1:1 The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of
David, the son of
Abraham.
1:2 The son of Abraham was Isaac; and the son of Isaac was
Jacob; and the sons
of Jacob were Judah and his brothers;
1:3 And the sons of Judah were Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and
the
son of Perez was
Hezron; and the son of Hezron was Ram;
1:4 And the son of Ram was Amminadab; and the son of
Amminadab
was Nahshon; and the
son of Nahshon was Salmon;
1:5 And the son of Salmon by Rahab was Boaz; and the son of
Boaz
by Ruth was Obed; and
the son of Obed was Jesse;
1:6 And the son of Jesse was David the king; and the son of
David was Solomon by
her who had been the wife of Uriah;
1:7 And the son of Solomon was Rehoboam; and the son of
Rehoboam
was Abijah; and the
son of Abijah was Asa;
1:8 And the son of Asa was Jehoshaphat; and the son of
Jehoshaphat was
Joram; and the son of Joram was Uzziah;
1:9 And the son of Uzziah was Jotham; and the son of Jotham
was
Ahaz; and the son of
Ahaz was Hezekiah;
1:10 And the son of Hezekiah was Manasseh; and the son of
Manasseh was Amon;
and the son of Amon was Josiah;
1:11 And the sons of Josiah were Jechoniah and his brothers,
at
the time of the
taking away to Babylon.
1:12 And after the taking away to Babylon, Jechoniah had a
son
Shealtiel; and
Shealtiel had Zerubbabel;
1:13 And Zerubbabel had Abiud; and Abiud had Eliakim; and
Eliakim had Azor;
1:14 And Azor had Zadok; and Zadok had Achim; and Achim had
Eliud;
1:15 And Eliud had Eleazar; and Eleazar had Matthan; and
Matthan
had Jacob;
1:16 And the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary,
who
gave birth to Jesus,
whose name is Christ.
1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are
fourteen
generations; and from
David to the taking away to Babylon,
fourteen generations;
and from the taking away to Babylon to
the coming of Christ,
fourteen generations.
1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his
mother Mary was going
to be married to Joseph, before they came
together the
discovery was made that she was with child by the
Holy Spirit.
1:19 And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not
desiring to make her
a public example, had a mind to put her
away privately.
1:20 But when he was giving thought to these things, an
angel of
the Lord came to him
in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David,
have no fear of
taking Mary as your wife; because that which is
in her body is of the
Holy Spirit.
1:21 And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him
the
name Jesus; for he
will give his people salvation from their
sins.
1:22 Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by
the
prophet might come
true,
1:23 See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth
to
a son, and they will
give him the name Immanuel, that is, God
with us.
1:24 And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to
him,
and took her as his
wife;
1:25 And he had no connection with her till she had given
birth
to a son; and he gave
him the name Jesus.
2:1 Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of
Judaea, in the days
of Herod the king, there came wise men from
the east to
Jerusalem,
2:2 Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has
now
taken place? We have
seen his star in the east and have come to
give him worship.
2:3 And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was
troubled, and all
Jerusalem with him.
2:4 And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of
the
people, questioning
them as to where the birth-place of the
Christ would be.
2:5 And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it
is
said in the writings
of the prophet,
2:6 You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least
among the chiefs of
Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who
will be the keeper of
my people Israel.
2:7 Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put
questions to them
about what time the star had been seen.
2:8 And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make
certain
where the young child
is; and when you have seen him, let me
have news of it, so
that I may come and give him worship.
2:9 And after hearing the king, they went on their way; and
the
star which they saw
in the east went before them, till it came
to rest over the
place where the young child was.
2:10 And when they saw the star they were full of joy.
2:11 And they came into the house, and saw the young child
with
Mary, his mother; and
falling down on their faces they gave him
worship; and from their
store they gave him offerings of gold,
perfume, and spices.
2:12 And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that
they
were not to go back
to Herod; so they went into their country
by another way.
2:13 And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to
Joseph
in a dream, saying,
Get up and take the young child and his
mother, and go into
Egypt, and do not go from there till I give
you word; for Herod
will be searching for the young child to
put him to death.
2:14 So he took the young child and his mother by night, and
went into Egypt;
2:15 And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word
of
the Lord through the
prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have
I sent for my son.
2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the
wise men, was very
angry; and he sent out, and put to death all
the male children in
Beth-lehem and in all the parts round
about it, from two
years old and under, acting on the knowledge
which he had got with
care from the wise men.
2:17 Then the word of Jeremiah the prophet came true,
2:18 In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow,
Rachel weeping for
her children, and she would not be comforted
for their loss.
2:19 But when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord came in a
dream to Joseph in
Egypt,
2:20 Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother,
and
go into the land of
Israel: because they who were attempting to
take the young
child's life are dead.
2:21 And he got up, and took the young child and his mother,
and
came into the land of
Israel.
2:22 But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling
over
Judaea in the place
of his father Herod, he was in fear of
going there; and God
having given him news of the danger in a
dream, he went out of
the way into the country parts of
Galilee.
2:23 And he came and was living in a town named Nazareth: so
that the word of the
prophets might come true, He will be named
a Nazarene.
3:1 And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the
waste land of Judaea,
3:2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the
kingdom
of heaven is near.
3:3 For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The
voice of
one crying in the
waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord,
make his roads
straight.
3:4 Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather
band
about him; and his
food was locusts and honey.
3:5 Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all
the
people from near
Jordan;
3:6 And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan,
saying openly that
they had done wrong.
3:7 But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees
coming to his
baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at
whose word are you
going in flight from the wrath to come?
3:8 Let your change of heart be seen in your works:
3:9 And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our
father;
because I say to you
that God is able from these stones to make
children for Abraham.
3:10 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees;
every
tree then which does
not give good fruit is cut down, and put
into the fire.
3:11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose
hearts are changed;
but he who comes after me is greater than
I, whose shoes I am
not good enough to take up: he will give
you baptism with the
Holy Spirit and with fire:
3:12 In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make
clean his grain; he
will put the good grain in his store, but
the waste will be
burned up in the fire which will never be put
out.
3:13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to
be
given baptism by him.
3:14 But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who
have
need of baptism from
you, and do you come to me?
3:15 But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now:
because so it is
right for us to make righteousness complete.
Then he gave him
baptism.
3:16 And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away
went up
from the water; and,
the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of
God coming down on
him as a dove;
3:17 And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my
dearly
loved Son, with whom
I am well pleased.
4:1 Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to
be
tested by the Evil
One.
4:2 And after going without food for forty days and forty
nights, he was in
need of it.
4:3 And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the
Son of
God, give the word
for these stones to become bread.
4:4 But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings,
Bread is
not man's only need,
but every word which comes out of the
mouth of God.
4:5 Then the Evil One took him to the holy town; and he put
him
on the highest point
of the Temple and said to him,
4:6 If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it
is
in the Writings, He
will give his angels care over you; and, In
their hands they will
keep you up, so that your foot may not be
crushed against a
stone.
4:7 Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may
not
put the Lord your God
to the test.
4:8 Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain,
and
let him see all the
kingdoms of the world and the glory of
them;
4:9 And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if
you
will go down on your
face and give me worship.
4:10 Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the
Writings, Give
worship to the Lord your God and be his servant
only.
4:11 Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came
and
took care of him.
4:12 Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in
prison, he went away
to Galilee;
4:13 And going away from Nazareth, he came and made his
living-place in
Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the country
of Zebulun and
Naphtali:
4:14 So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true,
4:15 The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the
way of
the sea, the other
side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
4:16 The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and
to
those in the land of
the shade of death did the dawn come up.
4:17 From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying,
Let
your hearts be turned
from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is
near.
4:18 And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw
two
brothers, Simon,
whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his
brother, who were
putting a net into the sea; for they were
fishermen.
4:19 And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you
fishers of men.
4:20 And straight away they let go the nets and went after
him.
4:21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers,
James,
the son of Zebedee,
and John, his brother, in the boat with
their father,
stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.
4:22 And they went straight from the boat and their father
and
came after him.
4:23 And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their
Synagogues and
preaching the good news of the kingdom, and
making well those who
were ill with any disease among the
people.
4:24 And news of him went out through all Syria; and they
took
to him all who were
ill with different diseases and pains,
those having evil
spirits and those who were off their heads,
and those who had no
power of moving. And he made them well.
4:25 And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and
Decapolis and
Jerusalem and Judaea and from the other side of
Jordan.
5:1 And seeing great masses of people he went up into the
mountain; and when he
was seated his disciples came to him.
5:2 And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,
5:3 Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven
is
theirs.
5:4 Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.
5:5 Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their
heritage.
5:6 Happy are those whose heart's desire is for
righteousness:
for they will have
their desire.
5:7 Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given
mercy.
5:8 Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.
5:9 Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons
of
God.
5:10 Happy are those who are attacked on account of
righteousness: for
the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.
5:11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are
cruel
to you, and say all
evil things against you falsely, because of
me.
5:12 Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in
heaven: for so were
the prophets attacked who were before you.
5:13 You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes
from
the salt, how will
you make it salt again? it is then good for
nothing but to be put
out and crushed under foot by men.
5:14 You are the light of the world. A town put on a hill
may be
seen by all.
5:15 And a burning light is not put under a vessel, but on
its
table; so that its
rays may be shining on all who are in the
house.
5:16 Even so let your light be shining before men, so that
they
may see your good
works and give glory to your Father in
heaven.
5:17 Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end
to
the law or the
prophets. I have not come for destruction, but
to make complete.
5:18 Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an
end,
not the smallest
letter or part of a letter will in any way be
taken from the law,
till all things are done.
5:19 Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws,
teaching men to do
the same, will be named least in the kingdom
of heaven; but he who
keeps the laws, teaching others to keep
them, will be named
great in the kingdom of heaven.
5:20 For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater
than
the righteousness of
the scribes and Pharisees, you will never
go into the kingdom
of heaven.
5:21 You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You
may
not put to death;
and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger
of being judged:
5:22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his
brother will be in
danger of being judged; and he who says to
his brother, Raca,
will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and
whoever says, You
foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of
fire.
5:23 If then you are making an offering at the altar and
there
it comes to your mind
that your brother has something against
you,
5:24 While your offering is still before the altar, first go
and
make peace with your
brother, then come and make your offering.
5:25 Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause
against you at law,
while you are with him on the way, for fear
that he may give you
up to the judge and the judge may give you
to the police and you
may be put into prison.
5:26 Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there
till
you have made payment
of the very last farthing.
5:27 You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have
connection with
another man's wife:
5:28 But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on
a
woman with desire has
had connection with her in his heart.
5:29 And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you,
take it
out and put it away
from you; because it is better to undergo
the loss of one part,
than for all your body to go into hell.
5:30 And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you,
let it
be cut off and put it
away from you; because it is better to
undergo the loss of
one part, than for all your body to go into
hell.
5:31 Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to
give
her a statement in
writing for this purpose:
5:32 But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife
for
any other cause but
the loss of her virtue, makes her false to
her husband; and whoever
takes her as his wife after she is put
away, is no true
husband to her.
5:33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old
times, Do
not take false oaths,
but give effect to your oaths to the
Lord:
5:34 But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the
heaven,
because it is the
seat of God;
5:35 Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for
his
foot; or by
Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great
King.
5:36 You may not take an oath by your head, because you are
not
able to make one hair
white or black.
5:37 But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever
is
more than these is of
the Evil One.
5:38 You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye,
and
a tooth for a tooth:
5:39 But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an
evil
man; but to him who
gives you a blow on the right side of your
face let the left be
turned.
5:40 And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your
coat, do not keep
back your robe from him.
5:41 And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.
5:42 Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your
property from him who
would for a time make use of it.
5:43 You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your
neighbour, and hate
for him who is against you:
5:44 But I say to you, Have love for those who are against
you,
and make prayer for
those who are cruel to you;
5:45 So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven;
for
his sun gives light
to the evil and to the good, and he sends
rain on the upright
man and on the sinner.
5:46 For if you have love for those who have love for you,
what
credit is it to you?
do not the tax-farmers the same?
5:47 And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what
do
you do more than
others? do not even the Gentiles the same?
5:48 Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father
in
heaven is complete.
6:1 Take care not to do your good works before men, to be
seen
by them; or you will
have no reward from your Father in heaven.
6:2 When then you give money to the poor, do not make a
noise
about it, as the
false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in
the streets, so that
they may have glory from men. Truly, I say
to you, They have
their reward.
6:3 But when you give money, let not your left hand see what
your right hand does:
6:4 So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father,
who
sees in secret, will
give you your reward.
6:5 And when you make your prayers, be not like the
false-hearted men,
who take pleasure in getting up and saying
their prayers in the
Synagogues and at the street turnings so
that they may be seen
by men. Truly I say to you, They have
their reward.
6:6 But when you make your prayer, go into your private
room,
and, shutting the door,
say a prayer to your Father in secret,
and your Father, who
sees in secret, will give you your reward.
6:7 And in your prayer do not make use of the same words
again
and again, as the
Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God
will give attention
to them because of the number of their
words.
6:8 So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge
of
your needs even
before you make your requests to him.
6:9 Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may
your
name be kept holy.
6:10 Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in
heaven, so on earth.
6:11 Give us this day bread for our needs.
6:12 And make us free of our debts, as we have made those
free
who are in debt to
us.
6:13 And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe
from
the Evil One.
6:14 For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you
will have forgiveness
from your Father in heaven.
6:15 But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their
sins,
you will not have
forgiveness from your Father for your sins.
6:16 And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the
false-hearted are.
For they go about with changed looks, so
that men may see that
they are going without food. Truly I say
to you, They have
their reward.
6:17 But when you go without food, put oil on your head and
make
your face clean;
6:18 So that no one may see that you are going without food,
but
your Father in
secret; and your Father, who sees in secret,
will give you your
reward.
6:19 Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where
it
may be turned to dust
by worms and weather, and where thieves
may come in by force
and take it away.
6:20 But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it
will
not be turned to dust
and where thieves do not come in to take
it away:
6:21 For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.
6:22 The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is
true,
all your body will be
full of light.
6:23 But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If
then the light which
is in you is dark, how dark it will be!
6:24 No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he
will
have hate for the one
and love for the other, or he will keep
to one and have no
respect for the other. You may not be
servants of God and
of wealth.
6:25 So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about
food
or drink, or about
clothing for your body. Is not life more
than food, and the
body more than its clothing?
6:26 See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the
earth, they do not
get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and
your Father in heaven
gives them food. Are you not of much more
value than they?
6:27 And which of you by taking thought is able to make
himself
a cubit taller?
6:28 And why are you troubled about clothing? See the
flowers of
the field, how they
come up; they do no work, they make no
thread:
6:29 But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was
not
clothed like one of
these.
6:30 But if God gives such clothing to the grass of the field,
which is here today
and tomorrow is put into the oven, will he
not much more give
you clothing, O you of little faith?
6:31 Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to
have
for food or drink?
or, With what may we be clothed?
6:32 Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things:
for
your Father in heaven
has knowledge that you have need of all
these things:
6:33 But let your first care be for his kingdom and his
righteousness; and
all these other things will be given to you
in addition.
6:34 Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care
of
itself. Take the
trouble of the day as it comes.
7:1 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.
7:2 For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and
with your measure
will it be measured to you.
7:3 And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your
brother's eye, but
take no note of the bit of wood which is in
your eye?
7:4 Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the
grain of dust from
your eye, when you yourself have a bit of
wood in your eye?
7:5 You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your
eye,
then will you see
clearly to take out the grain of dust from
your brother's eye.
7:6 Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your
jewels before pigs,
for fear that they will be crushed under
foot by the pigs
whose attack will then be made against you.
7:7 Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are
searching for you
will get; give the sign, and the door will be
open to you:
7:8 Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be
given;
and he who is
searching will get his desire, and to him who
gives the sign, the
door will be open.
7:9 Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread,
will
give him a stone?
7:10 Or if he makes a request for a fish, will give him a
snake?
7:11 If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things
to
your children, how
much more will your Father in heaven give
good things to those
who make requests to him?
7:12 All those things, then, which you would have men do to
you,
even so do you to
them: because this is the law and the
prophets.
7:13 Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open
is
the way which goes to
destruction, and great numbers go in by
it.
7:14 For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and
only
a small number make
discovery of it.
7:15 Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in
sheep's clothing, but
inside they are cruel wolves.
7:16 By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men
get
grapes from thorns or
figs from thistles?
7:17 Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad
tree
gives evil fruit.
7:18 It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit,
and a
bad tree will not
give good fruit.
7:19 Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down
and
put in the fire.
7:20 So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.
7:21 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into
the
kingdom of heaven;
but he who does the pleasure of my Father in
heaven.
7:22 A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord,
were
we not prophets in
your name, and did we not by your name send
out evil spirits, and
by your name do works of power?
7:23 And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of
you:
go from me, you
workers of evil.
7:24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does
them,
will be like a wise
man who made his house on a rock;
7:25 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters
and
the winds were
driving against that house, but it was not
moved; because it was
based on the rock.
7:26 And everyone to whom my words come and who does them
not,
will be like a
foolish man who made his house on sand;
7:27 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters
and
the winds were
driving against that house; and it came down and
great was its fall.
7:28 And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of
these
words, that the
people were surprised at his teaching,
7:29 for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as
their scribes.
8:1 And when he had come down from the mountain, great
numbers
of people came after
him.
8:2 And a leper came and gave him worship, saying, Lord, if
it
is your pleasure, you
have power to make me clean.
8:3 And he put his hand on him, saying, It is my pleasure;
be
clean. And straight
away he was made clean.
8:4 And Jesus said to him, See that you say nothing about
this
to anyone; but go and
let the priest see you and make the
offering which was
ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.
8:5 And when Jesus was come into Capernaum, a certain
captain
came to him with a
request,
8:6 Saying, Lord, my servant is ill in bed at the house,
with no
power in his body,
and in great pain.
8:7 And he said to him, I will come and make him well.
8:8 And the captain in answer said, Lord, I am not good
enough
for you to come under
my roof; but only say the word, and my
servant will be made
well.
8:9 Because I myself am a man under authority, having under
me
fighting men; and I
say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to
another, Come, and he
comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he
does it.
8:10 And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was
surprised, and said
to those who came after him, Truly I say to
you, I have not seen
such great faith, no, not in Israel.
8:11 And I say to you that numbers will come from the east
and
the west, and will
take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and
Jacob, in the kingdom
of heaven:
8:12 But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the
dark,
and there will be
weeping and cries of pain.
8:13 And Jesus said to the captain, Go in peace; as your
faith
is, so let it be done
to you. And the servant was made well in
that hour.
8:14 And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his
wife's mother in bed,
very ill.
8:15 And he put his hand on hers and the disease went from
her,
and she got up and
took care of his needs.
8:16 And in the evening, they took to him a number of people
who
had evil spirits; and
he sent the spirits out of them with a
word, and made well
all who were ill;
8:17 So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true:
He
himself took our
pains and our diseases.
8:18 Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he
gave an order to go
to the other side.
8:19 And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will
come after you
wherever you go.
8:20 And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the
birds
of heaven have a
resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere
to put his head.
8:21 And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, let me
first go and give the
last honours to my father.
8:22 But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead
take
care of their dead.
8:23 And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went
after
him.
8:24 And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the
boat was covered with
the waves: but he was sleeping.
8:25 And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help,
Lord;
destruction is near.
8:26 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of
little faith? Then he
got up and gave orders to the winds and
the sea; and there
was a great calm.
8:27 And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of
man
is this, that even
the winds and the sea do his orders?
8:28 And when he had come to the other side, to the country
of
the Gadarenes, there
came out to him from the place of the
dead, two who had
evil spirits, so violent that no man was able
to go that way.
8:29 And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do
with
you, you Son of God?
Have you come here to give us punishment
before the time?
8:30 Now there was, some distance away, a great herd of pigs
taking their food.
8:31 And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him,
saying, If
you send us out, let
us go into the herd of pigs.
8:32 And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went
into
the pigs; and the
herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the
sea and came to their
end in the water.
8:33 And their keepers went in flight to the town and gave
an
account of
everything, and of the men who had the evil spirits.
8:34 And all the town came out to Jesus; and seeing him they
made request that he
would go away from their part of the
country.
9:1 And he got into a boat and went across and came to his
town.
9:2 And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no
power of moving; and
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man
who was ill, Son,
take heart; you have forgiveness for your
sins.
9:3 And some of the scribes said among themselves, This man
has
no respect for God.
9:4 And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds,
said, Why are your
thoughts evil?
9:5 For which is the simpler, to say, You have forgiveness
for
your sins; or to say,
Get up and go?
9:6 But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has
authority for the
forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man
who was ill,) Get up,
and take up your bed, and go to your
house.
9:7 And he got up and went away to his house.
9:8 But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and
gave
glory to God who had
given such authority to men.
9:9 And when Jesus was going from there, he saw a man whose
name
was Matthew, seated
at the place where taxes were taken; and he
said to him, Come
after me. And he got up and went after him.
9:10 And it came about, when he was in the house taking
food,
that a number of
tax-farmers and sinners came and took their
places with Jesus and
his disciples.
9:11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his
disciples,
Why does your Master
take food with tax-farmers and sinners?
9:12 But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no
need of a medical
man, but those who are ill.
9:13 But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My
desire is for mercy,
not offerings: for I have come not to get
the upright, but
sinners.
9:14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do
we
and the Pharisees
frequently go without food, but your
disciples do not?
9:15 And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the
newly-married man be
sad as long as he is with them? But the
days will come when
he will be taken away from them, and then
will they go without
food.
9:16 And no man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat, for
by
pulling away from the
old, it makes a worse hole.
9:17 And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the
skins will be burst
and the wine will come out, and the skins
are of no more use:
but they put new wine into new wine-skins,
and so the two will
be safe.
9:18 While he was saying these things to them, there came a
ruler and gave him
worship, saying, My daughter is even now
dead; but come and
put your hand on her, and she will come back
to life.
9:19 And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his
disciples.
9:20 And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of
blood,
came after him, and
put her hand on the edge of his robe:
9:21 Because, she said to herself, if I may but put my hand
on
his robe, I will be
made well.
9:22 But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take
heart; your faith has
made you well. And the woman was made
well from that hour.
9:23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the
players with their instruments
and the people making a noise,
9:24 He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but
sleeping.
And they were
laughing at him.
9:25 But when the people were sent out, he went in and took
her
by the hand; and the
girl got up.
9:26 And the news of it went out into all that land.
9:27 And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came
after
him, crying out, Have
mercy on us, you Son of David.
9:28 And when he had come into the house, the blind men came
to
him; and Jesus said
to them, Have you faith that I am able to
do this? They said to
him, Yes, Lord.
9:29 Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your
faith
is, let it be done to
you.
9:30 And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them
sharply, Let no man
have knowledge of it.
9:31 But they went out and gave news of him in all that
land.
9:32 And while they were going away, there came to him a man
without the power of
talking, and with an evil spirit.
9:33 And when the evil spirit had been sent out, the man had
the
power of talking: and
they were all surprised, saying, Such a
thing has never been
seen in Israel.
9:34 But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits,
he
sends evil spirits
out of men.
9:35 And Jesus went about all the towns and small places,
teaching in their
Synagogues and preaching the good news of the
kingdom and making
well all sorts of disease and pain.
9:36 But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity
for
them, because they
were troubled and wandering like sheep
without a keeper.
9:37 Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but
not
enough men to get it
in.
9:38 Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields,
that he
may send out workers
to get in his grain.
10:1 And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them
the
power of driving out
unclean spirits, and of making well all
sorts of disease and
pain.
10:2 Now the names of the twelve are these: The first,
Simon,
who is named Peter,
and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of
Zebedee, and John,
his brother;
10:3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the
tax-farmer;
James, the son of
Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
10:4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who was false to
him.
10:5 These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders,
saying,
Do not go among the
Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,
10:6 But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,
10:7 And, on your way, say, The kingdom of heaven is near.
10:8 Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead,
make
lepers clean, send
evil spirits out of men; freely it has been
given to you, freely
give.
10:9 Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets;
10:10 Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats
or
shoes or a stick: for
the workman has a right to his food.
10:11 And into whatever town or small place you go, make
search
there for someone who
is respected, and make his house your
resting-place till
you go away.
10:12 And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house.
10:13 And if the house is good enough, let your peace come
on
it: but if not, let
your peace come back to you.
10:14 And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your
words, when you go
out from that house or that town, put off
its dust from your
feet.
10:15 Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of
Sodom and Gomorrah in
the day of God's judging than for that
town.
10:16 See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as
wise
as snakes, and as
gentle as doves.
10:17 But be on the watch against men: for they will give
you up
to the Sanhedrins,
and in their Synagogues they will give you
blows;
10:18 And you will come before rulers and kings because of
me,
for a witness to them
and to the Gentiles.
10:19 But when you are given up into their hands, do not be
troubled about what
to say or how to say it: for in that hour
what you are to say
will be given to you;
10:20 Because it is not you who say the words, but the
Spirit of
your Father in you.
10:21 And brother will give up brother to death, and the
father
his child: and
children will go against their fathers and
mothers, and put them
to death.
10:22 And you will be hated by all men because of my name:
but
he who is strong to
the end will have salvation.
10:23 But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in
flight
to another: for
truly, I say to you, You will not have gone
through the towns of
Israel before the Son of man comes.
10:24 A disciple is not greater than his master, or a
servant
than his lord.
10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his
master, and the
servant as his lord. If they have given the
name Beelzebub to the
master of the house, how much more to
those of his house!
10:26 Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is
covered
which will not come
to light, or secret which will not be made
clear.
10:27 What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and
what
comes to your ear
secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.
10:28 And have no fear of those who put to death the body,
but
are not able to put
to death the soul. But have fear of him who
has power to give
soul and body to destruction in hell.
10:29 Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them
comes
to an end without
your Father:
10:30 But the hairs of your head are all numbered.
10:31 Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock
of
sparrows.
10:32 To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men,
I
will give witness
before my Father in heaven.
10:33 But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge
of
me, I will say that I
have no knowledge of him before my Father
in heaven.
10:34 Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace
on
the earth; I came not
to send peace but a sword.
10:35 For I have come to put a man against his father, and
the
daughter against her
mother, and the daughter-in-law against
her mother-in-law:
10:36 And a man will be hated by those of his house.
10:37 He who has more love for his father or mother than for
me
is not good enough
for me; he who has more love for son or
daughter than for me
is not good enough for me.
10:38 And he who does not take his cross and come after me
is
not good enough for
me.
10:39 He who has the desire to keep his life will have it
taken
from him, and he who
gives up his life because of me will have
it given back to him.
10:40 He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he
who
gives honour to me
gives honour to him who sent me.
10:41 He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a
prophet, will be
given a prophet's reward; and he who gives
honour to an upright
man, in the name of an upright man, will
be given an upright
man's reward.
10:42 And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of
cold water only, in
the name of a disciple, truly I say to you,
he will not go without
his reward.
11:1 And it came about that when Jesus had come to the end
of
giving these orders
to his twelve disciples, he went away from
there, teaching and
preaching in their towns.
11:2 Now when John had news in prison of the works of the
Christ, he sent his
disciples
11:3 To say to him, Are you he who is to come, or are we
waiting
for another?
11:4 And Jesus, answering, said to them, Go and give news to
John of the things
which you are seeing and hearing:
11:5 The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking;
lepers are made
clean; those who were without hearing, now have
their ears open; the
dead come to life again, and the poor have
the good news given
to them.
11:6 And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about
me.
11:7 And when they were going away, Jesus, talking of John,
said
to all the people,
What went you out into the waste land to
see? a tall stem
moving in the wind?
11:8 But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed?
Those who have fair
robes are in kings' houses.
11:9 But why did you go out? to see a prophet? Yes, I say to
you, and more than a
prophet.
11:10 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my
servant before your
face, who will make ready your way before
you.
11:11 Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has
not
been a greater than
John the Baptist: but he who is least in
the kingdom of heaven
is greater than he.
11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the
kingdom of heaven is
forcing its way in, and men of force take
it.
11:13 For all the prophets and the law were in force till
John.
11:14 And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was
to
come.
11:15 He who has ears, let him give ear.
11:16 But what comparison may I make of this generation? It
is
like children seated
in the market-places, crying out to one
another,
11:17 We made music for you and you did not take part in the
dance; we gave cries
of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.
11:18 For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say,
He
has an evil spirit.
11:19 The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a
lover of food and
wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners!
And wisdom is judged
to be right by her works.
11:20 Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most
of his works of power
were done, because they had not been
turned from their
sins.
11:21 Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you,
Beth-saida!
For if the works of
power which were done in you had been done
in Tyre and Sidon,
they would have been turned from their sins
in days gone by,
clothing themselves in haircloth and putting
dust on their heads.
11:22 But I say to you, It will be better for Tyre and Sidon
in
the day of judging,
than for you.
11:23 And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to
heaven? you will go
down into hell: for if the works of power
which were done in
you had been done in Sodom, it would have
been here to this
day.
11:24 But I say to you that it will be better for the land
of
Sodom in the day of
judging, than for you.
11:25 At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise
to
you, O Father, Lord
of heaven and earth, because you have kept
these things secret
from the wise and the men of learning, and
have made them clear
to little children.
11:26 Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.
11:27 All things have been given to me by my Father; and no
one
has knowledge of the
Son, but the Father; and no one has
knowledge of the
Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son
will make it clear.
11:28 Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down
with care, and I will
give you rest.
11:29 Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am
gentle
and without pride,
and you will have rest for your souls;
11:30 For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not
hard.
12:1 At that time Jesus went through the fields on the
Sabbath
day; and his
disciples, being in need of food, were taking the
heads of grain.
12:2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See,
your
disciples do that
which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.
12:3 But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what
David
did when he had need
of food, and those who were with him?
12:4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the
holy bread which it
was not right for him or for those who were
with him to take, but
only for the priests?
12:5 Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken
by
the priests in the
Temple and they do no wrong?
12:6 But I say to you that a greater thing than the Temple
is
here.
12:7 But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is
for
mercy and not for
offerings, you would not have been judging
those who have done
no wrong.
12:8 For the Son of man is lord of the Sabbath.
12:9 And he went from there into their Synagogue:
12:10 And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a
question to him,
saying, Is it right to make a man well on the
Sabbath day? so that
they might have something against him.
12:11 And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if
it
gets into a hole on
the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping
hand and get it back?
12:12 Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this
reason it is right to
do good on the Sabbath day.
12:13 Then said he to the man, Put out your hand. And he put
it
out, and it was made
as well as the other.
12:14 But the Pharisees went out and made designs against
him,
how they might put
him to death.
12:15 And Jesus, having knowledge of this, went away from
there,
and a great number
went after him; and he made them all well,
12:16 Ordering them not to give people word of him:
12:17 So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come
true,
12:18 See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one
in
whom my soul is well
pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and
he will make my
decision clear to the Gentiles.
12:19 His coming will not be with fighting or loud cries;
and
his voice will not be
lifted up in the streets.
12:20 The crushed stem will not be broken by him; and the
feebly
burning light will he
not put out, till he has made
righteousness
overcome all.
12:21 And in his name will the Gentiles put their hope.
12:22 Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was
blind and had no
power of talking: and he made him well so that
he had the power of
talking and seeing.
12:23 And all the people were surprised and said, Is not
this
the Son of David?
12:24 But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only
sends evil spirits
out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil
spirits.
12:25 And having knowledge of their thoughts he said to
them,
Every kingdom having
division in itself is made waste, and
every town or house
having division in itself will come to
destruction.
12:26 And if Satan sends out Satan, he makes war against
himself; how then
will he keep his kingdom?
12:27 And if I by Beelzebub send evil spirits out of men, by
whom do your sons
send them out? So let them be your judges.
12:28 But if I by the Spirit of God send out evil spirits,
then
is the kingdom of God
come on you.
12:29 Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take
his
goods, if he does not
first put cords round the strong man? and
then he may take his
goods.
12:30 Whoever is not with me is against me; and he who does
not
take part with me in
getting people together, is driving them
away.
12:31 So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against
God
will have
forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit
there will be no forgiveness.
12:32 And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will
have
forgiveness; but
whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit,
will not have
forgiveness in this life or in that which is to
come.
12:33 Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the
tree
bad, and its fruit
bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge
of the tree.
12:34 You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able
to
say good things?
because out of the heart's store come the
words of the mouth.
12:35 The good man out of his good store gives good things;
and
the evil man out of
his evil store gives evil things.
12:36 And I say to you that in the day when they are judged,
men
will have to give an
account of every foolish word they have
said.
12:37 For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and
by
your words you will
be judged.
12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees, hearing this,
said
to him, Master, we
are looking for a sign from you.
12:39 But he, answering, said to them, An evil and false
generation is looking
for a sign; and no sign will be given to
it but the sign of
the prophet Jonah:
12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the
stomach of the great
fish, so will the Son of man be three days
and three nights in
the heart of the earth.
12:41 The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging
and
give their decision
against this generation: because they were
turned from their
sins at the preaching of Jonah; and now a
greater than Jonah is
here.
12:42 The queen of the South will come up in the day of
judging
and give her decision
against this generation: for she came
from the ends of the
earth to give ear to the wisdom of
Solomon; and now a
greater than Solomon is here.
12:43 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of a man,
goes
through dry places
looking for rest, and getting it not.
12:44 Then he says, I will go back into my house from which
I
came out; and when he
comes, he sees that there is no one in
it, but that it has
been made fair and clean.
12:45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits
worse
than himself, and
they go in and make it their living-place:
and the last
condition of that man is worse than the first.
Even so will it be
with this evil generation.
12:46 While he was still talking to the people, his mother
and
his brothers came,
desiring to have talk with him.
12:47 And one said to him, See, your mother and your
brothers
are outside, desiring
to have talk with you.
12:48 But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is
my
mother and who are my
brothers?
12:49 And he put out his hand to his disciples and said,
See, my
mother and my
brothers!
12:50 For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven,
he
is my brother, and
sister, and mother.
13:1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated
by
the seaside.
13:2 And great numbers of people came together to him, so
that
he got into a boat;
and the people took up their position by
the sea.
13:3 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story,
saying, A
man went out to put
seed in the earth;
13:4 And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the
wayside, and the
birds came and took them for food:
13:5 And some of the seed went among the stones, where it
had
not much earth, and
straight away it came up because the earth
was not deep:
13:6 And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because
it
had no root it became
dry and dead.
13:7 And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came
up
and they had no room
for growth:
13:8 And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a
hundred, some sixty,
some thirty times as much.
13:9 He who has ears, let him give ear.
13:10 And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say
things to them in the
form of stories?
13:11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the
knowledge of the
secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them
it is not given.
13:12 Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will
have more; but from
him who has not, even what he has will be
taken away.
13:13 For this reason I put things into the form of stories;
because they see
without seeing, and give ear without hearing,
and the sense is not
clear to them.
13:14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true,
Though
you give ear, you
will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will
see, but the sense
will not be clear to you:
13:15 For the heart of this people has become fat and their
ears
are slow in hearing
and their eyes are shut; for fear that they
might see with their
eyes and give hearing with their ears and
become wise in their
hearts and be turned again to me, so that
I might make them
well.
13:16 But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and
on
your ears, because
they are open.
13:17 For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men
had
a desire to see the
things which you see, and saw them not; and
to have knowledge of
the words which have come to your ears,
and they had it not.
13:18 Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the
seed
in the earth.
13:19 When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the
sense of it is not
clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and
quickly takes away
that which was put in his heart. He is the
seed dropped by the
wayside.
13:20 And that which went on the stones, this is he who,
hearing
the word, straight
away takes it with joy;
13:21 But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time;
and
when trouble comes or
pain, because of the word, he quickly
becomes full of
doubts.
13:22 And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is
he
who has the word; and
the cares of this life, and the deceits
of wealth, put a stop
to the growth of the word and it gives no
fruit.
13:23 And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who
gives ear to the
word, and gets the sense of it; who gives
fruit, some a
hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
13:24 And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of
heaven is like a man
who put good seed in his field:
13:25 But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him
came
and put evil seeds
among the grain, and went away.
13:26 But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the
evil
plants were seen at
the same time.
13:27 And the servants of the master of the house came and
said
to him, Sir, did you
not put good seed in your field? how then
has it evil plants?
13:28 And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the
servants say to him,
Is it your pleasure that we go and take
them up?
13:29 But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you
take up
the evil plants, you
may be rooting up the grain with them.
13:30 Let them come up together till the getting in of the
grain; and then I
will say to the workers, Take up first the
evil plants, and put
them together for burning: but put the
grain into my
store-house.
13:31 He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom
of
heaven is like a
grain of mustard seed which a man took and put
in his field:
13:32 Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come
up
it is greater than
the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the
birds of heaven come
and make their resting-places in its
branches.
13:33 Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven
is
like leaven, which a
woman took, and put in three measures of
meal, till it was all
leavened.
13:34 All these things Jesus said to the people in the form
of
stories; and without
a story he said nothing to them:
13:35 That it might come true which was said by the prophet,
Opening my mouth, I
will give out stories; I will give
knowledge of things
kept secret from before all time.
13:36 Then he went away from the people, and went into the
house; and his
disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us
the story of the evil
plants in the field.
13:37 And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed
in
the earth is the Son
of man;
13:38 And the field is the world; and the good seed is the
sons
of the kingdom; and
the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil
One;
13:39 And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the
getting
in of the grain is
the end of the world; and those who get it
in are the angels.
13:40 As then the evil plants are got together and burned
with
fire, so will it be
in the end of the world.
13:41 The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will
take out of his
kingdom everything which is a cause of error,
and all those who do
wrong,
13:42 And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping
and
cries of sorrow.
13:43 Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the
kingdom
of their Father. He
who has ears, let him give ear.
13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth
in
a field, which a man
came across and put back again; and in his
joy he goes and gives
all he has, to get that field.
13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader
searching
for beautiful jewels.
13:46 And having come across one jewel of great price, he
went
and gave all he had
in exchange for it.
13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was
put
into the sea and took
in every sort of fish:
13:48 When it was full, they took it up on the sands; and
seated
there they put the
good into vessels, but the bad they put
away.
13:49 So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will
come and take out the
bad from the good,
13:50 And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping
and
cries of sorrow.
13:51 Are all these things now clear to you? They say to
him,
Yes.
13:52 And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who
has
become a disciple of
the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of
a house, who gives
out from his store things new and old.
13:53 And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he
went away from there.
13:54 And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in
their Synagogue, so
that they were greatly surprised and said,
Where did this man
get this wisdom and these works of power?
13:55 Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother
named
Mary? and his
brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
13:56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? from where,
then, has he all
these things?
13:57 And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to
them,
A prophet is nowhere
without honour but in his country and
among his family.
13:58 And the works of power which he did there were small
in
number because they
had no faith.
14:1 At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;
14:2 And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist;
he
has come back from
the dead, and so these powers are working in
him.
14:3 For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because
of
Herodias, his brother
Philip's wife.
14:4 Because John had said to him, It is not right for you
to
have her.
14:5 And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of
the
people, because in
their eyes John was a prophet.
14:6 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of
Herodias
was dancing before
them, and Herod was pleased with her.
14:7 So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have
whatever she might
make request for.
14:8 And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here
on
a plate the head of
John the Baptist.
14:9 And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and
because
of his guests, he
gave the order for it to be given to her;
14:10 And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.
14:11 And his head was put on a plate and given to the girl;
and
she took it to her
mother.
14:12 And his disciples came, and took up his body and put
it in
the earth; and they
went and gave Jesus news of what had taken
place.
14:13 Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away
from
there in a boat, to a
waste place by himself: and the people
hearing of it, went
after him on foot from the towns.
14:14 And he came out and saw a great number of people and
he
had pity on them, and
made well those of them who were ill.
14:15 And when evening had come, the disciples came to him,
saying, This place is
waste land, and the time is now past;
send the people away
so that they may go into the towns and get
themselves food.
14:16 But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to
go
away; give them food
yourselves.
14:17 And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of
bread
and two fishes.
14:18 And he said, Give them to me.
14:19 And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the
grass; and he took
the five cakes of bread and the two fishes
and, looking up to
heaven, he said words of blessing, and made
division of the food,
and gave it to the disciples, and the
disciples gave it to
the people.
14:20 And they all took of the food and had enough: and they
took up twelve
baskets full of broken bits which were not used.
14:21 And those who had food were about five thousand men,
in
addition to women and
children.
14:22 And straight away he made the disciples get into the
boat
and go before him to
the other side, till he had sent the
people away.
14:23 And after he had sent the people away, he went up into
the
mountain by himself
for prayer: and when evening was come, he
was there by himself.
14:24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was
troubled by the
waves: for the wind was against them.
14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them,
walking on the sea.
14:26 And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were
troubled, saying, It
is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.
14:27 But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it
is I,
have no fear.
14:28 And Peter, answering, said to him, Lord, if it is you,
give me the order to
come to you on the water.
14:29 And he said, Come. And Peter got out of the boat, and
walking on the water,
went to Jesus.
14:30 But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting
to
go down, he gave a
cry, saying, Help, Lord.
14:31 And straight away Jesus put out his hand and took a
grip
of him, and said to
him, O man of little faith, why were you in
doubt?
14:32 And when they had got into the boat, the wind went
down.
14:33 And those who were in the boat gave him worship,
saying,
Truly you are the Son
of God.
14:34 And when they had gone across, they came to land at
Gennesaret.
14:35 And when the men of that place had news of him, they
sent
into all the country
round about, and took to him all who were
ill,
14:36 With the request that they might only put their hands
on
the edge of his robe:
and all those who did so were made well.
15:1 Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and
scribes, saying,
15:2 Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the
fathers? for they
take food with unwashed hands.
15:3 And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves,
go
against the word of
God on account of the teaching which has
been handed down to
you?
15:4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother:
and,
He who says evil of
father or mother will be put to death.
15:5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother,
That by which you
might have had profit from me is given to
God;
15:6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father.
And
you have made the
word of God without effect because of your
teaching.
15:7 You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,
15:8 These people give me honour with their lips, but their
heart is far from me.
15:9 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as
their teaching the
rules of men.
15:10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give
ear,
and let my words be
clear to you:
15:11 Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man
unclean,
but that which comes
out of the mouth.
15:12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see
that
the Pharisees were
troubled when these words came to their
ears?
15:13 But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in
heaven has not put in
the earth, will be taken up by the roots.
15:14 Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man
is
guiding a blind man,
the two will go falling into a hole
together.
15:15 Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.
15:16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?
15:17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes
on
into the stomach, and
is sent out as waste?
15:18 But the things which come out of the mouth come from
the
heart; and they make
a man unclean.
15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of
life, broken faith
between the married, unclean desires of the
flesh, taking of
property, false witness, bitter words:
15:20 These are the things which make a man unclean; but to
take
food with unwashed
hands does not make a man unclean.
15:21 And Jesus went away from there into the country of
Tyre
and Sidon.
15:22 And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts,
crying
and saying, Have pity
on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter
is greatly troubled
with an unclean spirit.
15:23 But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and
said
to him, Send her
away, for she is crying after us.
15:24 But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the
wandering sheep of
the house of Israel.
15:25 But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.
15:26 And he made answer and said, It is not right to take
the
children's bread and
give it to the dogs.
15:27 But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the
bits
from under their masters'
table.
15:28 Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is
your
faith: let your
desire be done. And her daughter was made well
from that hour.
15:29 And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of
Galilee;
and he went up into
the mountain, and took his seat there.
15:30 And there came to him great numbers of people having
with
them those who were
broken in body, or blind, or without voice,
or wounded, or ill in
any way, and a number of others; they put
them down at his feet
and he made them well:
15:31 So that the people were full of wonder when they saw
that
those who had no
voice were talking, the feeble were made
strong, those whose
bodies were broken had the power of
walking, and the
blind were able to see: and they gave glory to
the God of Israel.
15:32 And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have
pity
for the people,
because they have now been with me three days
and have no food: and
I will not send them away without food,
or they will have no
strength for the journey.
15:33 And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough
bread
in a waste place, to
give food to such a number of people?
15:34 And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And
they
said, Seven cakes,
and some small fishes.
15:35 Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on
the
earth,
15:36 And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes;
and
having given praise,
he gave the broken bread to the disciples,
and the disciples
gave it to the people.
15:37 And they all took food, and had enough; and they took
up
of the broken bits,
seven baskets full.
15:38 And there were four thousand men who took food,
together
with women and
children.
15:39 And when he had sent the people away, he got into the
boat, and came into
the country of Magadan.
16:1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him,
made
a request to him to
give them a sign from heaven.
16:2 But in answer he said to them, At nightfall you say,
The
weather will be good,
for the sky is red.
16:3 And in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for
the
sky is red and angry.
You are able to see the face of heaven,
but not the signs of
the times.
16:4 An evil and false generation is searching after a sign;
and
no sign will be given
to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went
away from them.
16:5 And when the disciples came to the other side they had
not
taken thought to get
bread.
16:6 And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do
with the leaven of the
Pharisees and Sadducees.
16:7 And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We
took
no bread.
16:8 And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why
are
you reasoning among
yourselves, because you have no bread?
16:9 Do you still not see, or keep in mind the five cakes of
bread of the five
thousand, and the number of baskets you took
up?
16:10 Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and
the
number of baskets you
took up?
16:11 How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to
you about bread, but
about keeping away from the leaven of the
Pharisees and
Sadducees?
16:12 Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread
which he
had in mind, but the
teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
16:13 Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea
Philippi, he said,
questioning his disciples, Who do men say
that the Son of man
is?
16:14 And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some,
Elijah;
and others, Jeremiah,
or one of the prophets.
16:15 He says to them, But who do you say that I am?
16:16 And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the
Christ,
the Son of the living
God.
16:17 And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on
you,
Simon Bar-jonah:
because this knowledge has not come to you
from flesh and blood,
but from my Father in heaven.
16:18 And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock
will
my church be based,
and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
16:19 I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven:
and
whatever is fixed by
you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and
whatever you make
free on earth will be made free in heaven.
16:20 Then he gave orders to the disciples to give no man
word
that he was the
Christ.
16:21 From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his
disciples how he
would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo
much at the hands of
those in authority and the chief priests
and scribes, and be
put to death, and the third day come again
from the dead.
16:22 And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from
you,
Lord; it is
impossible that this will come about.
16:23 But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way,
Satan:
you are a danger to
me because your mind is not on the things
of God, but on the
things of men.
16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would
come
after me, let him
give up all, and take up his cross, and come
after me.
16:25 Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe
will
have it taken from
him; but whoever gives up his life because
of me, will have it
given back to him.
16:26 For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world
with
the loss of his life?
or what will a man give in exchange for
his life?
16:27 For the Son of man will come in the glory of his
Father
with his angels; and
then he will give to every man the reward
of his works.
16:28 Truly I say to you, There are some of those here who
will
not have a taste of
death, till they see the Son of man coming
in his kingdom.
17:1 And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and
James,
and John, his
brother, and makes them go up with him into a
high mountain by
themselves.
17:2 And he was changed in form before them; and his face
was
shining like the sun,
and his clothing became white as light.
17:3 And Moses and Elijah came before their eyes, talking
with
him.
17:4 And Peter made answer and said to Jesus, Lord, it is
good
for us to be here: if
you will let me, I will make here three
tents, one for you,
and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
17:5 While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over
them:
and a voice out of
the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved
Son, with whom I am
well pleased; give ear to him.
17:6 And at these words the disciples went down on their
faces
in great fear.
17:7 And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get
up
and have no fear.
17:8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, but Jesus
only.
17:9 And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus
gave them orders,
saying, Let no man have word of what you have
seen, till the Son of
man has come again from the dead.
17:10 And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do
the
scribes say that
Elijah has to come first?
17:11 And in answer he said, Elijah truly has to come and
put
all things right:
17:12 But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no
knowledge of him, but
did to him whatever they were pleased to
do; the same will the
Son of man undergo at their hands.
17:13 Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of
John
the Baptist.
17:14 And when they came to the people, a man went down on
his
knees to him, saying,
17:15 Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and
is
in great pain; and
frequently he goes falling into the fire,
and frequently into
the water.
17:16 And I took him to your disciples, and they were not
able
to make him well.
17:17 And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish
generation, how long
will I be with you? how long will I put up
with you? let him
come here to me.
17:18 And Jesus gave orders to the unclean spirit, and it
went
out of him: and the
boy was made well from that hour.
17:19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said,
Why
were we not able to
send it out?
17:20 And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for
truly I say to you,
If you have faith as a grain of mustard
seed, you will say to
this mountain, Be moved from this place
to that; and it will
be moved; and nothing will be impossible
to you.
17:21 []
17:22 And while they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said
to
them, The Son of man
will be given up into the hands of men;
17:23 And they will put him to death, and the third day he
will
come again from the
dead. And they were very sad.
17:24 And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took
the
Temple tax came to
Peter and said, Does not your master make
payment of the Temple
tax?
17:25 He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus
said
to him, What is your
opinion, Simon? from whom do the kings of
the earth get payment
or tax? from their sons or from other
people?
17:26 And when he said, From other people, Jesus said to
him,
Then are the sons
free.
17:27 But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them,
go
to the sea, and let
down a hook, and take the first fish which
comes up; and in his
mouth you will see a bit of money: take
that, and give it to
them for me and you.
18:1 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who
is
greatest in the
kingdom of heaven?
18:2 And he took a little child, and put him in the middle
of
them,
18:3 And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a
change
of heart and become
like little children, you will not go into
the kingdom of
heaven.
18:4 Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little
child, the same is
the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
18:5 And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my
name, gives honour to
me:
18:6 But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these
little
ones who have faith
in me, it would be better for him to have a
great stone fixed to
his neck, and to come to his end in the
deep sea.
18:7 A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is
necessary for trouble
to come; but unhappy is that man through
whom the trouble
comes.
18:8 And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble,
let it
be cut off and put it
away from you: it is better for you to go
into life with the
loss of a hand or a foot than, having two
hands or two feet, to
go into the eternal fire.
18:9 And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it
out,
and put it away from
you: it is better for you to go into life
with one eye than,
having two eyes, to go into the hell of
fire.
18:10 Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones
is of
no value; for I say
to you that in heaven their angels see at
all times the face of
my Father in heaven.
18:11 []
18:12 What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep,
and
one of them has gone
wandering away, will he not let the
ninety-nine be, and
go to the mountains in search of the
wandering one?
18:13 And if he comes across it, truly I say to you, he has
more
joy over it than over
the ninety-nine which have not gone out
of the way.
18:14 Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in
heaven
for one of these
little ones to come to destruction.
18:15 And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear
to
him his error between
you and him in private: if he gives ear
to you, you have got
your brother back again.
18:16 But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one
or
two more, that by the
lips of two or three witnesses every word
may be made certain.
18:17 And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to
the
hearing of the
church: and if he will not give ear to the
church, let him be to
you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.
18:18 Truly I say to you, Whatever things are fixed by you
on
earth will be fixed
in heaven: and whatever you make free on
earth will be made
free in heaven.
18:19 Again, I say to you, that if two of you are in
agreement
on earth about
anything for which they will make a request, it
will be done for them
by my Father in heaven.
18:20 For where two or three are come together in my name,
there
am I among them.
18:21 Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of
times may my brother
do wrong against me, and I give him
forgiveness? till
seven times?
18:22 Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times;
but, Till seventy
times seven.
18:23 For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king,
who
went over his
accounts with his servants.
18:24 And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt
for
ten thousand talents.
18:25 And because he was not able to make payment, his lord
gave
orders for him, and
his wife, and his sons and daughters, and
all he had, to be
given for money, and payment to be made.
18:26 So the servant went down on his face and gave him
worship,
saying, Lord, give me
time to make payment and I will give you
all.
18:27 And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity,
let
him go, and made him
free of the debt.
18:28 But that servant went out, and meeting one of the
other
servants, who was in
debt to him for one hundred pence, he took
him by the throat,
saying, Make payment of your debt.
18:29 So that servant went down on his face, requesting him
and
saying, Give me time
and I will make payment to you.
18:30 And he would not: but went and put him into prison
till he
had made payment of
the debt.
18:31 So when the other servants saw what was done they were
very sad, and came
and gave word to their lord of what had been
done.
18:32 Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant;
I
made you free of all
that debt, because of your request to me:
18:33 Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other
servant, even as I
had mercy on you?
18:34 And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands
of
those who would give
him punishment till he made payment of all
the debt.
18:35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not
everyone, from your
hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.
19:1 And it came about that after saying these words, Jesus
went
away from Galilee,
and came into the parts of Judaea on the
other side of Jordan.
19:2 And a great number went after him; and he made them
well
there.
19:3 And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and
saying,
Is it right for a man
to put away his wife for every cause?
19:4 And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the
Writings,
that he who made them
at the first made them male and female,
and said,
19:5 For this cause will a man go away from his father and
mother, and be joined
to his wife; and the two will become one
flesh?
19:6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let
not
that which has been
joined by God be parted by man.
19:7 They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a
husband might give
her a statement in writing and be free from
her?
19:8 He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts,
let
you put away your
wives: but it has not been so from the first.
19:9 And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any
other
cause than the loss
of her virtue, and takes another, is a
false husband: and he
who takes her as his wife when she is put
away, is no true
husband to her.
19:10 The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a
man
in relation to his
wife, it is better not to be married.
19:11 But he said to them, Not all men are able to take in
this
saying, but only
those to whom it is given.
19:12 For there are men who, from birth, were without sex:
and
there are some who
were made so by men: and there are others
who have made
themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who
is able to take it,
let him take it.
19:13 Then some people took little children to him, so that
he
might put his hands
on them in blessing: and the disciples said
sharp words to them.
19:14 But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do
not
keep them away: for
of such is the kingdom of heaven.
19:15 And he put his hands on them, and went away.
19:16 And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing
have
I to do, so that I
may have eternal life?
19:17 And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about
what
is good? One there is
who is good: but if you have a desire to
go into life, keep
the rules of the law.
19:18 He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put
anyone
to death, Do not be
untrue in married life, Do not take what is
not yours, Do not give
false witness,
19:19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have
love
for your neighbour as
for yourself.
19:20 The young man says to him, All these things have I
done:
what more is there?
19:21 Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete,
go, get money for
your property, and give it to the poor, and
you will have wealth
in heaven: and come after me.
19:22 But hearing these words the young man went away
sorrowing:
for he had much
property.
19:23 And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you,
It is
hard for a man with
much money to go into the kingdom of
heaven.
19:24 And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to
go
through a needle's
eye, than for a man with much money to go
into the kingdom of
God.
19:25 And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly
surprised,
saying, Who then may
have salvation?
19:26 And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not
possible; but with
God all things are possible.
19:27 Then Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything
and have come after
you; what then will we have?
19:28 And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the
time when all things
are made new, and the Son of man is seated
in his glory, you who
have come after me will be seated on
twelve seats, judging
the twelve tribes of Israel.
19:29 And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or
sisters, or father,
or mother, or child, or land, for my name,
will be given a
hundred times as much, and have eternal life.
19:30 But a great number who are first will be last, and
some
who are last will be
first.
20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a
house,
who went out early in
the morning to get workers into his
vine-garden.
20:2 And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for
a
penny a day, he sent
them into his vine-garden.
20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others in
the
market-place doing
nothing;
20:4 And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the
others, and whatever
is right I will give you. And they went to
work.
20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,
and
did the same.
20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others
doing nothing; and he
says to them, Why are you here all the
day doing nothing?
20:7 They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He
says
to them, Go in with
the rest, into the vine-garden.
20:8 And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said
to
his manager, Let the
workers come, and give them their payment,
from the last to the
first.
20:9 And when those men came who had gone to work at the
eleventh hour, they
were given every man a penny.
20:10 Then those who came first had the idea that they would
get
more; and they, like
the rest, were given a penny.
20:11 And when they got it, they made a protest against the
master of the house,
20:12 Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and
you
have made them equal
to us, who have undergone the hard work of
the day and the
burning heat.
20:13 But he in answer said to one of them, Friend, I do you
no
wrong: did you not
make an agreement with me for a penny?
20:14 Take what is yours, and go away; it is my pleasure to
give
to this last, even as
to you.
20:15 Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my
house? or is your eye
evil, because I am good?
20:16 So the last will be first, and the first last.
20:17 And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the
twelve disciples on
one side, and said to them,
20:18 See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be
given into the hands
of the chief priests and scribes; and they
will give orders for
him to be put to death,
20:19 And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport
of
and to be whipped and
to be put to death on the cross: and the
third day he will
come back again from the dead.
20:20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him
with
her sons, giving him
worship and making a request of him.
20:21 And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to
him,
Let my two sons be
seated, the one at your right hand, and the
other at your left,
in your kingdom.
20:22 But Jesus made answer and said, You have no idea what
you
are requesting. Are
you able to take of the cup which I am
about to take?
20:23 They say to him, We are able. He says to them, Truly,
you
will take of my cup:
but to be seated at my right hand and at
my left is not for me
to give, but it is for those for whom my
Father has made it
ready.
20:24 And when it came to the ears of the ten, they were
angry
with the two
brothers.
20:25 But Jesus said to them, You see that the rulers of the
Gentiles are lords
over them, and their great ones have
authority over them.
20:26 Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire
to
become great among
you, let him be your servant;
20:27 And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let
him
take the lowest
place:
20:28 Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants,
but
to be a servant, and
to give his life for the salvation of men.
20:29 And when they were going out from Jericho, a great
number
went after him.
20:30 And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had
the
news that Jesus was
going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord,
Son of David, have
mercy on us.
20:31 And the people gave them orders to be quiet; but they
went
on crying even
louder, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.
20:32 And Jesus, stopping, sent for them, and said, What
would
you have me do to
you?
20:33 They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be open.
20:34 And Jesus, being moved with pity, put his fingers on
their
eyes: and straight
away they were able to see, and went after
him.
21:1 And when they were near Jerusalem, and had come to
Beth-phage, to the
Mountain of Olives, Jesus sent two
disciples,
21:2 Saying to them, Go into the little town in front of
you,
and straight away you
will see an ass with a cord round her
neck, and a young one
with her; let them loose and come with
them to me.
21:3 And if anyone says anything to you, you will say, The
Lord
has need of them; and
straight away he will send them.
21:4 Now this took place so that these words of the prophet
might come true,
21:5 Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to
you,
gentle and seated on
an ass, and on a young ass.
21:6 And the disciples went and did as Jesus had given them
orders,
21:7 And got the ass and the young one, and put their
clothing
on them, and he took
his seat on it.
21:8 And all the people put their clothing down in the way;
and
others got branches
from the trees, and put them down in the
way.
21:9 And those who went before him, and those who came
after,
gave loud cries,
saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing
on him who comes in
the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.
21:10 And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was
moved,
saying, Who is this?
21:11 And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from
Nazareth of Galilee.
21:12 And Jesus went into the Temple and sent out all who
were
trading there,
overturning the tables of the money-changers and
the seats of those
trading in doves.
21:13 And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house
is to
be named a house of
prayer, but you are making it a hole of
thieves.
21:14 And the blind and the broken in body came to him in
the
Temple, and he made
them well.
21:15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the
works
of power which he
did, and the children crying out in the
Temple, Glory to the
son of David, they were angry and said to
him,
21:16 Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus
said to
them, Yes: have you
not seen in the Writings, From the lips of
children and babies
at the breast you have made your praise
complete?
21:17 And he went away from them, and went out of the town
to
Bethany, and was
there for the night.
21:18 Now in the morning when he was coming back to the
town, he
had a desire for
food.
21:19 And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it,
and
saw nothing on it but
leaves only; and he said to it, Let there
be no fruit from you
from this time forward for ever. And
straight away the
fig-tree became dry and dead.
21:20 And when the disciples saw it they were surprised,
saying,
How did the fig-tree
become dry in so short a time?
21:21 And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you,
If
you have faith,
without doubting, not only may you do what has
been done to the
fig-tree, but even if you say to this
mountain, Be taken up
and put into the sea, it will be done.
21:22 And all things, whatever you make request for in
prayer,
having faith, you
will get.
21:23 And when he had come into the Temple, the chief
priests
and those in
authority over the people came to him while he was
teaching, and said,
By what authority do you do these things?
and who gave you this
authority?
21:24 And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one
question
to you, and if you
give me the answer, I will say by what
authority I do these
things.
21:25 The baptism of John, where did it come from? from
heaven
or from men? And they
were reasoning among themselves, saying,
If we say, From
heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not
have faith in him?
21:26 But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people,
because all take John
to be a prophet.
21:27 And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then
he
said to them, And I
will not say to you by what authority I do
these things.
21:28 But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and
he
came to the first,
and said, Son, go and do work today in the
vine-garden.
21:29 And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing
his
decision, he went.
21:30 And he came to the second and said the same. And he
made
answer and said, I
go, sir: and went not.
21:31 Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say,
The
first. Jesus said to
them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers
and loose women are
going into the kingdom of God before you.
21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and
you
had no faith in him,
but the tax-farmers and the loose women
had faith in him: and
you, when you saw it, did not even have
regret for your sins,
so as to have faith in him.
21:33 Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a
vine
garden, and put a
wall round it, and made a place for crushing
out the wine, and
made a tower, and let it out to
field-workers, and
went into another country.
21:34 And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his
servants to the
workmen, to get the fruit.
21:35 And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving
blows to one, putting
another to death, and stoning another.
21:36 Again, he sent other servants more in number than the
first: and they did
the same to them.
21:37 But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They
will
have respect for my
son.
21:38 But when the workmen saw the son, they said among
themselves, This is
he who will one day be the owner of the
property; come, let
us put him to death and take his heritage.
21:39 And they took him and, driving him out of the
vine-garden,
put him to death.
21:40 When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what
will
he do to those
workmen?
21:41 They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a
cruel
death, and will let
out the vine-garden to other workmen, who
will give him the
fruit when it is ready.
21:42 Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings,
The
stone which the
builders put on one side, the same has been
made the chief stone
of the building: this was the Lord's
doing, and it is a
wonder in our eyes?
21:43 For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will
be
taken away from you,
and will be given to a nation producing
the fruits of it.
21:44 Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he
on
whom it comes down
will be crushed to dust.
21:45 And when his stories came to the ears of the chief
priests
and the Pharisees,
they saw that he was talking of them.
21:46 And though they had a desire to take him, they were in
fear of the people,
because in their eyes he was a prophet.
22:1 And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:
22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made
a
feast when his son
was married,
22:3 And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the
feast: and they would
not come.
22:4 Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to
the
guests, See, I have
made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat
beasts have been put
to death, and all things are ready: come
to the feast.
22:5 But they gave no attention, and went about their
business,
one to his farm,
another to his trade:
22:6 And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did
evil to them, and put
them to death.
22:7 But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and
those
who had put his servants
to death he gave to destruction,
burning down their
town with fire.
22:8 Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but
the
guests were not good
enough.
22:9 Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you
see
to come to the
bride-feast.
22:10 And those servants went out into the streets, and got
together all those
whom they came across, bad and good: and the
feast was full of
guests.
22:11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw
there
a man who had not on
a guest's robe;
22:12 And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not
having a guest's
robe? And he had nothing to say.
22:13 Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round
his
hands and feet and
put him out into the dark; there will be
weeping and cries of
sorrow.
22:14 For out of all to whom the good news has come, only a
small number will get
salvation.
22:15 Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how
they
might make use of his
words to take him.
22:16 And they sent to him their disciples, with the
Herodians,
saying, Master, we
see that you are true, and that you are
teaching the true way
of God, and have no fear of anyone,
because you have no
respect for a man's position.
22:17 Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to
give
tax to Caesar, or
not?
22:18 But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why
are
you attempting to put
me in the wrong?
22:19 Let me see the tax money. And they gave him a penny.
22:20 And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on
it?
22:21 They say to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Give
to
Caesar the things
which are Caesar's, and to God the things
which are God's.
22:22 And hearing it, they were full of wonder, and went
away
from him.
22:23 On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who
say
that there is no
coming back from the dead: and they put a
question to him,
saying,
22:24 Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his
death,
has no children, let
his brother take his wife, and get a
family for his
brother;
22:25 Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first
was
married and at his
death, having no seed, gave his wife to his
brother;
22:26 In the same way the second and the third, up to the
seventh.
22:27 And last of all the woman came to her end.
22:28 When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife
will
she be of the seven?
because they all had her.
22:29 But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error,
not
having knowledge of
the Writings, or of the power of God.
22:30 For when they come back from the dead there are no
husbands and wives,
but they are as the angels in heaven.
22:31 But about the dead coming back to life, have you no
knowledge of what was
said to you by God in the Writings:
22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the
God
of Jacob? God is not
the God of the dead but of the living.
22:33 And the people hearing it were surprised at his
teaching.
22:34 But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the
Sadducees
had been stopped,
came together;
22:35 And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question
to
him, testing him, and
saying,
22:36 Master, which is the chief rule in the law?
22:37 And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God
with
all your heart, and
with all your soul, and with all your mind.
22:38 This is the first and greatest rule.
22:39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your
neighbour
as for yourself.
22:40 On these two rules all the law and the prophets are
based.
22:41 Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a
question to them,
saying,
22:42 What is your opinion of the Christ? whose son is he?
They
say to him, The Son
of David.
22:43 He says to them, How then does David in the Spirit
give
him the name of Lord,
saying,
22:44 The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand,
till
I put under your feet
all those who are against you?
22:45 If David then gives him the name of Lord, how is he
his
son?
22:46 And no one was able to give him an answer, and so
great
was their fear of
him, that from that day no one put any more
questions to him.
23:1 Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:
23:2 The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of
Moses;
23:3 All things, then, which they give you orders to do,
these
do and keep: but do
not take their works as your example, for
they say and do not.
23:4 They make hard laws and put great weights on men's
backs;
but they themselves
will not put a finger to them.
23:5 But all their works they do so as to be seen by men:
for
they make wide their
phylacteries, and the edges of their
robes,
23:6 And the things desired by them are the first places at
feasts, and the chief
seats in the Synagogues,
23:7 And words of respect in the market-places, and to be
named
by men, Teacher.
23:8 But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your
teacher,
and you are all
brothers.
23:9 And give no man the name of father on earth: because
one is
your Father, who is
in heaven.
23:10 And you may not be named guides: because one is your
Guide, even Christ.
23:11 But let the greatest among you be your servant.
23:12 And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and
whoever makes himself
low will be made high.
23:13 But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false
ones!
because you are
shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for
you do not go in
yourselves, and those who are going in, you
keep back.
23:14 []
23:15 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones!
for
you go about land and
sea to get one disciple and, having him,
you make him twice as
much a son of hell as yourselves.
23:16 A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever
takes an
oath by the Temple,
it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by
the gold of the
Temple, he is responsible.
23:17 You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the
gold, or
the Temple which
makes the gold holy?
23:18 And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is
nothing;
but whoever takes an
oath by the offering which is on it, he is
responsible.
23:19 You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the
altar which makes the
offering holy?
23:20 He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by
the
altar and by all
things on it.
23:21 And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by
the
Temple and by him
whose house it is.
23:22 And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the
seat
of God, and by him
who is seated on it.
23:23 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones!
for
you make men give a
tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling
plants, but you give
no thought to the more important things of
the law,
righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right
for you to do these,
and not to let the others be undone.
23:24 You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink,
but
make no trouble over
a camel.
23:25 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones!
for
you make clean the
outside of the cup and of the plate, but
inside they are full
of violent behaviour and uncontrolled
desire.
23:26 You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the
cup
and of the plate, so
that the outside may become equally clean.
23:27 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones!
for
you are like the
resting-places of the dead, which are made
white, and seem
beautiful on the outside, but inside are full
of dead men's bones
and of all unclean things.
23:28 Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness,
but
inside you are all
false and full of wrongdoing.
23:29 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones!
because you put up
buildings for housing the dead bodies of the
prophets, and make
fair the last resting-places of good men,
and say,
23:30 If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we
would
not have taken part
with them in the blood of the prophets.
23:31 So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you
are
the sons of those who
put the prophets to death.
23:32 Make full, then, the measure of your fathers.
23:33 You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept
from
the punishment of
hell?
23:34 For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men,
and
scribes: some of them
you will put to death and put on the
cross, and to some of
them you will give blows in your
Synagogues, driving
them from town to town;
23:35 So that on you may come all the blood of the upright
on
the earth, from the
blood of upright Abel to the blood of
Zachariah, son of
Barachiah, whom you put to death between the
Temple and the altar.
23:36 Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this
generation.
23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets,
and
stoning those who are
sent to her! Again and again would I have
taken your children
to myself as a bird takes her young ones
under her wings, and
you would not!
23:38 See, your house is made waste.
23:39 For I say to you, You will not see me from this time
till
you say, A blessing
on him who comes in the name of the Lord.
24:1 And Jesus went out of the Temple, and on the way his
disciples came to
him, pointing out the buildings of the
Temple.
24:2 But he, answering, said to them, See you not all these
things? truly I say
to you that here there will not be one
stone resting on
another, which will not be pulled down.
24:3 And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives, the
disciples came to him
privately, saying, Make clear to us, when
will these things be?
and what will be the sign of your coming
and of the end of the
world?
24:4 And Jesus said to them in answer, Take care that you
are
not tricked.
24:5 For people will come in my name, saying, I am the
Christ;
and a number will be
turned from the true way through them.
24:6 And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do
not
be troubled, for
these things have to be; but it is still not
the end.
24:7 For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom, and
men will be without food, and the earth
will be shaking in
different places;
24:8 But all these things are the first of the troubles.
24:9 Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to
death:
and you will be hated
by all nations because of my name.
24:10 And numbers of people will be turned from the right
way,
and will give one
another up and have hate for one another.
24:11 And a number of false prophets will come, causing
error.
24:12 And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of
most
people will become
cold.
24:13 But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.
24:14 And this good news of the kingdom will be given
through
all the world for a
witness to all nations; and then the end
will come.
24:15 When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean
thing
which makes
destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the
prophet (let this be
clear to the reader),
24:16 Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the
mountains:
24:17 Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take
anything out of his
house:
24:18 And let not him who is in the field go back to get his
coat.
24:19 But it will be hard for women who are with child and
for
those with babies at
the breast in those days.
24:20 And say a prayer that your flight may not be in the
winter, or on a
Sabbath.
24:21 Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such
as
there has not been
from the start of the world till now, or
ever will be.
24:22 And if those days had not been made short there would
have
been no salvation for
any, but because of the saints those days
will be made short.
24:23 Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ,
or,
Here; do not put
faith in him;
24:24 For there will come up false Christs, and false
prophets,
who will do great
signs and wonders; so that if possible even
the saints might be
tricked.
24:25 See, I have made it clear to you before it comes
about.
24:26 If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste
land;
go not out: See, he
is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.
24:27 Because as in a thunderstorm the bright light coming
from
the east is seen even
in the west; so will be the coming of the
Son of man.
24:28 Wherever the dead body is, there will the eagles come
together.
24:29 But straight away, after the trouble of those days,
the
sun will be made dark
and the moon will not give her light and
the stars will come
down from heaven and the powers of heaven
will be moved:
24:30 And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in
heaven: and then all
the nations of the earth will have sorrow,
and they will see the
Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven
with power and great
glory.
24:31 And he will send out his angels with a great sound of
a
horn, and they will
get his saints together from the four
winds, from one end
of heaven to the other.
24:32 Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch
has
become soft and puts
out its leaves, you are certain that the
summer is near;
24:33 Even so, when you see all these things, you may be
certain
that he is near, even
at the doors.
24:34 Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to
an
end till all these
things are complete.
24:35 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words
will
not come to an end.
24:36 But of that day and hour no one has knowledge, not
even
the angels in heaven,
or the Son, but the Father only.
24:37 And as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of
the
Son of man.
24:38 Because as in those days before the overflowing of the
waters, they were
feasting and taking wives and getting
married, till the day
when Noah went into the ark,
24:39 And they had no care till the waters came and took
them
all away; so will be
the coming of the Son of man.
24:40 Then two men will be in the field; one is taken, and
one
let go;
24:41 Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and
one
let go.
24:42 Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what
day
your Lord will come.
24:43 But be certain of this, that if the master of the
house
had had knowledge of
the time when the thief was coming, he
would have been
watching, and would not have let his house be
broken into.
24:44 Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought
of
the Son of man will
come.
24:45 Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has
put
over those in his
house, to give them their food at the right
time?
24:46 A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when
his
lord comes.
24:47 Truly, I say to you, he will put him over all he has.
24:48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is
a
long time in coming;
24:49 And is cruel to the other servants, taking his
pleasure
with those who are
overcome with wine;
24:50 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is
not
looking for him, and
in an hour of which he has no knowledge,
24:51 And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part
in
the fate of the false
ones: there will be weeping and cries of
sorrow.
25:1 Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins,
the
friends of the bride,
who took their lights, and went out with
the purpose of
meeting the husband.
25:2 And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
25:3 For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no
oil
with them.
25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their
lights.
25:5 Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all
went to sleep.
25:6 But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The
husband
comes! Go out to him.
25:7 Then all those virgins got up, and made ready their
lights.
25:8 And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil;
for
our lights are going
out.
25:9 But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be
enough
for us and you; it
would be better for you to go to the traders
and get oil for
yourselves.
25:10 And while they went to get oil, the master came; and
those
who were ready went
in with him to the feast: and the door was
shut.
25:11 After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord,
let
us in.
25:12 But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I
have no
knowledge of you.
25:13 Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the
day
or of the hour.
25:14 For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got
his
servants together,
and gave them his property.
25:15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to
another one; to
everyone as he was able; and he went on his
journey.
25:16 Straight away he who had been given the five talents
went
and did trade with
them, and made five more.
25:17 In the same way he who had been given the two got two
more.
25:18 But he who was given the one went away and put it in a
hole in the earth,
and kept his lord's money in a secret place.
25:19 Now after a long time the lord of those servants
comes,
and makes up his
account with them.
25:20 And he who had the five talents came with his other
five
talents, saying,
Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see,
I have got five more.
25:21 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true
servant:
you have been true in
a small thing, I will give you control
over great things:
take your part in the joy of your lord.
25:22 And he who had the two talents came and said, Lord,
you
gave into my care two
talents: see, I have got two more.
25:23 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true
servant:
you have been true in
a small thing, I will give you control
over great things:
take your part in the joy of your lord.
25:24 And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord,
I
had knowledge that
you are a hard man, getting in grain where
you have not put
seed, and making profits for which you have
done no work:
25:25 And I was in fear, and went away, and put your talent
in
the earth: here is
what is yours.
25:26 But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and
unready servant; if
you had knowledge that I get in grain where
I did not put seed,
and make profits for which I have done no
work,
25:27 Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and
at my
coming I would have
got back what is mine with interest?
25:28 Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has
the
ten talents.
25:29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will
have
more: but from him
who has not, even what he has will be taken
away.
25:30 And put out the servant who is of no profit into the
outer
dark: there will be
weeping and cries of sorrow.
25:31 But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all
the
angels with him, then
will he be seated in his glory:
25:32 And before him all the nations will come together; and
they will be parted
one from another, as the sheep are parted
from the goats by the
keeper.
25:33 And he will put the sheep on his right, but the goats
on
the left.
25:34 Then will the King say to those on his right, Come,
you
who have the blessing
of my Father, into the kingdom made ready
for you before the
world was:
25:35 For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I
was in
need of drink, and
you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you
took me in;
25:36 I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was
ill,
or in prison, you
came to me.
25:37 Then will the upright make answer to him, saying,
Lord,
when did we see you
in need of food, and give it to you? or in
need of drink, and
give it to you?
25:38 And when did we see you wandering, and take you in? or
without clothing, and
give it to you?
25:39 And when did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to
you?
25:40 And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I
say
to you, Because you
did it to the least of these my brothers,
you did it to me.
25:41 Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you
cursed ones, into the
eternal fire which is ready for the Evil
One and his angels:
25:42 For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me;
I
was in need of drink,
and you gave it not to me:
25:43 I was wandering, and you took me not in; without
clothing,
and you gave me no
clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came
not to me.
25:44 Then will they make answer, saying, Lord, when did we
see
you in need of food
or drink, or wandering, or without
clothing, or ill, or
in prison, and did not take care of you?
25:45 Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say
to
you, Because you did
it not to the least of these, you did it
not to me.
25:46 And these will go away into eternal punishment; but
the
upright into eternal
life.
26:1 And when Jesus had come to the end of all these words,
he
said to his
disciples,
26:2 After two days is the Passover, and the Son of man will
be
given up to the death
of the cross.
26:3 Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people
came
together in the house
of the high priest, who was named
Caiaphas.
26:4 And they made designs together to take Jesus by some
trick,
and put him to death.
26:5 But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for
fear of
trouble among the
people.
26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the
leper,
26:7 There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of
great price, and she
put the perfume on his head when he was
seated at table.
26:8 But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying,
To
what purpose is this
waste?
26:9 For we might have got much money for this and given it
to
the poor.
26:10 But Jesus, seeing it, said to them, Why are you
troubling
the woman? she has
done a kind act to me.
26:11 For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have
not
for ever.
26:12 For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to
make
me ready for my last
resting-place.
26:13 Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news goes out
in
all the world, what
this woman has done will be talked of in
memory of her.
26:14 Then one of the twelve, who was named Judas Iscariot,
went
to the chief priests
and said,
26:15 What will you give me, if I give him up to you? And
the
price was fixed at
thirty bits of silver.
26:16 And from that time he was watching for a chance to
give
him into their hands.
26:17 Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples
came to Jesus,
saying, Where are we to make ready for you to
take the Passover
meal?
26:18 And he said to them, Go into the town to such a man,
and
say to him, The
Master says, My time is near: I will keep the
Passover at your
house with my disciples.
26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had said to them; and
they
made ready the
Passover.
26:20 Now when evening was come, he was seated at table with
the
twelve disciples;
26:21 And while they were taking food, he said, Truly I say
to
you that one of you
will be false to me.
26:22 And they were very said, and said to him, one by one,
Is
it I, Lord?
26:23 And he made answer and said, He who puts his hand into
the
plate with me, the
same will be false to me.
26:24 The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him:
but
a curse is on that
man through whom the Son of man is given up;
it would have been
well for that man if he had never come into
the world.
26:25 And Judas, who was false to him, made answer and said,
Is
it I, Master? He says
to him, Yes.
26:26 And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and,
after blessing it, he
gave the broken bread to the disciples
and said, Take it;
this is my body.
26:27 And he took a cup and, having given praise, he gave it
to
them, saying,
26:28 Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the
testament, which is
given for men for the forgiveness of sins.
26:29 But I say to you that from now I will not take of this
fruit of the vine,
till that day when I take it new with you in
my Father's kingdom.
26:30 And after a song of praise to God, they went out to
the
Mountain of Olives.
26:31 Then said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned
away
from me this night:
for it is said in the Writings, I will put
to death the keeper
of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock
will be put to
flight.
26:32 But after I am come back from the dead, I will go
before
you into Galilee.
26:33 But Peter made answer and said to him, Though all may
be
turned away from you,
I will never be turned away.
26:34 Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you that this night,
before the hour of
the cock's cry, you will say three times
that you have no
knowledge of me.
26:35 Peter says to him, Even if I am put to death with you,
I
will not be false to
you. So said all the disciples.
26:36 Then comes Jesus with them to a place named
Gethsemane,
and says to his
disciples, Be seated here, while I go over
there for prayer.
26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of
Zebedee,
and became sad and
very troubled.
26:38 Then says he to them, My soul is very sad, even to
death:
keep watch with me
here.
26:39 And he went forward a little, and falling down on his
face
in prayer, he said, O
my Father, if it is possible, let this
cup go from me; but
let not my pleasure, but yours be done.
26:40 And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are
sleeping, and says to
Peter, What, were you not able to keep
watch with me one
hour?
26:41 Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to
the
test: the spirit
truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
26:42 Again, a second time he went away, and said in prayer,
O
my Father, if this
may not go from me without my taking it, let
your pleasure be
done.
26:43 And he came again and saw them sleeping, for their
eyes
were tired.
26:44 And he went away from them again, and a third time
said
the same prayer.
26:45 Then he comes to the disciples; and says to them, Go
on
sleeping now, and
take your rest: for the hour is come, and the
Son of man is given
into the hands of evil men.
26:46 Up, let us be going: see, he who gives me up is near.
26:47 And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the
twelve,
came, and with him a
band armed with swords and sticks, from
the chief priests and
those in authority over the people.
26:48 Now the false one had given them a sign saying, The
one to
whom I give a kiss,
that is he: take him.
26:49 And straight away he came to Jesus and said, Master!
and
gave him a kiss.
26:50 And Jesus said to him, Friend, do that for which you
have
come. Then they came
and put hands on Jesus, and took him.
26:51 And one of those who were with Jesus put out his hand,
and
took out his sword
and gave the servant of the high priest a
blow, cutting off his
ear.
26:52 Then says Jesus to him, Put up your sword again into
its
place: for all those
who take the sword will come to death by
the sword.
26:53 Does it not seem possible to you that if I make
request to
my Father he will
even now send me an army of angels?
26:54 But how then would the Writings come true, which say
that
so it has to be?
26:55 In that hour Jesus said to the people, Have you come
out
as against a thief
with swords and sticks to take me? I was
teaching every day in
the Temple and you took me not.
26:56 But all this has taken place so that the writings of
the
prophets might come
true. Then all his disciples went from him
in flight.
26:57 And those who had made Jesus prisoner took him away to
the
house of Caiaphas,
the high priest, where the scribes and those
in authority over the
people had come together.
26:58 But Peter went after him at a distance, to the house
of
the high priest, and
went in and took his seat with the
servants, to see the
end.
26:59 Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were
looking
for false witness
against Jesus, so that they might put him to
death;
26:60 And they were not able to get it, though a number of
false
witnesses came.
26:61 But later there came two who said, This man said, I am
able to give the Temple
of God to destruction, and to put it up
again in three days.
26:62 And the high priest got up and said to him, Have you
no
answer? what is it
which these say against you?
26:63 But Jesus said not a word. And the high priest said to
him, I put you on
oath, by the living God, that you will say to
us if you are the
Christ, the Son of God.
26:64 Jesus says to him, You say so: but I say to you, From
now
you will see the Son
of man seated at the right hand of power,
and coming on the
clouds of heaven.
26:65 Then the high priest, violently parting his robes,
said,
He has said evil
against God: what more need have we of
witnesses? for now
his words against God have come to your
ears:
26:66 What is your opinion? They made answer and said, It is
right for him to be
put to death.
26:67 Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and
some gave him blows,
saying,
26:68 Be a prophet, O Christ, and say who gave you a blow!
26:69 Now Peter was seated in the open square outside the
house:
and a servant-girl
came to him, saying, You were with Jesus the
Galilaean.
26:70 But he said before them all that it was false, saying,
I
have no knowledge of
what you say.
26:71 And when he had gone out into the doorway, another saw
him
and says to those who
were there, This man was with Jesus the
Nazarene.
26:72 And again he said with an oath, I have no knowledge of
the
man.
26:73 And after a little time those who were near came and
said
to Peter, Truly you
are one of them; because your talk is
witness against you.
26:74 Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no
knowledge of
the man. And straight
away there came the cry of a cock.
26:75 And the word of Jesus came back to Peter, when he
said,
Before the hour of
the cock's cry, you will say three times
that you have no
knowledge of me. And he went out, weeping
bitterly.
27:1 Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and
those in
authority took
thought together with the purpose of putting
Jesus to death.
27:2 And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave
him
up to Pilate, the
ruler.
27:3 Then Judas, who was false to him, seeing that he was to
be
put to death, in his
regret took back the thirty bits of silver
to the chief priests
and those in authority,
27:4 Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an
upright man. But they
said, What is that to us? it is your
business.
27:5 And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out,
and
put himself to death
by hanging.
27:6 And the chief priests took the silver and said, It is
not
right to put it in
the Temple store for it is the price of
blood.
27:7 And they made a decision to get with the silver the
potter's field, as a
place for the dead of other countries.
27:8 For this cause that field was named, The field of
blood, to
this day.
27:9 Then came true that which was said by Jeremiah the
prophet,
And they took the
thirty bits of silver, the price of him who
was valued by the
children of Israel;
27:10 And they gave them for the potter's field, as I had
word
from the Lord.
27:11 And Jesus was before the ruler, who put a question to
him,
Are you the King of
the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say
so.
27:12 But when the chief priests and those in authority made
statements against
him, he gave no answer.
27:13 Then says Pilate to him, Do you give no attention to
what
their witnesses say
against you?
27:14 And he gave him no answer, not even a word: so that
the
ruler was greatly
surprised.
27:15 Now at the feast it was the way for the ruler to let
free
to the people one
prisoner, at their selection.
27:16 And they had then an important prisoner, whose name
was
Barabbas.
27:17 So when they came together, Pilate said to them, Whom
will
you have? Barabbas,
or Jesus, who is named Christ?
27:18 For he saw that for envy they had given him up.
27:19 And while he was on the judge's seat, his wife sent to
him, saying, Have
nothing to do with that upright man, for I
have had much trouble
this day in a dream because of him.
27:20 Now the chief priests and those in authority got the
people to make
request for Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to
death.
27:21 But the ruler made answer and said to them, Which of
the
two is it your
pleasure that I let go free? And they said,
Barabbas.
27:22 Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with
Jesus,
who is named Christ?
They all say, Let him be put to death on
the cross.
27:23 And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave
loud cries, saying,
To the cross with him!
27:24 So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but
that trouble was
working up, he took water and, washing his
hands before the
people, said, The blood of this upright man is
not on my hands: you
are responsible.
27:25 And all the people made answer and said, Let his blood
be
on us, and on our
children.
27:26 Then he let Barabbas go free: but after having Jesus
whipped, he gave him
up to be put to death on the cross.
27:27 Then the ruler's armed men took Jesus into the open
square, and got all
their band together.
27:28 And they took off his clothing, and put on him a red
robe.
27:29 And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his
head,
and put a rod in his
right hand, and they went down on their
knees before him, and
made sport of him, saying, Long life to
the King of the Jews.
27:30 And they put shame on him, and gave him blows on the
head
with the rod.
27:31 And when they had made sport of him, they took the
robe
off him, and put his
clothing on him, and took him away to put
him on the cross.
27:32 And while they were coming out, they saw a man of
Cyrene,
Simon by name, and
they made him go with them, so that he might
take up his cross.
27:33 And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that
is to
say, Dead Man's Head,
27:34 They gave him wine mixed with bitter drink: and after
tasting it, he took
no more.
27:35 And when they had put him on the cross, they made
division
of his clothing among
them by the decision of chance.
27:36 And they were seated there watching him.
27:37 And they put up over his head the statement of his
crime
in writing, THIS IS
JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27:38 Then two thieves were put on crosses with him, one on
the
right and one on the
left.
27:39 And those who went by said bitter words to him,
shaking
their heads and
saying,
27:40 You who would give the Temple to destruction and put
it up
again in three days,
get yourself free: if you are the Son of
God, come down from
the cross.
27:41 In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of
him,
with the scribes and
those in authority, said,
27:42 A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself.
If
he is the King of
Israel, let him now come down from the cross,
and we will have
faith in him.
27:43 He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now,
if he
will have him; for he
said, I am the Son of God.
27:44 And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil
words to
him.
27:45 Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land
till
the ninth hour.
27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus gave a loud cry,
saying,
Eli, Eli, lama
sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why are
you turned away from
me?
27:47 And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said,
This
man is crying to
Elijah.
27:48 And straight away one of them went quickly, and took a
sponge, and made it
full of bitter wine, and put it on a rod
and gave him drink.
27:49 And the rest said, Let him be; let us see if Elijah
will
come to his help.
27:50 And Jesus gave another loud cry, and gave up his
spirit.
27:51 And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from
end
to end; and there was
an earth-shock; and the rocks were
broken;
27:52 And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the
bodies of a number of
sleeping saints came to life;
27:53 And coming out of their resting-places, after he had
come
again from the dead,
they went into the holy town and were seen
by a number of
people.
27:54 Now the captain and those who were with him watching
Jesus, when they saw
the earth-shock and the things which were
done, were in great
fear and said, Truly this was a son of God.
27:55 And a number of women were there, watching from a
distance, who had
come with Jesus from Galilee, waiting on his
needs.
27:56 Among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of
James and Joses, and
the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
27:57 And in the evening, there came a man of wealth from
Arimathaea, Joseph by
name, who was a disciple of Jesus:
27:58 This man went in to Pilate, and made a request for the
body of Jesus. Then
Pilate gave orders for it to be given to
him.
27:59 And Joseph took the body, folding it in clean linen,
27:60 And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out
of
the rock for himself;
and after rolling a great stone to the
door of it he went away.
27:61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary,
seated
by the place of the
dead.
27:62 Now on the day after the getting ready of the
Passover,
the chief priests and
Pharisees came together to Pilate,
27:63 Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said,
while he was still
living, After three days I will come again
from the dead.
27:64 Give orders, then, that the place where his body is
may be
made safe till the
third day, for fear that his disciples come
and take him away
secretly and say to the people, He has come
back from the dead:
and the last error will be worse than the
first.
27:65 Pilate said to them, You have watchmen; go and make it
as
safe as you are able.
27:66 So they went, and made safe the place where his body
was,
putting a stamp on
the stone, and the watchmen were with them.
28:1 Now late on the Sabbath, when the dawn of the first day
of
the week was near,
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to
see the place where
his body was.
28:2 And there was a great earth-shock; for an angel of the
Lord
came down from heaven
and, rolling back the stone, took his
seat on it.
28:3 His form was shining like the light, and his clothing
was
white as snow:
28:4 And for fear of him the watchmen were shaking, and
became
as dead men.
28:5 And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I
see
that you are
searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the
cross.
28:6 He is not here, for he has come to life again, even as
he
said. Come, see the
Lord's resting-place.
28:7 And go quickly and give his disciples the news that he
has
come back from the
dead, and is going before you into Galilee;
there you will see
him, as I have said to you.
28:8 And they went away quickly, with fear and great joy, to
give his disciples
the news.
28:9 And on the way, Jesus came to them, saying, Be glad.
And
they came and put
their hands on his feet, and gave him
worship.
28:10 Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give
word to
my brothers to go
into Galilee, and there they will see me.
28:11 Now, while they were going, some of the watchmen came
into
the town and gave
news to the chief priests of all the things
which had taken
place.
28:12 And when they had come together with those in
authority,
and had made their
decision, they gave much money to the
watchmen, saying,
28:13 Say, His disciples came by night and took him away
secretly while we
were sleeping.
28:14 And if this comes to the ruler's ears, we will see
that he
does not make you
responsible.
28:15 So they took the money, and did as they had been
ordered:
and this account has
been current among the Jews till the
present time.
28:16 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the
mountain where Jesus
had given them orders to go.
28:17 And when they saw him they gave him worship: but some
were
in doubt.
28:18 And Jesus came to them and said, All authority has
been
given to me in heaven
and on earth.
28:19 Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving
them baptism in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit:
28:20 Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given
you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.