Yet the news about him spread more and more, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be cured of their diseases.

And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled about it to his disciples, and said, "Why do you eat and drink with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

When the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, to ask him to come and save his slave's life.

This story about him spread all over Judea and the surrounding country.

When John's messengers were gone, he began to speak to the crowds about John. "What was it that you went out into the desert to look at? A reed swaying in the wind?

They are like children sitting about in the bazaar and calling out to one another, " 'We have played the flute for you, and you would not dance! We have wailed and you would not weep!'

Soon afterward he went about among the villages and towns preaching and telling the good news of the Kingdom of God. The Twelve went with him,

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As he was going, the crowds of people almost crushed him.

But Herod said, "John I have beheaded, but who can this be about whom I hear such reports?" And he endeavored to see him.

But the crowds learned of it and followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them about the Kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed to be cured.

For there were about five thousand men. But he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each."

It was about eight days after Jesus said this that he took Peter, John, and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.

At the sound of the voice, they saw that Jesus was alone. And they kept silence, and said nothing about it to anyone at that time.

The Master answered, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and anxious about many things, but our wants are few,

When they bring you before the synagogues or the magistrates or the authorities, you must have no anxiety about how to defend yourselves or what to say,

And he said to his disciples, "Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about life, wondering what you will have to eat, or about your body, wondering what you will have to wear.

So if you cannot do the least good, why should you worry about the rest?

So you must not ask what you are to have to eat or drink, and you must not be anxious about it.

So he went about among the towns and villages, teaching and making his way toward Jerusalem.

So he called him in and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Make an accounting for your conduct of my affairs, for you cannot be manager any longer!'

And if you have been untrustworthy about what belonged to someone else, who will give you what belongs to you?

And it came about that the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to the companionship of Abraham, and the rich man too died and was buried.

And he took the Twelve aside and said to them, "See! we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written in the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

And he said to him, 'Well done, my excellent slave! You have proved trustworthy about a very small amount, you shall be governor of ten towns.'

For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will throw up earthworks about you and surround you and shut you in on all sides,

But that the dead are raised to life, even Moses indicated in the passage about the bush, when he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

"Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes, and love to be saluted with respect in public places, and to have the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets??47 men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get all the heavier sentence!"

When some spoke about the Temple and its decoration with costly stone and votive offerings, he said,

And the high priests and the scribes were casting about for a way to put him to death, for they were afraid of the people.

When the time came, he took his place at the table, with the apostles about him.

For I tell you that this saying of Scripture must find its fulfilment in me: 'He was rated an outlaw.' Yes, that saying about me is to be fulfilled!"

And he withdrew about a stone's throw from them, and kneeling down he prayed

Those who were about him saw what was coming and said, "Master, shall we use our swords?"

And they kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat about it, and Peter sat down among them.

About an hour later, another man insisted, "This man was certainly with him too, for he is a Galilean!"

And Pilate said to the high priests and the crowd, "I cannot find anything criminal about this man."

When Herod saw Jesus he was delighted, for he had wanted for a long time to see him, because he had heard about him and he hoped to see some wonder done by him.

And he said to them a third time, "Why, what has he done that is wrong? For I have found nothing about him to call for his death. So I will teach him a lesson and let him go."

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole country, and lasted until three in the afternoon,

That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,

and they were talking together about all these things that had happened.

And he said, "What is it?" They said to him, "About Jesus of Nazareth, who in the eyes of God and of all the people was a prophet mighty in deed and word,

Then he said to them, "This is what I told you when I was still with you??hat everything that is written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must come true."

and had no need of anybody's evidence about men, for he knew well what was in their hearts.

I tell you, we know what we are talking about and we have seen the things we testify to, yet you all reject our testimony.

So a discussion arose between John's disciples and a man from Judea, about purification.

and Jacob's spring was there. So Jesus, tired with his journey, sat down just as he was by the spring. It was about noon.

You worship something you know nothing about; we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews.

It is someone else who testifies to me, and I know that the testimony that he gives about me is true.

For if you really believed Moses, you would believe me, for it was about me that he wrote.

Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." There was plenty of grass there, so the men threw themselves down, about five thousand of them.

But Jesus, knowing that his disciples were complaining about this, said to them, "Does this stagger you?

In consequence of this many of his disciples drew back and would not go about with him any longer.

and there was a great deal of muttering about him among the crowds, some saying that he was a good man, and others that he was not, but was imposing on the people.

Whoever speaks simply for himself is looking for honor for himself, but whoever looks for honor for the person who has sent him shows his sincerity; there is no dishonesty about him.

The Pharisees heard the people saying these things about him in whispers, and the high priests and the Pharisees sent attendants to arrest him.

So the people were divided about him,

"Why do I even talk to you at all? I have a great deal to say about you and to condemn in you, yet he who sent me is truthful, and the things that I say to the world are things that I have learned from him."

So they asked the blind man again, "What have you to say about him, because he has made you able to see?" He said, "He is a prophet!"

But we do not know how it is that he can see now, or who has made him able to see. You must ask him. He is grown up. Let him tell you about himself."

He answered, "I do not know about his being a sinful man. All I know is that I was blind before and now I can see."

The man answered, "There is something very strange about this! You do not know where he came from, and yet he has made me able to see!

For he is only a hired man, and does not care about the sheep.

And people came to him in great numbers, and they said of him, "John did not show any sign in proof of his mission, but all that he said about this man was true."

Now Bethany is only about two miles from Jerusalem,

and a number of Jews had come out to see Mary and Martha, to condole with them about their brother.

So it came about that many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary and saw what Jesus did, came to believe in him,

Then the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and they said, "What are we to do about the fact that this man is showing so many signs?

"You know nothing about it. You do not realize that it is to your interest that one man should die for the people, instead of the whole nation being destroyed."

But he did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief and when he had charge of the purse he used to take what was put in it.

The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead was telling about it.

Jesus said to them, "You will have the light only a little while longer. Go on while you still have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you, for those who go about in the dark do not know where they are going.

rose from the table, took off his outer clothing, and fastened a towel about his waist.

Then he poured water into the basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, wiping them with the towel that was about his waist.

After he took the bread, Satan took possession of him. Then Jesus said to him, "Be quick about your business."

But I have told you about these things in order that when the time comes for them to happen, you may remember that I told you of them. I did not tell you this at first because I was still staying with you.

When he comes, he will bring conviction to the world about sin and uprightness and judgment;

about sin, as shown in their not believing in me;

about uprightness, as shown by my going away to the Father, where you can no longer see me;

and about judgment, as shown by the condemnation of the evil genius of this world.

So they kept saying "What does he mean by 'In a little while'? We do not know what he is talking about."

Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him a question, and he said to them, "Are you asking one another about my saying 'In a little while you will not see me any longer, and a little while after, you will see me again'?

"I have said all this to you in figurative language, but a time is coming when I shall not do so any longer, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

As it was cold the slaves and attendants had made a charcoal fire, and stood about it warming themselves. And Peter also was among them, standing and warming himself.

Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

Jesus answered, "Did you think of that yourself, or has someone else said it to you about me?"

It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about noon. And Pilate said to the Jews, "There is your king!"

And Nicodemus also, who had first come to Jesus at night, went, taking a roll of myrrh and aloes weighing about a hundred pounds.

The rest of the disciples followed in the boat, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards, dragging in the net full of fish.

When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "But, Master, what about him?"

He had shown himself alive to them after he had suffered, in many convincing ways, appearing to them through forty days, and telling them about the Kingdom of God.

It was at that time that Peter got up among the brothers??here were about a hundred and twenty persons present??nd said,

"Brothers, the prediction of the Scriptures had to come true that the holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide for the men that arrested Jesus??17 for he was one of our number and a share in this ministry of ours fell to his lot."

"So one of the men who has been associated with us all the time that the Lord Jesus moved about among us,

of Phrygia, and Pamphylia, of Egypt and the district of Africa about Cyrene, visitors from Rome, Jews and proselytes,

" 'It will come about in the last days, God says, That I will pour out my Spirit upon all mankind; Your sons and daughters will become prophets, Your young men will have visions, And your old men will have dreams.

So they welcomed his message and were baptized, and about three thousand people joined them that day.

When all the people saw him walking about, praising God,

And as he still clung to Peter and John, all the people crowded about them in the utmost astonishment in what was known as Solomon's Colonnade.

But many of those who had heard what they said believed it, and their number grew to be about five thousand.