Matthew 9 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ So he got into the boat and crossed the sea, and returned to his own city. 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!" 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'? 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. 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. 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! 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." ¹⁸ Just as he said this to them, an official came up and bowing low before him said to him, "My daughter has just died. But come! Lay your hand on her and she will come to life!" ¹⁹ And Jesus got up and followed him, with his disciples. ²⁰ And a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel of his cloak. ²¹ For she said to herself, "If I can just touch his cloak, I will get well." ²² And Jesus turned and saw her, and he said, "Courage, my daughter! Your faith has cured you!" And from that time the woman was well. ²³ When Jesus reached the official's house, and saw the flute-players and the disturbance the crowd was making, ²⁴ he said, "You must go away, for the girl is not dead; she is asleep." And they laughed at him. ²⁵ But when he had driven the people out, he went in and grasped her hand, and the girl got up. ²⁶ And the news of this spread all over that part of the country. ²⁷ As Jesus was passing along from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Take pity on us, you Son of David!" 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. ³¹ But they went out and spread the news about him all over that part of the country. ³² But just as they were going out, some people brought to him a dumb man who was possessed by a demon, ³³ and as soon as the demon was driven out, the dumb man was able to speak. And the crowds were amazed, and said, "Nothing like this was ever seen in Israel!" ³⁴ But the Pharisees said, "It is by the aid of the prince of the demons that he drives them out." ³⁵ Jesus went round among all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or illness. ³⁶ But the sight of the crowds of people filled him with pity for them, because they were bewildered and dejected, like sheep that have no shepherd. ³⁷ Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is abundant enough, but the reapers are few. ³⁸ So pray to the owner of the harvest to send reapers to gather it."

¹ The ancestry of Jesus Christ, who was descended from David, who was descended from Abraham.

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

⁸ Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance!

¹³ And he left Nazareth and went and settled in Capernaum, by the sea, in the district of Zebulon and Naphtali,

¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent! for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!" 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!" 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. 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.

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.

¹⁶ Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.

⁴⁶ For if you love only those who love you, what reward can you expect? Do not the very tax-collectors do that? ⁴⁷ And if you are polite to your brothers and no one else, what is there remarkable in that? Do not the very heathen do that?

¹⁶ "When you fast, do not put on a gloomy look, like the hypocrites, for they neglect their personal appearance to let people see that they are fasting. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get.

⁶ "Do not give what is sacred to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet and turn and tear you in pieces.

²⁹ for he taught them like one who had authority and not like their scribes.

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!"

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."

⁶ saying, "My servant, sir, is lying sick with paralysis at my house, in great distress." ⁷ He said to him, "I will come and cure him."

⁷ He said to him, "I will come and cure him." 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." ¹⁰ When Jesus heard this he was astonished, and said to his followers, "I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such faith as this.

¹³ Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go! You shall find it just as you believe!" And the servant was immediately cured. ¹⁴ Jesus went into Peter's house, and there he found Peter's mother-in-law sick in bed with fever.

¹⁶ In the evening they brought to him many who were possessed by demons, and he drove the spirits out with a word, and cured all who were sick,

¹⁸ Then Jesus, seeing a crowd about him, gave orders to cross to the other side.

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

²³ And he got into the boat, and his disciples went with him.

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."

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!"

¹⁸ Just as he said this to them, an official came up and bowing low before him said to him, "My daughter has just died. But come! Lay your hand on her and she will come to life!" ¹⁹ And Jesus got up and followed him, with his disciples.

²² And Jesus turned and saw her, and he said, "Courage, my daughter! Your faith has cured you!" And from that time the woman was well.

²⁴ he said, "You must go away, for the girl is not dead; she is asleep." And they laughed at him.

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

²⁹ Then he touched their eyes and said, "You shall have what your faith expects."

¹ Then he called his twelve disciples to him, and gave them power over the foul spirits so that they could drive them out, and so that they could heal any disease or illness. ² These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, ³ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax-collector, James the son of Alpheus and Thaddeus,

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

⁶ but proceed instead to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

¹ When Jesus had finished giving his twelve disciples these instructions, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns. ² Now when John heard in prison of what the Christ was doing, he sent by his disciples

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.

¹⁷ " 'We have played the flute for you, and you would not dance! We have wailed and you would not beat your breasts!' ¹⁸ For when John came, he neither ate nor drank, and people said, 'He has a demon!' ¹⁹ Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and people say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions!"

¹⁹ Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and people say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions!" ²⁰ Then he began to reproach the towns in which his numerous wonders had been done, because they did not repent. ²¹ "Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago!

³ But he said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he and his companions were hungry?

⁵ Or did you never read in the Law how the priests in the Temple are not guilty when they break the Sabbath?

⁷ But if you knew what the saying means, 'It is mercy, not sacrifice, that I care for,' you would not have condemned men who are not guilty.

¹⁶ and warned them not to say anything about him

²² At that time some people brought to him a man blind and dumb, who was possessed by a demon, and he cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see.

²² At that time some people brought to him a man blind and dumb, who was possessed by a demon, and he cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see. ²³ And all the crowds of people were astounded, and said, "Can this be the Son of David?"

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

²³ And all the crowds of people were astounded, and said, "Can this be the Son of David?" ²⁴ But when the Pharisees heard of it they said, "This man cannot drive out demons except by the aid of Beelzebub, the prince of the demons." 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.

³⁶ Then he left the crowds and went into his house. And his disciples came up to him and said, "Explain to us the figure of the weeds in the field."

⁵⁸ And he did not do many wonders there, because of their want of faith.

¹ At that time, Herod the governor heard the reports about Jesus, ² and he said to his attendants, "This man must be John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and that is why wonderful powers are working through him."

¹⁴ So when he got out of the boat he found a great crowd gathered, and his heart was touched at the sight of them, and he cured those of them that were sick.

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

³⁶ and they begged him to let them touch just the tassel of his cloak, and all who touched it were cured.

²² And a Canaanite woman of that district came out and screamed, "Son of David, take pity on me, sir! My daughter is dreadfully possessed by a demon!"

²⁴ But he answered, "I am sent only to the lost sheep of Israel's house." ²⁵ And she came and fell down before him, and said, "Help me, sir!"

²⁸ Then Jesus answered, "You have great faith! You shall have what you want." And her daughter was cured from that time.

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.

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. ³² Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them, "I pity these people for they have been staying with me three days now and they have nothing left to eat, and I do not mean to send them away hungry, for they may give out on the way."

⁷ But they were discussing something with one another, and saying, "We have not brought any bread!" ⁸ Jesus noticed it and said, "Why are you discussing with one another your being without bread? You have so little faith!

⁹ And as they were going down the mountain, Jesus cautioned them, saying, "Do not tell anyone of the vision you have seen until the Son of Man is raised from the dead."

¹⁴ When they came to the people again, a man came up to him and fell on his knees, saying, ¹⁵ "Master, take pity on my son, for he has epilepsy, and is very wretched; he often falls into the fire or into the water.

¹⁸ And Jesus reproved the demon and it came out of him, and from that moment the boy was cured.

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. ¹¹ OMITTED TEXT ¹² What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills, and go in search of the one that is astray? ¹³ And if he happens to find it, I tell you he rejoices more over it than he does over the ninety-nine that did not stray.

⁴ But he answered, "Did you never read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female,

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

³⁰ And two blind men sitting by the roadside, hearing that it was Jesus who was passing, called out, "You Son of David! Take pity on us, sir!" ³¹ The crowd told them to be still, but they called all the louder, "You Son of David! Take pity on us, sir!"

³⁴ And Jesus took pity on them and touched their eyes, and they immediately regained their sight, and followed 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!"

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,

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!

⁴² Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, " 'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone; This came from the Lord, And seems marvelous to us'?

³¹ But as to the resurrection of the dead, did you never read what was said to you by God, ³² 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead men but of living!"

⁴¹ While the Pharisees were still gathered there, Jesus asked them, ⁴² "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's." ⁴³ He said to them, "How is it then that David under the Spirit's influence calls him lord, and says, ⁴⁴ " 'The Lord has said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand, Until I put your enemies under your feet" '? ⁴⁵ So if David calls him lord, how can he be his son?"

⁵ They do everything they do to have men see it. They wear wide Scripture texts as charms, and they wear large tassels,

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.

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!

³⁹ And the passers-by jeered at him, shaking their heads ⁴⁰ and saying, "You who would tear down the sanctuary, and build one in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!" ⁴¹ And the high priests, too, made sport of him with the scribes and elders, and said, ⁴² "He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is King of Israel; let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. ⁴³ He trusts in God; let God deliver him if he cares for him, for he said he was God's son."

¹⁷ There they saw him and bowed down before him, though some were in doubt about it. ¹⁸ And Jesus came up to them and said, "Full authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all the heathen, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit,

³¹ And he went up to her, and grasping her hand, he made her rise. And the fever left her, and she waited on them. ³² In the evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed by demons,

³² In the evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed by demons, ³³ and the whole town was gathered at the door. ³⁴ And he cured many who were sick with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and he would not let the demons speak, because they knew that he was Christ. 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 ³⁷ and found him, and said to him, "They are all looking for you!" ³⁸ He said to them, "Let us go somewhere else, to the neighboring country towns, so that I may preach in them, too, for that is why I came out here." ³⁹ So he went all through Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out the demons.

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.

¹ Some days later he came back to Capernaum, and people heard that he was at home, ² and such a crowd gathered that after a while there was no room even around the door, and he was telling them his message. 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. 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?"

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?

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'? ¹⁰ But to let you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth," turning to the paralytic he said,

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."

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?"

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?"

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."

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."

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.

²¹ When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him as he stood on the shore. ²² And a man named Jairus, the leader of a synagogue, came up and seeing him threw himself at his feet, 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. ²⁵ And a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years, ²⁶ and had had a great deal of treatment from various doctors and had spent all that she had and had not been benefited at all but had actually grown worse,

²⁶ and had had a great deal of treatment from various doctors and had spent all that she had and had not been benefited at all but had actually grown worse, ²⁷ had heard about Jesus. And she came up in the crowd behind him and touched his coat,

²⁷ had heard about Jesus. And she came up in the crowd behind him and touched his coat, ²⁸ for she said, "If I can only touch his clothes, I shall get well."

²⁸ for she said, "If I can only touch his clothes, I shall get well." ²⁹ The hemorrhage stopped at once, and she felt in her body that she was cured.

²⁹ The hemorrhage stopped at once, and she felt in her body that she was cured. ³⁰ Jesus instantly perceived that healing power had passed from him, and he turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

³⁰ Jesus instantly perceived that healing power had passed from him, and he turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?" ³¹ His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?' "

³¹ His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?' " ³² But he still looked around to see the person who had done it.

³² But he still looked around to see the person who had done it. ³³ The woman, knowing what had happened to her, came forward frightened and trembling, and threw herself down at his feet and told him the whole truth.

³³ The woman, knowing what had happened to her, came forward frightened and trembling, and threw herself down at his feet and told him the whole truth. ³⁴ And he said to her, "My daughter, it is your faith that has cured you. Go in peace and be free from your disease."

³⁴ And he said to her, "My daughter, it is your faith that has cured you. Go in peace and be free from your disease." ³⁵ Even as he spoke people came from the house of the leader of the synagogue and said, "Your daughter is dead. Why should you trouble the Master any further?"

³⁵ Even as he spoke people came from the house of the leader of the synagogue and said, "Your daughter is dead. Why should you trouble the Master any further?" ³⁶ But Jesus paid no attention to what they said, but said to the leader of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid, just have faith."

³⁶ But Jesus paid no attention to what they said, but said to the leader of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid, just have faith." ³⁷ He let no one go with him but Peter, James, and James's brother John.

³⁷ He let no one go with him but Peter, James, and James's brother John. ³⁸ They came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, and there he found everything in confusion, and people weeping and wailing.

³⁸ They came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, and there he found everything in confusion, and people weeping and wailing. ³⁹ And he went into the house and said to them, "What is the meaning of all this confusion and crying? The child is not dead, she is asleep."

³⁹ And he went into the house and said to them, "What is the meaning of all this confusion and crying? The child is not dead, she is asleep." ⁴⁰ And they laughed at him. But he drove them all out, and took the child's father and mother and the men who were with him and went into the room where the child was lying.

⁴⁰ And they laughed at him. But he drove them all out, and took the child's father and mother and the men who were with him and went into the room where the child was lying. ⁴¹ And he grasped her hand and said to her, "Taleitha, koum!"—that is to say, "Little girl, I tell you, get up!"

⁴¹ And he grasped her hand and said to her, "Taleitha, koum!"—that is to say, "Little girl, I tell you, get up!" ⁴² And the little girl immediately got up and walked about, for she was twelve years old. The moment they saw it they were utterly amazed. ⁴³ And he strictly forbade them to let anyone know of it, and told them to give her something to eat.

⁴³ And he strictly forbade them to let anyone know of it, and told them to give her something to eat.

⁶ And he wondered at their want of faith. Then he went around among the villages teaching.

¹⁴ King Herod heard of him, for his name was now well known, and people were saying that John the baptizer had risen from the dead, and that that was why he was endowed with these extraordinary powers.

³⁴ So when he got out of the boat, he found a great crowd gathered, and his heart was touched at the sight of them, because they were like sheep that have no shepherd; and he proceeded to teach them a great deal.

⁵⁶ And whatever village or town or farm he went to, they would lay their sick in the market-place and beg him to let them touch just the tassel of his cloak, and all who touched it were cured.

²¹ For it is from inside, from men's hearts, that designs of evil come; immorality, stealing, murder, adultery,

³² And they brought to him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. ³³ He took him off by himself away from the crowd, and put his fingers in the man's ears, and touched his tongue with saliva. ³⁴ And he looked up to heaven and sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!"—which means "Open." ³⁵ And his ears were opened and his tongue was released and he talked plainly. ³⁶ And Jesus forbade them to tell anyone about it, but the more he forbade them the more they spread the news far and wide.

³⁶ And Jesus forbade them to tell anyone about it, but the more he forbade them the more they spread the news far and wide. ³⁷ And people were utterly amazed, and said, "How well he has done everything! He even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak!"

³⁷ And people were utterly amazed, and said, "How well he has done everything! He even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak!"

¹⁶ They were discussing with one another their being without bread. 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?

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

²² And they came to Bethsaida. And people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. ²³ He took him by the hand and led him outside of the village, and spitting in his eyes he laid his hands on him and asked him, "Do you see anything?"

²³ He took him by the hand and led him outside of the village, and spitting in his eyes he laid his hands on him and asked him, "Do you see anything?"

¹⁴ When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. ¹⁵ And all the people were amazed when they saw him, and they ran up to him and greeted him. ¹⁶ And he asked them, "What are you discussing with them?" ¹⁷ One of the crowd answered, "Master, I brought my son to you, for he is possessed by a dumb spirit, ¹⁸ and wherever it seizes him it convulses him, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth; and he is wasting away. I told your disciples to drive it out, and they could not do it." ¹⁹ He answered them and said, "O you unbelieving people, how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me!" ²⁰ And they brought the boy to him. As soon as the spirit saw him, it convulsed the boy, and he fell down on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. ²¹ Jesus asked the boy's father, "How long has he been like this?" And he said, 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!"

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!"

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!"

²⁴ The boy's father immediately cried out, "I have faith! Help my want of faith!" ²⁵ Then Jesus, seeing that a crowd was rapidly gathering, reproved the foul spirit and said to it, "You deaf and dumb spirit, get out of him, I charge you, and never enter him again!" ²⁶ And it gave a cry and convulsed him terribly, and went out of him. And the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said that he was dead. ²⁷ But Jesus grasped his hand and made him rise, and he stood up.

²⁷ But Jesus grasped his hand and made him rise, and he stood up.

⁴⁶ And they came to Jericho. As he was leaving the town with his disciples and a great crowd, Timaeus' son Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting at the roadside. ⁴⁷ When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth he began to cry out, "Jesus, you son of David, take pity on me!" ⁴⁸ Many of the people rebuked him and told him to be still. But he cried out all the louder, "You son of David, take pity on me!"

⁵² Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your faith has cured you." And he immediately regained his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

¹⁰ Blessed be the reign of our father David which is coming! God bless him from on high!"

¹⁵ Should we pay it, or refuse to pay it?" But he saw through their pretense, and said to them, "Why do you put me to such a test? Bring me a denarius to look at."

²⁶ But as to the dead being raised, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

³⁵ As Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he answered them and said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is a son of David? ³⁶ David himself, under the influence of the holy Spirit, said, " 'The Lord has said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand Until I put your enemies under your feet." ' ³⁷ David himself calls him lord, and how can he be his son?" The mass of the people liked to hear him.

⁶⁴ Did you hear his blasphemy? What is your decision?" And they all condemned him as deserving to be put to death.

¹⁵ And he said to them, "Go to the whole world and proclaim the good news to all the creation.

⁴³ But he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, for that is what I was sent to do." ⁴⁴ So he went about Judea, preaching in the synagogues.

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."

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?"

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?

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'?

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!"

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.

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.

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?"

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?"

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.

³¹ Jesus answered them, "It is not well people but the sick who have to have the doctor.

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!"

³² I have not come to invite the pious but the irreligious to repentance!"

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."

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?

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."

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.

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.

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.

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!' "

⁸ But he knew what they were thinking, and he said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and stand in front." And he got up and stood there.

¹² It was in those days that he went up on the mountain to pray, and passed the whole night in prayer to God. ¹³ When day came, he called his disciples to him, and chose twelve of them whom he named apostles:

¹⁵ Matthew, Thomas, James, the son of Alpheus, Simon, who was called the Zealot,

² A Roman captain had a slave whom he thought a great deal of, and the slave was sick and at the point of death.

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

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!"

²¹ Just then he cured many of diseases and ailments and evil spirits, and he gave sight to many who were blind.

³² They are like children sitting about in the bazaar and calling out to one another, " 'We have played the flute for you, and you would not dance! We have wailed and you would not weep!'

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." ⁴⁰ Jesus answered him, and said to him, "Simon, there is something I want to say to you." He said, "Proceed, Master."

⁴⁰ Jesus answered him, and said to him, "Simon, there is something I want to say to you." He said, "Proceed, Master."

⁴⁷ Therefore, I tell you, her sins, many as they are, are forgiven, for she has loved me so much. But the man with little to be forgiven loves me but little." 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?" ⁵⁰ But he said to the woman, "It is your faith that has saved you. Go in peace."

⁵⁰ But he said to the woman, "It is your faith that has saved you. Go in peace."

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.

⁴¹ And a man named Jairus came up—he was leader of the synagogue—and he fell down at Jesus' feet and begged him to come to his house, ⁴² because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As he was going, the crowds of people almost crushed him. ⁴³ And a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and whom nobody had been able to cure,

⁴³ And a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and whom nobody had been able to cure, ⁴⁴ came up behind him and touched the tassel of his cloak, and the hemorrhage stopped at once. 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."

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."

⁴⁶ But Jesus said, "Somebody touched me, for I know that power passed from me." ⁴⁷ When the woman saw that she had not escaped his notice, she came forward trembling, and fell down before him, and before all the people told why she had touched him, and how she had been cured at once.

⁴⁷ When the woman saw that she had not escaped his notice, she came forward trembling, and fell down before him, and before all the people told why she had touched him, and how she had been cured at once. ⁴⁸ And he said to her, "My daughter, it is your faith that has cured you. Go in peace."

⁴⁸ And he said to her, "My daughter, it is your faith that has cured you. Go in peace." ⁴⁹ Even as he spoke someone came from the house of the leader of the synagogue and said, "Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Master any more."

⁴⁹ Even as he spoke someone came from the house of the leader of the synagogue and said, "Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the Master any more." ⁵⁰ But Jesus heard it and said to him, "Do not be afraid; just have faith, and she will get well."

⁵⁰ But Jesus heard it and said to him, "Do not be afraid; just have faith, and she will get well." ⁵¹ When he got to the house, he let no one go in with him but Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother.

⁵¹ When he got to the house, he let no one go in with him but Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother. ⁵² And they were all wailing and beating their breasts for her. But he said, "Stop wailing! For she is not dead, she is asleep." ⁵³ And they laughed at him, for they knew that she was dead. 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. ⁵⁶ And her parents were amazed, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.

⁵⁶ And her parents were amazed, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.

¹¹ But the crowds learned of it and followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them about the Kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed to be cured.

⁴⁶ A discussion arose among them as to which of them would be the greatest. ⁴⁷ But Jesus knew the question that was in their minds and he took a child and made him stand by his side,

¹ After this the Master appointed seventy-two others, and sent them on before him, two by two, to every town or place to which he intended to come. ² And he said to them, "The harvest is abundant enough, but the reapers are few. So pray to the owner of the harvest to send reapers to gather it.

² And he said to them, "The harvest is abundant enough, but the reapers are few. So pray to the owner of the harvest to send reapers to gather it.

²⁶ Jesus said to him, "What does the Law say? How does it read?"

¹⁴ Once he was driving out a dumb demon, and when the demon was gone the dumb man spoke. And the people were amazed. ¹⁵ But some of them said, "It is with the aid of Beelzebub, the prince of the demons, that he drives the demons out."

¹⁷ But he knew what they were thinking, and he said to them, "Any kingdom that is disunited is on the way to destruction, and one house falls after another.

¹¹ and there was a woman there who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit. She was bent double and could not straighten herself up at all. ¹² When Jesus saw her he called to her, "You are freed from your sickness!" ¹³ And he laid his hands on her, and she instantly became erect, and praised God.

¹³ And he laid his hands on her, and she instantly became erect, and praised God. ¹⁴ But the leader of the synagogue, in his vexation because Jesus had cured her on the Sabbath, spoke out and said to the crowd, "There are six days on which it is right to work. Come on them and be cured, but not on the Sabbath day."

²² So he went about among the towns and villages, teaching and making his way toward Jerusalem.

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!" ³ So in speaking to them he used this figure: ⁴ "What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep, and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go in search of the one that is lost, until he finds it? ⁵ And when he finds it, he puts it on his shoulders with joy, ⁶ and when he reaches home, he calls in his friends and neighbors, and says to them, 'Congratulate me, for I have found my lost sheep!' 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. ⁸ Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one, does not light the lamp and sweep the house and look carefully until she finds it? ⁹ And when she finds it, she calls in her friends and neighbors, and says to them, 'Congratulate me, for I have found the coin that I lost!' ¹⁰ In just that way, I tell you, there is joy among the angels of God over one sinful person who repents!"

¹³ and raising their voices, said, "Jesus, Master, take pity on us!"

¹⁵ But one of them, when he saw that he was cured, came back, loudly praising God,

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.

¹⁹ And he said to him, "Stand up and go! Your faith has cured you."

⁹ To some who were confident of their own uprightness, and thought nothing of others, he used this illustration: 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!'

¹⁸ A member of the council asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

³⁸ And he shouted, "Jesus, you Son of David, take pity on me!" ³⁹ And those who were in front reproved him and told him to be quiet, but he cried out all the louder, "You Son of David, take pity on me!"

⁴² And Jesus said to him, "Regain your sight! Your faith has cured you!"

² Now there was a man named Zaccheus, the principal tax-collector, a rich man, ³ who wanted to see who Jesus was, and he could not because of the crowd, for he was a small man. ⁴ So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree, to see him, for Jesus was coming that way. ⁵ When Jesus reached the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, come down quickly! for I must stay at your house today." ⁶ And he came down quickly and welcomed him gladly. ⁷ And when they saw this, everyone complained, and said, "He has gone to stay with an irreligious man!"

⁷ And when they saw this, everyone complained, and said, "He has gone to stay with an irreligious man!" ⁸ But Zaccheus stopped and said to the Master, "See, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay him four times as much." ⁹ Jesus said to him, "Salvation has come to this house today, for he too is a descendant of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the Son of Man has come to search for what was lost and to save it."

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

⁴¹ But he said to them, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?

⁴⁷ When the captain saw what had happened he praised God, and said, "This man was really innocent!"

¹³ That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, ¹⁴ and they were talking together about all these things that had happened. ¹⁵ And as they were talking and discussing them, Jesus himself came up and went with them, ¹⁶ but they were prevented from recognizing him. ¹⁷ And he said to them, "What is all this that you are discussing with each other on your way?" They stopped sadly, ¹⁸ and one of them named Cleopas said to him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know what has happened there lately?" ¹⁹ And he said, "What is it?" They said to him, "About Jesus of Nazareth, who in the eyes of God and of all the people was a prophet mighty in deed and word, ²⁰ and how the high priests and our leading men gave him up to be sentenced to death, and had him crucified. ²¹ But we were hoping that he was to be the deliverer of Israel. Why, besides all this, it is three days since it happened.

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

²⁴ But Jesus on his part would not trust himself to them, for he knew them all, ²⁵ and had no need of anybody's evidence about men, for he knew well what was in their hearts.

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

²⁰ For everyone who does wrong hates the light and will not come to it, for fear his actions will be exposed.

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.

¹ So when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had been told that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John—

³⁴ Jesus said to them, "My food is doing the will of him who has sent me, and finishing his work. ³⁵ Are you not saying, 'Four months more and the harvest will come'? Look, I tell you! Raise your eyes and see the fields, for they are white for harvesting. ³⁶ The reaper is already being paid and gathering the harvest for eternal life, so that the sower may be glad with the reaper.

⁴⁷ When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and cure his son, for he was at the point of death. ⁴⁸ Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and marvels you will never believe!"

⁴⁸ Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and marvels you will never believe!" ⁴⁹ The official said to him, "Come down, sir, before my child is dead!"

⁴⁹ The official said to him, "Come down, sir, before my child is dead!" 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.

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.

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'?" ¹³ But the man who had been cured did not know who it was, for as there was a crowd there, Jesus had left the place. 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."

¹⁷ But he answered them, "My Father is still at work, and I work too." ¹⁸ On account of this the Jews were all the more eager to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath but actually called God his Father, thus putting himself on an equality with God.

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

⁶¹ But Jesus, knowing that his disciples were complaining about this, said to them, "Does this stagger you?

⁶⁴ Yet there are some of you who will not believe." For Jesus knew from the first who would not believe, and who was going to betray him.

⁴² Do not the Scriptures say that the Christ is to spring from the descendants of David and to come from the village of Bethlehem where David lived?"

¹ As he passed along, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth. ² His disciples asked him, "Master, for whose sin was this man born blind? For his own, or for that of his parents?" ³ Jesus answered, "It was neither for his own sin nor for that of his parents, but to let what God can do be illustrated in his case. ⁴ We must carry on the work of him who has sent me while the daylight lasts. Night is coming, when no one can do any work. ⁵ As long as I am in the world, I am a light for the world." ⁶ As he said this he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and he put the clay on the man's eyes,

⁶ As he said this he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and he put the clay on the man's eyes, ⁷ and said to him, "Go and wash them in the Pool of Siloam"—a name which means One who has been sent. So he went and washed them, and went home able to see.

⁷ and said to him, "Go and wash them in the Pool of Siloam"—a name which means One who has been sent. So he went and washed them, and went home able to see.

⁷ and said to him, "Go and wash them in the Pool of Siloam"—a name which means One who has been sent. So he went and washed them, and went home able to see. ⁸ Then his neighbors and people who had formerly seen him begging, said, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

⁸ Then his neighbors and people who had formerly seen him begging, said, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?" ⁹ Some said, "Yes! It is he!" Others said, "No! but he looks like him." He himself said, "I am the man."

⁹ Some said, "Yes! It is he!" Others said, "No! but he looks like him." He himself said, "I am the man." ¹⁰ So they said to him, "Then how does it happen that you can see?"

¹⁰ So they said to him, "Then how does it happen that you can see?" ¹¹ He answered, "The man they call Jesus made some clay and rubbed it on my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash them.' So I went and when I had washed them I could see."

¹¹ He answered, "The man they call Jesus made some clay and rubbed it on my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash them.' So I went and when I had washed them I could see." ¹² They said to him, "Where is he?" He answered, "I do not know."

¹² They said to him, "Where is he?" He answered, "I do not know." ¹³ They took the man who had been blind to the Pharisees. ¹⁴ Now it was on the Sabbath that Jesus had made the clay and made him able to see. ¹⁵ So once more the Pharisees asked him how he had become able to see, and he said to them, "He put some clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and I can see." ¹⁶ Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a sinful man show such signs as this?" And there was a division of opinion among them. ¹⁷ So they asked the blind man again, "What have you to say about him, because he has made you able to see?" He said, "He is a prophet!" ¹⁸ But the Jews would not believe that he had been blind and had become able to see until they summoned the parents of the man who had been given his sight, ¹⁹ and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How is it that he can see now?" ²⁰ His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind. ²¹ But we do not know how it is that he can see now, or who has made him able to see. You must ask him. He is grown up. Let him tell you about himself." ²² His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already made an agreement that if anyone acknowledged Jesus as the Christ, he should be excluded from the synagogues. ²³ That was why his parents said, "He is grown up; you must ask him." 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." ²⁵ He answered, "I do not know about his being a sinful man. All I know is that I was blind before and now I can see." ²⁶ They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he make you able to see?"

³¹ We know that God does not listen to sinful people, but if a man is devout and obeys God, God will listen to him.

²⁸ and I give them eternal life, and they shall never be lost, and no one shall tear them out of my hands.

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." ³⁴ Jesus answered, "Is it not declared in your Law, 'I said, "You are gods" '?

³⁴ Jesus answered, "Is it not declared in your Law, 'I said, "You are gods" '? ³⁵ If those to whom God's message was addressed were called gods—and the Scripture cannot be set aside— ³⁶ do you mean to say to me whom the Father has consecrated and made his messenger to the world, 'You are blasphemous,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

⁴ When Jesus received it he said, "This sickness is not to end in death, but is for the honor of God, that through it the Son of God may be honored."

¹¹ He told them this, and then he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him." ¹² The disciples said to him, "Master, if he has fallen asleep he will recover." ¹³ Now Jesus had referred to his death. But they supposed that he meant a natural falling asleep.

²¹ Martha said to Jesus, "Master, if you had been here, my brother would not have died! ²² Even now I know that anything you ask God for, he will give you."

²⁵ Jesus said to her, "I myself am Resurrection and Life. He who believes in me will live on, even if he dies, ²⁶ and no one who is alive and believes in me will ever die. Do you believe that?"

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!"

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

⁸ When you are very fruitful and show yourselves to be disciples of mine, my Father is honored.

⁶ but your minds are full of sorrow because I have told you this.

¹² I have much more to tell you, but you cannot take it in now,

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.

³⁰ Now we know that you know everything and do not need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you have really come from God."

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

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.

²¹ Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you! Just as my Father sent me forth so I now send you."

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

⁵ So Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered, "No."

¹⁷ Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because the third time Jesus asked him if he loved him, and he answered, "Master, you know everything, you can see that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep!

⁹ As he said this, he was caught up before their eyes and a cloud took him up from their sight. ¹⁰ And while they were gazing after him into the sky, two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them,

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

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

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,

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. ⁹ When all the people saw him walking about, praising God, ¹⁰ and recognized him as the man who used to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, they were perfectly astonished and amazed at what had happened to him. ¹¹ And as he still clung to Peter and John, all the people crowded about them in the utmost astonishment in what was known as Solomon's Colonnade.

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

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

⁹ if it is for a benefit conferred upon a helpless man, and as to how he was cured, that we are called to account here today, ¹⁰ you and the people of Israel must all know that it is through the power of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that he stands here before you well.

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,

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? ⁴ As long as it was unsold was it not yours, and after it was sold was not the money under your control? How could you think of doing such a thing? You did not lie to men but to God!"

⁹ Peter said to her, "How could you two agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? There at the door are the footsteps of the men who buried your husband, and they will carry you out also."

¹⁵ so that people would carry their sick out into the streets, and lay them down on beds and mats, to have at least Peter's shadow fall on some of them as he went by.

¹⁵ so that people would carry their sick out into the streets, and lay them down on beds and mats, to have at least Peter's shadow fall on some of them as he went by. ¹⁶ Even from the towns around Jerusalem crowds would come in bringing sick people and those who were troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.

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,

⁵⁹ As they stoned Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" ⁶⁰ Then falling on his knees, he cried out, "Lord, do not lay this sin up against them!" With these words he fell asleep.

⁴ Those who were scattered went from place to place preaching the good news of the message.

²⁰ But Peter said to him, "Go to destruction with your money, for thinking you could buy God's gift with it! ²¹ You have no share or part in this movement, for your heart is not honest in the sight of God. ²² So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, to see if you may not be forgiven for thinking of such a thing.

³⁴ Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ cures you! Get up, and make your bed!" And he got up immediately.

³⁹ Peter went with them at once. When he arrived, they took him up to the room and all the widows stood around him crying and showing him the shirts and coats that Dorcas had made when she was still with them. 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.

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. ⁴¹ He gave her his hand and raised her to her feet, and calling in the believers and the widows, he gave her back to them alive.

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."

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

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

¹ There were at Antioch in the church there a number of prophets and teachers—Barnabas, Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the governor, and 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."

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.

¹⁵ After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue authorities sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any appeal to make to the people, proceed."

³⁸ You must understand therefore, my brothers, that through him the forgiveness of your sins is announced to you, ³⁹ and that through union with him everyone who believes is cleared of every charge of which the Law of Moses could not clear you.

⁸ In the streets of Lystra a man used to sit who had not the use of his feet. He had been lame from his birth, and had never been able to walk. 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,

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. ¹¹ The crowds, seeing what Paul had done, shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!"

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.

⁹ There Paul had a vision one night; a Macedonian was standing appealing to him and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."

¹⁸ She did this for a number of days, until Paul, very much annoyed, turned and said to the spirit in her, "In the name of Jesus Christ I order you to come out of her!" And it came out instantly.

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

¹⁰ for I am with you, and no one shall attack you or injure you, for I have many people in this city."

¹² that people took to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons he had used, and they were cured of their diseases, and the evil spirits went out of them.

¹⁰ But Paul went downstairs, and threw himself upon him, and put his arms around him. "Do not be alarmed," he said, "he is still alive."

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

²⁰ They praised God when they heard it, and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousand believers there are among the Jews, all of them zealous upholders of the Law.

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.

²⁶ The king knows about this, and I can speak to him with freedom. I do not believe that he missed any of this, for it did not happen in a corner!

³ about his Son, who was physically descended from David,

⁴ Do you think so lightly of his wealth of kindness, forbearance, and patience, and fail to see that God's kindness ought to induce you to repent? ⁵ But in your obstinacy and impenitence you are storing up wrath for yourself on the Day of Wrath, when the justice of God will burst forth. ⁶ For he will pay every man for what he has done.

¹⁰ As the Scripture says, "There is not a single man who is upright, ¹¹ No one understands, no one searches for God. ¹² All have turned away, they are one and all worthless, No one does right, not a single one! ¹³ Their throats are like open graves, They use their tongues to deceive; The venom of asps is behind their lips, ¹⁴ And their mouths are full of bitter curses. ¹⁵ Their feet are swift when it comes to shedding blood, ¹⁶ Ruin and wretchedness mark their paths, ¹⁷ They do not know the way of peace. ¹⁸ There is no reverence for God before their eyes!" ¹⁹ Now we know that everything the Law says is addressed to those under its authority, so that every mouth may be shut, and the whole world be made accountable to God. ²⁰ For no human being can be made upright in the sight of God by observing the Law. All that the Law can do is to make man conscious of sin. ²¹ But now God's way of uprightness has been disclosed without any reference to law, though the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it. ²² It is God's way of uprightness and comes through having faith in Jesus Christ, and it is for all who have faith, without distinction. ²³ For all men sin and come short of the glory of God, ²⁴ but by his mercy they are made upright for nothing, by the deliverance secured through Christ Jesus.

⁶ So David himself says of the happiness of those to whom God credits uprightness without any reference to their actions, ⁷ "Happy are they whose violations of the Law have been forgiven, whose sins are covered up! ⁸ Happy is the man whose sin the Lord will take no account of!"

¹¹ More than that, we actually glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom we owe our reconciliation.

⁹ I was once alive and without law, but when the command came, sin awoke and then I died; ¹⁰ and the command that should have meant life in my case proved to mean death. ¹¹ The command gave sin an opening and sin deceived me and killed me with it. ¹² So the Law itself is holy, and each command is holy, just, and good. ¹³ Did what was good, then, prove the death of me? Certainly not! It was sin that did so, so that it might be recognized as sin, because even through something that was good it effected my death, so that through the command it might appear how immeasurably sinful sin was. ¹⁴ We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am physical, sold into slavery to sin. ¹⁵ I do not understand what I am doing, for I do not do what I want to do; I do things that I hate. ¹⁶ But if I do what I do not want to do, I acknowledge that the Law is right. ¹⁷ In reality, it is not I that do these things; it is sin, which has possession of me. ¹⁸ For I know that nothing good resides in me, that is, in my physical self; I can will, but I cannot do what is right. ¹⁹ I do not do the good things that I want to do; I do the wrong things that I do not want to do. ²⁰ But if I do the things that I do not want to do, it is not I that am acting, it is sin, which has possession of me. ²¹ I find the law to be that I who want to do right am dogged by what is wrong. ²² My inner nature agrees with the divine law, ²³ but all through my body I see another principle in conflict with the law of my reason, which makes me a prisoner to that law of sin that runs through my body. ²⁴ What a wretched man I am! Who can save me from this doomed body?

⁵ and the patriarchs, and from them physically Christ came—God who is over all be blessed forever! Amen.

¹ So, for my part, brothers, I could not treat you as spiritual persons; I had to treat you just as creatures of flesh and blood, as babies in Christian living. ² I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. Why, you are not ready for it now,

⁹ For we are fellow-laborers for God, and you are God's farm, God's building.

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.

²⁸ And God has placed people in the church, first as apostles, second as inspired preachers, third as teachers, then wonder-workers; then come ability to cure the sick, helpfulness, administration, ecstatic speaking.

¹³ So faith, hope, and love endure. These are the great three, and the greatest of them is love.

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,

²⁰ It is for Christ, therefore, that I am an envoy, seeing that God makes his appeal through me. On Christ's behalf I beg you to be reconciled to God.

¹ As God's fellow-worker, I appeal to you, too, not to accept the favor of God and then waste it.

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

¹⁶ to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach the good news about him to the heathen, immediately, instead of consulting with any human being,

²⁴ and they praised God for me.

¹⁵ We who are Jews by birth, and not sinful heathen,

⁹ Let us not get tired of doing right, for at the proper time we shall reap, if we do not give out. ¹⁰ So then whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to those who belong to the family of the faith.

¹¹ And he has given us some men as apostles, some as prophets, some as missionaries, some as pastors and teachers,

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.

¹⁹ I hope, with the help of the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you soon, so that I, too, may be cheered by having news about you. ²⁰ For I have no one like him who would take such a real interest in you. ²¹ For they are all looking out for their own interests, not for those of Jesus Christ.

¹² and you will thank the Father who has entitled you to share the lot of God's people in the realm of light. ¹³ He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the realm of his dear Son, ¹⁴ by whom we have been ransomed from captivity through having our sins forgiven.

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.

¹¹ So also does Jesus who is called Justus. They are the only ones among the converts from Judaism who have worked with me for the reign of God who have proved a comfort to me.

¹² We beg you, brothers, to respect those who work with you and who lead you in the service of the Lord, and teach you. ¹³ Hold them in the highest esteem and affection for what they do. Live at peace with one another.

¹ Now, brothers, pray for us, that the Lord's message may spread rapidly and gloriously as it did among you,

¹³ though I once used to abuse, persecute, and insult him. But he had mercy on me, because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, ¹⁴ and the blessing of our Lord has been given me in the greatest abundance, together with faith and love that union with Christ Jesus brings. ¹⁵ It is a trustworthy saying, entitled to the fullest acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of them, ¹⁶ but God had mercy on me in order that in my case as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display his perfect patience, as an example to those who would later believe in him and find eternal life.

¹⁷ Elders who do their duties well should be considered as deserving twice as much as they get, particularly those who work at preaching and teaching.

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.

² For we have had good news preached to us, just as they did, but the message they heard did them no good because they did not agree through faith with what they heard.

¹² For the message of God is a living and active force, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing through soul and spirit, and joints and marrow, and keen in judging the thoughts and purposes of the mind. ¹³ No being created can escape God's sight, but everything is bare and helpless before the eyes of him with whom we have to reckon.

¹⁵ For our high priest is not one who is incapable of sympathy with our weaknesses, but he has been tempted in every way just as we have, without committing any sin.

² He can sympathize with the ignorant and misguided because he is himself subject to weakness,

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.

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.

¹⁰ If anyone comes to you without bringing this teaching, do not let him come into the house or bid him good morning.

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.

¹⁷ Because you say, "I am rich, I have become wealthy, I need nothing," and you do not know that it is you that are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked, ¹⁸ I advise you to buy of me gold that has been tested with fire, so that you may be rich, and white clothes to put on, to keep your shameful nakedness from being seen, and salve to put on your eyes, to make you see.

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."

² And I saw the new Jerusalem, the holy city, come down out of heaven from God, like a bride dressed and ready to meet her husband.

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."