For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

"And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before people, the Son of Man also will acknowledge him before the angels of God,

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him, but to the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.

You also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think [he will come]."

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

And he said to them, "Who among you, [if your] son or [your] ox falls into a well on the day of the Sabbath, will not immediately pull him out?"

And he said, "A certain man had two sons.

And after not many days, the younger son gathered everything [and] went on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth [by] living wastefully.

I am no longer worthy to be called your son! Make me like one of your hired workers.'

And [his] son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and {in your sight}! I am no longer worthy to be called your son!'

because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again! He was lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.

"Now his older son was in the field, and when he came [and] approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

But when this son of yours returned--who has consumed your assets with prostitutes--you killed the fattened calf for him!'

And the master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder than the sons of light with regard to their own generation.

And he said to the disciples, "Days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see [it].

For just as the lightning shines forth, flashing from [one place] under heaven to [another place] under heaven, so the Son of Man will be in his day.

And just as it was in the days of Noah, so also it will be in the days of the Son of Man--

It will be {just the same} on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

I tell you that {he will see to it that justice is done} for them soon! Nevertheless, [when] the Son of Man comes, then will he find faith on earth?"

And taking aside the twelve, he said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written by the prophets with reference to the Son of Man will be accomplished.

And he called out, saying, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

And those who were in front rebuked him, that he should be silent, but he cried out {even more loudly}, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save those who are lost."

So the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

And Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,

for they are not even able to die any longer, because they are like the angels and are sons of God, [because they] are sons of the resurrection.

But he said to them, "In what sense do they say [that] the Christ is David's son?

David therefore calls him 'Lord,' and how is he his son?"

And then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.

But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these [things] [that] are going to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

For the Son of Man is going according to what has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!"

But Jesus said to him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"

But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."

So they all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" And he said to them, "You say that I am."

saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of men [who are] sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise?"

He brought him to Jesus. Looking at him, Jesus said, "You are Simon the son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which is interpreted "Peter").

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found [the one] whom Moses wrote [about] in the law, and the prophets wrote [about]--Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth!"

Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!"

And he said to him, "Truly, truly I say to all of you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."

And no one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven--the Son of Man.

And just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, thus it is necessary [that] the Son of Man be lifted up,

For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world in order that he should judge the world, but in order that the world should be saved through him.

The one who believes in him is not judged, but the one who does not believe has already been judged, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

The Father loves the Son and has given all [things] into his hand.

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life--but the wrath of God remains on him.

Now he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

You are not greater than our father Jacob, [are you], who gave us the well and drank from it himself, and his sons and his livestock?"

Now he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And [there] was at Capernaum a certain royal official whose son was sick.

This man, [when he] heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, went to him and asked that he come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.

Jesus said to him, "Go, your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he departed.

So the father knew that [it was] that same hour at which Jesus said to him, "Your son will live," and he himself believed, and his whole household.

So Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing from himself except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever that one does, these [things] also the Son does likewise.

For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing. And greater works than these he will show him, so that you will be astonished.

For just as the Father raises the dead and makes [them] alive, thus also the Son makes alive whomever he wishes.

For the Father does not judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

in order that all [people] will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

"Truly, truly I say to you, that an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones who hear will live.

For just as the Father has life in himself, thus also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself.

And he has granted him authority to carry out judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

Do not work for the food that perishes, but the food that remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has set his seal on this one."

For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks at the Son and believes in him would have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."

and they were saying, "Is this one not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves!

Then [what] if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?

(Now he was speaking about Judas [son] of Simon Iscariot, because this one--one of the twelve--was going to betray him.)

Then Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will recognize that I am [he], and I do nothing from myself, but just as the Father taught me, I say these [things].

And the slave does not remain in the household {forever}; the son remains {forever}.

So if the son sets you free, you will be truly free.

And they asked them, saying, "Is this man your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

So his parents answered and said, "We know that this man is our son, and that he was born blind.

Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

do you say about [he] whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

And [when he] heard [it], Jesus said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

She said to him, "Yes, Lord, I have believed that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world."

And Jesus answered them, saying, "The hour has come that the Son of Man will be glorified.

Then the crowd replied to him, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains {forever}! And how do you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may become sons of light." Jesus said these [things], and [then] he went away [and] was hidden from them.

And [as] a dinner was taking place, [when] the devil had already put into the heart of Judas [son] of Simon Iscariot that he should betray him,

Jesus replied, "It is he to whom I dip the piece of bread and give [it] to him." Then [after] dipping the piece of bread, he gave [it] to Judas [son] of Simon Iscariot.

Then, when he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.

And {whatever} you ask in my name, I will do this, in order that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Jesus said these [things], and lifting up his eyes to heaven he said, "Father, the hour has come! Glorify your Son, in order that your Son may glorify you--

When I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given to me, and guarded [them], and none of them has perished except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled.

The Jews replied to him, "We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself out to be the Son of God!"

So Jesus, seeing [his] mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, said to [his] mother, "Woman, behold your son!"

but these [things] are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that [by] believing you may have life in his name.

Simon Peter and Thomas (who was called Didymus) and Nathanael from Cana in Galilee and the [sons] of Zebedee and two others of his disciples were together.

Now when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon [son] of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs!"

He said to him again a second time, "Simon [son] of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Shepherd my sheep!"

He said to him a third [time], "Simon [son] of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed because he said to him a third [time], "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything! You know that I love you!" Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep!

And when they had entered, they went up to the upstairs room where they were staying--Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James [son] of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas [son] of James.

'And it will be in the last days,' God says, 'I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God ordained with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed.'

So Joseph, who was called Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated "son of encouragement"), a Levite of Cyprus by nationality,

And [when they] heard [this], they entered at daybreak into the temple [courts] and began teaching. Now [when] the high priest and those with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin--even the whole council of elders of the sons of Israel--and sent to the prison to have them brought.

And they were brought back to Shechem and buried in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

and [when] he was abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh took him [up] and brought him [up] {as her own son}.

"But when {he was forty years old}, it entered in his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.