But being forbidden by God in a dream to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by a different route.

no bag for your journey, nor change of linen, nor shoes, nor stick; for the labourer deserves his food.

Then he goes and brings back with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they come in and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first. So will it be also with the present wicked generation."

As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

For this people's mind is stupefied, their hearing has become dull, and their eyes they have closed; to prevent their ever seeing with their eyes, or hearing with their ears, or understanding with their minds, and turning back, so that I might heal them.'

When full, they haul it up on the beach, and sit down and collect the good fish in baskets, while the worthless they throw away.

and he said to his courtiers, "This is John the Baptist: he has come back to life--and that is why these miraculous Powers are working in him."

Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give to buy back his life?

nor let him who is outside the city stay to pick up his outer garment.

Your duty then was to deposit my money in some bank, and so when I came I should have got back my property with interest.

"Put back your sword again," said Jesus, "for all who draw the sword shall perish by the sword.

Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He was condemned, smitten with remorse he brought back the thirty shekels to the High Priests and Elders

So give orders for the sepulchre to be securely guarded till the third day, for fear his disciples should come by night and steal the body, and then tell the people that he has come back to life; and so the last imposture will be more serious than the first."

But to their amazement there had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had descended from Heaven, and had come and rolled back the stone, and was sitting upon it.

He is not here: He has come back to life, as He foretold. Come and see the place where He lay.

As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

He charged them to take nothing for the journey except a stick; no bread, no bag, and not a penny in their pockets,

But when Herod heard of Him, he said, "The John, whom I beheaded, has come back to life."

For what could a man give to buy back his life?

And if any one asks you, 'Why are you doing that?' say, 'The Master needs it, and will send it back here without delay.'"

But as to the dead, that they rise to life, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'

and let not him who is in the field turn back to pick up his outer garment.

Now at the Festival it was customary for Pilate to release to the Jews any one prisoner whom they might beg off from punishment;

Joseph of Arimathaea came, a highly respected member of the Council, who himself also was living in expectation of the Kingdom of God. He summoned up courage to go in to see Pilate and beg for the body of Jesus.

But then, looking up, they saw that the stone was already rolled back: for it was of immense size.

But he said to them, "Do not be terrified. It is Jesus you are looking for--the Nazarene who has been crucified. He has come back to life: He is not here: this is the place where they laid Him.

after staying the full number of days, when they started back home the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not discover this,

as it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah, "The voice of one crying aloud! 'In the Desert prepare ye a road for the Lord: make His highway straight.

And there was handed to Him the book of the Prophet Isaiah, and, opening the book, He found the place where it was written,

And rolling up the book, He returned it to the attendant, and sat down--to speak. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

He, however, saw two fishing-boats drawn up on the beach (for the men had gone away from them and were washing the nets)

To every one who asks, give; and from him who takes away your property, do not demand it back.

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is it to you? Even bad men lend to their fellows so as to receive back an equal amount.

"The sower," He said, "goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and is trodden upon, or the birds of the air come and peck it up.

And He commanded them, "Take nothing for your journey; neither stick nor bag nor bread nor money; and do not have an extra under garment.

Now Herod the Tetrarch heard of all that was going on; and he was bewildered because of its being said by some that John had come back to life,

by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that some one of the ancient Prophets had come back to life.

"John the Baptist," they replied; "but others say Elijah; and others that some one of the ancient Prophets has come back to life."

and a man from the crowd called out, "Rabbi, I beg you to pity my son, for he is my only child.

Now while the youth was coming, the spirit dashed him to the ground and cruelly convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the foul spirit, and cured the youth and gave him back to his father.

Carry no purse, bag, nor change of shoes; and salute no one on your way."

And if there is a lover of peace there, your peace shall rest upon it; otherwise come back upon you.

We are bound to make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life, he was lost and has been found.'"

"Then the steward said within himself, "'What am I to do? For my master is taking away the stewardship from me. I am not strong enough for field labour: to beg, I should be ashamed.

One of them, seeing that he was cured, came back, adoring and praising God in a loud voice,

Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"

"On that day, if a man is on the roof and his property indoors, let him not go down to fetch it; and, in the same way, he who is in the field, let him not turn back.

"But the tax-gatherer, standing far back, would not so much as lift his eyes to Heaven, but kept beating his breast and saying, "'O God, be reconciled to me, sinner that I am.'

why then did you not put my money into a bank, that when I came I might have received it back with interest?

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

But *I* have prayed for *you* that your faith may not fail, and you, when at last you have come back to your true self, must strengthen your brethren."

Then He asked them, "When I sent you out without purse or bag or shoes, was there anything you needed?" "No, nothing," they replied.

"But now," said He, "let the one who has a purse take it, and he who has a bag must do the same. And let him who has no sword sell his outer garment and buy one.

No, nor does Herod; for he has sent him back to us; and, you see, there is nothing he has done that deserves death.

But they found the stone rolled back from the tomb,

He is not here. He has come back to life. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee,

"Yes, it is true: the Master has come back to life. He has been seen by Simon."

"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."

"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;

His neighbours, therefore, and the other people to whom he had been a familiar object because he was a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

For this reason my Father loves me, because I am laying down my life in order to receive it back again.

No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."

"Rabbi," exclaimed the disciples, "the Jews have just been trying to stone you, and do you think of going back there again?"

Now it became widely known among the Jews that Jesus was there; but they came not only on His account, but also in order to see Lazarus whom He had brought back to life.

The large number of people, however, who had been present when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and brought him back to life, related what they had witnessed.

So he, having his head on Jesus's bosom, leaned back and asked, "Master, who is it?"

Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put back your sword. Shall I refuse to drink the cup of sorrow which the Father has given me to drink?"

There were also a great number of other signs which Jesus performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

When, however, day was now dawning, Jesus stood on the beach, though the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

Peter turned round and noticed the disciple whom Jesus loved following--the one who at the supper had leaned back on His breast and had asked, "Master, who is it that is betraying you?"

"For it is written in the Book of Psalms, "'Let his encampment be desolate: let there be no one to dwell there'; and "'His work let another take up.'

with her full knowledge and consent, dishonestly kept back part of the price which he received for it, though he brought the rest and gave it to the Apostles.

"Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan taken possession of your heart, that you should try to deceive the Holy Spirit and dishonestly keep back part of the price paid you for this land?

But the officers went and could not find them in the prison. So they came back and brought word,

Therefore, brethren, pick out from among yourselves seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, and we will appoint them to undertake this duty.

"Our forefathers, however, would not submit to him, but spurned his authority and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

So God turned from them and gave them up to the worship of the Host of Heaven, as it is written in the Book of the Prophets, "'Were they victims and sacrifices which you offered Me, forty years in the Desert, O House of Israel?

So the Apostles, after giving a solemn charge and delivering the Lord's Message, travelled back to Jerusalem, making known the Good News also in many of the Samaritan villages.

Then, giving her his hand, he raised her to her feet and, calling to him God's people and the widows, he gave her back to them alive.

When, however, the disciples had collected round him, he rose and went back into the town. The next day he went with Barnabas to Derbe;

This answer the lictors took back to the praetors, who were alarmed when they were told that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.

The Jews having planned to waylay him whenever he might be on the point of taking ship for Syria, he decided to travel back by way of Macedonia.

When, however, our time was up, we left and went on our way, all the disciples and their wives and children coming to see us off. Then, after kneeling down on the beach and praying,

I beg you not to comply; for more than forty men among them are lying in wait for him, who have solemnly vowed that they will neither eat nor drink till they have assassinated him; and even now they are ready, in anticipation of receiving that promise of you."

But--not to detain you too long--I beg you in your forbearance to listen to a brief statement from us.

since the Christ was to be a suffering Christ, and by coming back from the dead was then to be the first to proclaim a message of light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."

When daylight came, they tried in vain to recognise the coast. But an inlet with a sandy beach attracted their attention, and now their object was, if possible, to run the ship aground in this inlet.

So they cut away the anchors and left them in the sea, unloosing at the same time the bands which secured the paddle-rudders. Then, hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

For this people's mind has grown callous, their hearing has become dull, and their eyes they have closed; to prevent their ever seeing with their eyes, or hearing with their ears, or understanding with their minds, and turning back, so that I might cure them.'

because we know that Christ, having come back to life, is no longer liable to die.

that if with your mouth you confess Jesus as Lord and in your heart believe that God brought Him back to life, you shall be saved.

Pay back to no man evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and seemly in every one's esteem.

Do not be revengeful, my dear friends, but give way before anger; for it is written, "'Revenge belongs to Me: I will pay back,' says the Lord."

But some one will say, "How can the dead rise? And with what kind of body do they come back?"

I beg you therefore fully to reinstate him in your love.

Nay, their minds were made dull; for to this very day during the reading of the book of the ancient Covenant, the same veil remains unlifted, because it is only in Christ that it is to be abolished.

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were my seniors in the Apostleship, but I went away into Arabia, and afterwards came back to Damascus.

Now, however, having come to know God--or rather to be known by Him--how is it you are again turning back to weak and worthless rudimentary notions to which you are once more willing to be enslaved?

Yes, and I beg you also, my faithful yoke-fellow, to help these women who have shared my toil in connection with the Good News, together with Clement and the rest of my fellow labourers, whose names are recorded in the Book of Life.

But now that Timothy has recently come back to us from you, and has brought us the happy tidings of your faith and love, and has told us how you still cherish a constant and affectionate recollection of us, and are longing to see us as we also long to see you--