But the disciples did not understand the meaning of this; it had been concealed from them so that they did not see it, and they were afraid to question him as to what he meant.

Now after these things [happened] the Lord appointed seventy-two other disciples [Note: Some ancient manuscripts say "seventy." This group would have been in addition to the twelve. See Luke 9:1], and sent them two by two on ahead of Him into every town and locality that He planned to visit.

and cry, "we shake off the dust, that sticks to our feet, against you: but take notice, the kingdom of God has been near you."

Wo unto thee, Chorazin, wo unto thee, Bethsaida, for if the miracles wrought among you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

And thou Capernaum, which hast been lifted up to heaven, shalt be cast down to hell.

At length the seventy return'd with great joy, saying, Lord, even the demons have been made subject to us by virtue of your name.

And he said unto them, "I saw Satan, as it had been lightning, fall down from heaven.

Yet rejoice not in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names have been written in heaven.

In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.

All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

And He said to him, "What has been written in the law? How do you read?"

and in like manner also, a Levite, having been about the place, having come and seen, passed over on the opposite side.

Which now of these three seems to thee to have been neighbour of him who fell into the hands of the robbers?

One day Jesus had been praying in a certain place, and as soon as he had done, one of his disciples said to him, instruct us about prayer, as John the baptist instructed his disciples.

And that one will answer from inside [and] say, 'Do not cause me trouble! The door has already been shut and my children are with me in bed! I am not able to get up to give you [anything].'

And he was expelling a mute demon. Now it happened that [when] the demon came out, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were astonished.

And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall;

"When an evil spirit has been driven out of a man, it roams through desert regions trying to find rest, but [when it] cannot find any, it says [to itself], 'I will return to my house from which I came [i.e., the body of the person it dominated].'

And when he comes, he sees that it has been made fair and clean.

No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send prophets and apostles to them, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute'??50 so that this age may be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the creation of the world,

that the blood of all the prophets which has been shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah,

In the meantime, the vast multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread one upon another, He began to say to His disciples, first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

But, nothing, hath been, covered up, which shall not be uncovered, and hidden, which shall not be made known.

Are not, five sparrows, sold for two farthings? and, not one from among them, hath been forgotten before God.

But, even the hairs of your head, have all been numbered: Be not afraid: many sparrows, ye excel.

Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

And that servant who has been told his Master's will and yet made no preparation and did not obey His will, will receive many lashes.

But the one who did not know and did [things] deserving blows {will be given a light beating}. And from everyone to whom much has been given, much will be demanded, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will ask him [for] even more.

I came to send a fire on the earth, and it may even now have been lighted.

But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!

Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.

Then Jesus told them this parable: "A man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but didn't find any.

And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

and a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely.

And Jesus, seeing her, called and said to her, "Woman, you have been loosed from your infirmity."

And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

And, as he was saying, these, things, all who had been setting themselves against him were being put to shame; and, all the multitude, were rejoicing over all the glorious things which were being brought to pass by him.

When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

Then you will go on to say, 'We have been entertained with you, and you have taught in our streets!'

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

Behold, your house has been left to you! And I tell you, you will never see me until [the time] will come when you say, 'Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

Now he told a parable to those who had been invited [when he] noticed how they were choosing for themselves the places of honor, saying to them,

"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline at the table in the place of honor, lest [someone] more distinguished than you has been invited by him,

But, whensoever thou hast been invited, pass on and fall back into the last place, that, whensoever he that hath invited thee shall come, he may say unto thee - Friend! come close up, higher. Then, shalt thou have honour before all who are reclining together with thee.

And he sent his slave at the hour of the banquet to say to those who have been invited, 'Come, because now it is ready!'

And another said, I have been married, and so I am not able to come.

'And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been done, and still there is room.

For, I say unto you - Not one of those men who had been invited, shall taste of my supper.

And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.

Now his elder brother had been in the field: and when coming home he drew near the house, he heard a concert of music, and the chorus.

He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the calf he has been fattening, because he has gotten him back alive and well.'

But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:

But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.

Then he said to him, 'My child, you have been with me all the time, and all I have is yours.

But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found.

I know what I will do, that when I shall have been removed from the stewardship I may be received into their houses.

And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?

Now the Pharisees, who love money, had been listening to all this and began to ridicule Jesus.

"The law and the prophets [were] until John; from that time [on] the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urgently pressed into it.

Whoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and he who marrieth a woman that hath been put away from her husband, committeth adultery.

Near his gateway there had been laid a beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores,

and he would gladly have been fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. And even the dogs came and licked his sores.

And in [addition to] all these [things], a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able [to do so], nor can they cross over from there to us.'

It would be good for him if he had been flung into the sea with a mill-stone round his neck, rather than that he should prove a snare to even one of these lowly ones.

Then the Lord said to them, "If you had faith that grows like a mustard seed, you might have been saying to this mulberry tree, 'Pull yourself up by the roots and plant yourself in the sea,' and it would have obeyed you!

Is he grateful to the slave for doing what he has been ordered to do?

Thus ye also, when ye shall have done all things that have been ordered you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen; we have done what it was our duty to do.

But one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, came back and praised God with a loud voice.

Have none been found returning to give glory to God, save this one of another race?

And having been asked by the Pharisees, When is the kingdom of God coming? he answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation;

And shall not God avenge His own elect who cry day and night to Him, though He has been long-suffering over them?

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:

And the ruler replied, "I have [already] been observing all of these commandments since I was [very] young."

And, taking aside the twelve, he said unto them - Lo! we are going up unto Jerusalem, and all the things will be finished, which have been written through means of the prophets, respecting the Son of Man;

And Jesus said to him, That to day salvation has been to this house, as he is also a son of Abraham.

On his return, after having been appointed King, he directed that the servants to whom he had given his money should be summoned, so that he might learn what amount of trade they had done.

And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him.

and those having been sent, departing, found as Jesus told them.

So, they brought the colt to Jesus and spread their clothing on it, [then] placed Jesus on it [i.e., held the animal still as Jesus mounted it, since it had never been ridden before. See verse 30].

And he answered, and said to them: I say to you, that if these had been silent, the stones would have cried out.

"Would that you had known, while yet there was time--even you--the things that make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your sight.

Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.

and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.'

And He, looking upon them, said, "What, then, is this that has been written? 'A stone which the builders rejected, the same became a head of the corner.'

at the resurrection therefore, to which of them will she be wife? for she had been married to all the seven.

But, they who have been accounted worthy, that age, to obtain, and the resurrection that is from among the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage;

And that the dead are raised has been indicated by Moses in the passage on the Bush, when he calls the Lord 'God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob.'

And, certain saying, of the temple - With beautiful stones and offerings, hath it been adorned! he said -

And before, all these things, they will thrust upon you their hands, and persecute you, delivering you up into the synagogues and prisons, - when ye have been led away before kings and governors, for the sake of my name;

because these are days of vengeance, to fulfil all things that have been written.

For, I say unto you - In nowise shall I eat it, until it have been fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.

For the Son of Man is going away, as it has been divinely decreed, but a curse will be on that man by whom He is betrayed!"