Luke 19 Cross References - MNT

¹ So he entered Jericho and was passing through the town. ² There was a man there, called Zaccheus, who was a chief of the tax-gatherers, and was wealthy. ³ And he kept trying to see what sort of a man Jesus was; but he could not see because he was short. ⁴ So he ran on before him and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him; for he was about to pass that way. ⁵ As soon as Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Come down quickly, Zaccheus, for today I must stay at your house." ⁶ He made haste to climb down, and receive him joyfully. ⁷ When they all saw it, they began to complain, saying "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner." ⁸ But Zaccheus stood up and said to the Lord, "I give half my property to the poor, Lord, and if I have defrauded any man of anything I am restoring it to him fourfold." ⁹ "Today is salvation come to this house," said Jesus "since Zaccheus here is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰ "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save the lost." ¹¹ As they were listening to his words he added this parable, because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear. ¹² So he said: "A certain nobleman went abroad to receive for himself royal power and to return. ¹³ "And he summoned ten slaves of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, "'Trade with these until I come.' ¹⁴ "But this fellow citizens hated him, and sent a deputation after him to say, 'We do not wish this man to become our king.' ¹⁵ "And upon his return after he had secured the royal power, he ordered the slaves to whom he had given the money to be called in, so that he might know what they had gained by trading. ¹⁶ "And the first came before him, saying, 'Master, your pound has made ten pounds.' ¹⁷ "And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.' ¹⁸ "And the second came and said, 'Master, your pound has made five pounds.' ¹⁹ "Then he said to him also, 'You shall be over five cities.' ²⁰ "And the next came to him and said, 'Here master is your pound which I was keeping safe in a napkin. ²¹ "'For I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take what you did not sow.' ²² "He said to him, "'By your own words I will Judge you, you wicked slave. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man taking up what I did not lay down, reaping what I did not sow. ²³ "'Then why did you not put my money into the bank, so that at my coming I might I might have gotten it back with interest?' ²⁴ "Then to those who stood by, he said, 'Take the pounds from him and give it to him who has ten pounds.' ²⁵ "'Master,' they said to him, 'he already has ten pounds.' ²⁶ "'I tell you that to every one who has it shall be given; and from him who has not shall be taken away even what he has. ²⁷ "'Howbeit these enemies of mine who were not willing for me to become their King, bring them here, and slay them in my presence.'" ²⁸ When he had so spoken he went on before, going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹ When he was come near Bethphage and Bethany at the mount called The Olive Orchard, ³⁰ he sent two of his disciples saying. "Go into the village in the front, and on entering it you will find an ass's colt tied, on which no one has ever ridden. ³¹ "Untie it and bring it here. And if any one asks you, 'Why are you untying the colt?' Simply say, 'The Master needs it.'" ³² Then those who were sent out and found it as he had told them. ³³ For as they were untying the colt, the owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?" ³⁴ They answered, "The Master needs it." ³⁵ So they led it to Jesus, and, after throwing their outer garments on the colt, they placed Jesus on it. ³⁶ So he rode on, while they kept throwing their garments in the way. ³⁷ And when now he was coming near Jerusalem, and descending the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and to praise God with a loud voice for the almighty works they had seen. ³⁸ They cried, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven and glory in the Highest" ³⁹ And some of the Pharisees said to them out of the crowd, "Teacher reprove your disciples!" ⁴⁰ "I tell you," he answered, "that if these should hold their peace, the very stones would cry out." ⁴¹ And when he came into view of the city, as he approached it he broke into loud weeping, ⁴² exclaiming. "Oh that at this time you knew, yes, even you, on what your peace depends! But now it is hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ "The time will come for you when your enemies will throw ramparts around you, and encompass you, and shut you in on every side, and raze you to the ground, ⁴⁴ "you and your children within you. And they will not leave in you one stone upon the another. Because you knew not the time of your visitation." ⁴⁵ Then Jesus went into the Temple and began to drive out dealers, ⁴⁶ saying, "It is written, “The house of God shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers." ⁴⁷ Day after day he continued to teach in the Temple. The high priests and scribes tried to have him put to death, so did the rulers of the people. ⁴⁸ But they could not find how to do it, for the people all hung upon him, listening to him.

²¹ "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her is by the Holy Spirit; and she will bear a son, and you are to call him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

⁹ And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'—I tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise up descendants for Abraham.

¹¹ When the Pharisees saw it, they kept saying to his disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with the tax-gatherers and sinners?" ¹² "It is not those who are well," said Jesus, when he heard this, "but the sick, who need a doctor. ¹³ "But go and learn what this means, "It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice; for I am come not to call just men, but sinners."

⁶ "but rather be on your way to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

³⁷ "For by your words you will each be justified, and by your words be condemned."

¹² "For whoever holds, to him shall more be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever does not hold, from him shall be taken away even what he holds.

¹⁴ And in them is being fulfilled that prophecy of Isaiah which says. "Hearing you will hear and not understand; Seeing you will see and not perceive; ¹⁵ For the heart of his people is made fat, Their ears are dull of hearing; Their eyes, too, have they closed, Lest some day their eyes should perceive, And their ears should hear, And their heart should understand and turn, And I should heal them.

²³ "But the seed sown in good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit, and makes now an hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty."

²⁴ In reply he said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

¹⁰ "See to it that you never despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father in heaven.

²³ "Thus the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. ²⁴ "But when he began to settle, one of them was brought before him who owed him fifteen million dollars. ²⁵ "And since he was unable to pay, his master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, toward the payment of the debt. ²⁶ "Thereupon his slave threw himself on his knees before him, crying, "'Have patience with me, and I will pay you all!' ²⁷ "So then the master pitied his slave, and let him go, and forgave him his debt. ²⁸ "But on his way out, that slave met a fellow slave who owed him fifty dollars. Seizing him by the throat, and nearly choking him, he exclaimed, "'Pay me what you owe me!' ²⁹ "Then his fellow slave fell at his feet, and besought him, saying, "'Be patient with me, and I will pay you.' ³⁰ "But he would not; on the contrary he went and threw him into prison until he should pay the debt. ³¹ "When therefore his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very angry; and they went and explained to their master all that had happened. ³² "Immediately his master summoned him and said: "'You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you implored me. ³³ "'Ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow slave, just as I had pity on you?' ³⁴ "Then in hot anger his master handed him over to the torturers, until he should pay him all his debt. ³⁵ "So will my heavenly Father do to you also, unless from your heart each one of you forgive his brother."

¹ And when they approached Jerusalem, and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them.

¹ And when they approached Jerusalem, and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them. ² "Go on into the village facing you, and at once you will find an ass tied, and her colt with her. Loose them and bring them to me.

² "Go on into the village facing you, and at once you will find an ass tied, and her colt with her. Loose them and bring them to me. ³ "And if any one says anything to you, tell him, 'The Master needs them,' and he will send them without delay."

³ "And if any one says anything to you, tell him, 'The Master needs them,' and he will send them without delay." ⁴ This happened in fulfilment of the word spoken though the prophet. ⁵ Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold thy King cometh to thee, Gentle and sitting upon an ass, And upon a colt, the fool of a beast of burden." ⁶ So the disciples went and did as Jesus told them; ⁷ they led back the ass and her colt, and placed their cloaks on them.

⁷ they led back the ass and her colt, and placed their cloaks on them. ⁸ Then Jesus seated himself upon them, and most of the crowd kept spreading their cloaks on the road, and others began cutting branches off the trees, and spreading them in the road.

⁸ Then Jesus seated himself upon them, and most of the crowd kept spreading their cloaks on the road, and others began cutting branches off the trees, and spreading them in the road. ⁹ And the crowds who preceded and those who followed after him shouted again and again, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he who is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"

⁹ And the crowds who preceded and those who followed after him shouted again and again, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he who is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" ¹⁰ And as he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred. "Who is this?" they said. ¹¹ And the crowds answered, "This is the Prophet Jesus, from Nazareth, in Galilee." ¹² Then Jesus entered into the Temple courts, and cast out all who were buying and selling there, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold pigeons. ¹³ "It is written," he said, "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves."

¹⁵ But when the chief priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful works he did, and the boys who were shouting in the Temple Courts and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" ¹⁶ they asked him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" "Surely," said Jesus, "and have you never read, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?" ¹⁷ So he left them and went outside the city, to Bethany, and spent the night there.

²³ When he had entered the Temple courts, and was teaching, the high priests and elders of the people came to him and asked him, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

²⁸ "But give me your judgment. There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said to him, "'Son, go work today in my vineyard!' ²⁹ "'I will go, sir,' he answered; yet he did not go. ³⁰ "Then he went to the second, and said the same thing to him. "'I will not,' he answered; but afterward he changed his mind and went. ³¹ "Which of these two did the will of his father?" "The last," they replied. "I tell you truly," said Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and harlots are going into the kingdom of heaven before you!

³⁷ And last he sent his son to them; 'Surely they will respect my son,' he said. ³⁸ But when the vine-dressers saw his son, they said to themselves: "'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.'

³⁸ But when the vine-dressers saw his son, they said to themselves: "'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.' ³⁹ "So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. ⁴⁰ When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-dressers?" ⁴¹ "He will utterly destroy those wretches," they answered, "and will entrust his vineyard to other vine-dressers, who will pay back the fruits to him in their season."

⁴³ "I tell you that for this reason the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation that does produce the fruit of it.

⁷ "Then the king's wrath was roused, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

¹² "'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding-garment?' "The man was speechless.

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might ensnare him during conversation. ¹⁶ So they sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians. "Teacher," they said, "we know that you are honest, and that you are teaching the way of God in sincerity; and are not afraid of any one, for you do not court men's favor.

¹³ "But woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces; for you do not enter, yourselves, nor do you permit those who are about to come in, to enter.

³⁴ "For this cause, behold! I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and pursue from city to city; ³⁵ "that upon your heads may come every drop of innocent blood spilt upon the earth, from the blood of Abel, the just, to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Sanctuary and the altar. ³⁶ "In solemn truth I tell you that all these things will come upon this generation. ³⁷ "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

³⁷ "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not! ³⁸ "Behold, your house is left to you desolate!

³⁸ "Behold, your house is left to you desolate! ³⁹ "For I tell you that never shall you see me again until you say, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord." "nor did they know until the deluge came and swept them away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

² "You see all these buildings?" he answered them; "I tell you solemnly that there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be torn down."

¹⁴ "For it is like a man going into another country, who summoned his slaves, and committed his property to their care.

¹⁴ "For it is like a man going into another country, who summoned his slaves, and committed his property to their care. ¹⁵ "To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another, one—to each according to his individual ability—and then set out on his travels.

¹⁵ "To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another, one—to each according to his individual ability—and then set out on his travels. ¹⁶ "At once the man who had received the five talents went out and traded with them, and made five talents more. ¹⁷ "In the same way the one who got two talents made another two. ¹⁸ "But he who had received the one talent went off, and dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money. ¹⁹ "After a long time the master of those slaves came, and demanded a reckoning with them.

¹⁹ "After a long time the master of those slaves came, and demanded a reckoning with them. ²⁰ "The man who had received the five talents came, bringing five more, and said: "'Master, five talents you entrusted to me; see, I have gained five more.' ²¹ "'Well done, good and faithful slave,' replied his master; 'You have been faithful over many things. Enter into your master's joy.'

²¹ "'Well done, good and faithful slave,' replied his master; 'You have been faithful over many things. Enter into your master's joy.' ²² "The second, who had received the two talents, came up and said: "'Master, it was two talents that you entrusted to me; see, I have gained two more.' ²³ "'Well done, good and faithful slave,' his master replied, 'You have been faithful over many things; enter into your master's joy.' ²⁴ "Then the man who had received the one talent came up and said: "'Master, I knew you were a hard man, reaping where you had not sown, and gathering where you had not scattered;

²⁴ "Then the man who had received the one talent came up and said: "'Master, I knew you were a hard man, reaping where you had not sown, and gathering where you had not scattered;

²⁴ "Then the man who had received the one talent came up and said: "'Master, I knew you were a hard man, reaping where you had not sown, and gathering where you had not scattered; ²⁵ "so I was afraid; I went away and buried your talent in the earth. There, you have what belongs to you!'

²⁵ "so I was afraid; I went away and buried your talent in the earth. There, you have what belongs to you!' ²⁶ "'You wicked and lazy slave,' said his master. 'You say you knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not scattered?'

²⁶ "'You wicked and lazy slave,' said his master. 'You say you knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not scattered?' ²⁷ Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my property with interest.

²⁷ Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my property with interest. ²⁸ So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man who has ten talents.

²⁸ So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man who has ten talents. ²⁹ (For to every one who has, it shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him who has not shall be taken away even what he has.)

²⁹ (For to every one who has, it shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him who has not shall be taken away even what he has.) ³⁰ But cast out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.'

³⁴ "Then he, the King will say to those on his right hand. "'Come, my Father's blessed ones, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

³ Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the court of the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas, ⁴ and they plotted together to get Jesus into their power by a trick, and to put him to death;

⁵⁵ Then Jesus said to the crowds. "Are you come out as against a robber, with swords and staves to arrest me? Day after day, I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not apprehend me.

⁴⁵ Now from noon darkness fell upon the whole land, until three o'clock in the afternoon.

⁵¹ And lo, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two, from the top to the bottom; ⁵² the earth quaked; the rocks split; the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. ⁵³ And coming forth out of the tombs, after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. ⁵⁴ When the Roman captain and the soldiers who were with him, guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were greatly terrified and said, "Certainly this man must have been God's Son."

¹⁸ And Jesus came forward to them and spoke to them, saying. "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

²⁰ But those, on the other hand, who were sown on that good soil, are those who listen to the Word, and welcome it, and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold."

²⁵ For he who holds, to him will more be given, and he who holds not, from him will be taken even what he holds."

³² They were still on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus led the way; and they were amazed, and some, although they followed, were afraid. Then once more he took the Twelve, and began to tell them what was about to befall him. ³³ "See," said he, "we are going up to Jerusalem and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and the Scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will hand him over to the Gentiles, ³⁴ who will mock him, spit upon him, flog him, and put him to death; and after three days he will rise again."

¹ Now when they were approaching Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, ² Jesus sent two of his disciples and told them. "Go to that village in front of you, and immediately on entering it you will find a colt tied, upon which no man has ever sat; untie him and bring him here. ³ And if any man asks you, 'Why are you doing that?" answer, 'The Lord has need of him, and he will immediately send him back.'"

³ And if any man asks you, 'Why are you doing that?" answer, 'The Lord has need of him, and he will immediately send him back.'" ⁴ So they went and found a colt tied outside a door, in the open street, and untied it.

⁴ So they went and found a colt tied outside a door, in the open street, and untied it. ⁵ And some of the bystanders began to say to them, "What are you trying to do, untying that colt?"

⁵ And some of the bystanders began to say to them, "What are you trying to do, untying that colt?" ⁶ So they answered them just as Jesus had told them, and they let them take it.

⁶ So they answered them just as Jesus had told them, and they let them take it. ⁷ Then they brought the colt to Jesus, and when they had thrown cloaks upon it, Jesus seated himself on it.

⁷ Then they brought the colt to Jesus, and when they had thrown cloaks upon it, Jesus seated himself on it. ⁸ Then many spread their cloaks on the road, and others, soft leafy branches, which they had cut from the fields;

⁸ Then many spread their cloaks on the road, and others, soft leafy branches, which they had cut from the fields; ⁹ and those who went before him and those who came after kept shouting. "Hosanna! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord!

⁹ and those who went before him and those who came after kept shouting. "Hosanna! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord! ¹⁰ Blessed be the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna, in the highest!"

¹⁰ Blessed be the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna, in the highest!" ¹¹ Then he entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple, and after he had looked around at everything, as the hour was now late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

¹⁵ Presently they reached Jerusalem, and, after entering the Temple courts, Jesus began to drive out those who were buying and selling there, and to upset the tables of the money-changers, and the stalls of those who sold doves, ¹⁶ and he would not allow any one to carry a vessel through the Temple courts, Then he began to teach. ¹⁷ "Is it not written," he said, "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But you have made it a den of robbers." ¹⁸ The chief priests and the Scribes heard this, and they began to seek means of destroying him; for they were afraid of him because all the crowd were greatly struck with his teaching.

²⁷ Once more they came into Jerusalem; and as he was walking in the Temple courts, there came to him the high priests and Scribes and elders and asked him. ²⁸ "By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you this authority to do these things?" ²⁹ "And I will put one question to you," replied Jesus. "Answer this, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ³⁰ The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me!" ³¹ Then they began arguing with one another. "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why then did you not believe him?" ³² On the other hand, if we say, 'From men'!" They were afraid, however, of the people, for every one held that John had been really a prophet. ³³ So their answer to Jesus was, "We do not know." "Neither will I tell you," said Jesus, "by what authority I do these things."

¹ Presently Jesus began to speak to them in parables. "There was once a man," he said, "who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine-press, built a tower, rented it to tenants, and went abroad.

¹² And they kept seeking to lay hold on him, but were afraid of the crowd, for they knew well that he had spoken this parable about them; so they left him and went away.

² "You see these mighty buildings? There shall not be left here one stone upon another which shall not be thrown down," he answered. ³ When he had seated himself on the Mount of Olives, facing the Temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

¹⁴ "But when you see the Abomination of Desolation 'standing where he ought not' (let the reader ponder this), then let those in Judea flee to the mountains; ¹⁵ let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor go in to get anything out of his house; ¹⁶ and he who is in the field, let him not turn back to get his cloak. ¹⁷ And alas for the pregnant women, and for those that are nursing their infants in those days! ¹⁸ Pray that it may not come in the winter. ¹⁹ For those will be days of suffering the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now, and never shall be. ²⁰ And had not the Lord cut short those days, not a single person would escape; but for the elect's sake whom he has chosen, he has cut them short.

³⁴ Take heed! Awake! for you never know the time. As a man gone abroad and leaving his house gives authority to his slaves, to each his task; and orders the porter to keep watch; ³⁵ keep watch then, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening, at midnight, at cockcrow, or in the morning— ³⁶ lest he should come unexpectedly and find you sleeping; ³⁷ and what I say to you, I say to all. Be awake and on guard."

¹ Now two days later was the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. Both the chief priests and the Scribes were continually seeking how they might arrest him by a stratagem and kill him;

²⁶ Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.

¹⁹ So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

⁶⁸ "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, For he has visited and redeemed his people,

⁷⁷ "To give to his people a knowledge of salvation Through the remission of their sins, ⁷⁸ "Through the heart of mercy of our God, Whereby the Dayspring from on high shall visit us,

⁷⁸ "Through the heart of mercy of our God, Whereby the Dayspring from on high shall visit us, ⁷⁹ "To give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, And to guide our feet into the paths of peace."

¹⁰ "Have no fear, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be for all the people. ¹¹ "For unto you born this day in there is born in David's town a Saviour, who is the Anointed Lord. ¹² "And this is a sign to you; You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes lying in a manger." ¹³ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the Heavenly army praising God and saying, ¹⁴ "Glory to God in the highest, And in earth peace among men who please him"

¹⁶ so they made haste, and came and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.

³⁰ "Because my eyes had seen the salvation,

⁸ Then bring forth fruit befitting your penitence, and do not begin to say to yourselves, "We have Abraham as our father." I tell you that God is able to raise up sons to Abraham out of these stones.

⁸ Then bring forth fruit befitting your penitence, and do not begin to say to yourselves, "We have Abraham as our father." I tell you that God is able to raise up sons to Abraham out of these stones. ⁹ And now truly the axe is already laid at the root of the trees. So every tree which is not bearing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

⁹ And now truly the axe is already laid at the root of the trees. So every tree which is not bearing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire." ¹⁰ And the crowd began to ask him questions. "What shall we do then?" they asked. In reply he said to them. ¹¹ "If you have two shirts share with him who has none; and let him who has food do the same." ¹² There came to him publicans also to be baptized, and they said to him, "Master, what must we do?" ¹³ And he said to them, "Exact no more than the sum allowed you." ¹⁴ The soldiers also repeatedly questioned him, saying, "And we, what shall we do?" "Do not intimidate any one," he replied, "nor lay false charges, and be content with your pay."

¹⁹ So they went up on the roof, and let him down through the tiling, with his bed, into the crowd, before Jesus.

²⁹ Levi also made him a great reception at his house. There was a large party of tax-gatherers and others who were dining with them. ³⁰ And the Pharisees and their scribes began complaining to his disciples, saying, "Why are you eating and drinking with tax-gatherers and sinners?" ³¹ Jesus answered them saying. "They who are well have no need of a physician, but they who are ill. ³² I am not come to call the righteous but sinners, to repentance."

⁴⁶ "And why are you calling me Lord, Lord, and not doing what I tell you?

¹³ A great crowd accompanied her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep."

¹⁶ And awe took hold on them all, and they began to glorify God saying. "A great prophet has risen among us;" and, "God has visited his people."

³⁴ "The son of man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!'

³⁹ When he noticed this the Pharisee, who had invited him, said to himself, "If this man were really a prophet he would have perceived who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, and would know that she is a sinner."

¹⁸ "Take heed, then, how you listen. for he who has, to him shall it be given, but from him who has not, shall be taken away even what he has."

⁷ Now Herod, the Tetrarch, heard of all that was happening; and he was perplexed because of its being said by someone that John was risen from the dead; ⁸ and by some that Elijah had appeared; and by others that one of the ancient prophets was risen again. ⁹ So Herod said, "I beheaded John, but who is this of whom I am hearing such reports," And he kept seeking to see him.

⁵¹ When now when the time drew near for him to be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

⁵ "Into whatever you first enter, say, 'Peace be to this house!' ⁶ "And if there be any son of peace there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not it shall return to you.

⁴¹ "Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.

²⁰ "But God said to him. 'Foolish man! This very night your soul is wanted! And these things you have prepared, whose shall they be?

²⁵ "And which of you by taking anxious thought can add a cubit to his height?

³³ "Sell what you have and give alms. Provide yourselves with purses which do not grow old, a treasure inexhaustible in the heavens, where no thief draws near, nor does moth destroy.

⁴⁸ "but he who did not know, but did things worthy of a beating, will receive few lashes. To whom much has been given, from him much will be required, and to whom much is entrusted, of him they will ask the more.

⁵⁰ "Would it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened till it is accomplished!

¹⁶ "and this woman, who is the daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound these eighteen years, ought she not have been loosened from bondage, though the day be the Sabbath?"

³⁰ "And lo, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last."

³⁴ "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not! ³⁵ "Behold! Your house is left to you, desolate! I tell you that you shall never see me again until you say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord,"

³⁵ "Behold! Your house is left to you, desolate! I tell you that you shall never see me again until you say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord,"

² And the Pharisees and Scribes began to complain, saying, "He is welcoming sinners and eating with them!"

⁴ "Which one of you men, if he has a hundred sheep, and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? ⁵ "And after he has found it, he lays it on his shoulder, rejoicing. ⁶ "When he gets home he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying, "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' ⁷ "I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance.

³² "'But it was fitting that we should make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive; he was lost and is found.'"

² "He called to him to him and said: "'What is this that I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can no longer be steward.'

² "He called to him to him and said: "'What is this that I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can no longer be steward.' ³ "Now the steward said to himself. 'What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my stewardship? I am not strong enough to dig, to beg I am ashamed.

³ "Now the steward said to himself. 'What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my stewardship? I am not strong enough to dig, to beg I am ashamed. ⁴ "'I know what I will do, so that when I am put out of my stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.' ⁵ "So he called to him each of his master's debtors and said to the first, 'How much money do you owe my master?' ⁶ "'A hundred measures of oil,' he answered. "He said to him, 'Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty." ⁷ "To a second he said, 'How much do you owe?' "The man answered, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' "'Here is you bill,' he said, 'change it to eighty measures.' ⁸ "And the master praised the unjust steward because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this world are in relation to their own generation wiser than the sons of the light. ⁹ "And to you I say, Use mammon, dishonest as it is, to make yourselves friends, so that when it shall fail they will welcome you to the eternal tabernacles.

⁹ "And to you I say, Use mammon, dishonest as it is, to make yourselves friends, so that when it shall fail they will welcome you to the eternal tabernacles. ¹⁰ "The man who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is unjust in a very little, is unjust also as much.

¹⁰ "The man who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is unjust in a very little, is unjust also as much. ¹¹ "If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will trust to you the true riches? ¹² "And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? ¹³ "No one can be a household servants to two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cling to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slave of God and of Mammon."

²⁰ The Pharisees asked him when the kingdom of God was coming. He answered. "The kingdom of God does not come so that you can catch sight of it,

⁹ Moreover he spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves because they were righteous, and looked down upon the rest. ¹⁰ "Two men are going up to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, the other a tax-gatherer. ¹¹ "The Pharisee stood apart and thus began to pray by himself. "'O God, I thank thee that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax gatherer; ¹² "'I fast twice a week, I pay tithes of all my possessions.' ¹³ "But the tax-gatherer, standing far back, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but kept beating his breast and saying, "'O God be merciful to me, the sinner!' ¹⁴ "I tell you that this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself shall be humbled; but he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

²² And receiving this reply, Jesus said to him. "One thing you are still lacking. Sell all that you have and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me." ²³ But when he heard these words he became deeply grieved, for he was exceedingly rich. ²⁴ Jesus looked at him and said: "How hard it is for those who have money to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ Why, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." ²⁶ "Who then can be saved?" exclaimed his hearers. ²⁷ "Things that are impossible with men," he answered them, "are possible with God."

³¹ Then he took the twelve aside and told them. "See, we are on our way to Jerusalem, and all prophets regarding the son of Man will be fulfilled.

³⁵ As Jesus drew near to Jericho, there was a blind man who sat by the wayside begging.

⁴³ Instantly he regained his sight and followed Jesus, giving glory to God; and all the people who saw it gave praise to God.

¹⁰ "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save the lost."

¹² So he said: "A certain nobleman went abroad to receive for himself royal power and to return. ¹³ "And he summoned ten slaves of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, "'Trade with these until I come.'

¹³ "And he summoned ten slaves of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, "'Trade with these until I come.' ¹⁴ "But this fellow citizens hated him, and sent a deputation after him to say, 'We do not wish this man to become our king.'

¹⁴ "But this fellow citizens hated him, and sent a deputation after him to say, 'We do not wish this man to become our king.' ¹⁵ "And upon his return after he had secured the royal power, he ordered the slaves to whom he had given the money to be called in, so that he might know what they had gained by trading. ¹⁶ "And the first came before him, saying, 'Master, your pound has made ten pounds.' ¹⁷ "And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.' ¹⁸ "And the second came and said, 'Master, your pound has made five pounds.' ¹⁹ "Then he said to him also, 'You shall be over five cities.' ²⁰ "And the next came to him and said, 'Here master is your pound which I was keeping safe in a napkin.

²⁰ "And the next came to him and said, 'Here master is your pound which I was keeping safe in a napkin. ²¹ "'For I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take what you did not sow.' ²² "He said to him, "'By your own words I will Judge you, you wicked slave. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man taking up what I did not lay down, reaping what I did not sow. ²³ "'Then why did you not put my money into the bank, so that at my coming I might I might have gotten it back with interest?' ²⁴ "Then to those who stood by, he said, 'Take the pounds from him and give it to him who has ten pounds.' ²⁵ "'Master,' they said to him, 'he already has ten pounds.' ²⁶ "'I tell you that to every one who has it shall be given; and from him who has not shall be taken away even what he has. ²⁷ "'Howbeit these enemies of mine who were not willing for me to become their King, bring them here, and slay them in my presence.'"

²⁷ "'Howbeit these enemies of mine who were not willing for me to become their King, bring them here, and slay them in my presence.'"

³² Then those who were sent out and found it as he had told them.

³⁷ And when now he was coming near Jerusalem, and descending the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and to praise God with a loud voice for the almighty works they had seen.

⁴² exclaiming. "Oh that at this time you knew, yes, even you, on what your peace depends! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

⁴² exclaiming. "Oh that at this time you knew, yes, even you, on what your peace depends! But now it is hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ "The time will come for you when your enemies will throw ramparts around you, and encompass you, and shut you in on every side, and raze you to the ground, ⁴⁴ "you and your children within you. And they will not leave in you one stone upon the another. Because you knew not the time of your visitation."

⁴⁴ "you and your children within you. And they will not leave in you one stone upon the another. Because you knew not the time of your visitation."

⁹ Then he began to tell the people this parable. "There was a man who planted a vineyard, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went to another country for a long time.

¹⁶ "He will come and destroy those vine-dressers, and will give the vineyard to others."

¹⁹ At this the Scribes and the high priests were seeking to arrest him; only they were afraid of the people. For they perceived that he had referred to them in this parable. ²⁰ So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be honest men, in order to seize on his speech, and to deliver him up to authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

⁶ "As for what you are looking at, the time is coming when not one stone will be left upon another, that shall not be thrown down."

²⁰ "But when you see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand. ²¹ "Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let those who are in the country enter not in. ²² "For these are the days of vengeance and of fulfilment of all that is written.

²² "For these are the days of vengeance and of fulfilment of all that is written. ²³ "Woe to women with child and to those who are nursing infants in those days! For sore anguish will come upon the land, and wrath upon all his people. ²⁴ "They shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive among the Gentiles, and Jerusalem shall be trampled under foot by the Gentiles, until the appointed times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

²⁴ "They shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive among the Gentiles, and Jerusalem shall be trampled under foot by the Gentiles, until the appointed times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

³⁷ And each day he was habitually in the Temple teaching, and at night he used to go out and lodge on the mount called the Olives Orchards.

³⁷ And each day he was habitually in the Temple teaching, and at night he used to go out and lodge on the mount called the Olives Orchards. ³⁸ And all the people used to come him early in the morning in the Temple, to listen to him.

² The high priest and the Scribes continually sought means to put him to death. ³ Satan however, entered into Judas (the man called Iscariot), who was one of the twelve. ⁴ And he went out and conferred with the chief priests and commanders

⁸ So Jesus went to Peter and John saying, "Go and prepare for us the Passover, that we may eat it." ⁹ "Where shall we get it ready?" they asked. ¹⁰ He answered. "No sooner will you have entered the city than you will meet a man carrying a water-jug. Follow him into the house were he is going. ¹¹ "And to the good man of the house say, 'The teacher asks you, "Where is the room in which I can eat the Passover with my disciples?"' ¹² "Then he will show you a large upper room furnished. There make your preparations." ¹³ So they went and found everything as he had told them, they prepared the Passover.

¹³ So they went and found everything as he had told them, they prepared the Passover.

³⁰ "so that you shall eat and drink in my kingdom, and you shall sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

³⁹ Then he went out, and began to go to the Mount of Olives, as was his wont; and his disciples followed him.

⁸ Now when Herod saw Jesus he was exceedingly glad. He had long been wanting to see him, because he had heard so much about him, and was hoping to see some miracles performed by him.

⁵⁰ And he led them out until they were over against Bethany; and he lifted up his hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ And it happened that while he was blessing them, that he parted from them and was carried into heaven.

¹¹ He came to his own creation, and his own folk welcomed him not.

⁴⁸ "How do you know me?" asked Nathanael. "Before Philip called you," replied Jesus, "when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

¹³ Now the Passover of the Jews was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ There he found in the temple those who were selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting there. ¹⁵ So he plaited a scourge of rushes, and drove all out of the temple—both the sheep and oxen. He began to pour out the coins of the money-changers, and to overturn their tables, ¹⁶ and said to those who were selling doves. "Take these things away! Make not my Father's house a house of trade! ¹⁷ His disciples recalled that it is written, The zeal of thine house will devour me.

¹⁸ He who trusts in him is not condemned, but he who does not trust has already been condemned, because he has not put his trust in the name of the only begotten Son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. ²⁰ For every one who practices wrong hates light, and does not come to the light, lest his actions be exposed; ²¹ but he who does what is true, comes to the light, in order that his actions may be shown to have been wrought in God."

⁷ It was about noon, and a woman of Samaria came to draw water. ⁸ Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink" (for his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.) ⁹ "How is it," answered the Samaritan woman, "that you who are a Jew ask a drink from me, a woman, and a Samaritan?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) ¹⁰ "If you had known the free gift of God," Jesus answered, "and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water."

³⁸ I sent you to reap a crop on which you have not toiled. Others have toiled, and you have reaped the benefit of their toil." ³⁹ Many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman when she declared, "He told me everything that I ever did." ⁴⁰ So when the Samaritans arrived, they began asking him to remain with them; and he stayed there two days. ⁴¹ Then many more believed because of what he said, himself; and they told the woman. ⁴² "We no longer believe because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard him, and we know that this is certainly the Saviour of the world."

¹ After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ² Now there is in Jerusalem a pool near the Sheep-gate, called in the Hebrew, Bethesda. ³ It has five colonnades. In these there used to lie a great crowd of sick people—blind, lame, paralyzed.

¹⁹ "Did not Moses give you the Law? Yet none of you is keeping the Law. Why are you seeking to kill me?"

⁴⁴ Then the officers returned to the chief priest and Pharisees,

⁴⁶ The officers answered, "Never yet did a man speak like this man." ⁴⁷ "Surely you have not been led astray, have you? answered the Pharisees. ⁴⁸ "Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees? ⁴⁹ "As for this mob who do not understand the Law, they are accursed!"

³⁷ "I know you are Abraham's descendants; but you are seeking to kill me, Because my teaching has no place in you. ³⁸ "I am declaring what I have seen with the Father, and you are acting as you have learned from your father." ³⁹ "Abraham is our father," they answered. "If you are indeed Abraham's children," said Jesus "do the deeds of Abraham. ⁴⁰ "But now you are seeking to kill me—a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do that.

³⁵ "If those to whom the word of God came are called gods (and the Scripture cannot be annulled),

³⁹ Then again they attempted to seize him, but he escaped out of their hands,

³⁵ Jesus burst into tears.

⁴⁷ So the chief priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. ⁴⁸ "What are we going to do?" they said, "now that this man is performing many signs?" If we leave him alone, this way, every one will believe on him, and the Romans will come and rob us of both our sacred place and of our people."

⁵³ So from that day they plotted to kill him. ⁵⁴ Jesus therefore no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went away from there into the region near the desert to a town called Ephraim, ⁵⁵ and there remained with his disciples. Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem for purification before the Passover. ⁵⁶ So they kept looking for Jesus and saying to one another, as they stood in the Temple, "What do you think—that he will not come to the feast at all?" ⁵⁷ Now the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that if any one knew where he was. he should give information, so that they might arrest him.

¹⁰ And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too,

¹² Next day the big crowd who had come up for the Passover heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem,

¹² Next day the big crowd who had come up for the Passover heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem, ¹³ and taking branches from the palm trees went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord. Even Israel's King!"

¹³ and taking branches from the palm trees went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord. Even Israel's King!" ¹⁴ And Jesus found a young ass and seated himself on it, as it is written,

¹⁴ And Jesus found a young ass and seated himself on it, as it is written, ¹⁵ Fear not, daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh seated upon an ass's colt. ¹⁶ His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus had been glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written concerning him, and what they had done to him.

¹⁶ His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus had been glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written concerning him, and what they had done to him.

¹⁹ Then the Pharisees said among themselves. "You see! You can do nothing! Look! The world is gone after him!"

²¹ these came to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. "Sir," they said, "we want to see Jesus."

²⁶ If any one is ready to serve me, let him follow me; and where I am there shall my servant be also. If any man is ready to serve me, him will my Father honor.

³⁵ "The Light is among you a little longer," answered Jesus. "Walk while you have the Light, lest darkness overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. ³⁶ While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become Sons of Light."

³⁸ So the words spoken by Isaiah, the prophet, were fulfilled. Lord, who hath believed our message, And to whom hath the Arm of the Lord been revealed? ³⁹ This was why they could not believe, because Isaiah said again. ⁴⁰ He hath blinded their eyes and make their hearts hard, Lest they should see with their eyes, perceive with their minds, And should turn, and I should heal them. ⁴¹ Isaiah uttered these words because he saw his glory, and he spoke of him.

²³ Jesus replied. "If any loves me he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

²⁹ "And now I tell you this before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe.

¹⁸ "do not forget that it hated me first.

²³ "He who hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴ "If I had not done among them such works as none ever did, they would have had no sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

¹¹ (The slave's name was Malchus.) Then Jesus said to Peter. "Put up your sword in its sheath. the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?"

²⁰ Jesus answered him. "I have spoken to all the world openly. I always taught in a synagogue and in the temple, places where all the Jews are wont to assemble, and in secret I have spoken nothing.

³⁷ "You are a king, then? You!" said Pilate. "You say truly that I am a king." answered Jesus, "for this purpose I was born, and to this end came I into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every man who is of the truth listens to my voice."

⁶ So, when they came together, they began to ask him, "Master, are you at this time about to restore the kingdom of Israel?"

⁹ When he had said this, and while they were looking at him, he was lifted up, and a cloud received him up out of their sight. ¹⁰ While they were gazing into the sky as he was going up, suddenly there were two men in white garments standing by them, ¹¹ and they said: "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into the sky will come back in just the same way as you have seen him going into the sky." ¹² Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, about a Sabbath Day's journey distant.

²⁰ "For it is written in the Book of Psalms, Let his dwelling-place be desolate; Let no man dwell there, also, Let another take his work.

⁴¹ Then those who welcomed his message were baptized, and in that day about three thousand souls were added to them;

⁴⁴ And all the believers were together, and had all things in common. ⁴⁵ They would sell their lands and other property, and distribute the proceeds among all, just as any one from time had need. ⁴⁶ Day after day they continued stedfastly with one accord in the Temple; and breaking bread together in their own homes, they continued to eat their food with gladness and an undivided heart,

¹⁴ "but you disowned the holy and righteous One, and asked as a favor the release of a murderer. ¹⁵ "The Pioneer of Life you put to death. But God has raised him from the dead, and we are witnesses of that fact.

¹ While they were addressing the people the priests, the commander of the Temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, ² incensed at their teaching the people, and proclaiming, in the case of Jesus, the resurrection from the dead.

¹⁶ "What," said they, "shall we do with these men? For it is well known throughout Jerusalem that a notable miracle has been performed by them, and we cannot deny it. ¹⁷ "But that the matter may spread no further among the people, let us threaten them not to speak to any one hereafter about this name." ¹⁸ So they summoned them, and ordered them not to speak at all, nor to teach in the name of Jesus.

²⁷ "In this very city they did gather together against thy holy Servant, Jesus whom thou hast anointed—Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and also the tribes of Israel— ²⁸ "to do all that thy power and thy will had predetermined should be done.

³⁴ Nor was there any one of them in want, for all who owned houses or lands would sell them and bring the price of the things that were sold, and lay it at the apostles' feet; ³⁵ and distribution would be made to each according to his need.

⁵¹ "Stiff-necked, uncircumcised in heart and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Ghost! As your fathers did, so do you. ⁵² "Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become—

³⁶ "You cannot but know the message which he sent to the descendants of Israel, when he preached the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ who is Lord of all;

⁴⁶ So Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly. "It was necessary," they said, "first to proclaim the word of God to you. But since you push it away from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

¹⁴ Among them was a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She, since she was a worshiper of God, listened to us, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said. ¹⁵ When she was baptized, and her household, she urged us, saying, "If in your judgment I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she compelled us to come.

³⁰ and brought them out, saying, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" ³¹ "Believe on the Lord Jesus," they answered, "and you will be saved, you and all your household." ³² Then they spoke the message of the Lord to him, as well as to all who were in his house.

³⁴ And after bringing them up into his house, he set food before them, overjoyed with all his household in having believed in God.

³¹ inasmuch as he has fixed a day in which he will judge the world justly, by the Man whom he has ordained, and he has given proof of all this by raising him from the dead."

²⁵ Unable to agree among themselves, they began to go, but not before Paul had spoken a word to them, saying. "Right well did the Holy Spirit say to your ancestors, through the prophet Isaiah. ²⁶ "Go to the people and tell them, You will hear and hear, and by no means understand; And will look, and by no means see. ²⁷ For this people's heart is grown obtuse, Their ears are heavy of hearing, Their eyes have they closed, Lest they should see with their eyes And hear with their ears, Lest they understand with their heart, And turn again, and heal them.

⁴ Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and long patience? Do you not know that the kindness of God is leading you to repentance? ⁵ In your hardness and impenitence of heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath on the Day of Wrath, when the righteous judgment of God is revealed.

²⁹ but the real Jew is one inwardly, and real circumcision is heart—circumcision, spiritual, not literal, praised not by men, but by God.

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be shut, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

¹¹ and he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the faith-righteousness which he had while he was in uncircumcision; in order that he might be the father of all who believe, even though they are uncircumcised; so that righteousness might be imputed to them. ¹² He is the father of circumcision to those who are not merely circumcised, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he held while he was as yet uncircumcised.

¹⁶ This is why righteousness is of faith, that it may be a free gift; so that the promise stands firm to all Abraham's posterity; not to his children of his faith. For in the sight of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead, and calls into being that which is not, Abraham is the father of us all both Jews and Gentiles,

¹ Since we stand justified as the result of faith, let us continue to enjoy the peace we have with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁶ For while we were still without strength, Christ died in due time for the ungodly.

⁷ For to be earthly minded is enmity against God; For such a mind is not subject to the Law of God, Nor can it be;

¹⁵ For you have not received a spirit of slavery in order that you should once more be afraid; but you have received a spirit of adoption, in which we cry out, "My Father, my dear Father!"

² and incessant anguish in my heart. ³ For I was on the point of praying to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

⁷ What then? that which Israel has been seeking for, that he has not obtained; but the chosen have obtained it, and the rest have been hardened. ⁸ According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of slumber, Eyes that they should not see, Ears that they should not hear, unto this day. ⁹ As David says. Let their table be made a snare and a trap, And a stumbling-block and a recompense unto them; ¹⁰ Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their backs forever.

⁶ But we have gifts differing according to the grace which was given to us. He that has the gift of prophecy, let him prophesy according to the proportion of his faith. ⁷ If it is the gift of administration, let us give ourselves to our service. ⁸ Let the teacher give himself to his teaching; and he who exhorts others to his exhortation. He who gives, let him do it in singleness of mind. He who rules, let him rule with diligence; and he who shows mercy must be cheerful.

¹⁰ But you the abstainer, why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you again the non-abstainer, why do you despise yours? For we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God. ¹¹ For it is written, "As I live," says the Lord, "to me every knee shall bow, And to God shall every tongue confess." ¹² So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.

⁸ Now, though he who plants and he who waters are one, each will receive his own reward, according to his own service.

¹ Let any man look upon us as servants of Christ, and stewards of the secret truths of God. ² Now it is required of stewards, that a man be found faithful. ³ But to me it matters very little that I am judged by you, or by any earthly court. ⁴ Indeed I do not even judge myself; for though I know nothing against myself, yet that does not vindicate me; for he who judges me is the Lord. ⁵ So make no hasty judgment until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make plain the purpose of men's hearts. Then each man's due praise will come to him from God.

⁵ So make no hasty judgment until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make plain the purpose of men's hearts. Then each man's due praise will come to him from God.

⁹ Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. None who are immoral, or idolaters, or adulterers, or catamites, or sodomites, ¹⁰ or thieves, or avaricious men, or drunkards, or foul-mouthed men, or extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ Such were some of you, but you have washed away your stains, you have been consecrated, you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

⁷ Now to each man has been given his manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. ⁸ For to one man by the Spirit has been given a word of wisdom, to another a word of insight by the same Spirit; ⁹ to one man by the same Spirit is given faith, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit; ¹⁰ to another the powers which work miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits; to another varieties of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ But the one and the same Spirit gives power to all, distributing his gifts to each as he wills.

²⁸ And God has appointed those in the church to be first of all apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers. then workers of miracles, healers, helpers, administrators, users of various kinds of "tongues." ²⁹ Are all apostles? Are all prophets? teachers? workers of miracles?

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and that grace of his, bestowed upon me, did not prove ineffectual. I labored more abundantly than all the rest, yet not I, but by the grace of God that is with me.

²⁵ For he must rule until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

⁴¹ There is one glory of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. ⁴² So it is in the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, It is raised in incorruption;

⁵⁸ So, my brothers beloved, stand firm, immovable, always abounding in work for the Lord, because you know that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

¹⁴ Nay, their minds were made dull; for to this very day, at the public reading of the Old Testament, the same veil rests thereon, because it is not revealed to them that in Christ the veil is taken away. ¹⁵ Yes, to this very day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies on their hearts; ¹⁶ but when their heart turns to our Lord the veil is stripped away.

³ But even if my gospel, too, is "veiled," it is among those who are on the way to perish that it is "veiled." ⁴ Among them the god of this age has blinded the understanding of the unbelieving so that the sunshine of the gospel of God, should not dawn upon them.

¹ As a worker with him I beseech you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

¹ As a worker with him I beseech you not to receive the grace of God in vain. ² For he said: In an acceptable time have I heard thee, And in the day of salvation have I succored thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time! behold, now is the day of salvation!

⁷ Now then, as you excel in everything, in faith and utterance and knowledge and all zeal and in your love to me, see to it that you excel in this grace also. ⁸ I do not say this by way of command, but by the zeal of others I am trying to prove the reality of your love. ⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he was rich, for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

¹² For if there be first willing mind, the gift is accepted according to what a man has, and not according to what he has not.

⁶ Mark this; he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

¹⁰ Think you that I am now trying to conciliate men or God? Or am I "seeking to please men"? If I were still seeking to please men, I should not be a slave of Christ.

¹⁵ But when God who had set me apart from my very birth, ¹⁶ and had called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach his gospel among the Gentiles, without consulting a human being,

⁷ Notice then that the true sons of Abraham are children of faith.

¹⁴ to the end that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that through faith we might receive the promised Spirit.

²⁹ And if you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

¹⁵ Why then did you account yourselves so happy? (For I bear you witness that if you could you would have torn out your own eyes and given them to me.) ¹⁶ Am I then become your enemy, because I am telling you the truth?

⁶ and to the praise of his glorious grace which he graciously bestowed upon us in the Beloved.

¹² that we who first hoped in Christ should be for the praise of his glory.

²⁰ which he exercised in raising Christ from the dead, and in seating him at his right hand in the heavenly heights, ²¹ far above all hierarchies and authorities and powers and dominions and every name that is named, not only in this age but in that which is to come. ²² God has put all things under Christ's feet, and placed him as Head over all in the church, ²³ which is his body, the fulness of Him who fills the universe.

¹⁴ For he is our Peace, who has made the two of us Jew and Gentile one, and has broken down the party-wall of partition between us. ¹⁵ In his own body he abolished the cause of our enmity, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, in order to make the two into one new man in himself, so making peace. ¹⁶ Thus he reconciled us both in one body to God by his cross, on which he slew our enmity. ¹⁷ So he came preaching "Peace" to you Gentiles who were afar off, and "Peace" to us Jews who were near; ¹⁸ because it is through him that we both have access in one spirit to the Father.

¹⁰ in order that now his manifold wisdom should, through the church, be made known to the principalities and powers in the heavenly sphere,

¹⁷ that Christ may make his home in your hearts through your faith; that you may be so deeply rooted and so firmly grounded in love,

²¹ to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, to all generations, world without end, Amen.

⁹ And for this God highly exalted him, and graciously bestowed upon him the name which is above every name; ¹⁰ that in the name of Jesus every knee in heaven, on earth, and under the earth should bend, ¹¹ and every tongue confess that "Jesus Christ is Lord," to the glory of God the Father.

²⁰ and by him it chose to reconcile all things alike on earth or in heaven to himself; making peace by him, through the blood of his cross.

²⁸ Him I am ever proclaiming, warning every one and teaching every one, in all wisdom; that I may bring every man into his presence, full grown in Christ. ²⁹ For that end I am ever toiling, wrestling with all that energy of his which is mightily at work within me.

¹⁵ The men who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out—they are displeasing to God, and are the enemies of all mankind. ¹⁶ They forbid me to speak to the Gentiles with a view to their salvation. They continue always to fill up the measure of their sins; but the wrath of God is come upon them to the full!

¹ Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to meet him, I entreat you, brothers, ² not to be "quickly shaken out of your wits" and not to be agitated either by a spirit or by a message, or by an epistle purporting to be from me, saying, "The Day of the Lord is at hand." ³ Let no one deceive you by any means. For it will not come until after the Great Apostasy, and the revealing of the Man of Sin, the son of perdition,

⁹ even he whose coming is according to the energy of Satan, in every power and sign and lying wonder, ¹⁰ and with all deceit of unrighteousness for those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth for their salvation. ¹¹ For this reason God is sending on them an energy of delusion, that they should put faith in a falsehood; ¹² so that they all should be condemned, who are faithless to the truth, but take pleasure in evil.

¹³ although I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a doer of outrage. But I obtained mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief. ¹⁴ And the grace of our Lord overflowed with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners"! And there is no greater sinner than I! ¹⁶ Yet for this very cause I obtained mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might display all his boundless patience as an illustration for those who should later believe in him, and so gain life eternal. ¹⁷ Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be glory and honor forever and ever. Amen!

¹⁷ Charge the rich of this world not to be supercilious, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in God, who provides all things richly for our use. ¹⁸ Charge them to practise benevolence, to be rich in good works, to be open-handed and generous,

⁷ For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but a spirit of power and of love and of self-control.

¹⁰ But God's message is no prisoner. That is why I endure everything for the sake of the chosen, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

⁷ I have fought in the glorious contest; I have run the race; I have kept the faith. ⁸ Henceforth there is laid up for me the garland of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

⁷ Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says. If you hear God's voice today,

¹³ On the contrary, encourage each other daily, so long as there is a "Today," so that no one of you is hindered by the deceitfulness of sin.

¹⁵ In the words of Scripture, Today, if you hear his voice, Do not continue to harden your hearts as at the Provocation.

²⁵ Hence also he is able to continue saving to the uttermost those who are ever drawing near to God through him, seeing that he is ever living to intercede for them.

²⁸ so also the Christ, after being once for all offered to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who wait for him for salvation.

¹³ henceforth waiting until his enemies be put as the footstool of his feet.

²⁶ For if we sin wilfully, after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any other sacrifice for sins, ²⁷ but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fiery indignation which is about to devour the adversaries. ²⁸ Any one who set at naught the law of Moses was put to death without pity, on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ²⁹ How much surer, think you, will be the punishment of one who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has profaned that covenant blood with which he was sanctified, and has done despite to the spirit of grace?

² looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

²⁴ to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, and to his sprinkled Blood whose message cries louder than that of Abel. ²⁵ See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape punishment when they refused to listen to their instructor on earth, much less shall we escape if we turn away from him who is teaching us from heaven; ²⁶ whose voice then shook the earth, but now he has promised, saying, Once again, once for all, I make not only earth, but heaven also to tremble.

² Do not neglect to show hospitality; for by it some have even entertained angels unawares.

¹ James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greeting to the twelve tribes that are scattered abroad.

¹⁰ but a rich brother, in his humiliation; because like the flower of the grass the rich man will pass away. ¹¹ For as the sun comes up with a burning heat, it withers the grass, and its flowers fall, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes; so also shall the rich man fade away amid his pursuits.

¹⁰ For if a man keeps the whole of the Law, and yet stumbles in one point, he is guilty of all.

¹⁸ Some one indeed may say, "You have faith, and I have deeds." "Then show me your faith," I answer, "apart from any deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds." ¹⁹ You believe that God is one? You do well; even the demons believe, and they shudder. ²⁰ But do you want to be convinced, O foolish man, that faith apart from deeds is barren? ²¹ Was not Abraham our ancestor justified by deeds, in that he offered up Isaac, his son, upon the altar? ²² You see how faith was cooperating with deeds, and faith was made perfect by deeds. ²³ And the Scripture was fulfilled which said, And Abraham believed God, and this was imputed to him as righteousness, and he was called God's friend. ²⁴ You see, then, that it is by his deeds a man is justified, and not simply by his faith. ²⁵ In like manner was not Rahab, the harlot, justified by her deeds, in the fact that she received the messengers and sent them forth by another way? ²⁶ So just as the body without a spirit is dead, so faith is dead without deeds.

⁵ Or do you suppose that it is in vain that the Scripture says, "The spirit which has its home in us yearns over us unto jealousy?"

¹⁷ So to him who knows how to do right and does not do it, to him it is sin.

⁷ These are in order that the test of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable and yet is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor, at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹² It was revealed to them that it was not for themselves, but for you, that they were ministering the truths which have now been announced to you, by those who preached the gospel to you, through the help of the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven—truths into which angels long to look.

¹⁰ you who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who were once without mercy, but now you have found mercy.

¹² Let your manner of life before the Gentiles be honest; so that, although they are now slandering you as evil-doers, they may, by beholding your noble conduct, come to glorify God, in the day of visitation.

²² He is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; to Him angels and authorities and powers have been made subject.

¹ Since, then, Christ suffered in the flesh, do you also ever arm yourselves with the same mind (because he who has suffered in the flesh has done with sin),

⁹ Be hospitable to one another, without grudging. ¹⁰ Whatever the gifts which each has received, use them for one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. ¹¹ If any one preaches, let him always preach as one who utters God's truth; if any one serves another, let it be with the strength which God supplies; so that in every way God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory and dominion for ever and ever, Amen.

⁴ Then, when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, you too will receive the fadeless wreath of glory.

¹ Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained an equally precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ.

⁶ if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and reduced them to ashes, thus holding them up as a warning to all who would live ungodly;

⁹ In this was the love of God clearly shown toward us, by his sending his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. ¹⁰ In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins. ¹¹ If God so loved us, beloved, we also ought to love one another. ¹² No man has ever gazed on God; but if we love one another, God ever abides in us, and his love is perfected in us. ¹³ By this we come to know that we are abiding in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit; ¹⁴ and we have beheld and do testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

¹⁸ Fear does not exist in love; but love, when it is perfect, drives out fear. For fear has always torment, and he who has fear is not yet perfected in love.

⁸ Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have wrought, but that you receive a full reward.

¹⁵ to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly deeds which in their ungodliness they have committed; and of all the hard things which they have spoken against Him, ungodly sinners that they are!"

⁷ Behold, he is about to come among the clouds; and every eye will see him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. So shall it be, Amen.

³ You are holding fast, and have borne up for my name's sake, and have not grown weary.

²⁶ To him that overcomes and perseveres in my works to the end, will I give authority over the nations. ²⁷ And he shall shepherd them with a rod of iron, shattering them like earthen vessels (as I myself have received from my Father), ²⁸ and I will give him the Morning Star." ²⁹ Let him who has an ear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

¹¹ I am coming quickly. Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.

²⁰ Behold, I am standing at the door and knocking! If any one listens to my voice, and opens the door, I will come to him, and sup with him, and he with me.

⁹ And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy art thou to take the book And to open its seals; For thou wast slain and didst ransom for God Men out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation; ¹⁰ Thou hast made them kings and priests unto our God, And they shall reign on earth." ¹¹ Then I looked and heard a voice of many angels encircling the throne and a voice of the Living Creatures and of the Elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, ¹² singing aloud, "Worthy is the Lamb who has been slain, To receive power and riches and wisdom And might and honor and glory and blessing." ¹³ And I heard every created thing that is in heaven, or on earth, or beneath the earth, or on the sea, and all things that are in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, Be the blessing and the honor, And the glory and the power, Forever and ever!" ¹⁴ And the four Living Creatures kept saying, "Amen!" And the Elders fell down and worshiped.

¹ After this I heard the semblance of the mighty voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying. "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power Unto the Lord our God! ² For true and righteous are his judgments; For he has judged the great harlot Who was corrupting the earth with her fornication. On her he has avenged the blood of his slaves." ³ And a second time they said: "Alleluia! For the smoke of her torment goes up forever and ever!" ⁴ Then the four and twenty Elders and the four beasts fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, "Amen, Hallelujah!" ⁵ And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, "Praise our God, all you his slaves, All you who fear him, small and great!" ⁶ And I heard a sound like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunderings, saying. "Alleluia, for the Lord God omnipotent reigns!