Again the devil took him to a very high mountain, and he showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor,

When Jesus heard it, he quietly retired by boat to a secluded place. And the crowds heard of it and followed him on foot from the towns.

For what good will it do a man if he gains the whole world but parts with his life? What can a man give to buy back his life?

For this reason the Kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king, who resolved to settle accounts with his slaves.

They said to him, "He will put the wretches to a miserable death, and let the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the vintage when it is due."

"That, I tell you, is why the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a people that will produce its proper fruit.

So do everything they tell you, and observe it all, but do not do as they do, for they talk but do not act.

And he said, "Go into the city, to a certain man, and say to him, 'The Master says, "My time is near. I am going to keep the Passover at your house with my disciples." ' "

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over yonder and pray."

When they came to a place called Golgotha, which means the Place of the Skull,

Early in the morning, long before daylight, he got up and left the house and went off to a lonely spot, and prayed there.

He went again to a synagogue, and there was a man there with one hand withered.

For what good does it do a man to gain the whole world and yet part with his life?

But Jesus said, "Do not tell him not to do so, for there is no one who will use my name to do a mighty act, and be able soon after to abuse me.

and said to him, "What authority have you for doing as you do? And who gave you a right to do as you are doing?"

They came to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, "Sit down here while I pray."

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

to a maiden there who was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The maiden's name was Mary.

You are to become a mother and you will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus.

And your relative, Elizabeth, although she is old, is going to give birth to a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was said to be barren.

In those days Mary set out and hurried to the hill-country, to a town in Judah,

Now the time came for Elizabeth's child to be born, and she gave birth to a son.

and Elijah was not sent to one of them, but to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

When it was day, he left the house and made his way to a lonely spot, and crowds of people went in search of him, and overtook him and tried to keep him from leaving them.

One day as he was teaching, there were some Pharisees and experts in the Law sitting near by, who had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was there, so that he might cure people.

Soon afterward he happened to go to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great throng of people were with him.

"Two men were in debt to a money-lender. One owed him a hundred dollars and the other ten.

Then the apostles came back and told Jesus what they had done. And he took them and quietly retired to a town called Bethsaida.

What good does it do a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?

Whenever you come to a town and they welcome you, eat what is offered you,

But whenever you come to a town and they do not welcome you, go out into the open streets and say,

and he went up to him and dressed his wounds with oil and wine and bound them up. And he put him on his own mule and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

As they continued their journey, he came to a certain village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him to her house.

"When someone invites you to a wedding supper, do not take the best place, for someone more distinguished than you are may have been invited,

But when you are invited anywhere, go and take the poorest place, so that when your host comes in, he will say to you, 'My friend, come to a better place.' So you will be shown consideration before all the other guests.

Not many days later, the younger son gathered up all he had, and went away to a distant country, and there he squandered his property by fast living.

And he went and hired himself out to a resident of the country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs.

So he said, "A nobleman once went to a distant country to secure his appointment to a kingdom and then return.

One day as he was teaching the people in the Temple, and preaching the good news, the high priests and scribes came up with the elders

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

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

Now a slave does not belong to a household permanently; but a son does.

In consequence of this, Jesus did not appear in public among the Jews any longer, but he left that neighborhood and went to the district near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.

and he went out carrying the cross by himself to a spot called the Place of the Skull, or in Hebrew, Golgotha.

when a man who had been lame from his birth was carried by. He used to be placed every day at what was known as the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, to beg from the people on their way into the Temple,

and when he saw that this gratified the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too, at the time of the festival of Unleavened Bread.

It is from his descendants that God has brought to Israel as he promised to do, a savior in Jesus,

and shouting, "Friends, why are you doing this? We are only human beings like you, and we bring you the good news that you should turn from these follies to a living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and all that they contain.

For as I was going about and looking at the things you worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: 'To an Unknown God.' So it is what you already worship in ignorance that I am now telling you of.

The next day, as he wished to find out the real reason why the Jews denounced him, he had him unbound and ordered the high priests and the whole council to assemble, and took Paul down and brought him before them.

When it was decided that we were to sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were turned over to an officer of the Imperial regiment, named Julius.

The next day, as the storm continued to be violent, they began to throw the cargo overboard,

and to ask that somehow by God's will I may some day at last succeed in reaching you.

But of Israel he said, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people."

So too at the present time there is a remnant selected by God's mercy.

A wife cannot do as she likes with her own person; it is her husband's; and in the same way a husband cannot do as he likes with his own person; it is his wife's.

If you are united to a wife, do not seek to be released. If you are not, do not seek a wife.

But if a man thinks he is not acting properly toward the girl to whom he is engaged, if his passions are too strong, and that is what ought to be done, let him do as he pleases; it is no sin; let them be married.

But it is not everyone that has this knowledge; for some, through being long accustomed to idols, still eat meat that has been sacrificed to them as really offered to an idol, and their consciences, being oversensitive, are troubled.

What am I saying then? That there is any such thing as being offered to an idol, or any such thing as an idol?

After that will come the end, when he will turn over the kingdom to God his Father, bringing to an end all other government, authority, and power,

About the collection for God's people, I want you to do as I told the churches of Galatia to do.

It was in obedience to a revelation that I went. I laid before them the good news that I preach to the heathen, presenting it privately to the leaders, for fear my efforts might be or might have been futile.

God has not called us to an unclean life, but to a pure one.

When people say, "What peace and security!" then suddenly destruction will be upon them, like birth-pains upon a woman about to give birth to a child, and there will be no escape.

who gave himself as a ransom for all men. This is what was testified to at the proper times,

Never reprove an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men like brothers,

Do not listen to an accusation made against an elder, unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.

He saved us and called us to a consecrated life, not for anything we had done, but of his own accord and out of the mercy which he bestowed upon us ages ago through Christ Jesus,

If a man is inclined to a sect, after warning him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him.

For if the message delivered by angels proved to be authentic, and every violation or neglect of it led to a corresponding penalty,

For Jesus is entitled to as much more honor than Moses as the builder of a house is than the house he builds.

but encourage one another every day, as long as we can still speak of Today, so that no one of you may have his heart hardened by the pleasantness of sin.

For it is impossible to arouse people to a fresh repentance when they have once for all come into the light and had a taste of the gift from heaven, and shared in the holy Spirit

For he of whom all this was said was related to a tribe no member of which ever officiated at the altar.

for he preferred sharing the hardships of God's people to a short-lived enjoyment of sin,

fixing our eyes upon Jesus, our leader and example in faith, who in place of the happiness that belonged to him, submitted to a cross, caring nothing for its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

to the solemn gathering of all God's elder sons, enrolled as citizens in heaven, to a judge who is the God of all, to the spirits of upright men now at last enjoying the fulfilment of their hopes,

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be cured. An upright man can do a great deal by prayer when he tries.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has caused us to be born anew to a life of hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead,

and to an imperishable, unsullied, and unfading inheritance, which is kept safe for you in heaven,

Come to him, as to a living stone rejected by men, but chosen and prized in the sight of God,

Therefore, those who suffer by the will of God must intrust their souls to a Creator who is faithful, and continue to do what is right.

So we have the message of the prophets more fully guaranteed. Please pay attention to that message as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

So remember how far you have fallen, and repent and do as you did at first, or else I will come to you and take your lampstand from its place, if you do not repent.

His tail swept away one third of the stars of heaven and flung them down upon the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth to a child in order to devour her child as soon as it was born.

She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to shepherd all the heathen with a staff of iron; and her child was caught up to God, to his throne.

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who from this time forth die as Christians!" "Yes!" answers the Spirit, "Let them rest from their toil, for what they have done will go with them!"

So he carried me away in a trance to a desert, and I saw a woman seated on a scarlet animal all covered with blasphemous titles; it had seven heads and ten horns.

He carried me away in a trance to a great, high mountain, and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of heaven from God,