Josias the father of Jechonias and his brethren, about the time when the Jews were carried away to Babylon.

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold wise men came from the East to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews?

saying, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star at its rising and have come to worship him."

In those days, John the Immerser went into the desert of Judea preaching [to Jews], saying,

When Jesus heard it, He was astounded, and said to His followers, "I solemnly say to you, I have not found, in a single case among the Jews, so great faith as this.

and after the demon had been driven out, the dumb man could talk. So the crowds were dumbfounded, saying, "Never before among the Jews was anything like this?

Then if they persecute you in one city, fly to another: for I assure you, before you have preach'd thro' all the cities of the Jews, the son of man will come.

When Jesus had made an end of giving his twelve disciples their instructions, he departed thence to go and preach to the Jews in their cities:

But I tell you that Elijah has already come, but they [i.e., the Jewish leaders] did not understand who he was, but [instead] did to him what they wanted to. In the same way, the Son of man will also suffer from what the Jews will do."

Jesus said to them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives [only] because of the rebellious spirits you [Jews] had. But this was not how it was [intended to be] from the beginning [i.e., when God created one woman for one man].

Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you [Jews] and will be given to a nation [i.e., the Gentiles] that will produce the fruit of the kingdom.

Jesus stood before the deputy, and the deputy asked him, saying, "Art thou the King of the Jews?" Jesus said unto him, "Thou sayest."

and plaited a crown of thorns and put upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And bowed their knees before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews,"

And they set up over his head the cause of his death written, "This is Jesus the King of the Jews."

And they took the money, and did as they were taught. And this saying is noised among the Jews unto this day.

Then a person with an infectious skin disease came to Jesus and, kneeling down before Him, begged Him, saying, "If you want to, you can heal me." [Note: Throughout this narrative the term "heal/healing" is originally "clean/cleansing" because the Jews viewed a person with such a disease as ceremonially "unclean." See Lev. 13:1-3].

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands often, eat not; observing the traditions of the elders.

But Jesus said to them, "He wrote you this commandment [only] because of the rebellious spirit of you [Jews].

Then they entred again into Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the Scribes, and rulers of the Jews came about him,

And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering saith unto him, Thou sayest.

Now at the Festival it was customary for Pilate to release to the Jews any one prisoner whom they might beg off from punishment;

And Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

And Pilate again answered and said unto them, What then shall I do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

and they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And even now the axe is also ready to chop down the trees at their roots [i.e., you Jews]. Every tree [i.e., person] that does not produce wholesome fruit [i.e., a godly life] will be cut down and thrown into the fire [i.e., the punishment of hell]."

Then He went down to the Galilean city of Capernaum and taught the Jews on the Sabbath day.

And it happened while Jesus was in one of the towns [i.e., surrounding Lake Galilee], that a man covered with an infectious skin disease appeared and, when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face [to the ground] and begged Him, saying, "If you want to, you can heal me." [Note: Throughout this narrative the terms "heal/healing" are originally "clean/cleansing" because the Jews viewed a person with such a disease as ceremonially "unclean." See Lev. 13:1-3].

and having heard of Jesus, he sent unto Him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that He would come and heal his servant.

when Jesus heard this, he admired the man, and turning about, he said to the people, that followed him, I assure you, I have not met with such an instance of faith even among the Jews themselves.

And these Samaritans did not welcome Him because He was heading for Jerusalem. [Note: They perceived He was a Jew and Samaritans did not associate with Jews].

But [then] a certain Samaritan [Note: This was a person despised by the Jews and regarded by them as a 'half-breed'], as he traveled along, came to where the [injured] man was [lying], and upon seeing him [lying there], felt deep pity [for him].

But the official of the synagogue became angry because Jesus had healed [someone] on the Sabbath day. [Note: This was viewed as a violation of proper Sabbath day observance by certain Jews who interpreted the law of Moses with narrow legalism]. So, the official said to the crowd, "There are six days [in the week] for people to work. Therefore, you should come to be healed on one of them, and not on the Sabbath day."

And he fell on his face at Jesus' feet and thanked Him. And he was a Samaritan. [Note: Samaritans were despised by the Jews and regarded as a 'half-breeds'].

for he shall be delivered to the Gentiles by the Jews, who will treat him with mockery,

Then Pilate asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And He answered him, "Yes, I am."

For if people are doing these things [to me] while the [leaves of the] tree are green [i.e., to someone innocent of wrongdoing], what will they do when [the leaves] are dried up [i.e., to the sinful Jews of Jerusalem]?"

and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself."

and saying, if thou art the King of the Jews, save thyself.

And there was an inscription written over him in Greek, Roman, and Hebrew characters, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And behold there was a man of Arimathea, a city of the Jews, named Joseph, a counsellor, a good man and a just:

(who had not given his assent to their determination and deed;) being of Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who himself also expected the coming of the kingdom of God.

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they should question him, Who art thou?

Now there stood there six large stone jars, for the customary purifying ablution of the Jews, containing two or three baths each.

And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

The Jews then addressed him, and said to him, What miracle shewest thou, seeing thou actest thus?

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again: then said the Jews,

Then said the Jews, This temple has been forty-six years in building, and canst thou rear it up in three days?

NOW there was a man of the Pharisees, whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the Jews' land, and there he haunted with them and baptised,

Then a dispute arose between the disciples of John and the Jews with regard to purification.

The Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, How canst thou, a Jew, ask of me, who am a Samaritan woman, to drink? for Jews avoid all intercourse with Samaritans.

Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship Him."

You Samaritans do not know what you are worshiping; we Jews do know what we are worshiping; for salvation comes from the Jews.

AFTER these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

The Jews, therefore, said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry the bed.

The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well;

and on this account the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he had done these things on the sabbath.

Then, for this reason, the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also said, that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

And the passover was nigh, the feast of the Jews.

The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven.

The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.

The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

Yet no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

placed after 5:47] The Jews were amazed, saying, "How can this uneducated fellow manage to read?"

The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go that we shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?

When he spoke in this way, many of the Jews believed in him.

Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples;

The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?

The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death.

The Jews therefore said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

At this the Jews took up stones to stone Him, but Jesus made His way out of the temple unperceived.

The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight,

These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

So the Jews a second time summoned the man who had been blind, and said to him.

I have other sheep [also] which are not [presently] in this corral; I must lead them, too. They will hear my voice and become one flock [i.e., with the others], having one shepherd. [Note: This probably refers to believing Gentiles becoming God's people, along with the Jews].

Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,

During the winter, when the Festival of Dedication was being held in Jerusalem [Note: This was the Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Temple in BC after its pagan desecration by Greeks. It is still observed today by Jews as "Hanukkah."],

the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, 'Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.'

I and the Father are one. Then the Jews again took up stones to stone Him.

Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;

The Jews answered him, saying, 'For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.'

Upon this the Jews again sought to arrest him; but he escaped their hands.

the disciples say to him, 'Rabbi, now were the Jews seeking to stone thee, and again thou dost go thither!'

and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother;

the Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, having seen Mary that she rose up quickly and went forth, followed her, saying -- 'She doth go away to the tomb, that she may weep there.'

When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, he was greatly troubled in spirit and deeply moved.

So the Jews said, "See how much he loved him!"

Many of the Jews who had come with Mary and who had observed what Jesus did believed in him.

As a result, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness. There he remained with his disciples.

And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;

When the large crowd of Jews realized that he was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

since he was the reason why so many of the Jews were leaving to believe in Jesus.

And I, if and when I am lifted up from the earth [on the cross], will draw all people to Myself [Gentiles, as well as Jews].”

Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews -- Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say it now.

The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took hold on Jesus, and bound him,