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MATTHEW

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Matthew 1

¹The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. ²Abraham was the father of Isaac and Isaac was the father of Jacob and Jacob was the father of Judas and his brothers, ³And Judas was the father of Phares and Zara of Thamar and Phares was the father of Esrom and Esrom was the father of Aram, ⁴And Aram was the father of Aminadab and Aminadab was the father of Naasson and Naasson was the father of Salmon, ⁵And Salmon was the father of Booz of Rachab and Booz was the father of Obed of Ruth and Obed was the father of Jesse, ⁶And Jesse was the father of David the king and David the king was the father of Solomon of her who had been the wife of Uriah, ⁷And Solomon was the father of Rehoboam and Rehoboam was the father of Abia and Abia was the father of Asa, ⁸And Asa was the father of Josaphat and Josaphat was the father of Joram and Joram was the father of Ozias, ⁹And Ozias was the father of Joatham and Joatham was the father of Achaz and Achaz was the father of Ezekias, ¹⁰And Ezekias was the father of Manasses and Manasses was the father of Amon and Amon was the father of Josias, ¹¹And Josias was the father of Jechonia and his brothers, about the time they were carried away to Babylon, ¹²And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonia was the father of Salathiel and Salathiel was the father of Zorobabel, ¹³And Zorobabel was the father of Abiud and Abiud was the father of Eliakim and Eliakim was the father of Azor, ¹⁴And Azor was the father of Sadoc and Sadoc was the father of Achim and Achim was the father of Eliud, ¹⁵And Eliud was the father of Eleazar and Eleazar was the father of Matthan and Matthan was the father of Jacob, ¹⁶And Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus who is called Christ was born. ¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations and from the carrying away into Babylon to Christ are fourteen generations.
¹⁸Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way. When his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit before they came together. ¹⁹Then Joseph her husband, being a just man and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privately. ²⁰But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife to yourself for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. ²¹And she shall bring forth a son and you shall call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins. ²²Now all this was done so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, ²³Behold, a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which translated is, God with us. ²⁴Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him and took his wife to him ²⁵But did not know her until she had brought forth her firstborn son and he called his name JESUS.

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Chapter 2
¹Now when Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men came from the east to Jerusalem, ²Saying, Where is he who is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east and we have come to worship him. ³When Herod the king heard these things, he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. ⁵And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea for thus it is written by the prophet, ⁶And you Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, are not the least among the princes of Juda, for out of you shall come a Governor, who shall rule my people Israel. ⁷Then Herod, when he had privately called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. ⁸And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, Go and search diligently for the young child and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I may also come and worship him.
⁹When they had heard the king, they departed and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. ¹⁰When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. ¹¹And when they had come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother and fell down and worshiped him and when they had opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. ¹²And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
¹³And when they had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt and be there until I bring you word for Herod will seek to destroy the young child. ¹⁴When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt ¹⁵And was there until the death of Herod so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, I have called my son out of Egypt.
¹⁶Then when Herod saw that he was mocked by the wise men, he was very angry and sent out and killed all the children who were in Bethlehem and in all its coasts, from two years old and under according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. ¹⁷Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, ¹⁸In Rama there was a voice heard, lamentation and weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted, because they are not.
¹⁹But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, ²⁰Saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother and go into the land of Israel for they are dead who sought the young child's life. ²¹And he arose and took the young child and his mother and came into the land of Israel. ²²But when he heard that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there but, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee. ²³And he came and dwelled in a city called Nazareth so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

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Chapter 3
¹In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea ²And saying, Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. ³For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. ⁴And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair and a leather girdle around his loins and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region around Jordan went out to him ⁶And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
⁷But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee the wrath to come? ⁸Therefore bring forth fruits fit for repentance. ⁹And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father for I say to you, that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. ¹⁰And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees, therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. ¹¹I indeed baptize you with water to repentance but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. ¹²Whose fan is in his hand and he will throughly purge his floor and gather his wheat into the garner but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
¹³Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. ¹⁴But John forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized by you and you come to me? ¹⁵And Jesus answering said to him, Allow it to be so now for thus it becomes us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he allowed him. ¹⁶And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up immediately out of the water and, lo, the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. ¹⁷And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

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Chapter 4
¹Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. ²And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he was hungry. ³And when the tempter came to him, he said, If you are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. ⁴But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. ⁵Then the devil took him up into the holy city and set him on a pinnacle of the temple ⁶And said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you and they shall bear you up in their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone. ⁷Jesus said to him, It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God. ⁸Again, the devil took him up into a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them ⁹And said to him, I will give you all these things, if you will fall down and worship me. ¹⁰Then Jesus said to him, Get out of here, Satan for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God and him only you shall serve. ¹¹Then the devil left him and behold, angels came and ministered to him.
¹²Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee. ¹³And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelled in Capernaum, which is on the sea coast, in the borders of Zebulon and Nephtali, ¹⁴That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, ¹⁵The land of Zebulon and the land of Nephtali, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, ¹⁶The people who sat in darkness saw a great light and to them who sat in the region and shadow of death light has sprung up. ¹⁷From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
¹⁸And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea for they were fishermen. ¹⁹And he said to them, Follow me and I will make you fishers of men. ²⁰And they immediately left their nets and followed him. ²¹And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets and he called them. ²²And immediately they left the ship and their father and followed him.
²³And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. ²⁴And his fame went throughout all Syria and they brought to him all sick people who were taken with different diseases and torments and those who were possessed with demons and those who were lunatic and those who had palsy and he healed them. ²⁵And great multitudes of people followed him from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan.

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Chapter 5
¹And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him, ²And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying, ³Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ⁴Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted. ⁵Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. ⁶Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled. ⁷Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy. ⁸Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. ⁹Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. ¹⁰Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹Blessed are you, when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. ¹²Rejoice and be exceedingly glad for great is your reward in heaven for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
¹³You are the salt of the earth but if the salt has lost its savor, how shall it be salted? from then on it is good for nothing but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men. ¹⁴You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel but on a lampstand and it gives light to all who are in the house. ¹⁶Let your light so shine before men so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
¹⁷Do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. I have not come to destroy, but to fulfil. ¹⁸For verily I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no way pass from the law, until all is fulfilled. ¹⁹Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven but whoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. ²⁰For I say to you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
²¹You have heard that it was said by those of old time, You shall not kill and whoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment, ²²But I say to you, That whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council but whoever shall say, You fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. ²³Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has any thing against you, ²⁴Leave your gift there before the altar and go your way, first be reconciled to your brother and then come and offer your gift. ²⁵Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are in the way with him, lest at any time the adversary deliver you to the judge and the judge deliver you to the officer and you be cast into prison. ²⁶Verily I say to you, You shall by no means come out from there till you have paid the last penny.
²⁷You have heard that it was said by them of old time, You shall not commit adultery, ²⁸But I say to you, That whoever is looking on a woman and lusting after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. ²⁹And if your right eye offend you, pluck it out and cast it from you for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish and not your whole body be cast into hell. ³⁰And if your right hand offend you, cut it off and cast it from you for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish and not your whole body be cast into hell. ³¹ It has been said, whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement, ³²But I say to you, That whoever shall put away his wife, except for the cause of fornication, causes her to commit adultery and whoever shall marry her that is divorced commits adultery.
³³Again, you have heard that it has been said by those of old time, You shall not forswear yourself but shall perform to the Lord your oaths, ³⁴But I say to you, Swear not at all, neither by heaven, for it is God's throne, ³⁵Nor by the earth for it is his footstool nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. ³⁶Nor shall you swear by your head, because you can not make one hair white or black. ³⁷But let your communication be, Yes, yes, No, no, for whatever is more than these comes from evil.
³⁸You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, ³⁹But I say to you, That you do not resist evil but whoever shall strike you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. ⁴⁰And if any man will sue you at the law and take away your coat, let him also have your cloke. ⁴¹And whoever shall compel you to go a mile, go with him two. ⁴²Give to him who asks you and do not turn away him who would borrow from you.
⁴³You have heard that it has been said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. ⁴⁴But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you, ⁴⁵So that you may be the children of your Father who is in heaven for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. ⁴⁶For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the publicans do the same? ⁴⁷And if you salute your brothers only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the publicans do so? ⁴⁸Therefore be perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.

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Chapter 6
¹Take heed that you do not do your alms before men, to be seen of them, otherwise you have no reward of your Father who is in heaven. ²Therefore when you do your alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory of men. Verily I say to you, They have their reward. ³But when you do alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does, ⁴So that your alms may be in secret and your Father who sees in secret himself shall reward you openly.
⁵And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites are for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets so that they may be seen of men. Verily I say to you, They have their reward. ⁶But you, when you pray, enter into your closet and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret and your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly. ⁷But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathen for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. ⁸Therefore do not be like them for your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask him.
⁹Therefor pray after this manner, Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed is your name. ¹⁰Your kingdom come, your will be done in earth, as in heaven. ¹¹Give us this day our daily bread. ¹²And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. ¹³And do not lead us into temptation but deliver us from evil for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, for ever. Amen. ¹⁴For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you ¹⁵But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
¹⁶Moreover when you fast, do not be as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance for they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have their reward. ¹⁷But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face ¹⁸So that you do not appear to men to fast but to your Father who is in secret and your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you openly.
¹⁹Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust corrupt and where thieves break through and steal, ²⁰But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupts and where thieves do not break through nor steal, ²¹For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. ²²The light of the body is the eye, if therefore your eye is single, your whole body shall be full of light. ²³But if your eye is evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! ²⁴No man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
²⁵Therefore I say to you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than meat and the body than raiment? ²⁶Behold the fowls of the air for they do not sow nor do they reap nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they? ²⁷ Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature? ²⁸And why take thought for clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow, they do not toil nor do they spin, ²⁹And yet I say to you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? ³¹Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat or, What shall we drink or, how shall we be clothed? ³²(For the Gentiles seek after all these things) for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. ³³But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you. ³⁴Therefore take no thought for tomorrow for tomorrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is its evil.

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Chapter 7
¹Judge not, so that you are not judged. ²For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged and with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you again. ³And why do you behold the mote that is in your brother's eye but consider not the beam that is in your own eye? ⁴Or how will you say to your brother, Let me pull out the mote out of your eye and, behold, a beam is in your own eye? ⁵You hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of your own eye and then you shall see clearly to cast out the mote out of your brother's eye. ⁶Do not give that which is holy to the dogs nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and tear you. ⁷Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you, ⁸For every one who asks receives and he who seeks finds and to him who knocks it shall be opened. ⁹Or what man is there of you, whom if his son asks bread, will he give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks a fish, will he give him a serpent? ¹¹If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?
¹²Therefore whatever things you would that men should do to you, do even so to them for this is the law and the prophets. ¹³Enter in at the strait gate for wide is the gate and broad is the way, that leads to destruction and many there are who go in there, ¹⁴Because strait is the gate and narrow the way, which leads to life and few there are who find it.
¹⁵Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves. ¹⁶You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles? ¹⁷Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. ¹⁸A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit nor can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. ¹⁹Every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. ²⁰Therefore by their fruits you shall know them.
²¹Not every one who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²²Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name and have cast out demons in your name and in your name done many wonderful works? ²³And then I will profess to them, I never knew you, depart from me, you who work iniquity. ²⁴Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock, ²⁵And the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew and beat on that house and it did not fall for it was founded on a rock. ²⁶And every one who hears these sayings of mine and does not do them shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house on the sand, ²⁷And the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew and beat on that house and it fell and great was the fall of it. ²⁸And when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine, ²⁹For he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.

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Chapter 8
¹When he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. ²And behold, a leper came and worshiped him, saying, Lord, if you will you can make me clean. ³And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him, saying, I will, be clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴And Jesus said to him, See that you tell no man but go your way, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.

⁵And when Jesus had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, beseeching him, ⁶And saying, Lord, my servant lies at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. ⁷And Jesus said to him, I will come and heal him. ⁸The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof but only speak the word and my servant shall be healed. ⁹For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me and I say to this man, Go and he goes and to another, Come and he comes and to my servant, Do this and he does it. ¹⁰When Jesus heard it, he marveled and said to those who followed, Verily I say to you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. ¹¹And I say to you, That many shall come from the east and west and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. ¹²But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ¹³And Jesus said to the centurion, Go your way and as you have believed, let it be done to you. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
¹⁴And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying and sick of a fever. ¹⁵And he touched her hand and the fever left her and she arose and ministered to them. ¹⁶When evening had come, they brought many to him who were possessed with demons and he cast out the spirits with his word and healed all that were sick, ¹⁷That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.
¹⁸Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave a command to depart to the other side. ¹⁹And a certain scribe came and said to him, Master, I will follow you wherever you go. ²⁰And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests but the Son of man has no where to lay his head. ²¹And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, allow me to go first and bury my father. ²²But Jesus said to him, Follow me and let the dead bury their dead.
²³And when he had entered into a ship, his disciples followed him, ²⁴And, behold, a great tempest arose in the sea so that the ship was covered with the waves but he was asleep. ²⁵And his disciples came to him and wakened him, saying, Lord, save us, we perish. ²⁶And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea and there was a great calm. ²⁷But the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him.
²⁸And when he had come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, two possessed with demons were coming out of the tombs to meet him, exceedingly fierce so that no man might pass by that way. ²⁹And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, you Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time? ³⁰And there was a herd of many swine feeding a good way off from them. ³¹So the demons asked him, saying, If you cast us out, allow us to go away into the herd of swine. ³²And he said to them, Go. And when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters. ³³And those who kept them fled and went their way into the city and told every thing and what had happened to one of those possessed of demons. ³⁴And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus and when they saw him, they asked that he would depart out of their coasts.

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Chapter 9
¹And he entered into a ship and passed over and came into his own city. ²And, behold, they brought a man sick of the palsy to him, lying on a bed and Jesus seeing their faith said to the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer, your sins are forgiven. ³And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemes. ⁴And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Why do you think evil in your hearts? ⁵For what is easier to say, your sins are forgiven you or to say, Arise and walk? ⁶But so that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (then he said to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up your bed and go to your house. ⁷And he arose and departed to his house. ⁸But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men.
⁹And as Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the receipt of custom and he said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. ¹⁰And as Jesus sat at meat in Matthew's house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. ¹¹And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master eat with publicans and sinners? ¹²But when Jesus heard that, he said to them, Those who are whole do not need a physician but those who are sick do. ¹³But go and learn what that means, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, for I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
¹⁴Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often but your disciples do not fast? ¹⁵And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bride chamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them and then they shall fast. ¹⁶ No man puts a piece of new cloth on an old garment for that which is put in to fill it up takes from the garment and the tear is made worse. ¹⁷Neither do men put new wine into old bottles or else the bottles break and the wine runs out and the bottles perish but they put new wine into new bottles and both are preserved.
¹⁸While he spoke these things to them, behold, a certain ruler came and worshiped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead but come and lay your hand on her and she shall live. ¹⁹And Jesus arose and followed him and so did his disciples. ²⁰And, behold, a woman, who was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him and touched the hem of his garment, ²¹For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. ²²But Jesus turned himself around and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort, your faith has made you whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. ²³And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, ²⁴He said to them, Give us room for the maid is not dead but sleeps. And they laughed him to scorn. ²⁵But when the people were put out, he went in and took her by the hand and the maid rose. ²⁶And the fame of it went abroad into all that land.
²⁷And when Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed him, crying and saying, You Son of David, have mercy on us. ²⁸And when he had come into the house the blind men came to him and Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord. ²⁹Then he touched their eyes, saying, Be it to you according to your faith. ³⁰And their eyes were opened and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man knows it. ³¹But they, when they had departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
³²As they went out, behold, they brought a dumb man possessed by a demon to him. ³³And when the demon was cast out, the dumb spoke and the multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. ³⁴But the Pharisees said, He casts out demons through the prince of the demons.
³⁵And Jesus went around all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. ³⁶But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. ³⁷Then he said to his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous but the laborers are few, ³⁸Therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest so that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.

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¹And when he had called his twelve disciples to him, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. ²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these, The first, Simon, who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, ³Philip and Bareholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, James the son of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus, ⁴Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
⁵Jesus sent these twelve out and commanded them, saying, Do not go into the way of the Gentiles and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans. ⁶But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. ⁸Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. ⁹Provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses ¹⁰Nor scrip for your journey nor two coats nor shoes nor yet staves for the workman is worthy of his food. ¹¹And into what ever city or town you shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy and abide there till you go from there. ¹²And when you come into a house, salute it. ¹³And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. ¹⁴And whoever shall not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. ¹⁵Verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
¹⁶Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. ¹⁷But beware of men for they will deliver you up to the councils and they will scourge you in their synagogues, ¹⁸And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. ¹⁹But when they deliver you up, do not take thought how or what you shall say for it shall be given to you in that same hour what you shall say. ²⁰For it is not you who speaks but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. ²¹And brother shall deliver up brother to death and the father the child and the children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death. ²²And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake but he who endures to the end shall be saved. ²³But when they persecute you in this city, flee to another for verily I say to you, You shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man has come. ²⁴The disciple is not above his master nor the servant above his lord. ²⁵It is enough for the disciple that he is like his master and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household? ²⁶Do not fear them therefore for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed or hidden that shall not be known. ²⁷What I tell you in darkness, speak in light and what you hear in the ear, that preach on the housetops. ²⁸And do not fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father. ³⁰And the very hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹Therefore do not fear, you are of more value than many sparrows. ³²Therefore whoever shall confess me before men, I also will confess him before my Father who is in heaven. ³³But whoever shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven. ³⁴Do not think that I have come to send peace on earth, I did not come to send peace but a sword. ³⁵For I have come to set a man at variance against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter in law against her mother in law. ³⁶And a man's foes shall be those of his own household. ³⁷He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. ³⁸And he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. ³⁹He who finds his life shall lose it and he who loses his life for my sake shall find it. ⁴⁰He who receives you receives me and he who receives me receives him who sent me. ⁴¹He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. ⁴²And whoever shall give to one of these little ones only a drink of a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall in no way lose his reward.

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¹And when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities. ²Now when John had heard the works of Christ from prison, he sent two of his disciples, ³And said to him, Are you he who should come or do we look for another? ⁴Jesus answered and said to them, Go and show John again those things which you hear and see. ⁵The blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. ⁶And blessed is whoever shall not be offended in me.
⁷And as they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? ⁸But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. ⁹But what did you go out to see? A prophet? yes, I say to you and more than a prophet. ¹⁰For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you. ¹¹Verily I say to you, Among those who are born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹²And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force. ¹³For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. ¹⁴And if you will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come. ¹⁵He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
¹⁶But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets and calling to their fellows, ¹⁷And saying, We have piped to you and you have not danced, we have mourned to you and you have not lamented. ¹⁸For John came neither eating nor drinking and they say, He has a demon. ¹⁹The Son of man came eating and drinking and they say, Behold a gluttonous man and a wine bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. ²⁰Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works were done because they did not repent. ²¹Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²²But I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. ²³And you, Capernaum, who is exalted to heaven, shall be brought down to Hades for if the mighty works, which have been done in you, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴But I say to you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.
²⁵At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. ²⁶Even so, Father for so it seemed good in your sight. ²⁷All things are delivered to me by my Father and no man knows the Son but the Father nor does any man know the Father, save the Son and he to whomever the Son will reveal him. ²⁸Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke on you and learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart and you shall find rest for your souls. ³⁰For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

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¹At that time Jesus went through the grain on the sabbath day and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat. ²But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, your disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath day. ³But he said to them, Have you not read what David and those who were with him did, when he was hungry, ⁴How he entered into the house of God and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him but only for the priests? ⁵Or have you not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath and are blameless? ⁶But I say to you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. ⁷But if you had known what this means, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless. ⁸For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. ⁹And when he had departed from there, he went into their synagogue,
¹⁰And, behold, there was a man who had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? so that they might accuse him. ¹¹And he said to them, What man is there among you, who shall have one sheep and if it falls into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it and lift it out? ¹²How much then is a man better than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. ¹³Then he said to the man, Stretch forth your hand and he stretched it forth and it was restored whole like the other.
¹⁴Then the Pharisees went out and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. ¹⁵But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from there and great multitudes followed him and he healed them all ¹⁶And charged those that they should not make him known ¹⁷So that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, ¹⁸Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my spirit on him and he shall show judgment to the Gentiles. ¹⁹He shall not strive nor cry nor shall any man hear his voice in the streets. ²⁰He shall not break A bruised reed and he shall not quench smoking flax, until he sends forth judgment to victory. ²¹And the Gentiles shall trust in his name.

²²Then one possessed with a demon was brought to him, blind and dumb and he healed him so that the blind and dumb both saw and spoke. ²³And all the people were amazed and said, Is not this the son of David? ²⁴But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.
²⁵And Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand ²⁶And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself, how then shall his kingdom stand? ²⁷And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. ²⁸But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come to you. ²⁹Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. ³⁰He who is not with me is against me and he who does not gather with me scatters abroad. ³¹Therefore I say to you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven to men. ³²And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world nor in the world to come. ³³Either make the tree good and its fruit good or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt for the tree is known by its fruit. ³⁴O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. ³⁶But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account of in the day of judgment. ³⁷For by your words you shall be justified and by your words you shall be condemned.
³⁸Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from you. ³⁹But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign and no sign shall be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonah, ⁴⁰For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the fish's belly, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ⁴¹The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation and shall condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. ⁴²The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
⁴³ When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest and finds none. ⁴⁴Then he says, I will return into my house where I came from and when he is come he finds it empty, swept and garnished. ⁴⁵Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself and they enter in and dwell there and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it also be with this wicked generation.
⁴⁶While he yet spoke to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, desiring to speak with him. ⁴⁷Then one said to him, Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to speak with you. ⁴⁸But he answered and said to him who told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers? ⁴⁹And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples and said, Behold my mother and my brothers! ⁵⁰For whoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother and sister and mother.

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¹ The same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea side. ²And great multitudes were gathered together to him so that he went into a ship and sat and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
³And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow ⁴And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side and the fowls came and devoured them. ⁵Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth and immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth ⁶And when the sun was up, they were scorched and because they had no root, they withered away. ⁷And some fell among thorns and the thorns sprang up and choked them ⁸But other fell into good ground and brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. ⁹Who has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁰And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables? ¹¹He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but it is not given to them. ¹²For whoever has, to him shall be given and he shall have more abundance but whoever has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him. ¹³Therefore I speak to them in parables because they seeing, see not and hearing, hear not nor do they understand. ¹⁴And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said, By hearing you shall hear and shall not understand and seeing you shall see and shall not perceive. ¹⁵For this people's heart is grown gross and their ears are dull of hearing and they have closed their eyes, lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and should understand with their heart and should be converted and I should heal them. ¹⁶But blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear. ¹⁷For verily I say to you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which you see and have not seen them and to hear those things which you hear and have not heard them.
¹⁸Hear therefore the parable of the sower. ¹⁹When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it. then the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the way side. ²⁰But he who received the seed in stony places, the same is he who hears the word and anon with joy receives it. ²¹Yet he has no root in himself but endures for a while but when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, by and by he is offended. ²²He also who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word and he becomes unfruitful. ²³But he who received seed in the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who also brings forth and bears fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

²⁴ He put forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field ²⁵But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. ²⁶But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit, then the tares also appeared. ²⁷So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where are the tares from then? ²⁸ He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Will you then that we go and gather them up? ²⁹But he said, No, lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the wheat with them. ³⁰Let both grow together until the harvest and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather together the tares first and bind them in bundles to burn them but gather the wheat into my barn.
³¹ He put forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, ³²Which indeed is the least of all seeds but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.
³³He spoke another parable to them, The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. ³⁴All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables and he did not speak to them without a parable, ³⁵That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
³⁶Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house and his disciples came to him, saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. ³⁷He answered and said to them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of man. ³⁸ The field is the world. The good seed are the children of the kingdom but the tares are the children of the wicked one. ³⁹The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world and the reapers are the angels. ⁴⁰As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire so shall it be in the end of this world. ⁴¹The Son of man shall send forth his angels and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend and those who do iniquity, ⁴²And shall cast them into a furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. ⁴³Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father, whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.

⁴⁴Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to treasure hid in a field which when a man has found it, he hides it and for the joy of it goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
⁴⁵Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls, ⁴⁶Who, when he had found one pearl of great price went and sold all that he had and bought it.
⁴⁷Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind, ⁴⁸Which, when it was full, they drew to shore and sat down and gathered the good into vessels but cast the bad away. ⁴⁹So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just ⁵⁰And shall cast them into the furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. ⁵¹Jesus said to them, Have you understood all these things? They said to him, Yes, Lord. ⁵²Then he said to them, Therefore every scribe who is instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new things and old.
⁵³And when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there. ⁵⁴And when he had come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue so that they were astonished and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and mighty works? ⁵⁵Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas? ⁵⁶And his sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things? ⁵⁷And they were offended in him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house. ⁵⁸And he did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

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¹At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, ²And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist, he is risen from the dead and therefore mighty works show themselves in him. ³For Herod had laid hold on John and bound him and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. ⁴For John said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her. ⁵And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude because they counted him as a prophet. ⁶But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod. ⁷Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask. ⁸And she, being instructed before by her mother, said, Give me here John the Baptist's head on a charger. ⁹And the king was sorry but for the oath's sake and those who sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given to her. ¹⁰And he sent and beheaded John in the prison. ¹¹And his head was brought on a charger and given to the damsel and she brought it to her mother. ¹²And his disciples came and took up the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.
¹³When Jesus heard it, he departed from there by ship into a desert place apart and when the people heard it, they followed him on foot out of the cities. ¹⁴And Jesus went out and saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion toward them and he healed their sick. ¹⁵And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place and the time is now past. Send the multitude away so that they may go into the villages and buy themselves supplies. ¹⁶But Jesus said to them, They need not depart, you give them to eat. ¹⁷And they said to him, We have only five loaves here and two fish. ¹⁸ He said, Bring them here to me. ¹⁹And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass and took the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke and gave the loaves to his disciples and the disciples to the multitude. ²⁰And they all ate and were filled and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. ²¹And those who had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
²²And immediately Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship and to go before him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. ²³And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray and when the evening had come, he was there alone. ²⁴But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves for the wind was contrary. ²⁵And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. ²⁶And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit and they cried out for fear. ²⁷But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, Be of good cheer, it is I. Do not be afraid. ²⁸And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it is you, bid me to come to you on the water. ²⁹And he said, Come. And when Peter came down out of the ship he walked on the water to go to Jesus. ³⁰But when he saw the boisterous wind, he was afraid and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. ³¹And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught him and said to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt? ³²And when they had come into the ship the wind ceased. ³³Then those who were in the ship came and worshiped him, saying, Of a truth you are the Son of God.
³⁴And when they had gone over they came into the land of Gennesaret. ³⁵And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country on every side and brought to him all who were diseased, ³⁶And asked him that they might only touch the hem of his garment and as many as touched it were made perfectly whole.

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¹Then scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, ²Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. ³But he answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? ⁴For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother and He who curses father or mother, let him die the death. ⁵But you say, whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me ⁶And honors not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. ⁷You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, ⁸This people draws near to me with their mouth and honors me with their lips but their heart is far from me. ⁹But they worship me in vain, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
¹⁰And he called the multitude and said to them, Hear and understand, ¹¹Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man. ¹²Then his disciples came and said to him, Do you not know that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying? ¹³But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up. ¹⁴Let them alone, they are blind leaders of the blind and if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. ¹⁵Then Peter answered and said to him, Declare to us this parable. ¹⁶And Jesus said, Are you also yet without understanding? ¹⁷Do you still not understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly and is cast out into the draught? ¹⁸But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart and they defile the man. ¹⁹For out of the heart proceeds evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. ²⁰These are the things which defile a man but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.

²¹Then Jesus went from there and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. ²²And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, you Son of David, my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon. ²³But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and asked of him, saying, Send her away for she cries after us. ²⁴But he answered and said, I am not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ²⁵Then she came and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me. ²⁶But he answered and said, It is not fit to take the children's bread and to cast it to dogs. ²⁷And she said, Truth, Lord, yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. ²⁸Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith. Be it done to you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
²⁹And Jesus departed from there and came near to the sea of Galilee and went up into a mountain and sat down there. ³⁰And great multitudes came to him, having with them those who were lame, blind, dumb, maimed and many others and cast them down at Jesus' feet and he healed them. ³¹So that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame walk and the blind to see and they glorified the God of Israel.
³²Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, I have compassion on the multitude because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. ³³And his disciples said to him, From where should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? ³⁴And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven and a few little fish. ³⁵And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. ³⁶And he took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks and broke them and gave to his disciples and the disciples to the multitude. ³⁷And they all ate and were filled and they took up of the broken food that was left seven baskets full. ³⁸And those who ate were four thousand men, beside women and children. ³⁹And he sent the multitude away and took a ship and came into the coasts of Magdala.

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¹The Pharisees also came with the Sadducees and tempting him desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven. ² He answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather for the sky is red. ³And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day for the sky is red and lowering. O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky but you can not discern the signs of the times? ⁴A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them and departed.
⁵And when his disciples came to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. ⁶Then Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. ⁷And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have not taken bread. ⁸Which when Jesus perceived, he said to them, O you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves, because you have brought no bread? ⁹Do you not yet understand nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? ¹⁰Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many baskets you took up? ¹¹How is it that you do not understand that I spoke to you not concerning bread but that you should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? ¹²Then they understood how that he bade them not to beware of the leaven of bread but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
¹³When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? ¹⁴And they said, Some say that you are John the Baptist, some, Elijah and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets. ¹⁵He said to them but whom do you say that I am? ¹⁶And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. ¹⁷And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona for flesh and blood has not revealed it to you but my Father who is in heaven. ¹⁸And I also say to you, That you are Peter and on this rock I will build my church and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it. ¹⁹And I will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven to you and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ²⁰Then he charged his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
²¹From that time on Jesus began to show to his disciples, how he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and be raised again the third day. ²²Then Peter took him and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from you, Lord, this shall not be to you. ²³But he turned and said to Peter, Get behind me, Satan, you are an offence to me for you do not savor the things that are of God but those that are of men.
²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. ²⁵For whoever will save his life shall lose it and whoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. ²⁶For what does it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? ²⁷For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels and then he shall reward every man according to his works. ²⁸Verily I say to you, There are some standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

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¹And after six days Jesus took Peter, James and his brother John and brought them up into a high mountain apart ²And was transfigured before them and his face shone as the sun and his raiment was white as the light. ³And, behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah talking with him. ⁴Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here, if you will, let us make three tabernacles here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah. ⁵While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear him. ⁶And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face and were sore afraid. ⁷And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise and do not be afraid. ⁸And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, except Jesus only. ⁹And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man is risen again from the dead. ¹⁰And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first? ¹¹And Jesus answered and said to them, Elijah truly does come first and restores all things. ¹²But I say to you, That Elijah has come already and they did not know him but have done to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of man shall also suffer by them. ¹³Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptist.
¹⁴And when they had come to the multitude, a certain man came to him kneeling down to him and saying, ¹⁵Lord, have mercy on my son for he is a lunatic and sore vexed for often times he falls into the fire and often into the water. ¹⁶And I brought him to your disciples but they could not cure him. ¹⁷Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him here to me. ¹⁸And Jesus rebuked the demon and he departed out of him and the child was cured from that very hour. ¹⁹Then the disciples came to Jesus apart and said, Why could we not cast him out? ²⁰And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief for verily I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove from here to yonder place and it would remove and nothing shall be impossible to you. ²¹Howbeit this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.
²²And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men ²³And they shall kill him and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceedingly sorry.

²⁴And when they had come to Capernaum, those who received tribute money came to Peter and said, Does your master not pay tribute? ²⁵He said, Yes. And when he had come into the house, Jesus went before him, saying, What do you think, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children or of strangers? ²⁶Peter said to him, Of strangers. Jesus said to him, Then the children are free. ²⁷But, lest we should offend them, go to the sea and cast in a hook and take up the first fish that comes up and when you have opened his mouth you shall find a piece of money, take that and give it to them for me and you.

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¹At the same time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? ²And Jesus called a little child to him and set him in the midst of them ³And said, Verily I say to you, Except you be converted and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. ⁴Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ⁵And whoever shall receive one such little child in my name receives me. ⁶But whoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
⁷Woe to the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come but woe to that man by whom the offence comes! ⁸Therefore if your hand or your foot offend you, cut them off and cast them from you, it is better for you to enter into life halt or maimed rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. ⁹And if your eye offend you, pluck it out and cast it from you, it is better for you to enter into life with one eye rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. ¹⁰Take heed that you despise not one of these little ones for I say to you, That in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.
¹¹For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost. ¹²What do you think? if a man has a hundred sheep and one of them has gone astray, doesn't he leave the ninety nine and go into the mountains and seek that which has gone astray? ¹³And if he finds it, verily I say to you, he rejoices more for that sheep, than for the ninety nine who did not go astray. ¹⁴Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
¹⁵Moreover if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone, if he shall hear you, you have gained your brother. ¹⁶But if he will not hear you, then take one or two more with you, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. ¹⁷And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church but if he neglects to hear the church, let him be as a heathen and a publican to you. ¹⁸Verily I say to you, What ever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ¹⁹Again I say to you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in heaven. ²⁰For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

²¹Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? till seven times? ²²Jesus said to him, I say to you not until seven times but, until seventy times seven. ²³Therefore the kingdom of heaven is likened to a certain king, who would take account of his servants. ²⁴And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him, who owed him ten thousand talents. ²⁵But because he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold and his wife and children and all that he had and payment to be made. ²⁶The servant therefore fell down and worshiped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me and I will pay you all. ²⁷Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion and loosed him and forgave him the debt. ²⁸But the same servant went out and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him a hundred pennnies and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe. ²⁹And his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, Have patience with me and I will pay you all. ³⁰And he would not but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. ³¹So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were very sorry and came and told to their lord all that was done. ³²Then his lord, after he had called him, said to him, O you wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you desired me. ³³Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, even as I had pity on you? ³⁴And his lord was angry and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him. ³⁵So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also to you, if you from your hearts do not forgive every one his brother their trespasses.

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¹And when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee and came into the coasts of Judea beyond the Jordan ²And great multitudes followed him and he healed them there.
³The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? ⁴And he answered and said to them, Have you not read, that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female. ⁵And he said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife and they two shall be one flesh? ⁶Therefore they are no more two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man put asunder. ⁷They said to him, Why then did Moses command to give a writing of divorce and to put her away? ⁸He said to them, Moses allowed you to put away your wives because of the hardness of your hearts but from the beginning it was not so. ⁹And I say to you, whoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication and shall marry another, commits adultery and whoever marries her who is put away commits adultery. ¹⁰His disciples said to him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not good to marry. ¹¹But he said to them, All men cannot receive this saying, except those to whom it is given. ¹²For there are some eunuchs, who were so born from their mother's womb and there are some eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.
¹³Then little children were brought to him so that he might put his hands on them and pray and the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴But Jesus said, Allow little children to come to me and do not forbid them for of such is the kingdom of heaven. ¹⁵And he laid his hands on them and departed from there.
¹⁶And, behold, one came and said to him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? ¹⁷And he said to him, Why do you call me good? there is no one good but one, that is, God but if you will enter into life, keep the commandments. ¹⁸He said to him, Which? Jesus said, You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, ¹⁹Honor your father and your mother and You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ²⁰The young man said to him, All these things have I kept from my youth up. What lack I yet? ²¹Jesus said to him, If you will be perfect, go and sell what you have and give to the poor and you shall have treasure in heaven and come follow me. ²²But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful for he had great possessions.
²³Then Jesus said to his disciples, Verily I say to you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴And again I say to you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁵When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? ²⁶But Jesus beheld them and said to them, With men this is impossible but with God all things are possible. ²⁷Then Peter answered and said to him, Behold, we have forsaken all and followed you, what therefore shall we have? ²⁸And Jesus said to them, Verily I say to you, That you who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory you also shall sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Psalms 122:5) ²⁹And every one who has forsaken houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my name's sake shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit everlasting life. ³⁰But many that are first shall be last and the last shall be first.

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¹For the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers in his vineyard. ²And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace ⁴And said to them, You also go into the vineyard and what ever is right I will give you and they went their way. ⁵Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour and did likewise. ⁶And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle and said to them, Why do you stand here all the day idle? ⁷They said to him, Because no man has hired us. He said to them, Go also into the vineyard and whatever is right, you shall receive. ⁸So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and give them their hire, beginning from the last to the first. ⁹And when they came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. ¹⁰But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more and they likewise received every man a penny. ¹¹And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, ¹² Saying, These last have worked only one hour and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and heat of the day. ¹³But he answered one of them and said, Friend, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a penny? ¹⁴Take what is yours and go your way. I will give to this last, even as to you. ¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good? ¹⁶So the last shall be first and the first last for many are called but few chosen.
¹⁷And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem he took the twelve disciples apart in the way and said to them, ¹⁸Behold, we go up to Jerusalem and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes and they shall condemn him to death ¹⁹And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify him and the third day he shall rise again.
²⁰Then the mother of Zebedee's children came to him with her sons, worshiping him and desiring a certain thing of him. ²¹And he said to her, What do you want? She said to him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on your right hand and the other on the left in your kingdom. ²²But Jesus answered and said, You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink of the cup that I shall drink and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They said to him, We are able. ²³And he said to them, You shall indeed drink of my cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give but it shall be given to those for whom it is prepared by my Father. ²⁴And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brothers. ²⁵But Jesus called them to him and said, You know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them and those who are great exercise authority on them. ²⁶But it shall not be so among you but who ever will be great among you, let him be your minister ²⁷And whoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant, ²⁸Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered to but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.
²⁹And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. ³⁰And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side cried out when they heard that Jesus passed by, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, you Son of David. ³¹And the multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, you Son of David. ³²And Jesus stood still and called them and said, What will you that I shall do to you? ³³They said to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. ³⁴So Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes and immediately their eyes received sight and they followed him.

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¹And when they drew near to Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, to the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ²Saying to them, Go into the village opposite you and immediately you shall find an ass tied and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to me. ³And if any man says anything to you, you shall say, The Lord has need of them and immediately he will send them. ⁴All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, ⁵Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, meek and sitting on an ass and a colt the foal of an ass. ⁶And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them ⁷And brought the ass and the colt and put their clothes on them and they sat him on it. ⁸And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way. Others cut down branches from the trees and strewed them in the way. ⁹And the multitudes who went before and who followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest. ¹⁰And when he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? ¹¹And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
¹²And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves ¹³And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer but you have made it a den of thieves. ¹⁴And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple and he healed them. ¹⁵And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were very displeased ¹⁶And they said to him, Do you hear what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes, have you never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings you have perfected praise? ¹⁷And he left them and went out of the city into Bethany and he lodged there.
¹⁸Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he was hungry. ¹⁹And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves only and said to it, Let no fruit grow on you from now on for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. ²⁰And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! ²¹Jesus answered and said to them, Verily I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt, you shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree but also if you shall say to this mountain, Be removed and be cast into the sea, it shall be done. ²²And all things, whatever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.
²³And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority? ²⁴And Jesus answered and said to them, I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell me, I like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵The baptism of John, Where was it from? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him? ²⁶But if we shall say, From men, we fear the people for all hold John as a prophet. ²⁷And they answered Jesus and said, We cannot tell. And he said to them, Neither do I tell by what authority I do these things.

²⁸But what do you think? A certain man had two sons and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard. ²⁹He answered and said, I will not but afterward he repented and went. ³⁰And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, I will go sir and did not go. ³¹Which of these two did the will of his father? They said to him, The first. Jesus said to them, Verily I say to you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. ³²For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him but the publicans and the harlots believed him and you, when you had seen it, did not repent afterward, so that you might believe him.

³³Hear another parable, There was a certain householder who planted a vineyard and hedged it on every side and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country. ³⁴And when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen so that they might receive its fruits. ³⁵And the husbandmen took his servants and beat one and killed another and stoned another. ³⁶Again, he sent other servants more than the first and they did likewise to them. ³⁷But last of all he sent to them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. ³⁸But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him and let us seize on his inheritance. ³⁹And they caught him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. ⁴⁰Therefore when the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those husbandmen? ⁴¹They said to him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men and will let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons. ⁴²Jesus said to them, Have you never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner, this is the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes? ⁴³Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth its fruits. ⁴⁴And whoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken but on whomever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. ⁴⁵And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them. ⁴⁶But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude because they saw him as a prophet.

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¹And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said, ²The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage for his son, ³And sent out his servants to call those who were bidden to the wedding and they would not come. ⁴Again, he sent out other servants, saying, Tell those who are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlings are killed and all things are ready, come to the marriage. ⁵But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise. ⁶And the remnant took his servants and entreated them spitefully and killed them. ⁷But when the king heard of it, he was angry and he sent out his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city. ⁸Then he said to his servants, The wedding is ready but those who were bidden were not worthy. ⁹Go therefore into the highways and as many as you shall find, bid to the marriage. ¹⁰So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good and the wedding was furnished with guests. ¹¹And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding garment ¹²And he said to him, Friend, how did you come in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. ¹³Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast him into outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ¹⁴For many are called but few are chosen.
¹⁵Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. ¹⁶And they sent out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that you are true and you teach the way of God in truth, nor do you care for any man for you do not regard the person of men. ¹⁷Tell us therefore, What do you think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? ¹⁸But Jesus perceived their wickedness and said, Why do you tempt me, you hypocrites? ¹⁹Show me the tribute money. And they brought to him a coin. ²⁰And he said to them, Whose image and superscription is this? ²¹They said to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things which are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's. ²²When they had heard these words, they marveled and left him and went their way.
²³The same day the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection and asked him, ²⁴Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed to his brother. ²⁵Now there were with us seven brothers and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased and, having no issue left his wife to his brother. ²⁶Likewise also the second and the third, to the seventh. ²⁷And last of all the woman also died. ²⁸Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. ²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, You err not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God. ³⁰For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are as the angels of God in heaven. ³¹But as touching the resurrection of the dead. Have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying, ³²I 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. ³³And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.
³⁴But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. ³⁵Then one of them, who was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him and saying, ³⁶Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law? ³⁷ Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. ³⁸This is the first and great commandment ³⁹And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ⁴⁰On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
⁴¹While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, ⁴²Saying, What do you think of Christ? whose son is he? They said to him, The Son of David. ⁴³He said to them, How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, ⁴⁴The LORD said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool? ⁴⁵If David then calls him Lord, how is he his son? ⁴⁶And no man was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare from that day onward to ask him any more questions. (See Zechariah 11:8ff)

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¹Then Jesus spoke to the multitude and to his disciples, ²Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. ³All therefore whatever they bid you to observe, that observe and do but do not after their works for they say and do not. ⁴For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne and lay them on men's shoulders but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. ⁵But they do all their works to be seen of men. They make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments ⁶And love the uppermost rooms at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues ⁷And greetings in the markets and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. ⁸But do not be called Rabbi for one is your Master, even Christ and all you are brothers. ⁹And call no man father on the earth for one is your Father, who is in heaven. ¹⁰Neither be called masters for one is your Master, even Christ. ¹¹But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. ¹²And whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased and he who shall humble himself shall be exalted.
¹³But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men for you neither go in yourselves nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. ¹⁴Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you shall receive the greater damnation. ¹⁵Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you compass sea and land to make one proselyte and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. ¹⁶Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! ¹⁷You fools and blind for which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold? ¹⁸And, whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is guilty. ¹⁹You fools and blind for which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? ²⁰whoever therefore shall swear by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. ²¹And whoever shall swear by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it. ²²And he who shall swear by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it. ²³Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy and faith. These you ought to have done but not to leave the other undone. ²⁴You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel. ²⁵Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter but within they are full of extortion and excess. ²⁶You blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is inside the cup and platter so that the outside of them may be clean also. ²⁷Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward but within are full of dead men's bones and of all uncleanness. ²⁸Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. ²⁹Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous ³⁰And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. ³¹Therefore you are witnesses to yourselves, that you are the children of those who killed the prophets. ³²Fill up then the measure of your fathers. ³³You serpents, you generation of vipers, how can you escape the damnation of hell?
³⁴Therefore, behold, I send prophets to you and wise men and scribes and some of them you shall kill and crucify and some of them you shall scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city, ³⁵So that all the righteous blood shed on the earth may come on you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar. ³⁶Verily I say to you, All these things shall come on this generation.
³⁷O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings and you would not! ³⁸Behold, your house is left to you desolate. ³⁹For I say to you, You shall not see (know) me from this time, until you may say, Blessed is he who came in the name of the Lord.

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¹And Jesus went out and departed from the temple and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. ²And Jesus said to them, Do you not see all these things? verily I say to you, There shall not be one stone left on another here, that shall not be thrown down. ³And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when these things shall be? and what shall be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?
⁴And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no man deceives you. ⁵For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ and shall deceive many. ⁶And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled for all these things must occur but the end is not yet. ⁷For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and diseases and earthquakes in different places. ⁸All these are the beginning of sorrows. ⁹Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you and you shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. ¹⁰And then shall many be offended and betray one another and hate one another. ¹¹And many false prophets shall rise and deceive many. ¹²And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall grow cold. ¹³But he who shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved. ¹⁴And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness to all nations and then the end shall come. ¹⁵When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (who ever reads, let him understand.) ¹⁶Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷Let him who is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house ¹⁸ Nor let him who is in the field return back to take his clothes. ¹⁹And woe to those who are with child and to those who give suck in those days! ²⁰But pray that your flight is not in the winter nor on the sabbath day ²¹For then great tribulation shall be, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no nor ever shall be. ²²And except those days should be shortened, no flesh would be saved but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened. ²³Then if any man shall sais to you, Lo, here is Christ or there. Do not believe it. ²⁴For false Christs and false prophets shall arise and shall show great signs and wonders so that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. ²⁵Behold, I have told you before. ²⁶Therefore if they shall say to you, Behold, he is in the desert, do not go out or behold, he is in the secret chambers, do not believe it. ²⁷For as the lightning comes out of the east and shines even to the west so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. ²⁸For wherever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. ²⁹Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, ³⁰And then the sign of the Son of man shall appear in heaven and then all the tribes of the earth shall mourn and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ³¹And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
³²Now learn a parable of the fig tree, When its branch is yet tender and it puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. ³³So likewise, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. ³⁴Verily I say to you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things are fulfilled. ³⁵Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away. ³⁶But of that day and hour no man knows, no, not the angels of heaven but my Father only. ³⁷But as the days of Noah were, so also shall the coming of the Son of man be. ³⁸For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, ³⁹And they did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also shall the coming of the Son of man be. ⁴⁰Then two shall be in the field, the one shall be taken and the other left. ⁴¹Two women shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken and the other left. ⁴²Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord comes. ⁴³But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be broken up. ⁴⁴Therefore also be ready for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes. ⁴⁵Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season. ⁴⁶Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing. ⁴⁷Verily I say to you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. ⁴⁸But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming, ⁴⁹And shall begin to strike his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunken, ⁵⁰The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he does not look for him and in an hour that he is not aware of ⁵¹And shall cut him in pieces and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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¹Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. ²And five of them were wise and five foolish. ³Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them. ⁴But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. ⁶And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes. Go out to meet him. ⁷Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. ⁸And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil for our lamps have gone out. ⁹But the wise answered, saying, Not so, lest there is not enough for us and you but go rather to those who sell and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage and the door was shut. ¹¹Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. ¹²But he answered and said, Verily I say to you, I do not know you. ¹³Watch therefore for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of man comes.

¹⁴For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. ¹⁵And to one he gave five talents, to another two and to another one, to every man according to his several abilities and immediately took his journey. ¹⁶Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with the same and made another five talents. ¹⁷And likewise he who had received two, he also gained another two. ¹⁸But he who had received one went and dug in the earth and hid his lord's money. ¹⁹After a long time the lord of those servants came and reckoned with them. ²⁰And so he who had received five talents came and brought the other five talents, saying, Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained beside them five more talents. ²¹ His lord said to him, Well done, you good and faithful servant, you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter you into the joy of your lord. ²² He also who had received two talents came and said, Lord, you delivered to me two talents, behold, I have gained two other talents besides them. ²³His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant, you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord. ²⁴Then he who had received one talent came and said, Lord, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not strewn. ²⁵And I was afraid and went and hid your talent in the earth, lo, there you have that which is yours. ²⁶ His lord answered and said to him, You wicked and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I have not sowed. ²⁷You ought therefore to have put my money to the exchangers and then at my coming I would have received my own with usury. ²⁸Therefore take the talent from him and give it to him who has ten talents. ²⁹For to every one who has shall be given and he shall have abundance but from him who has not even that which he has shall be taken away. ³⁰And cast the unprofitable servant into outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
³¹When the Son of man and all the holy angels with him shall come in his glory, then he shall sit on the throne of his glory ³²And before him all nations shall be gathered and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats, ³³And he shall set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left. ³⁴Then the King shall say to those on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world ³⁵For I was hungry and you gave me meat, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you took me in, ³⁶Naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me. ³⁷Then the righteous shall answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and fed you? or thirsty and gave you drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and took you in? or naked and clothed you? ³⁹ Or when did we see you sick or in prison and came to you? ⁴⁰And the King shall answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me. ⁴¹Then he shall say also to those on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels ⁴²For I was hungry and you gave me no meat. I was thirsty and you gave me no drink. ⁴³I 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. ⁴⁴Then they also shall answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry or athirst or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister to you? ⁴⁵Then he shall answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me. ⁴⁶And these shall go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous into eternal life.

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¹And when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples. ²You know that after two days is the feast of the passover and the Son of man will be betrayed to be crucified. ³Then the chief priests assembled together and the scribes and the elders of the people, to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas, ⁴And they consulted how they might take Jesus by subtlety and kill him. ⁵But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there is an uproar among the people.
⁶Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, ⁷A woman came to him having an alabaster box of very precious ointment and she poured it on his head as he sat at meat. ⁸But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? ⁹For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor. ¹⁰When Jesus understood it, he said to them, Why do you trouble the woman? for she has wrought a good work on me. ¹¹For you always have the poor with you but you do not always have me. ¹²For she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. ¹³Verily I say to you, wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, This that this woman has done shall also be told for a memorial of her.
¹⁴Then one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot went to the chief priests, ¹⁵And said, What will you give me and I will deliver him to you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
¹⁷Now on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, Where will you that we prepare for you to eat the passover? ¹⁸And he said, Go into the city to such a man and say to him, The Master said, My time is at hand, I will keep the passover at your house with my disciples. ¹⁹And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them and they made ready the passover. ²⁰Now when the evening had come, he sat down with the twelve. ²¹And as they ate he said, Verily I say to you, that one of you shall betray me. ²²And they were exceedingly sorrowful and every of them one began to say to him, Lord, is it I? ²³And he answered and said, He who dips his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. ²⁴ The Son of man goes as it is written of him but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it would have had been better for that man if he had not been born. ²⁵Then Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said to him, You have said.
²⁶And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it and broke it and gave it to the disciples and said, Take, eat, this is my body. ²⁷And he took the cup and gave thanks and gave it to them, saying, Drink you all of it, ²⁸For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. ²⁹But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. ³⁰And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the mount of Olives.
³¹Then Jesus said to them, All you shall be offended because of me this night for it is written, I will strike the shepherd and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. (See Zechariah 13:7 ³²But after I have risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. ³³Peter answered and said to him, Though all men shall be offended because of you, yet I will never be offended. ³⁴Jesus said to him, Verily I say to you, That this night, before the cock crows, you shall deny me three times. ³⁵Peter said to him, Even if I would die with you, yet I will not deny you. Likewise also said all the disciples.
³⁶Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane and said to the disciples, Sit here, while I go and pray yonder. ³⁷And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. ³⁸Then he said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Wait here and watch with me. ³⁹And he went a little further and fell on his face and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me, nevertheless not as I will but as you will. ⁴⁰And he came to the disciples and found them asleep and said to Peter, What, could you not watch with me one hour? ⁴¹Watch and pray so that you do not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak. ⁴²He went away again the second time and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, your will be done. ⁴³And he came and found them asleep again for their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴And he left them and went away again and prayed the third time, saying the same words. ⁴⁵Then he came to his disciples and said to them, Sleep on now and take your rest, behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶Rise, let us be going. Behold, he is at hand who betrays me.
⁴⁷And while he yet spoke, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came and with him a great multitude with swords and staves from the chief priests and elders of the people. ⁴⁸Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whom ever I shall kiss, that same is he. Hold him fast. ⁴⁹And immediately he came to Jesus and said, Hail, master and kissed him. ⁵⁰And Jesus said to him, Friend, why have you come? Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took him.
⁵¹And, behold, one of those who was with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck a servant of the high priest and struck off his ear. ⁵²Then Jesus said to him, Put up again your sword into its place for all those who take the sword shall perish with the sword. ⁵³ Do you think that I cannot now pray to my Father and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? ⁵⁴But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be? ⁵⁵In that same hour Jesus said to the multitudes, Have you come out as against a thief with swords and staves to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple and you laid no hand on me. ⁵⁶But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.
⁵⁷And those who had laid hold of Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled. ⁵⁸But Peter followed him afar off to the high priest's palace and went in and sat with the servants, to see the end. ⁵⁹Now the chief priests and elders and all the council sought false witness against Jesus to put him to death ⁶⁰But found none, yes, though many false witnesses came, yet they found none. At last two false witnesses came ⁶¹And said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days. ⁶²And the high priest arose and said to him, Don't you answer anything? what is it that these witness against you? ⁶³But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said to him, I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God. ⁶⁴Jesus said to him, You have said it but I say to you, After this you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven. ⁶⁵Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy. What further need do we have of witnesses? behold, now you have heard his blasphemy. ⁶⁶What do you think? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. ⁶⁷Then they spit in his face and buffeted him and others struck him with the palms of their hands, ⁶⁸Saying, Prophesy to us Christ, Who is he who struck you?
⁶⁹Now Peter sat outside in the palace and a damsel came to him, saying, You also were with Jesus of Galilee. ⁷⁰But he denied before them all, saying, I do not know what you say. ⁷¹And when he had gone out into the porch, another maid saw him and said to those who were there, This man was also with Jesus of Nazareth. ⁷²And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. ⁷³And after a while those who stood by came to him and said to Peter, Surely you also are one of them for your speech betrays you. ⁷⁴Then he began to curse and to swear, saying, I do not know the man. And immediately the cock crowed. ⁷⁵And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, who said to him, Before the cock crows, you shall deny me three times. And he went out and wept bitterly.

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¹When the morning had come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. ²And when they had bound him, they led him away and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. ³Then Judas, who had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, regretted himself and brought the thirty pieces of silver again to the chief priests and elders, ⁴Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? you see to it. ⁵And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed and went and hanged himself. ⁶And the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. ⁷And they took counsel and bought the potter's field with them to bury strangers in. ⁸Therefore that field was called, The field of blood, to this day. ⁹Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him who was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value, ¹⁰And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. (See Zechariah 11:12,13)
¹¹And Jesus stood before the governor and the governor asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say it. ¹²And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. ¹³Then Pilate said to him, Do you not hear how many things they witness against you? ¹⁴And he answered him to never a word so that the governor marveled greatly. ¹⁵Now at that feast the governor was used to releasing a prisoner to the people, whomever they wanted. ¹⁶And they had a notable prisoner then, called Barabbas. ¹⁷Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you that I release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ? ¹⁸For he knew that they had delivered him for envy. ¹⁹When he had sat down on the judgment seat his wife sent to him saying, Have nothing to do with that just man for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. ²⁰But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas and destroy Jesus. ²¹The governor answered and said to them, Which of the two will you that I release to you? They said, Barabbas. ²²Pilate said to them, What shall I do then with Jesus who is called Christ? They all said to him, Let him be crucified. ²³And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. ²⁴When Pilate saw that he could not prevail but that rather a tumult was made, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person, you see to it. ²⁵Then all the people answered and said, His blood be on us and on our children.
²⁶Then he released Barabbas to them and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. ²⁷Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall (Gabbatha) and gathered to him the whole band of soldiers. ²⁸And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him. ²⁹And when they had plaited a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and a reed in his right hand and they bowed their knees before him and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! ³⁰And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. ³¹And after they had mocked him, they took the robe from him and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him. ³²And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled him to bear his cross.
³³And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, ³⁴They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall and when he had tasted it, he would not drink. ³⁵And they crucified him and parted his garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them and on my vesture they cast lots. (Psalms 22:18) ³⁶And sitting down they watched him there, ³⁷And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. ³⁸Then there were two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand and another on the left. ³⁹And those who passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, ⁴⁰And saying, You who will destroy the temple and will build it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. ⁴¹ Likewise also the chief priests mocking him with the scribes and elders, said, ⁴²He saved others, he cannot save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross and we will believe him. ⁴³He trusted in God, let him deliver him now, if he will have him for he said, I am the Son of God. ⁴⁴ The thieves also, who were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. ⁴⁵Now there was darkness over all the land from the sixth hour to the ninth hour. ⁴⁶And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (See Psalms 22:1) ⁴⁷ Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calls for Elijah. ⁴⁸And immediately one of them ran and took a sponge and filled it with vinegar and put it on a reed and gave him to drink. ⁴⁹The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.
⁵⁰ Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the Spirit. ⁵¹And, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom and the earth quaked and the rocks rent, ⁵²And the graves were opened and many bodies of the saints who slept arose, ⁵³And came out of the graves after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many. ⁵⁴Now when the centurion and those who were with him watching Jesus, saw the earthquake and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. ⁵⁵And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to him were there, beholding afar off. ⁵⁶Among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joses and the mother of Zebedee's children.
⁵⁷When the evening had come, a rich man of Arimathaea named Joseph came, who also himself was Jesus' disciple. ⁵⁸He went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. ⁵⁹And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher and departed. ⁶¹And Mary Magdalene and the other Mary was there, sitting opposite the sepulcher. ⁶²Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate, ⁶³Saying, Sir, we remember that while he was yet alive the deceiver said, After three days I will rise again. ⁶⁴Therefore command that the sepulcher be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and steal him away and say to the people, He is risen from the dead, so the last error shall be worse than the first. ⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, You have a watch, go your way, make it as sure as you can. ⁶⁶So they went and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone and setting guards.

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Chapter 28
¹In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the sepulcher. ²And behold, there was a great earthquake for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat on it. ³His countenance was like lightning and his raiment white as snow ⁴And for fear of him the keepers shook and became as dead men. ⁵And the angel answered and said to the women, Fear not for I know that you seek Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶He is not here for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. ⁷And go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead and behold, he goes before you into Galilee. You shall see him there. Lo, I have told you. ⁸And they departed quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy and ran to bring his disciples word. ⁹And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet and worshiped him. ¹⁰Then Jesus said to them, Do not be afraid, go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee and they shall see me there.
¹¹Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city and showed to the chief priests all the things that were done. ¹²And when they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of money to the soldiers, ¹³Saying, Say, His disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept. ¹⁴And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and secure you. ¹⁵So they took the money and did as they were taught and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
¹⁶Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. ¹⁷And when they saw him, they worshiped him but some doubted. ¹⁸And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. ¹⁹Go you therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you and, lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen.
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