But they did not understand this statement; it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Don’t be moving from house to house.

He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a lightning flash.

In that same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure.

Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.

but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I have gone to bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’

And others, as a test, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

But when one stronger than he attacks and overpowers him, he takes from him all his weapons he trusted in, and divides up his plunder.

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, it then says, ‘I’ll go back to my house where I came from.’

As He was saying these things, a woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “The womb that bore You and the one who nursed You are blessed!”

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look—something greater than Solomon is here!

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.

“Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible.

Someone from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

You must be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

From now on, five in one household will be divided: three against two, and two against three.

But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water?

Satan has bound this woman, a daughter of Abraham, for 18 years—shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us!’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’

But He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you’re from. Get away from Me, all you workers of unrighteousness!’

They will come from east and west, from north and south, and recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

He longed to eat his fill from the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him any.

“Then the manager said to himself, ‘What should I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.

I know what I’ll do so that when I’m removed from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and everyone who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.

Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to pass over from here to you cannot; neither can those from there cross over to us.’

“‘No, father Abraham,’ he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

“But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”

“Which one of you having a slave tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

For as the lightning flashes from horizon to horizon and lights up the sky, so the Son of Man will be in His day.

But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all.

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

“I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.

They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much!”

So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has 10 minas.’

“‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.

Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.

was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?”

They discussed it among themselves: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

But those who are counted worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

There will be violent earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.

People will faint from fear and expectation of the things that are coming on the world, because the celestial powers will be shaken.

“Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly

For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

Then He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and began to pray,

“Father, if You are willing, take this cup away from Me—nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done.”

[Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.

When He got up from prayer and came to the disciples, He found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief.

But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the Power of God.”

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

But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where He started even to here.”

As they led Him away, they seized Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

But all who knew Him, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

who had not agreed with their plan and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

The women who had come with Him from Galilee followed along and observed the tomb and how His body was placed.

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

Returning from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the rest.

Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

But they were prevented from recognizing Him.

Moreover, some women from our group astounded us. They arrived early at the tomb,

Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him, but He disappeared from their sight.

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

And look, I am sending you what My Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.”

All things were created through Him,
and apart from Him not one thing was created
that has been created.

There was a man named John
who was sent from God.

The Word became flesh
and took up residence among us.
We observed His glory,
the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father,
full of grace and truth.

Indeed, we have all received grace after grace
from His fullness,

This is John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

And John testified, “I watched the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He rested on Him.

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

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law (and so did the prophets): Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth!”

When the chief servant tasted the water (after it had become wine), he did not know where it came from—though the servants who had drawn the water knew. He called the groom

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.

There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

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.”

The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

John responded, “No one can receive a single thing unless it’s given to him from heaven.

The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth is earthly and speaks in earthly terms. The One who comes from heaven is above all.

Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, worn out from His journey, sat down at the well. It was about six in the evening.

“How is it that You, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” she asked Him. For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.

You aren’t greater than our father Jacob, are You? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and livestock.”

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

But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again—ever! In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up within him for eternal life.”

You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews.

I sent you to reap what you didn’t labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from their labor.”

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.”

When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and pleaded with Him to come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.

This, therefore, was the second sign Jesus performed after He came from Judea to Galilee.

because an angel would go down into the pool from time to time and stir up the water. Then the first one who got in after the water was stirred up recovered from whatever ailment he had].

“I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.

“I do not accept glory from men,

How can you believe? While accepting glory from one another, you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God.