Luke 3 Cross References - MNT

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene; ² during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachariah, in the Desert. ³ And John went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. ⁴ As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah. The voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare the way for God, make straight paths for him. ⁵ Every ravine shall be filled up, Every hill and mountain shall be laid low, The crooked shall be made straight, And the rough roads smooth; ⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. ⁷ So John used to say to the crowd of those who were going out to be baptized by him. "You breed of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 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." 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." ¹⁵ And while the people were in expectation, and all men were debating in their hearts about John, ¹⁶ whether perhaps he were the Christ, John answered, saying to all of them. "I indeed am baptizing you in water, but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose shoe-latchet I am not worthy to unloose. He shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and in fire. ¹⁷ He has his fan in his hand to cleanse his threshing-floor thoroughly, and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff will he burn with unquenchable fire." ¹⁸ With many other exhortations then John declared the gospel to the people; ¹⁹ but Herod, the Tetrarch, when reproved by him because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the wicked deeds that he had done, ²⁰ added yet this above them all that he shut up John in prison. ²¹ Now after all the people had been baptized, and Jesus himself had been baptized and was praying, ²² heaven opened, and the Holy Spirit, in bodily form like a dove, descended upon him. and a voice came out of heaven, saying. "Thou art my Son, dearly beloved; in thee is my delight." ²³ And Jesus himself when he began to teach was about thirty years of age. He was the son (as it was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, ²⁴ son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, ²⁵ son of Matthias, son of Nahum, son of Esli, ²⁶ son of Mahath, son of Matthias, son of Semein, son of Joseph, son of Joda, ²⁷ son of Johann, son of Resa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri, ²⁸ son of Melchi, son of Addi, son of Cosam, son of Elmadam, son of Er, ²⁹ son of Joshua, son of Eliezar, son of Jorim, son of Mathat, son of Levi, ³⁰ son of Symeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonan, son of Eliakim, ³¹ son of Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David, ³² son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Salmon, son of Nahshon, ³³ son of Amminadab, son of Admin, son of Arni, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah, ³⁴ son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor, ³⁵ son of Serug, son of Reu, son of Peleg, son of Eber, son of Shelah, ³⁶ son of Cainan, son of Arpachshad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech, ³⁷ son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalel, son of Kenan, ³⁸ son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God.

¹ The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. ² Abraham was the father of Isaac; Isaac was the father of Jacob; Jacob, of Judah and his brethren;

² Abraham was the father of Isaac; Isaac was the father of Jacob; Jacob, of Judah and his brethren; ³ Judah (by Tamar), of Perez and Zerah; Perez, of Hezron; Hezron, of Ram;

³ Judah (by Tamar), of Perez and Zerah; Perez, of Hezron; Hezron, of Ram; ⁴ Ram, of Amminadab; Amminadab, of Nahshon; Nahshon, of Salmon;

⁴ Ram, of Amminadab; Amminadab, of Nahshon; Nahshon, of Salmon; ⁵ Salmon (by Rahab), of Boaz; Boaz (by Ruth), of Obed; Obed, of Jesse; ⁶ And Jesse, of David the king. David (by Uriah's widow), was the father of Solomon;

⁶ And Jesse, of David the king. David (by Uriah's widow), was the father of Solomon;

¹² And after the carrying away into Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel; Shealtiel, of Zerubbabel;

¹⁶ And Jacob, of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

¹ In those days came John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea; ² "Repent," said he, "for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." ³ This John it was of whom it was said through Isaiah, the prophet, The voice of one who cries aloud in the desert, "Prepare a way for the Lord, Make the paths straight for him."

³ This John it was of whom it was said through Isaiah, the prophet, The voice of one who cries aloud in the desert, "Prepare a way for the Lord, Make the paths straight for him." ⁴ This John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then Jerusalem began to go out to him, and all Judea, and the whole neighborhood of the Jordan,

⁵ Then Jerusalem began to go out to him, and all Judea, and the whole neighborhood of the Jordan, ⁶ and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁶ and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁷ But when John saw that many of the Pharisees and Sadducees were coming for baptism, he said: "O brood of vipers! Who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸ Then bring forth fruit worthy of repentance. 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. ¹⁰ And already the axe is lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree, therefore, that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

¹⁰ And already the axe is lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree, therefore, that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. ¹¹ I indeed am baptizing you in water, unto repentance; but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire. ¹² His winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse the threshing-floor. He will store his wheat in the granary, but will burn up the chaff in unquenchable fire." ¹³ At that very time Jesus was on his way from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him. ¹⁴ But he tried to prevent him. "It is I," he said, "who need to be baptized by you, and are you coming to me?" ¹⁵ But Jesus answered, "Permit it now, for so it is fitting for us to fulfill every religious duty." ¹⁶ Then he consented. And after Jesus was baptized, as soon as he rose out of the water, lo! the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon him, ¹⁷ while a voice from heaven said, "This is my son, the beloved, In whom I delight."

¹⁷ while a voice from heaven said, "This is my son, the beloved, In whom I delight."

¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near."

¹² "Therefore everything that you would have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

¹⁹ "Every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

⁵ When he entered Capernaum, an army captain came, and entered him,

¹¹ "I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. ¹² "but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth."

² But when John heard, in the prison, what the Christ was doing, he sent by some of his disciples to ask him,

⁷ As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John.

¹⁸ Behold my servant whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom my soul delights; I will breathe my spirit upon him, and he shall announce justice to the Gentiles.

³⁴ "You generation of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. "When the time of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the vine-dressers seized to get his fruit.

³⁰ "Let both grow together until harvest, and at harvest-time I will tell the reapers to first gather the tares and tie them in bundles for burning, but to bring all the wheat into my store-house.'"

⁵⁵ "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

¹ Just then Herod, the Tetrarch, heard of Jesus' fame, and said to his courtiers.

³ For Herod had apprehended John, shackled him, and thrust him into prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

³ For Herod had apprehended John, shackled him, and thrust him into prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, ⁴ because John kept telling him, "It is not right for you to have her."

²³ After he had sent the crowds away, he went up into the mountain alone, to pray. When night came he was there alone.

⁵ While he was yet speaking, behold! a luminous cloud overshadowed them; and a voice out of the cloud, saying. "This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom is my delight. Listen to him."

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! ³² "For John came to you in the road of righteousness, and you did not give credence to him; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots gave credence to him. But you, although you saw this, did not even then change your minds and give credence to him.

³⁵ And the vine-dressers seized his slaves, flogged one, killed another, and stoned a third. ³⁶ Again he sent other slaves, a larger number than at first, and they treated them in the same way. 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.' 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.

⁶ "while the rest seized his slaves and maltreated and murdered them. ⁷ "Then the king's wrath was roused, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

³¹ "So you bear witness against yourselves, that you are the descendants of those who slew the prophets! ³² "Fill up then the measure of your fathers! ³³ "You serpents! You vipers brood! How shall you escape the judgment of hell?

³³ "You serpents! You vipers brood! How shall you escape the judgment of hell?

⁴⁰ "'In solemn truth I tell you,' the King will answer them, 'that inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these, my brothers, you have done it unto me.'

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,

² After they had bound him, they led him away, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman Governor.

⁴³ He put his trust in God. let Him deliver him now, if He cares for him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God!'"

³ The voice of one crying aloud. In the desert make ready a road for the Lord. Make his paths straight.

³ The voice of one crying aloud. In the desert make ready a road for the Lord. Make his paths straight. ⁴ In the desert came John who baptized, and preached a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; ⁵ and all the land of Judea, and all the people of Jerusalem, kept going out to him, and were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.

⁷ He made proclamation. "There is One mightier than I coming after me, and I am not worthy to stoop down and unfasten his sandal strap; ⁸ I have baptized you in water, but he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit." ⁹ It was at that time that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan; ¹⁰ and as soon as he rose from the water he saw the sky cleft asunder, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him, ¹¹ and a voice from the sky. "Thou art my Son, my beloved; in thee is my delight."

³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?"

¹⁷ Now this Herod had sent and arrested John, and bound him in prison, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

¹⁷ Now this Herod had sent and arrested John, and bound him in prison, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married. ¹⁸ For John had often told Herod, "It is not right for you to live with your brother's wife."

⁴³ "If your hand cause you to stumble, cut it off! It is better to be maimed and to enter into life than to have two hands and go away into hell, into the fire that cannot be put out. ⁴⁴ OMITTED TEXT. ⁴⁵ If your foot cause you to stumble, cut it off! It is better to enter into the life a cripple, than to have two feet and be cast into hell. ⁴⁶ OMITTED TEXT. ⁴⁷ If your eye cause you to stumble, tear it out! It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God one-eyed that to keep both your eyes and be cast into hell, ⁴⁸ where their worm never dies and the fire does not go out. ⁴⁹ For by fire every one will be salted;

⁵ That perfume could have been sold for more than one hundred and fifty dollars, and given to the poor." ⁶ So they began upbraiding her, but Jesus said: "Let her alone. Why are you troubling her? ⁷ She has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor among you, and can show them kindness whenever you wish, but me you will not always have. ⁸ She has done what she could. she has before time anointed my body for my burial.

¹⁵ And he said to them. "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

¹⁶ "And shall win many of the sons of Israel to the Lord, their God. ¹⁷ "He shall go before Him in the wisdom and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and so to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."

⁵¹ "He has showed strength with his arm. "He has scattered proud in the imagination of their hearts; ⁵² "he has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted those of low degree. ⁵³ "The hungry he has filled with good things, But the rich he has sent empty away.

⁵⁹ and came on the eighth day to circumcise the child. They were about to call him "Zachariah," after his father, ⁶⁰ when his mother said, "No, he is to be called John." ⁶¹ Said they, "You have no relatives of that name!" ⁶² Then they asked his father by signs what he wished to call the child. ⁶³ So he asked for a writing tablet and wrote down, "His name is John."

⁷⁶ "And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Most High, For thou shalt go before the Lord to prepare the way ⁷⁷ "To give to his people a knowledge of salvation Through the remission of their sins,

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, 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." ⁸⁰ And the child grew, and became strong in the Spirit, and remained in the desert till the day of his showing to Israel.

¹ In those days Augustus Caesar issued an edict for a census of the whole inhabited world.

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.

³⁰ "Because my eyes had seen the salvation, ³¹ "Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples; ³² "A light for the unveiling of the Gentiles And the glory of thy people Israel."

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene;

³ And John went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. ⁴ As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah. The voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare the way for God, make straight paths for him. ⁵ Every ravine shall be filled up, Every hill and mountain shall be laid low, The crooked shall be made straight, And the rough roads smooth; ⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. ⁷ So John used to say to the crowd of those who were going out to be baptized by him. "You breed of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 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." 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?"

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."

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." ¹⁵ And while the people were in expectation, and all men were debating in their hearts about John, ¹⁶ whether perhaps he were the Christ, John answered, saying to all of them. "I indeed am baptizing you in water, but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose shoe-latchet I am not worthy to unloose. He shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and in fire. ¹⁷ He has his fan in his hand to cleanse his threshing-floor thoroughly, and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff will he burn with unquenchable fire."

¹⁹ but Herod, the Tetrarch, when reproved by him because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the wicked deeds that he had done,

²³ And Jesus himself when he began to teach was about thirty years of age. He was the son (as it was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, ²⁴ son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, ²⁵ son of Matthias, son of Nahum, son of Esli, ²⁶ son of Mahath, son of Matthias, son of Semein, son of Joseph, son of Joda, ²⁷ son of Johann, son of Resa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri,

³¹ son of Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David,

²¹ The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him, and he began to say to them, "Today is this scripture fulfilled in your hearing." ²² And they all spoke well of him, and marveled at the words of charm that fell from his lips. "Is not this the son of Joseph?" they asked.

¹⁶ But Jesus himself habitually withdrew into solitary places, and there used to pray.

²⁹ On hearing this all the people and the tax-gatherers acknowledged the justice of God by being baptized with the baptism of John;

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;

¹⁸ Now it happened that while he was praying by himself, the disciples were with him, and he asked them a question. "Who do the crowd think I am?"

²⁸ About eight days after this it happened that Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and went up on the mountain to pray. ²⁹ And as he was praying the appearances of his countenance became different, and his clothing became white and dazzling.

³⁴ And while he was saying this, there came a cloud and began to overshadow them; and they were awestruck as they entered into the cloud. ³⁵ And a voice came out of the cloud, saying. "This is my Son, my chosen one; listen to him."

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

⁷ So he said to the gardener. "'See, for years I have come looking for fruit on this tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why should it actually cumber the ground?'

⁹ "If after that it bears fruit, well and good; but if not you shall cut it down.'"

²⁸ "'depart from me, all of you, you evil-doers.' There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves cast out. ²⁹ "And people shall come from the Orient and from the Occident, from the north and from the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God.

³¹ That very day there came some Pharisees to him, saying, "Get out of here and go away, for Herod wishes to kill you." ³² "Go, tell that fox," he answered, "'Lo, today and tomorrow I am continuing to cast out demons and perform cures, and on the third day I finish my course.' ³³ "Yet I must continue my journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it would never do for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem! 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!

¹ Now all the tax-gatherers and sinners continued to draw near him, and to listen to him. ² And the Pharisees and Scribes began to complain, saying, "He is welcoming sinners and eating with them!"

²³ "The rich man also died, and was buried. And as he was tormented in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ "And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham have mercy on me; and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.' ²⁵ "'Remember my son.' said Abraham, 'that you had in your lifetime all your good things, and in the same way Lazarus his evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish. ²⁶ "But besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can those who would cross from you to us.' ²⁷ "'I beg you then, father,' he said, 'send him to my fathers house. For I have five brothers. ²⁸ "'Let him earnestly warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.' ²⁹ "But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets, let them listen to them.' ³⁰ "'Nay, Father Abraham,' he said 'but if some one went to them from the dead they would repent.' ³¹ "'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,' said Father Abraham, 'neither will they be persuaded if one should rise from the dead.'"

²⁷ "Men were eating and drinking; they were marrying and being married, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

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!'

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."

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."

⁴⁰ "I tell you," he answered, "that if these should hold their peace, the very stones would cry out."

¹ Then the whole company rose up and brought him to Pilate, ² and began to accuse him. "We have found this fellow perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and proclaiming that he is the Messiah and King." ³ Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him saying, "Certainly I am." ⁴ And Pilate said to the chief priest and the crowd, "I find no harm in this man."

⁶ When Pilate heard the word "Galilee" he asked if the man were a Galilean, ⁷ and when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction he sent him to Herod, who himself happened to be in Jerusalem during those days. 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. ⁹ So he had been asking him many questions, but Jesus made no answers. ¹⁰ Meanwhile the high priests and Scribes were standing around, and continually making accusations to him against him. ¹¹ Then Herod and his soldiers set him at naught, and mocked him, and throwing about him a gorgeous robe, sent him back to Pilate.

²⁴ So Pilate gave sentence what they wished should be done.

²⁹ "but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have never bore children, and the breasts that never suckled.' ³⁰ "Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!' ³¹ "For if this is what they do in the green tree, what will they do in the dry?"

⁷ He came as a witness, that he might bear testimony concerning the Light—so that all men might believe through him.

¹⁵ John bore witness concerning him, and cried aloud, saying, "This is he of whom I said, 'He who is coming after me has been put before me, for he was before me.'"

¹⁹ Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent some priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" ²⁰ He acknowledged—he did not deny it—but acknowledged, "I am not the Christ." ²¹ "What then?" they questioned; "Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he replied. ²² Then said they to him. "Who are you? That we may give some answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of yourself?" ²³ He said, "I am a voice of one who cries aloud in the desert, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as said the prophet Isaiah."

²³ He said, "I am a voice of one who cries aloud in the desert, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as said the prophet Isaiah." ²⁴ Now it was some of the Pharisees who had been sent to him; ²⁵ so they questioned him, saying, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" ²⁶ "I indeed am baptizing in water," John said in reply, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not recognize,

²⁶ "I indeed am baptizing in water," John said in reply, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not recognize,

²⁶ "I indeed am baptizing in water," John said in reply, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not recognize, ²⁷ One who is to come after me, whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to untie."

²⁷ One who is to come after me, whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to untie." ²⁸ This happened in Bethany, beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

²⁸ This happened in Bethany, beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

²⁸ This happened in Bethany, beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said: "Behold, that is God's Lamb, who takes and bears away the sin of the world.

²⁹ The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said: "Behold, that is God's Lamb, who takes and bears away the sin of the world. ³⁰ This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes One who has been put before me, for he was before me.' ³¹ I myself did not recognize him; I only came baptizing in water, in order that he might be openly shown to Israel."

³¹ I myself did not recognize him; I only came baptizing in water, in order that he might be openly shown to Israel." ³² John also bore this testimony, saying. "I saw the Spirit like a dove descend from heaven and rest upon him.

³² John also bore this testimony, saying. "I saw the Spirit like a dove descend from heaven and rest upon him.

³² John also bore this testimony, saying. "I saw the Spirit like a dove descend from heaven and rest upon him.

³² John also bore this testimony, saying. "I saw the Spirit like a dove descend from heaven and rest upon him. ³³ And I did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting upon him, is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

³³ And I did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting upon him, is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

³³ And I did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting upon him, is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

³³ And I did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting upon him, is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.' ³⁴ This I have seen, and I am become a witness to the fact that he is the Son of God."

³⁴ This I have seen, and I am become a witness to the fact that he is the Son of God."

³⁴ This I have seen, and I am become a witness to the fact that he is the Son of God." ³⁵ Next day again, John was standing with two of his disciples. ³⁶ After gazing intently on Jesus as he walked about, he said, "Look! that is the Lamb of God!"

²⁴ (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

²⁶ "Rabbi, see! The man who was with you on the other side of Jordan, and to whom you yourself have borne testimony, is now baptizing, and everybody is coming to him."

²⁸ You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but have been sent before him.'

²⁸ You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but have been sent before him.' ²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So then this joy of mine has now complete fulfilment.

²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So then this joy of mine has now complete fulfilment. ³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease. ³¹ "He that comes from above is above all; but one who is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaks. He who comes from heaven is above all. ³² He bears testimony to what he has heard and seen, yet no one receives his testimony. ³³ Whoever does receive it has set his seal that God is true. ³⁴ For he whom God sent utters the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit sparingly. ³⁵ the Father loves the Son and has committed everything into his hands. ³⁶ Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him."

⁴² "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? How is it that he now says, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

³⁸ "If any man thirst let him come to me and drink. From the heart of him who believes in me will flow, as the Scripture said, rivers of living water."

³³ "We are descendants of Abraham," they replied, "and have never been in slavery to any man. What do you mean by saying, 'You shall become free'?"

³⁹ "Abraham is our father," they answered. "If you are indeed Abraham's children," said Jesus "do the deeds of Abraham.

⁴⁴ "You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a man-slayer from the very beginning; and he has no standing place in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he utters a lie, he speaks from his nature, for he is a liar and the father of lying.

²⁴ Then all the Jews encircled him and kept asking him. "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

⁴⁹ But one of their number, Caiaphas by name, who was high priest that year, said to them, ⁵⁰ "You know nothing at all, nor do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, rather than the whole nation be destroyed." ⁵¹ now he did not say this of his own accord; but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die in behalf of the nation,

²⁷ Now is my soul disquieted. What shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? Nay, for this very cause I am come to this hour. ²⁸ Father, glorify thy name!" Whereupon there came a voice from heaven, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."

²⁹ for some were thinking, as Judas kept the purse, that Jesus meant to tell him, "Buy the things that we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.

⁶ "If any one does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers. Such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire and burned.

¹³ and led him to Annas first. (For Annas was the Father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year— ¹⁴ the Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was for their advantage that one man should die for the people.)

²⁴ Then Annas sent him in chains to Caiaphas, the high priest.

¹ My first account, O Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus began doing and teaching from the beginning down to the day when,

⁵ "For John indeed baptized in water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence."

³ There appeared to them tongues, like flame, distributing themselves, one resting upon the head of each one, ⁴ and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit was giving them utterance.

¹⁷ "In the last days, God says, it shall come to pass that I will pour out my Spirit upon all mankind; "Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams; ¹⁸ upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days, will I pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

³³ Since he is by the mighty hand of God exalted, and has received from his Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured forth this which you now see and hear.

³⁷ When they heard these words they were stung to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles. "Men and brothers, what shall we do?"

⁴⁰ With many other words he continued to bear testimony, and kept entreating them, saying, "Save yourselves from this perverse generation."

⁶ and Annas, the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all the members of the high priests family were present.

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—

⁸ "Then he gave him a covenant of circumcision, and under this covenant he became the father of Isaac, whom he circumcised on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve Patriarchs.

⁶ "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he said: "Stand up and go into the city, and there you shall be told what you must do."

² He was a devout man and God-fearing, and so were all his household. He gave many alms to the people, and constantly prayed to God.

⁴ He stared at him in terror, and said, "What is it, Lord?" "Your prayers and your alms have risen for a memorial before God," answered the angel;

⁷ And after the angel who was speaking to him was gone, he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier who was in constant attendance upon him,

³¹ and said: "'Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.

³⁸ "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how he went about everywhere doing good, and curing all who were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him.

⁴⁴ While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to the message.

¹⁵ "And," said Peter, "as soon as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as he fell upon us at the beginning. ¹⁶ "Then I remembered the words of the Lord, how he used to say, "John indeed baptized in water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'

¹⁰ "O full of all craft and cunning, you son of the devil! You enemy of all goodness! Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?

²² After deposing him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also bore witness, when he said, "I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, and who will obey all my will. ²³ "Of this man's descendants God has brought unto Israel, according to his promise, a Savior, Jesus; ²⁴ "before whose coming John had already preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

²⁴ "before whose coming John had already preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ "And John, when he was finishing his race, repeatedly asked the people. "'Who do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold there comes One after me, whose sandal I am not worthy to unfasten.'

³⁰ and brought them out, saying, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

²⁶ "He has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons and the bounds of their habitation, ²⁷ "so that they might seek God, if perhaps they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from every on of us; ²⁸ "for in him we live and move and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, "'For we also are his offspring.' ²⁹ "Since then we are God's offspring, we ought not to imagine that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.

⁴ "John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance," answered Paul, "telling the people to believe on One who was coming after him, namely, on Jesus."

⁴ "John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance," answered Paul, "telling the people to believe on One who was coming after him, namely, on Jesus." ⁵ When they heard this they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus;

¹⁶ "'And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling upon his name.'

²⁶ "Claudius Lysais unto the Most Excellent Governor Felix, greeting.

²⁷ But after two full years Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and because he wished to curry favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul still in prison.

²⁰ "but I proceeded to preach, first to those in Damascus, and then in Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they must repent and turn to God and do deeds worthy of repentance.

³⁰ Then the king rose, and Bernice, and those who were sitting with him.

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,

⁷ they are not all children of Abraham because they are Abraham's descendants. The promise was, In Isaac shall thy posterity be called.

¹² For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, because the same Lord Jesus is all over, and is rich unto all who call upon Him;

¹⁸ But I ask, Did they fail to hear? Yes, truly, Their sound has gone out unto all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world.

⁹ For the Law which says, Thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt do no murder, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet, and whatever other commandment there be—is all summed up in this one saying, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. ¹⁰ Love never wrongs his neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilment of the Law.

¹⁰ or thieves, or avaricious men, or drunkards, or foul-mouthed men, or extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

¹³ And we can see this, for in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jew or Gentile, whether slave or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

⁴⁵ Thus it is written. The first man, Adam, became a living being, the last Adam, a life-giving Spirit.

⁴⁷ The first man is of the earth, earthly; the second Man is of heaven.

¹⁰ For your pain came from God, and so you took no harm from me. For the pain which is from God works repentance leading to salvation, a repentance never to be regretted. But the world's pain works death. ¹¹ Note the results of this pain which God permitted; what earnestness it has called forth in you, what explanations, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what fervor, what punishment of wrong. In every way you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.

³ For I can testify that according to their ability, and even beyond their ability, of their own free will, too, they have given help. ⁴ With earnest entreaty they craved of me the privilege of a share in ministering to the saints in Jerusalem. ⁵ And this not as I had expected, but in accordance with the will of God, they first gave themselves to God and to me. ⁶ With the result that I have been begging Titus that, as he had been the one to begin the work with you, so he should complete among you this grace also. 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. ¹⁰ And I will give you my opinion in this matter; for this offering is fitting in your case, considering that you made a beginning before others, not only in the willingness to do something but also in actually doing something a year ago. ¹¹ So now complete the doing of it also, in order that just as there was the readiness to will, so there may be the accomplishment according to your means. 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. ¹³ Nor are other people to be relieved, and you to be distressed; ¹⁴ but burdens are to be equalized. Now your abundance at this present time present time is a supply for their want, in supply for your want; and so burdens be equalized,

²⁸ In him there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ And if you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

²² But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control; ²³ against such there is no law. ²⁴ And those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and appetites.

²⁸ Let him who stole steal no more, but let him work, and in honest industry toil with his hands, so that he may have something to give to the needy.

¹¹ being filled with the fruit of righteousness through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

¹⁵ that you may become blameless and innocent, the sons of God, without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in a dark world,

¹¹ Not that I speak as if I were in want, for at least have learned how to be content, whatever happens.

¹³ For he has delivered us out of the dominion of the darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of his dear Son,

¹⁰ and to await for the coming of his Son from the heavens, the Son whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, our Deliverer from the wrath to come.

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!

⁸ So if we have food and shelter, let us be content with that. ⁹ Those who desire to be rich fall into the snares of temptation and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil; and in their eager desire to be rich some have been led astray form the faith, and have pierced themselves with many sorrows.

¹⁸ Charge them to practise benevolence, to be rich in good works, to be open-handed and generous,

³ that older women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers or slaves to much wine, but teachers of what is right.

¹¹ "For God's grace has shined forth bringing salvation to all men ¹² And schooling us to renounce impiety and evil passions, And to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

⁷ For land that has drunk the showers that now and again fall upon it, and produced vegetation useful for those for whom it was tilled, receives a blessing from God; ⁸ but if it produces thorns and thistles, it is considered worthless, and is in danger of being cursed, and its end will be to be burned.

¹⁰ For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you showed for his cause, in sending help to your fellow Christians, as you are still doing.

¹⁸ that by means of two immutable things—his promise and his oath—in which it is impossible for God to break faith, we refugees may have strong encouragement to grasp the hope set before us.

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.

⁷ By faith Noah, warned of God of things not yet seen, reverently gave heed, and built an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is of faith.

¹ Seeing then that we are encircled with this great cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin that clings about us. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

¹² Wherefore lift up your listless hands, strengthen your feeble knees; ¹³ make straight path for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.

²⁹ FOR INDEED OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE.

⁵ Let your life be untainted by love of money; be content with such things as you have; for God himself has said, I will never leave thee; I will never forsake thee. ⁶ So that we can say with confidence, The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

⁹ Let a brother in humble circumstances glory in his exaltation;

²⁷ and undefiled before our God and Father, to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, and ever to keep himself unspotted from the world.

¹⁵ If a brother or sister be naked and in need of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, find warmth and food for yourselves," but at the same time you do not give the necessaries of the body, what good would that do them? ¹⁷ In just the same way faith, if it have not deeds, is by itself a lifeless thing. 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.

⁴ Come to him then, that living Stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, and precious.

²⁰ who in old times had been disobedient, when God's longsuffering was waiting in the days of Noah, while an ark was building, in which a few persons—eight in number—were saved by water.)

¹⁷ For he did receive honor and glory from God the Father, when there was borne such a voice to him from the Majestic Glory, This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom I delight; ¹⁸ and this voice we ourselves heard, borne to us out of heaven, when we were with him on the holy hill.

⁵ if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon an ungodly world;

⁸ He who is committing sin is of the devil, because from the beginning of the devil is sinning. It was for this cause that the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

¹⁷ But whoever has this world's goods, and beholds his brother in need, and shuts up his heart against him, how can the love of God continue to abide in him?

²⁰ If any one says, "I love God," and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot possibly love God, whom he has not seen.

¹⁰ And I heard a great voice in heaven, which said: "Now it is come! the salvation and the power, The kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ! For the accuser of our brethren is thrown down, Who accused them before our God, day and night.

⁶ For men poured out the blood of thy saints and prophets, And thou hast given them blood to drink. And this they deserved."