He said to them, "Then pay Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and pay God what belongs to God!"

So they could not use what he said before the people, and in astonishment at His answer they said no more.

Jesus said to them, "The people of this world marry and are married,

Then He said to them, "How do people say that the Christ is David's Son?

For David himself in the Book of Psalms says: 'The Lord has said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

While all the people were listening, He said to His disciples,

And He said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has dropped in more than all of them;

Now while some people were talking about the temple, how it was decorated with beautiful stones and votive-offerings, He said,

So He said, "You must take care not to be misled about it! For many will come bearing the name of Messiah, and saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not go after them.

So they went off and found it just as He had said, and they prepared the Passover supper.

And He said to them, "I have heartily desired to eat this Passover supper with you before I suffer.

Then He received a cup of wine, gave thanks, and said, "Take this and share it among you,

Then He took a loaf, gave thanks, and broke it in pieces, and gave it to them, and said, "This is my body which is to be given for you. Do this as a memorial to me."

In like manner after supper He took a cup of wine, and said, "This cup of wine is the new covenant to be ratified by my blood, which is to be poured out for you.

But He said to them, "The kings of the heathen lord it over them and those who exercise authority over them are given the title of 'Benefactor.'

But Peter said to Him, "Lord, I am ready to go even to prison and to death with you!"

But He said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow today before you deny three times that you know me!"

Then He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse or bag or shoes, you did not need anything, did you?" They answered, "Nothing at all."

Then He said to them, "But now the man who has a purse must take it, and a bag too. And the man who does not have a sword must sell his coat and buy one.

So they said, "Lord, look! here are two swords!" And He answered them, "Enough!"

Now when He reached the spot, He said to them, "Continue to pray that you may not be subjected to temptation."

Then He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and keep praying that you may not be subjected to temptation."

Then Jesus said to him, "Judas, will you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?"

Those who were about Him saw what was about to take place, and said, "Lord, shall we use our swords now?"

But Jesus said, "Permit me to go as far as this!" So He touched his ear and healed him.

Then Jesus said to the high priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come to take Him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs as though I were a robber?

A servant girl saw him sitting by the fire and fixed her eyes on him and said, "This fellow was with Him too."

But he denied it and said, "I do not know Him, woman."

A little later a man looked at him and said, "You are one of them too." But Peter said, "Man, I am not."

But Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you mean." And all at once, while he was still speaking, a cock crowed.

As soon as day came, the elders of the people, the high priests, and the scribes assembled, and brought Him back before their council, and said,

"Tell us, if you are the Christ." But He said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe me,

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

Then Pilate said to the high priests and crowds, "I do not find anything blameworthy in this man."

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.

But Jesus turned to the women and said, "Women of Jerusalem, stop weeping for me, but continue to weep for yourselves and for your children.

But the other one reproved him and said, "Do you not fear even God when you are suffering the same penalty?

So He said to him, "I solemnly say to you, this very day you will be in paradise with me."

Then Jesus uttered a loud cry, and said, "Father, I now commit my spirit to your care." As He said this He breathed His last.

When the captain saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, "He certainly was an innocent man!"

Because the women were so frightened and were turning their faces to the ground, they said to them, "Why are you looking among the dead for Him who is alive?

He said that the Son of Man had to be turned over to wicked men and crucified, but was to rise again on the third day."

Then He said to them, "What is this that you are discussing together as you walk?" So they stopped and stood still with puzzled countenances.

And He said to them, "What sort of things?" They answered Him, "The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who in the sight of God and of all the people became a prophet mighty in deed and word,

and could not find His body, but came and told us that they had actually had a vision of angels who said He was alive.

Then some of our company went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Him."

Then He said to them, "O men sluggish in mind and slow in heart to believe all that the prophets have said!

but they earnestly urged Him, and said, "Stop and stay with us, for it is getting toward evening and the day is nearly spent." So He went in to stay with them.

Then they said to each other, "Did not our hearts keep burning in our bosoms as He was talking to us on the road, as He went on explaining the Scriptures to us?"

Even while they were talking about these things, He took His stand among them Himself, [and said to them, "Peace to you!"]

But He said to them, "Why are you so disturbed and why are doubts arising in your hearts?

[After He had said this He showed them His hands and His feet.]

Then He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you, that everything which is written about me in the law of Moses, in the prophets, and in the Psalms, had to be fulfilled."

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,

John testified to Him and cried out, for this was the one who said, "The One who is coming after me has been put before me, because He existed before me."

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

He said, "I am a voice of one shouting in the desert, 'Make the road straight for the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and he said, "Look! He is the Lamb of God who is to take away the world's sin.

This is the One about whom I said, 'After me there is coming a man who has already been put before me, because He existed before me.'

I did not know Him myself, but the very One who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The One on whom you see the Spirit coming down and remaining, is the One who is to baptize in the Holy Spirit.'

and as he saw Jesus passing by he said, "Look! He is the Lamb of God!"

Now Jesus turned, and as He saw them following Him, He said, "What are you looking for?" They said to Him, "Rabbi," (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?"

He said to them, "Come and you will see." So they went and saw where He was staying, and they spent the rest of the day with Him; it was about four in the afternoon.

He first found his brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means, the Christ).

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).

The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. So He sought out Philip and said to him, "Follow me."

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."

Then Nathaniel said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward Him, and said of him, "Here is a genuine Israelite with no deceit in him!"

Nathaniel said to Him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "While you were still under the fig tree, before Philip called you, I saw you."

Then He said to him, "I most solemnly say to you all, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God going up, and coming down upon the Son of Man!"

When the wine was all gone, Jesus' mother said to Him, "They have no wine!"

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

His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever He tells you."

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

Then He said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the manager of the feast." So they took him some.

and said to him, "Everybody, as a rule, serves his good wine first, and his poorer wine after people have drunk freely; you have kept the good wine till now."

Then He said to the pigeon-dealers, "Take these things out of here! Stop using my Father's house as a market place!"

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.

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."

Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot again enter his mother's womb and be born, can he?"

And they went to John and said to him, "Teacher, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, to whom you bore testimony yourself, is baptizing people and everybody is going to Him."

You can bear testimony to me yourselves that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent as His announcer.'

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

So the Samaritan woman said to Him, "How is it that a Jew like you asks a Samaritan woman like me for a drink?" For Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.

Jesus answered her, "If you just knew what God has to give and who it is that said to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have been the one to ask Him, and He would have given you living water."

She said to Him, "You have nothing to draw with, sir, and the well is deep. Where do you get your living water?

The woman said to Him, "Give me this water at once, sir, so I may never get thirsty again, nor have to come so far to draw water."

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

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

for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true."

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

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

The woman said to Him, "I know that the Messiah is coming, the One who is called the Christ. When He comes, He will tell us everything."

Jesus said to her, "I, the very one who is talking to you, am He!"

The woman then left her pitcher and went back to town and said to the people,

But He said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know."

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to finish His work.

Many of the Samaritans in that town believed in Him because of the woman's testimony, when she said, "He has told me everything I ever did."

Then a much larger number believed in Him because of what He said Himself,