He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

[how] blind people are receiving back their sight, and crippled people are walking [again], and people with infectious skin diseases are being healed, and deaf-mutes are hearing [and speaking (?) again], and people are being raised [from the dead], and poor people are having the good news preached to them.

While these men were going back, Jesus began to say to the crowds with reference to John:

At that particular time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.

And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?

then it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth; and having come, it findeth it unoccupied, swept, and adorned:

Then he goes and brings back with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they come in and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first. So will it be also with the present wicked generation."

And there were gathered unto him great multitudes, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach.

As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach; and they sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but the bad they cast away.

and he said to his courtiers, "This is John the Baptist: he has come back to life--and that is why these miraculous Powers are working in him."

And his head was brought back on a platter and given to the girl, and she took it to her mother.

and they continued to beg Him to let them touch just the tassel on His coat, and all who barely touched it were completely cured.

They replied, "Some say you are John the Immerser; some [the prophet] Elijah; and others [the prophet] Jeremiah, or one of the [other] prophets [come back to life]."

Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously.

Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give to buy back his life?

For the Son of Man is destined to be coming, in the glory of his Father, with his messengers, - and, then, will he give back unto each one, according to his practice.

And while they turned back in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is going to be delivered into the hands of men,

however, lest we should give offence, go you to the sea, throw in a book, and take the first fish that strikes: then open its jaws, and you will find a piece of money: that take, and give it to them for me and thee.

“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens and pays attention to you, you have won back your brother.

Since he had no way to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.

Then the slave threw himself to the ground [and] began to do obeisance to him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay back everything to you!'

But that slave went out [and] found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii, and taking hold of him, he began to choke [him], saying, 'Pay back everything that you owe!'

“At this, his fellow slave fell down and began begging him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.’

He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

They say to Him, Then why did Moses command to give a book of divorcement, and to send her away?

Jesus told him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell what you own and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

And every person who has left his house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children or property, for my name's sake [i.e., to become a servant of the Lord], will receive [back] a hundred times as much [in this life] and will [also] inherit never ending life.

And it being evening, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen, and give back to them the wages, beginning from the last even to the first.

And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.

Even so, the Son of man did not come to be served [by others] but to be the servant [of others], and to sacrifice His life as a ransom price to purchase many people [i.e., back from Satan]."

They answered, "Lord, we want to have our sight back."

"Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a pack animal.'"

They led the ass and the foal back, and, when they had put their cloaks on them, he seated himself upon them.

And turning his back upon them, he went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

But early in the morning, as he came back into the city, he hungered.

Now when the owner of the vineyard comes back, what will he do to those tenants?”

They say to him, 'Evil men -- he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.'

“Caesar’s,” they said to Him.

Then He said to them, “Therefore give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,

When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.

For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven.

But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

They do what they do to attract people's attention. They wear on their coats Scripture texts in big letters, and they wear large tassels,

But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

Blessed [is] that slave whom his master will find so doing [when he] comes back.

But if that slave, with evil intent, should think to himself, 'My master will not be back very soon,'

that slave's master will come back some day when he does not expect him, and at some time of which he does not know

Now a long time afterwards the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.

and I was afraid, so I went away and hid your talent in the ground. Look, you [can] have your own talent [back].'

thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest.

"But when the Son of man comes [back] in [all] His splendor, accompanied by all the angels, then He will sit on His throne of splendor.

Now when Jesus was [back] in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,

But after I am come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

Then he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open.

So he left them and went back for the third time, praying in the same words as before.

Then he came back to the disciples and told them, "You might as well keep on sleeping and resting. Look! The time is near for the Son of Man to be betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Then saith Jesus to him, 'Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;

And the word of Jesus came back to Peter, when he said, Before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And he went out, weeping bitterly.

Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should beg for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

When they had finished making fun of him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to crucify him.

tombs were opened, and many saints who had died were brought back to life.

he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.

and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; and he rolled a large stone over the entrance of the tomb and went away.

So give orders for the sepulchre to be securely guarded till the third day, for fear his disciples should come by night and steal the body, and then tell the people that he has come back to life; and so the last imposture will be more serious than the first."

And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

He is not here: He has come back to life, as He foretold. Come and see the place where He lay.

And go quickly and give his disciples the news that he has come back from the dead, and is going before you into Galilee; there you will see him, as I have said to you.

Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go, tell my brothers to go back to Galilee, and there they will see me."

Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

Now after John was turned over [i.e., to the authorities and imprisoned] Jesus went [back] to Galilee preaching the good news from God

When He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home.

Which is easier to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say 'Get up and pick up your stretcher and walk'?

“I say to you, get up, pick up your mat and go home.”

One Sabbath He was walking along [with His disciples] through the grainfields, and as they went along, His disciples began picking the heads of grain.

As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

so that

they may look and look,
yet not perceive;
they may listen and listen,
yet not understand;
otherwise, they might turn back—
and be forgiven.”

He said to them, “A lamp is not brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Is it not [brought in] to be put on the lampstand?

Then He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. By your own standard of measurement [that is, to the extent that you study spiritual truth and apply godly wisdom] it will be measured to you [and you will be given even greater ability to respond]—and more will be given to you besides.

but once sown it springs up to be larger than any plant, throwing out such big branches that the wild birds can roost under its shadow."

A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.

And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do You have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God, don’t torment me!”

Over and over he continued to beg Jesus not to send them away out of the country.

And they began to beg him to depart from their coasts.

Jesus did not let him [come], but [instead] He said to him, “Go home to your family and tell them all the great things that the Lord has done for you, and how He has had mercy on you.”

When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.

"My little daughter," he said, "is at the point of death; I beg you to come and place your hands on her, that her life may be spared."

Jesus left that place and went back to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

He told them to take nothing for the journey except a mere walking stick—no bread, no [traveler’s] bag, no money in their belts—

And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

But when Herod heard of Him, he said, "The John, whom I beheaded, has come back to life."

And she rushed back to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter!”