Christ in the Bible

Meaning: anointed

Exact Match

The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son (grandson) has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed (worshiper). He is the father of Jesse, the father of David [the ancestor of Jesus Christ].

Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David [the king of Israel and the ancestor of Jesus Christ].


The kings of the earth take their stand;
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the Lord and His Anointed (the Davidic King, the Messiah, the Christ), saying,

Understand this then, and mark it well: That from the time it shall be concluded to go and repair Jerusalem again, unto Christ, the anointed Prince: there shall be seven weeks.Then shall the streets and walls be builded again sixty two weeks, but with hard troublous time.

After these sixty two weeks, shall Christ be slain, and they shall have no pleasure in him. Then shall there come a people with the prince, and destroy the city and the Sanctuary: and his end shall come as the water flood. But the desolation shall continue till the end of the battle.

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.

But whoever disowns me in front of people [i.e., denies that I am the Christ, or that he is a disciple. See John 18:15-17, 25-27], I will disown him in front of my Father in heaven.

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying, What think ye of Christ?

Therefore, if people say to you, 'Look, he [i.e., Christ. See verse 23] is in the desert,' do not go out there. [Or if they say], 'Look, he is in an inside room,' do not believe him.

Wherever there is a dead body, [you can expect to see] vultures gathered there. [Note: This may mean that such a significant event as the coming of Christ would surely not go unnoticed].

Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ? for he knew that out of envy they had delivered Him up.

And coming out of their tombs after Christ's resurrection they entered the holy city and showed themselves to many.

and he cured many that were sick with divers diseases, and, many demons, he cast out, and suffered not the demons to be talking, - because they knew him to be Christ.

And the chief priests likewise scoffing at Him among themselves, with the scribes, said, He saved others, Himself He cannot save: let Christ,

Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."]

exactly as they were handed down to us by those [with personal experience] who from the beginning [of Christ’s ministry] were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word [that is, of the teaching concerning salvation through faith in Christ],

whether perhaps he were the Christ, John answered, saying to all of them. "I indeed am baptizing you in water, but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose shoe-latchet I am not worthy to unloose. He shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and in fire.

Peter answering said, The Christ of God. But he straitly charged and commanded them,

"And I tell you, every person who acknowledges me in front of people [i.e., to be his Lord and Christ], the Son of man will also acknowledge him in front of God's angels.

But that person who disowns me in front of people [i.e., denies that I am the Christ, or that he is a disciple. See John 18:15-17, 25-27], will be disowned in front of God's angels.

And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great splendor [Note: This no doubt refers to the second coming of Christ. See II Pet. 3:9-10; Matt. 24:30-31; Rev. 1:7].

And, when it became day, the Eldership of the people was gathered together - both High-priests and Scribes, - and they led him away into their high-council, saying - If, thou, art the Christ, tell us!

So, they all asked [Him], "Then are you the Son of God?" And He answered them, "You [are right to] say that I am [the Christ]."

He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him: We have found the Messiah; (which, when translated, is the Christ;)

Now while He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people, because they saw the wonder-works which He was performing, trusted in Him as the Christ.

Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is in truth the prophet. Others said, This is the Christ.

{Joh 7:538:12: This passage is omitted as ungenuine by Tischendorf and most critical editors of the Greek Testament. It is found in some manuscripts, but not in the most ancient. It is, however, very generally regarded as a genuine relic of the teaching of Christ, though not forming a part of the fourth Gospel. I give it in the text of Tregelles, omitting the words which he incloses in brackets. Tregelles, however, does not suppose it to be genuine.} [And they went each to his house;

If thou art the Christ, tell us openly. Jesus responded, I told you, and you do not believe: the works which I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me.

Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.

From now on I am telling you [what will happen] before it occurs, so that when it does take place you may believe that I am He [who I say I am—the Christ, the Anointed, the Messiah].

He will cut off [See verse 6] every branch [i.e., follower of Christ] who is in [fellowship with] me that does not bear fruit. And He will prune every branch that does bear fruit, so it will bear more fruit.

And the time will come when every person who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved' [i.e., whoever appeals to God through obedient faith in Christ].

Thematic Bible



And He was saying, Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”

So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”


Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

And He *went up on the mountain and *summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him.

But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name’s sake,


Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." Then they said to Him, "Lord, always give us this bread." read more.
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.


Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

For there was a tabernacle prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread; this is called the holy place.

He said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it;


Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession;

Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent!

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.

For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.

Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,


I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”

When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet.

But others were saying, “He is Elijah.” And others were saying, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

Fear gripped them all, and they began glorifying God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited His people!”

Nevertheless I must journey on today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem.

And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people,

The woman *said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.

Therefore when the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is the Prophet.”

So they *said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a prophet.”

Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you.


By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed in the flesh,
Was vindicated in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Proclaimed among the nations,
Believed on in the world,
Taken up in glory.

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.

who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,

whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”


We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

And King Herod heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.”

Now when John, while imprisoned, heard of the works of Christ, he sent word by his disciples

Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent.

He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and the many listeners were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things, and what is this wisdom given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands?

As soon as He was approaching, near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen,

But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.

Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father’s name, these testify of Me.

but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.”

Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.

If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.


The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

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

And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”

“Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.

But He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose.”

“I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!

For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”

It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all.


As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector’s booth; and He *said to him, Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them,

The disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.

Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.”

Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like:

Jesus *said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim.

And when she heard it, she *got up quickly and was coming to Him.

He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”

And He said to them, Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch.” So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.


and one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.”

And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed.”

The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?”

The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting,
“Hosanna to the Son of David;
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord;
Hosanna in the highest!”

Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh,

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel,


and one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.”

And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed.”

The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?”

The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting,
“Hosanna to the Son of David;
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord;
Hosanna in the highest!”

Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh,

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel,


But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

saying, Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

“As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.

Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.”

For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.

For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house.


But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

saying, Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

“As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.

Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.”

For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.

For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house.


And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

“But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.

and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire,

And He *said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

Now an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.

Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?

And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says,
And let all the angels of God worship Him.”

Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,


For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.


These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out Himself to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.

A battered reed He will not break off,
And a smoldering wick He will not put out,
Until He leads justice to victory.

then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power.

He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

and one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.”

I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”


Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past,

By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed in the flesh,
Was vindicated in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Proclaimed among the nations,
Believed on in the world,
Taken up in glory.

that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ Himself,

but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory;

He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him

By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned;


Jesus *said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’”

For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?

You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even among the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

Therefore it says,
When He ascended on high,
He led captive a host of captives,
And He gave gifts to men.”

And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.


“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.

Thus says the Lord your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
“For your sake I have sent to Babylon,
And will bring them all down as fugitives,
Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice.

And He will redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.

For their Redeemer is strong;
He will plead their case against you.

“Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel;
I will help you,” declares the Lord, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb,
“I, the Lord, am the maker of all things,
Stretching out the heavens by Myself
And spreading out the earth all alone,

Our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name,
The Holy One of Israel.

“A Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” declares the Lord.

“Their Redeemer is strong, the Lord of hosts is His name;
He will vigorously plead their case
So that He may bring rest to the earth,
But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.


For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you that this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.

But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilean." But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about."

If we endure, we will also reign with Him;
If we deny Him, He also will deny us;

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.


And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead.

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom:

Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.

All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;

For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.”

on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

but they will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.


who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of gladness above Your companions.”

Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.”

So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,

saying with a loud voice,Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”


Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—

But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;

Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.

If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.


and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”—

And they *sang a new song, saying, Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;

But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers,


You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very moment.

Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.

But Peter said, “I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!”

And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health.

always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;


“I kept looking
Until thrones were set up,
And the Ancient of Days took His seat;
His vesture was like white snow
And the hair of His head like pure wool.
His throne was ablaze with flames,
Its wheels were a burning fire.

You are fairer than the sons of men;
Grace is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.

“His mouth is full of sweetness.
And he is wholly desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.”

Just as many were astonished at you, My people,
So His appearance was marred more than any man
And His form more than the sons of men.

For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.

And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.

His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire.

And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.


You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very moment.

Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.

But Peter said, “I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!”

And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health.

always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;


These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”

“Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!”

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.”

so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

But of the Son He says,
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
And the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom.

Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”


one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.”

He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

And He was saying to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.


one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified.”

He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

And He was saying to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.


Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

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

For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all.

He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,

but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.


For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”—

But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.

and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.


For thus says the high and exalted One
Who lives forever, whose name is Holy,
“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.

Who humbles Himself to behold
The things that are in heaven and in the earth?

Who remembered us in our low estate,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

For though the Lord is exalted,
Yet He regards the lowly,
But the haughty He knows from afar.

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”

“For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave;
For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed.

*got up from supper, and *laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself.

And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

Then He *said to Thomas, Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”


But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.

Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;

But they themselves were filled with rage, and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.

And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him,

And he went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers how he might betray Him to them.

For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs.

So from that day on they planned together to kill Him.


The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”

Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.

The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him.

Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

Then they *sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him in order to trap Him in a statement.

plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say.

So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor.

They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.


Abraham came near and said, "Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? "Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? "Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?" read more.
So the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account." And Abraham replied, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes. "Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five?" And He said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there." He spoke to Him yet again and said, "Suppose forty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it on account of the forty." Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty there." And he said, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the twenty." Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the ten."

Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob's thigh was dislocated while he wrestled with him. Then he said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." But he said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." read more.
So he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob." He said, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed." Then Jacob asked him and said, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And he blessed him there. So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved."

Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? "And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future And this is the custom of man, O Lord GOD. "Again what more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD! read more.
"For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your servant know. "For this reason You are great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. "And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods? "For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. "Now therefore, O LORD God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house, confirm it forever, and do as You have spoken, that Your name may be magnified forever, by saying, 'The LORD of hosts is God over Israel'; and may the house of Your servant David be established before You. "For You, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have made a revelation to Your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house'; therefore Your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to You. "Now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant. "Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken; and with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever."

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. He said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart, who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You have promised him; indeed, You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand as it is this day. read more.
"Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You have promised him, saying, 'You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way to walk before Me as you have walked.' "Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Your word, I pray, be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David. "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built! "Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today; that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, 'My name shall be there,' to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. "Listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and forgive. "If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, then hear in heaven and act and judge Your servants, condemning the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness. "When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy, because they have sinned against You, if they turn to You again and confess Your name and pray and make supplication to You in this house, then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers. "When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain, because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name and turn from their sin when You afflict them, then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and of Your people Israel, indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk And send rain on Your land, which You have given Your people for an inheritance. "If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house; then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men, that they may fear You all the days that they live in the land which You have given to our fathers. "Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your name's sake (for they will hear of Your great name and Your mighty hand, and of Your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house, hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name. "When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to the LORD toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name, then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. "When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near; if they take thought in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, 'We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly'; if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name; then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You, and make them objects of compassion before those who have taken them captive, that they may have compassion on them (for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace), that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You. "For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord GOD." When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven. And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: "Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant. "May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us, that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers. "And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires, so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no one else. "Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to the LORD our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day."

It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples." And He said to them, "When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. 'Give us each day our daily bread. read more.
'And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.'" Then He said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him'; and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.' "I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs. "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? "Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"

Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart, saying, "In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man. "There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give me legal protection from my opponent.' read more.
"For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, 'Even though I do not fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.'" And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge said; now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? "I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"


Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him.

Then His mother and His brothers *arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.

After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing.

For not even His brothers were believing in Him.

Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.


Abraham came near and said, "Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? "Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? "Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?" read more.
So the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account." And Abraham replied, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes. "Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five?" And He said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there." He spoke to Him yet again and said, "Suppose forty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it on account of the forty." Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty there." And he said, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the twenty." Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the ten."

Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob's thigh was dislocated while he wrestled with him. Then he said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." But he said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." read more.
So he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob." He said, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed." Then Jacob asked him and said, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And he blessed him there. So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved."

Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? "And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future And this is the custom of man, O Lord GOD. "Again what more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD! read more.
"For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your servant know. "For this reason You are great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. "And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods? "For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. "Now therefore, O LORD God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house, confirm it forever, and do as You have spoken, that Your name may be magnified forever, by saying, 'The LORD of hosts is God over Israel'; and may the house of Your servant David be established before You. "For You, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have made a revelation to Your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house'; therefore Your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to You. "Now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant. "Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken; and with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever."

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. He said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart, who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You have promised him; indeed, You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand as it is this day. read more.
"Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You have promised him, saying, 'You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way to walk before Me as you have walked.' "Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Your word, I pray, be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David. "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built! "Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today; that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, 'My name shall be there,' to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. "Listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and forgive. "If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, then hear in heaven and act and judge Your servants, condemning the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness. "When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy, because they have sinned against You, if they turn to You again and confess Your name and pray and make supplication to You in this house, then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers. "When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain, because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name and turn from their sin when You afflict them, then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and of Your people Israel, indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk And send rain on Your land, which You have given Your people for an inheritance. "If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house; then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men, that they may fear You all the days that they live in the land which You have given to our fathers. "Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your name's sake (for they will hear of Your great name and Your mighty hand, and of Your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house, hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name. "When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to the LORD toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name, then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. "When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near; if they take thought in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, 'We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly'; if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name; then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You, and make them objects of compassion before those who have taken them captive, that they may have compassion on them (for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace), that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You. "For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord GOD." When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven. And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: "Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant. "May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us, that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers. "And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires, so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no one else. "Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to the LORD our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day."

It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples." And He said to them, "When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. 'Give us each day our daily bread. read more.
'And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.'" Then He said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him'; and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.' "I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs. "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? "Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"

Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart, saying, "In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man. "There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give me legal protection from my opponent.' read more.
"For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, 'Even though I do not fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.'" And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge said; now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? "I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"


Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

“Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?”

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”

But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.”

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”

When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?”

and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed.

When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that came down out of heaven.”


And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.

Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better;

Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.


For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol;
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day.

and will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify Him, and on the third day He will be raised up.”

But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

As they were coming down from the mountain, He gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man rose from the dead.

But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

Jesus answered them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

"So, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, stating nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place; that the Christ was to suffer, and that by reason of His resurrection from the dead He would be the first to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."


being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming Christ to them.

Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him.

and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.”

The word which He sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all)—

explaining and giving evidence that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”

but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness,

For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.


But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to teach.

for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.

He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying,

When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

And He began teaching in their synagogues and was praised by all.

And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat.

this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”

Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them.


When the apostles returned, they gave an account to Him of all that they had done. Taking them with Him, He withdrew by Himself to a city called Bethsaida.

After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.

Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there.

Six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and *led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

As Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them,

And He *said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.)

Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice.

And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and began to pray,


I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.
His goings forth are from long ago,
From the days of eternity.”

Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”

Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.


John answered them saying, “I baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.

Jesus *said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.”

The man answered and said to them, “Well, here is an amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.

These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me.

For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.

No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him.


Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?" Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.

"If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;

for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father.

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love.

Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints;

and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,


And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead.

teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.

He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

You are My friends if you do what I command you.


His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a rich man in His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

At that time two robbers *were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left.

For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in Me, ‘And He was numbered with transgressors’; for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment.”

In humiliation His judgment was taken away;
Who will relate His generation?
For His life is removed from the earth.”

but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.


Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him.

And blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.”

but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness,

“Then He shall become a sanctuary;
But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over,
And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

and,
A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;
for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.


When Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me.”

He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He *said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”

Sighing deeply in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation seek for a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,

When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled,

Jesus wept.

Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.


knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as,

Just as it is written,
For Your sake we are being put to death all day long;
We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

It is a trustworthy statement:
For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him;


Therefore Jesus said, For a little while longer I am with you, then I go to Him who sent Me.

You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

“But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.

Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;

A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.”

I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father.”


These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, Do not weep.”

Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

But Jesus turning and seeing her said, “Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well.” At once the woman was made well.

But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, *said to the synagogue official, Do not be afraid any longer, only believe.”

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,


We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.

do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.


Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”

For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in Me, ‘And He was numbered with transgressors’; for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment.”

And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

saying, The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day.”

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

saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”

and He said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;


Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”

For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in Me, ‘And He was numbered with transgressors’; for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment.”

And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

saying, The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day.”

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

saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”

and He said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;


For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.

And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.

His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.


Say to the daughter of Zion,
Behold your King is coming to you,
Gentle, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”

Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent!

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.

Then Jesus *said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.

and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;


and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—

I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,

Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”

“Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
A leader and commander for the peoples.

Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and testify of what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony.

What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.

Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.


But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.

And a leper came to Him and bowed down before Him, and said, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

While He was saying these things to them, a synagogue official came and bowed down before Him, and said, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and making a request of Him.

One of the synagogue officials named Jairus *came up, and on seeing Him, *fell at His feet

And he said, “Lord, I believe.” And he worshiped Him.


I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you.

for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.”

For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.

He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.


I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you.

for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.”

For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.

He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.


In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride and the adornment of the survivors of Israel.

Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse,
And a branch from his roots will bear fruit.

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch;
And He will reign as king and act wisely
And do justice and righteousness in the land.

In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth.

Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you—indeed they are men who are a symbol, for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the Branch.

Then say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, a man whose name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will build the temple of the Lord.


And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”

But Jesus was saying, Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.

Then He *said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, *said, I am thirsty.”

Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.

And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” Having said this, He breathed His last.


The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’

He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me;

The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”

And so, by sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.


For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen;
My Beloved in whom My soul is well-pleased;
I will put My Spirit upon Him,
And He shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!”

and a voice came out of the heavens: “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”

to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him,
You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”;


For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen;
My Beloved in whom My soul is well-pleased;
I will put My Spirit upon Him,
And He shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!”

and a voice came out of the heavens: “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”

to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him,
You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”;


You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your fellows.

And He saw that there was no man,
And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;
Then His own arm brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness upheld Him.

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch;
And He will reign as king and act wisely
And do justice and righteousness in the land.

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.

Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And faithfulness the belt about His waist.

“I am the Lord, I have called You in righteousness,
I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You,
And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people,
As a light to the nations,


And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says,
And let all the angels of God worship Him.”

And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “You are certainly God’s Son!”

And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him.

After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

When He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.


Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

“And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God;

that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

“Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.

and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.


and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.

For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;


He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church,

but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.

and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.


Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!

because we are members of His body.

Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.

For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.

As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.


"But from now on THE SON OF MAN WILL BE SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND of the power OF GOD." And they all said, "Are You the Son of God, then?" And He said to them, "Yes, I am."

I and the Father are one.”

"If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."

He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

"If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him." Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us." Jesus said to him, "Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? read more.
"Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.

All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.


For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.

For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him,


And with great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all.

"We are witnesses of all the things He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem They also put Him to death by hanging Him on a cross. "God raised Him up on the third day and granted that He become visible, not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God, that is, to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.

who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,

this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. "But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.

"But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.

And according to Paul's custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and giving evidence that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ."


Then He *poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
He is just and endowed with salvation,
Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.


For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him.

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;

God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.


And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is near; I am to keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.”’”

Then He *came to the disciples and *said to them, Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

So they were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

And Jesus *answered them, saying, The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,


But the Pharisees were saying, “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.”

But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”

And they were saying many other things against Him, blaspheming.

because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

Do they not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called?


but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,
The spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and strength,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.


Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great.” As He said these things, He would call out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, You both know Me and know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

And Jesus cried out and said, He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me.

And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.


While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!”

and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.”

There is another who testifies of Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true.

And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form.

I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”

If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that He has testified concerning His Son.


The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

But the Pharisees were saying, “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”

And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.”

They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law;

But others were mocking and saying, “They are full of sweet wine.”

For we have found this man a real pest and a fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.


Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out Himself to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.

Who is this who comes from Edom,
With garments of glowing colors from Bozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
Marching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”

But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.

The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,


Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

But He was pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.

The word which He sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all)—

For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall,

and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.


And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

And Jesus said to them, “The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.


He put on righteousness like a breastplate,
And a helmet of salvation on His head;
And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing
And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle.

And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house will consume me.”

Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.

We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.


For this is contained in Scripture:
Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone,
And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.”

The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief corner stone.

Jesus *said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures,
The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the chief corner stone;
This came about from the Lord,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone.

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,


and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—

These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”

which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”


and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—

These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”

which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”


If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.

But they themselves were filled with rage, and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.

But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’

So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.”


and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—

These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”

which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”


And Herod with his soldiers, after treating Him with contempt and mocking Him, dressed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him back to Pilate.

For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff.

After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.

I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.

Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp.


As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth, and He *said to him, Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

And Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”

Immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away to follow Him.

And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles:

The next day He purposed to go into Galilee, and He *found Philip. And Jesus *said to him, Follow Me.”

And He said to me, ‘Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’


Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself, and come down from the cross!"

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him.

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”


And Herod with his soldiers, after treating Him with contempt and mocking Him, dressed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him back to Pilate.

Now the men who were holding Jesus in custody were mocking Him and beating Him,

And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,

The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour wine,


For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die, who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day.” So the people rescued Jonathan and he did not die.

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed.][And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.]

And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain—


Simon answered and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.”

They came to Jesus and woke Him up, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm.

And Jesus said, “Who is the one who touched Me?” And while they were all denying it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing in on You.”

And as these were leaving Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tabernacles: one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not realizing what he was saying.

John answered and said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name; and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow along with us.”

and they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”


And He said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.

and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples.

“Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.

Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.


And Jesus said, “Who is the one who touched Me?” And while they were all denying it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing in on You.”

And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them.

for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed around Him in order to touch Him.

And He went off with him; and a large crowd was following Him and pressing in on Him.

Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;

And His mother and brothers came to Him, and they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd.


I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

“I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near;
A star shall come forth from Jacob,
A scepter shall rise from Israel,
And shall crush through the forehead of Moab,
And tear down all the sons of Sheth.

So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.

and I will give him the morning star.


If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here.

For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.

then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first in order to establish the second.


I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

“I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near;
A star shall come forth from Jacob,
A scepter shall rise from Israel,
And shall crush through the forehead of Moab,
And tear down all the sons of Sheth.

So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.

and I will give him the morning star.


Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost.

He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations;

and I will give him the morning star.

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.


What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life—

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

For there are three that testify:

He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.


For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Pilate came out again and *said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him.”

And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,

For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son, made perfect forever.


Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.

for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.

“You are those who have stood by Me in My trials;

For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.


And He began teaching in their synagogues and was praised by all.

And many spread their coats in the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.

They brought it to Jesus, and they threw their coats on the colt and put Jesus on it.

took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.”

And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying,“To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.”


For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,


I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.

but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.”

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.

I and the Father are one.”

The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one;


For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:

Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,


And they cried out, saying, “What business do we have with each other, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”

saying, “What business do we have with each other, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are the Son of God!”

Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But rebuking them, He would not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.

And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”


For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.


And they cried out, saying, “What business do we have with each other, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”

saying, “What business do we have with each other, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are the Son of God!”

Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But rebuking them, He would not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ.

And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”


Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man, having a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.

and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash. His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire. His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters. read more.
In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength.

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.


But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,

Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me.”

He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

And as Jesus returned, the people welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him.

And he hurried and came down and received Him gladly.


After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, *said, I am thirsty.”

Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him.

For He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and *said to them, Whom do you seek?”


After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, *said, I am thirsty.”

Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him.

For He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and *said to them, Whom do you seek?”


Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division;

There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; some were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray.”

So a division occurred in the crowd because of Him.

Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.

A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.


And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.”

When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.

Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him;

When Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and so He stayed by the seashore.

On the next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met Him.


Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division;

There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; some were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray.”

So a division occurred in the crowd because of Him.

Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.

A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.


Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.

And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

But He detected their trickery and said to them,


And a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak; for she was saying to herself, "If I only touch His garment, I will get well." But Jesus turning and seeing her said, "Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well." At once the woman was made well.

for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed around Him in order to touch Him.

When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret. And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent word into all that surrounding district and brought to Him all who were sick; and they implored Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were cured.

And all the people were trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all.


After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, *said, I am thirsty.”

Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him.

For He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and *said to them, Whom do you seek?”


just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

got up from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself. Then He poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.


these then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

they found Him, and *said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You.”

When day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were searching for Him, and came to Him and tried to keep Him from going away from them.

Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.


Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out Himself to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.

and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.

You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.


for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

They were all amazed, so that they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.


for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

They were all amazed, so that they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.


and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,

But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.


There was reclining on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Jesus wept. So the Jews were saying, "See how He loved him!"

No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.


There was reclining on Jesus’ bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

Jesus wept. So the Jews were saying, "See how He loved him!"

No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.


Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,


At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened,

Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,

So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes, and said, Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.


"But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? "Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living. "The deep says, 'It is not in me'; And the sea says, 'It is not with me.' read more.
"Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it, Nor can silver be weighed as its price. "It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, In precious onyx, or sapphire. "Gold or glass cannot equal it, Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold. "Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned; And the acquisition of wisdom is above that of pearls. "The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, Nor can it be valued in pure gold. "Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding? "Thus it is hidden from the eyes of all living And concealed from the birds of the sky. "Abaddon and Death say, 'With our ears we have heard a report of it.' "God understands its way, And He knows its place. "For He looks to the ends of the earth And sees everything under the heavens. "When He imparted weight to the wind And meted out the waters by measure, When He set a limit for the rain And a course for the thunderbolt, Then He saw it and declared it; He established it and also searched it out. "And to man He said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.'"

How blessed is the man who finds wisdom And the man who gains understanding. For her profit is better than the profit of silver And her gain better than fine gold. She is more precious than jewels; And nothing you desire compares with her. read more.
Long life is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways And all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who hold her fast. The LORD by wisdom founded the earth, By understanding He established the heavens. By His knowledge the deeps were broken up And the skies drip with dew. My son, let them not vanish from your sight; Keep sound wisdom and discretion, So they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck. Then you will walk in your way securely And your foot will not stumble. When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention that you may gain understanding, For I give you sound teaching; Do not abandon my instruction. When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother, read more.
Then he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments and live; Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth. "Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you. "The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your acquiring, get understanding. "Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her. "She will place on your head a garland of grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty." Hear, my son, and accept my sayings And the years of your life will be many. I have directed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths. When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; And if you run, you will not stumble. Take hold of instruction; do not let go Guard her, for she is your life.


and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light.

Six days later, Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them;

And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming.


To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

And they went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they set a seal on the stone.

And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”


Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son.

When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching;

And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,

So Jesus answered them and said, My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.


When they had entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying; that is, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew;

And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),


When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate and the hour is already late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food and broke the loaves and He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them; and He divided up the two fish among them all.

Now the day was ending, and the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and get something to eat; for here we are in a desolate place.”

Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, *said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat?”


But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men,

Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we believe that You came from God.”

He *said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus *said to him, Tend My sheep.

And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen


Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice.

Simon and his companions searched for Him;

And He *came home, and the crowd *gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.

The people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.


Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.

When He went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and healed their sick.

And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”


Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,


For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute; when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed.


For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are prudent in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are distinguished, but we are without honor.


“Then it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through,
It will reach even to the neck;
And the spread of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.

Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”


And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads

Let this Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.

One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”


And in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea.

But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they *saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened.


On the next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met Him.

When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying,

After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, “He is dead!”


They were all amazed, so that they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

The men were amazed, and said, “What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.


When Jesus came into Peter’s home, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever.

And He came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand, and the fever left her, and she waited on them.

Then He got up and left the synagogue, and entered Simon’s home. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him to help her.


While He was saying these things to them, a synagogue official came and bowed down before Him, and said, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded.

And there came a man named Jairus, and he was an official of the synagogue; and he fell at Jesus’ feet, and began to implore Him to come to his house;


He *said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.

They came to Jesus and woke Him up, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm.

And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm.


And a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak;

A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,

And a woman who had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone,


For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house.

Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.


He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.

And he *said to them, “Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him.

He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee,


Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him.

And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things; and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff.

But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.


Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened,

Then Jesus *arrived from Galilee at the Jordan coming to John, to be baptized by him.

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.


When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.


When He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed met Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way.

They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.


Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, and *said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”

And He stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately the leprosy left him.


And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse Him.

He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered.

On another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.


And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.


Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.


And they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

And they *came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men.

And some men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him.


He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.

He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.


When He went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and healed their sick.

Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there. And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them. So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.


Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.

For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,


You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.


I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.


And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,

and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also.


And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”


And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.


And Jesus came to them and touched them and said, “Get up, and do not be afraid.”

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.


And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise!" The dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."


Jesus *said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures,
The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the chief corner stone;
This came about from the Lord,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they implored Him to leave their region.


Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.

Therefore Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial.


but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us—


He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness,


Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession;

Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.


For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.

“And to Him was given dominion,
Glory and a kingdom,
That all the peoples, nations and men of every language
Might serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
Which will not pass away;
And His kingdom is one
Which will not be destroyed.


Then they *came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road.

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

And two blind men sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”


Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw.

As they were going out, a mute, demon-possessed man was brought to Him.

And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute; when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed.


And He did not answer him with regard to even a single charge, so the governor was quite amazed.

The chief priests began to accuse Him harshly.


He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.

“He will not cry out or raise His voice,
Nor make His voice heard in the street.


But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.

And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed.”


And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”

And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces.


I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.

If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.


who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,

And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,


For we have found this man a real pest and a fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

and came and lived in a city called Nazareth. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: “He shall be called a Nazarene.”


A voice is calling,
Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”


And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.

And He took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them.


For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death.


He will swallow up death for all time,
And the Lord God will wipe tears away from all faces,
And He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.

Because You will not abandon my soul to Hades,
Nor allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.


So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.

He *found first his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which translated means Christ).


And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

And Jesus answered and said, “You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”


When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, Do not weep.”

Jesus wept.


And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him,

And a centurion’s slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die.


He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee,

No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.”


And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people,

Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you.


Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”

The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?”


Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva;

And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly.


And has raised up a horn of salvation for us
In the house of David His servant—

For my eyes have seen Your salvation,


Throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, he came out of him without doing him any harm.


My beloved is dazzling and ruddy,
Outstanding among ten thousand.


The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.


I am the rose of Sharon,
The lily of the valleys.”


In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.

For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself;


So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.


For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died;


For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.


After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep;


then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles;


and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,


Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.


For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.


For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.


and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.


and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.


God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.


so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.


For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.


I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;


in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.


I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”


I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”


The high priest stood up and said to Him, "Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?" But Jesus kept silent And the high priest said to Him, "I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God."


For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ,


When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,


Then He touched their eyes, saying, "It shall be done to you according to your faith." And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them: "See that no one knows about this!"


Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.


“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this:


“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this:


Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.


His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.


and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.


Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.


and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,


to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.


Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.


More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,


having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.


saying with a loud voice,Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”


When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,


and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.


All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.


which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,


which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,


And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church,


And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church,


For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.


I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name.


I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
And the bow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak peace to the nations;
And His dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.


I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.


and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.


Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.


and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—


and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—


and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—


But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.


“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”


And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them.


And He withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and He knelt down and began to pray, saying, "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done."


For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”


I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.”


Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.


From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day.


And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed.


teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”


When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful.


Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord,


"If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;


And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”


Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”


"For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again. "No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again This commandment I received from My Father."


Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed at once.


Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed at once.


and they implored Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were cured.


And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.


Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.


Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.


He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.


You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.


Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He *said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered.


When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?”


Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.


Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.


and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.


and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.


For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay every man according to his deeds.


And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”


Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen;
My Beloved in whom My soul is well-pleased;
I will put My Spirit upon Him,
And He shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles.


For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,


And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.


Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
He is just and endowed with salvation,
Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.


The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”


Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, you have now heard the blasphemy;


One of the synagogue officials named Jairus came up, and on seeing Him, fell at His feet and implored Him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live."


And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume, and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.


He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and waited on Him.


But the news about Him was spreading even farther, and large crowds were gathering to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray.


After bidding them farewell, He left for the mountain to pray. When it was evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on the land.


Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.


Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out Himself to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.


So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?" Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.


And He saw that there was no man,
And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;
Then His own arm brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness upheld Him.


"As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.


And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him.


For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.


The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.


Like a shepherd He will tend His flock,
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in His bosom;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.


"Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.


so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.


Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel.


When He entered the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus *said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They *said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”


While He was saying these things to them, a synagogue official came and bowed down before Him, and said, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”


“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.


where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.


For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens;


who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.


Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick." read more.
But when Jesus heard this, He said, "This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it." Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." The disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone You, and are You going there again?" Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. "But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." This He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep." The disciples then said to Him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover." Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep. So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead, and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him." Therefore Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, so that we may die with Him." So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off; and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother. Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but Mary stayed at the house. Martha then said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. "Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You." Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?" She said to Him, "Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world." When she had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." And when she heard it, she got up quickly and was coming to Him. Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him. Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died." When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled, and said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to Him, "Lord, come and see." Jesus wept. So the Jews were saying, "See how He loved him!" But some of them said, "Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man also from dying?" So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to Him, "Lord, by this time there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?" So they removed the stone Then Jesus raised His eyes, and said, "Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. "I knew that You always hear Me; but because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me." When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."


But He turned and rebuked them, [and said, "You do not know what kind of spirit you are of; for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them."] And they went on to another village.


Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.


Like a shepherd He will tend His flock,
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in His bosom;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.


Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.


And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed;
He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.”


The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief corner stone.


where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.


“You will also suck the milk of nations
And suck the breast of kings;
Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.


He remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”


Jesus *said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”


and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written,
The Deliverer will come from Zion,
He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.”


For the Lord is our judge,
The Lord is our lawgiver,
The Lord is our king;
He will save us—


and came and lived in a city called Nazareth. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: “He shall be called a Nazarene.”


She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”


When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”


fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.


Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.


We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.


Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?


“Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
A leader and commander for the peoples.


“Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
A leader and commander for the peoples.


who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.


And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,


And a leper came to Him and bowed down before Him, and said, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”


So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him,
You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”;


The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.


He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.


But with righteousness He will judge the poor,
And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.


so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.


“He will not be disheartened or crushed
Until He has established justice in the earth;
And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”


The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed me
To bring good news to the afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to captives
And freedom to prisoners;


Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And faithfulness the belt about His waist.


The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,
The spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and strength,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.


“A bruised reed He will not break
And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish;
He will faithfully bring forth justice.


Who is this who comes from Edom,
With garments of glowing colors from Bozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
Marching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”


“He will not cry out or raise His voice,
Nor make His voice heard in the street.


And He will delight in the fear of the Lord,
And He will not judge by what His eyes see,
Nor make a decision by what His ears hear;


This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve,
The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the very corner stone,”


And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,


Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession;


“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.


“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”


He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.


The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:


But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He *said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your bed and go home.”


Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.


And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah,
Are by no means least among the leaders of Judah;
For out of you shall come forth a Ruler
Who will shepherd My people Israel.’”


Trust in the Lord forever,
For in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.


Who is this who comes from Edom,
With garments of glowing colors from Bozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
Marching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”


For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.


She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word.


Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”


But Jesus answered and said, Stop! No more of this.” And He touched his ear and healed him.


But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb;


Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.


While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them.


what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.


They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?”


Afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen.


Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.


and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.


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


For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.


For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.


I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;


but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”


But Jesus was saying, Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.


See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”


Therefore Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”


He *said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” He *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He *said to him, Shepherd My sheep.”


Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”


I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.


and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.


And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.


So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and *said to them, Peace be with you.”


After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus *came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, Peace be with you.”

While they were telling these things, He Himself stood in their midst and *said to them, “Peace be to you.”


While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them.


I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.


“When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,


and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.


He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.


Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.


Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.


By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.


But Jesus was saying, Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.


She *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world.”


Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”


Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”


As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him; and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"


who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,


But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”


I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;


And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.


But Jesus answered and said, Stop! No more of this.” And He touched his ear and healed him.


As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him;


In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.


These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”


As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him; and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" And He said, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,


Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them.


Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,


The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.


But Jesus was saying, Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.


You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.


But they cried out all together, saying, “Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!”


No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.”


You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.


I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.


whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.


Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.


But they urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them.


My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;


In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride and the adornment of the survivors of Israel.


As a result of this Pilate made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, “If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar.”


At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.


But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.


These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.


Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.


But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet.


The people went out to see what had happened; and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting down at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they became frightened.


And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the people say that I am?”


It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.


Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.


Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.


Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.


I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”


but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”


And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”


But He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose.”


I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours;


The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.


And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”


But as they were sailing along He fell asleep; and a fierce gale of wind descended on the lake, and they began to be swamped and to be in danger.


Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.


And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”


For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.”


Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.


Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.


After these things Jesus manifested Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and He manifested Himself in this way.


[Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.


Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.


But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.


You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me;


I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”


And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form.


And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart.


In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there.


I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.


The officers answered, “Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks.”


Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death.”


Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.


It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.


And all were speaking well of Him, and wondering at the gracious words which were falling from His lips; and they were saying, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”


and they were amazed at His teaching, for His message was with authority.


We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God.”


[And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”]


“Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is it?”


Nathanael answered Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel.”


He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.


And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”


I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.


And he questioned Him at some length; but He answered him nothing.


It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.


So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone.


And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming.


For she thought, “If I just touch His garments, I will get well.”


I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”


But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me.


Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened,


And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them;


Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, and *said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”


for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.”


And He said to them, Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch.” So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.


Soon afterwards He went to a city called Nain; and His disciples were going along with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.


Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva;


And there in front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy.


Therefore He came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at Capernaum.


As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth.

Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?”


I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.


If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.


Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.


And He *said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”


It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely.


And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.


Now Peter and his companions had been overcome with sleep; but when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men standing with Him.


While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head.


No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.


And has raised up a horn of salvation for us
In the house of David His servant—


And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”


Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.


Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.


When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”


The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!


even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.


And He said to them, “Where is your faith?” They were fearful and amazed, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him?”


For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,


Because of the tender mercy of our God,
With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,


But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,


“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.


But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and *said, “Get behind Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”


for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.


So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.


Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”


Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.


When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”


When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.


We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.


In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.


and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.


for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.


They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.


Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”


When the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the bridegroom,


A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.


When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break;


and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.


All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.


to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.


He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

But I am a worm and not a man,
A reproach of men and despised by the people.


By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.

So Pilate said to Him, "You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?" Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin."

for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing Him who is unseen.


The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”

but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.


But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.


O Lord, You are my God;
I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name;
For You have worked wonders,
Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

Be exalted, O Lord, in Your strength;
We will sing and praise Your power.

The princes of the people have assembled themselves as the people of the God of Abraham,
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
He is highly exalted.

Be exalted above the heavens, O God;
Let Your glory be above all the earth.

Exalt the Lord our God
And worship at His footstool;
Holy is He.

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,
And Your glory above all the earth.

You are my God, and I give thanks to You;
You are my God, I extol You.

And in that day you will say,
Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name.
Make known His deeds among the peoples;
Make them remember that His name is exalted.”


For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.


Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”

solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.


I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.


Therefore thus says the Lord God,
Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone,
A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not be disturbed.

For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.


Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.


and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means.

Many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ministering to Him.

When He was in Galilee, they used to follow Him and minister to Him; and there were many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.


But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,

And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart.

When they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth.


Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.

Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there. And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them. So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.


But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you.”


Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Going on from there He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them.


Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.”

They answered him, “You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.”


And He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out the demons.

So He kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.


Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

He left Judea and went away again into Galilee.


Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.


But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them.


So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast.


For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.


who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.

And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.


For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens;

For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH;


Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.


Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.


For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.


Now it came about when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us or for our adversaries?" He said, "No; rather I indeed come now as captain of the host of the LORD." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said to him, "What has my lord to say to his servant?" The captain of the LORD'S host said to Joshua, "Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so.


who, appearing in glory, were speaking of His departure which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.

When they had carried out all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.


Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,


The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!" When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"


Now during the day He was teaching in the temple, but at evening He would go out and spend the night on the mount that is called Olivet. And all the people would get up early in the morning to come to Him in the temple to listen to Him.


So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast.


Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah.

And He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”


And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

and said to Him, “Are You the Expected One, or shall we look for someone else?”

At that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord restores His captive people,
Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.


And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She *said to Him, “Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine may sit one on Your right and one on Your left.”

But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened.

So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”


Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him.

He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.


Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;

who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all men,


So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.

The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
Until Shiloh comes,
And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.


whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.


“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' "This is the great and foremost commandment. "The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' read more.
"On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."


“Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.


The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake
To make the law great and glorious.


The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the outer tabernacle is still standing,

For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near.

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, read more.
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, waiting from that time onward UNTIL HIS ENEMIES BE MADE A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET. read more.
For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.


Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, observing His signs which He was doing.

Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near.

But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret.


his corpse shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is accursed of God), so that you do not defile your land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”—


For I say that Christ has become a servant to the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God to confirm the promises given to the fathers,

And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.


"Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.


But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,


The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake
To make the law great and glorious.


Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart."


Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.


he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word.

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.

For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

“It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things;
He knows what is in the darkness,
And the light dwells with Him.

For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.

may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.


And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need.


and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”

Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death.”

Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken.”


“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;

No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.


but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us—


In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.

For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself;


He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.


so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.


Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,


The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.


and all ate the same spiritual food; and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.

As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.


Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham.


For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.


The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven.


But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.


Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.


but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.


Each will be like a refuge from the wind
And a shelter from the storm,
Like streams of water in a dry country,
Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched land.


“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—


and because He did not need anyone to testify concerning man, for He Himself knew what was in man.


Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." Then they said to Him, "Lord, always give us this bread." read more.
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.


whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;

Behind the second veil there was a tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,


We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.

do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.


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


Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”

The Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, "I am the bread that came down out of heaven." They were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?" Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not grumble among yourselves.

Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”


For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens;


If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.


Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.


Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You." But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;

Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?”

No one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?


Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”

One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him,

Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said. And they sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any.


Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him.

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?”


Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a sinner.”

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”

Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him. Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."


And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

"How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.


You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?


The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”


Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee *asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table.


"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. ["Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.] "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. read more.
"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.' "You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold? "And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, that is nothing, but whoever swears by the offering on it, he is obligated.' "You blind men, which is more important, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering? "Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears both by the altar and by everything on it. "And whoever swears by the temple, swears both by the temple and by Him who dwells within it. "And whoever swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it. "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. "You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel! "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence. "You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also. "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. "So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, and say, 'If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' "So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. "Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers. "You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?


But He answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;


You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?


Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.


“For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.


Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were), He left Judea and went away again into Galilee.


Woe to you! For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it.”


The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He healed on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him.


And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”


Jesus *said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”


Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.

And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.


For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”


“Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.


Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD,


Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made.

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but rather to one, “And to your seed,” that is, Christ.


"When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. "He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.


“Because I called and you refused,
I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

“But My people did not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not obey Me.

So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.

The Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them.


For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

“For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He has also rejected you from being king.”

The Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.

But he answered, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’

and He will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from; depart from Me, all you evildoers.’


Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him.

And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things; and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff.

But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.


He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.

He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.


Jesus *said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures,
The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the chief corner stone;
This came about from the Lord,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they implored Him to leave their region.


But they cried out all together, saying, “Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!”


And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”


And He was saying, Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”

So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”


No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.

Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

"This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."


The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads


But with righteousness He will judge the poor,
And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.

because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.”

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.

May he judge Your people with righteousness
And Your afflicted with justice.


But of the Son He says,
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
And the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom.

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Behold, a king will reign righteously
And princes will rule justly.


“In His days Judah will be saved,
And Israel will dwell securely;
And this is His name by which He will be called,
‘The Lord our righteousness.’

The strength of the King loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.


You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your fellows.

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of gladness above Your companions.”


But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,


He put on righteousness like a breastplate,
And a helmet of salvation on His head;
And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing
And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle.


And He saw that there was no man,
And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;
Then His own arm brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness upheld Him.


But Jesus answering said to him, “Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he *permitted Him.


“Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place.


For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.


Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins,
And faithfulness the belt about His waist.


“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.


I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation;
Behold, I will not restrain my lips,
O Lord, You know.


Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle
Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.”

“My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall,
He is looking through the windows,
He is peering through the lattice.


And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He was teaching them on the Sabbath;

On another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.


And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.


So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”


asking, "Teacher, Moses said, 'IF A MAN DIES HAVING NO CHILDREN, HIS BROTHER AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE, AND RAISE UP CHILDREN FOR HIS BROTHER.' "Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother; so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh. read more.
"Last of all, the woman died. "In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her." But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God. "For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. "But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God: 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that IF A MAN'S BROTHER DIES and leaves behind a wife AND LEAVES NO CHILD, HIS BROTHER SHOULD MARRY THE WIFE AND RAISE UP CHILDREN TO HIS BROTHER. "There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no children. "The second one married her, and died leaving behind no children; and the third likewise; read more.
and so all seven left no children. Last of all the woman died also. "In the resurrection, when they rise again, which one's wife will she be? For all seven had married her." Jesus said to them, "Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do not understand the Scriptures or the power of God? "For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. "But regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, and the God of Jacob'? "He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken."


And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

"How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.


But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.


The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.


[For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.]

It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all.


Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

Who is this who comes from Edom,
With garments of glowing colors from Bozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
Marching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”


And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham.

Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth,
Say to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your salvation comes;
Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”


Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
He is just and endowed with salvation,
Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.


For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.


"As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.


And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,


He says, “It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also make You a light of the nations
So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”


He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.


And has raised up a horn of salvation for us
In the house of David His servant—


For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate.


Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.

When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to one another, "Let us go straight to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us." So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger.


Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.


Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.


You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace is poured upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever. Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One, In Your splendor and Your majesty! And in Your majesty ride on victoriously, For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; Let Your right hand teach You awesome things. read more.
Your arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under You; Your arrows are in the heart of the King's enemies. Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your fellows. All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad. Kings' daughters are among Your noble ladies; At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir. Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father's house; Then the King will desire your beauty. Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him. The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; The rich among the people will seek your favor. The King's daughter is all glorious within; Her clothing is interwoven with gold. She will be led to the King in embroidered work; The virgins, her companions who follow her, Will be brought to You. They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing; They will enter into the King's palace. In place of your fathers will be your sons; You shall make them princes in all the earth. I will cause Your name to be remembered in all generations; Therefore the peoples will give You thanks forever and ever.


Jesus answered them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

But He was speaking of the temple of His body.


And He said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”

And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another which will not be torn down.”

“As for these things which you are looking at, the days will come in which there will not be left one stone upon another which will not be torn down.”


Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.

I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts.


Then the devil *took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,

And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here;


And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to carry out for Him the custom of the Law,

And when the days for their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord


And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. And He said to them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a ROBBERS' DEN."


And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; and to those who were selling the doves He said, "Take these things away; stop making My Father's house a place of business." His disciples remembered that it was written, "ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME."


Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures.”


The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

But Jesus perceived their malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?


But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

Then Jesus *said to him, “Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.’”

Jesus said to him, On the other hand, it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”


"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers."


For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.


For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.


Then the devil *left Him; and behold, angels came and began to minister to Him.


And He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to Him.


And He was saying, Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will.”

So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”


Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.


And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”


Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice.

Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon.


and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard of all that He was doing and came to Him.

Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a large crowd of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon,


"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. "Nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.


When we came in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left, we kept sailing to Syria and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo. After looking up the disciples, we stayed there seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.


Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king’s chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed by the king’s country.


This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;


For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

On behalf of such a man I will boast; but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses.