Mark 11 Cross References - Goodspeed

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, ² and said to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and as soon as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. ³ And if anybody says to you, 'Why are you doing that?' say, 'The Master needs it, and will send it back here directly.' " ⁴ And they set off and found a colt tied in the street at the door of a house, and they untied it. ⁵ Some of the bystanders said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?" ⁶ But they answered them as Jesus had told them to do, and the men let them take it. ⁷ So they brought the colt to Jesus, and they threw their coats over it and Jesus mounted it. ⁸ And many of the people spread their coats in the road, and others cut straw from the fields and scattered it in his path. ⁹ And those in front and those behind shouted, "God bless him! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name! ¹⁰ Blessed be the reign of our father David which is coming! God bless him from on high!" ¹¹ And he came into Jerusalem and into the Temple, and looked it all over; then, as it was already late, he went out with the Twelve to Bethany. ¹² On the next day, after they had left Bethany, he felt hungry. ¹³ And he saw in the distance a fig tree covered with leaves, and he went up to it to see if he could find any figs on it. When he reached it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for figs. ¹⁴ And he spoke to the tree and said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you any more!" And his disciples heard it. ¹⁵ When they reached Jerusalem, he went into the Temple, and began to drive out of it those who were buying or selling things in it, and he upset the money-changers' tables and the pigeon-dealers' seats, ¹⁶ and he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the Temple. ¹⁷ And he taught them, and said, "Does not the Scripture say, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a robbers' cave." ¹⁸ The high priests and the scribes heard of this, and they cast about for a way of destroying him, for they were afraid of him, for all the people were amazed at what he taught. ¹⁹ So when evening came, he and his disciples used to go out of the city. ²⁰ In the morning as they were passing along, they saw that the fig tree was withered, to its very roots. ²¹ And Peter remembered about it and said to him, "Look, Master! The fig tree that you cursed is withered up!" ²² Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God! ²³ I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea!' and has no doubt in his mind, but has faith that what he says will happen, shall have it. ²⁴ Therefore I tell you, whenever you pray or ask for anything, have faith that it has been granted you, and you shall have it. ²⁵ And whenever you stand up to pray, if you have a grievance against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven too may forgive you your offenses." ²⁶ OMITTED TEXT ²⁷ Then they went into Jerusalem again. And as Jesus was walking about in the Temple, the high priests, scribes, and elders came up ²⁸ and said to him, "What authority have you for doing as you do? And who gave you a right to do as you are doing?" ²⁹ Jesus said to them, "Let me ask you one question, and if you answer me, I will tell you what authority I have for doing as I do. ³⁰ Was John's baptism from heaven or from men? Answer me." ³¹ And they argued with one another, "If we say, 'It was from heaven,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?' ³² Yet can we say, 'It was from men'?" For they were afraid of the people, because all the people thought John was really a prophet. ³³ So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." Jesus said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do."

¹ In those days John the Baptist appeared, and preached in the desert of Judea. ² "Repent!" he said, "for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!" ³ It was he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, when he said, "Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready! Make his paths straight!' " ⁴ John wore clothing made of hair cloth, and he had a leather belt around his waist, and he lived on dried locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole Jordan valley went out to him,

⁵ Then Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole Jordan valley went out to him, ⁶ and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, in acknowledgment of their sins.

⁶ and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, in acknowledgment of their sins. ⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming? ⁸ Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance! ⁹ Do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones! ¹⁰ But the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree that fails to produce good fruit is going to be cut down and thrown into the fire.

¹⁰ But the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree that fails to produce good fruit is going to be cut down and thrown into the fire. ¹¹ I am baptizing you in water in token of your repentance, but he who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not fit to carry his shoes. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire. ¹² His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean up his threshing-floor, and store his wheat in his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with inextinguishable fire." ¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him. ¹⁴ But John dissuaded him, and said, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" ¹⁵ But Jesus answered, "Let it be so this time, for it is right for us to do everything that God requires." Then John consented. ¹⁶ And when Jesus was baptized, he went right up out of the water, and the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God come down like a dove and light upon him, ¹⁷ and a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, my Beloved! This is my Chosen."

² And he fasted forty days and nights, and after it he was famished.

²³ So when you are presenting your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother has any grievance against you,

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!

¹² And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors.

¹⁴ For if you forgive others when they offend you, your heavenly Father will forgive you too. ¹⁵ But if you do not forgive others when they offend you, your heavenly Father will not forgive you for your offenses.

⁷ Ask, and what you ask will be given you. Search, and you will find what you search for. Knock, and the door will open to you. ⁸ For it is always the one who asks who receives, and the one who searches who finds, and the one who knocks to whom the door opens. ⁹ Which of you men when his son asks him for some bread will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake? ¹¹ So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give what is good to those who ask him for it!

¹⁹ Any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and burned.

²⁸ When Jesus had finished this discourse, the crowds were astounded at his teaching,

⁷ But as they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John. "What was it that you went out into the desert to look at? A reed swaying in the wind? ⁸ Then what did you go out there to see? A man luxuriously dressed? Men who dress in that way you find in the palaces of kings. ⁹ Then why did you go out there? Was it to see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet!

⁹ Then why did you go out there? Was it to see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet! ¹⁰ This is the man of whom the Scripture says, " 'Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare the road ahead of you.' ¹¹ "I tell you, among men born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has ever appeared. And yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of Heaven are greater than he. 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. ¹³ For up to the time of John all the Prophets and the Law itself prophesied about it, ¹⁴ and, if you are ready to accept the idea, he is himself Elijah who was to come.

³³ "You must either make the tree sound and its fruit sound, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; a tree is judged by its fruit. ³⁴ You brood of snakes! how can you, bad as you are, utter anything good? For the mouth says only what the heart is full of. ³⁵ A good man, out of the good he has accumulated, brings out things that are good, and a bad man, out of what he has accumulated that is bad, brings out things that are bad.

⁶ but when the sun came up it was scorched and withered up, because it had no root.

⁵ And while he wanted him killed, he was afraid of the people; for they considered him a prophet.

¹³ When Jesus heard it, he quietly retired by boat to a secluded place. And the crowds heard of it and followed him on foot from the towns.

¹³ But he answered, "Any plant that my heavenly Father did not plant must be uprooted! ¹⁴ Leave them alone. They are blind guides! But if one blind man leads another, they will both fall into the ditch!"

⁴ "It is a wicked and faithless age that insists on a sign, and no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah." And he left them and went away.

²⁰ He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. For I tell you, if you have faith the size of a grain of mustard, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here over to there!' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."

¹⁹ Again, I tell you, if even two of you here on earth agree about what they shall pray for, it will be given them by my Father in heaven.

²³ For this reason the Kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king, who resolved to settle accounts with his slaves. ²⁴ And when he set about doing so, a man was brought in who owed him ten million dollars. ²⁵ And as he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all he had, in payment of the debt. ²⁶ So the slave threw himself down before him and implored him, 'Give me time, and I will pay you all of it.' ²⁷ And his master's heart was touched, and he let the slave go and canceled the debt. ²⁸ But when the slave went out he met a fellow-slave of his who owed him twenty dollars, and he caught him by the throat and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!' ²⁹ So his fellow-slave threw himself down before him, and begged him, 'Give me time, and I will pay you.' ³⁰ But he refused and went and had him put in prison until he should pay the debt. ³¹ When his fellow-slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went to their master and reported the whole matter to him. ³² Then his master called him in and said to him, 'You wicked slave! I canceled all that debt of yours when you entreated me. ³³ Ought you not to have taken pity on your fellow-slave, as I did on you?' ³⁴ So his master in his anger handed him over to the jailers, until he should pay all he owed him. ³⁵ That is what my heavenly Father will do to you, if you do not each forgive your brothers from your hearts!"

¹ When they were near Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead, ² saying to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and you will at once find an ass tied there, and a colt with her. Untie her and bring them to me.

² saying to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and you will at once find an ass tied there, and a colt with her. Untie her and bring them to me. ³ If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, 'The Master needs them'; then he will send them at once."

³ If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, 'The Master needs them'; then he will send them at once." ⁴ Now this happened in fulfilment of what was said by the prophet,

⁴ Now this happened in fulfilment of what was said by the prophet, ⁵ "Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Here is your king coming to you, Gentle, and riding on an ass, And on the foal of a beast of burden.' "

⁵ "Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Here is your king coming to you, Gentle, and riding on an ass, And on the foal of a beast of burden.' " ⁶ So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them;

⁶ So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; ⁷ they brought the ass and the colt, and laid their coats upon them, and Jesus seated himself upon them.

⁷ they brought the ass and the colt, and laid their coats upon them, and Jesus seated himself upon them.

⁷ they brought the ass and the colt, and laid their coats upon them, and Jesus seated himself upon them. ⁸ And most of the crowd spread their coats in his way, and others cut branches from the trees and scattered them before him.

⁸ And most of the crowd spread their coats in his way, and others cut branches from the trees and scattered them before him. ⁹ And the crowds that went in front of him and that followed him shouted, "God bless the Son of David! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name. God bless him from on high!"

⁹ And the crowds that went in front of him and that followed him shouted, "God bless the Son of David! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name. God bless him from on high!" ¹⁰ When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred, and everyone asked, "Who is he?"

¹⁰ When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred, and everyone asked, "Who is he?" ¹¹ The crowd answered, "It is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth in Galilee!"

¹¹ The crowd answered, "It is Jesus, the prophet of Nazareth in Galilee!" ¹² And Jesus went into the Temple and drove out all who were buying or selling things in it, and he upset the money-changers' tables and the pigeon-dealers' seats,

¹² And Jesus went into the Temple and drove out all who were buying or selling things in it, and he upset the money-changers' tables and the pigeon-dealers' seats, ¹³ and he said to them, "The Scripture says, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a robbers' cave."

¹³ and he said to them, "The Scripture says, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a robbers' cave." ¹⁴ And blind and lame people came up to him in the Temple, and he cured them.

¹⁴ And blind and lame people came up to him in the Temple, and he cured them. ¹⁵ But when the high priests and the scribes saw the wonders that he did and saw the boys shouting in the Temple, "God bless the Son of David!" they were indignant,

¹⁵ But when the high priests and the scribes saw the wonders that he did and saw the boys shouting in the Temple, "God bless the Son of David!" they were indignant,

¹⁵ But when the high priests and the scribes saw the wonders that he did and saw the boys shouting in the Temple, "God bless the Son of David!" they were indignant, ¹⁶ and said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'You have drawn praise from the mouths of children and infants'?"

¹⁶ and said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'You have drawn praise from the mouths of children and infants'?" ¹⁷ And he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

¹⁷ And he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there. ¹⁸ In the morning as he went back to the city, he grew hungry, ¹⁹ and seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "No more fruit shall ever grow on you!" And the fig tree withered up at once.

¹⁹ and seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "No more fruit shall ever grow on you!" And the fig tree withered up at once. ²⁰ When the disciples saw it, they were amazed and said, "How did the fig tree come to wither up immediately?" ²¹ Jesus answered, "I tell you, if you have faith and have no doubt, you will not only do what I have done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

²¹ Jesus answered, "I tell you, if you have faith and have no doubt, you will not only do what I have done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done. ²² And everything that you pray for with faith, you will obtain."

²² And everything that you pray for with faith, you will obtain." ²³ When he had entered the Temple, and was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came up to him, and said, "What authority have you for doing as you do, and who gave you this authority?" ²⁴ Jesus answered, "Let me ask you one question, and if you answer it, I will tell you what authority I have for doing as I do.

²⁴ Jesus answered, "Let me ask you one question, and if you answer it, I will tell you what authority I have for doing as I do. ²⁵ Where did John's baptism come from? Was it from heaven, or from men?" And they argued with one another, "If we say, 'It was from heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?' ²⁶ But if we say, 'From men,' we have the people to fear, for they all consider John a prophet." ²⁷ And they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do.

²⁷ And they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do.

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! ³³ "Listen to another figure. There was a land owner who planted a vineyard and fenced it in, and hewed out a wine-vat in it, and built a watch-tower, and leased it to tenants, and left the neighborhood.

³⁸ But when the tenants saw his son, they said to one another. 'This is his heir! Come on, let us kill him, and get his inheritance!' ³⁹ So they took him and drove him out of the vineyard and killed him.

⁴⁴ Whoever falls on that stone will be shattered, but whoever it falls upon will be pulverized." ⁴⁵ When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his figures, they knew that he was speaking about them, ⁴⁶ and they wanted to have him arrested, but they were afraid of the people, for the people considered him a prophet.

⁴⁶ and they wanted to have him arrested, but they were afraid of the people, for the people considered him a prophet.

⁷ and to be saluted with respect in public places, and to have men call them 'Rabbi.'

¹⁶ Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, 'If anyone swears by the sanctuary, it does not matter, but if anyone swears by the gold of the sanctuary, it is binding.' ¹⁷ Blind fools! which is greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that makes the gold sacred? ¹⁸ You say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it does not matter, but if anyone swears by the offering that is on it, it is binding.' ¹⁹ You blind men! Which is greater, the offering, or the altar that makes the offering sacred? ²⁰ Anyone who swears by the altar is swearing by it and by everything that is on it, ²¹ and anyone who swears by the sanctuary is swearing by it and by him who dwells in it; ²² and anyone who swears by heaven is swearing by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it. ²³ "Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you pay tithes on mint, dill, and cummin, and you have let the weightier matters of the Law go—justice, mercy, and integrity. But you should have observed these, without overlooking the others. ²⁴ You blind guides! straining out the gnat, and yet swallowing the camel! ²⁵ Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. ²⁶ You blind Pharisee! You must first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may be clean too.

³⁹ For I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name!' "

³ As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to him by themselves, and said to him, "Tell us when this is to happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age."

⁴¹ Then he will say to those at his left, 'Begone, you accursed people, to the everlasting fire destined for the devil and his angels!

³ Then the high priests and the elders of the people gathered in the house of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, ⁴ and plotted to arrest Jesus by stealth and put him to death.

¹⁹ So the disciples did as Jesus directed them, and prepared the Passover supper.

³⁰ After singing the hymn, they went out of the city and up the Mount of Olives.

¹ The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ. ² As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare your way; ³ Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready, Make his paths straight,' " ⁴ John the baptizer appeared in the desert, and preached repentance and baptism in order to obtain the forgiveness of sins. ⁵ And all Judea and everybody in Jerusalem went out to him there, and accepted baptism from him in the Jordan River, acknowledging their sins. ⁶ John's clothing was made of hair cloth, and the belt around his waist was leather, and he lived on dried locusts and wild honey. ⁷ And this was his message: "After me there is coming one stronger than I am, one whose shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie. ⁸ I have baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the holy Spirit." ⁹ It was in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. ¹⁰ And just as he was coming up out of the water he saw the heavens torn open and the Spirit coming down like a dove to enter into him, ¹¹ and out of the heavens came a voice: "You are my Son, my Beloved! You are my Chosen!"

²² And they were amazed at his teaching, for he taught them like one who had authority, and not like the scribes.

⁶ Then the Pharisees left the synagogue and immediately consulted with the Herodians about Jesus, with a view to putting him to death.

⁷ And he called the Twelve to him and sent them off two by two, giving them power over the foul spirits.

²⁰ for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing that he was an upright and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him talk he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.

¹³ Why, I tell you, not only has Elijah come, but people have treated him just as they pleased, as the Scripture says about him."

²³ Jesus said to him, " 'If there is anything I can do!' Everything is possible for one who has faith!"

¹¹ And he came into Jerusalem and into the Temple, and looked it all over; then, as it was already late, he went out with the Twelve to Bethany.

¹⁴ And he spoke to the tree and said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you any more!" And his disciples heard it.

²⁰ In the morning as they were passing along, they saw that the fig tree was withered, to its very roots. ²¹ And Peter remembered about it and said to him, "Look, Master! The fig tree that you cursed is withered up!"

³² Yet can we say, 'It was from men'?" For they were afraid of the people, because all the people thought John was really a prophet.

¹² And they tried to have him arrested, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that the illustration was aimed at them. And they left him and went away.

³ As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him, apart from the others,

¹ It was now two days before the festival of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. And the high priests and scribes were casting about for a way to arrest him by stealth and put him to death,

¹ It was now two days before the festival of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. And the high priests and scribes were casting about for a way to arrest him by stealth and put him to death, ² for they said, "It must not be during the festival, or there may be a riot."

¹³ So he sent away two of his disciples, saying to them, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him,

¹⁵ And he will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make your preparations for us there."

³¹ You are to become a mother and you will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus. ³² He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David, ³³ and he will reign over Jacob's house forever; his reign will have no end."

¹⁴ "Glory to God in heaven and on earth! Peace to the men he favors!"

¹ In the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod governor of Galilee, while his brother Philip was governor of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was the governor of Abilene, ² in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, a message from God came to Zechariah's son John in the desert. ³ And he went all through the Jordan Valley preaching repentance and baptism in order to obtain the forgiveness of sins, ⁴ as the book of the sermons of the prophet Isaiah says, "Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, Get the Lord's way ready! Make his paths straight. ⁵ Every hollow must be filled up, And every mountain and hill leveled. What is crooked is to be made straight, And the rough roads are to be made smooth, ⁶ And all mankind is to see how God can save!" ⁷ So he would say to the crowds that came out there to be baptized by him, "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to fly from the wrath that is coming? ⁸ Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones! ⁹ But the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree that fails to produce good fruit is going to be cut down and thrown into the fire." ¹⁰ The crowds would ask him, "Then what ought we to do?" ¹¹ And he answered, "The man who has two shirts must share with the man who has none, and the man who has food must do the same." ¹² Even tax-collectors came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Master, what ought we to do?" ¹³ He said to them, "Do not collect any more than you are authorized to." ¹⁴ And soldiers would ask him, "And what ought we to do?" He said to them, "Do not extort money or make false charges against people, but be satisfied with your pay." ¹⁵ As all this aroused people's expectations, and they were all wondering in their hearts whether John was the Christ, ¹⁶ John said to them all, "I am only baptizing you in water, but someone is coming who is stronger than I am, whose shoes I am not fit to untie. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire. ¹⁷ He has his winnowing fork in his hand, to clean up his threshing-floor, and store his wheat in his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with inextinguishable fire." ¹⁸ So with many varied exhortations he would preach the good news to the people, ¹⁹ but Herod the governor, whom he condemned because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and all the wicked things Herod had done, ²⁰ crowned them all by putting John in prison.

² for forty days by the Spirit, and was tempted by the devil. In all those days he ate nothing, and when they were over he was famished.

²² And they all spoke well of him and were astonished at the winning words that fell from his lips, and they said, "Is he not Joseph's son?"

³⁷ Do not judge others, and they will not judge you. Do not condemn them, and they will not condemn you. Excuse others and they will excuse you.

²⁶ Then what did you go out there to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet! ²⁷ This is the man of whom the Scripture says, " 'Here I send my messenger on before you, He will prepare the road ahead of you!' ²⁸ "I tell you, among men born of women there is none greater than John; and yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of God are greater than he. 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,

²¹ At that moment he was inspired with joy, and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the learned and intelligent, and revealing it to children! Yes, I thank you, Father, for choosing to have it so! ²² Everything has been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, nor who the Father is but the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

³¹ Now a priest happened to be going that way, and when he saw him, he went by on the other side of the road.

⁹ So I tell you, ask, and what you ask will be given you. Search, and you will find what you search for. Knock, and the door will open to you. ¹⁰ For it is always the one who asks who receives, and the one who searches who finds, and the one who knocks to whom the door opens. ¹¹ Which of you fathers, if his son asks him for a fish will give him a snake instead? ¹² Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³ So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give the holy Spirit to those who ask him for it!"

⁶ Do not sparrows sell five for two cents? And yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight. ⁷ But the very hairs on your heads are all counted! You must not be afraid, you are worth more than a great many sparrows!

⁶ He used this figure: "A man had a fig tree growing in his garden, and he went to look for fruit on it, and could not find any. ⁷ And he said to the gardener, 'Here I have come three years to look for fruit on this fig tree, without finding any. Cut it down. Why should it waste the ground?' ⁸ He answered, 'Let it stand this one year more, sir, till I dig around it and manure it; ⁹ perhaps it will bear fruit next year. But if it does not, you can have it cut down.' "

⁶ And the Master said, "If your faith is as big as a mustard seed, you might have said to this mulberry tree, 'Be pulled up by the roots and planted in the sea,' and it would have obeyed you!

¹ He gave them an illustration to show that they must always pray and not give up, ² and he said, "There was once in a city a judge who had no fear of God and no respect for men. ³ There was a widow in the city and she came to him and said, 'Protect me from my opponent.' ⁴ And he would not for a time, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I have no fear of God nor respect for men, ⁵ yet because this widow bothers me, I will protect her, so that she may not finally wear me out with her coming.' " ⁶ And the Master said, "Listen to what this dishonest judge said! ⁷ Then will not God provide protection for his chosen people, who cry out to him day and night? ⁸ I tell you, he will make haste to provide it! But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

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.

²⁹ When he was near Bethphage and Bethany by the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples ³⁰ and said to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

³⁰ and said to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. ³¹ And if anyone asks you why you are untying it, you are to say, 'The Master needs it.'

³¹ And if anyone asks you why you are untying it, you are to say, 'The Master needs it.' ³² And the messengers went and found it just as he had told them.

³² And the messengers went and found it just as he had told them. ³³ And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

³³ And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?" ³⁴ And they said, "The Master needs it!"

³⁴ And they said, "The Master needs it!" ³⁵ And they brought it to Jesus. And they threw their coats on the colt and mounted Jesus on it.

³⁵ And they brought it to Jesus. And they threw their coats on the colt and mounted Jesus on it. ³⁶ And as he went on, people spread their coats in the road.

³⁶ And as he went on, people spread their coats in the road. ³⁷ Just as he was coming down the Mount of Olives and approaching the city, the whole throng of his disciples began to praise God loudly and joyfully, for all the wonders they had seen,

³⁷ Just as he was coming down the Mount of Olives and approaching the city, the whole throng of his disciples began to praise God loudly and joyfully, for all the wonders they had seen, ³⁸ and to say, "Blessed is the king who comes in the Lord's name, Peace be in heaven and glory on high!"

³⁸ and to say, "Blessed is the king who comes in the Lord's name, Peace be in heaven and glory on high!" ³⁹ Some Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Master, reprove your disciples!" ⁴⁰ And he answered, "I tell you, if they keep silence, the stones will cry out!" ⁴¹ As he approached the city and saw it, he wept over it, ⁴² and said, "If you yourself only knew today the conditions of peace! But as it is, they are hidden from you. ⁴³ For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will throw up earthworks about you and surround you and shut you in on all sides, ⁴⁴ and they will throw you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not know when God visited you!" ⁴⁵ Then he went into the Temple and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things there,

⁴⁵ Then he went into the Temple and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things there, ⁴⁶ and he said to them, "The Scripture says, 'And my house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!"

⁴⁶ and he said to them, "The Scripture says, 'And my house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!" ⁴⁷ Every day he taught in the Temple, and the high priests and scribes and the leading men of the people were trying to destroy him,

⁴⁷ Every day he taught in the Temple, and the high priests and scribes and the leading men of the people were trying to destroy him,

¹ One day as he was teaching the people in the Temple, and preaching the good news, the high priests and scribes came up with the elders ² and said to him, "Tell us what authority you have for doing as you do, or who gave you any such authority?" ³ He said to them, "I will ask you a question too. ⁴ Tell me, did John's baptism come from heaven or from men?" ⁵ And they argued with one another, and said, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?' ⁶ But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet." ⁷ So they answered that they did not know where it came from. ⁸ And Jesus said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do."

¹⁹ And the scribes and high priests wanted to arrest him then and there, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had aimed this illustration at them.

³⁷ He would spend the days teaching in the Temple, but at night he would go out of the city and stay on the hill called the Mount of Olives.

³⁷ He would spend the days teaching in the Temple, but at night he would go out of the city and stay on the hill called the Mount of Olives. ³⁸ And in the morning all the people would come to him in the Temple to listen to him.

² And the high priests and the scribes were casting about for a way to put him to death, for they were afraid of the people.

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, ⁶⁷ "If you are the Christ, tell us so." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe me, ⁶⁸ and if I ask you a question, you will not answer me. ⁶⁹ But from this time on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of God Almighty!"

⁶ There appeared a man by the name of John, with a message from God. ⁷ He came to give testimony, to testify to the light, so that everyone might come to believe in it through him. ⁸ He was not the light; he came to testify to the light.

¹⁵ (John testified to him and cried out—for it was he who said it—"He who was to come after me is now ahead of me, for he existed before me!")

¹⁵ (John testified to him and cried out—for it was he who said it—"He who was to come after me is now ahead of me, for he existed before me!") ¹⁶ For from his abundance we have all had a share, and received blessing after blessing. ¹⁷ For while the Law was given through Moses, blessing and truth came to us through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; it is the divine Only Son, who leans upon his Father's breast, that has made him known. ¹⁹ Now this is the testimony that John gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him who he was. ²⁰ He admitted—he made no attempt to deny it—he admitted that he was not the Christ. ²¹ Then they asked him, "What are you then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "No, I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No." ²² Then they said to him, "Who are you? We must have some answer to give those who sent us here. What have you to say for yourself?" ²³ He said, "I am a voice of one shouting in the desert, 'Straighten the Lord's way!' as the prophet Isaiah said." ²⁴ Now the messengers were Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, "Then why are you baptizing people, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" ²⁶ "I am only baptizing in water," John answered, "but someone is standing among you of whom you do not know. ²⁷ He is to come after me, and I am not worthy to undo his shoe!" ²⁸ This took place at Bethany, on the farther side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and he said, "There is God's lamb, who is to remove the world's sin!

²⁹ The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and he said, "There is God's lamb, who is to remove the world's sin! ³⁰ This is the man of whom I spoke when I said, 'After me there is coming a man who is even now ahead of me, for he existed before me.' ³¹ I did not know him, but it is in order that he may be made known to Israel that I have come and baptized people in water." ³² And John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down from heaven like a dove, and it remained upon him. ³³ I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain, is the one who is to baptize in the holy Spirit.' ³⁴ And I did see it, and I testify that he is the Son of God."

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

³⁶ and looking at Jesus as he passed, he said, "There is God's lamb!"

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

¹³ Now the Jewish Passover was approaching, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ In the Temple he found the dealers in cattle, sheep, and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting at their tables. ¹⁵ And he made a lash out of rope, and drove them all, sheep and cattle, out of the Temple, and scattered the money-changers' coins on the ground, and overturned their tables. ¹⁶ And he said to the pigeon-dealers, "Take these things away! Do not turn my Father's house into a market!"

¹⁶ And he said to the pigeon-dealers, "Take these things away! Do not turn my Father's house into a market!" ¹⁷ His disciples remembered that the Scriptures said, "My zeal for your house will consume me!"

¹⁰ Jesus answered, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet ignorant of this?

²⁵ So a discussion arose between John's disciples and a man from Judea, about purification. ²⁶ And they went to John and said to him, "Master, the man who was with you across the Jordan, and to whom you yourself gave testimony, is baptizing, and everybody is going to him." ²⁷ John answered, "A man cannot get anything unless it is given to him from heaven. ²⁸ You will bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ; I have been sent in advance of him.' ²⁹ It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend who stands outside and listens for his voice is very glad when he hears the bridegroom speak. So this happiness of mine is now complete. ³⁰ He must grow greater and greater, but I less and less." ³¹ He who comes from above is above all others. A son of earth belongs to earth and speaks of earth. He who comes from heaven is above all others. ³² It is to what he has seen and heard that he gives testimony, and yet no one accepts his testimony. ³³ Whoever does accept it has thereby acknowledged that God is true. ³⁴ For he whom God has sent speaks God's words, for God gives him his Spirit without measure. ³⁵ The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands. ³⁶ Whoever believes in the Son possesses eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not experience life, but will remain under the anger of God.

⁶ and Jacob's spring was there. So Jesus, tired with his journey, sat down just as he was by the spring. It was about noon. ⁷ A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

³¹ Meanwhile the disciples urged him, saying, "Master, eat something." ³² But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." ³³ So the disciples said to one another, "Do you suppose that someone has brought him something to eat?"

⁴⁶ The attendants answered, "No man ever talked as he does!"

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²⁷ He answered, "I have already told you and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become disciples of his too?"

²³ and Jesus was walking up and down inside the Temple, in Solomon's Colonnade.

⁴¹ And people came to him in great numbers, and they said of him, "John did not show any sign in proof of his mission, but all that he said about this man was true."

⁵³ So from that day they planned to kill Jesus. ⁵⁴ In consequence of this, Jesus did not appear in public among the Jews any longer, but he left that neighborhood and went to the district near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples. ⁵⁵ Now the Jewish Passover Festival was approaching and many people went up to Jerusalem from the country, to purify themselves before the Passover. ⁵⁶ So they were looking for Jesus there, and asking one another as they stood in the Temple, "What do you think? Do you think he will not come to the festival at all?" ⁵⁷ For the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where he was should let them know, so that they might arrest him.

¹² On the following day the crowds that had come up to the festival, hearing that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³ got palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "God bless him! God bless him who comes in the Lord's name! Blessings on the king of Israel!"

¹³ got palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "God bless him! God bless him who comes in the Lord's name! Blessings on the king of Israel!" ¹⁴ And Jesus found a young ass and mounted it, in accordance with the Scripture,

¹⁴ And Jesus found a young ass and mounted it, in accordance with the Scripture, ¹⁵ "Do not be afraid, Daughter of Zion! See, your king is coming mounted on an ass's colt!"

¹⁵ "Do not be afraid, Daughter of Zion! See, your king is coming mounted on an ass's colt!" 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 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. ¹⁷ The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead was telling about it. ¹⁸ That was why the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard that he had showed that sign. ¹⁹ So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see, you cannot do anything! The whole world has run after him!"

³⁶ While you have the light believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." With these words Jesus went away, and disappeared from them.

¹ "Your minds must not be troubled; you must believe in God, and believe in me.

¹³ Anything you ask for as followers of mine I will grant, so that the Father may be honored through the Son.

⁶ Anyone who does not remain united to me is thrown away like a branch and withers up, and they gather them and throw them into the fire and burn them. ⁷ If you remain united to me and my words remain in your hearts, ask for whatever you please and you shall have it.

²³ When that time comes, you will not ask me any questions; I tell you, whatever you ask the Father for, he will give you as my followers. ²⁴ Hitherto you have not asked for anything as my followers, but now ask, and you will receive, so that your happiness may be complete. ²⁵ "I have said all this to you in figurative language, but a time is coming when I shall not do so any longer, but will tell you plainly about the Father. ²⁶ When that time comes you will ask as my followers, and I do not promise to intercede with the Father for you, ²⁷ for the Father loves you himself because you love me and believe that I have come from the Father.

²⁰ Jesus answered, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues or in the Temple where all the Jews meet together, and I have said nothing in secret.

¹⁵ At that they shouted, "Kill him! Kill him! Have him crucified!" Pilate said to them, "Am I to crucify your king?" The high priests answered, "We have no king but the emperor!"

²⁸ After that, Jesus, knowing that everything was now finished, to fulfil the saying of Scripture, said, "I am thirsty."

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

²⁴ And they prayed, saying, "Lord, you who know all hearts, show us which one of these two you have chosen

⁵ On the next day the leading members of the council, the elders, and the scribes met in Jerusalem, ⁶ with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who belonged to the high priest's family. ⁷ They had the apostles brought before them and demanded of them, "By what power or authority have men like you done this?" ⁸ Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them, "Leaders of the people and members of the council,

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.

²⁶ Then the commander and his men went and brought them back, but without using violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

²⁷ But the aggressor thrust him off, saying, 'Who made you our ruler and judge? ²⁸ Do you mean to kill me as you did that Egyptian yesterday?'

³⁸ It was he who with the congregation in the desert went between the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and our forefathers, and received and communicated to you utterances that still live. ³⁹ Yet our forefathers would not listen to him, but thrust him off, and their hearts turned back to Egypt,

⁵¹ You stubborn people, with heathen hearts and ears, you are always opposing the holy Spirit, just as your forefathers did!

³⁶ He has sent his message to Israel's descendants, and made the good news of peace known to them through Jesus Christ. He is Lord of us all.

²⁵ nor is he waited on by human hands as though he were in need of anything, for he himself gives all men life and breath and everything.

²⁵ But as he talked of uprightness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became alarmed, and said, "You may go for the present. I will find time later to send for you."

¹⁸ For God's anger is breaking forth from heaven against all the impiety and wickedness of the men who in their wickedness are suppressing the truth. ¹⁹ For all that can be known of God is clearly before them; God has shown it to them. ²⁰ Ever since the creation of the world, his invisible nature—his eternal power and divine character—have been clearly perceptible through what he has made. So they have no excuse, ²¹ for, though they knew God, they have not honored him as God or given thanks to him, but they have indulged in futile speculations, until their stupid minds have become dark. ²² They called themselves wise, but they have turned into fools,

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

¹⁸ Abraham, hoping against hope, had faith, and so became the father of many nations, in fulfilment of the Scripture, "So countless shall your descendants be." ¹⁹ His faith did not weaken, although he realized that his own body was worn out, for he was about a hundred years old, and that Sarah was past bearing children. ²⁰ He did not incredulously question God's promise, but his faith gave him power and he praised God ²¹ in the full assurance that God was able to do what he had promised. ²² That was why it was credited to him as uprightness. ²³ It was not on his account alone that these words, "it was credited to him," were written, ²⁴ but also on ours, for it is to be credited also to us who have faith in him who raised from the dead our Lord Jesus, ²⁵ who was given up to death to make up for our offenses, and raised to life to make us upright.

² If I am inspired to preach and know all the secret truths and possess all knowledge, and if I have such perfect faith that I can move mountains, but have no love, I am nothing.

²² A curse upon anyone who has no love for the Lord. Lord, come quickly!

¹⁵ Why, to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil hangs over their minds,

³ If the meaning of my preaching of the good news is veiled at all, it is so only in the case of those who are on the way to destruction. 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.

⁹ You know how gracious the Lord Jesus Christ was. Though he was rich, he became poor for your sake, in order that by his poverty you might become rich.

³² You must be kind to one another, you must be tender-hearted, and forgive one another just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

¹² when in your baptism you were buried with him, and raised to life with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.

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.

¹⁰ and full of wicked deception for men who are going to destruction, because they refused to love the truth and be saved. ¹¹ This is why God sends upon them a misleading influence, to make them believe what is false, ¹² so that all who have refused to believe the truth but have preferred disobedience may be condemned.

¹ Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to arouse faith in those whom God has chosen, and the comprehension of religious truth,

⁷ You made him for a little while inferior to angels; Yet you have crowned him with glory and honor, And you have put him in charge of the works of your hands! 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.

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

⁸ But if it yields thorns and thistles, it is thought worthless and almost cursed, and it will finally be burned.

⁸ Faith enabled Abraham to obey when God summoned him to leave his home for a region which he was to have for his own, and to leave home without knowing where he was going.

¹⁷ Faith enabled Abraham, when he was put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had accepted God's promises was ready to sacrifice his only son, ¹⁸ of whom he had been told, "Your posterity is to arise through Isaac!" ¹⁹ For he believed that God was able to raise men even from the dead, and from the dead he did indeed, to speak figuratively, receive him back.

⁵ If any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God who gives generously to everyone, and does not reproach one with it afterward, and he will give it to him. ⁶ But he must ask with faith, and without any doubt, for the man who doubts is like the billowing sea, driven and blown about by the wind.

¹³ For the merciless will be mercilessly judged; but mercy will triumph over judgment.

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. ¹⁶ So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be cured. An upright man can do a great deal by prayer when he tries. ¹⁷ Elijah was a man like us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and for three years and six months there was no rain in the land. ¹⁸ Then he prayed again, and the heavens yielded rain and the earth produced crops.

²⁰ For if after men have escaped the corrupting influences of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are overcome by them, their final condition is worse than their former one.

²² and we obtain from him whatever we ask for, because we are obeying his commands and doing the things that please him.

¹⁴ And we have confidence in him, that if we ask him for anything that is in accordance with his will, he will listen to us. ¹⁵ And if we know that he listens to whatever we ask him for, we know that the requests we have made of him are granted.

¹² They are stains on your religious meals, where they carouse together, boldly attending to no one but themselves; rainless clouds driven before the wind; leafless trees without fruit, doubly dead, and uprooted;

⁴ They are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵ If anyone tries to hurt them fire comes out of their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone tries to hurt them, he will certainly be killed in that way. ⁶ They have the power to shut up the sky, so that no rain will fall during the days when they are prophesying, and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to smite the earth with any plague whenever they please. ⁷ When they finish their testimony, the animal that comes up out of the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, ⁸ and their bodies will lie in the street of the great city that is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord also was crucified. ⁹ For three days and a half, men of all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will look at their bodies, and will not let them be buried. ¹⁰ The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and celebrate by sending presents to one another, for these two prophets were a torment to the inhabitants of the earth.

¹¹ Let the evil-doer do worse and worse, let the base grow baser and baser, let the upright man be more and more upright, and the man who is holy be more and more holy."