Now some of the Sadducees--who deny {that there is a resurrection}--came up [and] asked him,

saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us if someone's brother dies having a wife, and this man is childless, that his brother should take the wife and {father} descendants for his brother.

but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and [to] the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,

But that the dead are raised, even Moses revealed in [the passage about] the bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and [the] God of Isaac and [the] God of Jacob.

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

And he said, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all [of them].

For these all put [gifts] into the offering out of their abundance, but this [woman] out of her poverty put in all the means of subsistence that she had."

And [while] some were speaking about the temple, that it was adorned with precious stones and votive offerings, he said,

"[As for] these [things] that you see--days will come in which not [one] stone will be left on [another] stone that will not be thrown down!"

And he said, Watch out that you are not deceived! For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am [he],' and 'The time is near!' Do not go after them!

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom that all your opponents will not be able to resist or contradict.

"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.

because these are days of vengeance, [so that] all the things that are written can be fulfilled.

When they put out [foliage], now you see for yourselves [and] know that by this time the summer is near.

So also you, when you see these [things] happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

Truly I say to you that this generation will never pass away until all [things] take place!

"But take care for yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of daily life, and that day come upon you suddenly

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."

So [throughout] the days he was teaching in the temple [courts], and [throughout] the nights he was going out [and] spending the night on the hill that is called [the Mount] of Olives.

And he sent Peter and John, saying, "Go [and] prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat [it].

For I tell you that I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."

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

that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail. And you, [when] once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."

And he said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times [that you] know me!"

For I tell you that this that is written must be fulfilled in me: 'And he was counted with the criminals.' For indeed, [what is written] about me {is being fulfilled}."

And [when] he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not enter into temptation."

and he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up [and] pray that you will not enter into temptation!"

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

And [when he] found out that he was from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him over to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days.

And both Herod and Pilate became friends with one another on [that] same day, {for they had previously been enemies of one another}.

(who had been thrown in prison because of a certain insurrection that had taken place in the city, and [for] murder)

But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries [that] he be crucified. And their cries prevailed.

And Pilate decided [that] their demand should be granted.

For behold, days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that did not give birth, and [the] breasts that did not nurse!'

And when they came to the place that is called "The Skull," there they crucified him, and the criminals, the one on [his] right and the other on [his] left.

And all the crowds that had come together for this spectacle, [when they] saw the things that had happened, returned [home] beating [their] breasts.

And it happened that while they were perplexed about this, behold, two men in gleaming clothing stood near them.

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?"

And behold, on [that] same day, two of them were traveling to a village {named} Emmaus [that was] sixty stadia distant from Jerusalem,

and they were conversing with one another about all these [things] that had happened.

And it happened that while they were conversing, and discussing, Jesus himself also approached [and] began to go along with them,

And he said to them, "What [are] these matters that you are discussing with one another [as you] are walking along?" And they stood still, looking sad.

And one [of them], {named} Cleopas, answered [and] said to him, "[Are] you the only one living near Jerusalem and not knowing the things that have happened in it in these days?"

But we were hoping that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. But in addition to all these [things], this [is] the third day {since} these [things] took place.

and [when they] did not find his body, they came back saying [they] had seen even a vision of angels, who said [that] he was alive!

And he said to them, "O foolish and slow in heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

Was it not necessary [that] the Christ suffer these [things] and enter into his glory?"

And it happened that when he reclined at the table with them, he took the bread [and] gave thanks, and [after] breaking [it], he gave [it] to them.

And they got up [that] same hour [and] returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven and those with them assembled,

Look at my hands and my feet, that I am I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as {you see that I have}."

And he said to them, "These [are] my words that I spoke to you [while I] was still with you, that everything that is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled."

and said to them, "Thus it is written [that] the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day,

And it happened that while he was blessing them, he parted from them and was taken up into heaven.

All [things] came into being through him, and apart from him not one [thing] came into being that has come into being.

This one came for a witness, in order that he could testify about the light, so that all would believe through him.

That one was not the light, but [came] in order that he could testify about the light.

No one has seen God at any time; the one and only, God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father--that one has made [him] known.

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they could ask him, "Who are you?"

Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we can give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"

And I did not know him, but in order that he could be revealed to Israel, because of this I came baptizing with water."

And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water, that one said to me, '[The one] upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him--this one is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

And I have seen and testify that this one is the Chosen One of God.

He said to them, "Come and you will see!" So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day (it was about the tenth hour).

Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater [things] than these!"

His disciples remembered that it is written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."

So when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.

This man came to him at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that [you are] a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him."

Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'It is necessary for you to be born from above.'

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

so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life."

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.

And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, in order that his deeds may be revealed, that they are done in God.

You yourselves testify about me that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I am sent before that one.'

It is necessary for that one to increase, but [for] me to decrease."

The one who accepts his testimony has attested that God is true.

Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

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

(For his disciples had gone away into the town so that they could buy food.)

The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or come here to draw [water]!"

The woman said to him, "Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you [people] say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship."

Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, that an hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (the one called Christ); "whenever that one comes, he will proclaim all [things] to us."

And at this [point] his disciples came, and they were astonished that he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, "What do you seek?" or "Why are you speaking with her?"

But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about."

Jesus said to them, "My food is that I do the will of the one who sent me and complete his work.

Do you not say, 'There are yet four months and the harvest comes'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.

The one who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for eternal life, in order that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

Now from that town many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me everything that I have done."

And they were saying to the woman, "No longer because of {what you said} do we believe, for we ourselves have heard, and we know that this one is truly the Savior of the world!"

For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own homeland.

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.

Now [as] he was going down, his slaves met him, saying that his child was alive.

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.

Jesus, [when he] saw this one lying [there] and knew that he had [been sick] a long time already, said to him, "Do you want to become well?"

The one who was sick answered him, "Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But {while} I am coming, another goes down before me."