When the voice ceased, they found themselves alone with Jesus. And in those days they kept silence and told nobody anything of what they had seen.

Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long must I still be with you and bear with you? Fetch your son here."

Before the boy could reach Jesus, the daemon dashed him down and convulsed him, but Jesus checked the unclean spirit, cured the boy, and handed him back to his father.

Jesus knew the dispute that occupied their minds, so he took hold of a little child and set it by his side;

Jesus said to him, "Do not stop him; he who is not against you is for you."

Jesus said to him, "The foxes have their holes, the wild birds have their nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."

Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; you go and spread the news of the Reign of God."

Jesus said to him, "No one is any use to the Reign of God who puts his hand to the plough and then looks behind him."

"A right answer!" said Jesus; "do that and you will live."

Anxious to make an excuse for himself, however, he said to Jesus, "But who is my neighbour?"

Jesus rejoined, "A man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho fell among robbers who stripped and belaboured him and then went off leaving him half-dead.

He said, "The man who took pity on him." Jesus said to him, "Then go and do the same."

Jesus noticed her and called to her, "Woman, you are released from your weakness."

But the president of the synagogue was annoyed at Jesus healing on the sabbath, and he said to the crowd, "There are six days for work to be done; come during them to get healed, instead of on the sabbath."

so Jesus asked the jurists and Pharisees, "Is it right to heal on the sabbath or not?"

They held their peace. Then Jesus took hold of the man and cured him and sent him off.

Jesus said to him, "There was a man who was giving a large supper, to which he had invited a number of guests.

and lifted up their voice, saying, "Jesus, master, have pity on us."

and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.

So Jesus said, "Were all the ten not cleansed? Where are the other nine?

but Jesus called for the infants. "Let the children come to me," he said, "do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

Jesus said to him, "Why call me 'good'? No one is good, no one but God.

When Jesus heard this he said to him, "You lack one thing more; sell all you have, distribute the money among the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come and follow me."

So Jesus looked at him and said, "How difficult it is for those who have money to enter the Realm of God!

and they told him that Jesus the Nazarene was going by.

So he shouted, "Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!"

So Jesus stopped and ordered them to bring him, and asked him when he approached,

And Jesus said to him, "Regain your sight, your faith has made you well."

who tried to see what Jesus was like; but he could not, on account of the crowd ??for he was small of stature.

But when Jesus reached the spot he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down at once, for I must stay at your house to-day."

And Jesus said of him, "To-day salvation has come to this house, since Zacchaeus here is a son of Abraham.

So they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their clothes on the colt they mounted Jesus upon it.

Jesus said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do."

Jesus said to them, "People in this world marry and are married,

So Jesus despatched Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover for us that we may eat it."

But Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles rule over them, and their authorities take the name of 'Benefactor':

Jesus said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow to-day before you have three times denied that you know me."

While he was still speaking, there came a mob headed by the man called Judas, one of the twelve. He approached in order to kiss Jesus,

but Jesus said to him, "Judas! would you betray the Son of man with a kiss?"

Now when the supporters of Jesus saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, shall we strike with our swords?"

Jesus said, "Let me do this at least," and cured him by touching his ear.

Meantime the men who had Jesus in custody flogged him and made fun of him;

Herod was greatly delighted to see Jesus; he had long wanted to see him, because he had heard about him and also because he hoped to see him perform some miracle.

But though he put many questions to him, Jesus gave him no answer.

Again Pilate addressed them, for he wanted to release Jesus,

he released the man they wanted, the man who had been imprisoned for riot and murder, and Jesus he handed over to their will.

As they led him off they caught hold of Simon a Cyrenian on his way from the country and laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus.

but Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me but weep for yourselves and for your children!

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing." Then they distributed his clothes among themselves by drawing lots.

And he added, "Jesus, do not forget me when you come to reign."

"I tell you truly," said Jesus, "you will be in paradise with me this very day."

Then with a loud cry Jesus said, "Father, I trust my spirit to thy hands," and with these words he expired.

This Joseph went to Pilate and asked him for the body of Jesus.

but when they went inside they could not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

and during their conversation and discussion Jesus himself approached and walked beside them,

"What is that?" he said to them. They replied, "All about Jesus of Nazaret! To God and all the people he was a prophet strong in action and utterance,

while the Law was given through Moses, grace and reality are ours through Jesus Christ.

Next day he observed Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, there is the lamb of God, who is to remove the sin of the world!

he gazed at Jesus as he walked about, and said, "Look, there is the lamb of God!"

The two disciples heard what he said and went after Jesus.

Now Jesus turned, and when he observed them coming after him, he asked them, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated, 'teacher'), "where are you staying?"

One of the two men who heard what John said and went after Jesus was Andrew, the brother of Peter.

He took him to Jesus; Jesus gazed at him and said, "You are Simon, the son of John? Your name is to be Cephas" (meaning 'Peter' or 'rock').

Next day Jesus determined to leave for Galilee; there he met Philip and told him, "Follow me."

he met Nathanael and told him, "We have found him whom Moses wrote about in the Law, and also the prophets ??it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazaret."

Jesus saw Nathanael approaching and said of him, "Here is a genuine Israelite! There is no guile in him."

Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "When you were under that fig tree, before ever Philip called you, I saw you."

Jesus answered, "You believe because I told you I had seen you under that fig tree? You shall see more than that."

Two days later a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee; the mother of Jesus was present,

and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

As the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine."

"Woman," said Jesus, "what have you to do with me? My time has not come yet."

Jesus said, "Fill up the jars with water." So they filled them to the brim.

Jesus performed this, the first of his Signs, at Cana in Galilee, thereby displaying his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

Now the Jewish passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Jesus replied, "Destroy this sanctuary and I will raise it up in three days."

and when the disciples recalled what he had said, after he had been raised from the dead, they believed the scripture and the word of Jesus.

Jesus, however, would not trust himself to them; he knew all men,

he came one night to Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we know you have come from God to teach us, for no one could perform these Signs of yours unless God were with him."

Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, no one can see God's Realm unless he is born from above."

Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter God's Realm.

Jesus replied, "You do not understand this? ??you, a teacher in Israel!

[vss 22-30 moved to between 2:12 and 2:13] After this Jesus and his disciples went into the country of Judaea, where he spent some time with them baptizing.

Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had heard of Jesus gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

(though Jesus himself did not baptize, it was his disciples),

and Jacob's spring was there. Jesus, exhausted by the journey, sat down at the spring, just as he was. It was about noon,

and a Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink"

Jesus answered, "If you knew what is the free gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked him instead, and he would have given you 'living' water."

Jesus answered, "Anyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,

Jesus said to her, "Go and call your husband, then come back here."

The woman replied, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You were right in saying, 'I have no husband';

"Woman," said Jesus, "believe me, the time is coming when you will be worshipping the Father neither on this mountain nor at Jerusalem.

"I am messiah," said Jesus, "I who am talking to you."

Jesus said, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

(for Jesus himself testified that a prophet enjoys no honour in his own country);

when he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judaea, he went to him and begged him to come down and cure his son, who was at the point of death.

Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you never will believe."

Jesus told him, "Go yourself, your son is alive." The man believed what Jesus told him, and started on his journey.

Then the father realized that it had left him at the very time when Jesus had said to him, "Your son is alive"; and he became a believer with all his household.

This was the second Sign which Jesus performed again after leaving Judaea for Galilee.