And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

“But when the tenant farmers saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, so the inheritance will be ours!’

He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others.”

But when they heard this they said, “No—never!”

But He looked at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of this Scripture:

The stone that the builders rejected—
this has become the cornerstone?

They watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, so they could catch Him in what He said, to hand Him over to the governor’s rule and authority.

But detecting their craftiness, He said to them,

“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?”

“Caesar’s,” they said.

They were not able to catch Him in what He said in public, and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.

Then He said to them, “How can they say that the Messiah is the Son of David?

While all the people were listening, He said to His disciples,

“I tell you the truth,” He said. “This poor widow has put in more than all of them.

As some were talking about the temple complex, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, He said,

Then He said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.

“Listen,” He said to them, “when you’ve entered the city, a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters.

Then He said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

Then He took a cup, and after giving thanks, He said, “Take this and share it among yourselves.

And He took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is My body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.”

In the same way He also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant established by My blood; it is shed for you.

But He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles dominate them, and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’

“I tell you, Peter,” He said, “the rooster will not crow today until you deny three times that you know Me!”

He also said to them, “When I sent you out without money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?”

“Not a thing,” they said.

Then He said to them, “But now, whoever has a money-bag should take it, and also a traveling bag. And whoever doesn’t have a sword should sell his robe and buy one.

“Lord,” they said, “look, here are two swords.”

“Enough of that!” He told them.

but Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?

When a servant saw him sitting in the firelight, and looked closely at him, she said, “This man was with Him too.”

After a little while, someone else saw him and said, “You’re one of them too!”

“Man, I am not!” Peter said.

But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. So Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

They said, “If You are the Messiah, tell us.”

But He said to them, “If I do tell you, you will not believe.

They all asked, “Are You, then, the Son of God?”

And He said to them, “You say that I am.”

“Why do we need any more testimony,” they said, “since we’ve heard it ourselves from His mouth?”

So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

He answered him, “You have said it.”

and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of.

A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and your children.

[Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”] And they divided His clothes and cast lots.

and said, “If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!”

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

And He said to him, “I assure you: Today you will be with Me in paradise.”

“What things?” He asked them.

So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,

and when they didn’t find His body, they came and reported that they had seen a vision of angels who said He was alive.

Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they didn’t see Him.”

He said to them, “How unwise and slow you are to believe in your hearts all that the prophets have spoken!

So they said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts ablaze within us while He was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?”

who said, “The Lord has certainly been raised, and has appeared to Simon!”

And as they were saying these things, He Himself stood among them. He said to them, “Peace to you!”

Having said this, He showed them His hands and feet.

He also said to them, “This is what is written: The Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead the third day,

(John testified concerning Him and exclaimed,
“This was the One of whom I said,
‘The One coming after me has surpassed me,
because He existed before me.’”)

“What then?” they asked him. “Are you Elijah?”

“I am not,” he said.

“Are you the Prophet?”

“No,” he answered.

He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord—just as Isaiah the prophet said.”

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look! The Lamb of God!”

When Jesus turned and noticed them following Him, He asked them, “What are you looking for?”

They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are You staying?”

and he brought Simon to Jesus.

When Jesus saw him, He said, “You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which means “Rock”).

Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, “Here is a true Israelite; no deceit is in him.”

Then He said, “I assure you: You will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

Then He said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the chief servant.” And they did.

Therefore the Jews said, “This sanctuary took 46 years to build, and will You raise it up in three days?”

So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. And they believed the Scripture and the statement Jesus had made.

This man came to Him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one could perform these signs You do unless God were with him.”

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of Him.’

A woman of Samaria came to draw water.

“Give Me a drink,” Jesus said to her,

“Sir,” said the woman, “You don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do You get this ‘living water’?

Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks from this water will get thirsty again.

“Sir,” the woman said to Him, “give me this water so I won’t get thirsty and come here to draw water.”

“I don’t have a husband,” she answered.

“You have correctly said, ‘I don’t have a husband,’” Jesus said.

“For you’ve had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.”

The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

Just then His disciples arrived, and they were amazed that He was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, “What do You want?” or “Why are You talking with her?”

But He said, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

The disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought Him something to eat?”

Now many Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of what the woman said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.”

Many more believed because of what He said.

And they told the woman, “We no longer believe because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this really is the Savior of the world.”

“Sir,” the official said to Him, “come down before my boy dies!”

“Go,” Jesus told him, “your son will live.” The man believed what Jesus said to him and departed.

When Jesus saw him lying there and knew he had already been there a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to get well?”

so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It’s illegal for you to pick up your mat.”

After this, Jesus found him in the temple complex and said to him, “See, you are well. Do not sin anymore, so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.”

One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,

Then Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.”

There was plenty of grass in that place, so they sat down. The men numbered about 5,000.

When the people saw the sign He had done, they said, “This really is the Prophet who was to come into the world!”

But He said to them, “It is I. Don’t be afraid!”

When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Moses didn’t give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the real bread from heaven.

Then they said, “Sir, give us this bread always!”

Therefore the Jews started complaining about Him because He said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

So Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in yourselves.

He said these things while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Therefore, when many of His disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard! Who can accept it?”

He said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless it is granted to him by the Father.”

Therefore Jesus said to the Twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?”

so His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea so Your disciples can see Your works that You are doing.

After He had said these things, He stayed in Galilee.

Then the Jews were amazed and said, “How does He know the Scriptures, since He hasn’t been trained?”

However, many from the crowd believed in Him and said, “When the Messiah comes, He won’t perform more signs than this man has done, will He?”

Then Jesus said, “I am only with you for a short time. Then I’m going to the One who sent Me.