Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."

and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."

Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.

And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.

But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."

Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

He didn't do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.

But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"

Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."

All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.

They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.

For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor."

But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him, and fled.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.

They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.

He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,

As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.

When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.

Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.

But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"'

But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.

Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.

lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.

For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."

For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." They grumbled against her.

Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them.

They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.

He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.

I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."

They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.

But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.

He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,

They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.

The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.

But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

"It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.

Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?'

As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,

They couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them.

The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,

But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.

The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Jesus answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.

and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.

A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you have given me I have kept. None of them is lost, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, "Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none."

They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

Then they said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, "They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things.

After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty."

Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn't remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

For these things happened, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, "A bone of him will not be broken."

After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.

to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place."

Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!"

"Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as you yourselves know,

They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.

Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.