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Line 2,656: − + − “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast.’ Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, '''both bad and good'''. The wedding was filled with guests. But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on wedding clothing, and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’ For many are called, but few '''chosen'''.” + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − :“ ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’ − “Now there were with us seven brethren. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh. After them all, the woman died. In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her.” − + − :“ ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? − “God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” − + − :“ ‘If a man’s brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’ − “There were seven brethren. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring. The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise; and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died. In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife.” − + − :“ ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? − “He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.” − + − + − :“ ‘Hear, O Israel, '''the Lord''' our God, '''the Lord''' is one: you shall love '''the Lord''' your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ − “This is the first commandment. The second is like this, − :“ ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ − “There is no other commandment greater than these.” − + − + − + − + − :“ ‘The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ − “Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.” − + − + − + − :“ ‘You shall love '''the Lord''' your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ − “This is the first and great commandment. A second likewise is this, − :“ ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ − “The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.” − + − + − + − :“ ‘'''The Lord''' said to my '''Lord''', sit on my right hand, to the day I make your enemies a footstool for your feet’? − “If then David calls him '''Lord''', how is he his son?” − + − :“ ‘'''The Lord''' said to my '''Lord''', “Sit at my right hand, unto the day I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.” ’ − “Therefore David himself calls him '''Lord''', so how can he be his son?” − + − + − :“ ‘'''The Lord''' said to my '''Lord''', “Sit at my right hand, to the day I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.” ’ − “David therefore calls him '''Lord''', so how is he his son?” − + − + − + − + − “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, [[hypocrites]]'''!''' For you '''devour''' widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation. + − “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites'''!''' Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you do not enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites'''!''' For you travel around by sea and land to make one [[proselyte]]; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves. + − “Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Temple, he is obligated.’ You blind fools'''!''' For which is greater, the gold, or the Temple that sanctifies the gold? ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated’? You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it. He who swears by the Temple, swears by it, and by him who has been living in it. He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it. + − “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites'''!''' For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law''':''' justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel'''!''' + − “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites'''!''' For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also. + − “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites'''!''' For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. + − “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites'''!''' For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous, and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’ Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna? Therefore behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. + − “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her'''!''' How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not'''!''' Behold, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, to the day you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of '''the Lord!'''’ ” + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the middle of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein. For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days'''!''' For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, to the day the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves; men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world''':''' for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near.” + − + − "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away. + − “So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly. For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth. Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.” + − + − + − “When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains. But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them. The Good News must first be preached to all the nations. When they lead you away and deliver you up, do not be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. + − “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved. But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not” (let the reader understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house. Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak. But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days'''!''' Pray that your flight will not be in the winter. For in those days there will be horrifying distress, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created unto now, and never will be. Unless '''the Lord''' had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the '''chosen''' ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days. Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Christ, the Anointed One'''!'''’ or, ‘Look, there'''!'''’ '''do not believe it'''. For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show '''signs and wonders''', that they may '''lead astray''', if possible, even the '''chosen''' ones. But you''':''' watch. + − “Behold, I have told you all things beforehand. But in those days, '''after''' that horrifying distress, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. '''Then''' they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. '''Then''' he will send out his angels, and will gather together his '''chosen''' ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky. + − “Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near; even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors. Most certainly I say to you, this generation will not pass away before all these things happen. + − "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the son, but only the Father. Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you do not know when the time is. + − “It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. Watch therefore, for you do not know when '''the Lord''' of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning; lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping. What I tell you, I tell all''':''' Watch.” + − + − + − “When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (let the reader understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house. Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes. But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days'''!''' Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath, for then there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world before now, no, nor ever will be. Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the '''chosen''' ones, those days will be shortened. + − “Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ, the Anointed One’ or, ‘There,’ '''do not believe it'''. For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great '''signs and wonders''', so as to '''lead astray''', if possible, even the '''chosen''' ones. + − “Behold, I have told you beforehand. If therefore they tell you, ‘Behold, he is in the wilderness,’ '''do not go out'''; or ‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’ '''do not believe it'''. For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. For '''wherever the carcass is, that is where the vultures gather together'''. But immediately '''after''' the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; and '''then''' the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his '''chosen''' ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. + − “Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near. Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, before all these things are accomplished. + − "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only. + − “As the days of Noah were, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day that Noah entered into the ship, and they did not know before '''the flood came''', and '''took''' them all away, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field''':''' one will be '''taken''' and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill''':''' one will be '''taken''' and one will be left. Watch therefore, for you do not know in what hour your '''Lord''' comes. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for in an hour that you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. + − “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his '''Lord''' has set over his household, to give them their food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his '''Lord''' finds doing so when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has. But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My '''Lord''' is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards, the '''Lord''' of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour when he does not know it, and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be. + − “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold'''!''' The bridegroom is coming'''!''' Come out to meet him'''!'''’ Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there is not enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, ‘'''Lord, Lord,''' open to us.’ But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I do not know you.’ Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming. + − “For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey. Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two. But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth, and hid his '''Lord'''’s money. + − “Now after a long time '''the Lord''' of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them. He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘'''Lord''', you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents in addition to them.’ + − “His '''Lord''' said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your '''Lord'''.’ + − “He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘'''Lord''', you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents in addition to them.’ + − “His '''Lord''' said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your '''Lord'''.’ + − “He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘'''Lord''', I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’ + − “But his '''Lord''' answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You “knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter”? You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest. Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who does not have, even that which he has will be taken away. Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ + − “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’ + − “Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘'''Lord''', when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’ + − “The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these '''my brethren''', you did it to me.’ + − “Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you did not give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you did not take me in; naked, and you did not clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me.’ + − “Then they will also answer, saying, ‘'''Lord''', when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not help you?’ + − “Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − :“'''Lord''', who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of '''the Lord''' been revealed?” − + − :“He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.” − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + Line 2,954:
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Line 2,950: − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − "All of you drink it, for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins. But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of '''the vine''' from now on, before that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.” + − + − "Most certainly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit of '''the vine''', before that day when I drink it anew in God’s Kingdom. + − “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. + − "But behold, '''the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table'''. The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed'''!'''” + Line 3,029:
Line 3,003: − + − '''The Lord''' said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you all as wheat, but I prayed for you, that your faith would not fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brethren.” + − + − + − + − + − + − :“ ‘He was counted with transgressors.’ − “For that which concerns me has an end.” − + − + − '''During supper''', the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that '''he came from God''', and was going to God, '''arose from supper''', and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel and wrapped a towel around his waist. Then he poured water into the basin, and began to '''wash''' the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, “'''Lord''', do you '''wash''' my feet?” + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − :“ ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’ − “From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that '''I AM'''. Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who '''sent me'''.” − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − “In my Father’s house are many homes. If it were not so, I would have told you. '''I AM''' going to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, '''I will come again''', and will receive you to myself; that where '''I AM''', you may be there also. You know where I go, and you know the way.” + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − “In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples. Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. '''If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love'''; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love. I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full. + − “'''This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you'''. Greater love has no one than this, that someone '''lay down his life for his friends'''. You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his '''lord''' does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you. + − “I command this to you, that you '''love one another'''. If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you''':''' ‘A servant is not greater than his '''lord'''.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they do not know him who '''sent me'''. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates me, hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father. But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, + − :“ ‘They hated me without a cause.’ − “When the '''Paraclete, the Defending Advocate and Warrior-Champion''' has come, whom '''I will send to you''' from the Father, '''the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father''', he will testify about me. You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning. + − “I have said these things to you so that you would not be caused to stumble. They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God. They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you. But now '''I AM''' going to him who '''sent me''', and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth''':''' It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the '''Paraclete, the Defending Advocate and Warrior-Champion''' will not come to you. But if I go, '''I will send him''' to you. When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment; about sin, because they do not believe in me; about righteousness, because '''I AM''' going to my Father, and you will not see me any more; about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged. + − “I still have many things to tell you, but you cannot bear them now. However when he, the '''Spirit of truth''', has come, '''he will guide you into all truth''', for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming. He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine, and will declare it to you. '''All things that the Father has are mine'''; therefore I said that he takes of mine and will declare it to you. A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.” + − + − + − + − “In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Up to now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full. I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father. In that day you will ask in my name; and I do not say to you that I will pray to the Father for you, for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that '''I came from God. I came from the Father''', and '''have come''' into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.” + − + − + − + − “I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word. Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you, for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that '''I came from you'''. They have believed that '''you sent me'''. I pray for them. I do not pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and '''I AM''' glorified in them. '''I AM''' no more in the world, but these are in the world, and '''I AM''' coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. I have kept those whom you have given me. None of them is lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves. + − “I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as '''I AM''' not of the world. '''I pray not that you would take them from the world''', but that you would keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world even as '''I AM''' not of the world. Sanctify them in your truth. Your Word is truth. As '''you sent me''' into the world, even so I have sent them into the world. For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that '''you sent me'''. The glory which you have given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, even as we are one; I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that '''you sent me''' and loved them, even as you loved me. Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where '''I AM''', that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world. Righteous Father, the world has not known you, but I have known you; and these know that '''you sent me'''. I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.” +
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He said to him, If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.
He said to him, If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.
He said to the disciples, It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble. Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, I repent, you shall forgive him.”
He said to the disciples, It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble. Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, I repent, you shall forgive him.
The apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith.
The apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith.
The Lord said, If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it would obey you. But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say when he comes in from the field, Come immediately and sit down at the table,’ and will not rather tell him, Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink? Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not. Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.
The Lord said, If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it would obey you. But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say when he comes in from the field, Come immediately and sit down at the table, and will not rather tell him, Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink? Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not. Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.
As he was on his way to Jerusalem, he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee. As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance. They lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!
As he was on his way to Jerusalem, he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee. As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance. They lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!
A certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
A certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Jesus asked him, Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one''':''' God. You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not give false testimony, Honor your father and your mother.
Jesus asked him, Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one: God. You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not give false testimony, Honor your father and your mother.
He said, I have observed all these things from my youth up.
He said, I have observed all these things from my youth up.
When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant toward James and John, they were indignant with the two brethren. But Jesus summoned them, and said to them, You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations also lord it over them, and their great ones also exercise authority over them.
When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant toward James and John, they were indignant with the two brethren. But Jesus summoned them, and said to them, You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations also lord it over them, and their great ones also exercise authority over them.
But it shall not be so among you. Whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant, whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant. Whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant, whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all; even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
But it shall not be so among you. Whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant, whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant. Whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant, whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all; even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
As he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging. Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant. They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. He cried out, Jesus, true Son of David, have mercy on me!
As he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging. Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant. They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. He cried out, Jesus, true Son of David, have mercy on me!
He answered them, I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.
He answered them, I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.
When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes. For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side, and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes. For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side, and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.
Then Jesus entered into the Temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. It was Friday, the sixth day of the week, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
Then Jesus entered into the Temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. It was Friday, the sixth day of the week, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
They left him, and went away.
They left him, and went away.
As the chief priests, the scribes and the elders left him, Jesus responded and spoke to the people again in parables, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son, and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast'''!'''” ’ But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise, and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them. When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
As the chief priests, the scribes and the elders left him, Jesus responded and spoke to the people again in parables, saying, The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son, and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent out other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast! But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise, and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them. When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Then he said to his servants, The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast. Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests. But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on wedding clothing, and he said to him, Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing? He was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be. For many are called, but few chosen.
The '''[[Sadducees|chief priests]] and the scribes''' sought to '''lay hands on him''' that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them. '''They watched him and sent out spies''', who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and Teach what is right, and are not partial to anyone, but truly Teach the way of God. Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people: for they knew he had spoken this parable against them. They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. They asked him, Teacher, we know that you say and Teach what is right, and are not partial to anyone, but truly Teach the way of God. Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test me? Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?”
But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, Why do you test me? Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?
They answered, “Caesar’s.”
They answered, Caesar’s.
He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
He said to them, Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.
They were not able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.
They were not able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.
Then '''the Pharisees went and took counsel''' how they might entrap him in his talk. '''They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians''' to him, that they might trap him with words. '''They sent their disciples''' to him, along with the '''Herodians''', instructing them, and saying, “ ‘Teacher, we know that you are honest, and Teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you Teach, for you are not partial to anyone. Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?’ ”
Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk. They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words. They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, instructing them, and saying, Teacher, we know that you are honest, and Teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you Teach, for you are not partial to anyone. Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
This they were instructed to say. So when they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and do not defer to anyone; for you are not partial to anyone, but truly Teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Shall we give, or shall we not give?”
This they were instructed to say. So when they had come, they asked him, Teacher, we know that you are honest, and do not defer to anyone; for you are not partial to anyone, but truly Teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Shall we give, or shall we not give?
But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”
But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.
They went and brought it.
They went and brought it.
Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites? Show me the tax money.”
Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why do you test me, you hypocrites? Show me the tax money.
They brought to him a denarius.
They brought to him a denarius.
He said to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”
He said to them, Whose is this image and inscription?
They said to him, “Caesar’s.”
They said to him, Caesar’s.
He asked them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”
He asked them, Whose is this image and inscription?
They said to him, “Caesar’s.”
They said to him, Caesar’s.
Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
Then he said to them, Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.
Jesus answered them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
Jesus answered them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.
When they heard it, they marveled greatly at him, and left him, and went away. For the coin had the image of Caesar, but man is the image of God.
When they heard it, they marveled greatly at him, and left him, and went away. For the coin had the image of Caesar, but man is the image of God.
On that day [[Sadducees]] (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him, saying, “Teacher, Moses said,
On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh. After them all, the woman died. In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her.
But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven. But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
But Jesus answered them, You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven. But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his Teaching.
When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his Teaching.
Some more Sadducees came to him. They asked him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us,
Some more Sadducees came to him. They asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If a man’s brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother. There were seven brethren. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring. The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise; and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died. In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife.
Jesus answered them, “Is this not because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God? For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. But about the dead, that they are raised; have you not read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying,
Jesus answered them, Is this not because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God? For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. But about the dead, that they are raised; have you not read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.
One of the '''scribes''' came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”
One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, Which commandment is the greatest of all?
Jesus answered, “The greatest is,
Jesus answered, The greatest is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one: you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. The second is like this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
The scribe said to him, “Truly''',''' Teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he, and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
The scribe said to him, Truly, Teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he, and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from God’s Kingdom.”
When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, You are not far from God’s Kingdom.
Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection. They asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up children for his brother. There were therefore seven brethren. The first took a wife, and died childless. The second took her as wife, and he died childless. The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died. Afterward the woman also died. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.”
Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection. They asked him, Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up children for his brother. There were therefore seven brethren. The first took a wife, and died childless. The second took her as wife, and he died childless. The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died. Afterward the woman also died. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.
Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage. But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. For they cannot die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called '''the Lord'''
Jesus said to them, The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage. But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. For they cannot die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.
Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you speak well.”
Some of the scribes answered, Teacher, you speak well.
They did not dare to ask him any more questions.
They did not dare to ask him any more questions.
But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together. One of them, a '''lawyer''', asked him a question, testing him. “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together. One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him. Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?
Jesus said to him,
Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. A second likewise is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.
No one dared ask him any question after that.
No one dared ask him any question after that.
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, saying, “[[Opinion|What do you think]] of the Christ? Whose son is he?”
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, saying, What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?
They said to him, “Of David.”
They said to him, Of David.
He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him '''Lord''', saying,
He said to them, How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, to the day I make your enemies a footstool for your feet? If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?
No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.
No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.
Jesus answered their [[casuistry]], as he Taught in the Temple, “How is it that the [[Scribes (Bible)|scribes]] say that the Christ, the Anointed One, is the son of David? For David himself said in the Holy Spirit,
Jesus answered their [[casuistry]], as he Taught in the Temple, How is it that the scribes say that the Christ, the Anointed One, is the son of David? For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, unto the day I make your enemies the footstool of your feet. Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?
The common people heard him gladly.
The common people heard him gladly.
In his Teaching he said to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces, and the best seats in the [[synagogue]]s, and the best places at feasts''':''' those who '''devour''' widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
In his Teaching he said to them, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces, and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts: those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.
He said to them, “Why do they say that the Christ, the Anointed One, is David’s son? David himself says in the book of Psalms,
He said to them, Why do they say that the Christ, the Anointed One, is David’s son? David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, to the day I make your enemies the footstool of your feet. David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?
In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples, “Beware of those scribes who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts; who '''devour''' widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers''':''' these will receive greater condemnation.”
In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples, Beware of those scribes who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts; who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation.
He looked up and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin. He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins. He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury, for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.”
He looked up and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin. He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins. He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury, for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.
He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them, for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.”
He said, Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them, for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, saying, “'''The [[Scribes (Bible)|scribes]] and the [[Pharisees]] sit in Moses’s seat. All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do''', but do not do their works; for they say, and do not do. For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them. But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their [[Phylactery|phylacteries]] broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments, and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men. But do not you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your Teacher, the Christ, the Anointed One, and all of you are brethren. Call no man on the earth '''your father''', for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ, the Anointed One. But he who is greatest among you will be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’s seat. All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but do not do their works; for they say, and do not do. For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them. But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments, and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called Rabbi, Rabbi by men. But do not you be called Rabbi, for one is your Teacher, the Christ, the Anointed One, and all of you are brethren. Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ, the Anointed One. But he who is greatest among you will be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you do not enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Temple, he is obligated. You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the Temple that sanctifies the gold? Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated? You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it. He who swears by the Temple, swears by it, and by him who has been living in it. He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous, and say, If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna? Therefore behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, to the day you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
As he went out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings'''!'''”
As he went out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!
Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down.”
Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down.
Jesus went out from the Temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the Temple. But he answered them, “You see all of these things, do you not? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down.”
Jesus went out from the Temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the Temple. But he answered them, You see all of these things, do you not? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down.
As some were talking about the Temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said, “As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.”
As some were talking about the Temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said, As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.
They asked him, “Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?”
They asked him, Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?
He said, “Watch out that you do not get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘'''I AM''',’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore '''do not follow them'''. When you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end will not come immediately.”
He said, Watch out that you do not get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, I AM, and, The time is at hand. Therefore do not follow them. When you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end will not come immediately.
Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven. But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to [[synagogue]]s and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake. It will turn out as a testimony for you. Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer, for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict. You will be handed over even by parents, brethren, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death. You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake. And not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will win your lives.
Then he said to them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven. But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake. It will turn out as a testimony for you. Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer, for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict. You will be handed over even by parents, brethren, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death. You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake. And not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will win your lives.
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the middle of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein. For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, to the day the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves; men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near.
He told them a parable. “See the fig tree and all the trees. When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near. Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that God’s Kingdom is near. Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away before all things are accomplished.
He told them a parable. See the fig tree and all the trees. When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near. Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that God’s Kingdom is near. Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away before all things are accomplished.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly. For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth. Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.
As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?”
As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?
Jesus, answering, began to tell them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘'''I AM!'''’ and will lead many astray.
Jesus, answering, began to tell them, Be careful that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, I AM! and will lead many astray.
When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains. But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them. The Good News must first be preached to all the nations. When they lead you away and deliver you up, do not be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved. But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house. Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak. But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days! Pray that your flight will not be in the winter. For in those days there will be horrifying distress, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created unto now, and never will be. Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days. Then if anyone tells you, Look, here is the Christ, the Anointed One or, Look, there! do not believe it. For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones. But you: watch.
Behold, I have told you all things beforehand. But in those days, after, that horrifying distress, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. Then, they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. Then, he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.
Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near; even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors. Most certainly I say to you, this generation will not pass away before all these things happen.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the son, but only the Father. Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you do not know when the time is.
It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. Watch therefore, for you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning; lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping. What I tell you, I tell all: Watch.
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples, his followers came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples, his followers came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?
Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘'''I AM''' the Christ, the Anointed One’ and will lead many astray. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places. But all these things are the beginning of birth pains. Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake. Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another. Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray. Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end will be saved. This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Jesus answered them, Be careful that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, I AM the Christ, the Anointed One and will lead many astray. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places. But all these things are the beginning of birth pains. Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake. Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another. Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray. Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end will be saved. This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house. Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes. But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days! Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath, for then there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world before now, no, nor ever will be. Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.
Then if any man tells you, Behold, here is the Christ, the Anointed One or, There, do not believe it. For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
Behold, I have told you beforehand. If therefore they tell you, Behold, he is in the wilderness, do not go out; or Behold, he is in the inner rooms, do not believe it. For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. For wherever the carcass is, that is where the vultures gather together. But immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near. Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, before all these things are accomplished.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
As the days of Noah were, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day that Noah entered into the ship, and they did not know before the flood came, and took them all away, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one will be left. Watch therefore, for you do not know in what hour your Lord comes. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for in an hour that you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his Lord finds doing so when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has. But if that evil servant should say in his heart, My Lord is delaying his coming, and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards, the Lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour when he does not know it, and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him! Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. The foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. But the wise answered, saying, What if there is not enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered, Most certainly I tell you, I do not know you. Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey. Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two. But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth, and hid his Lord’s money.
Now after a long time the Lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them. He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents in addition to them.
His Lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord.
He also who got the two talents came and said, Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents in addition to them.
His Lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord.
He also who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.
But his Lord answered him, You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter? You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest. Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who does not have, even that which he has will be taken away. Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.
Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?
The King will answer them, Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.
Then he will say also to those on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you did not give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you did not take me in; naked, and you did not clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me.
Then they will also answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not help you?
Then he will answer them, saying, Most certainly I tell you, because you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me. These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
When Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples, “You know that '''after''' two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”
When Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples, You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.
By all reckoning he said these things to them on Tuesday, the third day of that week. Every day Jesus was Teaching in the Temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called [http://bibleatlas.org/mount_of_olives.htm Olivet]. Everyone went to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.
By all reckoning he said these things to them on Tuesday, the third day of that week. Every day Jesus was Teaching in the Temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet. Everyone went to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.
Now very early in the morning, he came again into the Temple. And all the people came to him early in the morning seeking Him in the Temple, to hear Him there. He sat down and Taught them.
Now very early in the morning, he came again into the Temple. And all the people came to him early in the morning seeking Him in the Temple, to hear Him there. He sat down and Taught them.
The [[Scribes (Bible)|scribes]] and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle, they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act. Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. What then do you say about her?”
The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle, they told him, Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act. Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. What then do you say about her?
They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.”
They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.
Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger. They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle. Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”
Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger. They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle. Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?
She said, “No one, '''Lord'''.”
She said, No one Lord.
Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”
Jesus said, Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.
Now the feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching. The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people. Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him. But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”
Now the feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching. The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people. Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him. But they said, Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.
It was now the fourth day of the week, Wednesday, two days before the feast of the Passover and the Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him. For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.”
It was now the fourth day of the week, Wednesday, two days before the feast of the Passover and the Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him. For they said, Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, while he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, while he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “Why has this ointment been wasted? For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor.”
But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, Why has this ointment been wasted? For this might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor.
So they grumbled against her. But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me. For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me. She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying. Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her.”
So they grumbled against her. But Jesus said, Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for me. For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me. She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying. Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her.
But when his disciples also saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.”
But when his disciples also saw this, they were indignant, saying, Why this waste? For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good work for me. For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have me. For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her.”
However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, Why do you trouble the woman? She has done a good work for me. For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have me. For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her.
Then [[Satan]] entered into Judas, one of the twelve, who was also called Iscariot, Judas Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve. Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them. He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them. They, when they heard it, were glad, and agreed, and promised to give him money. He consented, and said, “What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?”
Then [[Satan]] entered into Judas, one of the twelve, who was also called Iscariot, Judas Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve. Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them. He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them. They, when they heard it, were glad, and agreed, and promised to give him money. He consented, and said, What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?
They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver. From that time he sought opportunity to betray him. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.
They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver. From that time he sought opportunity to betray him. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.
Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast. These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast. These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we want to see Jesus.
Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew came with Philip, and they told Jesus.
Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew came with Philip, and they told Jesus.
Jesus answered them, “The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life. If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time’? But I came to this time for this cause. Father, glorify your name'''!'''”
Jesus answered them, The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life. If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? Father, save me from this time? But I came to this time for this cause. Father, glorify your name!
Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
Therefore the multitude who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
Therefore the multitude who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, An angel has spoken to him.
Jesus answered, “This voice has not come for my sake, but for your sakes. Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
Jesus answered, This voice has not come for my sake, but for your sakes. Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die. The multitude answered him, “We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die. The multitude answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?
Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness does not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.”
Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness does not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.
Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them. But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they did not believe in him, that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke,
Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them. But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they did not believe in him, that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
For this cause they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,
For this cause they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.
Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
:“In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw '''the L<small>ORD</small>''' sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the Temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew. One called to another, and said, ‘Holy, holy, holy, is '''the L<small>ORD</small>''' of Armies'''!''' The whole earth is full of his glory'''!'''’
:In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the LORD sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the Temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew. One called to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!
:“The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. Then I said, ‘Woe is me'''!''' For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips''':''' for my eyes have seen the King, '''the L<small>ORD</small>''' of Armies'''!'''’
:The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. Then I said, Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Armies!
:“Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar. He touched my mouth with it, and said, ‘Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.’
:Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar. He touched my mouth with it, and said, Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.
:“I heard '''the L<small>ORD</small>'''’s voice, saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’
:I heard the LORD’s voice, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?
:“Then I said, ‘Here I am. Send me'''!'''’
:Then I said, Here I am. Send me!
:“He said, ‘Go, and tell this people, “You hear indeed, but do not understand. You see indeed, but do not perceive.” Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.’
:He said, Go, and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand. You see indeed, but do not perceive. Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
:“Then I said, ‘'''Lord''', how long?’
:Then I said, Lord, how long?
:“He answered, ‘To the day cities are waste without inhabitant, houses without man, the land becomes utterly waste, and '''the L<small>ORD</small>''' has removed men far away, and the forsaken places are many within the land. If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be '''consumed''', as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stump remains when they are cut down; so the holy seed is its stock.’ ”
:He answered, To the day cities are waste without inhabitant, houses without man, the land becomes utterly waste, and the LORD has removed men far away, and the forsaken places are many within the land. If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed, as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stump remains when they are cut down; so the holy seed is its stock.
Thus Isaiah saw his glory, and spoke of him. And for this cause they could not believe in him.
Thus Isaiah saw his glory, and spoke of him. And for this cause they could not believe in him.
Nevertheless even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue, for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.
Nevertheless even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue, for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.
Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me. '''He who sees me sees him who sent me'''. I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness. If anyone listens to my sayings, and does not believe, I do not judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He who rejects me, and does not receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke will judge him in the last day. For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.”
Jesus cried out and said, Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me. He who sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness. If anyone listens to my sayings, and does not believe, I do not judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He who rejects me, and does not receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke will judge him in the last day. For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.
The day of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed. Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, knowing that he must be sacrificed, in sacrificing himself prepared to be sacrificed. It was now the fifth day of that week, Thursday.
The day of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed. Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, knowing that he must be sacrificed, in sacrificing himself prepared to be sacrificed. It was now the fifth day of that week, Thursday.
Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?
His disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?”
His disciples asked him, Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?
He sent two of his disciples. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.”
He sent two of his disciples. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.
They said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare?”
They said to him, Where do you want us to prepare?
He said, “Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.” ’ ”
He said, Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.
And he said to them, “Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him, and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?” ’ He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Get ready for us there.”
And he said to them, Go into the city, and there you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him, and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, The Teacher says, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Get ready for us there.
They did not understand. He said to them, “Behold, when you have entered into the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters. Tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?” ’ He will show you a large, furnished upper room. Make preparations there.”
They did not understand. He said to them, Behold, when you have entered into the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters. Tell the master of the house, The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples? He will show you a large, furnished upper room. Make preparations there.
The disciples did as Jesus commanded them. His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things as he had said to them; they went, found things as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
The disciples did as Jesus commanded them. His disciples went out, and came into the city, and found things as he had said to them; they went, found things as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
Now before the feast of the Passover, when evening had come, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
Now before the feast of the Passover, when evening had come, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
When it was evening he came with the twelve. When the hour had come, he reclined at table with the twelve apostles, and they bring to mind and make present the first Passover of '''the Lord'''. As it is written in the Law of Moses''':'''
When it was evening he came with the twelve. When the hour had come, he reclined at table with the twelve apostles, and they bring to mind and make present the first Passover of the Lord. As it is written in the Law of Moses:
:“That same night they shall eat its roasted flesh during the evening twilight with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, not leaving any of it over before morning, nor breaking any of its bones, but observing all the rules of the Passover. It shall not be eaten raw or boiled, but roasted whole, with its head and shanks and inner organs. None of it must be kept beyond the next morning; whatever is left over in the morning shall be burned up.”
:That same night they shall eat its roasted flesh during the evening twilight with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, not leaving any of it over before morning, nor breaking any of its bones, but observing all the rules of the Passover. It shall not be eaten raw or boiled, but roasted whole, with its head and shanks and inner organs. None of it must be kept beyond the next morning; whatever is left over in the morning shall be burned up.
:“When your children ask you, 'What does this rite of yours mean?' you shall reply, 'This is the Passover of '''the L<small>ORD</small>''', who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt; when he struck down the Egyptians, he spared our houses.’ ”
:When your children ask you, 'What does this rite of yours mean?' you shall reply, 'This is the Passover of the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt; when he struck down the Egyptians, he spared our houses.
:“This was a night of '''[[vigil]]''' for '''the L<small>ORD</small>''', as he led them out of the land of Egypt; so on this same night all the Israelites must keep a '''vigil''' for '''the L<small>ORD</small>''' throughout their generations.”
:This was a night of vigil for the LORD, as he led them out of the land of Egypt; so on this same night all the Israelites must keep a vigil for the LORD throughout their generations.
He was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples. He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer, for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it before it is fulfilled in God’s Kingdom.”
He was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples. He said to them, I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer, for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it before it is fulfilled in God’s Kingdom.
He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, “Take this, and share it among yourselves, for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of '''the vine''', before God’s Kingdom comes.”
He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, Take this, and share it among yourselves, for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, before God’s Kingdom comes.
As they reclined at table and were eating, he said, “Most certainly I tell you, that one of you will betray me.”
As they reclined at table and were eating, he said, Most certainly I tell you, that one of you will betray me.
The disciples were amazed at his words.
The disciples were amazed at his words.
Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, one of you will betray me—he who eats with me.”
Jesus said, Most certainly I tell you, one of you will betray me—he who eats with me.
They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, “Surely not I?” And another said, “Surely not I?”
They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, Surely not I? And another said, Surely not I?
He answered them, “It is one of the twelve, he who dips with me in the dish. For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed'''!''' It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”
He answered them, It is one of the twelve, he who dips with me in the dish. For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.
They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, “It is not me, is it, '''Lord'''?”
They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, It is not me, is it Lord?
He answered, “He who dipped his hand with me in the dish will betray me. The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed'''!''' It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”
He answered, He who dipped his hand with me in the dish will betray me. The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.
Judas, who betrayed him, answered, “It is not me, is it, Rabbi?”
Judas, who betrayed him, answered, It is not me, is it, Rabbi?
He said to him, “You said it.”
He said to him, You said it.
As they were eating, he took bread. For I received from '''the Lord''' that which also I delivered to you, that '''the Lord''' Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed, took bread. Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and when he had given thanks, when he had blessed, he broke. He broke it, and gave to them, and said, “Take, eat. This is my body.”
As they were eating, he took bread. For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed, took bread. Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and when he had given thanks, when he had blessed, he broke. He broke it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat. This is my body.
He gave to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body”.
He gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
And he gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me”.
And he gave it to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.
And said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.”
And said, Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.
Likewise, in the same way he also took the cup, after supper. He took the cup, gave thanks, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.
Likewise, in the same way he also took the cup, after supper. He took the cup, gave thanks, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.
All of you drink it, for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins. But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, before that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.
They all drank of it.
They all drank of it.
He said to them, “This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.
He said to them, This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.
Most certainly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, before that day when I drink it anew in God’s Kingdom.
This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table. The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!
They began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing.
They began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing.
A dispute also arose among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.
A dispute also arose among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.
He said to them, “The kings of the nations '''lord''' it over them, and those who have authority over them are called ‘benefactors’. But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves. For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? But I am among you as one who serves. But you are those who have continued with me in my trials. I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me, that you may '''eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom'''. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
He said to them, The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves. For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? But I am among you as one who serves. But you are those who have continued with me in my trials. I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me, that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
The Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you all as wheat, but I prayed for you, that your faith would not fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brethren.
He said to him, “'''Lord''', I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death'''!'''”
He said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!
He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today before you deny that you know me three times.”
He said, I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today before you deny that you know me three times.
He said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, wallet, and sandals, did you lack anything?”
He said to them, When I sent you out without purse, wallet, and sandals, did you lack anything?
They said, “Nothing.”
They said, Nothing.
Then he said to them, “But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword. For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me''':'''
Then he said to them, But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword. For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: He was counted with transgressors. For that which concerns me has an end.
They said, “'''Lord''', behold, here are two swords.”
They said, Lord behold, here are two swords.
He said to them, “That is enough.”
He said to them, That is enough.
During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and was going to God, arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel and wrapped a towel around his waist. Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, Lord, do you wash my feet?
Jesus answered him, “'''You do not know what I am doing now, but you will understand later'''.”
Jesus answered him, You do not know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.
Peter said to him, “You will never '''wash''' my feet'''!'''”
Peter said to him, You will never wash my feet!
Jesus answered him, “'''If I do not wash you, you have no part with me.'''”
Jesus answered him, If I do not wash you, you have no part with me.
Simon Peter said to him, “'''Lord''', not my feet only, but also my hands and my head'''!'''”
Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!
Jesus said to him, “Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet '''washed''', but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.”
Jesus said to him, Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.
For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said, “You are not all clean.”
For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said, You are not all clean.
So when he had '''washed''' their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘'''Lord'''.’ You say so correctly, for so '''I AM'''. If I then, '''the Lord''' and the Teacher, have '''washed''' your feet, you also ought to '''wash''' one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should also do as I have done to you. Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his '''lord''', neither is one who is sent greater than he who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. I do not speak concerning all of you. '''I know whom I have chosen'''. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled,
So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, Do you know what I have done to you? You call me, Teacher and Lord. You say so correctly, for so I AM. If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should also do as I have done to you. Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither is one who is sent greater than he who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me. From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I AM. Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me.
When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”
When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.
The disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom he spoke. One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus’s breast. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom he speaks.”
The disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom he spoke. One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus’s breast. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him, Tell us who it is of whom he speaks.
He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus’s breast, asked him, “'''Lord''', who is it?”
He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus’s breast, asked him, Lord, who is it?
Jesus therefore answered, “It is he to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it.”
Jesus therefore answered, It is he to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it.
So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, What you do, do quickly.
Now nobody at the table knew why he said this to him. For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor. Therefore having received that morsel, he went out immediately.
Now nobody at the table knew why he said this to him. For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, Buy what things we need for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor. Therefore having received that morsel, he went out immediately.
It was night.
It was night.
When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately. Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I tell you. A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
When he had gone out, Jesus said, Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately. Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, Where I am going, you cannot come, so now I tell you. A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
Simon Peter said to him, “'''Lord''', where are you going?”
Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you going?
Jesus answered, “Where '''I AM''' going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow afterward.”
Jesus answered, Where I AM going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow afterward.
Peter said to him, “'''Lord''', why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
Peter said to him, Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.
Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster will not crow before you have denied me three times. Do not let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.
Jesus answered him, Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster will not crow before you have denied me three times. Do not let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.
In my Father’s house are many homes. If it were not so, I would have told you. I AM going to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I AM, you may be there also. You know where I go, and you know the way.
Thomas said to him, “'''Lord''', we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
Thomas said to him, Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?
Jesus said to him, “'''I AM''' the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, '''and have seen him'''.”
Jesus said to him, I AM the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him.
Philip said to him, “'''Lord''', show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? '''He who has seen me has seen the Father'''. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that '''I AM in the Father, and the Father in me'''? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but '''the Father who lives in me does his works'''. Believe me that '''I AM in the Father, and the Father in me'''; or else believe me for the very '''works'''’ sake. Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the '''works that I do, he will do also'''; and he will do '''greater works''' than these, because '''I AM''' going to my Father. Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it. If you love me, keep my commandments. I will pray to the Father, and he will give you '''another Paraclete, another Defending Advocate and Warrior-Champion''', that he may be '''with you forever: the Spirit of truth''', whom the world cannot receive; for it does not see him and does not know him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans. '''I will come to you'''. Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also. In that day you will know that '''I AM''' in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. '''One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me.''' One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”
Jesus said to him, Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, Show us the Father? Do you not believe that I AM in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works. Believe me that I AM in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake. Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I AM going to my Father. Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it. If you love me, keep my commandments. I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Paraclete, another Defending Advocate and Warrior-Champion, that he may be with you forever: the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive; for it does not see him and does not know him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also. In that day you will know that I AM in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.
Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “'''Lord''', what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?”
Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, Lord, what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?
Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and '''we will come to him, and make our home with him'''. He who does not love me does not keep my words. The word which you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who '''sent me'''. I have said these things to you while still living with you. But the '''Paraclete, the Defending Advocate and Warrior-Champion, the Holy Spirit''', whom '''the Father will send in my name''', will Teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you. Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful. You heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘'''I AM''' going to my Father’; for the Father is greater than I. Now I have told you before it happens so that when it happens, you may believe. I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.”
Jesus answered him, If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him. He who does not love me does not keep my words. The word which you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me. I have said these things to you while still living with you. But the Paraclete, the Defending Advocate and Warrior-Champion, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will Teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you. Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful. You heard how I told you, I go away, and I come to you. If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said I AM going to my Father; for the Father is greater than I. Now I have told you before it happens so that when it happens, you may believe. I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.
They rose up and sang a song, according to the custom of the Passover.
They rose up and sang a song, according to the custom of the Passover.
:Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, <br> you who lead Joseph like a flock, <br> you who sit above the cherubim, shine out. <br> Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might'''!''' <br> Come to save us'''!'''
:Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, <br> you who lead Joseph like a flock, <br> you who sit above the cherubim, shine out. <br> Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might! <br> Come to save us!
:Turn us again, God. <br> Cause your face to shine, <br> and we will be saved.
:Turn us again, God. <br> Cause your face to shine, <br> and we will be saved.
:'''L<small>ORD</small>''' God of Armies, <br> how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people? <br> You have fed them with the bread of tears, <br> and given them tears to drink in large measure. <br> You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. <br> Our enemies laugh among themselves.
:LORD God of Armies, <br> how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people? <br> You have fed them with the bread of tears, <br> and given them tears to drink in large measure. <br> You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. <br> Our enemies laugh among themselves.
:Turn us again, God of Armies. <br> Cause your face to shine, <br> and we will be saved.
:Turn us again, God of Armies. <br> Cause your face to shine, <br> and we will be saved.
:You brought a '''vine out of Egypt'''. <br> You drove out the nations, and planted it. <br> You cleared the ground for it. <br> It took deep root, and filled the land. <br> The mountains were covered with its shadow. <br> Its boughs were like God’s cedars. <br> It sent out its branches to the sea, <br> its shoots to the River. <br> Why have you broken down its walls, <br> so that all those who pass by the way pluck it? <br> The boar out of the wood ravages it. <br> The wild animals of the field feed on it.
:You brought a vine out of Egypt. <br> You drove out the nations, and planted it. <br> You cleared the ground for it. <br> It took deep root, and filled the land. <br> The mountains were covered with its shadow. <br> Its boughs were like God’s cedars. <br> It sent out its branches to the sea, <br> its shoots to the River. <br> Why have you broken down its walls, <br> so that all those who pass by the way pluck it? <br> The boar out of the wood ravages it. <br> The wild animals of the field feed on it.
:Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. <br> Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this '''vine''', <br> the '''stock''' which your right hand planted, <br> the '''branch''' that you made strong for yourself. <br> It is burned with fire. <br> It is cut down. <br> They perish at your rebuke. <br> Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, <br> on the '''Son of man''' whom you made strong for yourself. <br> So we will not turn away from you. <br> Revive us, and we will call on your Name.
:Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. <br> Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine, <br> the stock which your right hand planted, <br> the branch that you made strong for yourself. <br> It is burned with fire. <br> It is cut down. <br> They perish at your rebuke. <br> Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, <br> on the Son of man whom you made strong for yourself. <br> So we will not turn away from you. <br> Revive us, and we will call on your Name.
:Turn us again, '''L<small>ORD</small>''' God of Armies. <br> Cause your face to shine, <br> and we will be saved.
:Turn us again, LORD God of Armies. <br> Cause your face to shine, <br> and we will be saved.
When they had sung a hymn, Jesus said, “'''I AM the true vine''', and my Father is the farmer. '''Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away.''' Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in '''the vine''', so neither can you, unless you remain in me. '''I AM the vine'''. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. '''If a man does not remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.''' If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
When they had sung a hymn, Jesus said, I AM the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. I AM the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If a man does not remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples. Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love. I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
I command this to you, that you love one another. If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they do not know him who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates me, hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father. But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
When the Paraclete, the Defending Advocate and Warrior-Champion has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me. You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
I have said these things to you so that you would not be caused to stumble. They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God. They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I AM going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, Where are you going? But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Paraclete, the Defending Advocate and Warrior-Champion will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment; about sin, because they do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I AM going to my Father, and you will not see me any more; about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.
I still have many things to tell you, but you cannot bear them now. However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming. He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine, and will declare it to you. All things that the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine and will declare it to you. A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.
Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?”
Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, What is this that he says to us, A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me; and, Because I go to the Father?
They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what he is saying.”
They said therefore, What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what he is saying.
Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’? Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she does not remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world. Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me? Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she does not remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world. Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Up to now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full. I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father. In that day you will ask in my name; and I do not say to you that I will pray to the Father for you, for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God. I came from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech. Now we know that you know all things, and do not need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that '''you came from God'''.”
His disciples said to him, Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech. Now we know that you know all things, and do not need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God.
Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet '''I AM''' not alone, because the Father is with me. I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up'''!''' I have overcome the world.”
Jesus answered them, Do you now believe? Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I AM not alone, because the Father is with me. I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.
Jesus said these things, then lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; even as you gave him authority over all flesh, so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him. '''This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.''' I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do. Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
Jesus said these things, then lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; even as you gave him authority over all flesh, so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him. This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ. I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do. Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word. Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you, for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I do not pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I AM glorified in them. I AM no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I AM coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. I have kept those whom you have given me. None of them is lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I AM not of the world. I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world even as I AM not of the world. Sanctify them in your truth. Your Word is truth. As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world. For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me. The glory which you have given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, even as we are one; I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me and loved them, even as you loved me. Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I AM, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world. Righteous Father, the world has not known you, but I have known you; and these know that you sent me. I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.
When Jesus had spoken these words, they went out to the Mount of Olives. He came out and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of Olives. His disciples also followed him.
When Jesus had spoken these words, they went out to the Mount of Olives. He came out and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of Olives. His disciples also followed him.