dust from the soles of your feet as a warning to them."

⁴⁶ When he had taken leave of the people he went up the hill to pray.

⁵³ They crossed over to the other side and came to Gennesaret and moored the boat.

¹ The Pharisees gathered about him with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem.

³ For the Pharisees and all the Jews observe the rules handed down from their ancestors, and will not eat until they have washed their hands in a particular way,

⁷ But their worship of me is all in vain, For the lessons they teach are but human precepts.' ⁸ "You give up what God has commanded and hold fast to what men have handed down. ⁹ "How skilful you are," he said to them, "in nullifying what God has commanded in order to observe what has been handed down to you. ¹⁰ For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and again, 'Whoever abuses his father or mother must be put to death.' ¹¹ But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is Korban," ' that is, consecrated to God, ¹² you let him off from doing anything more for his father or mother, ¹³ and so you nullify what God has said by what you have handed down. You have many such practices."

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?

⁶ For he did not know what to say, they were so frightened.

²² "From his childhood, and many a time it has thrown him into the fire or into the water, to put an end to him. But if there is anything you can do, take pity on us and help us!" ²³ Jesus said to him, " 'If there is anything I can do!' Everything is possible for one who has faith!" ²⁴ The boy's father immediately cried out, "I have faith! Help my want of faith!"

²¹ And Jesus looked at him and loved him, and he said to him, "There is one thing that you lack. Go, sell all you have, and give the money to the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

²⁹ Jesus said, "I tell you, there is no one who has given up home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land for me and for the good news, ³⁰ but will receive now in this life a hundred times as much in homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and lands, though not without persecution—and in the coming age eternal life.

⁴⁰ men that eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get a far heavier sentence!"

⁷ There was in prison a man called Barabbas, among some revolutionaries who in their outbreak had committed murder.

¹⁰ For he knew that the high priests had handed him over to him out of envy.

¹⁸ they will take snakes in their hands, and if they drink poison it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well."

⁴⁶ And on the third day they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions,

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!"

³² and they were amazed at his teaching, for he spoke with authority.

³⁶ And they were all amazed and said to one another, "What is the meaning of this teaching? For he gives orders authoritatively and effectually to the foul spirits, and they come out."

³⁹ And he stood over her and reproved the fever and it left her, and she got up and waited on them.

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."

¹¹ And they brought the boats to land and left everything and followed him.

¹³ And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I do choose! Be cured!" And the leprosy immediately left him,

¹⁷ One day as he was teaching, there were some Pharisees and experts in the Law sitting near by, who had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was there, so that he might cure people.

²¹ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to debate and say, "Who is this man who talks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

²⁸ And he left everything and got up and followed him.

³⁰ And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled about it to his disciples, and said, "Why do you eat and drink with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

¹² It was in those days that he went up on the mountain to pray, and passed the whole night in prayer to God.

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

¹⁹ And all the people tried to touch him, because power went forth from him and cured them all.

⁴⁶ Why do you call me: 'Lord! Lord!' and not do what I tell you? ⁴⁷ If anyone comes to me and listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, I will show you whom he is like. ⁴⁸ He is like a man who was building a house, who dug deep and laid his foundation upon the rock, and when there was a flood the torrent burst upon that house and could not shake it, because it was well built.

¹⁴ And he went up and touched the bier, and the bearers stopped. And he said, "Young man, I tell you, wake up!"

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!"

²⁹ And all the people, even the tax-collectors, when they heard him, acknowledged the justice of God's demands, by accepting baptism from John, ³⁰ but the Pharisees and experts in the Law thwarted God's purpose for themselves, by refusing to be baptized by him.

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

³⁴ Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!'

³⁴ Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!' ³⁵ So wisdom is vindicated by all who are really wise."

³⁹ When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were really a prophet, he would know who and what the woman is who is touching him, for she leads a wicked life."

⁴⁸ And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven!" ⁴⁹ The men at table with him began to say to themselves, "Who is this man, who even forgives sins?"

²⁴ And they went to him and woke him up, and said to him, "Master! Master! We are lost!" Then he awoke and reproved the wind and the rough water, and they ceased, and there was a calm.

³⁷ Then all the people of the neighborhood of Gerasa asked him to go away from them, for they were terribly frightened. And he got into a boat and went back.

⁴⁵ Jesus said, "Who was it who touched me?" And as everyone denied having done so, Peter said, "Master, the people are all around you and they are crowding you." ⁴⁶ But Jesus said, "Somebody touched me, for I know that power passed from me."

⁵⁴ But he grasped her hand and called out, "Get up, my child!"

⁵⁴ But he grasped her hand and called out, "Get up, my child!" ⁵⁵ And her spirit returned and she stood up immediately, and he directed them to give her something to eat.

⁵ And where they will not welcome you, leave that town and shake off the very dust from your feet as a protest against them."

³³ Just as they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, how good it is that we are here! Let us put up three huts, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah!" For he did not know what he was saying.

⁴⁹ John answered, "Master, we saw a man driving out demons with your name, and we told him not to do so, for he does not go with us."

⁵⁹ He said to another, "Follow me." But he said, "Let me first go and bury my father." ⁶⁰ Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; you must go and spread the news of the Kingdom of God!" ⁶¹ Yet another man said to him, "Master, I am going to follow you, but let me first say goodbye to my people at home." ⁶² Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plough, and then looks back, is fitted for the Kingdom of God."

¹ Once as he was praying in a certain place, when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Master, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."

⁵² Alas for you experts in the Law! For you have taken the key to the door of knowledge, but you have not entered it yourselves, and you have kept out those who tried to enter." 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, ⁵⁴ plotting to entrap him in something he might say.

¹ Meanwhile as the people gathered in thousands, until they actually trod on one another, he proceeded to say to his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, hypocrisy.

¹³ And he laid his hands on her, and she instantly became erect, and praised God.

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

¹ All the tax-collectors and irreligious people were crowding up to hear him.

¹ All the tax-collectors and irreligious people were crowding up to hear him. ² And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled, and said, "This man welcomes irreligious people, and even eats with them!"

² And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled, and said, "This man welcomes irreligious people, and even eats with them!"

⁷ I tell you, in just that way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinful person who repents, than over ninety-nine upright people who do not need any repentance.

¹⁰ In just that way, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God over one sinful person who repents!"

¹² And as he was going into one village he met ten lepers, and they stood at some distance from him, ¹³ and raising their voices, said, "Jesus, Master, take pity on us!"

¹³ and raising their voices, said, "Jesus, Master, take pity on us!" ¹⁴ And when he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cured. ¹⁵ But one of them, when he saw that he was cured, came back, loudly praising God, ¹⁶ and fell on his face at Jesus' feet, and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.

¹⁶ and fell on his face at Jesus' feet, and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ And Jesus said, "Were not all ten cured? Where are the other nine? ¹⁸ Was no one found to return and give thanks to God except this foreigner?"

²² And he said to his disciples, "The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not be able to do so.

¹⁰ "Two men went up to the Temple to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other a tax-collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood up and uttered this prayer to himself: 'O God, I thank you that I am not like other men, greedy, dishonest, or adulterous, like that tax-collector.

¹¹ The Pharisee stood up and uttered this prayer to himself: 'O God, I thank you that I am not like other men, greedy, dishonest, or adulterous, like that tax-collector. ¹² I fast two days in the week; I pay tithes on everything I get.'

¹² I fast two days in the week; I pay tithes on everything I get.' ¹³ But the tax-collector stood at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven, but struck his breast, and said, 'O God, have mercy on a sinner like me!' ¹⁴ I tell you, it was he who went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted."

²² When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "There is one thing that you still lack. Sell all that you have, and divide the money among the poor, and then you will have riches in heaven; and come back and be a follower of mine."

²⁸ Peter said, "Here we have left home and followed you." ²⁹ And he said to them, "I tell you, there is no one who has given up home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the Kingdom of God ³⁰ who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the coming age eternal life."

⁴³ And he regained his sight immediately, and followed Jesus, giving thanks to God. And all the people saw it and praised God.

⁷ And when they saw this, everyone complained, and said, "He has gone to stay with an irreligious man!"

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

⁴⁷ men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get all the heavier sentence!"

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.

³⁸ But he said to them, "Why are you so disturbed, and why do doubts arise in your minds?

⁴⁷ and that repentance leading to the forgiveness of sins should be preached to all the heathen in his name.

³⁵ Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples,

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."

⁵ His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."

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

¹³ Yet no one has gone up into heaven except the Son of Man who came down from heaven.

²¹ But everyone who is living the truth will come to the light, to show that his actions have been performed in dependence upon God.

²⁵ So a discussion arose between John's disciples and a man from Judea, about purification.

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.

⁵⁰ Jesus said to him, "You can go home. Your son is going to live." The man believed what Jesus said to him and went home. ⁵¹ While he was on the way, his slaves met him and told him that his boy was going to live. ⁵² So he asked them at what time he had begun to get better, and they said to him, "Yesterday at one o'clock the fever left him." ⁵³ So the father knew that it was the very time when Jesus had said to him "Your son is going to live." And he and his whole household believed in Jesus.

⁵ There was one man there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. ⁶ Jesus saw him lying there, and finding that he had been in this condition for a long time, said to him, "Do you want to get well?"

⁸ Jesus said to him, "Get up, pick up your mat, and walk!" ⁹ And the man was immediately cured, and he picked up his mat and walked. 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." ¹¹ But he answered, "The man who cured me said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.' " ¹² They asked him, "Who was it that said to you, 'Pick it up and walk'?"

¹⁴ Afterward Jesus found him in the Temple, and said to him, "See! You are well again. Give up sin, or something worse may happen to you."

²² For the Father passes judgment on no one, but he has committed the judgment entirely to the Son, 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.

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

² because they could see the signs he showed in what he did for the sick.

¹⁵ So Jesus, seeing that they meant to come and carry him off to make him king, retired again to the hill by himself.

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²⁴ So they again summoned the man who had been blind, and they said to him, "Give God the praise. This man we know is a sinful man."

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."

³² When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, and said, "Master, if you had been here, my brother would not have died!"

⁴³ After saying this he called out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

² They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha waited on them, while Lazarus was at the table with him.

⁸ for you always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me."

²⁶ If anyone serves me, he must follow me, and wherever I am found, my servant must be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.

³³ My children, I am to be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, but, as I said to the Jews, where I am going you cannot follow,

³ And if I go and make it ready, I will come back and take you with me, so that you may be where I am. ⁴ You know the way to the place where I am going."

¹⁴ You are my friends if you do what I command you to do.

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.

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'?" ¹⁸ So they kept saying "What does he mean by 'In a little while'? We do not know what he is talking about." ¹⁹ Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him a question, and he said to them, "Are you asking one another about my saying 'In a little while you will not see me any longer, and a little while after, you will see me again'? 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.

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

² just as you have done in giving him power over all mankind, so that he may give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

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.

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."

³ Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing.

⁶ "Throw your net in on the right of the boat," he said to them, "and you will find them." They did so, and they could not haul it in for the quantity of fish in it.

⁶ "Throw your net in on the right of the boat," he said to them, "and you will find them." They did so, and they could not haul it in for the quantity of fish in it. ⁷ Then the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, "It is the Master!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Master, he put on his clothes, for he had taken them off, and sprang into the sea. ⁸ The rest of the disciples followed in the boat, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards, dragging in the net full of fish. ⁹ When they landed they saw a charcoal fire burning, with a fish on it, and some bread. 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.

¹⁹ He said this to show the kind of death by which Peter was to honor God; and after he had said it he said to Peter, "Follow me!" ²⁰ Peter turned and saw following them the disciple who was very dear to Jesus, who at the supper leaned back on Jesus' breast and said, "Master, who is it that is going to betray you?" ²¹ When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "But, Master, what about him?" ²² Jesus said to him, "If I wish him to wait till I come, what does it matter to you? You must follow me."

⁹ As he said this, he was caught up before their eyes and a cloud took him up from their sight.

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

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,

⁴¹ So they welcomed his message and were baptized, and about three thousand people joined them that day.

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!" ⁷ And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and his feet and ankles immediately became strong, ⁸ and he sprang to his feet and began to walk, and he went into the Temple with them, walking, leaping, and praising God.

¹⁹ So repent and turn to God, to have your sins wiped out, and happier times will come from the presence of the Lord,

²¹ Yet he must remain in heaven till the time for the universal reformation of which God told in ancient times by the lips of his holy prophets.

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."

⁴ But many of those who had heard what they said believed it, and their number grew to be about five thousand.

²¹ But after further threats they let them go, as they could find no way to punish them, on account of the people, who were all giving honor to God for what had happened,

³⁰ when you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are done by the power of your holy servant Jesus."

³ And Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan taken such possession of your heart that you should lie to the holy Spirit, by appropriating part of the price of your land?

¹¹ And the whole church and all who heard this were appalled. ¹² They would all meet together in Solomon's Colonnade. ¹³ None of the others dared to associate with them, but the people made much of them,

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.

¹¹ So they instigated people to say, "We have heard him use abusive language about Moses and about God." ¹² They aroused the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they set upon him and seized him, and brought him before the council. ¹³ Then they brought forward false witnesses, who said, "This man is constantly saying things against this holy place and against the Law,

¹¹ The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called the Straight Street, and ask at the house of Judas for a man named Saul, from Tarsus, for he is there praying.

³³ There he found a man named Aeneas, a paralytic who had been bedridden for eight years. ³⁴ Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ cures you! Get up, and make your bed!" And he got up immediately.

⁴⁰ But Peter put them all out of the room. Then he knelt down and prayed, and then turning to the body he said, "Tabitha, stand up!" She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

²⁵ When Peter actually came in, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet and made obeisance to him. ²⁶ But Peter lifted him to his feet, and said, "Get up! I am only human myself."

²³ When he reached there and saw the favor God had shown them, he was delighted, and encouraged them all to be resolute and steadfast in their devotion to the Lord,

²⁵ Then Barnabas went over to Tarsus to seek out Saul,

² As they were engaged in worshiping the Lord and in fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me, for the work to which I have called them." ³ So after fasting and prayer, they laid their hands upon them and let them go.

⁹ He was listening to Paul as he talked, when Paul looked at him and, seeing that he had faith that he would be cured, ¹⁰ said to him loudly, "Stand on your feet!" And he sprang up and began to walk.

²³ They appointed elders for them in each church, and with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

³⁰ While God overlooked those times of ignorance, he now calls upon all men everywhere to repent,

¹¹ God did such extraordinary wonders by means of Paul,

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

⁹ So there was a great uproar, and some scribes of the Pharisees' party got up and insisted, "We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose some spirit or angel really spoke to him!"

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.' ¹⁹ Therefore, King Agrippa, I did not disobey that heavenly vision, 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.

¹¹ and he was afterward given the mark of circumcision as the stamp of God's acknowledgment of the uprightness based on faith that was his before he was circumcised, so that he should be the forefather of all who, without being circumcised, have faith and so are credited with uprightness, ¹² and the forefather of those circumcised persons who not only share his circumcision but follow our forefather Abraham's example in the faith he had before he was circumcised.

³³ Who can bring any accusation against those whom God has chosen? God pronounces them upright;

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.

² Welcome her as a Christian, as God's people should welcome one another, and give her whatever help she may need from you. For she has herself been a protection to many, including myself. ³ Remember me to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow-workers in the cause of Christ Jesus, ⁴ who risked their necks to save my life. Not only I but also all the churches among the heathen thank them. Remember me also to the church that meets at their house.

⁹ I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people— ¹⁰ not that you are to have nothing whatever to do with the immoral people of the world, any more than with its greedy and grasping people or idolaters, for then you would have to leave the world altogether. ¹¹ What I meant was that you are not to associate with anyone who is supposed to be a Christian brother, and yet is immoral or greedy or idolatrous or abusive or drunken or grasping—with such a person you must not even eat.

⁹ Do you not know that wrongdoers will not have any share in God's kingdom? Do not let anyone mislead you. People who are immoral or idolaters or adulterers or sensual or given to unnatural vice ¹⁰ or thieves or greedy—drunkards, abusive people, robbers—will not have any share in God's kingdom. ¹¹ Some of you used to be like that; but you have washed it all away, you have been consecrated, you have become upright, by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and through the Spirit of our God.

⁵ You must not refuse each other what is due, unless you agree to do so for a while, to devote yourselves to prayer, and then to come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

²⁷ If one of the heathen invites you to his house, and you wish to go, eat whatever is served, without raising any question, as far as conscience is concerned.

¹² For now we are looking at a dim reflection in a mirror, but then we shall see face to face. Now my knowledge is imperfect, but then I shall know as fully as God knows me.

⁵⁸ So my dear brothers, be firm and unmoved, and always devote yourselves to the Lord's work, for you know that through the Lord your labor is not thrown away.

¹⁰ When you forgive a man, I forgive him too. For anything I had to forgive has been forgiven on your account, and as in the very presence of Christ,

¹⁷ So if anyone is in union with Christ, he is a new being; the old state of things has passed away; there is a new state of things.

¹⁶ What bargain can a temple of God make with idols? For we are a temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will live in them and move among them, And I will be their God and they will be my people."

²³ So as far as Titus is concerned, he is my partner and comrade in my work for you, while these brothers of ours represent the churches, and are a credit to Christ.

² I feel a divine jealousy about you, for I betrothed you to Christ, to present you as a pure bride to her one husband.

²⁷ through toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger and thirst, often without food, and exposed to cold.

²⁴ and they praised God for me.

⁴ to gratify the false brothers who had been smuggled in, who sneaked in to spy upon the freedom we enjoy in Christ Jesus, so as to reduce us to slavery again.

¹² For until some people came from James, he used to eat with the heathen, but after they came, he began to draw back and hold aloof, for fear of the party of circumcision. ¹³ The other Jewish Christians followed his example in concealing their real views, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their pose. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the good news, I said to Cephas, right before them all, "If you live like a heathen, and not like a Jew, though you are a Jew yourself, why should you try to make the heathen live like Jews?"

⁹ but now that you know God, or rather have come to be known by him, how can you turn back to the old, crude notions, so poor and weak, and wish to become slaves to them again? ¹⁰ You are observing days, months, seasons, and years! ¹¹ I begin to be afraid that perhaps the labor I spent on you was wasted.

¹ This is the freedom with which Christ has freed us. So stand firm in it, and do not get under a yoke of slavery again. ² Why, I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ can do nothing for you. ³ I insist again to any man who lets himself be circumcised, that he is under obligation to obey the whole Law. ⁴ You people who propose to be made upright by law have finished with Christ; you have lost your hold upon God's favor. ⁵ But we, by the Spirit, through faith wait for the uprightness we hope for. ⁶ For in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the want of it counts for anything, but only faith acting through love.

² Bear one another's burdens, and in that way carry out the law of the Christ.

⁹ Let us not get tired of doing right, for at the proper time we shall reap, if we do not give out.

¹³ Why, even those who let themselves be circumcised do not observe the Law themselves! But they want you to let yourselves be circumcised so that they can boast of that physical fact about you! ¹⁴ But I never want to boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, on which the world has been crucified to me and I have been to the world.

²⁵ You who are husbands must love your wives, just as Christ loves the church and gave himself for her, ²⁶ to consecrate her, after cleansing her with the bath in water through her confession of him, ²⁷ in order to bring the church to himself in all her beauty, without a flaw or a wrinkle or anything of the kind, but to be consecrated and faultless.

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. ⁷ But for the sake of Christ I have come to count my former gains as loss.

⁷ But for the sake of Christ I have come to count my former gains as loss. ⁸ Why, I count everything as loss compared with the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have lost everything, and think it rubbish, in order to gain Christ

³ And I beg you, my true comrade, help them, for they toiled at my side in spreading the good news, with Clement and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

¹⁹ Such people lose their connection with the head, from which the whole body through its ligaments and sinews must be governed and united if it is to grow in the divine way. ²⁰ If you have died with Christ to material ways of looking at things, why do you act as though you still belonged to the world, and submit to rules like ²¹ "You must not handle," "You must not taste," "You must not touch"— ²² referring to things that are all meant to be used up and destroyed? This is to follow mere human rules and regulations. ²³ Such practices pass for wisdom, with their self-imposed devotions, their self-humiliation, and their ascetic discipline, but they carry with them no real distinction, they are really only a catering to the flesh.

¹³ You must bear with one another and forgive one another, if anyone has reason to be offended with anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive.

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.

⁸ Physical training is of some service, but religion is of service in every way, for it carries with it the promise of life here and hereafter.

²⁵ Good deeds too are evident enough, or when they are not, they cannot be wholly concealed.

²⁵ correcting his opponents with gentleness; for God may possibly let them repent and acknowledge the truth, ²⁶ and they may yet return to their senses and escape from the toils of the devil, who has caught them to make them do his will.

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.

²⁵ Therefore, he is able to save forever all who come to God through him, because he lives and intercedes for them 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.' " ¹³ Now when he speaks of a new agreement, he is treating the first one as obsolete; but whatever is obsolete and antiquated is almost ready to disappear.

¹ Faith means the assurance of what we hope for; it is our conviction about things that we cannot see. ² For it was by it that the men of old gained God's approval.

³⁹ Yet though they all gained God's approval by their faith, they none of them received what he had promised,

⁹ You must not be carried away with strange varieties of teaching. The true way to steadfastness of heart is through God's mercy, not through scruples about food, which have never done their adherents any good. ¹⁰ Our altar is one at which those who serve the tent of worship have no right to eat.

¹⁸ But someone may say, "You have faith, and I good deeds." Show me your faith without any good deeds, and I will show you my faith by my good deeds.

¹⁴ If any one is sick, he should call in the elders of the church and have them pray over him, and pour oil on him in the name of the Lord, ¹⁵ and the prayer offered in faith will save the sick man; the Lord will restore him to health, and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

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.

¹³ and among the lampstands a being like a man, wearing a long robe, with a gold belt around his breast.

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,

²³ and I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches men's hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you for what you have done.

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. ⁸ She has been permitted to wear clean, glistening linen, for linen represents the upright deeds of God's people." 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."

⁵ Then he who sat upon the throne said, "See! I am making everything new! Write this," he said, "for these words are trustworthy and true.

⁸ It was I, John, who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I fell at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, to worship him. ⁹ But he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers the prophets and the men who heed the words of this book. Worship God!