'We are wiping off against you the very dust from your town that has stuck to our feet. But understand this, the kingdom of God is close by.'

He said to them, "I was looking at Satan failing like a flash of lightning from heaven.

At that very moment, by the power of the Holy Spirit, He exulted and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, I thank you that your good pleasure made it so.

Jesus answered: "A man was on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell into the hands of robbers, who both stripped him and beat him till he was half dead, and then went off and left him.

But there is actual need of few things, really of only one thing. For Mary has chosen the good portion which must not be taken away from her."

And suppose he answers from inside, 'Stop bothering me; the door is now locked, and my children are packed about me in bed; I cannot get up and give you any.'

But others, to test Him, were demanding from Him a spectacular sign from heaven.

The queen of the south will rise at the judgment with the men of this age and will condemn them, for she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom; and yet, One who is more than Solomon is here.

so that the blood of all the prophets that has been shed from the creation of the world may be charged against the men of this age --

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against the men of this age.

plotting, as if in ambush, to entrap Him in something that might fall from His lips.

because what you have spoken in darkness will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in people's ears, behind closed doors, will be proclaimed from the housetops.

And then He said to them, "Be ever on the alert and always on your guard against every form of greed, because a man's life does not consist in his possessions, even though they are abundant."

and be like men waiting for their master when he comes home from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they at once may open the door for him.

But the one who does wrong without knowing it will be lightly punished. Much will be demanded from anyone to whom much has been given; yea, people will demand much more from anyone to whom they have entrusted much.

For from now on, five in a house will be divided, three against two, and two against three.

As soon as Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disease!"

And so was it not right for this woman, a descendant of Abraham, whom Satan has for eighteen years kept bound, to be freed from this bond on the Sabbath?"

Then He was traveling from town to town and from village to village, teaching and making His way toward Jerusalem.

when once the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand on the outside and to knock on the door again and again and say, 'Lord, open it for us'; but He will answer, 'I do not know where you come from.'

But He will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from. Go away from me, all you wrongdoers!'

People will come from east and west, from north and south, and take their seats at the feast in the kingdom of God.

Just at that time some Pharisees came up and said to Him, "Get out at once! Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you!"

Just in front of Him was a man who was suffering from dropsy.

Then the manager said to himself, What shall I do, because my master is going to take my position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

I know what I will do -- I will ask them to take me into their homes when I am removed from my position.

Any man who divorces his wife to marry another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries the woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

and he was always craving to get a square meal from the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, the very dogs used to come and lick his sores.

Besides all this, between you and us there stands fixed a great chasm, so that those who want to cross from this side to you cannot, nor can they cross from your side to us.'

But he pleaded, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, they would repent.'

Then he answered, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, even if someone rises from the dead.'"

"What man among you, if he has a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your seat at the table,'

And as He was going into one village, ten lepers met Him, who got up at some distance from Him,

for just as when the lightning flashes, it shines from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of Man be when He comes.

and the very day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

And in that city there was a widow who continued to come to him and say, 'Give me justice and protection from my opponent.'

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop preventing them from it, for to such as these the kingdom of God belongs.

So he said to the bystanders, 'Take the twenty dollars away from him and give it to the man who has the two hundred.'

'I tell you, the man who gets will have more given to him, but the man who does not get will have even what he has taken away from him!

and said: "If today you yourself had only known the conditions of peace! But now they are hidden from you.

was John's baptism from heaven or from men?"

And they argued with one another, and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet."

So they answered and said that they did not know where it was from.

but those who are considered worthy to attain that other world and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are married.

And He Himself withdrew about a stone's throw from them, and after kneeling down He continued to pray,

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet, not my will but always yours be done!"

When He rose from His prayer, He went to the disciples and found them asleep from sorrow.

But from today the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God."

Then they said, "What more evidence do we need? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth!"

and said to them, "You brought this man to me on a charge of turning the people from allegiance, and here in your presence I have examined Him and do not find Him guilty of the charges you make against Him.

Now as they led Him away, they seized a man named Simon, from Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and put the cross on his shoulders, for him to carry as he walked behind Jesus.

Now one of the criminals who were hanging from their crosses kept abusing Him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Then save yourself and us too!"

But all His acquaintances, and the women who used to follow Him from Galilee in a group, were standing at a distance looking on.

who had not voted for the plan and action of the council. He came from a Jewish town, Arimathea, and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.

Then he took it down from the cross and wrapped it in a linen sheet and laid it in a tomb hewn out of rock, where no one had yet been laid.

So the women, who had come with Jesus from Galilee, followed closely after Joseph and saw the tomb and how His body was laid there.

But they found the boulder rolled back from the tomb,

and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the Eleven and all the rest.

On that very day, strange to say, two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,

but their eyes were in such a state as to keep them from recognizing Him.

Then their eyes were instantly opened and they recognized Him, and at once He vanished from them.

and said to them, "The Scriptures said that the Christ should suffer as He has suffered, should rise from the dead on the third day,

And I will send down upon you what my Father has promised. But you, on your part, must stay right here in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."

And while He was blessing them, He parted from them, and was taken up to heaven.

It was through Him that everything came into existence, and apart from Him not a single thing came into existence.

There appeared a man named John, sent from God.

So the Word became human and lived a little while among us, and we actually saw His glory, the glory of One who is an only Son from His Father, and He was full of spiritual blessing and truth.

For from His bounty we have all received spiritual blessing after spiritual blessing.

Now this is the testimony which John gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem, to ask him, "Who are you?"

Then John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove, and it remained on Him.

Then he took him to Jesus. Jesus looked him over and said, "You are Simon, son of John. From now on your name shall be Cephas" (which means Peter, or Rock).

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.

Philip sought out Nathaniel and said to him, "We have found the One about whom Moses wrote in the law and the One about whom the prophets wrote; it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazareth."

Now in accordance with the custom of purification practiced by the Jews, six stone water jars were standing there, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.

As soon as the manager tasted the water just turned into wine, without knowing where it came from, although the servants who had drawn the water did know, he called the bridegroom

So after He had risen from the dead, His disciples recalled that He had said this, and so believed the Scripture and the statement that He had made.

and needed no testimony from anyone about them, for He well knew what was in human nature.

He came to Jesus one night and said to Him, "Teacher, we know that you have come from God, for no one can perform the wonder-works that you are doing, unless God is with him."

Jesus answered him, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever see the kingdom of God, unless he is born from above."

Never wonder at my telling you that you must all be born from above.

The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is just the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

For anyone who is in the habit of doing wrong hates the light, and to keep his actions from being reproved, he does not come out into the daylight.

John answered, "A man cannot get anything, unless it is given to him from heaven.

He who comes from above is far above all others. He who springs from earth belongs to the earth and speaks of earth. He who comes from heaven is far above all others.

and Jacob's spring was there. So Jesus, tired from His journey, was sitting by the spring just as He was. It was about noon.

You are not greater than our forefather Jacob, are you, who gave us this well, and drank from it himself, with all his sons and flocks?"

You Samaritans do not know what you are worshiping; we Jews do know what we are worshiping; for salvation comes from the Jews.

When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to Him and began to beg Him to come down and cure his son, for he was at the point of death.

This is the second wonder-work that Jesus performed after He had come back from Judea to Galilee.

yes, the Father who has sent me has testified to me Himself. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form;

I do not accept any honor from men,

How can you believe, you who are always accepting honor from one another, but never seek the honor that comes from the one God?

So they picked them up and filled twelve baskets with the pieces that were left from the five barley loaves, which were more than the eaters wanted.

Other boats from Tiberias had landed near the place where the people ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

because I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of Him who sent me.

In the prophets it is written, 'And all men will be taught by God.' Everyone who ever listens to the Father and learns from Him will come to me.

Not that anyone has ever seen the Father, except Him who is from God; of course, He has seen the Father.

But there are some of you who do not trust in me." For Jesus knew from the start who they were that did not trust in Him, and who it was that was going to betray Him.

Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not my own, but it comes from Him who sent me.