Luke 19 Cross References - WPNT

¹ He entered and started passing through Jericho. ² A man named Zacchaeus was there—he was a chief tax collector, and he was wealthy! ³ He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, because he was short. ⁴ And running on ahead he climbed up into a sycamore tree, in order to see Him, since He was about to pass by there. ⁵ And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because today I must stay at your house”. ⁶ So he came down quickly, and received Him joyfully. ⁷ But when they saw it, they all started complaining, saying, “He has entered to lodge with a sinful man!” ⁸ Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Indeed, Lord, I herewith give half of my goods to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I restore fourfold”. ⁹ So Jesus said about him, “Today salvation has happened in this house, in that he also is a son of Abraham; ¹⁰ because the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” ¹¹ Now as they heard these things, He continued with a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they were supposing that the Kingdom of God was on the verge of being revealed. ¹² So He said: “A certain nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return. ¹³ He called ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Conduct business until I come’. ¹⁴ But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us’. ¹⁵ It happened that he did receive the kingdom, and upon returning he ordered that those slaves to whom he had given the money be called to him, to know who had gained what by trading. ¹⁶ So the first one came and said, ‘Master, your mina earned ten minas!’ ¹⁷ He said to him: ‘Super, you good slave! Because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities!’ ¹⁸ And the second one came and said, ‘Master, your mina made five minas’. ¹⁹ Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities’. ²⁰ Then a different one came, saying: ‘Master, here is your mina, that I kept laid away in a piece of cloth ²¹ —I feared you because you are a hard man, removing what you did not place, and reaping what you did not sow.’ ²² So he said to him: ‘I will judge you out of your own mouth, you wicked slave! You knew that I am a hard man, removing what I didn’t place, and reaping what I didn’t sow. ²³ Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, and upon coming I would have collected it with interest?’ ²⁴ And to those standing by he said, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to him who has the ten minas’. ²⁵ (They even said to him, ‘Master, he already has ten minas!’) ²⁶ ‘Indeed I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. ²⁷ But as for those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me!’” ²⁸ Having said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. ²⁹ When He drew near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain called ‘of Olives’, it happened like this: He sent two of His disciples, ³⁰ saying: “Go to the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no man ever yet sat. Untie and bring it. ³¹ And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say this to him: ‘The Lord needs it’.” ³² So those who were sent went and found it just like He told them. ³³ As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” ³⁴ So they said, “The Lord needs it”. ³⁵ Then they brought it to Jesus; and throwing their own clothes on the colt, they placed Jesus on it. ³⁶ And as He went along people were spreading their clothes on the road. ³⁷ Then, as He was approaching the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen, ³⁸ saying: “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” ³⁹ Some of the Pharisees said to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!” ⁴⁰ In answer He said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the very stones would cry out!” ⁴¹ Now as He approached, observing the city He wept over it, ⁴² saying: “If you, yes you, especially in this your day, had known the things pertaining to your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ Yes, the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you; indeed they will surround you and hem you in on every side. ⁴⁴ And they will raze you, and your children within you, to the ground—they will not leave in you one stone upon another—all because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.” ⁴⁵ And upon entering the temple He began to drive out those who were selling and buying in it, ⁴⁶ saying to them, “It is written: ‘My house is a house of prayer’, but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!” ⁴⁷ And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes, as also the leaders of the people, were trying to destroy Him, ⁴⁸ but could not figure out how to do it, because all the people were hanging on His words.

²¹ And she will give birth to a Son and you will call His name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

⁹ and don’t even think to say within yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as father’, for I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

¹¹ Upon seeing this the Pharisees said to His disciples, “Why does your teacher eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?” ¹² But Jesus heard it, so He said to them: “Those who are strong do not need a physician, but those who are sick. ¹³ But go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice’. For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

⁶ But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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

¹² For whoever has, to him more will be given and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

¹⁴ And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘By hearing you (ye) will hear and not understand, and seeing you will see and not perceive. ¹⁵ Because the \up6 a\up0 hearts of this people have grown dull, and their \up6 b\up0 ears hard of hearing, and their \up6 c\up0 eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their \up6 c\up0 eyes and hear with their \up6 b\up0 ears and understand with their \up6 a\up0 hearts, and turn around; and I would heal them.’

²³ Now the seed sown on the good ground—this is he who hears the word and understands, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

²⁴ But in answer He said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel”.

¹⁰ “See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father, who is in the heavens.

²³ “Therefore the kingdom of the heavens is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. ²⁴ And as he began to settle up, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him. ²⁵ But since he had nothing with which to repay, his lord commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and everything he had, so as to be repaid. ²⁶ So then the servant fell down and did obeisance to him saying, ‘Lord, be patient with me and I will repay you all’. ²⁷ So the lord of that servant, having compassion, released him and forgave him the loan. ²⁸ “But when that servant went out he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and grabbing him he started choking him saying, ‘Pay me back what you owe!’ ²⁹ So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and kept begging him saying, ‘Be patient with me and I will pay you back’. ³⁰ But he would not; instead he went and threw him into prison until he should pay back what was owed. ³¹ But when his fellow servants saw what had happened they were really grieved, and they went and reported to their lord everything that had happened. ³² Then summoning him the lord says to him: ‘Malignant servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. ³³ Were you also not obligated to have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’ ³⁴ So in anger the lord handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed to him. ³⁵ “My heavenly Father will handle you just like that, if each of you does not forgive his brother his trespasses, from the heart.”

¹ Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, opposite the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

¹ Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, opposite the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying to them: “Go into the village opposite you and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose her and bring them to me.

² saying to them: “Go into the village opposite you and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose her and bring them to me. ³ And if anyone says anything to you, just say, ‘The Lord needs them’, and immediately he will send them.”

³ And if anyone says anything to you, just say, ‘The Lord needs them’, and immediately he will send them.” ⁴ Now all this happened so that what was spoken through the prophet should be fulfilled, namely: ⁵ “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Look, your King is coming to you, humble and mounted on a donkey, in fact, a young donkey, foal of a beast of burden.’” ⁶ So going and doing just as Jesus had commanded them, ⁷ the disciples brought the female donkey and the young donkey. And they placed their clothes on them and He sat down on them [the clothes].

⁷ the disciples brought the female donkey and the young donkey. And they placed their clothes on them and He sat down on them [the clothes]. ⁸ And the very large crowd spread their clothes on the road, while others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

⁸ And the very large crowd spread their clothes on the road, while others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road. ⁹ Then the crowds who went in front and those who followed kept crying out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD! Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

⁹ Then the crowds who went in front and those who followed kept crying out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD! Hosanna in the highest heaven!” ¹⁰ So when He came into Jerusalem the whole city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?” ¹¹ And the crowds kept saying, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Natsareth of Galilee.” ¹² Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold the doves. ¹³ And He says to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer’, but you have made it ‘a cave of bandits’.”

¹⁵ But seeing the wonders that He did, and the children calling out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” the chief priests and the scribes became indignant ¹⁶ and said to Him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” So Jesus says to them: “Yes. Have you never read that ‘Out of the mouth of babies and nursing infants You have prepared praise for Yourself ’?” ¹⁷ Leaving them behind He went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.

²³ So He came into the temple, and as He was teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people approached Him saying, “By what kind of authority are you doing these things ?” and “Who gave you this authority?”

²⁸ “But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and going to the first he said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard’. ²⁹ But in answer he said, ‘I don’t want to’ (but later he changed his mind and went). ³⁰ And going to the other he said likewise. And in answer he said, ‘I go, Sir’; yet he did not go. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of the father?” They say to Him, “The first”. Jesus says to them: “Assuredly I say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes will go into the kingdom of God before you do.

³⁷ So finally he sent his son to them saying, ‘They will respect my son’. ³⁸ But when the farmers saw the son they said among themselves: ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take possession of his inheritance.’

³⁸ But when the farmers saw the son they said among themselves: ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take possession of his inheritance.’ ³⁹ And taking him they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. ⁴⁰ Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?” ⁴¹ They say to Him: “He will miserably destroy those miserable men! And he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.”

⁴³ Therefore I say to you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

⁷ So when that king heard about it he was furious; and sending his troops he destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.

¹² So he says to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap Him in some word. ¹⁶ So they send their disciples to Him, with the Herodians, saying: “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth; and you are not impressed by anyone, for you do not look at people’s faces.

¹³ “Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you devour the houses of the widows, while making long prayers as a pretense. Therefore you will receive a greater condemnation.

³⁴ So take note: I will send you prophets and wise men and Biblical scholars; some of them you will kill, even crucify; some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from city to city ³⁵ —so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel up to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Assuredly I say to you that all these things will come upon this generation. ³⁷ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, she who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children, just like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you did not want to.

³⁷ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, she who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children, just like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you did not want to. ³⁸ Look, your house is left to you abandoned!

³⁸ Look, your house is left to you abandoned! ³⁹ For I say to you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD’!”

² But Jesus said to them: “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly I say to you, absolutely not a single stone here will be left upon another, that will not be thrown down.”

¹⁴ “Because the kingdom is also like a man about to go on a long journey, who called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them.

¹⁴ “Because the kingdom is also like a man about to go on a long journey, who called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them. ¹⁵ To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on the journey.

¹⁵ To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on the journey. ¹⁶ So the one who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. ¹⁷ So also the one who received the two gained another two as well. ¹⁸ But he who received the one went off and dug in the ground and hid his lord’s silver. ¹⁹ “Then, after a long time, the lord of those servants comes and settles accounts with them.

¹⁹ “Then, after a long time, the lord of those servants comes and settles accounts with them. ²⁰ So the one who had received the five talents approached and brought five more talents saying, ‘Lord, you entrusted five talents to me; see, I gained five more talents besides them!’ ²¹ His lord said to him: ‘Super, you good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things, I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

²¹ His lord said to him: ‘Super, you good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things, I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ ²² So the one who had received the two talents also approached and said, ‘Lord, you entrusted two talents to me; see, I gained two more talents besides them!’ ²³ His lord said to him: ‘Super, you good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things, I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ ²⁴ “Then he who had received the one talent also approached and said: ‘Lord, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter.

²⁴ “Then he who had received the one talent also approached and said: ‘Lord, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter.

²⁴ “Then he who had received the one talent also approached and said: ‘Lord, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter. ²⁵ And being afraid I went off and hid your talent in the ground; here, take what is yours.’

²⁵ And being afraid I went off and hid your talent in the ground; here, take what is yours.’ ²⁶ So in answer his lord said to him: ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter.

²⁶ So in answer his lord said to him: ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter. ²⁷ Therefore you were obligated to deposit my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received what is mine with interest.

²⁷ Therefore you were obligated to deposit my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received what is mine with interest. ²⁸ Therefore, take the talent away from him and give it to the one having the ten talents.

²⁸ Therefore, take the talent away from him and give it to the one having the ten talents. ²⁹ For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

²⁹ For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. ³⁰ And throw out the useless servant, into the darkness farthest out!’ There there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

³⁴ Then the King will say to those on His right: ‘Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom that was prepared for you at the foundation of the world.

³ Then the chief priests, the scribes and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, the one called Caiaphas, ⁴ and they plotted to seize Jesus by trickery and kill Him.

⁵⁵ At that time Jesus said to the crowd: “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a bandit, to arrest me? I used to sit daily with you in the temple, teaching, and you did not seize me.

⁴⁵ Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour a darkness came over all the land.

⁵¹ And then, the veil of the temple was ripped in two from top to bottom! And the earth was shaken, and the rocks were split, ⁵² and the graves were opened. (And many bodies, of the saints who had fallen asleep, were raised; ⁵³ and coming forth out of the graves after His resurrection they entered the holy city and were made visible to many.) ⁵⁴ Now when the centurion and those with him guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that happened they were scared stiff and said, “This Man really was the Son of God!”

¹⁸ And approaching Jesus asserted to them saying: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

²⁰ And these are the ones sown on the good ground: such people hear the Word, welcome it and produce fruit—thirty times as much, sixty times as much, even a hundred times as much.”

²⁵ Because whoever has, to him more will be given; whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”

³² Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going ahead of them; this surprised them, and as they followed they started to be afraid. Then He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them the things that were about to happen to Him: ³³ “Take note, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him over to the Gentiles; ³⁴ and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And on the third day He will rise again.”

¹ Now when they were drawing near Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples, ² saying to them: “Go into the village opposite you; and as soon as you enter it you will find a foal tied, on which no man has sat. Untie and bring it. ³ And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it’, and thereupon he will send it here.”

³ And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it’, and thereupon he will send it here.” ⁴ So they went and found the foal tied at the door, out in the street, and they loosed it.

⁴ So they went and found the foal tied at the door, out in the street, and they loosed it. ⁵ Some of those who stood there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the foal?”

⁵ Some of those who stood there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the foal?” ⁶ So they answered them just as Jesus had instructed, and they let them go.

⁶ So they answered them just as Jesus had instructed, and they let them go. ⁷ Then they brought the foal to Jesus, and they placed their clothes on it, and He sat on it.

⁷ Then they brought the foal to Jesus, and they placed their clothes on it, and He sat on it. ⁸ And many spread their clothes on the road, while others were cutting leafy branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

⁸ And many spread their clothes on the road, while others were cutting leafy branches from the trees and spreading them on the road. ⁹ Both those who went in front and those who followed started calling out, saying: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”

⁹ Both those who went in front and those who followed started calling out, saying: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” ¹⁰ “Blessed is the Kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

¹⁰ “Blessed is the Kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!” ¹¹ So Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when He had looked around at everything, the hour being late, He went out to Bethany with the twelve.

¹⁵ So they came to Jerusalem, and entering the temple Jesus began to drive out those who sold and bought in the temple, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of the dove sellers. ¹⁶ And He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple. ¹⁷ And He kept teaching them by saying: “Is it not written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? but you have made it ‘a den of robbers’!” ¹⁸ Well the scribes and the chief priests heard it, and kept on looking for a way to destroy Him; because they were afraid of Him, in that all the people were astonished at His teaching.

²⁷ Then they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes and the elders came to Him. ²⁸ And they said to Him, “By what authority are you doing these things?” and “Who gave you this authority to do these things?” ²⁹ So in answer Jesus said to them: “I also will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. ³⁰ The baptism of John: was it from heaven or from men?” ³¹ They considered among themselves, saying: “If we say, ‘From heaven’, he will say, ‘So why did you not believe him?’ ³² But if we say, ‘From men’ . . .”—they feared the people, for everyone held John to really be a prophet. ³³ So they answered Jesus by saying, “We don’t know”. And in answer Jesus said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things”.

¹ Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard—put a hedge around it, dug a wine trough, built a tower—rented it to farmers and went on a journey.

¹² So they started looking for a way to arrest Him, because they knew He had spoken the parable against them, but they were in fear of the crowd. Then they left Him and went away.

² In answer Jesus said to him: “Do you see these great buildings? Here not a single stone will be left upon another; every one will be thrown down.” ³ Then as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked Him privately:

¹⁴ “Now whenever you see the ‘abomination of desolation’, the one spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where he should not”—let the reader understand—“then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁵ Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house. ¹⁶ Let him who is in the field not return to his things to get his cloak. ¹⁷ But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ¹⁸ And pray that your flight not take place in winter, ¹⁹ because those will be days of affliction such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never again shall be. ²⁰ If the Lord did not cut those days short, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He did shorten the days.

³⁴ It is like a man off on a journey, having left his house and given the authority to his slaves, and to each his work; and he commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. ³⁵ Therefore be watchful, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming—at evening or at midnight or at cockcrow or early morning— ³⁶ lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. ³⁷ The things I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”

¹ It was two days before the Passover and the Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for an underhanded way to seize and kill Him.

²⁶ And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

¹⁹ So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at God’s right.

⁶⁸ “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, because He has visited and provided redemption for His people;

⁷⁷ to give a knowledge of salvation to His people by the forgiveness of their sins, ⁷⁸ through the merciful compassions of our God, with which the divine Dawn has contemplated us,

⁷⁸ through the merciful compassions of our God, with which the divine Dawn has contemplated us, ⁷⁹ to give light to those who are sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

¹⁰ The angel said to them: “Do not be afraid because listen, I am announcing the most joyful news to you, which will be to all the people! ¹¹ You see, today, in David’s city, a Savior was born to you, who is Lord Christ! ¹² And this is the sign to you: you will find a Baby wrapped in pieces of cloth, lying in a manger.” ¹³ Suddenly a multitude of the heavenly army was with the angel praising God and saying, ¹⁴ “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward mankind!”

¹⁶ So they went in a hurry and located both Mary and Joseph, and the Baby lying in the manger.

³⁰ because my eyes have seen Your salvation,

⁸ Well then, produce fruits befitting repentance, and don’t even begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as father’, because I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!

⁸ Well then, produce fruits befitting repentance, and don’t even begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as father’, because I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones! ⁹ But even now the axe is being laid to the root of the trees; so then, every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

⁹ But even now the axe is being laid to the root of the trees; so then, every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.” ¹⁰ So the people started asking him, “What then must we do?” ¹¹ In answer he said to them, “He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food should do likewise”. ¹² Well even tax collectors came to be baptized by him and said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?” ¹³ So He said to them, “Don’t charge more than what was determined to you”. ¹⁴ So the soldiers started asking him too: “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Don’t extort or harass anyone, and be content with your wages”.

¹⁹ When they could not find how to do it, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him with the cot through the tiling into the center, in front of Jesus.

²⁹ Then Levi made a great banquet for Him at his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them. ³⁰ Well the scribes and Pharisees complained about them to His disciples, saying, “How can you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?!” ³¹ So Jesus reacted and said to them: “Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, just those who are sick. ³² I have not come to call righteous people to repentance, just sinners.”

⁴⁶ “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord’, and not do what I say?

¹³ When the Lord saw her He had compassion on her and said to her, “Don’t cry!”

¹⁶ Fear took hold of all, and they began glorifying God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited His people!”

³⁴ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Just look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

³⁹ Now as the Pharisee who had invited Him observed this, he was saying to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him, including what sort of woman she is—because she is a sinner!”

¹⁸ So be careful how you hear: Because whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

⁷ Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things being done by Him; and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead, ⁸ and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the ancient prophets had arisen. ⁹ But Herod said, “John I beheaded; so who is this about whom I hear such things?” And he started trying to see Him.

⁵¹ Now it happened, as the days for His Ascension approached, that He set His face to go to Jerusalem,

⁵ Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house’. ⁶ If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him; if not, it will return to you.

⁴¹ Nevertheless, give what is possible as alms; then indeed all things are clean to you.

²⁰ But God said to him: ‘Stupid! This very night your life is being taken back from you; then who will get the things you have prepared?’

²⁵ And who among you can add one cubit to his height by worrying?

³³ Sell your possessions and give to charity. Make for yourselves ‘purses’ that will not wear out, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief cannot approach, nor a moth destroy.

⁴⁸ But he who did not know, yet did things worthy of blows, will be beaten with few. Everyone to whom much has been given, from him much will be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him much more will be asked.

⁵⁰ But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed!

¹⁶ So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan kept bound during eighteen long years, be freed from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

³⁰ Yes indeed, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”

³⁴ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, she who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing! ³⁵ So then, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you that you will definitely not see me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

³⁵ So then, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you that you will definitely not see me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

² Well the Pharisees and the scribes started complaining, saying, “This man welcomes ‘sinners’ and eats with them”.

⁴ “What man among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not abandon the ninety-nine in the wild and go after the lost one until he finds it? ⁵ And upon finding it he joyfully puts it on his shoulders. ⁶ And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost!’ ⁷ I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who have no need of repentance.

³² But it was right that we celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and came to life; he was lost and is found.’”

² So he called him in and said to him: ‘What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be manager.’

² So he called him in and said to him: ‘What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be manager.’ ³ Then the manager said within himself: ‘What shall I do? My master is taking the management away from me. I don’t have strength to dig; I am ashamed to beg

³ Then the manager said within himself: ‘What shall I do? My master is taking the management away from me. I don’t have strength to dig; I am ashamed to beg ⁴ —I know what I’ll do, so that whenever I am removed from the management they may receive me into their houses.’ ⁵ Summoning each one of his master’s debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ ⁶ And he said, ‘A hundred baths of olive oil’. So he said to him, ‘Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty’. ⁷ Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat’. So he said to him, ‘Take your bill and write eighty’. ⁸ The master even ‘commended’ the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. The sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of the Light. ⁹ “I even say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that whenever you fail, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings!

⁹ “I even say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that whenever you fail, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings! ¹⁰ He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.

¹⁰ He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. ¹¹ If therefore you have not been faithful with the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the genuine? ¹² And if you have not been faithful in what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? ¹³ No servant can serve two masters; either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon!”

²⁰ Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said: “The Kingdom of God does not come with observation;

⁹ Then He told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised the rest: ¹⁰ “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood and started praying to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like all the rest—robbers, unjust, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ¹² I fast twice a week; I tithe all that I get.’ ¹³ The tax collector, staying a good ways off, did not even venture to look up to heaven, but started beating on his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ ¹⁴ I say to you that this one went back home justified rather than that one; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

²² Well upon hearing these things Jesus said to him, “You still lack one thing: sell all you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” ²³ But when he heard this he became very sad, because he was extremely rich. ²⁴ When Jesus saw that he became sad, He said: “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter the Kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is actually easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God!” ²⁶ So the hearers said, “Who then can be saved?” ²⁷ And He said, “The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.”

³¹ Then He took the Twelve aside and said to them: “Take note, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be fulfilled:

³⁵ Then it happened, as He approached Jericho, that a certain blind man was sitting alongside the road begging.

⁴³ And immediately he did! and he followed Him, glorifying God. And all who witnessed it gave praise to God.

¹⁰ because the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

¹² So He said: “A certain nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return. ¹³ He called ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Conduct business until I come’.

¹³ He called ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Conduct business until I come’. ¹⁴ But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us’.

¹⁴ But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us’. ¹⁵ It happened that he did receive the kingdom, and upon returning he ordered that those slaves to whom he had given the money be called to him, to know who had gained what by trading. ¹⁶ So the first one came and said, ‘Master, your mina earned ten minas!’ ¹⁷ He said to him: ‘Super, you good slave! Because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities!’ ¹⁸ And the second one came and said, ‘Master, your mina made five minas’. ¹⁹ Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities’. ²⁰ Then a different one came, saying: ‘Master, here is your mina, that I kept laid away in a piece of cloth

²⁰ Then a different one came, saying: ‘Master, here is your mina, that I kept laid away in a piece of cloth ²¹ —I feared you because you are a hard man, removing what you did not place, and reaping what you did not sow.’ ²² So he said to him: ‘I will judge you out of your own mouth, you wicked slave! You knew that I am a hard man, removing what I didn’t place, and reaping what I didn’t sow. ²³ Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, and upon coming I would have collected it with interest?’ ²⁴ And to those standing by he said, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to him who has the ten minas’. ²⁵ (They even said to him, ‘Master, he already has ten minas!’) ²⁶ ‘Indeed I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. ²⁷ But as for those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me!’”

²⁷ But as for those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me!’”

³² So those who were sent went and found it just like He told them.

³⁷ Then, as He was approaching the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

⁴² saying: “If you, yes you, especially in this your day, had known the things pertaining to your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

⁴² saying: “If you, yes you, especially in this your day, had known the things pertaining to your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ Yes, the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you; indeed they will surround you and hem you in on every side. ⁴⁴ And they will raze you, and your children within you, to the ground—they will not leave in you one stone upon another—all because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

⁴⁴ And they will raze you, and your children within you, to the ground—they will not leave in you one stone upon another—all because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

⁹ Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to farmers, and went away on a long journey.

¹⁶ He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others.” Having heard it they said, “May it never be!”

¹⁹ The chief priests and the scribes wanted to lay hands on Him right then, but they were afraid —they knew He had spoken this parable against them. ²⁰ Keeping a close watch on Him, they sent spies, who pretended to be innocent, so that they might latch on to some thing He said, so as to hand Him over to the power and the authority of the governor.

⁶ “These things that you see—the days will come in which not one stone will be left upon another that will not be thrown down.”

²⁰ “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that her desolation is at hand. ²¹ Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; let those who are in the city get out, and let those who are in the country not enter her. ²² Because these are days of vengeance, that all the written things may be fulfilled.

²² Because these are days of vengeance, that all the written things may be fulfilled. ²³ But woe to those who are pregnant and to those nursing babies in those days! There will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people. ²⁴ Yes, they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

²⁴ Yes, they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

³⁷ In the daytime He was teaching in the temple, but at night He went out and stayed on the mountain called ‘of Olives’.

³⁷ In the daytime He was teaching in the temple, but at night He went out and stayed on the mountain called ‘of Olives’. ³⁸ Then early in the morning all the people would come to Him in the temple to hear Him.

² And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to kill Him, because they feared the people. ³ Then Satan entered Judas (the one surnamed Iscariot), who was numbered among the Twelve. ⁴ So he went off and conferred with the chief priests and officers about how he might betray Him to them.

⁸ And He sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat”. ⁹ So they said to Him, “Where do you want us to prepare?” ¹⁰ He said to them: “Note, upon entering the city a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house which he enters. ¹¹ Then you must say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you: Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ ¹² He himself will show you a large upper room, all furnished; make preparations there.” ¹³ So off they went and found things just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.

¹³ So off they went and found things just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.

³⁰ so that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom; also you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel!”

³⁹ Then going out He went to the Mount of Olives, as His custom was, and His disciples followed Him.

⁸ Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was really pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see Him, having heard so many things about Him; and he was hoping to see some miracle performed by Him.

⁵⁰ He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands He blessed them. ⁵¹ And it happened, as He was blessing them, that He left them and was carried up into heaven.

¹¹ He came to His own things, yet His own people did not receive Him.

⁴⁸ Nathanael says to Him, “From where do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

¹³ Now the Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And in the Temple He found people selling oxen and sheep and doves, also the moneychangers at work. ¹⁵ When He had made a scourge out of cords, He drove all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and as for the moneychangers, He overturned the tables and scattered the coins. ¹⁶ And to the dove-sellers He said, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s House into a marketplace!” ¹⁷ Then His disciples remembered that it stands written, “Zeal for Your House consumes me.”

¹⁸ The one believing into Him is not condemned, but the one not believing has already been condemned, because he has not believed into the name of the only begotten Son of God. ¹⁹ “Now this is the basis for the condemning, that the Light has come into the world, but the people loved the darkness rather than the light because their deeds were malignant. ²⁰ For whoever practices evil hates the light and doesn’t come to the light so that his deeds may not be exposed. ²¹ But whoever does the truth comes to the light so that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they are done in God.”

⁷ A woman of Samaria comes to draw water. Jesus says to her, “Give me a drink.” ⁸ (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) ⁹ So the Samaritan woman says to Him, “How can you, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?” (for Jews do not associate with Samaritans). ¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is the One saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water.”

³⁸ I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labors.” ³⁹ Now many of the Samaritans from that city believed into Him because of the word of the woman, testifying that “He told me everything I ever did!” ⁴⁰ So when the Samaritans came to Him they urged Him to stay with them; and He did stay there two days. ⁴¹ Many more believed through His own word, ⁴² and they kept saying to the woman, “It’s not just because of what you said that we believe, because we ourselves have heard Him, and we know that this One is truly the Messiah, the Savior of the world!”

¹ After these things there was the feast of the Jews, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ² Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool called Bethesda, in Hebrew, which has five porches. ³ In them a large number of sick people were lying—blind, lame, paralyzed—waiting for the moving of the water;

¹⁹ “Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not one of you keeps the Law! Why do you want to kill me?”

⁴⁴ Further, some of them were wanting to arrest Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.

⁴⁶ The operatives answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!” ⁴⁷ So the Pharisees answered: “You haven’t been fooled too, have you? ⁴⁸ None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed into him, have they? ⁴⁹ But this crowd that doesn’t know the law is accursed!”

³⁷ I know that you are descendants of Abraham, but you are wanting to kill me because my word finds no place in you. ³⁸ On my part, I speak what I have observed with my Father, while on your part you do what you have observed with your father.” ³⁹ They answered and said to Him, “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus says to them: “If you were children of Abraham you would do the works of Abraham, ⁴⁰ but now you are wanting to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. This sort of thing Abraham did not do!

³⁵ If He called them ‘gods’ to whom the Word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken —

³⁹ So they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped from their hand.

³⁵ Jesus wept.

⁴⁷ Then the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council and said: “What can we do? Because this man performs many miraculous signs, ⁴⁸ if we let him go on like this everybody will believe into him; and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation!”

⁵³ So from that day on they really plotted to kill Him. ⁵⁴ Therefore Jesus no longer moved about openly among the Jews, but went away from there into the country near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim; and He stayed there with His disciples. ⁵⁵ Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many from the country went up to Jerusalem before the Passover in order to purify themselves. ⁵⁶ So they were looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple they were saying to each other, “What do you think—that he won’t come to the feast at all?” ⁵⁷ Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had together issued an edict that if anyone knew where He was he should report it, so they could arrest Him.

¹⁰ So the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus as well,

¹² The next day a large crowd that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem,

¹² The next day a large crowd that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem, ¹³ took branches from palm trees and went out to meet Him. And they started shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!” “King of Israel!”

¹³ took branches from palm trees and went out to meet Him. And they started shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!” “King of Israel!” ¹⁴ And finding a young donkey Jesus sat on it; just as it is written:

¹⁴ And finding a young donkey Jesus sat on it; just as it is written: ¹⁵ “Fear no more, daughter of Zion. Look, your King is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!” ¹⁶ (Now His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him, and they had done them to Him.)

¹⁶ (Now His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him, and they had done them to Him.)

¹⁹ So the Pharisees said among themselves: “You can see that you’re not making any difference! Just look, the world has gone off after Him!”

²¹ So these men approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

²⁶ If anyone would serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, my servant will be too. Further, if anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

³⁵ Then Jesus said to them: “The Light will be with you just a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness doesn’t overtake you; the one who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going. ³⁶ While you have the Light, believe into the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” Jesus said these things, and going away He was hidden from them.

³⁸ so that the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet should be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed what we heard? And to whom has the arm of the LORD really been revealed?” ³⁹ Therefore they were unable to believe, in that Isaiah said again: ⁴⁰ “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes and understand with their hearts and should turn around, and I would heal them.” ⁴¹ Isaiah said these things when he saw His glory and spoke concerning Him.

²³ Jesus answered and said to him: “If anyone loves me he will keep my word. So my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

²⁹ I have told you now, before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe.

¹⁸ “When the world hates you, you can be sure that it has hated me first.

²³ The one who hates me hates my Father too. ²⁴ If I hadn’t done among them the works that no one else has done, they would not be having sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

¹¹ So Jesus said to Peter: “Sheathe the sword! The cup that the Father has given me, must I not drink it?”

²⁰ Jesus answered him: “I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogue and temple, where the Jews always congregate, and I have spoken nothing in secret.

³⁷ So Pilate said to Him, “You are a king then?” Jesus answered: “As you say, I am a king; for this I was born. And for this I came into the world, to testify to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth hears my voice.”

⁶ Well then, being together they asked Him saying, “Lord, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel at this time?”

⁹ Upon saying these things, as they watched, He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him out of their sight. ¹⁰ And as they were staring into the sky, while He was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood beside them; ¹¹ and they said: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into the sky? This very Jesus who is being taken up from you into the sky, He will come again in the precise manner that you observed Him going into the sky.” ¹² They then returned to Jerusalem from the mount called ‘of Olives’, which is near Jerusalem (a Sabbath day’s journey).

²⁰ “Because it stands written in Book of Psalms: ‘Let his residence become desolate, and may no one live in it’ and, ‘Let another take his office’.

⁴¹ Then those who gladly received his word were baptized, and that day about three thousand souls were added.

⁴⁴ Now all who believed were together and had all things in common; ⁴⁵ they started selling both possessions and goods and were distributing to all according as anyone had need. ⁴⁶ So day by day they continued steadfastly with one purpose in the temple and broke bread from house to house; they received their share of food with gladness and singleness of heart,

¹⁴ Yes you repudiated the holy and righteous One, and you asked that a murderer be granted to you, ¹⁵ while you killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from among the dead, to which we are witnesses.

¹ Now as they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came at them, ² being upset because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

¹⁶ saying: “What can we do to these men? Because, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it. ¹⁷ But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them to no longer speak to anyone in this name.” ¹⁸ So summoning them they commanded them absolutely not to speak or teach in the name of ‘Jesus’.

²⁷ Well, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with Gentiles and peoples of Israel, were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, ²⁸ to do whatever Your hand and Your counsel foreordained to happen.

³⁴ because there weren’t any needy among them—as many as were owners of lands or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds of the sold items ³⁵ and placing them at the Apostles’ feet, and they were distributed to each according as anyone had need.

⁵¹ “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always oppose the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so you do. ⁵² Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers;

³⁶ The word that He sent to the sons of Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all—

⁴⁶ But Paul and Barnabas speaking boldly said: “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. But since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, now we are being turned to the Gentiles.

¹⁴ A certain woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, really listened, whose heart the Lord opened to give heed to the things spoken by Paul. ¹⁵ When she and her household were baptized, she appealed saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay”. So she persuaded us.

³⁰ He then brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” ³¹ So they said, “Believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your household”. ³² Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

³⁴ Then he brought them into his house and set a meal before them, and he was really rejoicing, having believed in God with his whole family.

³¹ because He has appointed a day in which He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained; He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”

²⁵ So being in disagreement among themselves they started to leave, after Paul had said this one word: “The Holy Spirit spoke correctly to our fathers through Isaiah the prophet, ²⁶ saying: ‘Go to this people and say, “You will keep on hearing, but never understand; you will keep on seeing, but never perceive”; ²⁷ because the heart of this people has become sluggish, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; in order that they not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their heart, nor turn back, so I could heal them.’

⁴ Or do you scorn the riches of His kindness, tolerance and longsuffering, not recognizing that the goodness of God is leading you toward repentance? ⁵ Rather, due to your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are treasuring up wrath for yourself in the day of God’s wrath and revelation and righteous judgment,

²⁹ but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart—in spirit, not letter—whose praise is not from men but from God.

¹⁹ Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world become accountable to God.

¹¹ And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness from his faith while still uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all those who believe while uncircumcised, in order that this righteousness may be credited to them also, ¹² and the father of the circumcised—not only those who are circumcised, but especially those who follow in the footsteps of the faith of our father Abraham while still uncircumcised.

¹⁶ For this reason it is of faith so that it may be according to grace, in order that the promise be guaranteed to all the seed—not only to those of law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all;

¹ Therefore, having been justified by faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁶ Now then, when we were incapacitated, even so Christ died for the ungodly, at the right moment.

⁷ because the mind-set of the flesh represents enmity against God, since it does not submit to God’s law, nor indeed can it.

¹⁵ —you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fear all over again, but you did receive the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!”

² I have great sorrow and unceasing distress in my heart. ³ For I keep wishing that I myself could be accursed away from the Messiah for the sake of my brothers, my physical relatives,

⁷ What then? What Israel is seeking, this it did not obtain; but the election did obtain it, while the rest were dulled. ⁸ Just as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that were not to see and ears that were not to hear, to this very day.” ⁹ And David says: “Let their table be made into a snare and into a trap, into a stumbling block and into a retribution to them. ¹⁰ Let their eyes be darkened so as not to see, and their back always be bowed down.”

⁶ Since we have different spiritual gifts according to the grace that was given us, let us use them : if prophecy, according to the analogy of the Faith; ⁷ if serving, in the serving; if teaching, in the teaching; ⁸ if exhorting, in the exhortation; the sharer, with simplicity; the leader, with diligence; the mercy-shower, with cheerfulness.

¹⁰ But you, why do you judge your brother? And you too, why do you look down on your brother? Because we will all stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ. ¹¹ For it is written: “‘As I live,’ says the LORD, ‘every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall acknowledge God.’” ¹² So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

⁸ Now he who plants and he who waters are at one, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

¹ Let a man consider us like this: as Christ’s subordinates and stewards of God’s mysteries. ² Moreover, what is required of stewards is that each be found faithful. ³ So to me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court; in fact, I do not even judge myself. ⁴ For I am conscious of nothing against myself, although I am not justified by this; it is the Lord who judges me. ⁵ Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and expose the motives of the hearts. At that time the praise that comes to each will be from God.

⁵ Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and expose the motives of the hearts. At that time the praise that comes to each will be from God.

⁹ Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor sodomites, ¹⁰ nor the greedy, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the abusive, nor swindlers can inherit the Kingdom of God, absolutely. ¹¹ And that is what some of you were; but you were bathed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

⁷ But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the common good. ⁸ So to one a word of wisdom is given, by the Spirit; to another a word of knowledge, by the same Spirit; ⁹ to a different one faith, by the same Spirit; to another presents of healings, by the same Spirit; ¹⁰ to another workings of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discernings of spirits; to a different one kinds of languages, to another interpretation of languages. ¹¹ However, the one and the same Spirit produces all of these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

²⁸ And those whom God has appointed in the Church are: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; after that miracles, then presents of healings, helps, administrations, kinds of languages. ²⁹ All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not miracle workers, are they?

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me has not been in vain; in fact, I have worked harder than all of them—well, not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

²⁵ Because it is necessary that He reign until He has put all the enemies under His feet.

⁴¹ There is one splendor of the sun, another splendor of the moon, and another splendor of the stars; and star differs from star in brightness. ⁴² The resurrection of the dead is like that: the body is ‘planted’ in deterioration and it is raised in incorruptibility;

⁵⁸ So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

¹⁴ But, it was their minds that were closed, because to this day that very veil remains in place when the Old Testament is read, since only in Christ is it taken away. ¹⁵ Yes, even to this day, when Moses is read a veil lies on their heart. ¹⁶ However, whenever anyone turns to the Lord the veil is removed.

³ So where our Gospel has actually been concealed, it has been hidden from those who are being wasted, ⁴ among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

¹ So working together we really urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain,

¹ So working together we really urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain, ² for He says: “At a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I aided you.” Well, right now is a really favorable time; indeed, the day of salvation is now!

⁷ that as you excel in everything—in faith, in word, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us—that you excel in this grace too. ⁸ I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others. ⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

¹² (because when the intention is presented, it is acceptable according to what one may have, not what he doesn’t have).

⁶ Now then, whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

¹⁰ Am I just now appealing to men, or to God? Or am I trying to please men? You see, if I were still pleasing men I would not be a slave of Christ.

¹⁵ But when God—who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace—resolved ¹⁶ to reveal His Son in me so that I might proclaim Him among the nations/Gentiles, I did not start by consulting with flesh and blood,

⁷ Now you must know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.

¹⁴ so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.

²⁹ so if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

¹⁵ So what about your blessedness? Because I can testify that if it were possible you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me. ¹⁶ Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He graced us in the Beloved;

¹² so that we should be to the praise of His glory, we who first trusted in the Christ;

²⁰ which He exercised in the Christ when He raised Him\up6 [S]\up0 from among the dead and seated Him at His\up6 [F]\up0 right, in the heavenly realms, ²¹ far above every ruler and authority and power and dominion —even every name that can be named, not only in this age but also in the next. ²² In short, He\up6 [F]\up0 placed everything under His\up6 [S]\up0 feet and appointed Him to be Head over everything in the Church, ²³ which is His body, the complement of Him who fills everything in every way.

¹⁴ For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one and broken down the barrier of separation—the law with its commandments and ordinances— ¹⁵ having abolished the enmity through His ‘flesh’, so as to mold the two [Jew and Gentile] into one new man in Himself (thus making peace) ¹⁶ and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross (by which He killed the enmity). ¹⁷ He came and proclaimed peace to us, being both far and near, ¹⁸ because through Him we both have access to the Father, by one Spirit.

¹⁰ to the intent that now, through the Church, the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms,

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²¹ to Him be the glory in the Church in Christ Jesus, to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

⁹ Indeed, that is why God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name, ¹⁰ so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow—of those in heaven, those on earth and those under the earth— ¹¹ and every tongue will acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the father.

²⁰ and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross —through Him, whether things on the earth or things on the heavens.

²⁸ whom we proclaim, warning every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ. ²⁹ It is to this end that I labor, striving according to His working that works through me with power.

¹⁵ (the ones who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, who have persecuted us, who do not please God and are hostile to everybody, ¹⁶ trying to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved—so as to fill up the measure of their sins. They have received the full impact of the Wrath).

¹ Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him, we urge you ² not to be quickly shaken from your conviction or disturbed, whether by a spirit or a word or a letter as from us, as though the day of Christ has come. ³ Don’t let anyone deceive you by any means; because that day cannot come unless the rebellion comes first and the man of sin is revealed, the son of ruin,

⁹ that one’s coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, ¹⁰ and with all wicked deception among those who are wasting themselves, because they did not receive the love of the truth so that they might be saved. ¹¹ Yes, because of this God will send them an active delusion so that they will believe the lie ¹² and so that all may be condemned who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in wickedness.

¹³ I, who was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and arrogant; but I was shown mercy, because being ignorant I did it in unbelief; ¹⁴ the grace of our Lord overflowed, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Here is a trustworthy word, worthy of total acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am chief; ¹⁶ precisely for this reason I was shown mercy, that in me, the ‘chief’, Jesus Christ might display all his forbearance, as an example for those who are going to rely on Him into eternal life. ¹⁷ Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁷ Command those who are rich in this present world not to be haughty, nor to rely upon the uncertainty of riches but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; ¹⁸ they are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous sharers

⁷ Because God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of self-control.

¹⁰ This is why I endure it all: for the sake of the chosen ones, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

⁷ I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸ Now the crown of the righteousness is reserved for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day; and not only to me, but also to all those who have longed for His appearing.

⁷ Therefore—just as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you would hear His voice,

¹³ rather, exhort yourselves every day, while it is called ‘today’, so that none of you be hardened through sin’s deceitfulness.

¹⁵ while it is still being said, “Today, if you would hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

²⁵ Therefore He is able to save absolutely those who come to God through Him, since He always lives and can intercede on their behalf.

²⁸ so the Christ also, having been offered once for all to bear the sins of many—He will appear a second time to those who are eagerly waiting for Him, apart from sin, into salvation.

¹³ Since that time He is waiting until His enemies are placed as a footstool for His feet,

²⁶ Because, if we deliberately keep on sinning after having received the real knowledge of the Truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷ just a certain fearful anticipation of judgment and fierce fire that is ready to consume the hostiles. ²⁸ Anyone who rejected Moses’ law died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ²⁹ Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be deemed worthy who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has regarded as unholy the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

² looking unto Jesus, the Founder and Perfecter of the Faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured a cross, scorning its ignominy, and took His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

²⁴ to Jesus, Mediator of a new covenant, and to a blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. ²⁵ See to it that you not refuse Him who speaks. Because if they did not escape who refused Him who gave divine warning on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from Him who warns from Heaven! ²⁶ Then His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth but also the heaven.”

² Do not forget hospitality to strangers, for in doing so some have entertained angels without knowing it.

¹ James, a slave of God and of Sovereign Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes that are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

¹⁰ but the rich brother in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of wild grass. ¹¹ For the sun rises with its burning heat and withers the grass, and its flower falls off and the beauty of its face perishes. Just so the rich man will be withered in his undertakings.

¹⁰ For whoever will keep the whole law, yet stumble in one point, has become guilty of all.

¹⁸ (But someone will say: “You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith by your works and I, by my works will show you my faith [what he believes].” ¹⁹ You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe—and shudder!) ²⁰ But you need to know, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is dead! ²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? ²² You can see that faith was acting together with his works, and the faith was made complete by the works. ²³ And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “So Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called ‘friend of God’. ²⁴ You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. ²⁵ Similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by a different way? ²⁶ For just as the body without spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

⁵ Or do you suppose that the Scripture says in vain that the Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously?

¹⁷ Therefore, to the one knowing to do good and not doing it, to him it is sin.

⁷ so that the demonstrated genuineness of your faith (much more precious than gold that perishes, albeit tested through fire) may translate into praise, glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ

¹² It was revealed to them that they were not ministering these things to themselves, but to you; which things have now been announced to you by those who proclaimed the gospel to you, with the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things that angels really desire to look into.

¹⁰ who formerly were not a people but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

¹² keeping your way of life among the nations praiseworthy (you being foreigners and sojourners), so that wherein they speak against you as evildoers, in spite of the praiseworthy deeds they have observed, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.

²² who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

¹ Therefore, since Christ suffered on our behalf in flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mentality (for the one who has ‘suffered in flesh’ has been made to cease from sin)

⁹ Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. ¹⁰ As each has received a gift, minister it to one another as good administrators of God’s varied grace. ¹¹ If anyone speaks, let it be as utterances of God. If anyone serves, let it be as from strength as God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion throughout the ages. Amen.

⁴ And when the Chief Shepherd is revealed you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

¹ Simon Peter, slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained with us the same kind of faith in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

⁶ and condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes (providing a warning to those who are intent on being ungodly),

⁹ God’s love was made real within us by this: God sent His only begotten Son into the world in order that we might live through Him. ¹⁰ In this is the love, not that we loved God but that He loved us—He even sent His Son as the propitiation for our sins. ¹¹ Dear ones, since God loved us in this way we are obligated to love one another, really. ¹² No one has ever looked at God. If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is being perfected in us. ¹³ By this we know that we remain in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. ¹⁴ Yes, we have observed and do testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.

¹⁸ There is no fear in love; rather perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment; so he who fears has not been perfected in love.

⁸ Look to yourselves, so that we not lose the things for which we worked but may receive a full reward.

¹⁵ to execute judgment on everyone and to convict all the godless among them of all their godless deeds that they have godlessly perpetrated, also of all the harsh things they have spoken against Him—the godless sinners!”

⁷ Take note, He comes with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, including those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will beat their breasts [in dismay] because of Him. Yea, verily!

³ and you have born up and endured on account of my name, and not grown weary.

²⁶ And as for the one who overcomes and keeps my works until the end, I will give him authority over the nations; ²⁷ and he will shepherd them with a rod of iron; they will be smashed like clay pots ²⁸ —just as I have received from my Father. And I will give him the morning star. ²⁹ ‘He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.’

¹¹ ‘I am coming swiftly. Hold fast what you have so that no one may take your crown.

²⁰ ‘Now then, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone should hear my voice and open the door I really will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

⁹ And they sing a new song saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals; because You were slaughtered, and have redeemed us to God by your blood out of every tribe and language and people and ethnic nation; ¹⁰ and You have made them kings and priests to our God, and they will reign on the earth.” ¹¹ And I looked, and I heard as it were the voice of many angels, around the throne and the living beings and the elders. And their number was ten thousand times ten thousand and a thousand thousands, ¹² saying with a great voice: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered to receive the power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!” ¹³ And every creature which is in the heaven and upon the earth and under the earth, and those upon the sea, and everything in them—I heard them all saying: “To Him who sits upon the throne and to the Lamb: the blessing and the honor and the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen!!” ¹⁴ and the four living beings saying the “Amen”. And the elders fell and did obeisance.

¹ After these things I heard as it were the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven saying, “Hallelujah! The salvation and power and glory of our God! ² Because His judgments are true and just, because He has judged the great whore who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of His slaves by her hand.” ³ And a second voice said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up for ever and ever!” ⁴ And the twenty-four elders and the four living beings fell down and worshipped God, who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen, Hallelujah!” ⁵ And a voice came from the Throne saying, “”Praise our God, all you His slaves and those who fear Him, small and great!” ⁶ And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunderings saying: “Hallelujah! Because the Lord our God reigns, the Almighty!