And while He was reclining at table, a large number of tax-gathers and notorious sinners were of the party with Jesus and His disciples.

And if Satan is expelling Satan, he has begun to make war on himself: how therefore shall his kingdom last?

Once more He began to teach by the side of the Lake, and a vast multitude of people came together to listen to Him. He therefore went on board the boat and sat there, a little way from the land; and all the people were on the shore close to the water.

And constantly, day and night, he remained among the tombs or on the hills, shrieking, and mangling himself with sharp stones.

John's Baptism--was it of Heavenly or of human origin? Answer me."

"Tell us, When will these things be? and what will be the sign when all these predictions are on the point of being fulfilled?"

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being Governor of Judaea, Herod Tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip Tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilene,

to proclaim the year of acceptance with the Lord."

The Scribes and the Pharisees were on the watch to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath that they might be able to bring an accusation against Him.

"was John's baptism of Heavenly or of human origin?"

"has any one of the Rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?

"You," He continued, "are from below, I am from above: you are of this present world, I am not of this present world.

of Egypt or of the parts of Africa towards Cyrene. Others are visitors from Rome--being either Jews or converts from heathenism--and others are Cretans or Arabians.

saying, "The jail we found quite safely locked, and the warders were on guard at the doors, but upon going in we found no one there."

"Pray, of whom is the Prophet speaking?" inquired the eunuch; "of himself or of some one else?"

Now when Herod was on the point of taking him out of prison, that very night Peter was asleep between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards were on duty outside the door.

One day, as we were on our way to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who claimed to be inspired and was accustomed to bring her owners large profits by telling fortunes.

The Jews at Beroea were of a nobler disposition than those in Thessalonica, for they very readily received the Message, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether it was as Paul stated.

This man Paul had been seized by the Jews, and they were on the point of killing him, when I came upon them with the troops and rescued him, for I had been informed that he was a Roman citizen.

Jew and Gentile are on precisely the same footing; for the same Lord is Lord over all, and is infinitely kind to all who call upon Him for deliverance.

and to Andronicus and Junia, my countrymen, who once shared my imprisonment. They are of note among the Apostles, and are Christians of longer standing than myself.

For the Message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are on the way to perdition, but it is the power of God to those whom He is saving.

For if so-called gods do exist, either in Heaven or on earth--and in fact there are many such gods and many such lords--

"Where, O death, is thy victory? Where, O death, is thy sting?"

If, however, the meaning of our Good News has been veiled, the veil has been on the hearts of those who are on the way to perdition,

For against one thing we are on our guard--I mean against blame being thrown upon us in respect to these large and liberal contributions which are under our charge.

Do nothing in a spirit of factiousness or of vainglory, but, with true humility, let every one regard the rest as being of more account than himself;

Give your minds to the things that are above, not to the things that are on the earth.

and by every kind of wicked deception for those who are on the way to perdition because they did not welcome into their hearts the love of the truth, so that they might be saved.

wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.

or of teaching about ceremonial washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and the last judgement.

But no one in Heaven, or on earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or look into it.

The appearance of the locusts was like that of horses equipped for war. On their heads they had wreaths which looked like gold.

And he causes all, small and great, rich and poor, free men and slaves, to have stamped upon them a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,

And another, a third angel, followed them, exclaiming in a loud voice, "If any one worships the Wild Beast and his statue, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

Never again shall the light of a lamp shine in thee, and never again shall the voice of a bridegroom or of a bride be heard in thee. For thy merchants were the great men of the earth, and with the magic which thou didst practise all nations were led astray.

And I saw thrones, and some who were seated on them, to whom judgment was entrusted. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony that they had borne to Jesus and on account of God's Message, and also the souls of those who had not worshipped the Wild Beast or his statue, nor received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands; and they came to Life and were kings with Christ for a thousand years.

Nor has the city any need of the sun or of the moon, to give it light; for the glory of God has shone upon it and its lamp is the Lamb.