Luke 22 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ Now the feast of unleavened bread which is called the passover was near. ² The high priests and scribes were trying how to get him put to death (for they were afraid of the people), ³ and Satan entered Judas called Iscariot, a member of the twelve, ⁴ who went off to discuss with the high priests and commanders how he could betray him to them. ⁵ They were delighted and agreed to pay him for it. ⁶ He assented to this and sought a good opportunity for betraying him to them in the absence of the crowd. ⁷ Then came the day of unleavened bread when the paschal lamb had to be sacrificed. ⁸ So Jesus despatched Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover for us that we may eat it." ⁹ They asked him, "Where do you want us to prepare it?" ¹⁰ He said to them, "When you enter the city you will meet a man carrying a water-jar: follow him to the house he enters, ¹¹ and tell the owner of the house, '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 room upstairs with couches spread; make your preparations there." ¹³ They went off and found it was as he had told them. So they prepared the passover, ¹⁴ and when the hour came he took his place, with the apostles beside him. ¹⁵ He said to them, "I have longed eagerly to eat this passover with you before I suffer, ¹⁶ for I tell you I will never eat the passover again till the fulfilment of it in the Reign of God." ¹⁷ And he took a cup which was handed to him, gave thanks to God and said, "Take this and distribute it among yourselves, ¹⁸ for I tell you I will never drink the produce of the vine again till such time as God's Reign comes." ¹⁹ Then he took a loaf, and after thanking God he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This means my body given up for your sake; do this in memory of me." ²⁰ So too he gave them the cup after supper, saying, "This cup means the new covenant ratified by my blood shed for your sake. ²¹ But the hand of my betrayer is on the table beside me! ²² The Son of man moves to his end indeed as it has been decreed, but woe to the man by whom he is betrayed!" ²³ And they began to discuss among themselves which of them could possibly be going to do such a thing. ²⁴ A quarrel also rose among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest. ²⁵ But Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles rule over them, and their authorities take the name of 'Benefactor': ²⁶ not so with you. He who is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and he who is chief like a servant. ²⁷ Which is the greatest, guest or servant? Is it not the guest? But I am among you as a servant. ²⁸ It is you who have stood by me through my trials; ²⁹ so, even as my Father has assigned me royal power, ³⁰ I assign you the right of eating and drinking at my table in my Realm and of sitting on thrones to rule the twelve tribes of Israel. ³¹ Simon, Simon, Satan has claimed the right to sift you all like wheat, ³² but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And you in turn must be a strength to your brothers." ³³ "Lord," he said, "I am ready to go with you to prison and to death." ³⁴ Jesus said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow to-day before you have three times denied that you know me." ³⁵ And he said to them, "When I sent you out with neither purse nor wallet nor sandals, did you want for anything?" "No," they said, "for nothing." ³⁶ Then he said to them, "But he who has a purse must take it now, and the same with a wallet; and he who has no sword must sell his coat and buy one. ³⁷ For I tell you, this word of scripture must be fulfilled in me: he was classed among criminals. Yes, there is an end to all that refers to me." ³⁸ "Lord," they said, "here are two swords!" "Enough! Enough!" he answered. ³⁹ Then he went outside and made his way to the Hill of Olives, as he was accustomed. The disciples followed him, ⁴⁰ and when he reached the spot he said to them, "Pray that you may not slip into temptation." ⁴¹ He withdrew about a stone's throw and knelt in prayer, ⁴² saying, "Father, if it please thee, take this cup away from me. But thy will, not mine, be done." ⁴³ [And an angel from heaven appeared to strengthen him; ⁴⁴ he fell into an agony and prayed with greater intensity, his sweat dropping to the ground like clots of blood.] ⁴⁵ Then rising from prayer he went to the disciples, only to find them asleep from sheer sorrow. ⁴⁶ He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not slip into temptation." ⁴⁷ While he was still speaking, there came a mob headed by the man called Judas, one of the twelve. He approached in order to kiss Jesus, ⁴⁸ but Jesus said to him, "Judas! would you betray the Son of man with a kiss?" ⁴⁹ Now when the supporters of Jesus saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, shall we strike with our swords?" ⁵⁰ And one of them did strike the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. ⁵¹ Jesus said, "Let me do this at least," and cured him by touching his ear. ⁵² Then he said to the high priests and commanders of the temple and elders who had appeared to take him, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels? ⁵³ Day after day I was beside you in the temple, and you never stretched a hand against me. But this is your hour, and the dark Power has its way." ⁵⁴ Then they arrested him and led him away inside the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance ⁵⁵ and sat down among some people who had lit a fire in the courtyard and were sitting round it. ⁵⁶ A maidservant who noticed him sitting by the fire took a long look at him and said, "That fellow was with him too." ⁵⁷ But he disowned him, saying, "Woman, I know nothing about him." ⁵⁸ Shortly afterwards another man noticed him and said, "Why, you are one of them!" "Man," said Peter, "I am not." ⁵⁹ About an hour had passed when another man insisted, "That fellow really was with him. Why, he is a Galilean!" ⁶⁰ "Man," said Peter, "I do not know what you mean." Instantly, just as he was speaking, the cock crowed; ⁶¹ the Lord turned round and looked at Peter, and then Peter remembered what the Lord had told him, that 'Before cock-crow to-day you will disown me three times.' ⁶² And he went outside and wept bitterly. ⁶³ Meantime the men who had Jesus in custody flogged him and made fun of him; ⁶⁴ blindfolding him they would ask him, "Prophesy, tell us who struck you?" ⁶⁵ And many another insult they uttered against him. ⁶⁶ When day broke, the elders of the people all met along with the high priests and scribes, and had him brought before their Sanhedrin. They said to him, ⁶⁷ "Tell us if you are the Christ." He said to them, "You will not believe me if I tell you, ⁶⁸ and you will not answer me when I put a question to you. ⁶⁹ But after this the Son of man will be seated at God's right hand of power." ⁷⁰ "Are you the Son of God then?" they all said. "Certainly," he replied, "I am." ⁷¹ So they said, "What more evidence do we need? We have heard it from his own lips."

¹⁵ But Jesus answered him, "Come now, this is how we should fulfil all our duty to God." Then John gave in to him.

¹⁷ And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, in him is my delight."

³ So the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to become loaves."

⁶ said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you; they will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

¹⁰ Then Jesus told him, "Begone, Satan! it is written, You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone." ¹¹ At this the devil left him, and angels came up and ministered to him.

⁴ Blessed are the mourners! they will be consoled.

²² whoever maligns his brother must come before the San hedrin, whoever curses his brother must go to the fire of Gehenna.' But I tell you, whoever is angry with his brother [without cause] will be sentenced by God.

¹³ and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.'

³¹ Do not be troubled, then, and cry, 'What are we to eat?' or 'what are we to drink?' or 'how are we to be clothed?' ³² (pagans make all that their aim in life) for your heavenly Father knows quite well you need all that. ³³ Seek God's Realm and his goodness, and all that will be yours over and above.

¹¹ Many, I tell you, will come from east and west and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Realm of heaven,

⁹ you are not to take gold or silver or coppers in your girdle, ¹⁰ nor a wallet for the road, nor two shirts, nor sandals, nor stick — the workman deserves his rations.

²² and you will be hated by all men on account of my name; but he will be saved who holds out to the very end. ²³ When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; truly I tell you, you will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of man arrives. ²⁴ A scholar is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord; ²⁵ enough for the scholar to fare like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If men have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they miscall his servants!

³³ and whoever will disown me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.

³ to ask him, "Are you the Coming One? Or are we to look out for someone else?" ⁴ Jesus answered them, "Go and report to John what you hear and see: ⁵ the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, and the dead are raised.

¹⁴ So the Pharisees withdrew and plotted against him, to destroy him;

³¹ I tell you therefore, men will be forgiven any sin and blasphemy, but they will not be forgiven for blaspheming the Spirit. ³² Whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will never be forgiven, neither in this world nor in the world to come.

¹⁹ Then he ordered the crowds to recline on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, blessed them, and after breaking the loaves handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds.

¹⁸ Now I tell you, Peter is your name and on this rock I will build my church; the powers of Hades shall not succeed against it.

³ and said, "I tell you truly, unless you turn and become like children, you will never get into the Realm of heaven at all.

³ and said, "I tell you truly, unless you turn and become like children, you will never get into the Realm of heaven at all. ⁴ Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the Realm of heaven; ⁵ and whoever receives a little child like this for my sake, receives me.

²⁸ Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel.

²⁸ Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹ Everyone who has left brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands or houses for my name's sake will get a hundred times as much and inherit life eternal.

²⁰ Then the mother of the sons of Zebedaeus came up to him with her sons, praying him for a favour. ²¹ He said to her, "What do you want?" She said, "Give orders that my two sons are to sit at your right hand and at your left in your Realm." ²² Jesus replied, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?" They said to him, "We can."

²² Jesus replied, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?" They said to him, "We can." ²³ "You shall drink my cup," said Jesus, "but it is not for me to grant seats at my right hand and at my left; these belong to the men for whom they have been destined by my Father." ²⁴ When the ten heard of this, they were angry at the two brothers, ²⁵ but Jesus called them and said, "You know the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men overbear them: ²⁶ not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, ²⁷ and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave; ²⁸ just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

²⁸ just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

¹ When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage at the Hill of Olives, then Jesus despatched two disciples,

³ If anyone says anything to you, you will say that the Lord needs them; then he will at once let them go."

¹² Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all who were buying and selling inside the temple; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the stalls of those who sold doves, ¹³ and told them, "It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of robbers." ¹⁴ Blind and lame people came up to him in the temple and he healed them. ¹⁵ But when the high priests and scribes saw his wonderful deeds and saw the children who shouted in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant;

²³ When he entered the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "What authority have you for acting in this way? Who gave you this authority?"

³⁸ But when the vinedressers saw his son they said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him and seize his inheritance!'

⁴⁵ When the high priests and Pharisees heard these parables they knew he was speaking about them; ⁴⁶ they tried to get hold of him, but they were afraid of the crowds, as the crowds held him to be a prophet.

⁴⁴ The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, till I put your enemies under your feet.'

⁸ But you are not to be called 'rabbi,' for One is your teacher, and you are all brothers; ⁹ you are not to call anyone 'father' on earth, for One is your heavenly Father; ¹⁰ nor must you be called 'leaders,' for One is your leader, even the Christ. ¹¹ He who is greatest among you must be your servant. ¹² Whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be uplifted.

¹³ but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

⁴⁷ I tell you truly, he will set him over all his property.

³⁴ Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

² "You know the passover is to be held two days after this; and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified." ³ Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas

³ Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas ⁴ and took counsel together to get hold of Jesus by craft and have him put to death. ⁵ "Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival, in case of a riot among the people."

⁵ "Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival, in case of a riot among the people."

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot went and said to the high priests,

¹⁴ Then one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot went and said to the high priests, ¹⁵ "What will you give me for betraying him to you?" And they weighed out for him thirty silver pieces. ¹⁶ From that moment he sought a good opportunity to betray him. ¹⁷ On the first day of unleavened bread the disciples of Jesus came up and said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the passover?" ¹⁸ He said, "Go into the city to so-and-so; tell him that the Teacher says, 'My time is near, I will celebrate the passover at your house with my disciples.' " ¹⁹ So the disciples did as Jesus had told them, and prepared the passover. ²⁰ When evening came he lay at table with the disciples, ²¹ and as they were eating he said, "One of you is going to betray me." ²² They were greatly distressed at this, and each of them said to him, "Lord, surely it is not me."

²² They were greatly distressed at this, and each of them said to him, "Lord, surely it is not me." ²³ He answered, "One who has dipped his hand into the same dish as myself is going to betray me.

²³ He answered, "One who has dipped his hand into the same dish as myself is going to betray me. ²⁴ The Son of man goes the road that the scripture has described for him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better that man had never been born!"

²⁴ The Son of man goes the road that the scripture has described for him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better that man had never been born!"

²⁶ As they were eating he took a loaf and after the blessing he broke it; then he gave it to the disciples saying, "Take and eat this, it means my body." ²⁷ He also took a cup and after thanking God he gave it to them saying, "Drink of it, all of you; ²⁸ this means my blood, the new covenant-blood, shed for many, to win the remission of their sins.

²⁸ this means my blood, the new covenant-blood, shed for many, to win the remission of their sins. ²⁹ I tell you, after this I will never drink this produce of the vine till the day I drink it new with you in the Realm of my Father." ³⁰ After the hymn of praise they went out to the Hill of Olives.

³³ Peter answered, "Supposing they are all disconcerted over you, I will not be disconcerted." ³⁴ Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly, you will disown me three times this very night, before the cock crows."

³⁴ Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly, you will disown me three times this very night, before the cock crows." ³⁵ Peter said to him, "Even though I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And all the disciples said the same thing. ³⁶ Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, "Sit here till I go over there and pray."

³⁶ Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, "Sit here till I go over there and pray." ³⁷ But he took Peter and the two sons of Zebedaeus along with him; and when he began to feel distressed and agitated,

³⁷ But he took Peter and the two sons of Zebedaeus along with him; and when he began to feel distressed and agitated, ³⁸ he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch with me."

³⁸ he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch with me." ³⁹ Then he went forward a little and fell on his face praying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt."

³⁹ Then he went forward a little and fell on his face praying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt." ⁴⁰ Then he went to the disciples and found them asleep; and he said to Peter, "So the three of you could not watch with me for a single hour?

⁴⁰ Then he went to the disciples and found them asleep; and he said to Peter, "So the three of you could not watch with me for a single hour?

⁴⁰ Then he went to the disciples and found them asleep; and he said to Peter, "So the three of you could not watch with me for a single hour? ⁴¹ Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

⁴¹ Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak." ⁴² Again he went away for the second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, thy will be done."

⁴² Again he went away for the second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, thy will be done." ⁴³ And when he returned he found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

⁴³ And when he returned he found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴ So he left them and went back for the third time, praying in the same words as before.

⁴⁴ So he left them and went back for the third time, praying in the same words as before. ⁴⁵ Then he went to the disciples and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? The hour is near, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴⁵ Then he went to the disciples and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? The hour is near, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶ Come, get up and let us go. Here is my betrayer close at hand!"

⁴⁶ Come, get up and let us go. Here is my betrayer close at hand!" ⁴⁷ While he was still speaking, up came Judas, one of the twelve, accompanied by a large mob with swords and cudgels who had come from the high priests and the elders of the people. ⁴⁸ Now his betrayer had given them a signal; he said, " Whoever I kiss, that is the man."

⁴⁸ Now his betrayer had given them a signal; he said, " Whoever I kiss, that is the man." ⁴⁹ So he went up at once to Jesus; "Hail, rabbi!" he said, and kissed him.

⁴⁹ So he went up at once to Jesus; "Hail, rabbi!" he said, and kissed him. ⁵⁰ Jesus said, "My man, do your errand." Then they laid hands on Jesus and seized him.

⁵⁰ Jesus said, "My man, do your errand." Then they laid hands on Jesus and seized him. ⁵¹ One of his companions put out his hand, drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

⁵¹ One of his companions put out his hand, drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. ⁵² Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; all who draw the sword shall die by the sword.

⁵² Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; all who draw the sword shall die by the sword. ⁵³ What! do you think I cannot appeal to my Father to furnish me at this moment with over twelve legions of angels?

⁵³ What! do you think I cannot appeal to my Father to furnish me at this moment with over twelve legions of angels?

⁵³ What! do you think I cannot appeal to my Father to furnish me at this moment with over twelve legions of angels? ⁵⁴ Only, how could the scriptures be fulfilled then — the scriptures that say this must be so?"

⁵⁴ Only, how could the scriptures be fulfilled then — the scriptures that say this must be so?" ⁵⁵ At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you never seized me.

⁵⁵ At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you never seized me. ⁵⁶ However, this has all happened for the fulfilment of the prophetic scriptures!" Then all the disciples left him and fled; ⁵⁷ but those who had seized Jesus took him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered. ⁵⁸ Peter followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and when he got inside he sat down beside the attendants to see the end. ⁵⁹ Now the high priests and the whole of the Sanhedrin tried to secure false evidence against Jesus, in order to have him put to death; ⁶⁰ but they could find none, although a number of false witnesses came forward. However, two men came forward at last ⁶¹ and said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the temple of God and build it in three days.'" ⁶² So the high priest rose and said to him, "Have you no reply to make? What of this evidence against you?" ⁶³ Jesus said nothing. Then the high priest addressed him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!" ⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, "Even so! But I tell you, in future you will all see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, "Even so! But I tell you, in future you will all see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven." ⁶⁵ Then the high priest tore his dress and cried, "He has blasphemed! What more evidence do we want? Look, you have heard his blasphemy for yourselves!

⁶⁵ Then the high priest tore his dress and cried, "He has blasphemed! What more evidence do we want? Look, you have heard his blasphemy for yourselves! ⁶⁶ What is your view?" They replied, "He is doomed to death."

⁶⁶ What is your view?" They replied, "He is doomed to death." ⁶⁷ Then they spat in his face and buffeted him, some of them cuffing him ⁶⁸ and crying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! tell us who struck you!" ⁶⁹ Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A maidservant came up and said to him, "You were with Jesus the Galilean too."

⁶⁹ Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A maidservant came up and said to him, "You were with Jesus the Galilean too." ⁷⁰ But he denied it before them all; "I do not know what you mean," he said.

⁷⁰ But he denied it before them all; "I do not know what you mean," he said. ⁷¹ When he went out to the gateway another maidservant noticed him and said to those who were there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene."

⁷¹ When he went out to the gateway another maidservant noticed him and said to those who were there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene." ⁷² Again he denied it; he swore, "I do not know the man."

⁷² Again he denied it; he swore, "I do not know the man." ⁷³ After a little the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them too. Why, your accent betrays you!"

⁷³ After a little the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them too. Why, your accent betrays you!" ⁷⁴ At this he broke out cursing and swearing, "I do not know the man." At that moment a cock crowed.

⁷⁴ At this he broke out cursing and swearing, "I do not know the man." At that moment a cock crowed.

⁷⁴ At this he broke out cursing and swearing, "I do not know the man." At that moment a cock crowed. ⁷⁵ Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said, that 'before the cock crows you will disown me three times.' And he went outside and wept bitterly.

⁷⁵ Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said, that 'before the cock crows you will disown me three times.' And he went outside and wept bitterly.

¹ When morning came, all the high priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to have him put to death.

³ Then Judas his betrayer saw he was condemned, and repented; he brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders, ⁴ saying, "I did wrong in betraying innocent blood." "What does that matter to us?" they said, "it is your affair, not ours!" ⁵ Then he flung down the silver pieces in the temple and went off and hung himself.

⁵ Then he flung down the silver pieces in the temple and went off and hung himself.

¹¹ Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus replied, "Certainly."

²⁸ they stripped him and threw a scarlet mantle round him, ²⁹ plaited a crown of thorns and set it on his head, put a stick in his hand, and knelt before him in mockery, crying, "Hail, king of the Jews!" ³⁰ They spat on him, they took the stick and struck him on the head, ³¹ and after making fun of him they stripped him of the mantle, put on his own clothes, and took him off to be crucified.

³⁹ Those who passed by scoffed at him, nodding at him in derision

³⁹ Those who passed by scoffed at him, nodding at him in derision ⁴⁰ and calling, "You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days! Save yourself, if you are God's Son! Come down from the cross!" ⁴¹ So, too, the high priests made fun of him with the scribes and the elders of the people. ⁴² "He saved others," they said, "but he cannot save himself! He the 'king of Israel'! Let him come down now from the cross; then we will believe in him! ⁴³ His trust is in God? Let God deliver him now if he cares for him! He said he was the Son of God!"

⁴³ His trust is in God? Let God deliver him now if he cares for him! He said he was the Son of God!" ⁴⁴ The robbers who were crucified with him also denounced him in the same way.

⁵⁴ Now when the army-captain and his men who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were dreadfully afraid; they said, "This man was certainly a son of God!"

¹⁸ Then Jesus came forward to them and said, "Full authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth;

³⁰ Jesus was at once conscious that some healing virtue had passed from him, so he turned round in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

⁸ and ordered them to take nothing but a stick for the journey, no bread, no wallet, no coppers in their girdle; ⁹ they were to wear sandals, but not to put on two shirts, he said.

³⁰ Now the apostles gathered to meet Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.

¹ I tell you truly," he said, to them, "there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the coming of God's Reign with power."

³⁴ They said nothing, for on the road they had been disputing about which of them was the greatest. ³⁵ So he sat down and called the twelve. "If anyone wants to be first," he said to them, "he must be last of all and the servant of all."

³⁷ They said to him, "Give us seats, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory." ³⁸ Jesus said, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I have to drink, or undergo the baptism I have to undergo?" ³⁹ They said to him, "We can." Jesus said, "You shall drink the cup I have to drink and undergo the baptism I have to undergo; ⁴⁰ but it is not for me to grant seats at my right or my left hand — these belong to the men for whom they have been destined." ⁴¹ Now when the ten heard of this, they burst into anger at James and John;

⁴¹ Now when the ten heard of this, they burst into anger at James and John; ⁴² so Jesus called them and said, "You know the so-called rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men overbear them: ⁴³ not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, ⁴⁴ and whoever of you wants to be first must be your slave; ⁴⁵ for the Son of man himself has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

¹¹ Then he entered Jerusalem, entered the temple, and looked round at everything; but as it was late he went away with the twelve to Bethany.

¹⁹ And when evening came he went outside the city.

³ And as he sat on the Hill of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him in private,

¹ The passover and the festival of unleavened bread fell two days later; so the high priests and scribes were trying how to get hold of him by craft and have him put to death. ² "Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival; that would mean a popular riot."

² "Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival; that would mean a popular riot."

⁶ But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you annoying her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

¹⁰ Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the high priests to betray him to them.

¹⁰ Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the high priests to betray him to them. ¹¹ They were delighted to hear it, and promised to pay him for it. Meantime he sought a good opportunity for betraying him. ¹² On the first day of unleavened bread (the day when the paschal lamb was sacrificed) his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the passover?"

¹² On the first day of unleavened bread (the day when the paschal lamb was sacrificed) his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the passover?" ¹³ So he despatched two of his disciples, telling them, "Go into the city and you will meet a man carrying a water-jar; follow him, ¹⁴ and whatever house he goes into, tell the owner that the Teacher says, 'Where is my room, that I may eat the passover there with my disciples?' ¹⁵ He will show you a large room upstairs, with couches spread, all ready; prepare the passover for us there." ¹⁶ The disciples went away into the city and found it was as he had told them. So they prepared the passover, ¹⁷ and when evening fell he arrived along with the twelve. ¹⁸ As they were at table eating, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me."

¹⁸ As they were at table eating, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me." ¹⁹ They got distressed at this, and said to him one after another, "Surely it is not me?" "Surely it is not me?"

¹⁹ They got distressed at this, and said to him one after another, "Surely it is not me?" "Surely it is not me?"

¹⁹ They got distressed at this, and said to him one after another, "Surely it is not me?" "Surely it is not me?" ²⁰ "One of the twelve," he told them, "one who is dipping into the same dish as I am.

²⁰ "One of the twelve," he told them, "one who is dipping into the same dish as I am. ²¹ The Son of man goes the road that the scripture has described for him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better that man had never been born!"

²¹ The Son of man goes the road that the scripture has described for him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better that man had never been born!" ²² And as they were eating he took a loaf, and after the blessing he broke and gave it to them, saying, "Take this, it means my body." ²³ He also took a cup and after thanking God he gave it to them, and they all drank of it;

²³ He also took a cup and after thanking God he gave it to them, and they all drank of it; ²⁴ he said to them, "This means my covenant-blood which is shed for many; ²⁵ truly I tell you, I will never drink the produce of the vine again till the day I drink it new within the Realm of God." ²⁶ After the hymn of praise they went out to the Hill of Olives.

²⁹ Peter said to him, "Though all are disconcerted, I will not be." ³⁰ Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly, to-day you will disown me three times, this very night, before the cock crows twice." ³¹ But he persisted, "Though I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And they all said the same. ³² Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, "Sit here till I pray."

³² Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, "Sit here till I pray." ³³ But he took Peter and James and John along with him; and as he began to feel appalled and agitated,

³³ But he took Peter and James and John along with him; and as he began to feel appalled and agitated, ³⁴ he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch."

³⁴ he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch." ³⁵ Then he went forward a little and fell to the earth, praying that the hour might pass away from him, if possible.

³⁵ Then he went forward a little and fell to the earth, praying that the hour might pass away from him, if possible. ³⁶ "Abba, Father," he said, "thou canst do anything. Take this cup away from me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt."

³⁶ "Abba, Father," he said, "thou canst do anything. Take this cup away from me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt." ³⁷ Then he came and found them asleep; so he said to Peter, "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not watch for a single hour?

³⁷ Then he came and found them asleep; so he said to Peter, "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not watch for a single hour?

³⁷ Then he came and found them asleep; so he said to Peter, "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not watch for a single hour? ³⁸ Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

³⁸ Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak." ³⁹ Again he went away and prayed in the same words as before; ⁴⁰ then he returned and found them once more asleep, for their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.

⁴⁰ then he returned and found them once more asleep, for their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him. ⁴¹ Then he came for the third time and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? No more of that! The hour has come, here is the Son of man betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴¹ Then he came for the third time and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? No more of that! The hour has come, here is the Son of man betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴¹ Then he came for the third time and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? No more of that! The hour has come, here is the Son of man betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴² Come, get up, here is my betrayer close at hand."

⁴² Come, get up, here is my betrayer close at hand." ⁴³ At that very moment, while he was still speaking, Judas [Iscariot] one of the twelve came up accompanied by a mob with swords and cudgels who had come from the high priests and scribes and elders. ⁴⁴ Now his betrayer had given them a signal; he said, "Whoever I kiss, that is the man. Seize him and get him safely away."

⁴⁴ Now his betrayer had given them a signal; he said, "Whoever I kiss, that is the man. Seize him and get him safely away." ⁴⁵ So when he arrived he at once went up to him and said, "Rabbi [rabbi]," and kissed him.

⁴⁵ So when he arrived he at once went up to him and said, "Rabbi [rabbi]," and kissed him. ⁴⁶ Then they laid hands on him and seized him,

⁴⁶ Then they laid hands on him and seized him, ⁴⁷ but one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

⁴⁷ but one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. ⁴⁸ Jesus turned on them, saying, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels?

⁴⁸ Jesus turned on them, saying, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels? ⁴⁹ Day after day I was beside you in the temple teaching, and you never seized me. However, it is to let the scriptures be fulfilled."

⁴⁹ Day after day I was beside you in the temple teaching, and you never seized me. However, it is to let the scriptures be fulfilled." ⁵⁰ Then they left him and fled, all of them;

⁵³ They took Jesus away to the high priest, and all the high priests and scribes and elders met there with him. ⁵⁴ Peter followed him at a distance till he got inside the courtyard of the high priest, where he sat down with the attendants to warm himself at the fire. ⁵⁵ Now the high priests and the whole of the Sanhedrin tried to secure evidence against Jesus, in order to have him put to death; but they could find none, ⁵⁶ for while many bore false witness against him their evidence did not agree. ⁵⁷ Some got up and bore false witness against him, saying, ⁵⁸ "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made by hands, and in three days I will build another temple not made by hands.'" ⁵⁹ But even so the evidence did not agree. ⁶⁰ So the high priest rose in their midst and asked Jesus, "Have you no reply to make? What about this evidence against you?" ⁶¹ He said nothing and made no answer. Again the high priest put a question to him. "Are you the Christ?" he said, "the Son of the Blessed?"

⁶¹ He said nothing and made no answer. Again the high priest put a question to him. "Are you the Christ?" he said, "the Son of the Blessed?" ⁶² Jesus said, "I am. And, what is more, you will all see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

⁶² Jesus said, "I am. And, what is more, you will all see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

⁶² Jesus said, "I am. And, what is more, you will all see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven." ⁶³ Then the high priest tore his clothes and cried, "What more evidence do we want?

⁶³ Then the high priest tore his clothes and cried, "What more evidence do we want?

⁶³ Then the high priest tore his clothes and cried, "What more evidence do we want? ⁶⁴ You have heard his blasphemy for yourselves. What is your mind?" They condemned him, all of them, to the doom of death;

⁶⁴ You have heard his blasphemy for yourselves. What is your mind?" They condemned him, all of them, to the doom of death;

⁶⁴ You have heard his blasphemy for yourselves. What is your mind?" They condemned him, all of them, to the doom of death; ⁶⁵ and some of them started to spit on him and to blindfold him and buffet him, asking him, "Prophesy." The attendants treated him to cuffs and slaps.

⁶⁵ and some of them started to spit on him and to blindfold him and buffet him, asking him, "Prophesy." The attendants treated him to cuffs and slaps. ⁶⁶ Now as Peter was downstairs in the courtyard, a maidservant of the high priest came along,

⁶⁶ Now as Peter was downstairs in the courtyard, a maidservant of the high priest came along,

⁶⁶ Now as Peter was downstairs in the courtyard, a maidservant of the high priest came along, ⁶⁷ and when she noticed Peter warming himself she looked at him and said, "You were with Jesus of Nazaret too."

⁶⁷ and when she noticed Peter warming himself she looked at him and said, "You were with Jesus of Nazaret too." ⁶⁸ But he denied it. "I do not know," he said, "I have no idea what you mean." Then he went outside into the passage. The cock crowed.

⁶⁸ But he denied it. "I do not know," he said, "I have no idea what you mean." Then he went outside into the passage. The cock crowed. ⁶⁹ Again the maidservant who had noticed him began to tell the bystanders, "That fellow is one of them."

⁶⁹ Again the maidservant who had noticed him began to tell the bystanders, "That fellow is one of them." ⁷⁰ But he denied it again. After a little the bystanders once more said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them. Why, you are a Galilean!"

⁷⁰ But he denied it again. After a little the bystanders once more said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them. Why, you are a Galilean!" ⁷¹ But he broke out cursing and swearing, "I do not know the man you mean." ⁷² At that moment the cock crowed for the second time. Then Peter remembered how Jesus had told him, "Before the cock crows twice you will disown me thrice;" and he burst into tears.

⁷² At that moment the cock crowed for the second time. Then Peter remembered how Jesus had told him, "Before the cock crows twice you will disown me thrice;" and he burst into tears.

¹ Immediately morning came, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and all the Sanhedrin, and after binding Jesus they led him off and handed him over to Pilate. ² Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He replied, "Certainly."

¹⁶ The soldiers took him inside the courtyard (that is, the praetorium) and got all the regiment together; ¹⁷ then they dressed him in purple, put on his head a crown of thorns which they had plaited, ¹⁸ and began to salute him with, "Hail, O king of the Jews!" ¹⁹ They struck him on the head with a stick and spat upon him and bent their knees to him in homage. ²⁰ Then, after making fun of him, they stripped off the purple, put on his own clothes, and took him away to crucify him.

²³ They offered him wine flavoured with myrrh, but he would not take it.

²⁷ They also crucified two robbers along with him, one at his right and one at his left.

²⁷ They also crucified two robbers along with him, one at his right and one at his left. ²⁸ -- ²⁹ Those who passed by scoffed at him, nodding at him in derision and calling, "Ha! You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days! ³⁰ Come down from the cross and save yourself!" ³¹ So, too, the high priests made fun of him to themselves with the scribes; "he saved others," they said, "but he cannot save himself! ³² Let 'the Christ,' 'the king of Israel' come down now from the cross! Let us see that and we will believe!" Those who were crucified with him also denounced him.

⁷ Go you and tell his disciples and Peter, 'He precedes you to Galilee; you shall see him there, as he told you.'"

¹⁹ Then after speaking to them the Lord Jesus was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God,

⁶ They were both just in the sight of God, blameless in their obedience to all the commands and regulations of God;

¹⁰ for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you, ¹¹ and They will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

⁴¹ From many people daemons were also driven out, clamouring aloud, "You are God's son!" But he checked them and refused to let them say anything, as they knew he was the Christ.

¹⁶ Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot (who turned traitor).

¹³ And when the Lord saw her, he felt pity for her and said to her, "Do not weep."

¹³ Those 'on the rock' are people who on hearing the word welcome it with enthusiasm, but they have no root; they believe for a while and fall away in the hour of trial.

³ And he told them, "Take nothing for the journey, neither stick nor wallet nor bread nor silver, and do not carry two shirts.

¹⁶ Then taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke them in pieces and handed them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

²⁷ I tell you plainly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Reign of God."

⁴⁶ A dispute arose among them as to which of them was the greatest.

⁴⁸ then he said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For it is the lowliest of you all who is great."

⁴ Carry no purse, no wallet, no sandals. Do not stop to salute anybody on the road.

⁴¹ The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha,

⁴ and forgive us our sins for we do forgive everyone who has offended us; and lead us not into temptation."

⁹ and he who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God. ¹⁰ Everyone also who says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven for it, but he who blasphemes against the holy Spirit will never be forgiven.

²⁹ So do not seek food and drink and be worried; ³⁰ pagans make food and drink their aim in life, but your Father knows quite well you need that; ³¹ only seek his Realm, and it will be yours over and above. ³² Fear not, you little flock, for your Father is delighted to give you the Realm.

³⁷ Blessed are those servants whom the lord and master finds awake when he comes! I tell you truly, he will gird himself, make them recline at table, and come forward to wait on them.

⁵⁰ I have a baptism to undergo. How I am distressed till it is all over!

¹⁵ Hearing this, one of his fellow guests said to him, "Blessed is he who feasts in the Realm of God!"

³¹ He said to him, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, not even if one rose from the dead."

⁷ Which of you, with a servant out ploughing or shepherding, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your place at table'? ⁸ Will the man not rather say to him, 'Get some thing ready for my supper; gird yourself and wait on me till I eat and drink; then you can eat and drink yourself'? ⁹ Does he thank the servant for doing his bidding?

¹¹ The Pharisee stood up and prayed by himself as follows; 'I thank thee, O God, I am not like the rest of men, thieves, rogues, and immoral, or even like yon taxgatherer.

³¹ Then he took the twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and all the predictions of the prophets regarding the Son of man will be fulfilled;

⁵ But when Jesus reached the spot he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down at once, for I must stay at your house to-day."

¹⁷ 'Capital,' he said, 'you excellent servant! because you have proved trustworthy in a trifle, you are placed over ten towns.'

²⁹ When he was near Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Olive-Orchard, he despatched two of his disciples, ³⁰ saying, "Go to the village in front, and on entering it you will find a colt tethered on which no one ever has sat; untether it and bring it. ³¹ If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untethering it?' this is what you will say, 'The Lord needs it.'"

³¹ If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untethering it?' this is what you will say, 'The Lord needs it.'" ³² The messengers went off and found the colt exactly as he had told them.

³² The messengers went off and found the colt exactly as he had told them. ³³ As they were untethering it, the owners said to them, "Why are you untethering the colt?" ³⁴ And they said, "Because the Lord needs it."

³⁴ And they said, "Because the Lord needs it." ³⁵ So they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their clothes on the colt they mounted Jesus upon it. ³⁶ As he went forward they spread their clothes under him on the road; ³⁷ and as he was now close to the descent from the Hill of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples started joyfully to praise God with a loud voice for all they had seen, ³⁸ saying, "Blessed be the king who comes in the Lord's name! Peace in heaven and glory in the High places!" ³⁹ Some Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Check your disciples, teacher." ⁴⁰ But he replied, "I tell you, if they were to keep quiet, the very stones would shout."

⁴⁷ Day after day he taught within the temple. The high priests and scribes tried to have him put to death, and so did the leaders of the people, ⁴⁸ but they could not discover what was to be done, for the whole of the people hung upon his lips.

³ He answered them, "Well, I will ask you a question. Tell me, ⁴ did the baptism of John come from heaven or from men?" ⁵ Now they reasoned to themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why did you not believe him?' ⁶ And if we say, 'From men,' the whole of the people will stone us, for they are convinced John was a prophet." ⁷ So they answered that they did not know where it came from.

¹⁹ At that hour the scribes and high priests tried to lay hands on him, but they were afraid of the people. They knew he had meant this parable for them.

⁴¹ But he said to them, "How can people say that the Christ is David's son? ⁴² Why, David himself says in the book of psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, ⁴³ till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.' ⁴⁴ David then calls him Lord. So how can he be his son?"

³¹ So, whenever you see all this happen, be sure the Reign of God is at hand.

³³ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words never. ³⁴ Take heed to yourselves in case your hearts get overpowered by dissipation and drunkenness and worldly anxieties, and so that Day catches you suddenly like a trap. ³⁵ For it will come upon all dwellers on the face of all the earth. ³⁶ From hour to hour keep awake, praying that you may succeed in escaping all these dangers to come and in standing before the Son of man." ³⁷ By day he taught in the temple, but at night he went outside the city and passed the night on the hill called the Olive-Orchard.

³⁷ By day he taught in the temple, but at night he went outside the city and passed the night on the hill called the Olive-Orchard. ³⁸ And all the people used to come early in the morning to listen to him in the temple.

¹ Now the feast of unleavened bread which is called the passover was near.

³ and Satan entered Judas called Iscariot, a member of the twelve, ⁴ who went off to discuss with the high priests and commanders how he could betray him to them.

⁴ who went off to discuss with the high priests and commanders how he could betray him to them. ⁵ They were delighted and agreed to pay him for it. ⁶ He assented to this and sought a good opportunity for betraying him to them in the absence of the crowd.

¹⁶ for I tell you I will never eat the passover again till the fulfilment of it in the Reign of God."

¹⁶ for I tell you I will never eat the passover again till the fulfilment of it in the Reign of God." ¹⁷ And he took a cup which was handed to him, gave thanks to God and said, "Take this and distribute it among yourselves,

¹⁷ And he took a cup which was handed to him, gave thanks to God and said, "Take this and distribute it among yourselves,

¹⁷ And he took a cup which was handed to him, gave thanks to God and said, "Take this and distribute it among yourselves, ¹⁸ for I tell you I will never drink the produce of the vine again till such time as God's Reign comes."

¹⁸ for I tell you I will never drink the produce of the vine again till such time as God's Reign comes." ¹⁹ Then he took a loaf, and after thanking God he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This means my body given up for your sake; do this in memory of me."

¹⁹ Then he took a loaf, and after thanking God he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This means my body given up for your sake; do this in memory of me." ²⁰ So too he gave them the cup after supper, saying, "This cup means the new covenant ratified by my blood shed for your sake.

²⁰ So too he gave them the cup after supper, saying, "This cup means the new covenant ratified by my blood shed for your sake. ²¹ But the hand of my betrayer is on the table beside me! ²² The Son of man moves to his end indeed as it has been decreed, but woe to the man by whom he is betrayed!"

³⁰ I assign you the right of eating and drinking at my table in my Realm and of sitting on thrones to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.

³² but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And you in turn must be a strength to your brothers." ³³ "Lord," he said, "I am ready to go with you to prison and to death." ³⁴ Jesus said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow to-day before you have three times denied that you know me."

³⁴ Jesus said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow to-day before you have three times denied that you know me."

³⁸ "Lord," they said, "here are two swords!" "Enough! Enough!" he answered.

⁴⁰ and when he reached the spot he said to them, "Pray that you may not slip into temptation."

⁴⁴ he fell into an agony and prayed with greater intensity, his sweat dropping to the ground like clots of blood.]

⁴⁶ He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not slip into temptation."

⁴⁹ Now when the supporters of Jesus saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, shall we strike with our swords?"

⁵² Then he said to the high priests and commanders of the temple and elders who had appeared to take him, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels?

⁶¹ the Lord turned round and looked at Peter, and then Peter remembered what the Lord had told him, that 'Before cock-crow to-day you will disown me three times.' ⁶² And he went outside and wept bitterly.

³ Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He replied, "Certainly."

³² Two criminals were also led out with him to be executed,

²⁵ He said to them, "O foolish men, with hearts so slow to believe, after all the prophets have declared! ²⁶ Had not the Christ to suffer thus and so enter his glory?" ²⁷ Then he began with Moses and all the prophets and interpreted to them the passages referring to himself throughout the scriptures.

³⁰ And as he lay at table with them he took the loaf, blessed it, broke it and handed it to them.

⁴⁴ Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." ⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures. ⁴⁶ "Thus," he said, "it is written that the Christ has to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

⁴⁶ "Thus," he said, "it is written that the Christ has to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

³⁴ Now I did see it, and I testify that he is the Son of God."

⁴⁹ "Rabbi," said Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel!"

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

²⁵ and required no evidence from anyone about human nature; well did he know what was in human nature.

³⁴ Jesus said, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

³⁰ I can do nothing of my own accord; I pass judgment on men as I am taught by God, and my judgment is just, because my aim is not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

³⁹ You search the scriptures, imagining you possess eternal life in their pages — and they do testify to me — ⁴⁰ but you refuse to come to me for life. ⁴¹ I accept no credit from men, ⁴² but I know there is no love to God in you; ⁴³ here am I, come in the name of my Father, and you will not accept me: let someone else come in his own name, and you will accept him! ⁴⁴ How can you believe, you who accept credit from one another instead of aiming at the credit which comes from the only God? ⁴⁵ Do not imagine I am going to accuse you to the Father; Moses is your accuser, Moses who is your hope! ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses you would believe me, since it was of me that he wrote. ⁴⁷ But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you ever believe what I say?"

²³ So, as some boats from Tiberias had put in near the spot where they had eaten bread after the Lord's thanksgiving,

²⁷ Work for no perishing food, but for that lasting food which means eternal life; the Son of man will give you that, for the Father, God, has certified him."

³⁸ for I have come down from heaven not to carry out my own will but the will of him who sent me,

⁵⁰ the bread that comes down from heaven is such that one eats of it and never dies. ⁵¹ I am the living bread which has come down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and more, the bread I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world."

⁵¹ I am the living bread which has come down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and more, the bread I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world." ⁵² The Jews then wrangled with one another, saying, "How can he give us his flesh to eat?" ⁵³ So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life within you. ⁵⁴ He who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood possesses eternal life (and I will raise him up on the last day), ⁵⁵ for my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. ⁵⁶ He who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood remains within me, as I remain within him. ⁵⁷ Just as the living Father sent me and I live by the Father, so he who feeds on me will also live by me. ⁵⁸ Such is the bread which has come down from heaven: your ancestors ate their bread and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live for ever."

⁶⁷ So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go, too?" ⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, who are we to go to? You have got words of eternal life,

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil!" ⁷¹ (He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; for Judas was to betray him — and he was one of the twelve.)

²⁵ Then said some of the Jerusalemites, "Is this not the man they want to kill? ²⁶ Yet here he is, opening his lips in public, and they say nothing to him! Can the authorities have really discovered that he is the Christ?

³⁰ So they tried to arrest him; but no one laid hands on him, because his time had not come yet.

⁴⁵ Then the attendants went back to the high priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why have you not brought him with you?"

³¹ So Jesus addressed the Jews who had believed him, saying, "If you abide by what I say, you are really disciples of mine:

⁴³ Why do you not understand my speech? Because you are unable to listen to what I am saying. ⁴⁴ You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires; he was a slayer of men from the very beginning, and he has no place in the truth because there is no truth in him: when he tells a lie, he is expressing his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. ⁴⁵ It is because I tell the truth, that you do not believe me.

²⁷ He retorted, "I have told you that already, and you would not listen to me. Why do you want to hear it over again? Do you want to be disciples of his?" ²⁸ Then they stormed at him: "You are his disciple, we are disciples of Moses!

²⁴ So the Jews gathered round him and asked, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." ²⁵ Jesus replied, "I have told you, but you do not believe; the deeds I do in the name of my Father testify to me, but you do not believe, ²⁶ because you do not belong to my sheep.

³⁰ I and my Father are one — ."

³⁵ If the Law said they were gods, to whom the word of God came — and scripture cannot be broken — ³⁶ do you mean to tell me, whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?

²⁸ and with these words she went off to call her sister Mary, telling her secretly, "The Teacher is here, and he is calling for you."

⁴⁰ "Did I not tell you," said Jesus, "if you will only believe, you shall see the glory of God?"

⁴⁷ whereupon the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "Whatever is to be done?" they said. "The fellow is performing a number of Signs. ⁴⁸ If we let him alone, like this, everybody will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and suppress our holy Place and our nation." ⁴⁹ But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it — ⁵⁰ you do not understand it is in your own interests that one man should die for the People, instead of the whole nation being destroyed." ⁵¹ (He did not say this simply of his own accord; he was high priest that year, and his words were a prophecy that Jesus was to die for the nation, ⁵² and not merely for the nation but to gather into one the scattered children of God.) ⁵³ So from that day their plan was to kill him.

⁵⁵ Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem, to purify themselves before the passover. ⁵⁶ They looked out for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple they said to one another, "What do you think? Do you think he will not come up to the festival?" ⁵⁷ (The high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that they were to be informed, if anyone found out where he was, so that they might arrest him.)

⁵⁷ (The high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that they were to be informed, if anyone found out where he was, so that they might arrest him.)

⁶ (Not that he cared for the poor; he said this because he was a thief, and because he carried the money-box and pilfered what was put in.)

²⁷ My soul is now disquieted. What am I to say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? Nay, it is something else that has brought me to this hour:

²⁷ My soul is now disquieted. What am I to say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? Nay, it is something else that has brought me to this hour: ²⁸ I will say, 'Father, glorify thy name.'" Then came a voice from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."

³⁷ Now for all the Signs he had performed before them, they did not believe in him — ³⁸ that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed what they heard from us, And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? ³⁹ This was why they could not believe; for Isaiah again said, ⁴⁰ He has blinded their eyes and made their hearts insensible, to prevent them seeing with their eyes and understanding with their hearts and turning for me to cure them. ⁴¹ (Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him.) ⁴² Still, a number even of the authorities believed in him, though they would not confess it on account of the Pharisees, in case of being excommunicated; ⁴³ they preferred the approval of men to the approval of God.

¹ Now before the passover festival Jesus knew the time had come for him to pass from this world to the Father. He had loved his own in this world and he loved them to the end; ² so at supper, knowing that though the devil had suggested to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,

⁵ then poured water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, wiping them with the towel he had tied round him. ⁶ He came to Simon Peter. "Lord," said he, "you to wash my feet!" ⁷ Jesus answered him, "You do not understand just now what I am doing, but you will understand it later on." ⁸ Said Peter, "You will never wash my feet, never!" "Unless I wash you," Jesus replied, "you will not share my lot." ⁹ "Lord," said Simon Peter, "then wash not only my feet but my hands and head." ¹⁰ Jesus said, "He who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed; he is clean all over. And you are clean — but not all of you" ¹¹ (he knew the traitor; that was why he said, "You are not all clean"). ¹² Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe, he lay down again. "Do you know," he said to them, "what I have been doing to you? ¹³ You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right: that is what I am. ¹⁴ Well, if I have washed your feet, I who am your Lord and Teacher, you are bound to wash one another's feet; ¹⁵ for I have been setting you an example, that you should do what I have done to you. ¹⁶ Truly, truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than he who sent him.

¹⁸ When I say 'you,' I do not mean you all; I know the men of my choice, and I made my choice that this scripture might be fulfilled, he who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁸ When I say 'you,' I do not mean you all; I know the men of my choice, and I made my choice that this scripture might be fulfilled, he who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me. ¹⁹ I am telling you this now, before it occurs, so that when it has occurred you may believe who I am.

²¹ On saying this, Jesus was disquieted in spirit: he testified and said, "Truly, truly I tell you, one of you will betray me." ²² The disciples looked at each other, at a loss to know which of them he meant.

²² The disciples looked at each other, at a loss to know which of them he meant. ²³ As one of his disciples was reclining on his breast — he was the favourite of Jesus — ²⁴ Peter nodded to him, saying, "Tell us who he means." ²⁵ The disciple just leant back on the breast of Jesus and said, "Lord, who is it?" ²⁶ Jesus answered, "The man I am going to give this piece of bread to, when I dip it in the dish." Then he took the piece of bread, dipped it, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot;

²⁶ Jesus answered, "The man I am going to give this piece of bread to, when I dip it in the dish." Then he took the piece of bread, dipped it, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot; ²⁷ and when he took the bread, at that moment Satan entered him. Then Jesus told him, "Be quick with what you have to do."

³⁶ "Lord," said Simon Peter, "where are you going?" Jesus replied, "I am going where you cannot follow me at present; later on you will follow me." ³⁷ "Lord," said Peter, "why cannot I follow you just now? I will lay down my life for you." ³⁸ Jesus replied, "Lay down your life for me? Truly, truly I tell you, before the cock crows, you will have disowned me thrice over.

¹⁹ A little while longer and the world will see me no more; but you will see me, because I am living and you will be living too.

³⁰ I will no longer talk much with you, for the Prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me;

²⁰ Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours.

⁴ I have told you all this, so that when the time for it arrives, you may remember what I said to you. I did not tell you about this at the beginning, because I was with you then;

²⁰ Truly, truly I tell you, you will be wailing and lamenting while the world is rejoicing; you will be sorrowful, but then your sorrow will be changed into joy. ²¹ When a woman is in labour she is sorry, for her time has come; but when the child is born she remembers her anguish no longer, for joy that a human being has been born into the world: ²² So with you. Just now you are in sorrow, but I shall see you again and your heart will rejoice — with a joy that no one can take from you.

³³ I have said all this to you that in me you may have peace; in the world you have trouble, but courage! I have conquered the world.

¹ So Jesus spoke; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said: "Father, the time has now come; glorify thy Son that thy Son may glorify thee,

⁴ I have glorified thee on earth by accomplishing the work thou gavest me to do;

⁹ I pray for them — not for the world but for those whom thou hast given me do I pray; for they are thine ¹⁰ (all mine is thine and thine is mine), and I am glorified in them. ¹¹ I am to be in the world no longer, but they are to be in the world; I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one. ¹² When I was with them, I kept them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me; I guarded them, and not one of them perished — only the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.

¹⁵ I pray not that thou wilt take them out of the world, but that thou wilt keep them from the evil one. ¹⁶ They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. ¹⁷ Consecrate them by thy truth: thy word is truth. ¹⁸ As thou hast sent me into the world, so have I sent them into the world, ¹⁹ and for their sake I consecrate myself that they may be consecrated by the truth. ²⁰ Nor do I pray for them alone, but for all who believe in me by their spoken word; ²¹ may they all be one! As thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, so may they be in us — that the world may believe thou hast sent me.

¹ Having said this, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron ravine to an orchard, which he entered in the company of his disciples. ² Judas the traitor also knew the spot, for Jesus and his disciples often met there.

² Judas the traitor also knew the spot, for Jesus and his disciples often met there. ³ So after procuring troops and some attendants belonging to the high priests and the Pharisees, Judas went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. ⁴ Then Jesus, who knew everything that was to happen to him, came forward and asked them, "Who are you looking for?" ⁵ "Jesus the Nazarene," they replied. Jesus said, "I am he." (And Judas the traitor was standing beside them.) ⁶ When he said, "I am he," they fell back and dropped to the ground; ⁷ so he asked them once more, "Who are you looking for?" And when they replied, "Jesus the Nazarene," ⁸ he answered, "I told you that I am he; if it is me you are looking for, let these men get away"

⁸ he answered, "I told you that I am he; if it is me you are looking for, let these men get away" ⁹ (this was to fulfil his own word: 'I did not lose a single one of those whom thou didst give me').

⁹ (this was to fulfil his own word: 'I did not lose a single one of those whom thou didst give me'). ¹⁰ Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear (the servant's name was Malchus); ¹¹ whereupon Jesus said to Peter, "Sheathe your sword. Am I not to drink the cup which the Father has handed me?"

¹¹ whereupon Jesus said to Peter, "Sheathe your sword. Am I not to drink the cup which the Father has handed me?" ¹² So the troops and their commander and the Jewish attendants seized Jesus, bound him, ¹³ and brought him first of all to Annas (for Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year — ¹⁴ the Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was for their interests that one man should die for the people). ¹⁵ [vss 15-18 moved to between 24 & 25] Simon Peter followed Jesus along with another disciple; and as this disciple was an acquaintance of the high priest, he passed into the courtyard of the high priest with Jesus, ¹⁶ while Peter stood outside at the door. Then this other disciple, who was an acquaintance of the high priest, came out and spoke to the woman at the door, and brought Peter inside.

¹⁶ while Peter stood outside at the door. Then this other disciple, who was an acquaintance of the high priest, came out and spoke to the woman at the door, and brought Peter inside. ¹⁷ The maidservant at the door then said to Peter, "Are you not one of this fellow's disciples?" He said, "No."

¹⁷ The maidservant at the door then said to Peter, "Are you not one of this fellow's disciples?" He said, "No."

¹⁷ The maidservant at the door then said to Peter, "Are you not one of this fellow's disciples?" He said, "No." ¹⁸ Now the servants and the attendants were standing and warming themselves at a charcoal fire which they had lit (for it was cold), and Peter also stood beside them and warmed himself.

²² As he said this, one of the attendants who stood by gave him a blow, saying, "Is that how you answer the high priest?"

²⁴ Then Annas had him bound and sent him to Caiaphas the high priest. ²⁵ They asked him, "Are you not one of his disciples?" He denied it, saying, "No,"

²⁵ They asked him, "Are you not one of his disciples?" He denied it, saying, "No," ²⁶ Said one of the high priest's servants, a kinsman of the man whose ear had been cut off by Peter, "Did I not see you with him in the orchard?" ²⁷ Again Peter denied it. And at that very moment the cock crowed.

²⁷ Again Peter denied it. And at that very moment the cock crowed. ²⁸ Then from the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the praetorium. (It was early morning.) They would not enter the praetorium themselves, in case of being ceremonially defiled, for they wanted to eat the passover;

³⁶ Jesus replied, "My realm does not belong to this world; if my realm did belong to this world, my men would have fought to prevent me being handed over to the Jews. No, my realm lies elsewhere." ³⁷ "So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

⁷ The Jews retorted, "But we have a Law, and by [our] Law he is bound to die, because he has made himself out to be God's Son."

²⁸ After that, as Jesus knew that everything was now finished and fulfilled, he said (to fulfil the scripture), "I am thirsty." ²⁹ A jug full of vinegar was lying there; so they put a sponge full of vinegar on a spear and held it to his lips. ³⁰ And when Jesus took the vinegar, he said, "It is finished," bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

¹⁵ Then after breakfast Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others do?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then feed my lambs," said Jesus. ¹⁶ Again he asked him, for the second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then be a shepherd to my sheep," said Jesus. ¹⁷ For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.

¹⁷ For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.

¹³ On entering the city they went to the upper room where they were in the habit of meeting; there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus) and Simon who had been a Zealot, with Judas the son of James.

¹⁶ "My brothers," said he, "it had to be fulfilled, that scripture which the holy Spirit uttered beforehand by the lips of David with regard to Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.

¹⁶ "My brothers," said he, "it had to be fulfilled, that scripture which the holy Spirit uttered beforehand by the lips of David with regard to Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus. ¹⁷ Judas did enter our number, he did get his allotted share of this our ministry.

¹⁷ Judas did enter our number, he did get his allotted share of this our ministry. ¹⁸ With the money paid him for his crime he purchased an estate; but swelling up he burst in two, and all his bowels poured out —

¹⁸ With the money paid him for his crime he purchased an estate; but swelling up he burst in two, and all his bowels poured out —

¹⁸ With the money paid him for his crime he purchased an estate; but swelling up he burst in two, and all his bowels poured out — ¹⁹ a fact which became known to all the residents in Jerusalem, so that the estate got the name, in their language, of Akeldamach or The Ground of Blood. ²⁰ Now it is written in the book of psalms, Desolate be his residence, may no one dwell in it: also, let another man take over his charge. ²¹ Well then, of the men who have been associated with us all the time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ²² from the baptism of John down to the day when he was taken up from us — of these men one must join us as a witness to his resurrection." ²³ So they brought forward two men, Joseph called Bar-Sabbas (surnamed Justus) and Matthias; ²⁴ and they prayed, "O Lord, who readest the hearts of all, do thou single out from these two men him whom thou hast chosen ²⁵ to fill the place in this apostolic ministry which Judas left in order to go to his own place."

²⁵ to fill the place in this apostolic ministry which Judas left in order to go to his own place."

²³ this Jesus, betrayed in the predestined course of God's deliberate purpose, you got wicked men to nail to the cross and murder;

³⁰ (He was a prophet; he knew God had sworn an oath to him that he would seat one of his descendants on his throne; ³¹ so he spoke with a prevision of the resurrection of the Christ, when he said that he was not forsaken in the grave nor did his flesh suffer decay. ³² This Jesus God raised, as we can all bear witness. ³³ Uplifted then by God's right hand, and receiving from the Father the long-promised holy Spirit, he has poured on us what you now see and hear.) ³⁴ For it was not David who ascended to heaven; David says, The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, ³⁵ till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet'. ³⁶ So let all the house of Israel understand beyond a doubt that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this very Jesus whom you have crucified."

¹ Peter and John were on their way up to the temple for the hour of prayer at three in the afternoon,

¹¹ As he clung to Peter and John, all the people rushed awestruck to them in what was called Solomon's portico.

¹³ The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers has glorified Jesus his servant, whom you delivered up and repudiated before Pilate. Pilate had decided to release him, ¹⁴ but you repudiated the Holy and Just One; the boon you asked was a murderer,

¹⁹ Repent then, and turn to have your sins blotted out, so that a breathing-space may be vouchsafed you,

¹ While they were speaking to the people, they were surprised by the priests, the commander of the temple, and the Sadducees,

¹³ They were astonished to notice how outspoken Peter and John were, and to discover that they were uncultured persons and mere outsiders; they recognized them as having been companions of Jesus,

¹⁹ But Peter and John replied, "Decide for yourselves whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God.

²⁵ who said to our fathers by the holy Spirit through the lips of thy servant David, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples vainly conspire? ²⁶ The kings of the earth stood ready, the rulers mustered together against the Lord and his Christ. ²⁷ In this very city they actually mustered against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst consecrate — Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

²⁷ In this very city they actually mustered against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst consecrate — Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, ²⁸ mustering to carry out what thy hand had traced, thy purpose had decreed.

³ "Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan filled your heart and made you cheat the holy Spirit by appropriating some of the money paid for the land?

²⁴ On hearing this the commander of the temple and the high priests were quite at a loss to know what to make of it.

²⁶ At this the commander went off with the attendants and fetched them — but without using violence, for fear that the people would pelt them with stones.

³¹ God lifted him up to his right hand as our pioneer and saviour, in order to grant repentance and remission of sins to Israel.

⁵⁵ He, full of the holy Spirit, gazed up at heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God's right hand. ⁵⁶ "Look," he said, "I see heaven open and the Son of man standing at God's right hand!"

¹⁴ When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they despatched Peter and John,

²⁰ Peter said to him, "Death to you and your money, for dreaming you could buy the gift of God!

²⁶ but an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south, along the road from Jerusalem to Gaza" (the desert-route). ²⁷ So he got up and went on his way. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a high official of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians (he was her chief treasurer), who had come to Jerusalem for worship ²⁸ and was on his way home. He was sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah. ²⁹ The Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join that chariot."

⁴ he dropped to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

⁴¹ not by all the People but by witnesses whom God had previously selected, by us who ate and drank with him after his resurrection from the dead,

²⁷ The inhabitants of Jerusalem and their rulers, by condemning him in their ignorance, fulfilled the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath;

²⁷ The inhabitants of Jerusalem and their rulers, by condemning him in their ignorance, fulfilled the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath; ²⁸ though they could find him guilty of no crime that deserved death, they begged Pilate to have him put to death,

²⁸ though they could find him guilty of no crime that deserved death, they begged Pilate to have him put to death, ²⁹ and, after carrying out all that had been predicted of him in scripture, they lowered him from the gibbet and laid him in a tomb.

¹⁴ Among the listeners there was a woman called Lydia, a dealer in purple who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She reverenced God, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said. ¹⁵ When she was baptized, along with her household, she begged us, saying, "If you are convinced I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." She compelled us to come.

²³ After spending some time there he went off on a journey right through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening the disciples.

⁸ (there were plenty of lamps in the upper room where we met).

²³ Only, I know this, that in town after town the holy Spirit testifies to me that bonds and troubles are awaiting me. ²⁴ But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

¹³ Then Paul replied, "What do you mean by weeping and disheartening me? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

⁵ as the high priest and all the council of elders can testify. It was from them that I got letters to the brotherhood at Damascus, and then journeyed thither to bind those who had gathered there and bring them back to Jerusalem for punishment.

¹¹ there was not a synagogue where I did not often punish them and force them to blaspheme; and in my frantic fury I persecuted them even to foreign towns.

¹⁸ that their eyes may be opened and that they may turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, to get remission of their sins and an inheritance among those who are consecrated by faith in me.'

²² To this day I have had the help of God in standing, as I now do, to testify alike to low and high, never uttering a single syllable beyond what the prophets and Moses predicted was to take place. ²³ that the Christ is capable of suffering, and that he should be the first to rise from the dead and bring the message of light to the People and to the Gentiles?"

⁹ Much more then, now that we are justified by his blood, shall we be saved by him from Wrath. ¹⁰ If we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son when we were enemies, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

³² The God who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, surely He will give us everything besides!

³⁴ who shall condemn? Will Christ? — the Christ who died, yes and rose from the dead! the Christ who is at God's right hand, who actually pleads for us!

² Instead of being moulded to this world, have your mind renewed, and so be transformed in nature, able to make out what the will of God is, namely, what is good and acceptable to him and perfect.

¹⁰ Put affection into your love for the brotherhood; be forward to honour one another;

¹⁹ Never revenge yourselves, beloved, but let the Wrath of God have its way; for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will exact a requital — the Lord has said it. No,

²¹ Do not let evil get the better of you; get the better of evil by doing good.

⁶ the man who values a particular day does so to the Lord. The eater eats to the Lord, since he thanks God for his food; the non-eater abstains to the Lord, and he too thanks God.

⁷ Clean out the old dough that you may be a fresh lump. For you are free from the old leaven; Christ our paschal lamb has been sacrificed.

⁷ Clean out the old dough that you may be a fresh lump. For you are free from the old leaven; Christ our paschal lamb has been sacrificed. ⁸ So let us celebrate our festival, not with any old leaven, not with vice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of innocence and integrity.

² Do you not know the saints are to manage the world? If the world is to come under your jurisdiction, are you incompetent to adjudicate upon trifles? ³ Do you not know we are to manage angels, let alone mundane issues?

²⁵ Every athlete practises self-restraint all round; but while they do it to win a fading wreath, we do it for an unfading.

⁴ and all drank the same supernatural drink (drinking from the supernatural Rock which accompanied them — and that Rock was Christ),

¹² So let anyone who thinks he stands secure, take care in case he falls.

¹⁶ The cup of blessing, which we bless, is that not participating in the blood of Christ? The bread we break, is that not participating in the body of Christ?

¹⁶ The cup of blessing, which we bless, is that not participating in the blood of Christ? The bread we break, is that not participating in the body of Christ? ¹⁷ (for many as we are, we are one Bread, one Body, since we all partake of the one Bread). ¹⁸ Look at the rites of Israel. Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? ¹⁹ Do I imply, you ask, that 'food offered to an idol has any meaning, or that an idol itself means any thing'? ²⁰ No, what I imply is that anything people sacrifice is sacrificed to daemons, not to God. And I do not want you to participate in daemons! ²¹ You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and also the cup of daemons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and also of the table of daemons.

²³ I passed on to you what I received from the Lord himself, namely, that on the night he was betrayed the Lord Jesus took a loaf, ²⁴ and after thanking God he broke it, saying, 'This means my body broken for you; do this in memory of me.' ²⁵ In the same way he took the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup means the new covenant ratified by my blood; as often as you drink it, do it in memory of me.'

²⁵ In the same way he took the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup means the new covenant ratified by my blood; as often as you drink it, do it in memory of me.' ²⁶ For as often as you eat this loaf and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. ²⁷ Hence anyone who eats the loaf or drinks the cup of the Lord carelessly, will have to answer for a sin against the body and the blood of the Lord. ²⁸ Let a man test himself; then he can eat from the loaf and drink from the cup. ²⁹ For he who eats and drinks without a proper sense of the Body, eats and drinks to his own condemnation.

⁴ Love is very patient, very kind. Love knows no jealousy; love makes no parade, gives itself no airs,

³ First and foremost, I passed on to you what I had myself received, namely, that Christ died for our sins as the scriptures had said, ⁴ that he was buried, that he rose on the third day as the scriptures had said,

³³ Make no mistake about this: 'bad company is the ruin of good character.'

⁴ who comforts me in all my distress, so that I am able to comfort people who are in any distress by the comfort with which I myself am comforted by God. ⁵ For as the sufferings of Christ are abundant in my case, so my comfort is also abundant through Christ. ⁶ If I am in distress, it is in the interests of your comfort and salvation; if I am comforted, it is in the interests of your comfort, which is effective as it nerves you to endure the same sufferings as I suffer myself. ⁷ Hence my hope for you is well-founded, since I know that as you share the sufferings you share the comfort also.

⁶ and he has further qualified me to be the minister of a new covenant — a covenant not of written law but of spirit; for the written law kills but the Spirit makes alive.

³ Even if my gospel is veiled, it is only veiled in the case of the perishing; ⁴ there the god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers, to prevent them seeing the light thrown by the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God. ⁵ (It is Christ Jesus as Lord, not myself, that I proclaim; I am simply a servant of yours for Jesus' sake.) ⁶ For God who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," has shone within my heart to illuminate men with the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Christ.

²¹ For our sakes He made him to be sin who himself knew nothing of sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

¹⁵ What harmony can there be between Christ and Beliar, or what business has a believer with an unbeliever? ¹⁶ What compact can there be between God's temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God — as God has said, I will dwell and move among them, I will be their God and they shall be my people. ¹⁷ Therefore come away from them, separate, saith the Lord, touch not what is unclean; then I will receive you,

⁹ but I am glad now — not glad that you were pained but glad that your pain induced you to repent. For you were pained as God meant you to be pained, and so you got no harm from what I did; ¹⁰ the pain God is allowed to guide ends in a saving repentance never to be regretted, whereas the world's pain ends in death. ¹¹ See what this pain divine has done for you, how serious it has made you, how keen to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how eager for me, how determined, how relentless! You have shown in every way that you were honest in the business.

⁹ (You know how gracious our Lord Jesus Christ was; rich though he was, he became poor for the sake of you, that by his poverty you might be rich.)

¹ I appeal to you myself by the gentleness and consideration of Christ — the Paul who is 'humble enough to your face when he is with you, but outspoken enough when he gets away from you.'

³ I do live in the flesh, but I do not make war as the flesh does; ⁴ the weapons of my warfare are not weapons of the flesh, but divinely strong to demolish fortresses —

⁴ the weapons of my warfare are not weapons of the flesh, but divinely strong to demolish fortresses —

⁷ My wealth of visions might have puffed me up, so I was given a thorn in the flesh, an angel of Satan to rack me and keep me from being puffed up; ⁸ three times over I prayed the Lord to make it leave me, ⁹ but he told me, "It is enough for you to have my grace: it is in weakness that [my] power is fully felt." So I am proud to boast of all my weakness, and thus to have the power of Christ resting on my life. ¹⁰ It makes me satisfied, for Christ's sake, with weakness, insults, trouble, persecution, and calamity; for I am strong just when I am weak.

⁴ who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil world — by the will of our God and Father,

¹³ Christ ransomed us from the curse of the Law by becoming accursed for us (for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a gibbet),

⁴ but when the time had fully expired, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, ⁵ to ransom those who were under the Law, that we might get our sonship.

²⁵ for mount Sinai is away in Arabia. She corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for the latter is in servitude with her children.

²⁰ which he exerted in raising Christ from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavenly sphere, ²¹ above all the angelic Rulers, Authorities, Powers, and Lords, above every Name that is to be named not only in this age but in the age to come — ²² he has put everything under his feet and set him as head over everything for the church, ²³ the church which is his Body, filled by him who fills the universe entirely.

¹¹ Remember, then, that once upon a time you Gentiles in the flesh, who are called 'the Uncircumcision' by that so-called 'Circumcision' which is itself the product of human hands in the flesh —

⁸ Thus it is said, When he ascended on high he led a host captive and granted gifts to men. ⁹ What does he ascended mean, except that he first descended to the nether regions of the earth? ¹⁰ He who descended is he who ascended above all the heavens to fill the universe;

² and lead lives of love, just as Christ loved you and gave himself up for you to be a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

¹⁸ and do not get drunk with wine — that means profligacy — but be filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹ converse with one another in the music of psalms, in hymns, and in songs of the spiritual life, praise the Lord heartily with words and music,

¹⁰ To conclude. Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might; ¹¹ put on God's armour so as to be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil. ¹² For we have to struggle, not with blood and flesh but with the angelic Rulers, the angelic Authorities, the potentates of the dark present, the spirit-forces of evil in the heavenly sphere.

¹² For we have to struggle, not with blood and flesh but with the angelic Rulers, the angelic Authorities, the potentates of the dark present, the spirit-forces of evil in the heavenly sphere. ¹³ So take God's armour, that you may be able to make a stand upon the evil day and hold your ground by overcoming all the foe. ¹⁴ Hold your ground, tighten the belt of truth about your loins, wear integrity as your coat of mail, ¹⁵ and have your feet shod with the stability of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶ above all, take faith as your shield, to enable you to quench all the fire-tipped darts flung by the evil one, ¹⁷ put on salvation as your helmet, and take the Spirit as your sword (that is, the word of God), ¹⁸ praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty — be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints

¹⁸ praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty — be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints ¹⁹ and on my behalf also, that I may be allowed to speak and open my lips in order to expound fully and freely that open secret of the gospel

³ never acting for private ends or from vanity, but humbly considering each other the better man, ⁴ and each with an eye to the interests of others as well as to his own. ⁵ Treat one another with the same spirit as you experience in Christ Jesus.

⁷ but emptied himself by taking the nature of a servant; born in human guise ⁸ and appearing in human form, he humbly stooped in his obedience even to die, and to die upon the cross.

¹³ rescuing us from the power of the Darkness and transferring us to the realm of his beloved Son!

¹ Since then you have been raised with Christ, aim at what is above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God;

¹⁴ for you have started, my brothers, to copy the churches of God in Christ Jesus throughout Judaea; you have suffered from your compatriots just as they have suffered from the Jews, ¹⁵ who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, who harassed ourselves, who offend God and oppose all men

⁴ for we told you beforehand, when we were with you, that "we Christians are to have trouble" — and, as you know, it has been so.)

⁸ but we must be sober, we who belong to the day, clad in faith and love as our coat of mail, with the hope of salvation as our helmet —

¹⁸ thank God for everything — such is his will for you in Christ Jesus;

¹³ though I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a wanton aggressor. I obtained mercy because in my unbelief I had acted out of ignorance;

¹³ though I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a wanton aggressor. I obtained mercy because in my unbelief I had acted out of ignorance; ¹⁴ and the grace of our Lord flooded my life along with the faith and love that Christ Jesus inspires.

¹⁴ and the grace of our Lord flooded my life along with the faith and love that Christ Jesus inspires. ¹⁵ It is a sure word, it deserves all praise, that "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners"; and though I am the foremost of sinners, ¹⁶ I obtained mercy, for the purpose of furnishing Christ Jesus with the chief illustration of his utter patience; I was to be the typical instance of all who were to believe in him and gain eternal life.

¹⁶ And who does not admit how profound is the divine truth of our religion? — it is He who was "manifest in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by the angels, preached among the nations, believed on throughout the world, taken up to glory."

⁴ Anything God has created is good, and nothing is to be tabooed — provided it is eaten with thanksgiving, ⁵ for then it is consecrated by the prayer said over it.

⁹ Those who are eager to be rich get tempted and trapped in many senseless and pernicious propensities that drag men down to ruin and destruction. ¹⁰ For love of money is the root of all mischief; it is by aspiring to be rich that certain individuals have gone astray from the faith and found themselves pierced with many a pang of remorse.

¹⁰ All I endure is for the sake of the elect, to let them obtain their share of the salvation of Christ Jesus and also of eternal glory. ¹¹ It is a sure word, that "If we have died with him, we shall live with him, ¹² if we endure, then we shall reign with him, if we disown him, then he shall disown us,

¹² if we endure, then we shall reign with him, if we disown him, then he shall disown us,

¹⁸ they have failed in the Truth by arguing that the resurrection has taken place already, and they are undermining some people's faith.

¹ Paul a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect and for their knowledge of the Truth that goes with a religious life,

¹⁴ who gave himself up for us to redeem us from all iniquity and secure himself a clean people with a zest for good works.

³ He, reflecting God's bright glory and stamped with God's own character, sustains the universe with his word of power; when he had secured our purification from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high;

⁶ And further, when introducing the Firstborn into the world, he says, 'Let all God's angels worship him.'

¹⁴ Are not all angels merely spirits in the divine service, commissioned for the benefit of those who are to inherit salvation?

¹⁷ He had to resemble his brothers in every respect, in order to prove a merciful and faithful high priest in things divine, to expiate the sins of the People. ¹⁸ It is as he suffered by his temptations that he is able to help the tempted.

¹⁵ for ours is no high priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every respect like ourselves, yet without sinning.

⁷ In the days of his flesh, with bitter cries and tears, he offered prayers and supplications to Him who was able to save him from death; and he was heard, because of his godly fear.

²⁵ Hence for all time he is able to save those who approach God through him, as he is always living to intercede on their behalf.

¹ The point of all this is, we do have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,

⁶ As it is, however, the divine service he has obtained is superior, owing to the fact that he mediates a superior covenant, enacted with superior promises. ⁷ For if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second. ⁸ Whereas God does find fault with the people of that covenant, when he says: The day is coming, saith the Lord, when I will conclude a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be on the lines of the covenant I made with their fathers, ⁹ on the day I took them by the hand to lead out of Egypt's land; for they would not hold to my covenant, so I let them alone, saith the Lord. ¹⁰ This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel when that day comes, saith the Lord; I will set my laws within their mind, inscribing them upon their hearts; I will be a God to them, and they shall be a People to me; ¹¹ one citizen will no longer teach his fellow, one man will no longer teach his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all will know me, low and high together. ¹² I will be merciful to their iniquities, and remember their sins no more. ¹³ By saying 'a new covenant,' he antiquates the first. And whatever is antiquated and aged is on the verge of vanishing.

¹⁵ He mediates a new covenant for this reason, that those who have been called may obtain the eternal inheritance they have been promised, now that a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions involved in the first covenant.

¹⁷ A will only holds in cases of death; it is never valid so long as the testator is alive.

¹ For as the Law has a mere shadow of the bliss that is to be, instead of representing the reality of that bliss, it never can perfect those who draw near with the same annual sacrifices that are perpetually offered. ² Otherwise, they would surely have ceased to be offered; for the worshippers, once cleansed, would no longer be conscious of sins! ³ As it is, they are an annual reminder of sins ⁴ (for the blood of bulls and goats cannot possibly remove sins!). ⁵ Hence, on entering the world he says, Thou hast no desire for sacrifice or offering; it is a body thou hast prepared for me — ⁶ in holocausts and sin-offerings thou takest no delight. ⁷ So I said, 'Here I come — in the roll of the book this is written of me — I come to do thy will, O God.' ⁸ He begins by saying, thou hast no desire for, thou takest no delight in, sacrifices and offerings and holocausts and sin-offerings (and these are what are offered in terms of the Law); ⁹ he then adds, Here I come to do thy will. He does away with the first in order to establish the second. ¹⁰ And it is by this will that we are consecrated, because Jesus Christ once for all has offered up his body.

⁸ It was by faith that Abraham obeyed his call to go forth to a place which he would receive as an inheritance; he went forth, although he did not know where he was to go.

² our eyes fixed upon Jesus as the pioneer and the perfection of faith — upon Jesus who, in order to reach his own appointed joy, steadily endured the cross, thinking nothing of its shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

¹² So up with your listless hands! Strengthen your weak knees! ¹³ And make straight paths for your feet to walk in. You must not let the lame get dislocated, but rather make them whole.

¹⁵ see to it that no one misses the grace of God, that no root of bitterness grows up to be a trouble by contaminating all the rest of you;

²⁴ to Jesus who mediates the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood whose message is nobler than Abel's.

²⁰ May the God of peace who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, with the blood of the eternal covenant,

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers; has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the realm which he has promised to those who love him?

⁵ What, do you consider this is an idle word of scripture? — 'He yearns jealously for the spirit he set within us.') ⁶ Yet he gives grace more and more: thus it is said, The haughty God opposes, but to the humble he gives grace.

¹ Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

⁵ and the power of God protects you by faith till you do inherit the salvation which is all ready to be revealed at the last hour.

¹¹ the Spirit of messiah within them foretold all the suffering of messiah and his after-glory, and they pondered when or how this was to come;

¹³ Brace up your minds, then, keep cool, and put your hope for good and all in the grace that is coming to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

²¹ It is your vocation; for when Christ suffered for you, he left you an example, and you must follow his footsteps. ²² He committed no sin, no guile was ever found upon his lips; ²³ he was reviled and made no retort, he suffered and never threatened, but left everything to Him who judges justly;

²³ he was reviled and made no retort, he suffered and never threatened, but left everything to Him who judges justly; ²⁴ he bore our sins in his own body on the gibbet, that we might break with sin and live for righteousness; and by his wounds you have been healed.

²² who is at God's right hand — for he went to heaven after angels, authorities, and powers celestial had been made subject to him.)

¹ Well, as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, let this very conviction that he who has suffered in the flesh gets quit of sin,

⁷ Now the end of all is near. Steady then, keep cool and pray!

³ not by way of lording it over your charges but proving a pattern to the flock. ⁴ Then you will receive the unfading crown of glory, when the chief Shepherd makes his appearance. ⁵ You younger men must also submit to the presbyters. Indeed you must all put on the apron of humility to serve one another, for the haughty God opposes, but to the humble he gives grace.

⁵ You younger men must also submit to the presbyters. Indeed you must all put on the apron of humility to serve one another, for the haughty God opposes, but to the humble he gives grace. ⁶ Humble yourselves under the strong hand of God, then, so that when it is time, he may raise you;

⁸ Keep cool, keep awake. Your enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion, looking out for someone to devour.

⁸ Keep cool, keep awake. Your enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion, looking out for someone to devour.

⁸ Keep cool, keep awake. Your enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion, looking out for someone to devour. ⁹ Resist him; keep your foothold in the faith, and learn to pay the same tax of suffering as the rest of your brotherhood throughout the world.

⁹ Resist him; keep your foothold in the faith, and learn to pay the same tax of suffering as the rest of your brotherhood throughout the world.

⁹ Resist him; keep your foothold in the faith, and learn to pay the same tax of suffering as the rest of your brotherhood throughout the world. ¹⁰ Once you have suffered for a little, the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will repair and recruit and strengthen you.

¹⁰ So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip; ¹¹ you will thus be richly furnished with the right of entry into the eternal realm of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. ¹² Hence I mean to keep on reminding you of this, although you are aware of it and are fixed in the Truth as it is;

³ in their lust they will exploit you with cunning arguments — men whose doom comes apace from of old, and destruction is awake upon their trail.

¹⁵ they have gone wrong by leaving the straight road, by following the road of Balaam son of Bosor, who liked the profits of evil-doing —

¹⁴ Then, beloved, as you are expecting this, be eager to be found by him unspotted and unblemished in serene assurance.

¹⁷ Now, beloved, you are forewarned: mind you are not carried away by the error of the lawless and so lose your proper footing; ¹⁸ but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory now and to the day of eternity: Amen.

⁹ if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, he forgives our sins and cleanses us from all iniquity;

¹ My dear children, I am writing this to you that you may not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father in Jesus Christ the just; ² he is himself the propitiation for our sins, though not for ours alone but also for the whole world.

¹⁹ They withdrew from us, but they did not belong to us; had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us, but they withdrew to make it plain that they are none of us.

⁹ I have written to the church; only, Diotrephes, who likes to take the lead among them, repudiates me. ¹⁰ So when I come, I shall bring up what he is doing, babbling against me with wicked words — and, not satisfied with words, he refuses to welcome the brothers, checks those who want to welcome them, and excommunicates them from the church. ¹¹ Woe to them! they go the road of Cain, rush into Balaam's error for what it brings them, and perish in Korah's rebellion.

⁵ Now, remember the height from which you have fallen; repent and act as you did at first. If not, I will come to you [very soon] and remove your lamp stand, unless you repent.

²⁶ 'And the conqueror, he who till the end lays to heart what I enjoin, I will give him authority over the nations — ²⁷ aye, he will shepherd them with an iron flail, shattering them like a potter's jars — as I myself have received authority from my Father;

¹⁰ Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I will keep you safe through the hour of trial which is coming upon the whole world to test the dwellers on earth.

²⁰ Lo, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and sup with him, and he with me. ²¹ 'The conqueror I will allow to sit beside me on my throne, as I myself have conquered and sat down beside my Father on his throne.'

⁴ also round the throne four and twenty thrones, and on these thrones four and twenty Presbyters seated, who were clad in white raiment with golden crowns upon their heads.

⁹ So the huge dragon was thrown down — that old serpent called the Devil and Satan, the seducer of the whole world — thrown down to the earth, and his angels thrown down along with him. ¹⁰ Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "Now it has come, the salvation and power, the reign of our God and the authority of his Christ! — for the Accuser of our brothers is thrown down, who accused them before God day and night.

¹⁰ Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "Now it has come, the salvation and power, the reign of our God and the authority of his Christ! — for the Accuser of our brothers is thrown down, who accused them before God day and night. ¹¹ But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they had to die for it, but they did not cling to life. ¹² Rejoice for this, O heavens and ye that dwell in them! But woe to earth and sea! The devil has descended to you in fierce anger, knowing that his time is short."

⁹ Then I was told, "Write this: — 'Blessed are those who have been called to the marriage-banquet of the Lamb!'" The angel also told me, "These are genuine words of God."

¹⁴ And the wall of the City has twelve foundation-stones, bearing the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹ Then he showed me the river of the water of Life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb