So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them.

As they were untying the young donkey, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the donkey?”

As He was going along, they were spreading their robes on the road.

He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!”

He went into the temple complex and began to throw out those who were selling,

Every day He was teaching in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy Him,

but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were captivated by what they heard.

They were not able to catch Him in what He said in public, and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.

Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died without children.

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

As some were talking about the temple complex, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, He said,

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Him to death, because they were afraid of the people.

They were glad and agreed to give him silver.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?

The men who were holding Jesus started mocking and beating Him.

And they were saying many other blasphemous things against Him.

and released the one they were asking for, who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.

A large crowd of people followed Him, including women who were mourning and lamenting Him.

Two others—criminals—were also led away to be executed with Him.

While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood by them in dazzling clothes.

So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground.

“Why are you looking for the living among the dead?” asked the men.

Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them were telling the apostles these things.

Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

Together they were discussing everything that had taken place.

And while they were discussing and arguing, Jesus Himself came near and began to walk along with them.

But they were prevented from recognizing Him.

But we were hoping that He was the One who was about to redeem Israel. Besides all this, it’s the third day since these things happened.

Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they didn’t see Him.”

They came near the village where they were going, and He gave the impression that He was going farther.

Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him, but He disappeared from their sight.

So they said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts ablaze within us while He was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?”

And as they were saying these things, He Himself stood among them. He said to them, “Peace to you!”

But they were startled and terrified and thought they were seeing a ghost.

But while they still were amazed and unbelieving because of their joy, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

And they were continually in the temple complex praising God.

All things were created through Him,
and apart from Him not one thing was created
that has been created.

who were born,
not of blood,
or of the will of the flesh,
or of the will of man,
but of God.

“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.

“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you,” Jesus answered.

Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding as well.

He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

This man came to Him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one could perform these signs You do unless God were with him.”

“This, then, is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized,

(though Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),

Just then His disciples arrived, and they were amazed that He was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, “What do You want?” or “Why are You talking with her?”

John was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to enjoy his light.

Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were seated—so also with the fish, as much as they wanted.

When they were full, He told His disciples, “Collect the leftovers so that nothing is wasted.”

So they collected them and filled 12 baskets with the pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten.

Therefore, when Jesus knew that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He withdrew again to the mountain by Himself.

After they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea. He was coming near the boat, and they were afraid.

Then they were willing to take Him on board, and at once the boat was at the shore where they were heading.

When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

Jesus answered, “I assure you: You are looking for Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

They were saying, “Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can He now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples were complaining about this, asked them, “Does this offend you?

Then what if you were to observe the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?

After this, Jesus traveled in Galilee, since He did not want to travel in Judea because the Jews were trying to kill Him.

The Jews were looking for Him at the festival and saying, “Where is He?”

And there was a lot of discussion about Him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He’s deceiving the people.”

Then the Jews were amazed and said, “How does He know the Scriptures, since He hasn’t been trained?”

Some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Isn’t this the man they want to kill?

He said this about the Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit, for the Spirit had not yet been received because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

At dawn He went to the temple complex again, and all the people were coming to Him. He sat down and began to teach them.

“Our father is Abraham!” they replied.

“If you were Abraham’s children,” Jesus told them, “you would do what Abraham did.

You’re doing what your father does.”

“We weren’t born of sexual immorality,” they said. “We have one Father—God.”

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn’t come on My own, but He sent Me.

You’ve never known Him, but I know Him. If I were to say I don’t know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.

Some said, “He’s the one.” “No,” others were saying, “but he looks like him.”

He kept saying, “I’m the one!”

Therefore they asked him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”

Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He doesn’t keep the Sabbath!” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.

His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews, since the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him as Messiah, he would be banned from the synagogue.

If this man were not from God, He wouldn’t be able to do anything.”

“You were born entirely in sin,” they replied, “and are you trying to teach us?” Then they threw him out.

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and asked Him, “We aren’t blind too, are we?”

“If you were blind,” Jesus told them, “you wouldn’t have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see’—your sin remains.

Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and He’s crazy! Why do you listen to Him?”

Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

Then they were trying again to seize Him, yet He eluded their grasp.

The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw that Mary got up quickly and went out. So they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to cry there.

They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple complex: “What do you think? He won’t come to the festival, will He?”

because he was the reason many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.

Now some Greeks were among those who went up to worship at the festival.

This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:

Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.

I have revealed Your name
to the men You gave Me from the world.
They were Yours, You gave them to Me,
and they have kept Your word.

Now the slaves and the temple police had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold. They were standing there warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, warming himself.

They answered him, “If this man weren’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have handed Him over to you.”

“My kingdom is not of this world,” said Jesus. “If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Jews. As it is, My kingdom does not have its origin here.”

And they repeatedly came up to Him and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and were slapping His face.

Standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first.

In the evening of that first day of the week, the disciples were gathered together with the doors locked because of their fear of the Jews. Then Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!”

After eight days His disciples were indoors again, and Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them. He said, “Peace to you!”

Simon Peter, Thomas (called “Twin”), Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, Zebedee’s sons, and two others of His disciples were together.

“Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” He told them, “and you’ll find some.” So they did, and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish.

But since they were not far from land (about 100 yards away), the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish.

So Simon Peter got up and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish—153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.

“I assure you: When you were young, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don’t want to go.”