1:1 As a number of attempts have been made to put together
in
order an account of
those events which took place among us,
1:2 As they were handed down to us by those who saw them
from
the first and were
preachers of the word,
1:3 It seemed good to me, having made observation, with
great
care, of the
direction of events in their order, to put the
facts in writing for
you, most noble Theophilus;
1:4 So that you might have certain knowledge of those things
about which you were
given teaching.
1:5 In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a
certain
priest, by name
Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a
wife of the family of
Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
1:6 They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the
rules
and orders of God,
and doing no wrong.
1:7 And they were without children, because Elisabeth had
never
given birth, and they
were at that time very old.
1:8 Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as
priest
before God,
1:9 And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the
Temple to see to the
burning of perfumes.
1:10 And all the people were offering prayers outside, at
the
time of the burning
of perfumes.
1:11 And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the
right
side of the altar.
1:12 And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear
came
on him.
1:13 But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your
prayer has come to the
ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth
will have a son, and
his name will be John.
1:14 And you will be glad and have great delight; and
numbers of
people will have joy
at his birth.
1:15 For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will
not
take wine or strong
drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of
God from his birth.
1:16 And through him great numbers of the children of Israel
will be turned to the
Lord their God.
1:17 And he will go before his face in the spirit and power
of
Elijah, turning the
hearts of fathers to their children, and
wrongdoers to the way
of righteousness; to make ready a people
whose hearts have
been turned to the Lord.
1:18 And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain
of
this? For I am an old
man, and my wife is far on in years.
1:19 And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose
place
is before God; I have
been sent to say these words to you and
to give you this good
news.
1:20 Now, see, you will be without voice or language till
the
day when these things
come about, because you had not faith in
my words, which will
have effect at the right time.
1:21 And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were
surprised because he
was in the Temple for such a long time.
1:22 And when he came out he was not able to say anything,
and
they saw that he had
seen a vision in the Temple; and he was
making signs to them
without words.
1:23 And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended,
he
went back to his
house.
1:24 After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was
to
become a mother, kept
herself from men's eyes for five months,
saying,
1:25 The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me,
to
take away my shame in
the eyes of men.
1:26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from
God
to a town in Galilee,
named Nazareth,
1:27 To a virgin who was to be married to a man named
Joseph, of
the family of David;
and the name of the virgin was Mary.
1:28 And the angel came in to her and said, Peace be with
you,
to whom special grace
has been given; the Lord is with you.
1:29 But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to
herself, What may be
the purpose of these words?
1:30 And the angel said to her, Have no fear, Mary, for you
have
God's approval.
1:31 And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name
will be
Jesus.
1:32 He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most
High: and the Lord
God will give him the kingdom of David, his
father:
1:33 He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and
of
his kingdom there
will be no end.
1:34 And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I
have
had no knowledge of a
man?
1:35 And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit
will
come on you, and the
power of the Most High will come to rest
on you, and so that
which will come to birth will be named
holy, Son of God.
1:36 Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a
mother, though she is
old: and this is the sixth month with her
who was without
children.
1:37 For there is nothing which God is not able to do.
1:38 And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be
to
me as you say. And
the angel went away.
1:39 Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands,
to a
town of Judah;
1:40 And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth
in
her arms.
1:41 And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of
Elisabeth,
the baby made a
sudden move inside her; then Elisabeth was full
of the Holy Spirit,
1:42 And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you
among women, and a
blessing on the child of your body.
1:43 How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me?
1:44 For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my
ears,
the baby in my body
made a sudden move for joy.
1:45 Happy will she be who had faith that the things which
the
Lord has said to her
will be done.
1:46 And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;
1:47 My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.
1:48 For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor
and
lowly placed: and
from this hour will all generations give
witness to the
blessing which has come to me.
1:49 For he who is strong has done great things for me; and
holy
is his name.
1:50 His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of
him.
1:51 With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to
flight those who have
pride in their hearts.
1:52 He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on
high
the men of low
degree.
1:53 Those who had no food he made full of good things; the
men
of wealth he sent
away with nothing in their hands;
1:54 His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that
he
might keep in mind
his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,
1:55 As he gave his word to our fathers.
1:56 And Mary was with her for about three months and then
went
back to her house.
1:57 Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she
had a
son.
1:58 And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations
that the Lord had
been very good to her, and they took part in
her joy.
1:59 And on the eighth day they came to see to the
circumcision
of the child, and
they would have given him the name of
Zacharias, his
father's name;
1:60 But his mother made answer and said, No, his name is
John.
1:61 And they said, Not one of your relations has that name.
1:62 And they made signs to his father, to say what name was
to
be given to him.
1:63 And he sent for writing materials and put down: His
name is
John; and they were
all surprised.
1:64 And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was
free and he gave
praise to God.
1:65 And fear came on all those who were living round about
them: and there was
much talk about all these things in all the
hill-country of
Judaea.
1:66 And all who had word of them kept them in their minds
and
said, What will this
child be? For the hand of the Lord was
with him.
1:67 And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit,
and
with the voice of a
prophet said these words:
1:68 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has
come
to his people and
made them free,
1:69 Lifting up a horn of salvation for us in the house of
his
servant David,
1:70 (As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from
the
earliest times,)
1:71 Salvation from those who are against us, and from the
hands
of those who have
hate for us;
1:72 To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind
his
holy word,
1:73 The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,
1:74 That we, being made free from the fear of those who are
against us, might
give him worship,
1:75 In righteousness and holy living before him all our
days.
1:76 And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most
High:
you will go before
the face of the Lord, to make ready his
ways;
1:77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through
the
forgiveness of sins,
1:78 Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the
dawn
from heaven has come
to us,
1:79 To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade
of
death, so that our
feet may be guided into the way of peace.
1:80 And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he
was
living in the waste
land till the day when he came before the
eyes of Israel.
2:1 Now it came about in those days that an order went out
from
Caesar Augustus that
there was to be a numbering of all the
world.
2:2 This was the first numbering, which was made when
Quirinius
was ruler of Syria.
2:3 And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town.
2:4 And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of
Nazareth, into
Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David,
because he was of the
house and family of David,
2:5 To be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who
was
about to become a
mother.
2:6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give
birth.
2:7 And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she
put
him to rest in the
place where the cattle had their food,
because there was no
room for them in the house.
2:8 And in the same country there were keepers of sheep in
the
fields, watching over
their flock by night.
2:9 And an angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of
the
Lord was shining
round about them: and fear came on them.
2:10 And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you
good news of great
joy which will be for all the people:
2:11 For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has
come
to birth, who is
Christ the Lord.
2:12 And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child
folded in linen, in
the place where the cattle have their food.
2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of
spirits from heaven,
giving praise to God, and saying,
2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace
among
men with whom he is
well pleased.
2:15 And when the angels had gone away from them into
heaven,
the keepers of the
sheep said to one another, Let us go now to
Beth-lehem, and see
this thing which has come about, which the
Lord has made clear
to us.
2:16 And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the
child in the place
where the cattle had their food.
2:17 And when they saw it, they gave them an account of the
things which had been
said to them about the child.
2:18 And all those to whose ears it came were full of wonder
at
the things said by
the keepers of the sheep.
2:19 But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave
much
thought to them.
2:20 Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory
and
praise to God for all
the things which had come to their ears
and which they had
seen, as it had been said to them.
2:21 And when, after eight days, the time came for his
circumcision, he was
named Jesus, the name which the angel had
given to him before
his birth.
2:22 And when the necessary days for making them clean by
the
law of Moses had come
to an end, they took him to Jerusalem to
give him to the Lord
2:23 (As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's
first
male child is to be
holy to the Lord),
2:24 And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of
the
Lord, of two doves or
other young birds.
2:25 And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was
Simeon; and he was an
upright man, fearing God and waiting for
the comfort of Israel:
and the Holy Spirit was on him.
2:26 And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he
would not see death
till he had seen the Lord's Christ.
2:27 And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and
when
the father and mother
came in with the child Jesus, to do with
him what was ordered
by the law,
2:28 Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and
said,
2:29 Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord,
as
you have said;
2:30 For my eyes have seen your salvation,
2:31 Which you have made ready before the face of all
nations;
2:32 A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of
your people Israel.
2:33 And his father and mother were full of wonder at the
things
which were said about
him.
2:34 And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his
mother, See, this
child will be the cause of the downfall and
the lifting up of
great numbers of people in Israel, and he
will be a sign
against which hard words will be said;
2:35 (And a sword will go through your heart;) so that the
secret thoughts of
men may come to light.
2:36 And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter
of
Phanuel, of the
family of Asher (she was very old, and after
seven years of
married life
2:37 She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in
the
Temple at all times,
worshipping with prayers and going without
food, night and day.
2:38 And coming up at that time, she gave praise to God,
talking
of him to all those
who were waiting for the freeing of
Jerusalem.
2:39 And when they had done all the things which were
ordered by
the law of the Lord,
they went back to Galilee, to Nazareth,
the town where they
were living.
2:40 And the child became tall and strong and full of
wisdom,
and the grace of God
was on him.
2:41 And every year his father and mother went to Jerusalem
at
the feast of the
Passover.
2:42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as
their
way was, to the
feast;
2:43 And when the days of the feast came to an end and they
were
going back, the boy
Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had
no knowledge of it:
2:44 And in the belief that he was with some of their
number,
they went a day's
journey; and after looking for him among
their relations and
friends,
2:45 And seeing that he was not there, they went back to
Jerusalem, to make
search for him.
2:46 And after three days they came across him in the
Temple,
seated among the wise
men, giving ear to their words and
putting questions to
them.
2:47 And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at
his
knowledge and the
answers which he gave.
2:48 And when they saw him they were surprised, and his
mother
said to him, Son, why
have you done this to us? see, your
father and I have
been looking for you with sorrow.
2:49 And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was
it
not clear to you that
my right place was in my Father's house?
2:50 And his words seemed strange to them.
2:51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and
did as
he was ordered: and
his mother kept all these words in her
heart.
2:52 And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in
grace before God and
men.
3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius
Caesar,
Pontius Pilate being
ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of
Galilee, his brother
Philip king of the country of Ituraea and
Trachonitis, and
Lysanias king of Abilene,
3:2 When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of
the
Lord came to John,
the son of Zacharias, in the waste land.
3:3 And he came into all the country round about Jordan,
preaching baptism as
a sign of forgiveness of sin for those
whose hearts were
changed.
3:4 As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the
prophet,
The voice of one
crying in the waste land, Make ready the way
of the Lord, make his
roads straight.
3:5 Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains
and
hills made low, and
the twisted will be made straight, and the
rough ways smooth;
3:6 And all flesh will see the salvation of God.
3:7 So he said to the people who went out to him for
baptism:
You offspring of
snakes, at whose word are you going in flight
from the wrath to
come?
3:8 Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been
changed;
and do not say to
yourselves, We have Abraham for our father:
for I say to you that
God is able from these stones to make
children of Abraham.
3:9 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees;
and
every tree which does
not have good fruit will be cut down and
put into the fire.
3:10 And the people put questions to him, saying, What have
we
to do?
3:11 And he made answer and said to them, He who has two
coats,
let him give to him
who has not even one; and he who has food,
let him do the same.
3:12 Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to
him,
Master, what have we
to do?
3:13 And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more
money than the right
amount.
3:14 And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And
what
have we to do? And he
said to them, Do no violent acts to any
man, and do not take
anything without right, and let your
payment be enough for
you.
3:15 And while the people were waiting, and all men were
questioning in their
hearts about John, if he was the Christ or
not,
3:16 John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you
baptism with water,
but one is coming who is greater than I,
whose shoes I am not
good enough to undo: he will give you
baptism with the Holy
Spirit, and with fire:
3:17 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 in the fire which will never be put
out.
3:18 And so comforting them with these and other words, he
gave
the good news to the
people;
3:19 But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on
account of Herodias,
his brother's wife, and other evil things
which Herod had done,
3:20 Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up
in
prison.
3:21 Now it came about that when all the people had been
given
baptism, Jesus,
having had baptism with them, was in prayer,
when, the heaven
being open,
3:22 The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a
voice came from
heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son,
with whom I am well
pleased.
3:23 And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old,
being
the son (as it
seemed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
3:24 The son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi,
the
son of Jannai, the
son of Joseph,
3:25 The son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of
Nahum,
the son of Esli, the
son of Naggai,
3:26 The son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of
Semein,
the son of Josech,
the son of Joda,
3:27 The son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of
Zerubbabel,
the son of Shealtiel,
the son of Neri,
3:28 The son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam,
the
son of Elmadam, the
son of Er,
3:29 The son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim,
the
son of Matthat, the
son of Levi,
3:30 The son of Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Joseph,
the
son of Jonam, the son
of Eliakim,
3:31 The son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of
Mattatha,
the son of Nathan,
the son of David,
3:32 The son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the
son
of Salmon, the son of
Nahshon,
3:33 The son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of
Hezron,
the son of Perez, the
son of Judah,
3:34 The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,
the
son of Terah, the son
of Nahor,
3:35 The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the
son
of Eber, the son of
Shelah,
3:36 The son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of
Shem,
the son of Noah, the
son of Lamech,
3:37 The son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of
Jared,
the son of
Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
3:38 The son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the
son
of God.
4:1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the
Jordan, and was
guided by the Spirit in the waste land
4:2 For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had
no
food in those days;
and when they came to an end, he was in
need of food.
4:3 And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God,
give orders to this
stone to become bread.
4:4 And Jesus made answer to him, It has been said in the
Writings, Bread is
not man's only need.
4:5 And he took him up and let him see all the kingdoms of
the
earth in a minute of
time.
4:6 And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over
all
these, and the glory
of them, for it has been given to me, and
I give it to anyone
at my pleasure.
4:7 If then you will give worship to me, it will all be
yours.
4:8 And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the
Writings, Give
worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant
only.
4:9 And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest
point of the Temple
and said to him, If you are the Son of God,
let yourself go down
from here; for it is said in the Writings,
4:10 He will give his angels orders to take care of you:
4:11 And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your
foot may not be
crushed against a stone.
4:12 And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in
the
Writings, You may not
put the Lord your God to the test.
4:13 And when all these tests were ended the Evil One went
away
from him for a time.
4:14 And Jesus came back to Galilee in the power of the
Spirit,
and the news of him
went through all the country round about.
4:15 And he was teaching in their Synagogues and all men
gave
him praise.
4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child,
and
he went, as his way
was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and
got up to give a
reading.
4:17 And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him
and,
opening the book, he
came on the place where it is said,
4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked
out by
him to give good news
to the poor; he has sent me to make well
those who are
broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be
let go, and the blind
will see, and to make the wounded free
from their chains,
4:19 To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good
pleasure
is come.
4:20 And shutting the book he gave it back to the servant
and
took his seat: and
the eyes of all in the Synagogue were fixed
on him.
4:21 Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in
your
hearing.
4:22 And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the
words
of grace which came
from his mouth: and they said, Is not this
the son of Joseph?
4:23 And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me,
Let
the medical man make
himself well: the things which to our
knowledge were done
at Capernaum, do them here in your country.
4:24 And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is
honoured in his
country.
4:25 Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in
Israel
in the days of
Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three
years and six months
and there was no food in the land;
4:26 But Elijah was not sent to one of them, but only to
Zarephath, in the
land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
4:27 And there were a number of lepers in Israel in the time
of
Elisha the prophet,
and not one of them was made clean, but
only Naaman the
Syrian.
4:28 And all who were in the Synagogue were very angry when
these things were
said to them.
4:29 And they got up and took him out of the town to the
edge of
the mountain on which
their town was, so that they might send
him down to his death.
4:30 But he came through them and went on his way.
4:31 And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee; and
he
was giving them
teaching on the Sabbath.
4:32 And they were surprised at his teaching, for his word
was
with authority.
4:33 And there was a man in the Synagogue who had an unclean
spirit; and he gave a
loud cry and said,
4:34 Let us be! what have we to do with you, Jesus of
Nazareth?
have you come to put
an end to us? I have knowledge who you
are, the Holy One of
God.
4:35 And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him.
And
when the evil spirit
had put him down on the earth in the
middle of them, he
came out of him, having done him no damage.
4:36 And wonder came on them all and they said to one
another,
What are these words?
for with authority and power he gives
orders to the evil
spirits and they come out.
4:37 And there was much talk about him in all the places
round
about.
4:38 And he got up and went out of the Synagogue and went
into
the house of Simon.
And Simon's wife's mother was very ill with
a burning heat; and
in answer to their prayers for her
4:39 He went near her, and with a sharp word he gave orders
to
the disease and it
went away from her; and straight away she
got up and took care
of their needs.
4:40 And at sundown all those who had anyone ill with any
sort
of disease, took them
to him, and he put his hands on every one
of them and made them
well.
4:41 And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying
out
and saying, You are
the Son of God. But he gave them sharp
orders not to say a
word, because they had knowledge that he
was the Christ.
4:42 And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste
place;
and great numbers of
people came looking for him, and they came
to him and would have
kept him from going away.
4:43 But he said to them, I have to give the good news of
the
kingdom of God in
other towns, because that is why I was sent.
4:44 And he was teaching in the Synagogues of Galilee.
5:1 Now it came about that while the people came pushing to
be
near him, and to have
knowledge of the word of God, he was by a
wide stretch of water
named Gennesaret;
5:2 And he saw two boats by the edge of the water, but the
fishermen had gone
out of them and were washing their nets.
5:3 And he got into one of the boats, the property of Simon,
and
made a request to him
to go a little way out from the land. And
being seated he gave
the people teaching from the boat.
5:4 And when his talk was ended, he said to Simon, Go out
into
deep water, and let
down your nets for fish.
5:5 And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all
night and we took
nothing: but at your word I will let down the
nets.
5:6 And when they had done this, they got such a great
number of
fish that it seemed
as if their nets would be broken;
5:7 And they made signs to their friends in the other boat
to
come to their help.
And they came, and the two boats were so
full that they were
going down.
5:8 But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of
Jesus
and said, Go away
from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.
5:9 For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were
with him, at the
number of fish which they had taken;
5:10 And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who
were
working with Simon.
And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from
this time forward you
will be a fisher of men.
5:11 And when they had got their boats to the land, they
gave up
everything and went
after him.
5:12 And it came about that while he was in one of the
towns,
there was a leper
there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on
his face in prayer to
him, saying, Lord, if it is your
pleasure, you have
power to make me clean.
5:13 And he put out his hand to him and said, It is my
pleasure;
be clean. And
straight away his disease went from him.
5:14 And he gave him orders: Say nothing to any man, but let
the
priest see you and
give an offering so that you may be made
clean, as the law of
Moses says, and for a witness to them.
5:15 But news of him went out all the more, in every
direction,
and great numbers of
people came together to give hearing to
his words and to be
made well from their diseases.
5:16 But he went away by himself to a waste place for
prayer.
5:17 And it came about that on one of these days he was
teaching; and some
Pharisees and teachers of the law were
seated there, who had
come from every town of Galilee and
Judaea and from
Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with
him, to make those
who were ill free from their diseases.
5:18 And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was
ill,
without power of
moving; and they made attempts to get him in
and put him before
Jesus.
5:19 And because of the mass of people, there was no way to
get
him in; so they went
up on the top of the house and let him
down through the
roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of
Jesus.
5:20 And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have
forgiveness
for your sins.
5:21 And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument,
saying, Who is this,
who has no respect for God? who is able to
give forgiveness for
sins, but God only?
5:22 But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to
them, Why are you
reasoning in your hearts?
5:23 Which is the simpler: to say, You have forgiveness for
your
sins; or to say, Get
up and go?
5:24 But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man
has
authority for the
forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who
was ill,) I say to
you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go
into your house.
5:25 And straight away he got up before them, and took up
his
bed and went away to
his house giving praise to God.
5:26 And wonder overcame them all, and they gave glory to
God;
and they were full of
fear, saying, We have seen strange things
today.
5:27 And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a
tax-farmer, seated at
the place where taxes were taken, and
said to him, Come
after me.
5:28 And giving up his business, he got up and went after
him.
5:29 And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a
great number of
tax-farmers and others were seated at table
with them.
5:30 And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests
against
his disciples,
saying, Why do you take food and drink with
tax-farmers and
sinners?
5:31 And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well
have
no need of a medical
man, but those who are ill.
5:32 I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so
that
they may be turned
from their sins.
5:33 And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently
go
without food, and
make prayers, and so do the disciples of the
Pharisees; but your
disciples take food and drink.
5:34 And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the
newly-married man go
without food when he is with them?
5:35 But the days will come when he will be taken away from
them, and then they
will go without food.
5:36 And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of
cloth from a new coat
and puts it on to an old coat, for so the
new coat would be
damaged and the bit from the new would not go
well with the old.
5:37 And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear
that
the skins will be
burst by the new wine, and the wine be let
out, and the skins
come to destruction.
5:38 But new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.
5:39 And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for
new,
for he says, The old
is better.
6:1 Now it came about that on the Sabbath he was going
through
the fields of grain,
and his disciples took the heads of the
grain for food,
crushing them in their hands.
6:2 But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is
not
right to do on the
Sabbath?
6:3 And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what
David
did when he was in
need of food, he, and those who were with
him;
6:4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the
holy
bread, which only the
priests may take, and gave it to those
who were with him?
6:5 And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.
6:6 And it came about, on another Sabbath, that he went into
the
Synagogue and was
teaching there. And a man was there whose
right hand was dead.
6:7 And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see
if he
would make him well
on the Sabbath, so that they might be able
to say something
against him.
6:8 But he had knowledge of their thoughts; and he said to
the
man whose hand was
dead, Get up and come into the middle. And
he got up and came
forward.
6:9 And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right
to do
good on the Sabbath
or to do evil? to give life or to take it
away?
6:10 And looking round on all of them, he said to him, Put
out
your hand. And he did
so: and his hand was made well.
6:11 But they were full of wrath, and were talking together
about what they might
do to Jesus.
6:12 And it came about in those days that he went out to the
mountain for prayer;
and he was all night in prayer to God.
6:13 And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made
a
selection from among
them of twelve, to whom he gave the name
of Apostles;
6:14 Simon, to whom he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew,
his
brother, and James
and John and Philip and Bartholomew
6:15 And Matthew and Thomas and James, the son of Alphaeus,
and
Simon, who was named
the Zealot,
6:16 And Judas, the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, he who
was
false to him.
6:17 And he came down with them to a level place, and a
great
band of his
disciples, and a very great number of people from
all Judaea and
Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon
by the sea, came to
give hearing to him, and to be made well
from their diseases;
6:18 And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were
made
well.
6:19 And all the people were desiring to be touched by him,
for
power came from him
and made them all well.
6:20 And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy
are
you who are poor: for
the kingdom of God is yours.
6:21 Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will
be
made full. Happy are
you who are weeping now; for you will be
glad.
6:22 Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you
away
from among them and
say angry words to you, turning away in
disgust at your name,
because of the Son of man.
6:23 Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your
reward in heaven will
be great: for their fathers did these
same things to the
prophets.
6:24 But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been
comforted now.
6:25 Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will
be
in need. Unhappy are
you who are laughing now: for you will be
crying in sorrow.
6:26 Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval:
for
so their fathers did
to the false prophets.
6:27 But I say to you who give ear to me, Have love for
those
who are against you,
do good to those who have hate for you,
6:28 Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers
for
those who are cruel
to you.
6:29 If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face,
then
let the other side be
turned to him; from him who takes away
your coat, do not
keep back your robe.
6:30 Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man
takes away your
property, make no attempt to get it back again.
6:31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
6:32 If you have love for those who have love for you, what
credit is it to you?
for even sinners have love for those who
have love for them.
6:33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what
credit
is it to you? for
even sinners do the same.
6:34 And if you let those have the use of your money, from
whom
you are hoping to get
it back, what credit is it to you? even
sinners do so to
sinners, hoping to get back as much as they
gave.
6:35 But be loving to those who are against you and do them
good, and give them
your money, not giving up hope, and your
reward will be great
and you will be the sons of the Most High:
for he is kind to
evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.
6:36 Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.
6:37 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do
not
give punishment to
others, and you will not get punishment
yourselves: make
others free, and you will be made free:
6:38 Give, and it will be given to you; good measure,
crushed
down, full and
running over, they will give to you. For in the
same measure as you
give, it will be given to you again.
6:39 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story,
saying,
Is it possible for
one blind man to be guide to another? will
they not go falling
together into a hole?
6:40 The disciple is not greater than his master, but
everyone
whose learning is
complete will be like his master.
6:41 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?
6:42 How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take
the
grain of dust out of
your eye, when you yourself do not see the
bit of wood in your
eye? O false one! first take the wood out
of your eye and then
you will see clearly to take the dust out
of your brother's
eye.
6:43 For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives
good fruit.
6:44 For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get
figs
from thorns, or
grapes from blackberry plants.
6:45 The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives
good things; and the
evil man, out of his evil store, gives
evil: for out of the
full store of the heart come the words of
the mouth.
6:46 Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things
which I say?
6:47 Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and
does
them, I will make
clear to you what he is like:
6:48 He is like a man building a house, who went deep and
put
the base of it on a
rock; and when the water came up and the
river was driving
against that house, it was not moved, because
the building was
good.
6:49 But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man
building a house on
the earth without a base for it; and when
the force of the
river came against it, straight away it came
down; and the
destruction of that house was great.
7:1 After he had come to the end of all his words in the
hearing
of the people, he
went into Capernaum.
7:2 And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to
him; this servant was
ill and near to death.
7:3 And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him
rulers of the Jews,
requesting that he would come and make his
servant well.
7:4 And they, when they came to Jesus, made their request
warmly, saying,
7:5 It is right for you to do this for him, because he is a
friend to our nation,
and himself has put up a Synagogue for
us.
7:6 And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from
the
house, the man sent
friends to him, saying, Lord, do not give
yourself trouble: for
I am not important enough for you to come
into my house:
7:7 And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to
come to you: but say
the word only, and my servant will be
well.
7:8 For I, myself, am a man under authority, having men
under
me; 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.
7:9 And when these things were said to Jesus, he was
surprised,
and, turning to the
mass of people coming after him, said, I
have not seen such
great faith, no, not in Israel.
7:10 And when those who were sent came back to the house
they
saw that the servant
was well.
7:11 And it came about, after a little time, that he went to
a
town named Nain; and
his disciples went with him, and a great
number of people.
7:12 Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man
was
being taken out, the
only son of his mother, who was a widow:
and a great number of
people from the town were with her.
7:13 And when the Lord saw her, he had pity on her and said
to
her, Be not sad.
7:14 And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher
where
the dead man was: and
those who were moving it came to a stop.
And he said, Young
man, I say to you, Get up.
7:15 And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips.
And
he gave him to his
mother.
7:16 And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God,
saying,
A great prophet is
among us: and, God has given thought to his
people.
7:17 And this story about him went through all Judaea and
the
places round about.
7:18 And the disciples of John gave him an account of all
these
things.
7:19 Then John sent two of his disciples to the Lord,
saying,
Are you he who is to
come, or are we waiting for another?
7:20 And when the men came to him they said, John the
Baptist
has sent us to you,
saying, Are you he who is to come, or are
we waiting for
another?
7:21 At that time, he made a number of people free from
their
diseases and their
pains, and from evil spirits; and to others
who were blind he
gave back the use of their eyes.
7:22 And answering them he said, Go back and give news to
John
of what you have
seen, and the things which have come to your
ears; the blind now
see, those who had no power in their legs
are walking, lepers
are made clean, those who had no hearing
now have their ears
open, dead men come to life again, and the
poor have the good
news given to them.
7:23 And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about
me.
7:24 And when the men who were sent by John had gone away,
he
said to the people,
about John, What did you go out into the
waste land to see? a
tall stem moving in the wind?
7:25 But what did you go out to see? a man in soft clothing?
See
now, those who have
beautiful clothing and delicate food are in
kings' houses.
7:26 But what did you go out to see? a prophet? Yes, I say
to
you, and more than a
prophet.
7:27 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.
7:28 I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is
greater than John:
but he who is least in the kingdom of God is
greater than he.
7:29 (And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John
had
given baptism, when
they had knowledge of these things, gave
glory to God.
7:30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were
against
the purpose of God
for themselves, not having had his baptism.)
7:31 What comparison am I to make of the men of this
generation?
what are they like?
7:32 They are like children who are seated in the
market-place,
crying out to one
another, and saying, We made music for you,
but you did not take
part in the dance; we gave cries of
sorrow, but you were
not sad.
7:33 For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and
you
say, He has an evil
spirit.
7:34 The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a
lover
of food and wine, a
friend of tax-farmers and sinners.
7:35 But wisdom is judged to be right by all her children.
7:36 And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would
take
a meal with him. And
he went into the Pharisee's house and took
his seat at the
table.
7:37 And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and
when she had news
that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house,
she took a bottle of
perfume,
7:38 And went in and took her place at the back of him, near
his
feet, weeping, so
that his feet were washed with the drops from
her eyes, and with
her hair she made them dry, and kissing his
feet she put the
perfume on them.
7:39 Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he
said
to himself, This man,
if he was a prophet, would be conscious
what sort of woman
this is who has put her hands on him, that
she is a sinner.
7:40 And Jesus, answering, said, Simon, I have something to
say
to you. And he said,
Master, say on.
7:41 And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of
business: one had a
debt of five hundred pence, and the other
of fifty.
7:42 When they were unable to make payment, he made the two
of
them free of their
debts. Which of them, now, will have the
greater love for him?
7:43 Simon, in answer, said, It seems he whose debt was
greater.
And he said, Your
decision is right.
7:44 And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this
woman? I came into
your house; you did not give me water for my
feet: but she has
been washing my feet with the drops from her
eyes, and drying them
with her hair.
7:45 You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time when
I
came in, has gone on
kissing my feet.
7:46 You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on
my
feet.
7:47 And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her
sins
which are great in
number, because of her great love: but he
who has small need of
forgiveness gives little love.
7:48 And he said to her, You have forgiveness for your sins.
7:49 And those who were seated at table with him said to
themselves, Who is
this who even gives forgiveness of sins?
7:50 And he said to the woman, By your faith you have
salvation;
go in peace.
8:1 And it came about, after a short time, that he went
through
town and country
giving the good news of the kingdom of God,
and with him were the
twelve,
8:2 And certain women who had been made free from evil
spirits
and diseases, Mary
named Magdalene, from whom seven evil
spirits had gone out,
8:3 And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief
house-servant,
and Susanna and a
number of others, who gave him of their
wealth for his needs.
8:4 And when a great number of people came together, and men
from every town went
out to him, he gave them teaching in the
form of a story:
8:5 A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing
it,
some was dropped by
the wayside and it was crushed under foot,
and was taken by the
birds of heaven.
8:6 And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became
dry
and dead because it
had no water.
8:7 And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with
it
and it had no room
for growth.
8:8 And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a
hundred times as
much. And with these words he said in a loud
voice, He who has
ears, let him give ear.
8:9 And his disciples put questions to him about the point
of
the story.
8:10 And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets
of
the kingdom of God;
but to the others, they are given in
stories, so that
seeing, they may not see, and though they give
hearing, the sense
will not be clear to them.
8:11 Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the
word of
God.
8:12 Those by the side of the road are those who have given
hearing; then the
Evil One comes and takes away the word from
their hearts, so that
they may not have faith and get
salvation.
8:13 And those on the rock are those who with joy give
hearing
to the word; but
having no root, they have faith for a time,
and when the test
comes they give up.
8:14 And those which went among thorns are those who have
given
hearing, and go on
their way, but they are overcome by cares
and wealth and the
pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.
8:15 And those in the good earth are those who, having given
ear
to the word, keep it
with a good and true heart, and in quiet
strength give fruit.
8:16 No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over
it, or
puts it under a bed,
but he puts it on its table, so that those
who come in may see
the light.
8:17 For nothing is put out of view which will not be made
clear, and nothing is
secret of which the knowledge will not
come to light.
8:18 So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has
will
be given, and from
him who has not will be taken even what he
seems to have.
8:19 And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they
were
not able to get near
him because of the great number of people.
8:20 And someone said to him, Your mother and your brothers
are
outside desiring to
see you.
8:21 But he said to them in answer, My mother and my
brothers
are those who have
knowledge of the word of God and do it.
8:22 Now it came about on one of those days that he got into
a
boat with his
disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to
the other side of the
water: and they put out the boat.
8:23 But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a
storm
of wind came down on
the sea, and the boat became full of water
and they were in
danger.
8:24 Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his
sleep,
said, Master, Master,
destruction is near. And he, when he was
awake, gave orders to
the wind and the rolling waves, and the
storm came to an end,
and all was calm.
8:25 And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and
wonder overcame them,
and they said to one another, Who then is
this, who gives
orders even to the winds and the water and they
do what he says?
8:26 And they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is
opposite Galilee.
8:27 And when he had come to the land, there came to him a
certain man from the
town who had evil spirits; and for a long
time he had had no
clothing on, and was not living in a house
but in the place of
the dead.
8:28 And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down
on
the earth before him
and in a loud voice said, What have I to
do with you, Jesus,
Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel
to me.
8:29 For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of
the
man. For frequently
it would take a grip of him: and he was
kept under control,
and prisoned with chains; but parting the
chains in two, he
would be sent by the driving of the evil
spirit into waste
places.
8:30 And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said,
Legion; for a number
of spirits had gone into him.
8:31 And they made a request to him that he would not give
them
an order to go away
into the deep.
8:32 Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place,
getting
food on the mountain:
and the evil spirits made a request to
him that he would let
them go into the pigs, and he let them.
8:33 And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into
the
pigs: and the herd
went rushing down a sharp slope into the
water and came to
destruction.
8:34 And when the men who took care of them saw what had
come
about, they went
quickly and gave news of it in the town and
the country.
8:35 And they went out to see what had taken place, and they
came to Jesus and saw
the man out of whom the evil spirits had
gone, seated, clothed
and with full use of his senses, at the
feet of Jesus; and
fear came on them.
8:36 And those who had seen it gave them an account of how
the
man who had the evil
spirits was made well.
8:37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made
a
request to him to go
away from them; for they were in great
fear: and he got into
a boat and went back.
8:38 But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had
a
great desire to be
with him, but he sent him away, saying,
8:39 Go back to your house and let them have news of all the
great things which
God has done for you. And he went away,
giving word through
all the town of the great things which
Jesus had done for
him.
8:40 And when Jesus went back, the people were glad to see
him,
for they were all
waiting for him.
8:41 Then there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler in
the
Synagogue: and he
went down at the feet of Jesus, desiring him
to come to his house;
8:42 For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old,
and
she was near to
death. But while he was on his way, the people
were pushing to be
near him.
8:43 And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve
years,
and had given all her
money to medical men, and not one of them
was able to make her
well,
8:44 Came after him and put her hand on the edge of his
robe,
and straight away the
flowing of her blood was stopped.
8:45 And Jesus said, Who was touching me? And when they all
said, It is not I,
Peter and those who were with him said,
Master, the people
are pushing round you on every side.
8:46 But Jesus said, Someone was touching me, for I had the
feeling that power
had gone out from me.
8:47 And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it
secret, she came,
shaking with fear, and falling down before
him she made clear
before all the people the reason for her
touching him, and how
she was made well straight away.
8:48 And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you
well;
go in peace.
8:49 While he was still talking, someone came from the house
of
the ruler of the
Synagogue, saying, Your daughter is dead; do
not go on troubling
the Master.
8:50 But Jesus at these words said to him, Have no fear,
only
have faith, and she
will be made well.
8:51 And when he came to the house he did not let any man go
in
with him, but only
Peter and John and James, and the father of
the girl and her
mother.
8:52 And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but
he
said, Do not be sad,
for she is not dead, but sleeping.
8:53 And they were laughing at him, being certain that she
was
dead.
8:54 But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.
8:55 And her spirit came back to her and she got up straight
away: and he gave
orders that food was to be given to her.
8:56 And her father and mother were full of wonder, but he
gave
orders to them to say
nothing about it to anyone.
9:1 And getting the twelve together, he gave them power and
authority over all
evil spirits and over diseases, to make them
well.
9:2 And he sent them out to be preachers of the kingdom of
God,
and to make well
those who were ill.
9:3 And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no
stick
or bag or bread or
money, and do not take two coats.
9:4 And if you go into a house, let that house be your
resting-place till
you go away.
9:5 And if any people will not take you in, when you go away
from that town, put
off its dust from your feet for a witness
against them.
9:6 And they went away, journeying through all the towns,
preaching the good
news and making people free from diseases in
all places.
9:7 Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he
was
in doubt, because it
was said by some people that John had come
back from the dead;
9:8 And by some, that Elijah had come; and by others, that
one
of the old prophets
had come back to life.
9:9 And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of
whom such stories are
given to me? And he had a desire to see
him.
9:10 And the twelve, when they came back, gave him an
account of
what they had done.
And he took them with him and went away
from the people to a
town named Beth-saida.
9:11 But the people, getting news of it, went after him: and
he
was pleased to see
them, and gave them teaching about the
kingdom of God, and
made those well who were in need of it.
9:12 And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and
said,
Send these people
away so that they may go into the towns and
the country round
about and get resting-places and food for
themselves, for we
are in a waste place.
9:13 But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said,
We
have only five cakes
of bread and two fishes, if we do not go
and get food for all
these people.
9:14 For there were about five thousand men. And he said to
his
disciples, Make them
be seated in groups, about fifty to a
group.
9:15 And they did so, and made them all be seated.
9:16 And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes
and,
looking up to heaven,
he said words of blessing over them, and
when they had been
broken, he gave them to the disciples to
give to the people.
9:17 And they all took the food and had enough; and they
took up
of the broken bits
which were over, twelve baskets full.
9:18 And it came about that when he was in prayer, by
himself,
and the disciples
were with him, he put a question to them,
saying, Who do the
people say I am?
9:19 And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others
say
Elijah; and others,
that one of the old prophets has come back.
9:20 And he said, But who do you say that I am? And Peter,
answering, said, The
Christ of God.
9:21 But he gave them special orders, not to say this to any
man;
9:22 Saying, The Son of man will undergo much and be put on
one
side by the rulers
and the chief priests and the teachers of
the law, and be put
to death, and on the third day he will come
back to life.
9:23 And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to
come
after me, let him
give up all, and take up his cross every day,
and come after me.
9:24 For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it
taken from him, but
whoever gives up his life because of me,
will keep it.
9:25 For what profit will a man have if he gets all the
world,
but undergoes loss or
destruction himself?
9:26 For if any man has a feeling of shame because of me or
of
my words, the Son of
man will have shame because of him when he
comes in his glory
and the glory of the Father and of the holy
angels.
9:27 But truly I say to you, Some of those who are here now
will
have no taste of
death till they see the kingdom of God.
9:28 And about eight days after he had said these things, he
took Peter and John
and James with him and went up into the
mountain for prayer.
9:29 And while he was in prayer, his face was changed and
his
clothing became white
and shining.
9:30 And two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him;
9:31 Who were seen in glory and were talking of his death
which
was about to take
place in Jerusalem.
9:32 Now Peter and those who were with him were overcome with
sleep: but when they
were fully awake, they saw his glory and
the two men who were
with him.
9:33 And when they were about to go away from him, Peter
said to
Jesus, Master, it is
good for us to be here; let us make three
tents, one for you
and one for Moses and one for Elijah: having
no knowledge of what
he was saying.
9:34 And while he said these things, the shade of a cloud
came
over them, and they
were full of fear when they went into the
cloud.
9:35 And there was a voice from the cloud saying, This is my
Son, the man of my
selection; give ear to him.
9:36 And after the voice was gone they saw that Jesus was by
himself. And they
kept quiet, and said nothing at that time to
anyone of the things
which they had seen.
9:37 And on the day after, when they came down from the
mountain, a great
band of people came to him.
9:38 And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I
make
a request to you,
give a thought to my son, for he is my only
child:
9:39 And see, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he gives a
cry,
twisted in pain and
streaming at the lips, and when it goes
away from him at
last, he is marked as from blows.
9:40 And I made a request to your disciples to send it out
of
him, but they were
not able to do it.
9:41 And Jesus said, O generation without faith and false in
heart, how long will
I have to be with you and put up with you?
let your son come
here.
9:42 And while he was coming, he was pushed violently down
and
twisted by the evil
spirit. But Jesus gave sharp orders to the
unclean spirit, and
made the boy well, and gave him back to his
father.
9:43 And they were full of wonder at the great power of God.
But
while they were all
wondering at all the things which he did,
he said to his
disciples,
9:44 Let these words go deep into your ears, for the Son of
man
will be given up into
the hands of men.
9:45 But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was
kept secret from them
so that they were not able to see it: and
they had fear of
questioning him about it.
9:46 Now there was a discussion among them about which of
them
would be the
greatest.
9:47 But when Jesus saw the reasoning of their hearts, he
took a
small child and put
him by his side,
9:48 And said to them, Whoever gives honour to this child in
my
name, gives honour to
me: and whoever gives honour to me, gives
honour to him who
sent me: for whoever is least among you all,
that man is great.
9:49 And John, answering, said, Master, we saw a man driving
out
evil spirits in your
name, and we did not let him do it,
because he was not
one of us.
9:50 But Jesus said to him, Let him do it, for he who is not
against you is for
you.
9:51 And it came about that when the days were near for him
to
be taken up, his face
was turned to go to Jerusalem,
9:52 And he sent men before: and they came to a small town
of
Samaria to make ready
for him.
9:53 But they would not have him there, because he was
clearly
going to Jerusalem.
9:54 And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they
said, Lord, may we
send fire from heaven and put an end to
them?
9:55 But turning round he said sharp words to them.
9:56 And they went to another small town.
9:57 And when they were on the way, a certain man said to him,
I
will come after you
wherever you go.
9:58 And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes and the birds
of
the air have
resting-places, but the Son of man has nowhere to
put his head.
9:59 And he said to another, Come after me. But he said,
Lord,
let me first go and
give the last honours to my father.
9:60 But he said to him, Let the dead take care of their
dead;
it is for you to go
and give news of the kingdom of God.
9:61 And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but
first
let me say a last good-day
to those who are at my house.
9:62 But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the
plough
and looking back, is
good enough for the kingdom of God.
10:1 Now after these things, the Lord made selection of
seventy
others and sent them
before him, two together, into every town
and place where he
himself was about to come.
10:2 And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be
cut,
but not enough
workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the
grain-fields that he
will send workers to get in the grain.
10:3 Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among
wolves.
10:4 Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no
word to any man on
the way.
10:5 And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be
to
this house.
10:6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with
him: but if not, it
will come back to you again.
10:7 And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink
they give you: for
the worker has a right to his reward. Do not
go from house to
house.
10:8 And into whatever town you go, if they take you in,
take
whatever food is
given to you:
10:9 And make well those in it who are ill and say to them,
The
kingdom of God is
near to you.
10:10 But if you go into a town where they will not have
you, go
out into the streets
of it and say,
10:11 Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we
put
off as a witness
against you; but be certain of this, that the
kingdom of God is
near.
10:12 I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom
than
for that town.
10:13 A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you,
Beth-saida! For if
such works of power had been done in Tyre
and Sidon as have
been done in you, they would have been turned
from their sins, in
days gone by, seated in the dust.
10:14 But it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, in the day
of
judging, than for
you.
10:15 And you, Capernaum, were you not lifted up to heaven?
you
will go down to hell.
10:16 Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever
is
against you, is
against me; and whoever is against me, is
against him who sent
me.
10:17 And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even
the
evil spirits are
under our power in your name.
10:18 And he said, I was watching for Satan, falling from
heaven
like a star.
10:19 See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes
and
evil beasts, and over
all the strength of him who is against
you: and nothing will
do you damage.
10:20 Do not be glad, however, because you have power over
spirits, but because
your names are recorded in heaven.
10:21 In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy
Spirit
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: for so, O
Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.
10:22 All things have been given to me by my Father: and no
one
has knowledge of the
Son, but only the Father: and of the
Father, but only the
Son, and he to whom the Son will make it
clear.
10:23 And, turning to the disciples, he said privately,
Happy
are the eyes which
see the things you see:
10:24 For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings
have
had a desire to see
the things which you see, and have not seen
them, and to have
knowledge of the things which have come to
your ears, and they
had it not.
10:25 And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to
the
test, saying, Master,
what have I to do so that I may have
eternal life?
10:26 And he said to him, What does the law say, in your
reading
of it?
10:27 And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your
God
with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your
strength and with all
your mind; and for your neighbour as for
yourself.
10:28 And he said, You have given the right answer: do this
and
you will have life.
10:29 But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to
Jesus, And who is my
neighbour?
10:30 And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was
going
down from Jerusalem
to Jericho, and he got into the hands of
thieves, who took his
clothing and gave him cruel blows, and
when they went away,
he was half dead.
10:31 And by chance a certain priest was going down that
way:
and when he saw him,
he went by on the other side.
10:32 And in the same way, a Levite, when he came to the
place
and saw him, went by
on the other side.
10:33 But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way,
came
where he was, and
when he saw him, he was moved with pity for
him,
10:34 And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds,
with
oil and wine; and he
put him on his beast and took him to a
house and took care
of him.
10:35 And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to
the
owner of the house
and said, Take care of him; and if this
money is not enough,
when I come again I will give you whatever
more is needed.
10:36 Which of these three men, in your opinion, was
neighbour
to the man who came
into the hands of thieves?
10:37 And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus
said,
Go and do the same.
10:38 Now, while they were on their way, he came to a
certain
town; and a woman
named Martha took him into her house.
10:39 And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat
at
the Lord's feet and
gave attention to his words.
10:40 But Martha had her hands full of the work of the
house,
and she came to him
and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that
my sister has let me
do all the work? Say to her that she is to
give me some help.
10:41 But the Lord, answering, said to her, Martha, Martha,
you
are full of care and
troubled about such a number of things:
10:42 Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has
taken that good part,
which will not be taken away from her.
11:1 And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain
place,
and when he came to
an end, one of his disciples said to him,
Lord, will you give
us teaching about prayer, as John did to
his disciples?
11:2 And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say,
Father, may your name
be kept holy and your kingdom come.
11:3 Give us every day bread for our needs.
11:4 May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free
all
those who are in debt
to us. And let us not be put to the test.
11:5 And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend,
would
go to him in the
middle of the night and say to him, Friend,
let me have three
cakes of bread;
11:6 Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey,
and I
have nothing to put
before him;
11:7 And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do
not
be a trouble to me;
the door is now shut, and my children are
with me in bed; it is
not possible for me to get up and give to
you?
11:8 I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to
him,
because he is his
friend, still, if he keeps on making his
request, he will get
up and give him as much as he has need of.
11:9 And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered;
what you are
searching for, you will get; when you give the
sign, the door will
be open to you.
11:10 For 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.
11:11 And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to
his
son, who makes
request for bread? or for a fish, will give him
a snake?
11:12 Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
11:13 If, then, you who are evil are able to give good
things to
your children, how
much more will your Father in heaven give
the Holy Spirit to
those who make request to him?
11:14 And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was
without the power of
talking. And it came about that when the
spirit had gone the
man had the power of talking; and the
people were full of
wonder.
11:15 But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by
Beelzebul, the ruler
of evil spirits.
11:16 And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from
heaven from him.
11:17 But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to
them,
Every kingdom in
which there is division is made waste; and a
house in which there
is division comes to destruction.
11:18 If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he
keep
his kingdom? because
you say that I send evil spirits out of
men by the help of
Beelzebul.
11:19 And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by
whose
help do your sons
send them out? so let them be your judges.
11:20 But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits,
then the kingdom of
God has overtaken you.
11:21 When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house,
then
his goods are safe:
11:22 But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him
and
overcomes him, he
takes away his instruments of war, in which
he had put his faith,
and makes division of his goods.
11:23 He who is not with me is against me, and he who will
not
give me help in
getting people together is driving them away.
11:24 The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of a man,
goes
through dry places,
looking for rest; and when he does not get
it, he says, I will
go back to my house from which I came.
11:25 And when he comes, he sees that it has been made fair
and
clean.
11:26 Then he goes and gets seven other spirits more evil
than
himself, and they go
in, and take their places there: and the
last condition of
that man is worse than the first.
11:27 And it came about that when he said these things, a
certain woman among
the people said in a loud voice, Happy is
the body which gave
you birth, and the breasts from which you
took milk.
11:28 But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to
the
word of God and keep
it.
11:29 And when a great number of people came together to
him, he
said, This generation
is an evil generation: it is looking for
a sign and no sign
will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
11:30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so
will
the Son of man be to
this generation.
11:31 The queen of the South will come up on the day of
judging
and give her decision
against the men of this generation: for
she came from the
ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom
of Solomon; and now
something greater than Solomon is here.
11:32 The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging
and
give their decision
against this generation: for they were
turned away from
their sins at the preaching of Jonah; but now
something greater
than Jonah is here.
11:33 No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a
secret place, or
under a vessel, but on its table, so that
those who come in may
see the light.
11:34 The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is
true,
all your body is full
of light; but when it is evil, your body
is dark.
11:35 So take care that the light which is in you is not
dark.
11:36 If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it
dark,
it will be completely
full of light, as when a flame with its
bright shining gives
you light.
11:37 Now, while he was talking, a Pharisee made a request
that
he would come to a
meal with him; and he went in and took his
seat at the meal.
11:38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised because
he
came to the meal
without first washing himself.
11:39 And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the
outside
of the cup and the
plate clean; but inside you are thieves and
full of evil.
11:40 O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in
the
same way make the
inside?
11:41 But if you give to the poor such things as you are
able,
then all things are
clean to you.
11:42 But a curse is on you, Pharisees! for you make men
give a
tenth of every sort
of plant, and give no thought to right and
the love of God; but
it is right for you to do these things,
and not let the
others be undone.
11:43 A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for
the
most important seats
in the Synagogues and for words of respect
said to you in the
market-place.
11:44 A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places
of
dead men, which are
not seen, and men go walking over them
without knowledge of
it.
11:45 And one of the teachers of the law, answering, said to
him, Master, in
saying this, you give a bad name to us as to
them.
11:46 And he said, A curse is on you, teachers of the law!
for
while other men are crushed
under the weight of the rules you
make for them, you
yourselves do not put so much as one finger
to them.
11:47 A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the
bodies of the
prophets, but your fathers put them to death.
11:48 So you are witnesses and give approval to the work of
your
fathers; for they put
them to death and you make their last
resting-places.
11:49 For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will
send
them prophets and
teachers, and to some of them they will give
death and cruel
pains;
11:50 So that punishment may come on this generation for the
blood of all the
prophets which was given from the earliest
days;
11:51 From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who
was
put to death between
the altar and the Temple. Yes, I say to
you, It will come on
this generation.
11:52 A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for you have
taken
away the key of
knowledge: you did not go in yourselves, and
you got in the way of
those who were going in.
11:53 And when he had come out of that place, the scribes
and
the Pharisees came
round him angrily, questioning him about
more things;
11:54 And watching him, for a chance to get something from
his
words which might be
used against him.
12:1 At that time, when thousands of the people had come
together, in such
numbers that they were crushing one another,
he said first to his
disciples, Have nothing to do with the
leaven of the
Pharisees, which is deceit.
12:2 But nothing is covered up, which will not come to
light, or
secret, which will
not be made clear.
12:3 So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to
men's
hearing in the light,
and what you have said secretly inside
the house, will be
made public from the house-tops.
12:4 And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who
may
put the body to
death, and are able to do no more than that.
12:5 But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in
fear:
of him who after
death has power to send you to hell; yes,
truly I say, Have
fear of him.
12:6 Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two
farthings?
and God has every one
of them in mind.
12:7 But even the hairs of your head are numbered. Have no
fear:
you are of more value
than a flock of sparrows.
12:8 And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to
me
before men, the Son
of man will give witness before the angels
of God.
12:9 But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge
of
me, I will say that I
have no knowledge of him before the
angels of God.
12:10 And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he
will
have forgiveness: but
for him who says evil words against the
Holy Spirit, there
will be no forgiveness.
12:11 And when they take you before the Synagogues and the
authorities and the
rulers, take no thought about what answers
you will give, or
what you will say:
12:12 For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that
very
hour what to say.
12:13 And one of the people said to him, Master, give an
order
to my brother to make
division of the heritage with me.
12:14 But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of
decisions for you?
12:15 And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free
from the desire for
property; for a man's life is not made up
of the number of
things which he has.
12:16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain
man
of great wealth was
very fertile:
12:17 And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have
no
place in which to put
all my fruit.
12:18 And he said, This I will do: I will take down my
store-houses and make
greater ones, and there I will put all my
grain and my goods.
12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great
amount
of goods in store,
enough for a number of years; be at rest,
take food and wine
and be happy.
12:20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will
take
your soul from you,
and who then will be the owner of all the
things which you have
got together?
12:21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for
himself, and has not
wealth in the eyes of God.
12:22 And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to
you, Take no thought
for your life, about what food you will
take, or for your
body, how it may be clothed.
12:23 Is not life more than food, and the body than its
clothing?
12:24 Give thought to the ravens; they do not put seeds into
the
earth, or get
together grain; they have no store-houses or
buildings; and God
gives them their food: of how much greater
value are you than
the birds!
12:25 And which of you by taking thought is able to make
himself
any taller?
12:26 If, then, you are not able to do even that which is
least,
why are you troubled
about the rest?
12:27 Give thought to the flowers: they do no work, they
make no
thread; and still I
say to you, Even Solomon, in all his glory,
was not clothed like
one of these.
12:28 But if God gives such clothing to the grass in the
field,
which today is
living, and tomorrow will be burned in the oven,
how much more will he
give clothing to you, O men of little
faith?
12:29 And do not give overmuch thought to your food and
drink,
and let not your mind
be full of doubts.
12:30 For the nations of the world go in search of all these
things: but your
Father has knowledge that you have need of
them.
12:31 But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these
other things will be
given to you in addition.
12:32 Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's
good
pleasure to give you
the kingdom.
12:33 Give what property you have in exchange for money, and
give the money to the
poor; make for yourselves money-bags
which will not get
old, wealth stored up in heaven which will
be yours for ever,
where thieves will not come nor worms put it
to destruction.
12:34 For where your wealth is, there will your heart be.
12:35 Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights
burning.
12:36 And be like men who are looking for their lord, when
he
comes back from the
bride-feast; so that when he comes to the
door, it will be open
to him quickly.
12:37 Happy are those servants who are watching when the
lord
comes; truly I say to
you, he will make himself their servant
and, placing them at
the table, he will come out and give them
food.
12:38 And if he comes in the second division of the night or
in
the third, and they
are watching for him, happy are those
servants.
12:39 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.
12:40 So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time
when
you are not looking
for him.
12:41 And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to
us
only, or to all men?
12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and
responsible
servant whom his lord
will put in control of his family, to
give them their food
at the right time?
12:43 Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is
doing
so.
12:44 Truly I say to you, he will put him in control of all
his
goods.
12:45 But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long
time coming; and goes
about giving blows to the men-servants
and the
women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;
12:46 The lord of that servant will come at a time when he
is
not looking for him,
and at an hour when he is not ready for
him, and he will have
him cut in two and will give him his part
in the fate of those
who have no faith;
12:47 And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's
desires
and was not ready for
him and did not do as he was ordered,
will be given a great
number of blows;
12:48 But he who, without knowledge, did things for which
punishment is given,
will get only a small number of blows. The
man to whom much is
given, will have to give much; if much is
given into his care,
of him more will be requested.
12:49 I came to send a fire on the earth, and it may even
now
have been lighted.
12:50 But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and
how am
I kept back till it
is complete!
12:51 Is it your opinion that I have come to give peace on
earth? I say to you,
No, but division:
12:52 For from this time, a family of five in one house will
be
on opposite sides,
three against two and two against three.
12:53 They will be at war, the father against his son, and
the
son against his
father; mother against daughter, and daughter
against mother;
mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and
daughter-in-law
against mother-in-law.
12:54 Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud
coming up
in the west, straight
away you say, There will be rain; and so
it is.
12:55 And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, There
will
be heat; and so it
is.
12:56 O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is
clear to you; how is
it that the signs of these times are not
as clear to you?
12:57 And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges
of
what is right?
12:58 For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you
are
going with him before
the ruler, make an attempt, on the way,
to come to an
agreement with him, for if you do not, he may
take you before the
judge and the judge will give you up to the
police, and they will
put you in prison.
12:59 I say to you, You will not come out of it till you
have
made payment to the
very last farthing.
13:1 Now some people who were there at that time, gave him
an
account of how the
blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by
Pilate with their
offerings.
13:2 And he, in answer, said to them, Are you of the opinion
that these Galilaeans
were worse than all other Galilaeans,
because these things
were done to them?
13:3 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not
changed, you will all
come to the same end.
13:4 Or those eighteen men who were crushed by the fall of
the
tower of Siloam, were
they worse than all the other men living
in Jerusalem?
13:5 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not
changed, you will all
come to an end in the same way.
13:6 And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a
fig-tree in his
garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and
there was no fruit.
13:7 And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I
have
been looking for
fruit from this tree, and I have not had any:
let it be cut down;
why is it taking up space?
13:8 And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will
have
the earth turned up
round it, and put animal waste on it, to
make it fertile:
13:9 And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not,
let
it be cut down.
13:10 And he was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the
Sabbath.
13:11 And there was a woman who had had a disease for
eighteen
years; she was bent,
and was not able to make herself straight.
13:12 And when Jesus saw her, he said to her, Woman, you are
made free from your
disease.
13:13 And he put his hands on her, and she was made
straight,
and gave praise to
God.
13:14 And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus
had
made her well on the
Sabbath, and he said to the people, There
are six days in which
men may do work: so come on those days to
be made well, and not
on the Sabbath.
13:15 But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false
men!
do you not, every one
of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox
and his ass and take
it to the water?
13:16 And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who
has
been in the power of
Satan for eighteen years, to be made free
on the Sabbath?
13:17 And when he said these things, those who were against
him
were shamed, and all
the people were full of joy because of the
great things which
were done by him.
13:18 Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what
comparison may I make
of it?
13:19 It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took
and
put in his garden,
and it became a tree, and the birds of
heaven made their
resting-places in its branches.
13:20 And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?
13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman put into three
measures
of meal, and it was
all leavened.
13:22 And he went on his way, through towns and country
places,
teaching and
journeying to Jerusalem.
13:23 And someone said to him, Lord, will only a small number
have salvation? And
he said to them,
13:24 Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to
you, A number will
make the attempt to go in, but will not be
able to do so.
13:25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door
has
been shut, and you,
still outside, give blows on the door,
saying, Lord, let us
in; he will make answer and say, I have no
knowledge of where
you come from.
13:26 Then you will say, We have taken food and drink with
you,
and you were teaching
in our streets.
13:27 But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or
where you come from;
go away from me, you workers of evil.
13:28 There will be weeping and cries of sorrow when you see
Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom
of God, but you
yourselves are shut outside.
13:29 And they will come from the east and from the west,
from
the north and from
the south, and take their places in the
kingdom of God.
13:30 And the last will be first, and the first will be
last.
13:31 At that time, certain Pharisees came to him and said,
Go
away from this place,
because Herod's purpose is to put you to
death.
13:32 And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil
spirits and do works
of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the
third day my work
will be complete.
13:33 But I have to go on my way today and tomorrow and the
third day, for it is
not right for a prophet to come to his
death outside
Jerusalem.
13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets,
and
stoning those who
were sent to her! again and again would I
have taken your
children to myself, as a bird takes her young
ones under her wings,
but you would not!
13:35 Now see, your house is waste, and I say to you, You
will
not see me again till
you say, A blessing on him who comes in
the name of the Lord.
14:1 And it came about that when he went into the house of
one
of the chief
Pharisees on the Sabbath, to have a meal, they
were watching him.
14:2 And a certain man was there who had a disease.
14:3 And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and
Pharisees, Is
it right to make
people well on the Sabbath or not?
14:4 But they said nothing. And he made him well and sent
him
away.
14:5 And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has
got
into a water-hole,
will not straight away get him out on the
Sabbath?
14:6 And they had no answer to that question.
14:7 And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the
guests
who came to the
feast, when he saw how they took the best
seats; saying to
them,
14:8 When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take
the
best seat, for a more
important man than you may be coming,
14:9 And then the giver of the feast will come to you and
say,
Give your place to
this man; and you, with shame, will have to
take the lowest seat.
14:10 But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so
that
when the giver of the
feast comes, he may say to you, Friend,
come up higher; and
then you will have honour in the eyes of
all the others who
are there.
14:11 For every man who gives himself a high place will be
put
down, but he who
takes a low place will be lifted up.
14:12 And he said to the master of the house, When you give
a
feast, do not send
for your friends and your brothers and your
family or your
neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a
feast for you, and so
you will get a reward.
14:13 But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the
blind
and those who are
broken in body:
14:14 And you will have a blessing, because they will not be
able to give you any
payment, and you will get your reward when
the upright come back
from the dead.
14:15 And, hearing these words, one of those who were at
table
with him said to him,
Happy is the man who will be a guest in
the kingdom of God.
14:16 And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast,
and
sent word of it to a
number of people.
14:17 And when the time had come, he sent his servants to
say to
them, Come, for all
things are now ready.
14:18 And they all gave reasons why they were not able to
come.
The first said to
him, I have got a new field, and it is
necessary for me to
go and see it: I am full of regret that I
am unable to come.
14:19 And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am
going
to make a test of
them: I am full of regret that I am unable to
come.
14:20 And another said, I have been married, and so I am not
able to come.
14:21 And the servant came back and gave his master an
account
of these things. Then
the master of the house was angry and
said to the servant,
Go out quickly into the streets of the
town and get the
poor, the blind, and those who are broken in
body.
14:22 And the servant said, Lord, your orders have been
done,
and still there is
room.
14:23 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the
roads
and the fields, and
make them come in, so that my house may be
full.
14:24 For I say to you that not one of those who were
requested
to come will have a
taste of my feast.
14:25 Now a great number of people went with him.
14:26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes
to
me, and has not hate
for his father and mother and wife and
children and brothers
and sisters, and even for his life, he
may not be my
disciple.
14:27 Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me
may
not be my disciple.
14:28 For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not
first give much
thought to the price, if he will have enough to
make it complete?
14:29 For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to
go on
with it to the end,
all who see it will be laughing at him,
14:30 And saying, This man made a start at building and is
not
able to make it
complete.
14:31 Or what king, going to war with another king, will not
first take thought if
he will be strong enough, with ten
thousand men, to keep
off him who comes against him with twenty
thousand?
14:32 Or while the other is still a great distance away, he
sends representatives
requesting conditions of peace.
14:33 And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may
not
be my disciple.
14:34 For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of
what
use is it?
14:35 It is no good for the land or for the place of waste;
no
one has a use for it.
He who has ears, let him give ear.
15:1 Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give
ear
to him.
15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This
man
gives approval to
sinners, and takes food with them.
15:3 And he made a story for them, saying,
15:4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them
gets loose and goes
away, will not let the ninety-nine be in
the waste land by
themselves, and go after the wandering one,
till he sees where it
is?
15:5 And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms
with
joy.
15:6 And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his
neighbours and
friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I
have got back my
sheep which had gone away.
15:7 I say to you that even so there will be more joy in
heaven
when one sinner is
turned away from his wrongdoing, than for
ninety-nine good men,
who have no need of a change of heart.
15:8 Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit
has
gone from her hands,
will not get a light, and go through her
house, searching with
care till she sees it?
15:9 And when she has it again, she gets her friends and
neighbours together,
saying, Be glad with me, for I have got
back the bit of
silver which had gone from me.
15:10 Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels
of
God, when one sinner
is turned away from his wrongdoing.
15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
15:12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father,
give
me that part of your
property which will be mine. And he made
division of his goods
between them.
15:13 And not long after, the younger son got together
everything which was
his and took a journey into a far-away
country, and there
all his money went in foolish living.
15:14 And when everything was gone, there was no food to be
had
in that country, and
he was in need.
15:15 And he went and put himself into the hands of one of
the
people of that
country, and he sent him into his fields to give
the pigs their food.
15:16 And so great was his need that he would have been glad
to
take the pigs' food,
and no one gave him anything.
15:17 But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers
of
my father's servants
have bread enough, and more, while I am
near to death here
through need of food!
15:18 I will get up and go to my father, and will say to
him,
Father, I have done
wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:
15:19 I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make
me
like one of your
servants.
15:20 And he got up and went to his father. But while he was
still far away, his
father saw him and was moved with pity for
him and went quickly
and took him in his arms and gave him a
kiss.
15:21 And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong,
against heaven and in
your eyes: I am no longer good enough to
be named your son.
15:22 But the father said to his servants, Get out the first
robe quickly, and put
it on him, and put a ring on his hand and
shoes on his feet:
15:23 And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let
us
have a feast, and be
glad.
15:24 For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he
had
gone away from me,
and has come back. And they were full of
joy.
15:25 Now the older son was in the field: and when he came
near
the house, the sounds
of music and dancing came to his ears.
15:26 And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him
about
what it might be.
15:27 And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your
father
has had the young ox
put to death because he has come back
safely.
15:28 But he was angry and would not go in; and his father
came
out and made a
request to him to come in.
15:29 But he made answer and said to his father, See, all
these
years I have been
your servant, doing your orders in
everything: and you
never gave me even a young goat so that I
might have a feast
with my friends:
15:30 But when this your son came, who has been wasting your
property with bad
women, you put to death the fat young ox for
him.
15:31 And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times,
and
all I have is yours.
15:32 But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for
this
your brother, who was
dead, is living again; he had gone away
and has come back.
16:1 And another time he said to the disciples, There was a
certain man of great
wealth who had a servant; and it was said
to him that this
servant was wasting his goods.
16:2 And he sent for him and said, What is this which is
said
about you? give me an
account of all you have done, for you
will no longer be the
manager of my property.
16:3 And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now
that
my lord takes away my
position? I have not enough strength for
working in the
fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests
for money from people
in the streets.
16:4 I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am
put
out of my position
they will take me into their houses.
16:5 And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord
he
said to the first,
What is the amount of your debt to my lord?
16:6 And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said,
Take
your account straight
away and put down fifty.
16:7 Then he said to another, What is the amount of your
debt?
And he said, A
hundred measures of grain. And he said to him,
Take your account and
put down eighty.
16:8 And his lord was pleased with the false servant,
because he
had been wise; for
the sons of this world are wiser in relation
to their generation
than the sons of light.
16:9 And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through
the
wealth of this life,
so that when it comes to an end, you may
be taken into the
eternal resting-places.
16:10 He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is
false in small
things, is false in great.
16:11 If, then, you have not been true in your use of the
wealth
of this life, who
will give into your care the true wealth?
16:12 And if you have not been true in your care of the
property
of other people, who
will give you that which is yours?
16:13 No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will
have
hate for the one and
love for the other; or he will keep to the
one and have no
respect for the other. You may not be servants
of God and of wealth.
16:14 And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money,
hearing
these things, were
making sport of him.
16:15 And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes
of
men, but God sees
your hearts: and those things which are
important in the
opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.
16:16 The law and the prophets were till John: but then came
the
preaching of the
kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way
into it by force.
16:17 But heaven and earth will come to an end before the
smallest letter of
the law may be dropped out.
16:18 Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is
a
false husband: and he
who is married to a woman whose husband
has put her away, is
no true husband to her.
16:19 Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was
dressed in fair
clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was
shining and glad
every day.
16:20 And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched
out
at his door, full of
wounds,
16:21 Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the
table
of the man of wealth;
and even the dogs came and put their
tongues on his
wounds.
16:22 And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels
took
him to Abraham's
breast. And the man of wealth came to his end,
and was put in the
earth.
16:23 And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes
he
saw Abraham, far
away, and Lazarus on his breast.
16:24 And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy
on
me and send Lazarus,
so that he may put the end of his finger
in water and put it
on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in
this flame.
16:25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you
were
living, you had your
good things, while Lazarus had evil
things: but now, he
is comforted and you are in pain.
16:26 And in addition, there is a deep division fixed
between us
and you, so that
those who might go from here to you are not
able to do so, and no
one may come from you to us.
16:27 And he said, Father, it is my request that you will
send
him to my father's
house;
16:28 For I have five brothers; and let him give them an
account
of these things, so
that they may not come to this place of
pain.
16:29 But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets;
let
them give ear to what
they say.
16:30 And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went
to
them from the dead,
their hearts would be changed.
16:31 And he said to him, If they will not give attention to
Moses and the
prophets, they will not be moved even if someone
comes back from the
dead.
17:1 And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for
causes of
trouble to come
about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.
17:2 It would be well for him if a great stone was put round
his
neck and he was
dropped into the sea, before he made trouble
for any of these
little ones.
17:3 Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does
wrong,
say a sharp word to
him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let
him have forgiveness.
17:4 And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and
seven
times comes to you
and says, I have regret for what I have
done; let him have
forgiveness.
17:5 And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith
greater.
17:6 And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a
grain of mustard
seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up
and planted in the
sea; and it would be done.
17:7 But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or
keeping sheep, will
say to him, when he comes in from the
field, Come now and
be seated and have a meal,
17:8 Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself
ready
and see to my needs
till I have had my food and drink; and
after that you may
have yours?
17:9 Does he give praise to the servant because he did what
was
ordered?
17:10 In the same way, when you have done all the things
which
are given you to do,
say, There is no profit in us, for we have
only done what we
were ordered to do.
17:11 And it came about that when they were on the way to
Jerusalem he went
through Samaria and Galilee.
17:12 And when he went into a certain small town he came
across
ten men who were
lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a
distance,
17:13 Said, in loud voices, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
17:14 And when he saw them he said, Go, and let the priests
see
you. And, while they
were going, they were made clean.
17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was clean,
turning
back, gave praise to
God in a loud voice;
17:16 And, falling down on his face at the feet of Jesus, he
gave the credit to
him; and he was a man of Samaria.
17:17 And Jesus said, Were there not ten men who were made
clean? where are the
nine?
17:18 Have not any of them come back to give glory to God,
but
only this one from a
strange land?
17:19 And he said to him, Get up, and go on your way; your
faith
has made you well.
17:20 And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when
the
kingdom of God would
come, he gave them an answer and said, The
kingdom of God will
not come through observation:
17:21 And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for
the
kingdom of God is
among you.
17:22 And he said to his disciples, The time will come when
you
will have a great
desire to see one of the days of the Son of
man, but you will not
see it.
17:23 And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is
here!
do not go away, or go
after them.
17:24 For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from
one
end of the sky to the
other, so will the Son of man be when his
time comes.
17:25 But first, he will have to undergo much and be put on
one
side by this
generation.
17:26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in
the
day of the Son of
man.
17:27 They were feasting and taking wives and getting
married,
till the day of the
overflowing of the waters, when Noah went
into the ark, and
they all came to destruction.
17:28 In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were
feasting
and trading, they
were planting and building;
17:29 But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came
down
from heaven and
destruction came on them all.
17:30 So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son
of
man.
17:31 On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house,
and
his goods are in the
house, let him not go down to take them
away; and let him who
is in the field not go back to his house.
17:32 Keep in mind Lot's wife.
17:33 If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will
be
taken from him, but
if anyone gives up his life, he will keep
it.
17:34 I say to you, In that night there will be two men
sleeping
in one bed, and one
will be taken away and the other let go.
17:35 Two women will be crushing grain together; one will be
taken away and the
other let go.
17:36 []
17:37 And they, answering him, said, Where, Lord? And he
said to
them, Where the body
is, there will the eagles come together.
18:1 And he made a story for them, the point of which was
that
men were to go on
making prayer and not get tired;
18:2 Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no
fear of God or
respect for man:
18:3 And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on
coming
to him and saying,
Give me my right against the man who has
done me wrong.
18:4 And for a time he would not: but later, he said to
himself,
Though I have no fear
of God or respect for man,
18:5 Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her
her
right; for if not, I
will be completely tired out by her
frequent coming.
18:6 And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil
judge.
18:7 And will not God do right in the cause of his saints,
whose
cries come day and
night to his ears, though he is long in
doing it?
18:8 I say to you that he will quickly do right in their
cause.
But when the Son of
man comes, will there be any faith on
earth?
18:9 And he made this story for some people who were certain
that they were good,
and had a low opinion of others:
18:10 Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a
Pharisee,
and the other a
tax-farmer.
18:11 The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself
these words: God, I
give you praise because I am not like other
men, who take more
than their right, who are evil-doers, who
are untrue to their
wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
18:12 Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of
all
I have.
18:13 The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away,
and
not lifting up even
his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and
said, God, have mercy
on me, a sinner.
18:14 I say to you, This man went back to his house with
God's
approval, and not the
other: for everyone who makes himself
high will be made low
and whoever makes himself low will be
made high.
18:15 And they took their children to him, so that he might
put
his hands on them:
but when the disciples saw it, they said
sharp words to them
18:16 But Jesus sent for them, saying, Let the children come
to
me, and do not keep
them away, for of such is the kingdom of
heaven.
18:17 Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under
the
kingdom of God like a
little child, will not come into it at
all.
18:18 And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying,
Good
Master, what have I
to do so that I may have eternal life?
18:19 And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good?
No
one is good, but only
God.
18:20 You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be
untrue
to your wife, Do not
put anyone to death, Do not take what is
not yours, Do not
give false witness, Give honour to your
father and mother.
18:21 And he said, All these things I have done from the
time
when I was a boy.
18:22 And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you
still
have need of; get
money for your goods, and give it away to the
poor, and you will
have wealth in heaven; and come after me.
18:23 But at these words he became very sad, for he had
great
wealth.
18:24 And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those
who have wealth to
get into the kingdom of God!
18:25 It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle, than for a
man who has much money to come into the
kingdom of God.
18:26 And those who were present said, Then who may have
salvation?
18:27 But he said, Things which are not possible with man
are
possible with God.
18:28 And Peter said, See, we have given up what is ours to
come
after you.
18:29 And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no
man
who has given up
house or wife or brothers or father or mother
or children, because
of the kingdom of God,
18:30 Who will not get much more in this time, and in the
world
to come, eternal
life.
18:31 And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now
we
are going up to
Jerusalem, and all the things which were said
by the prophets will
be done to the Son of man.
18:32 For he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be
made
sport of and put to
shame:
18:33 And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and
on
the third day he will
come back to life.
18:34 But they did not take in the sense of any of these
words,
and what he said was
not clear to them, and their minds were
not able to see it.
18:35 And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a
certain
blind man was seated
by the side of the road, making requests
for money from those
who went by.
18:36 And hearing the sound of a great number of people
going
by, he said, What is
this?
18:37 And they said to him, Jesus of Nazareth is going by.
18:38 And he said in a loud voice, Jesus, Son of David, have
mercy on me.
18:39 And those who were in front made protests and said to
him,
Be quiet: but he said
all the more, O Son of David, have mercy
on me.
18:40 And Jesus, stopping, gave orders that he was to come
to
him, and when he came
near, he said to him,
18:41 What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord,
that
I may be able to see
again.
18:42 And Jesus said, See again: your faith has made you
well.
18:43 And straight away he was able to see, and he went
after
him, giving glory to
God; and all the people when they saw it
gave praise to God.
19:1 And he went into Jericho, and when he was going through
it,
19:2 A man, named Zacchaeus, who was the chief tax-farmer,
and a
man of wealth,
19:3 Made an attempt to get a view of Jesus, and was not
able to
do so, because of the
people, for he was a small man.
19:4 And he went quickly in front of them and got up into a
tree
to see him, for he
was going that way.
19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, looking up, he said
to
him, Zacchaeus, be
quick and come down, for I am coming to your
house today.
19:6 And he came down quickly, and took him into his house
with
joy.
19:7 And when they saw it, they were all angry, saying, He
has
gone into the house
of a sinner.
19:8 And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord,
See,
Lord, half of my
goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken
anything from anyone
wrongly, I give him back four times as
much.
19:9 And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this
house, for even he is
a son of Abraham.
19:10 For the Son of man came to make search for those who
are
wandering from the
way, and to be their Saviour.
19:11 And while they were giving ear to these words, he made
another story for
them, because he was near Jerusalem, and
because they were of
the opinion that the kingdom of God was
coming straight away.
19:12 So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a
far-away country to
get a kingdom for himself, and to come
back.
19:13 And he sent for ten of his servants and gave them ten
pounds and said to
them, Do business with this till I come.
19:14 But his people had no love for him, and sent
representatives after
him, saying, We will not have this man
for our ruler.
19:15 And when he came back again, having got his kingdom,
he
gave orders for those
servants to whom he had given the money
to come to him, so
that he might have an account of what
business they had
done.
19:16 And the first came before him, saying, Lord, your
pound
has made ten pounds.
19:17 And he said to him, You have done well, O good
servant:
because you have done
well in a small thing you will have
authority over ten
towns.
19:18 And another came, saying, Your pound has made five
pounds.
19:19 And he said, You will be ruler over five towns.
19:20 And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound,
which
I put away in a
cloth;
19:21 Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man:
you
take up what you have
not put down, and get in grain where you
have not put seed.
19:22 He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be
judged, you bad
servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard
man, taking up what I
have not put down and getting in grain
where I have not put
seed;
19:23 Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that
when
I came I would get it
back with interest?
19:24 And he said to the others who were near, Take the
pound
away from him, and
give it to the man who has ten.
19:25 And they say to him, Lord, he has ten pounds.
19:26 And I say to you that to everyone who has, more will
be
given, but from him
who has not, even what he has will be taken
away.
19:27 And as for those who were against me, who would not
have
me for their ruler,
let them come here, and be put to death
before me.
19:28 And when he had said this, he went on in front of
them,
going up to
Jerusalem.
19:29 And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and
Bethany by the
mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives,
he sent two of the
disciples,
19:30 Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and
on
going in you will see
a young ass fixed with a cord, on which
no man has ever been
seated; let him loose and take him.
19:31 And if anyone says to you, Why are you taking him?
say,
The Lord has need of
him.
19:32 And those whom he sent went away, and it was as he
said.
19:33 And when they were getting the young ass, the owners
of it
said to them, Why are
you taking the young ass?
19:34 And they said, The Lord has need of him.
19:35 And they took him to Jesus, and they put their
clothing on
the ass, and Jesus
got on to him.
19:36 And while he went on his way they put their clothing
down
on the road in front
of him.
19:37 And when he came near the foot of the Mountain of
Olives,
all the disciples
with loud voices gave praise to God with joy,
because of all the
great works which they had seen;
19:38 Saying, A blessing on the King who comes in the name
of
the Lord; peace in
heaven and glory in the highest.
19:39 And some of the Pharisees among the people said to
him,
Master, make your
disciples be quiet.
19:40 And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep
quiet, the very
stones will be crying out.
19:41 And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome
with weeping for it,
19:42 Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the
things which give
peace! but you are not able to see them.
19:43 For the time will come when your attackers will put a
wall
round you, and come
all round you and keep you in on every
side,
19:44 And will make you level with the earth, and your
children
with you; and there
will not be one stone resting on another in
you, because you did
not see that it was your day of mercy.
19:45 And he went into the Temple and put out those who were
trading there,
19:46 Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a
house of prayer, but
you have made it a hole of thieves.
19:47 And every day he was teaching in the Temple. But the
chief
priests and the
scribes and the rulers of the people were
attempting to put him
to death;
19:48 But they were not able to do anything, because the
people
all kept near him,
being greatly interested in his words.
20:1 And it came about on one of those days, when he was
teaching the people
in the Temple and preaching the good news,
20:2 That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers
of
the people came to
him and said, Make clear to us by what
authority you do
these things and who gave you this authority.
20:3 And in answer he said to them, I will put a question to
you, and do you give
me an answer:
20:4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven or of men?
20:5 And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven;
he
will say, Why did you
not have faith in him?
20:6 But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people,
for
they are certain that
John was a prophet.
20:7 And they made answer that they had no idea where it
came
from.
20:8 And Jesus said, And I will not make clear to you by
what
authority I do these
things.
20:9 And he gave the people this story: A man made a
vine-garden
and gave the use of
it to some field-workers and went into
another country for a
long time.
20:10 And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers
to
get part of the fruit
from the vines; but the workmen gave him
blows and sent him
away with nothing.
20:11 And he sent another servant, and they gave blows to
him in
the same way, and put
shame on him, and sent him away with
nothing.
20:12 And he sent a third, and they gave him wounds and put
him
out.
20:13 And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I
will
send my dearly loved
son; they may give respect to him.
20:14 But when the workmen saw him, they said to one
another,
This is he who will
one day be the owner of the property: let
us put him to death
and the heritage will be ours.
20:15 And driving him out of the garden they put him to
death.
Now what will the
lord do to these workmen?
20:16 He will come and put them to destruction and give the
garden to others. And
when he said this, they said, May it not
be so.
20:17 But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the
Writings,
The stone which the
builders put on one side, the same has
become the chief
stone of the building?
20:18 Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the
man
on whom the stone
comes down will be crushed to dust.
20:19 And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to
get
their hands on him in
that very hour; and they were in fear of
the people, for they
saw that he had made up this story against
them.
20:20 And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret
representatives, who
were acting the part of good men, in order
that they might get
something from his words, on account of
which they might give
him up to the government and into the
power of the ruler.
20:21 And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are
certain that your
teaching and your words are right, and that
you have no respect
for a man's position, but you are teaching
the true way of God:
20:22 Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar
or
not?
20:23 But he saw through their trick and said to them,
20:24 Let me see a penny. Whose image and name are on it?
And
they said, Caesar's.
20:25 And he said, Then give to Caesar the things which are
Caesar's, and to God
the things which are God's.
20:26 And they were not able to get anything from these
words
before the people:
but they were full of wonder at his answer,
and said nothing.
20:27 And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that
there
is no coming back
from the dead; and they said to him,
20:28 Master, Moses said that if a man's brother comes to
his
end, having a wife,
but no children, his brother is to take the
wife, and get a
family for his brother.
20:29 Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a
wife
and came to his end,
having no children;
20:30 And the second;
20:31 And the third took her; and in the same way, all the
seven, without having
any children, came to their end.
20:32 And last of all, the woman came to her end.
20:33 When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she
be?
for all the seven had
her.
20:34 And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are
married
and have wives;
20:35 But those to whom is given the reward of the world to
come, and to come
back from the dead, have no wives, and are
not married;
20:36 And death has no more power over them, for they are
equal
to the angels, and
are sons of God, being of those who will
come back from the
dead.
20:37 But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back
to
life, saying, in the
story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord,
the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
20:38 Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living:
for
all men are living to
him.
20:39 And some of the scribes, in answer to this, said,
Master,
you have said well.
20:40 And they had fear of putting any more questions to
him.
20:41 And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ
is
the son of David?
20:42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord
said to my Lord, Take
your seat at my right hand,
20:43 Till I put under your feet all those who are against
you.
20:44 David then gives him the name of Lord, so how is it
possible for him to
be his son?
20:45 And in the hearing of all the people he said to his
disciples,
20:46 Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go
about in long robes,
and to have words of respect said to them
in the market-places,
and to take the chief seats in the
Synagogues and the
first places at feasts;
20:47 Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of
men
make long prayers;
they will get a greater punishment.
21:1 And looking up, he saw the men of wealth putting their
offerings in the
money-box.
21:2 And he saw a certain poor widow putting in a farthing.
21:3 And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has
given
more than all of
them:
21:4 For they gave out of their wealth, having more than
enough
for themselves: but
she, even out of her need, has put in all
her living.
21:5 And some were talking about the Temple, how it was made
fair with beautiful
stones and with offerings, but he said,
21:6 As for these things which you see, the days will come
when
not one stone will be
resting on another, but all will be
broken down.
21:7 And they said to him, Master, when will these things
be?
and what sign will
there be when these events are to take
place?
21:8 And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a
number of people will
come in my name, saying, I am he; and,
The time is near: do
not go after them.
21:9 And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your
ears, have no fear;
for these things have to be, but the end
will not be now.
21:10 Then he said to them, Nation will be moved against
nation
and kingdom against
kingdom:
21:11 There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of
disease
in a number of
places, and men will be without food; and there
will be wonders and
great signs from heaven.
21:12 But before all this, they will take you and be very
cruel
to you, giving you up
to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking
you before kings and
rulers, because of my name.
21:13 And it will be turned to a witness for you.
21:14 So take care not to be troubled before the time comes,
about what answers
you will give:
21:15 For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one
of
those who are against
you will be able to get the better of
you, or to put you in
the wrong.
21:16 But you will be given up even by your fathers and
mothers,
your brothers and
relations and friends; and some of you will
be put to death.
21:17 And you will be hated by all men, because of me.
21:18 But not a hair of your head will come to destruction.
21:19 By going through all these things, you will keep your
lives.
21:20 But when you see armies all round about Jerusalem,
then be
certain that her
destruction is near.
21:21 Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the
mountains; and those
who are in the middle of the town go out;
and let not those who
are in the country come in.
21:22 For these are the days of punishment, in which all the
things in the
Writings will be put into effect.
21:23 It will be hard for women who are with child, and for
her
with a baby at the
breast, in those days. For great trouble
will come on the
land, and wrath on this people.
21:24 And they will be put to death with the sword, and will
be
taken as prisoners
into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be
crushed under the
feet of the Gentiles, till the times of the
Gentiles are complete.
21:25 And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars;
and
on the earth, fear
among the nations and doubt because of the
loud noise of the sea
and the waves;
21:26 Men's strength will go from them in fear and in
waiting
for the things which
are coming on the earth; for the powers of
the heavens will be
moved.
21:27 And then they will see the Son of man coming in a
cloud,
with power and great
glory.
21:28 But when these things come about, let your heads be
lifted
up, because your
salvation is near.
21:29 And he made a story for them: See the fig-tree, and
all
the trees;
21:30 When they put out their young leaves, you take note of
it,
and it is clear to
you that summer is coming.
21:31 In the same way, when you see these things taking place
you may be certain
that the kingdom of God is near.
21:32 Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to
an
end till all things
are complete.
21:33 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words
will
not come to an end.
21:34 But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your
hearts become
over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and
the cares of this
life, and that day may come on you suddenly,
and take you as in a
net:
21:35 For so it will come on all those who are living on the
face of all the
earth.
21:36 But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may
be
strong enough to come
through all these things and take your
place before the Son
of man.
21:37 And every day he was teaching in the Temple and every
night he went out to
the mountain which is named the Mountain
of Olives to take his
rest.
21:38 And all the people came early in the morning to give
ear
to his words in the
Temple.
22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread was near, which is
called
the Passover.
22:2 And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for
a
chance to put him to
death, but they went in fear of the
people.
22:3 And Satan came into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the
twelve.
22:4 And he went away and had a discussion with the chief
priests and the
rulers, about how he might give him up to them.
22:5 And they were glad, and undertook to give him money.
22:6 And he made an agreement with them to give him up to
them,
if he got a chance,
when the people were not present.
22:7 And the day of unleavened bread came, when the Passover
lamb is put to death.
22:8 And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make the
Passover ready for
us, so that we may take it.
22:9 And they said to him, Where are we to get it ready?
22:10 And he said to them, When you go into the town you
will
see a man coming to
you with a vessel of water; go after him
into the house into
which he goes.
22:11 And say to the master of the house, The Master says,
Where
is the guest-room,
where I may take the Passover with my
disciples?
22:12 And he will take you up to a great room with a table
and
seats: there make
ready.
22:13 And they went, and it was as he had said: and they
made
the Passover ready.
22:14 And when the time had come, he took his seat, and the
Apostles with him.
22:15 And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this
Passover with you
before I come to my death;
22:16 For I say to you, I will not take it till it is made
complete in the
kingdom of God.
22:17 And he took a cup and, having given praise, he said,
Make
division of this
among yourselves;
22:18 For I say to you, I will not take of the fruit of the
vine
till the kingdom of
God has come.
22:19 And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it
to
them when it had been
broken, saying, This is my body, which is
given for you: do
this in memory of me.
22:20 And in the same way, after the meal, he took the cup,
saying, This cup is
the new testament, made with my blood which
is given for you.
22:21 But the hand of him who is false to me is with me at
the
table.
22:22 For it will be done to the Son of man after the
purpose of
God, but unhappy is
that man by whom he is given up.
22:23 And they were wondering among themselves which of them
it
was who would do this
thing.
22:24 And there was an argument among them about which of
them
was the greatest.
22:25 And he said, The kings of the Gentiles are lords over
them, and those who
have authority are given names of honour.
22:26 But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater,
let
him become like the
younger; and he who is chief, like a
servant.
22:27 For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a
meal or
the servant who is
waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I
am among you as a
servant.
22:28 But you are those who have kept with me through my
troubles;
22:29 And I will give you a kingdom as my Father has given
one
to me,
22:30 So that you may take food and drink at my table in my
kingdom, and be
seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of
Israel.
22:31 Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so
that he may put you
to the test as grain is tested:
22:32 But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may
not go
from you: and when
you are turned again, make your brothers
strong.
22:33 And he said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with you to
prison and to death.
22:34 And he said, I say to you, Peter, before the cock's
second
cry today, you will
say three times that you have no knowledge
of me.
22:35 And he said to them, When I sent you out without money
or
bag or shoes, were
you in need of anything? And they said,
Nothing.
22:36 And he said to them, But now, he who has a money-bag,
or a
bag for food, let him
take it: and he who has not, let him give
his coat for money
and get a sword.
22:37 For I say to you that these words will be put into
effect
in me, And he was
numbered among the evil-doers: for what has
been said in the
Writings about me has an end.
22:38 And they said, Lord, here are two swords. And he said,
It
is enough.
22:39 And he came out, and went, as his way was, to the
Mountain
of Olives, and the
disciples went with him.
22:40 And when he came to the place, he said to them, Make a
prayer that you may
not be put to the test.
22:41 And he went a little distance away from them and,
falling
on his knees in
prayer, he said,
22:42 Father, if it is your pleasure, take this cup from me:
but
still, let your
pleasure, not mine, be done.
22:43 And an angel from heaven came to him, to give him
strength.
22:44 And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his
prayer became
stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from
him, falling to the
earth.
22:45 And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples,
and
saw that they were sleeping
for sorrow.
22:46 And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give
yourselves to prayer,
so that you may not be put to the test.
22:47 And while he was saying these words, there came a band
of
people, and Judas,
one of the twelve, was in front of them, and
he came near to Jesus
to give him a kiss.
22:48 But Jesus said to him, Judas, will you be false to the
Son
of man with a kiss?
22:49 And when those who were with him saw what was coming,
they
said, Lord, may we
not make use of our swords?
22:50 And one of them gave a blow to the servant of the high
priest, cutting off
his right ear.
22:51 But Jesus, answering, said, Put up with this, at
least.
And touching his ear,
he made it well.
22:52 And Jesus said to the chief priests and the captains
of
the Temple and the
rulers, who had come against him, Have you
come out as against a
thief, with swords and sticks?
22:53 When I was in the Temple with you every day, your
hands
were not stretched out
against me: but this is your hour, and
the authority of the
dark power.
22:54 And they made him a prisoner and took him away to the
house of the high
priest. But Peter went after them at a
distance.
22:55 And a fire was lighted in the middle of the open
square,
and they were seated
together, and Peter was among them.
22:56 And a certain woman-servant, seeing him in the light
of
the fire, and looking
at him with attention, said, This man was
with him.
22:57 But he said, Woman, it is not true; I have no
knowledge of
him.
22:58 And after a little time, another saw him and said, You
are
one of them; and he
said, Man, I am not.
22:59 And after about an hour, another man said, with
decision,
Certainly this man
was with him, for he is a Galilaean.
22:60 And Peter said, Man, I have no knowledge of these
things
of which you are
talking. And straight away, while he was
saying these words,
there came the cry of a cock.
22:61 And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the
words of
the Lord came to Peter's
mind, how he had said, This night,
before the hour of
the cock's cry, you will be false to me
three times.
22:62 And he went out, weeping bitterly.
22:63 And the men in whose hands Jesus was, made sport of
him
and gave him blows.
22:64 And, covering his eyes, they said to him, Are you
prophet
enough to say who
gave you that blow?
22:65 And they said a number of other evil things against
him.
22:66 And when it was day, the rulers of the people came
together, with the
chief priests and the scribes, and they took
him before their
Sanhedrin, saying,
22:67 If you are the Christ, say so. But he said, If I say
so
you will not have
belief;
22:68 And if I put a question to you, you will not give an
answer.
22:69 But in the future the Son of man will be seated at the
right hand of the
power of God.
22:70 And they all said, Are you then the Son of God? and he
said, You say that I
am.
22:71 And they said, What more need have we of witness? we
have
the very words of his
mouth.
23:1 And they all went and took him before Pilate.
23:2 And they made statements against him, saying, This man
has
to our knowledge been
teaching our nation to do wrong, and not
to make payment of
taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself
is Christ, a king.
23:3 And Pilate said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?
And
he said in answer,
You say so.
23:4 And Pilate said to the chief priests and the people, In
my
opinion this man has
done no wrong.
23:5 But they became more violent than before, saying, He has
made trouble among
the people, teaching through all Judaea from
Galilee to this
place.
23:6 But at these words Pilate said, Is the man a Galilaean?
23:7 And when he saw that he was under the authority of
Herod,
he sent him to Herod,
who was in Jerusalem himself at that
time.
23:8 Now when Herod saw Jesus he was very glad, having for a
long time had a
desire to see him, for he had had accounts of
him, and was hoping
to see some wonders done by him.
23:9 And he put a great number of questions to him, but he
said
nothing.
23:10 And the chief priests and the scribes were there,
making
statements against
him violently.
23:11 And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him
and
made sport of him,
and dressing him in shining robes, he sent
him back to Pilate.
23:12 And that day Herod and Pilate became friends with one
another, for before
they had been against one another.
23:13 And Pilate sent for the chief priests and the rulers
and
the people, and said
to them,
23:14 You say that this man has been teaching the people
evil
things: now I, after
going into the question before you, see
nothing wrong in this
man in connection with the things which
you have said against
him:
23:15 And Herod is of the same opinion, for he has sent him
back
to us; for, you see,
he has done nothing for which I might put
him to death.
23:16 And so I will give him punishment and let him go.
23:17 []
23:18 But with loud voices they said all together, Put this
man
to death, and make
Barabbas free.
23:19 Now this man was in prison because of an attack
against
the government in the
town, in which there had been loss of
life.
23:20 And Pilate again said to them that it was his desire
to
let Jesus go free.
23:21 But crying out they said, To the cross with him!
23:22 And he said to them a third time, Why, what evil has
he
done? I see no reason
for putting him to death: I will give him
punishment and let
him go.
23:23 But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to
death on the cross.
And they had their way.
23:24 And Pilate gave his decision for their desire to be
put
into effect.
23:25 And in answer to their request, he let that man go
free
who had been in
prison for acting against the government and
causing death, and
Jesus he gave up to their pleasure.
23:26 And while they were taking him away, they put their
hands
on Simon of Cyrene,
who was coming from the country, and made
him take the cross
after Jesus.
23:27 And a great band of people went after him, and of
women
making signs of grief
and weeping for him.
23:28 But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of
Jerusalem,
let not your weeping
be for me, but for yourselves and for your
children.
23:29 For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy
are
those who have had no
children, whose bodies have never given
birth, whose breasts
have never given milk.
23:30 And they will say to the mountains, Come down on us,
and
to the hills, Be a
cover over us.
23:31 For if they do these things when the tree is green, what
will they do when it
is dry?
23:32 And two others, evil-doers, were taken with him to be
put
to death.
23:33 And when they came to the place which is named
Golgotha,
they put him on the
cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right
side, and the other
on the left.
23:34 And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for
they have no
knowledge of what they are doing. And they made
division of his
clothing among them by the decision of chance.
23:35 And the people were looking on. And the rulers made
sport
of him, saying, He
was a saviour of others; let him do
something for
himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's
selection.
23:36 And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to
him
and giving him bitter
wine,
23:37 And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, get
yourself
free.
23:38 And these words were put in writing over him, THIS IS
THE
KING OF THE JEWS.
23:39 And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter
feeling, said to him,
Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and
us out of this.
23:40 But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of
God?
for you have a part
in the same punishment,
23:41 And with reason; for we have the right reward of our
acts,
but this man has done
nothing wrong.
23:42 And he said, Jesus, keep me in mind when you come in
your
kingdom.
23:43 And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you will
be
with me in Paradise.
23:44 And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land
was
dark till the ninth
hour;
23:45 The light of the sun went out, and the curtain in the
Temple was parted in
two.
23:46 And Jesus gave a loud cry and said, Father, into your
hands I give my
spirit: and when he had said this, he gave up
his spirit.
23:47 And when the captain saw what was done, he gave praise
to
God, saying, Without
doubt this was an upright man.
23:48 And all the people who had come together to see it,
when
they saw the things
which were done, went back again making
signs of grief.
23:49 And all his friends and the women who came with him
from
Galilee, were waiting
at a distance, watching these things.
23:50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority
and a
good and upright man
23:51 (He had not given his approval to their decision or
their
acts), of Arimathaea,
a town of the Jews, who was waiting for
the kingdom of God:
23:52 This man went to Pilate and made a request for the
body of
Jesus.
23:53 And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth,
he
put it in a place cut
in the rock for a dead body; and no one
had ever been put in
it.
23:54 Now it was the day of making ready and the Sabbath was
coming on.
23:55 And the women who had come with him from Galilee went
after him and saw the
place and how his body had been put to
rest;
23:56 And they went back and got ready spices and perfumes;
and
on the Sabbath they
took their rest, in agreement with the law.
24:1 But on the first day of the week, at dawn, they came to
the
place where his body
had been put, taking the spices which they
had got ready.
24:2 And they saw that the stone had been rolled away.
24:3 And they went in, but the body of the Lord Jesus was
not
there.
24:4 And while they were in doubt about it, they saw two men
in
shining clothing by
them:
24:5 And while their faces were bent down to the earth in
fear,
these said to them,
Why are you looking for the living among
the dead?
24:6 He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind
what
he said to you when
he was still in Galilee, saying,
24:7 The Son of man will be given up into the hands of
evil-doers, and be
put to death on the cross, and on the third
day he will come back
to life.
24:8 And his words came back into their minds,
24:9 And they went away from that place and gave an account
of
all these things to
the eleven disciples and all the others.
24:10 Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary,
the
mother of James: and
the other women with them said these
things to the
Apostles.
24:11 But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had
no
belief in them.
24:12 But Peter got up and went to the place where the body
had
been put, and looking
in he saw nothing but the linen cloths,
and he went to his
house full of wonder at what had taken
place.
24:13 And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to
a
little town named
Emmaus, which was about seven miles from
Jerusalem.
24:14 And they were talking together about all those things
which had taken
place.
24:15 And while they were talking and questioning together,
Jesus himself came
near and went with them.
24:16 But their eyes were not open that they might have
knowledge of him.
24:17 And he said to them, What are you talking about
together
while you go?
24:18 Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them,
named Cleopas, said
to him, Are you the only man living in
Jerusalem who has not
had news of the things which have taken
place there at this
time?
24:19 And he said to them, What things? And they said, The
things to do with
Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great
in his acts and his
words, before God and all the people:
24:20 And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up
to be
put to death on the
cross.
24:21 But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of
Israel.
In addition to all
this he has now let three days go by from
the time when these
things took place;
24:22 And certain women among us gave us cause for wonder,
for
they went early to
the place where his body had been put,
24:23 And it was not there; then they came saying that they
had
seen a vision of
angels who said that he was living.
24:24 And some of those who were with us went to the place,
and
saw that it was as
the women had said, but him they did not
see.
24:25 And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give
belief to what the
prophets have said.
24:26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through
these
things, and to come
into his glory?
24:27 And he made clear to them all the things in the
Writings,
from Moses and from
all the prophets, which had to do with
himself.
24:28 And they came near the town to which they were going,
and
he seemed as if he
was going on;
24:29 But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening
is
near, the day is
almost gone. And he went in with them.
24:30 And when he was seated with them at table, he took the
bread, and said words
of blessing and, making division of it,
he gave it to them.
24:31 And then their eyes were open, and they had knowledge
of
him, but he went from
their view.
24:32 And they said to one another, Were not our hearts
burning
in us while he was
talking to us on the way, making clear to us
the holy Writings?
24:33 And that very hour they got up and went back to
Jerusalem,
where the eleven and
the others had come together.
24:34 And they said to them, The Lord has truly come back to
life again, and Simon
has seen him.
24:35 And they gave an account of the things which had taken
place on the way, and
how, when he gave them bread, they had
knowledge of him.
24:36 And while they were saying these things, he himself
was
among them, and said
to them, Peace be with you!
24:37 But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that
they
were seeing a spirit.
24:38 And he said to them, Why are you troubled, and why are
your hearts full of
doubt?
24:39 See; my hands and my feet: it is I myself; put your
hands
on me and make
certain; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as
you see that I have.
24:40 And when he had said this, he let them see his hands
and
his feet.
24:41 And because, for joy and wonder, they were still in
doubt,
he said to them, Have
you any food here?
24:42 And they gave him a bit of cooked fish.
24:43 And before their eyes he took a meal.
24:44 And he said to them, These are the words which I said
to
you when I was still
with you, how it was necessary for all the
things which are in
the writings of Moses and the prophets and
in the Psalms about
me, to be put into effect.
24:45 Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.
24:46 And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the
Christ would undergo
death, and come back to life again on the
third day;
24:47 And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness
of sins is to be
given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in
his name.
24:48 You are witnesses of these things.
24:49 And now I will send to you what my father has
undertaken
to give you, but do
not go from the town, till the power from
heaven comes to you.
24:50 And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and
lifting up his hands,
he gave them a blessing.
24:51 And while he was doing so, he went from them and was
taken
up into heaven.
24:52 And they gave him worship and went back to Jerusalem
with
great joy.
24:53 And they were in the Temple at all times, giving
praise to
God.