Then why did you not put my money in the bank, so that when I came back I could have gotten it with interest?'

and said to them, "Go to the village that lies in front of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

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 that they did not know where it came from.

But when the tenants saw him, they argued with one another, 'This is his heir! Let us kill him, so that the property will belong to us!'

He looked at them and said, "Then what does this saying of Scripture mean, "'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone'?

Whoever falls on that stone will be shattered, but whoever it falls upon will be pulverized."

And the scribes and high priests wanted to arrest him then and there, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had aimed this illustration at them.

So they kept watch of him and set some spies who pretended to be honest men to fasten on something that he said, so that they might hand him over to the control and authority of the governor.

And they asked him, "Master, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you show no favor, but teach the way of God in sincerity.

Then some of the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came up and asked him,

"Master, Moses made us a law that if a man's brother die leaving a wife but no children, the man should marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

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

But that the dead are raised to life, even Moses indicated in the passage about the bush, when he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

Some of the scribes replied, "Master, that was a fine answer!"

But he said to them, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?

"As for all this that you are looking at, the time is coming when not one stone will be left here upon another that will not be torn down!"

Then they asked him, "Master, when will this happen, and what will be the sign that it is going to take place?"

It is by your endurance that you will win your souls.

But when you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, then you must understand that her devastation is at hand.

for those are the days of vengeance, when all that is written in the Scriptures will be fulfilled.

But alas for women who are with child at that time, or who have babies, for there will be great misery in the land and anger at this people.

As soon as they put out their leaves, you see them and you know without being told that summer is coming.

So when you see these things happen, you must know that the Kingdom of God is at hand.

But take care that your hearts are not loaded down with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day takes you by surprise, like a trap.

But you must be vigilant and always pray that you may succeed in escaping all this that is going to happen, and in standing in the presence of the Son of Man."

but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And afterward you yourself must turn and strengthen your brothers."

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

For I tell you that this saying of Scripture must find its fulfilment in me: 'He was rated an outlaw.' Yes, that saying about me is to be fulfilled!"

And when he reached the spot, he said to them, "Pray that you may not be subjected to trial."

And he said to them, "Why are you asleep? Get up, and pray that you may not be subjected to trial!"

and they blindfolded him, and asked him, "Show that you are a prophet! Who was it that struck you?"

and learning that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction he turned him over to Herod, for Herod was in Jerusalem at that time.

And Herod and Pilate became friends that day, for they had been at enmity before.

and said to them, "You brought this man before me charged with misleading the people, and here I have examined him before you and not found him guilty of any of the things that you accuse him of.

(He was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had taken place in the city and for murder.)

And he said to them a third time, "Why, what has he done that is wrong? For I have found nothing about him to call for his death. So I will teach him a lesson and let him go."

But they persisted with loud outcries in demanding that he be crucified, and their shouting won.

And Pilate pronounced sentence that what they asked for should be done.

And all the crowds that had collected for the sight, when they saw what happened, returned to the city beating their breasts.

when he said that the Son of Man must be handed over to wicked men and be crucified and rise again on the third day."

That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,

and they were talking together about all these things that had happened.

And he said to them, "What is all this that you are discussing with each other on your way?" They stopped sadly,

But we were hoping that he was to be the deliverer of Israel. Why, besides all this, it is three days since it happened.

and could not find his body, but came back and said that they had actually seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive.

Then he said to them, "How foolish you are and how slow to believe all that the prophets have said!

And he began with Moses and all the prophets and explained to them the passages all through the Scriptures that referred to himself.

and learned from them that the Master had really risen and had been seen by Simon.

Then he said to them, "This is what I told you when I was still with you??hat everything that is written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must come true."

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

and that repentance leading to the forgiveness of sins should be preached to all the heathen in his name.

It was he that was with God in the beginning.

It was by him that life came into existence, and that life was the light of mankind.

He came to give testimony, to testify to the light, so that everyone might come to believe in it through him.

His disciples remembered that the Scriptures said, "My zeal for your house will consume me!"

So afterward when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the passage of Scripture and what Jesus had said.

Now when he was at Jerusalem, at the Passover Festival, many, when they saw the signs that he showed, came to believe in him.

This man went to Jesus one night, and said to him, "Master, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can show the signs that you do, unless God is with him."

Do not wonder at my telling you that you must be born over again from above.

The wind blows wherever it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is the way with everyone who owes his birth to the Spirit."

Nicodemus said to him, "How can that be?"

If you will not believe the earthly things that I have told you, how can you believe the heavenly things I have to tell?

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

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world to pass judgment upon the world, but that through him the world might be saved.

And the basis of the judgment is this, that the light has come into the world, and yet, because their actions were wicked, men have loved the darkness more than the light.

But everyone who is living the truth will come to the light, to show that his actions have been performed in dependence upon God.

You will bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ; I have been sent in advance of him.'

It is to what he has seen and heard that he gives testimony, and yet no one accepts his testimony.

Whoever does accept it has thereby acknowledged that God is true.

So when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had been told that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John??2 though it was not Jesus himself who baptized them, but his disciples??3 he left Judea and went back again to Galilee.

So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph,

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, "If you knew what God has to give, and who it is that said to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

but anyone who drinks the water that I will give him will never be thirsty, but the water that I will give him will become a spring of water within him, bubbling up for eternal life."

The woman said to him, "Give me this water, sir, so that I may never be thirsty, nor have to come all this way to draw water."

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

Our forefathers worshiped God on this mountain, and yet you Jews say that the place where people must worship God is at Jerusalem."

The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming??e who is called the Christ. When he comes, he will tell us everything!"

So the disciples said to one another, "Do you suppose that someone has brought him something to eat?"

The reaper is already being paid and gathering the harvest for eternal life, so that the sower may be glad with the reaper.

Many of the Samaritans in that town came to believe in him because of the testimony the woman gave when she said, "He has told me everything I ever did!"

and they said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your statement that we believe, for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he is really the Savior of the world."

for he himself declared that a prophet is not honored in his own country.

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

While he was on the way, his slaves met him and told him that his boy was going to live.

So the father knew that it was the very time when Jesus had said to him "Your son is going to live." And he and his whole household believed in Jesus.

Jesus saw him lying there, and finding that he had been in this condition for a long time, said to him, "Do you want to get well?"

They asked him, "Who was it that said to you, 'Pick it up and walk'?"

The man went and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him.

For the Father loves the Son and lets him see everything that he himself is doing, and he will let him see greater deeds than these, to make you wonder.

so that all men may honor the Son just as much as they honor the Father. Whoever refuses to honor the Son refuses to honor the Father who sent him.

It is someone else who testifies to me, and I know that the testimony that he gives about me is true.

But the testimony that I accept is not from any man; I am only saying this that you may be saved.

He was the lamp that burned and shone, and you were ready to be gladdened for a while by his light.

But I have higher testimony than John's, for the things that my Father has intrusted to me to accomplish, the very things that I am doing, are proof that my Father has sent me,

You pore over the Scriptures, for you think that you will find eternal life in them, and these very Scriptures testify to me,

but I know well that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

Yet how can you believe in me, when you accept honor from one another, instead of seeking the honor that comes from the one God?