Matthew 19 Cross References - NSB

¹ When Jesus finished speaking, he departed from Galilee. He went to the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. ² Large crowds followed him, and he healed many of them. ³ Pharisees came to him. They tested him, asking: »Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?« ⁴ He answered: »Have you not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female? ⁵ »For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two shall become one flesh. ⁶ »So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What God has joined together, let no man pull apart (separate)!« ⁷ They asked him: »Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, to send her away?« ⁸ He answered: »Moses allowed you to send your wives away because of your hardness of heart. It was not allowed from the beginning. ⁹ »I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery. And he who marries her when she is divorced, commits adultery.« ¹⁰ The disciples said to him: »This being the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.« ¹¹ He said: »This does not apply to everyone, only to those God has given it to. ¹² »For there are men who, from birth, were without sex. There are some who were made that way by men. There are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this let him accept it.« ¹³ Then some people brought little children to him. They wanted him to lay his hands on them and bless them. But the disciples tried to stop them. ¹⁴ Jesus said: »Let the little ones (children) come to me. Do not keep them away: for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.« ¹⁵ He put his hands on them, and then went on his way. ¹⁶ One man said: »Master, what good thing must I do, so that I may have eternal life?« ¹⁷ Jesus answered him: »Why are you questioning me about what is good? There is one who is good. If you desire life, obey the Law.« ¹⁸ The man replied: »Which law?« And Jesus said: »Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false witness, ¹⁹ »Honor your father and your mother, and Love your neighbor as yourself.« ²⁰ The man said to him: »I have done all these things; what more is there?« ²¹ Jesus then replied: »If you wish to be complete, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor. You will have wealth in heaven. Then follow me!« ²² But hearing these words, the young man went away grieving, for he was very wealthy. ²³ Jesus said to his disciples: »Truly I tell you, it is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴ »Again I say, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.« ²⁵ The disciples were greatly surprised when they heard this. »Who, then, may have salvation?« they asked. ²⁶ Jesus looked at them and said: »With men this is not possible. All things are possible with God!« ²⁷ Then Peter said: »See, we have given up everything to follow you. What then will we have?« ²⁸ Jesus replied: »Truly I say to you, when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹ »Everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will receive many times as much, and have everlasting life. ³⁰ »Many who are first will be last. Some who are last will be first.«

²⁷ God created man in his own image. In the image of God he created him. He created male and female.

¹⁸ Jehovah God said: »It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.«

²¹ Jehovah God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the place with flesh. ²² Then Jehovah made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man. He brought her to the man. ²³ The man said: »This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called ‘Woman.’ This is because she was taken out of Man.«

²³ The man said: »This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called ‘Woman.’ This is because she was taken out of Man.« ²⁴ This is the reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife. They will become one flesh.

²⁴ This is the reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife. They will become one flesh.

² He created them male and female and blessed them. When they were created, he called them Mankind.

⁹ This is the ACCOUNT OF NOAH. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. He walked with God.

⁷ Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

¹⁸ So Pharaoh summoned Abram. »What have you done to me?« he asked. »Why did you not tell me she was your wife? ¹⁹ »Why did you say: ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!«

¹ Abram was ninety-nine years old. Jehovah appeared to him and said: »I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.

⁷ »I will establish my covenant as a long lasting covenant between us. It will be for your descendants after you, for the generations to come. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. ⁸ »The whole land of Canaan, where you are now a guest (alien) (foreigner) (stranger), I will give a long lasting possession to you and your descendants after you. I will be their God.«

²⁴ Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised. ²⁵ His son Ishmael was thirteen. ²⁶ Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that same day.

¹⁴ »Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life. Sarah shall have a son!«

³ God appeared to the king in a dream and said: »You are going to die, because you have taken this woman. She is already married.«

⁴ When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded him.

³ He found the young woman so attractive that he fell in love with her. So he tried to win her affection.

¹ Later Joseph was told that his father was ill. So he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, and went to see Jacob.

⁹ »They are my sons. God has given them to me here in Egypt.« »Bring them to me,« Jacob said. »I want to give them my blessing.« Joseph brought the boys to him. ¹⁰ Israel’s eyesight was failing because of old age. He could hardly see. So Joseph brought his sons close to his father. Israel hugged them and kissed them. ¹¹ Israel said to Joseph: »I never expected to see you again. Now God has even let me see your sons.« ¹² Joseph took them off his father’s lap and bowed with his face touching the ground. ¹³ Then Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right, facing Israel’s left, and Manasseh on his left, facing Israel’s right, and brought them close to him. ¹⁴ But Israel crossed his hands and reached out. He put his right hand on Ephraim’s head, although Ephraim was the younger son. He put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was older. ¹⁵ Jacob blessed Joseph. He said: »May God, in whose presence my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac walked, may this God who has been my shepherd all my life to this very day, ¹⁶ »May the being who rescued me from all evil bless these boys! May they be called by my name and by the names of my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac. May they have many children on the earth.« ¹⁷ Joseph saw that his father had put his right hand on Ephraim’s head. Joseph did not like it. So he took his father’s hand in order to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s. ¹⁸ He said to his father: »That is not right, Father! This is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.« ¹⁹ His father refused and said: »I know, Son, I know! Manasseh, too, will become a nation. He, too, will be important. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be more important than he. His descendants will become many nations.« ²⁰ That day he blessed them. He said: »Because of you, Israel will speak this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!’ In this way Israel put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.«

²⁷ Then they went to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there by the water.

¹² »Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land Jehovah your God gives you.

¹² »Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land Jehovah your God gives you. ¹³ »Do not murder. ¹⁴ »Do not commit adultery.

¹⁴ »Do not commit adultery. ¹⁵ »Do not steal.

¹⁵ »Do not steal. ¹⁶ »Do not (lie) accuse anyone falsely. ¹⁷ »Do not covet (desire) another man’s house. Do not desire his wife, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns.

⁴ Moses wrote down all Jehovah’s words. Early the next morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He erected twelve sacred stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.

²¹ »The stones represent the twelve sons of Israel, by name, each stone engraved like a signet ring with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

⁵ »‘Obey them and you will live. I am Jehovah.

³ »‘Respect your mother and father. Observe my days of worship. I am Jehovah your God!

¹⁸ »‘Do not seek revenge. Never hold a grudge against any of your people. Instead, love your neighbor as you love yourself. I am Jehovah.

⁵ »Take flour and bake twelve rings of bread. Each ring will contain four quarts of flour.

²³ »Is there a limit to my power?« Jehovah answered. »You will soon see whether what I have said will happen or not!«

⁴ »But all of you who were faithful to Jehovah your God are still alive today.

¹⁰ »It shall be like the time when Jehovah your God brought you into the land he promised to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. He would give you large and beautiful cities that you did not build. ¹¹ »The houses will be full of good things that you did not put in them. There will be wells that you did not dig. There will be vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant. Jehovah will bring you into this land and you will have all you want to eat. ¹² »Beware that you do not forget Jehovah, for he brought you out of Egypt your house of bondage.

¹⁰ »When you have eaten all you want, thank Jehovah your God for the good land he has given you. ¹¹ »Be careful that you do not forget Jehovah your God. Always obey his judgments and Laws that I give you today. ¹² »You will eat all you want. You will build nice houses and live in them. ¹³ »Your herds and flocks, silver and gold, and all that you have will increase. ¹⁴ »When this happens, be careful that you do not become arrogant and forget Jehovah your God. He brought you out of slavery in Egypt. ¹⁵ »He was the one who led you through that vast and dangerous wilderness. It was a parched, arid land, with poisonous snakes and scorpions. He was the one who made water come out of solid rock for you. ¹⁶ »He fed you in the desert with manna. Your fathers had never seen this. He did this in order to humble you and test you. But he also did this so that things would go well for you in the end. ¹⁷ »When you succeed do not brag: ‘I am rich. I earned it all myself.’« ¹⁸ »Remember that Jehovah your God gives you the strength to make a living. That is how he keeps the promise he made to your fathers.

²⁰ »Respect Jehovah your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name.

²² »Love Jehovah your God and obey all the laws and teachings I commanded you today. Hold fast to him.

¹⁶ »‘Honor your father and your mother, as Jehovah your God commands you and your days will be prolonged and things will go well with you, in the land Jehovah gives you.

¹⁶ »‘Honor your father and your mother, as Jehovah your God commands you and your days will be prolonged and things will go well with you, in the land Jehovah gives you. ¹⁷ »‘Do not kill. ¹⁸ »‘Do not commit adultery. ¹⁹ »‘Do not steal. ²⁰ »‘Do not bear false witness against another man. ²¹ »‘Do not desire another man's wife; do not covet another man's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his donkey, or any thing that belongs to him.’

⁹ »Who said of his father and mother: ‘I have not seen them; and he did not acknowledge his brothers, nor did he regard his own sons. They observed your word and kept your covenant.’

¹ »When a man marries a woman and later decides he does not love her because he found something he does not like about her he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house. ² »She leaves his house and becomes another man's wife. ³ »If the latter husband turns against her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife, ⁴ »her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife. She has been defiled. That is an abomination before Jehovah, and you shall not bring sin on the land Jehovah your God gives you as an inheritance.

¹² »Take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel.

⁷ »He told me I would become pregnant and have a son. He told me: ‘Do not drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food. This is because the boy is to be dedicated to God as a Nazirite as long as he lives.’«

²³ They shouted at them. The Danites turned around and asked Micah, »What is the problem? Why have you gathered such a company?« ²⁴ Micah answered: »What do you mean? You take my priest and the gods that I made, and walk off! What do I have left?«

¹¹ »O Jehovah of Hosts: If you will truly notice the sorrow of your servant. Remember me. Do not turn away from me. If you will give me a son, then I will give him to you, Jehovah, all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut.«

²² This time Hannah did not go. She told her husband: As soon as the child is weaned, I will take him to the Temple of Jehovah, where he will stay all his life.

²⁴ After she weaned him she took him to Shiloh. She also took a three-year-old bull, a bushel of flour, and a leather bag full of wine. She took Samuel, young as he was, to the Temple of Jehovah at Shiloh.

² »No one is as holy as Jehovah. There is none beside you. Neither is there any rock like our God.

¹⁸ Samuel served before Jehovah as a child girded with a linen ephod.

¹ David finished talking to Saul. Jonathan became David’s closest friend. He loved David as much as he loved himself.

²⁶ »I grieve for you, my brother Jonathan. You were dear to me! How wonderful was your love for me. It was better than the love of women.

² Jehovah warned the children of Israel about these nations. He said: »You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you. They will certainly turn your hearts to go after their gods.« Solomon loved his wives anyway.

³¹ Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom Jehovah said: »Israel will be your name.«

¹¹ Jehoram made illegal places of worship in the hills of Judah. This caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to chase after foreign gods as if they were prostitutes. So he led Judah astray.

¹⁷ They gave a hundred oxen, two hundred sheep and four hundred lambs as offerings at the opening of this house of God. They gave twelve he goats as a sin offering for all of Israel. Twelve is the number of the tribes of Israel.

²⁹ »You admonished them so that you might make them come back again to your law. Their hearts were lifted up, and they paid no attention to your orders. They went against your life giving decisions and turned their backs on you. They were stubborn and did not listen.

¹ A man named Job lived in Uz. He was a man of integrity! He was decent, he respected God, and he stayed away from evil.

²⁴ »If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence, ²⁵ if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much;

² »I know that you can do all things and no plan of yours can be thwarted.

⁸ Salvation belongs to Jehovah! You bless your people.

¹⁴ With your power (by your hand) rescue me from mortals, O Jehovah, from mortals who look forward only to this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied with it, and they leave what remains to their children.

¹⁰ Listen, O daughter, pay attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father's house.

⁶ They trust their riches and brag about their abundant wealth. ⁷ No one can ever redeem (buy back) his brother or pay God a ransom for his life.

¹⁶ Do not be afraid when someone becomes rich, when the greatness of his house increases. ¹⁷ He will not take anything with him when he dies. Even his greatness cannot follow him. ¹⁸ Even though he blesses himself while he is alive. (People will praise you when you do well for yourself.) ¹⁹ He must join the generation of his ancestors who will never see light again.

³⁷ Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright. His future will be filled with peace.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Why do you brag about the evil you have done, O mighty man? The loving kindness of God endures continually!

¹¹ God has spoken once. I have heard it said twice: Power belongs to God.

⁸ I cling to you. Your right hand supports (holds) me.

⁸ Do not harden your hearts, as in the day of strife, as in the day of testing in the wilderness.

¹⁴ May Jehovah continue to bless you and your children. ¹⁵ Jehovah, the maker of heaven and earth, will bless you.

⁷ They will eagerly utter the memory of your great goodness and will shout joyfully of your righteousness. ⁸ Jehovah is gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and great in loving-kindness. ⁹ Jehovah is good to all and his mercies are over all his works.

¹⁷ She is unfaithful to her own husband and forgets her sacred vows to God.

¹⁵ Drink water from your own cistern. Drink running water from your own well. ¹⁶ Should your waters overflow in the streets, like streams of water in public places? ¹⁷ Let them be yours alone. Do not share with strangers. ¹⁸ Let your fountain be blessed. Rejoice with the wife of your youth. ¹⁹ She is like a loving deer and a graceful doe. Let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Always be delighted with her love.

²⁸ He who trusts in his riches will fall. The righteous will flourish as a leaf on a branch.

²² The man who finds a wife finds a good thing. He obtains favor from Jehovah.

¹³ A foolish son is a disgrace to his father. A contentious wife is like drips from a leaky roof. ¹⁴ Real estate and riches are the inheritance of fathers. A prudent (wise) (sensible) wife is from Jehovah.

⁹ It is better to dwell on the corner of the roof than to share the house with a contentious (combative) woman.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell alone in the wilderness than with an angry contentious (quarreling and angry) woman.

⁸ Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food necessary for me. ⁹ If I am full I could deny you and say, »Who is Jehovah?« Or if I am poor and steal, I could take God’s name in vain.

¹⁷ The eye that mocks his father, and rejects obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.

⁷ »‘Some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away! They will become officers in the palace of the king of Babylon.’«

¹ This is what Jehovah says: »Where are your mother's divorce papers? Did I give her any to get rid of her? To which of my creditors did I sell you? You were sold because of your sins. I got rid of your mother because of your rebellion.

³ »‘No foreigner bound to Jehovah should say: ‘Jehovah will surely exclude (separate) me from his people. No eunuch should complain: I am only a dry tree.’« ⁴ For Jehovah says: »To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me. They hold fast to my covenant.

¹¹ He tends his flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart. He gently leads those that have young.

¹⁷ »Behold! I WILL CREATE A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

²² »The new heaven and earth that I am about to make will continue in my presence,« declares Jehovah. »So your descendants and your name will also continue in my presence.

¹ It is said: »If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, her first husband should not go back to her again.« The land would become completely polluted. »You have behaved like a prostitute who has many lovers. Now you want to come back to me!« Says Jehovah.

⁸ »Judah saw that I sent unfaithful Israel away because of her adultery and that I gave Israel her divorce papers. But treacherous Judah, her sister, was not afraid. She also acted like a prostitute.

¹⁶ Jehovah says: »Stand by the way [of life] and see and ask for the ancient paths. Walk in the good way and you will find rest.« But you said: »We will not walk in it!«

²³ »Can Ethiopians change the color of their skin or leopards change their spots? Can you do good when you are taught to do wrong?

¹⁷ ‘Ah Lord Jehovah! You have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for you.

²⁷ »Behold! I am Jehovah the God of all humanity. Nothing is too hard for me.

³⁹ »I will give them the same attitude and the same purpose so that they will respect and reverence me as long as they live. This will be for their good and for the good of their children.

⁸ »‘Then I passed by you and saw that you were at the time for love. So I spread my skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became mine, declares the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁵ »‘But you trusted your beauty. You used your fame to become a prostitute. You had sex with everyone who walked by.

²⁹ »You were also a prostitute for the Babylonians, that nation of merchants, but they did not satisfy you either.

¹¹ ‘»»I gave them my laws and made my rules known to them. If people obey them they will live. ¹² ‘»»I also gave them certain days to worship me as a sign between us so that they would know that I, Jehovah, made them holy.

²¹ ‘»»But the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes. They were not careful to obey my ordinances. If a man obeys them, he will live. They profaned my Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

³¹ »Then they come to you, as if they are still my people, and they sit down in front of you. They listen to what you say, but they do not do it. They say that they love me, but in their hearts they chase dishonest profits.

¹⁴ Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased with himself. He was determined that Daniel not be delivered to him; and he labored all day to rescue him. ¹⁵ Then these men assembled before the king and said: »Know, O king that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree or statute that the king establishes may be changed.« ¹⁶ Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and threw him into the den of lions. The king spoke to Daniel: »Your God whom you serve will deliver you.« ¹⁷ A stone was placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

² »Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

¹² »They made their hearts hard like flint and would not listen to the law, and the words that Jehovah of Hosts sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Great anger came from Jehovah of Hosts!«

⁶ Jehovah of hosts proclaims: »If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?« Said Jehovah of Hosts.

¹³ »Another thing you do is drown Jehovah’s altar with tears, weeping and wailing. This is because he no longer accepts the offerings you bring him. ¹⁴ »You ask: Why do you not accept our offerings? It is because Jehovah is a witness between you and the wife of your youth. The one to whom you have been unfaithful! She is your companion, the wife of your marriage vows.

¹⁴ »You ask: Why do you not accept our offerings? It is because Jehovah is a witness between you and the wife of your youth. The one to whom you have been unfaithful! She is your companion, the wife of your marriage vows.

¹⁴ »You ask: Why do you not accept our offerings? It is because Jehovah is a witness between you and the wife of your youth. The one to whom you have been unfaithful! She is your companion, the wife of your marriage vows. ¹⁵ »Did God make you one? Your flesh and spirit belong to him. What does God look for but godly descendants? Do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

¹⁵ »Did God make you one? Your flesh and spirit belong to him. What does God look for but godly descendants? Do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth. ¹⁶ ‘»I hate divorce and he who covers his garment with violence,’ said Jehovah, the God of Israel. Jehovah of Hosts declares: ‘Guard yourselves and do not deal treacherously.’«

¹⁶ ‘»I hate divorce and he who covers his garment with violence,’ said Jehovah, the God of Israel. Jehovah of Hosts declares: ‘Guard yourselves and do not deal treacherously.’«

¹⁹ Her husband Joseph was an honorable man and did not want to disgrace her publicly. So he decided to break the marriage agreement with her secretly.

¹⁹ »Whoever disobeys even the least of the commandments and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. On the other hand whoever obeys and teaches others to obey the Law will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. ²⁰ »I also tell you, your righteousness must be greater than the scribes and Pharisees or you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

²⁰ »I also tell you, your righteousness must be greater than the scribes and Pharisees or you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. ²¹ »You were told in the past, do not murder (kill). Any one who murders will be brought to trial. ²² »Now I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother [without cause] shall be guilty before the court. Whoever speaks to his brother with words of contempt shall receive condemnation before the Sanhedrin [Supreme Court]. Curse your brother and you will be guilty enough to be destroyed by fire, with the burning trash, at the Valley of Hinnom, outside of Jerusalem (Greek: Gehenna). ²³ »When making an offering at the altar and you remember your brother has something against you, ²⁴ »leave your gift at the altar and go make peace with your brother. Then return and make your offering. ²⁵ »Come to an agreement quickly with the one who has a legal case against you. Do it before he turns the case over to the judge and you are thrown into jail. ²⁶ »Take it from me; you will stay in jail until you pay the very last penny of your fine. ²⁷ »You have heard it was said, ‘You should not commit adultery.’ ²⁸ »However, I tell you that whoever looks at a woman with lustful thoughts commits adultery with her in his heart.

³¹ »Again, it was said, ‘Whoever gets rid of his wife has to give her a certificate of divorce.’

³¹ »Again, it was said, ‘Whoever gets rid of his wife has to give her a certificate of divorce.’ ³² »I say to you that everyone divorcing his wife, except for the reason of fornication, makes her liable to commit adultery. And if she marries again, the man she marries also commits adultery.

³² »I say to you that everyone divorcing his wife, except for the reason of fornication, makes her liable to commit adultery. And if she marries again, the man she marries also commits adultery.

⁴³ »You have heard it said, ‘You should love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ (Leviticus 19:18)

⁴⁸ »Be perfect (mature), even as your Father in heaven is perfect (mature). (Leviticus 19:2)

¹⁹ »Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰ »Accumulate wealth in heaven where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

²⁴ »You cannot serve two masters. You will hate one and love the other. You will be loyal to one master and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money (wealth) (material possessions).

³³ »Seek (desire) (require) (serve) first the kingdom of God and his righteousness [continuously] and all these things will be added to you.

²⁸ When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were astonished at what he taught.

¹¹ »I tell you, many will come from the east and the west, to sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: ¹² »but the sons of the kingdom will be cast forth into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.«

²¹ One of his disciples said: »Lord, first allow me to go bury my father.« ²² But Jesus said to him: »Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.«

²² But Jesus said to him: »Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.«

³¹ The demons pleaded with him: »If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine!«

⁹ Jesus moved on. He then saw Matthew seated at his work collecting taxes. He said to him: »Follow me.« He rose and followed him.

³⁵ Jesus went to all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom. He healed every sort of disease and every sort of infirmity. ³⁶ When he saw the large crowds of people, he was moved with compassion for them. He knew they were distressed and scattered like sheep not having a shepherd.

²² »Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved.

⁸ »Some fell on good ground and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.

¹¹ He responded: »You are allowed to know the divine secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but it is not for others to know. (The Greek word for »you« is plural and is applied to the disciples as a group.)

²² »He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. ²³ »He that was sown upon the good ground hears the word, and understands it. He bears fruit, producing sometimes a hundredfold, sometimes sixty, and sometimes thirty.«

¹⁵ Jesus answered emphatically: »This is the proper way to do everything that God requires. This is the way it must be!«

¹⁹ He said to them: »Follow me and I will teach you to catch people.« ²⁰ At once they abandoned their nets and followed him. ²¹ He saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother. They were in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them. ²² Instantly they left the boat and their father, and went with him. ²³ Jesus walked all over Galilee teaching in the synagogues. He preached the Good News about the Kingdom. He also healed every kind of disease and infirmity among the people. ²⁴ News about him spread throughout the country of Syria. People sick and suffering from diseases, people with demons, epileptics and paralytics, came to him. Jesus healed them all. ²⁵ Because of this, large crowds followed him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and the land on the other side of the Jordan.

¹¹ »Blessed are you when men revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.

³⁷ »He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. He who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. ³⁸ »Anyone who does not pick up his stake and follow me is not worthy of me.

²⁵ Then Jesus prayed: »I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth. You have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and have revealed them to children. (Acts 2:36)

³ He replied to them: »Have you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

¹⁵ Jesus was aware of this and withdrew from the place. Many followed him and were healed by him.

⁹ The king was grieved. He gave his oath and many were watching so he commanded that it be done.

³⁵ When the men of that place heard the news about Jesus they told everyone in the country. The sick were taken to him. ³⁶ They wanted to touch his robe to be made well.

⁴ »God said, ‘Honor your father and mother.’ ‘He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.’ ⁵ »You teach that a man should tell his father or mother that what he has that could help them, is given to God. ⁶ »You say there is no need for him to give honor to his father. You have invalidated the word of God because of your tradition!

² He took a little child and put him in the middle of them. ³ He said: »Truly I tell you, if you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

³ He said: »Truly I tell you, if you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ »He who humbles himself to become like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ⁵ »Everyone who accepts this little child in my name accepts me.

¹ When Jesus finished speaking, he departed from Galilee. He went to the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. ² Large crowds followed him, and he healed many of them. ³ Pharisees came to him. They tested him, asking: »Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?« ⁴ He answered: »Have you not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female? ⁵ »For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two shall become one flesh. ⁶ »So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What God has joined together, let no man pull apart (separate)!« ⁷ They asked him: »Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, to send her away?« ⁸ He answered: »Moses allowed you to send your wives away because of your hardness of heart. It was not allowed from the beginning. ⁹ »I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery. And he who marries her when she is divorced, commits adultery.«

¹⁶ One man said: »Master, what good thing must I do, so that I may have eternal life?« ¹⁷ Jesus answered him: »Why are you questioning me about what is good? There is one who is good. If you desire life, obey the Law.« ¹⁸ The man replied: »Which law?« And Jesus said: »Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false witness,

³¹ »Which of the two pleased his father?« They replied: »The first.« Jesus said to them: »I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes will go into the kingdom of God before you.«

³¹ »Which of the two pleased his father?« They replied: »The first.« Jesus said to them: »I tell you, tax collectors and prostitutes will go into the kingdom of God before you.« ³² »John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him. Even the tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. When you saw this, you did not regret your sins and did not have faith in him.

⁴² Jesus said to them: »Have you read the Scriptures, ‘The stone the builders rejected has been made the chief cornerstone of the building. This was Jehovah’s doing, and it is wonderful in our eyes.’ (Isaiah 28:16)

¹⁶ They sent their disciples with the Herodians to Jesus. They said: »Teacher we know you are truthful. You teach the way of God in truth. And you are not partial to the influence of men. ¹⁷ »Tell us what you think? Is it lawful to pay the poll tax to Caesar, or not?« ¹⁸ Jesus perceived their wickedness. He said: »Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

³¹ »Concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you read that which was spoken to you by God?

³⁵ One of them, a lawyer, tested him by asking a question.

³⁹ »The second like it is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

²⁴ »You blind guides! You strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!

²² »Unless those days are shortened, no flesh will be saved. For the sake of the chosen ones (selected individuals), those days will be shortened.

³¹ »When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.

³⁴ »The King will say to those on his right hand: ‘Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

³⁰ Many people came to him. They brought those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many other people. They laid them down at his feet and he healed them. ³¹ The people marveled as they saw the mute speak, the crippled and lame walk, and the blind see. They glorified the God of Israel.

¹ The Pharisees and Sadducees tested Jesus by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

²² Peter protested and rebuked Jesus. He said: »Do not think of that, Lord; it will never happen to you.«

²⁴ Then Jesus told his disciples: »If any man wants to follow me (be mine), let him deny (disown) himself, and take up his stake and follow me (Greek: akoloutheo moi, let him be following me) (accompany me) (be in the same way with me). ²⁵ »He who wants to save his life will lose it. He who is willing to lose his life for my sake will find it. ²⁶ »What will a man profit, if he gains the whole world, and gives up his life? What will a man give in exchange for his life? ²⁷ »The Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels. He will then reward each man according to his deeds.

²⁶ Jesus looked at them and said: »With men this is not possible. All things are possible with God!«

²⁸ Jesus replied: »Truly I say to you, when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹ »Everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will receive many times as much, and have everlasting life.

¹⁰ »Those who worked longer, expected to be paid more. They were also given a penny. ¹¹ »When they got it, they protested against the master of the house. ¹² »They said: ‘The last ones have done only one hour’s work. You have made them equal to us. We have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.’

¹⁶ »So the last will be first, and the first last.«

²¹ »What is your desire?« he asked. She said to him: »Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.«

³¹ The crowd told them to be quiet. But they cried even more, saying: »Have mercy on us, O Lord, you Son of David!«

⁶ So the disciples did as Jesus commanded.

⁴⁶ »These will go away into ever-burning fire (everlasting cutting off) (death) (total destruction) (doom) (punishment) (everlasting penalty), but the righteous to everlasting life.’«

¹⁷ Jesus said: Follow me and I will teach you to catch people. ¹⁸ They immediately left the nets and went with him. ¹⁹ Jesus then saw James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in a boat preparing their nets to go fishing. ²⁰ Jesus called them and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went with Jesus.

¹⁴ He saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were collected. He said to him: »Come with me.« And he got up and went with him.

²⁵ He said: »Do you not know of what David did when he needed food for himself and his companions?

²⁶ The king was very sorry. Even so he kept his promise to her. He did not turn her down. This also showed his dinner guests he was a man of his word.

⁵⁵ They were wherever he was in the whole region. They carried the sick on their beds to him. ⁵⁶ When he entered a village or city in the marketplaces or the country the sick tried to touch the border of his garment and be healed.

³⁴ He then spoke to both his disciples and the crowd. He said: »If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his stake and follow me.

¹ Jesus crossed the Jordan River when he went to the province of Judea. Crowds gathered all around him just as they always did. ² Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. »Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?« They asked.

² Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. »Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?« They asked. ³ »What did Moses command you?« Jesus asked. ⁴ They said: »Moses allowed us to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.«

⁴ They said: »Moses allowed us to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.« ⁵ »He wrote this commandment because of your hard hearts,« Jesus replied.

⁵ »He wrote this commandment because of your hard hearts,« Jesus replied.

⁵ »He wrote this commandment because of your hard hearts,« Jesus replied. ⁶ »God made male and female from the beginning of creation.

⁶ »God made male and female from the beginning of creation. ⁷ »For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife.

⁷ »For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife. ⁸ »The two shall become one flesh. They are no longer two, but one flesh.

⁸ »The two shall become one flesh. They are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹ »That which God has joined together let not man take apart (separate).«

⁹ »That which God has joined together let not man take apart (separate).«

⁹ »That which God has joined together let not man take apart (separate).« ¹⁰ In the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. ¹¹ He said: »He who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. ¹² »If she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery. ¹³ People were bringing little children to him so he could touch them. His disciples turned them away. ¹⁴ But when Jesus saw it he was moved with indignation. He said: »Allow the little children to come to me! Do not turn them away for they belong to the kingdom of God.

¹⁴ But when Jesus saw it he was moved with indignation. He said: »Allow the little children to come to me! Do not turn them away for they belong to the kingdom of God. ¹⁵ »Truly I tell you, he who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child shall not enter it.« ¹⁶ He took them in his arms, put his hands upon them and blessed them.

¹⁶ He took them in his arms, put his hands upon them and blessed them. ¹⁷ As he traveled someone ran to him, kneeled and asked him: »Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit everlasting life?« ¹⁸ Jesus asked him: »Why do you call me good? None is good except God. ¹⁹ »You know the commandments, do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.«

¹⁹ »You know the commandments, do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.« ²⁰ »Teacher,« he said: »I have observed all of these from my youth.«

²⁰ »Teacher,« he said: »I have observed all of these from my youth.« ²¹ Jesus lovingly looked at him and said: »You lack one thing. Go, sell your possessions and give to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.«

²¹ Jesus lovingly looked at him and said: »You lack one thing. Go, sell your possessions and give to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.«

²¹ Jesus lovingly looked at him and said: »You lack one thing. Go, sell your possessions and give to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.« ²² He was very sad when he heard this for he had many possessions. Then he went away.

²² He was very sad when he heard this for he had many possessions. Then he went away. ²³ Looking around Jesus said to his disciples: »It is hard for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!«

²³ Looking around Jesus said to his disciples: »It is hard for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!« ²⁴ The disciples were amazed at his words. Jesus repeated it again: »Children, it is hard to enter into the kingdom of God!

²⁴ The disciples were amazed at his words. Jesus repeated it again: »Children, it is hard to enter into the kingdom of God! ²⁵ »It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.«

²⁵ »It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.« ²⁶ They were greatly astonished! So they asked him: »Who can be saved?« ²⁷ Jesus looked at them: »With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.«

²⁷ Jesus looked at them: »With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.« ²⁸ Peter said to him: »We have left all and followed you.«

²⁸ Peter said to him: »We have left all and followed you.« ²⁹ Jesus said: »Truly I tell you, a man that has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the sake of the good news, ³⁰ will receive a hundred times as much now in this time, and in the age to come everlasting life. ³¹ »Many that are first will be last and the last first.«

¹⁰ »Have you not read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected was made the chief corner stone.’ (Psalm 118:22, 23)

¹³ Pharisees and Herodians went to him that they might catch him in talk.

¹⁵ »Should we pay or should we not pay?« Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them:« Why do you test me? Show me a denarius.«

²⁶ »It is a fact that the dead will be raised again. Have you not read the account of the burning bush in the book of Moses? Did you notice how God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

²⁰ »Unless Jehovah shortened the days no flesh would be saved. For the sake of his chosen anointed he will shorten the days.

³⁷ »When God speaks, these things are possible.«

¹¹ After they brought their boats to land they left all and followed him.

²⁷ After that he met a tax collector named Levi sitting at his place of business. He told him: »Follow me.«

²⁷ After that he met a tax collector named Levi sitting at his place of business. He told him: »Follow me.« ²⁸ He gave up everything and followed him.

³ Jesus answered: »Have you not read what David did when he was hungry. He and his companions,

²² »Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

⁴⁰ »The disciple is not above his teacher. Every one will be like his teacher when he is fully trained.

²⁹ When the people heard, they acknowledged God’s justice. They received their baptism from John. ³⁰ The Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God and were not baptized by him.

⁴⁹ John said: »Master we saw some one casting out demons in your name. So we prevented him from doing this because he does not follow us.« ⁵⁰ Jesus said: »Do not forbid him for he that is not against you is for you.«

⁵⁴ When his disciples James and John saw this they said: »Lord, do you want us to request fire from heaven to consume them?« ⁵⁵ He turned and rebuked them.

²⁵ A lawyer stood up to test him. He asked: »Teacher what shall I do to inherit everlasting life?« ²⁶ He said: »What is written in the law? How do you read it?«

²⁶ He said: »What is written in the law? How do you read it?« ²⁷ He answered: »Love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your life, with all your strength and with all your mind. (Feelings and total existence) (Might and total thinking capacity) And you should love your neighbor as yourself.« (Deuteronomy 6:5) (Leviticus 19:18)

²⁷ He answered: »Love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your life, with all your strength and with all your mind. (Feelings and total existence) (Might and total thinking capacity) And you should love your neighbor as yourself.« (Deuteronomy 6:5) (Leviticus 19:18) ²⁸ He told him: »You answered correctly, do this and you will live.«

⁵³ When he left there the scribes and the Pharisees became hostile with him. They tried to quarrel with him about many things. ⁵⁴ They plotted against him and tried to catch him in something he might say.

¹⁵ Jesus said: »Be careful, do not covet, for life does not come from your possessions.« ¹⁶ He spoke an illustration to them: »The land of a rich man produced well. ¹⁷ »He reasoned to himself, what will I do? I have nowhere to store my fruits? ¹⁸ »He said: »I would pull down my barns and build larger barns. I will store all my grain and goods there. ¹⁹ »I will say to my self: ‘You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.’ ²⁰ »But God said to him: ‘You fool this night you will give up your life. Then who will have all these things you accumulated?’ ²¹ »He who lays up (earthly) treasure for himself is not rich toward God.«

³³ »Sell your possessions and give to charity. Make yourselves purses that do not get old, a treasure in heaven where moth and rest cannot corrupt and thieves cannot steal.

⁷ »It is the same. I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine good people who do not need to repent.

²⁹ »He spoke to his father in anger. All these years I have worked like a slave for you. I have never disobeyed you. What have you given me? Not even a goat for me to have a feast with my friends!

⁹ Jesus continued: »I tell you, make friends for yourselves with worldly wealth. That way when it gives out, you will be welcomed in the eternal home.

¹³ »No one can serve two masters. He will hate one and love the other. He will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.« ¹⁴ Hearing this the Pharisees made fun of Jesus, because they loved money.

¹⁸ »A man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery. The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. [Jesus continued to tell illustrations.] ¹⁹ »A rich man dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day. ²⁰ »A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, used to be brought to the rich man’s door. ²¹ »He hoped he could eat the bits of food that fell from the rich man’s table. Then the dogs would come and lick his sores. ²² »The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man died and was buried. ²³ »He was in great torment in the grave (hades). He looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side. ²⁴ »He called out: Father Abraham! Take pity on me! Please send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water and cool off my tongue. I am in torment in this fire! ²⁵ »Abraham said: Remember, my son, in your lifetime you were given good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. Now he is enjoying himself while you are in torment. ²⁶ »There is a deep pit lying between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so. And no one can cross over to us from where you are. ²⁷ »The rich man said: I beg you, father Abraham, send Lazarus to my father’s house. ²⁸ »Have him go warn my five brothers that they will not come to this place of torment.

¹¹ »The Pharisee stood and prayed like this: God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. ¹² »I fast twice per week. I give tithes of all that I get. ¹³ »But the tax collector stood far away and would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven. He beat his breast, saying: God, be merciful to me a sinner. ¹⁴ »I tell you the tax collector and not the Pharisee was right with God when he went home. He who exalts himself will be humbled! He who humbles himself will be exalted!« ¹⁵ They brought all their babes to him that he should touch them. When the disciples saw it they rebuked them. ¹⁶ Jesus said: »Invite the little children to come to me, and do not forbid them for the kingdom of God belongs to them. ¹⁷ »Truly I tell you he who does not receive the kingdom of God like little child, shall in no wise enter it.« ¹⁸ A Jewish leader asked: »Good Teacher what shall I do to inherit eternal life?« ¹⁹ Jesus asked: »Why do you call me good? None is good except one, God. ²⁰ »You know the commandments, do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, and do not bear false witness. Honor your father and mother.«

²⁰ »You know the commandments, do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, and do not bear false witness. Honor your father and mother.« ²¹ The man replied: »I have observed all these things from my youth.«

²¹ The man replied: »I have observed all these things from my youth.« ²² When Jesus heard it he said to him, »You lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.«

²² When Jesus heard it he said to him, »You lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.«

²² When Jesus heard it he said to him, »You lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.« ²³ But when he heard these things he became very sad for he was very rich.

²³ But when he heard these things he became very sad for he was very rich. ²⁴ Seeing him Jesus said: »It is very difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁴ Seeing him Jesus said: »It is very difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁵ »It is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.«

²⁵ »It is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.« ²⁶ They heard this and asked: »Than who can be saved?« ²⁷ He replied: »The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.«

²⁷ He replied: »The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.« ²⁸ Peter said: »Indeed we have left our own to follow you.«

²⁸ Peter said: »Indeed we have left our own to follow you.« ²⁹ Jesus said: »Truly I tell you, no man has left house, or wife, or brother, or parents, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, ³⁰ who shall not receive manifold more now and in the age to come everlasting life.«

²³ He told them all: »If any man would come after me let him deny himself. Let him take up his stake (of self-denial) daily, and follow me.

²³ Someone asked him, »Will only a few people be saved?« Jesus answered them: ²⁴ »Strive to go in through the narrow door. Many people will try to go in and will not be able.

³⁰ »Those who are last will be first, and those who are first will be last.«

²⁶ »You who come to me may not be my disciple unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters and yourself.

³³ »Likewise,« concluded Jesus, »none of you may be my disciples unless you give up everything you have.«

²⁸ »You have continued with me in my temptations. ²⁹ »I assigned a kingdom to you just as my Father assigned it to me. ³⁰ »Just as you eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

³ Jesus answered: »Truly I tell you unless a person is born again (brought forth from above) he cannot see the kingdom of God.«

⁵ Jesus responded: »I tell you truth, except a man be born of water and the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!

¹⁵ »Everyone who has an active faith in him may have everlasting life.

¹⁴ »But whoever drinks from the water that I give him will never thirst. The water that I will give him will be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.«

³⁹ »You search (investigate) (study) the Scriptures because you think that in them you have everlasting life. These Scriptures testify about me.

⁴⁴ »How can you believe? You seek praise and glory from one another? Why do you not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

²⁷ »Do not work for food that perishes but for food that offers everlasting life. The Son of man will give you this food. The Father, even God, has set his seal upon him.« ²⁸ They asked: »What must we do, that we may work the works of God?« ²⁹ Jesus answered: »This is the work of God, that you have an active faith in the one whom he has sent.«

⁴⁷ »Truly, truly I tell you, he who believes has everlasting life.

⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him: »Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of everlasting life!

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²⁷ »My sheep hear my voice. I know them and they follow me. ²⁸ »I give them eternal life. They will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.

⁴⁰ He traveled beyond the Jordan into the place where John first baptized and stayed there.

²⁵ »He that loves his life [in this world] loses it; and he that detests (does not love) his life in this world shall save it for everlasting life. ²⁶ »If you want to serve me follow me! My servant will be where I am and the Father will honor my servant.

¹⁹ »If you were of the world, the world would love its own. I chose you out of the world. The world hates you because you are not of the world.

² »You have given him authority over all flesh that he may give everlasting life to the ones whom you have given him. ³ »This is everlasting life that they should have *deep, intimate knowledge of you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have commissioned. *(Greek: ginosko: know, perceive, be sure, understand)

¹² As a result of this Pilate sought to release him. The Jews cried out: »If you release this man you are not Caesar’s friend. Every one that makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.« ¹³ When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment-seat. They were at a place called The Stone Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. ¹⁴ Now it was the Preparation of the Passover, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews: »Behold, your King!« ¹⁵ They cried out: »Away with him, away with him, impale him!« Pilate asked: »Should I impale your King?« The chief priests answered: »We have no king but Caesar.« ¹⁶ Then he delivered him to them to be impaled.

³⁹ »The promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as Jehovah our God calls.« (Micah 4:5) (Deuteronomy 6:4)

⁴⁵ They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all men, as every man had need.

²¹ whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things. God spoke about this through all his holy prophets since the world began.

³² The congregation that believed was of one heart and mind. No one claimed his or her own possessions for everything was common property. ³³ The apostles witnessed about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power. Grace (God’s loving kindness) was upon them all. ³⁴ There was no needy person among them for as many as possessed land or houses sold them, and brought the money from the things that were sold. ³⁵ They gave it to the apostles. Distribution was made to every man according as he had need.

¹⁶ »I will show him plainly how many things he must suffer for my name.«

²² They strengthened the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith. They said, »We must enter the kingdom of God through much tribulation.«

³⁰ He brought them out and asked: »Sirs, what must I do to be saved?«

⁷ [He offers] everlasting life for those who search for incorruptible glory and honor by enduring in good works.

²² Now you are free from sin and are servants to God. You have your fruit in holiness, and the end everlasting (eternal) life. ²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift from God is everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

² Law binds the married woman to her husband while he lives. But if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

² Law binds the married woman to her husband while he lives. But if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband. ³ So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she will be called an adulteress. If the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.

⁹ I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

³⁰ What shall we say? The nations did not pursue righteousness. Yet they have attained to righteousness, the righteousness that is based on the principle of faith. ³¹ But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to that law. ³² Why? It is because it was not based on the principle of faith, but on that of works. They have stumbled at the stumbling stone. ³³ It is written: »Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence and he that believes on him will not be ashamed.« (Isaiah 8:14)

⁵ Moses writes down the righteousness that is of the law. The man who has practiced those things shall live by them.

¹³ »Everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved.« (Joel 2:32)

⁵ Even so at this present time there is a remnant chosen according to God’s grace. ⁶ If it is by grace then it is no longer on the basis of works. Otherwise grace is not grace (undeserved kindness). But if it is of works then it is not by grace. Otherwise works are no longer works. ⁷ What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks. The chosen ones have obtained it, and the rest were blinded (rendered stupid) (hardened) (made insensitive).

⁹ Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil and cling to good.

²⁶ Consider your calling, brothers. Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.

²⁹ No human being should boast before God.

⁹ It is written: »Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, and it has not entered into the heart of man, the things God prepared for those who love him.« (Isaiah 64:4)

¹⁹ We know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those under the law. Every mouth may be stopped and the entire world may become liable to God for punishment. ²⁰ No flesh will be justified before God by works of the law. Knowledge of sin comes from the law. ²¹ But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets. ²² God makes people righteous through their active faith in Jesus Christ. God does this to all who believe in Christ, because there is no difference at all. ²³ For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God

²⁰ The law came that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased God’s loving kindness increased even more. ²¹ And what for? Just as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness to everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

²¹ And what for? Just as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness to everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

⁸ Owe no man any thing but to love one another. He that loves another has fulfilled (obeyed) the law. ⁹ For the Law code says: You must not commit adultery, you must not murder, you must not steal, you must not bear false witness, and you must not covet. If there is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying; namely, you must love your neighbor as yourself.

⁹ For the Law code says: You must not commit adultery, you must not murder, you must not steal, you must not bear false witness, and you must not covet. If there is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying; namely, you must love your neighbor as yourself. ¹⁰ Love works no ill to his neighbor. Therefore love is the law’s fulfillment.

⁷ For who made you superior to (different than) another? What do you have that you did not receive? If you did receive it, why do you brag, as if you did not receive it?

¹ It is reported that there is sexual immorality among you. This type of fornication is not even found among the people of the nations (who do not know God). There is a man who has his father’s wife.

² Do you not know that the holy ones will judge the world? And if you will judge the world, are you unworthy to judge these small matters? ³ Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the matters that pertain to this life?

¹⁶ What? Do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one (united with her) body? For he said: »Two will be one flesh.«

¹ Concerning the things that you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch (have sex with) a woman. ² Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

² Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

⁴ The wife has no authority over her own body, but her husband does. Likewise also the husband has no authority over his own body, but his wife does.

⁶ But I speak this by concession and not by commandment. ⁷ I prefer that all men were as I am. But every man has his proper gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that. ⁸ I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they stay unmarried like me.

⁸ I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they stay unmarried like me. ⁹ But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. It is better to marry than to be inflamed [with lust]. ¹⁰ To the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord commands do not let the wife depart from her husband.

¹⁰ To the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord commands do not let the wife depart from her husband. ¹¹ If she leaves, let her remain unmarried or become reconciled to her husband. A husband should not divorce his wife.

¹¹ If she leaves, let her remain unmarried or become reconciled to her husband. A husband should not divorce his wife. ¹² To the others, I speak and not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him he should not divorce her.

¹² To the others, I speak and not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him he should not divorce her. ¹³ And the woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is willing to live with her, she should not divorce him.

¹³ And the woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is willing to live with her, she should not divorce him. ¹⁴ For the wife sanctifies the unbelieving husband, and the husband sanctifies the unbelieving wife. Otherwise your children would be unclean. But now they are holy.

¹⁴ For the wife sanctifies the unbelieving husband, and the husband sanctifies the unbelieving wife. Otherwise your children would be unclean. But now they are holy.

¹⁷ But as God has distributed to every person so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the congregations.

²⁶ Because of the present distress I think it is good for you to remain as you are. ²⁷ Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek a release. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife. ²⁸ If you marry you have not sinned. If a virgin marries she has not sinned. Those who marry will face many problems in this life and I want to spare you.

³² I want you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord.

³² I want you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord. ³³ But he who is married cares for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

³³ But he who is married cares for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. ³⁴ There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. She who is married cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

³⁴ There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. She who is married cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. ³⁵ I say this for your benefit and not to restrict you. I show you how to live a noble life of devotion to the Lord without being distracted by other things.

³⁵ I say this for your benefit and not to restrict you. I show you how to live a noble life of devotion to the Lord without being distracted by other things.

³⁵ I say this for your benefit and not to restrict you. I show you how to live a noble life of devotion to the Lord without being distracted by other things. ³⁶ If any man thinks he behaves improperly toward his virgin, if she is past her youth, let him do what he will, he does not sin if they get married. ³⁷ Nevertheless he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virginity he does well. ³⁸ So then he who gives his virginity in marriage does well; but he who does not get married does even better. ³⁹ The wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

³⁹ The wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry whom she wishes, only in the Lord. ⁴⁰ But she is happier if she remains as she is. This is my opinion and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

²⁰ Brothers, do not be like children in understanding. When it comes to evil be innocent children but in your thinking be mature adults.

¹⁶ From now on we know no man according to the flesh: even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer.

⁵ Do we have a right to lead a sister as a wife just like other apostles, and as brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

¹⁵ But I have used none of these rights! Neither have I written these things, that it should be done to me. It would be better for me to die, than that any man should make my reason for boasting void.

¹⁰ Those who are of the works of the Law are under a curse. For it is written, »Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the Law, by obeying them.« ¹¹ The fact that the Law justifies no man before God is evident. The righteous will live by faith. ¹² The Law is not based on faith. »He that does them will live by them.« ¹³ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. It is written; »Cursed is everyone who is hung on a stake.«

²⁴ The Law was our schoolmaster (Greek: paedagogue: a combination of schoolmaster, instructor, servant and guardian in charge of us) to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

⁷ You were running well! Who hindered you that you should not obey the truth?

¹⁴ For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

⁵ For you know this with certainty, that no fornicator, no unclean person, no covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

²⁸ In this way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his own wife loves himself.

³¹ For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, and will stick (adhere) (cleave) (be joined) to his wife. The two will become one flesh.

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. ² Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise.

⁶ as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

⁸ I count all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. I suffered the loss of all things. Yet I count them as refuse (garbage) (dung) that I may gain Christ.

¹² Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect. But I press on, that I may obtain that for which Christ Jesus also obtained. ¹³ Brothers, I could not yet have obtained it. But one thing I do, I forget the things that are behind, and stretch forward to the things that are ahead. ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal to the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Let those of us who are mature have this attitude. If you have a different attitude God will show you how to think.

⁵ Make your members that are upon the earth dead with regard to fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness (greed), which is idolatry.

⁷ You who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire. ⁸ They will render vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the good news of our Lord Jesus. ⁹ They will suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the Lord and from the glory of his might. ¹⁰ He will then come to be glorified in his holy ones, and to be marveled at by all those who believed, because our testimony to you was believed.

³ They will forbid marrying, [and command] to abstain from food, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

¹¹ Refuse younger widows: for when their sexual impulses come between them and Christ, they desire to marry. ¹² They have judgment, because they have rejected their first pledge. ¹³ They also learn to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but gossipers and busybodies, speaking things that they should not. ¹⁴ I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling. ¹⁵ Some have already turned aside after Satan.

⁹ Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

¹² Fight the good fight of the faith! Lay hold on everlasting life! You were called and confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

¹⁷ Command those who are rich in this present system not to be high-minded (arrogant), not to have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. ¹⁸ They should do good works and be rich in good works, that they are ready to distribute, willing to communicate. ¹⁹ They store up for them a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life that is life indeed.

¹⁹ They store up for them a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life that is life indeed.

¹² If we endure, we will also reign with Him. If we deny him, He will deny us!

¹⁵ From childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to make you wise to salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.

⁹ »Your forefathers examined (inspected) (scrutinized) me by proving (testing) me. And they saw my works for forty years.

¹ While the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear that one of you might come up short and not enter.

¹⁶ For this I obtained mercy, which in me as the foremost sinner Jesus Christ might show his long-suffering. This is for an example to those who should later believe in him for eternal life.

² It is in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal.

⁷ Being justified by his grace (loving kindness), we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

³⁴ You shared the sufferings of prisoners. When all your belongings were seized, you endured your loss gladly. This is because you knew that you possessed something much better, which would last forever.

⁴ Let marriage be honorable among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled: for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

⁹ Let the brother of humble circumstances glory in his high position (exaltation). ¹⁰ But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away. ¹¹ The sun rises with scorching heat and withers the grass. The flower falls off and its beauty perishes. So also the rich man will fade away in his pursuits.

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. It comes down from the Father of lights (truth and spiritual purity), with whom there is no variation. He does not change like shifting shadows.

¹ Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver are rusted. Their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up your treasure in the last days. ⁴ Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts.

¹ Put away all badness and all deception, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil talk. ² Like newborn infants, long for the spiritual milk that is without deception to help you grow to salvation.

¹³ We look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. This is according to his promise.

² The life was made known and we have seen and testify about it. We declare the life to you. It is the eternal life, which was with the Father and was shown to us.

⁶ You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you, and personally drag you into court?

⁸ When you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture: »You shall love your neighbor as yourself,« you do well.

¹⁰ Whoever obeys the whole law and yet stumbles in one point is guilty of breaking all of it. ¹¹ For he who said: »Do not commit adultery,« also said: »Do not murder« (Greek: phoneuo: kill, slay, murder). Now if you do not commit adultery, but you commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

¹⁴ If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

²⁵ This is the promise he promised us, life eternal.

⁸ He who does not love does not know God for God is love. ⁹ The love of God was made known through us. God sent his only-begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. ¹⁰ In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation (atonement) (sacrificial payment) for our sins.

²¹ Stay in the love of God! Look (wait) for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for everlasting life.

²⁶ »'To the person who conquers and continues to do my works to the end, I will give power (authority) over the nations. ²⁷ »'He will rule them with a rod of iron and break them to pieces like clay vessels: even as I received from my Father.

²¹ »'To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me on my throne, even as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

⁴ Around the throne were twenty-four elders sitting on thrones. They were dressed in white with crowns of gold on their heads.

⁴ I heard the number of those who were sealed. There were sealed a hundred and forty-four thousand from all the tribes of the children of Israel.

¹ A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head was a crown with twelve stars.

⁴ I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I also saw the people who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image. They had not received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

¹¹ I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it. From before him the earth and heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. ¹² I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God. The books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged according to the things written in the books, according to their works. ¹³ The sea gave up the dead in it. Death and the grave delivered up the dead in them. Every man was judged according to his works. ¹⁴ Death and the grave were hurled into the lake of fire. This is the second death. ¹⁵ Whoever was not found written in the book of life was hurled (thrust) (thrown) into the lake of fire.

⁵ He who sat on the throne said: »Behold, I make all things new. Then he told me to write: for these words are faithful and true.«

¹² The city had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on each gate, the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: ¹³ On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. ¹⁴ The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

² This was in the middle of the street of the city. The tree of life was on each side of the river. It produced twelve kinds of fruit and yielded the fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

¹⁶ We know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love! He who continues with love lives with God and God lives with him.

¹¹ The testimony is this that God gave us everlasting life and this life is in his Son. ¹² He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. ¹³ I wrote these things so you who believe in the name of the Son of God may know you have everlasting life.

²⁰ We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding. We know him that is true for we are in him who is true, [and] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and everlasting life.

⁷ For the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the people of the nations.