“Consider how the wildflowers grow: They don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these!

But know this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

And He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.

As He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,

a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for over 18 years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

Then He laid His hands on her, and instantly she was restored and began to glorify God.

When He had said these things, all His adversaries were humiliated, but the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things He was doing.

There in front of Him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid.

Then He told him: “A man was giving a large banquet and invited many.

saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

So he got up and went to his father. But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him.

because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

“Now his older son was in the field; as he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

He also said to the disciples: “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.

“There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.

But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was left at his gate.

One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.

Does he thank that slave because he did what was commanded?

But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God.

He fell facedown at His feet, thanking Him. And he was a Samaritan.

“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man:

It will be the same as it was in the days of Lot: People went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building.

“There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect man.

“For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect man,

The Pharisee took his stand and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people —greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

After he heard this, he became extremely sad, because he was very rich.

They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

As He drew near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

He entered Jericho and was passing through.

There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man.

So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since He was about to pass that way.

As they were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

because I was afraid of you, for you’re a tough man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’

“He told him, ‘I will judge you by what you have said, you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,

As He was going along, they were spreading their robes on the road.

Every day He was teaching in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy Him,

One day as He was teaching the people in the temple complex and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came up

was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?”

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

As some were talking about the temple complex, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, He said,

During the day, He was teaching in the temple complex, but in the evening He would go out and spend the night on what is called the Mount of Olives.

The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, was drawing near.

Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, who was numbered among the Twelve.

So he accepted the offer and started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him to them when the crowd was not present.

So they began to argue among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do this thing.

For I tell you, what is written must be fulfilled in Me: And He was counted among the outlaws. Yes, what is written about Me is coming to its fulfillment.”

While He was still speaking, suddenly a mob was there, and one of the Twelve named Judas was leading them. He came near Jesus to kiss Him,

When those around Him saw what was going to happen, they asked, “Lord, should we strike with the sword?”

Every day while I was with you in the temple complex, you never laid a hand on Me. But this is your hour—and the dominion of darkness.”

They seized Him, led Him away, and brought Him into the high priest’s house. Meanwhile Peter was following at a distance.

When a servant saw him sitting in the firelight, and looked closely at him, she said, “This man was with Him too.”

About an hour later, another kept insisting, “This man was certainly with Him, since he’s also a Galilean.”

But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

Finding that He was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

Herod was very glad to see Jesus; for a long time he had wanted to see Him because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by Him.

As they led Him away, they seized Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

An inscription was above Him:

THIS IS

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three,

because the sun’s light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.

When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous!”

There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,

who had not agreed with their plan and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

It was preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

The women who had come with Him from Galilee followed along and observed the tomb and how His body was placed.

“He is not here, but He has been resurrected! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,

Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

“What things?” He asked them.

So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,

But we were hoping that He was the One who was about to redeem Israel. Besides all this, it’s the third day since these things happened.

and when they didn’t find His body, they came and reported that they had seen a vision of angels who said He was alive.

They came near the village where they were going, and He gave the impression that He was going farther.

It was as He reclined at the table with them that He took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

So they said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts ablaze within us while He was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?”

Then they began to describe what had happened on the road and how He was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Then He told them, “These are My words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

And while He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.

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

He was with God in the beginning.

All things were created through Him,
and apart from Him not one thing was created
that has been created.

Life was in Him,
and that life was the light of men.

There was a man named John
who was sent from God.

He was not the light,
but he came to testify about the light.

The true light, who gives light to everyone,
was coming into the world.

He was in the world,
and the world was created through Him,
yet the world did not recognize Him.

(John testified concerning Him and exclaimed,
“This was the One of whom I said,
‘The One coming after me has surpassed me,
because He existed before me.’”)

for the law was given through Moses,
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

All this happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Again the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples.

“Come and you’ll see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they stayed with Him that day. It was about 10 in the morning.

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed Him.

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter.

On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and

The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

But He was speaking about the sanctuary of His body.

So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. And they believed the Scripture and the statement Jesus had made.

While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many trusted in His name when they saw the signs He was doing.

and because He did not need anyone to testify about man; for He Himself knew what was in man.

There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.