Matthew 1
1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of
Abraham.
2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his
brethren;
3 and Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar; and Perez begat Hezron; and Hezron
begat Ram;
4 and Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon; and Nahshon begat
Salmon;
5 and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab; and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat
Jesse;
6 and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon of her that had been
the wife of Uriah;
7 and Solomon begat Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begat Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa;
8 and Asa begat Jehoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Uzziah;
9 and Uzziah begat Jotham; and Jotham begat Ahaz; and Ahaz begat Hezekiah;
10 and Hezekiah begat Manasseh; and Manasseh begat Amon; and Amon begat Josiah;
11 and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away
to Babylon.
12 And after the carrying away to Babylon, Jechoniah begat Shealtiel; and
Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel;
13 and Zerubbabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
14 and Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
15 and Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
16 and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is
called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham unto David are fourteen generations; and
from David unto the carrying away to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the
carrying away to Babylon unto the Christ fourteen generations.
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been
betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the
Holy Spirit.
19 And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a
public example, was minded to put her away privily.
20 But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared
unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto
thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
21 And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it
is he that shall save his people from their sins.
22 Now all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by
the Lord through the prophet, saying,
23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they
shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.
24 And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded
him, and took unto him his wife;
25 and knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called his name
JESUS.
Matthew 2
1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king,
behold, Wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
2 Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east,
and are come to worship him.
3 And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he
inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written through
the prophet,
6 And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, Art in no wise least among the princes of
Judah: For out of thee shall come forth a governor, Who shall be shepherd of my
people Israel.
7 Then Herod privily called the Wise-men, and learned of them exactly what time
the star appeared.
8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly concerning
the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word, that I also may come
and worship him.
9 And they, having heard the king, went their way; and lo, the star, which they
saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young
child was.
10 And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11 And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother;
and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they offered
unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they
departed into their own country another way.
13 Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph
in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into
Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee: for Herod will seek the young child
to destroy him.
14 And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed
into Egypt;
15 and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding
wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem,
and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the
time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.
17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet,
saying,
18 A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for
her children; And she would not be comforted, because they are not.
19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to
Joseph in Egypt, saying,
20 Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of
Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child's life.
21 And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land
of Israel.
22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judaea in the room of his
father Herod, he was afraid to go thither; and being warned of God in a dream,
he withdrew into the parts of Galilee,
23 and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.
Matthew 3
1 And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of
Judaea, saying,
2 Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
3 For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The
voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make
his paths straight.
4 Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about
his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
5 Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round
about the Jordan;
6 and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he
said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to
come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:
9 and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I
say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto
Abraham.
10 And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore
that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
11 I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is
mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in
the Holy Spirit and in fire:
12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor;
and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with
unquenchable fire.
13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of
him.
14 But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee,
and comest thou to me?
15 But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to
fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.
16 And Jesus when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo,
the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a
dove, and coming upon him;
17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I
am well pleased.
Matthew 4
1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the
devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.
3 And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command
that these stones become bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle
of the temple,
6 and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is
written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands
they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the
Lord thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him
all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9 and he said unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall
down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
12 Now when he heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee;
13 and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in
the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali:
14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet,
saying,
15 The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond the
Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
16 The people that sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them that sat in
the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.
17 From that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, Repent ye; for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand.
18 And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called
Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were
fishers.
19 And he saith unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left the nets, and followed him.
21 And going on from thence he saw two other brethren, James the son of Zebedee,
and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets;
and he called them.
22 And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him.
23 And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all
manner of sickness among the people.
24 And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him
all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with
demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.
25 And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and
Jerusalem and Judaea and from beyond the Jordan.
Matthew 5
1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat
down, his disciples came unto him:
2 and he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be
filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God.
10 Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all
manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so
persecuted they the prophets that were before you.
13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith
shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and
trodden under foot of men.
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand;
and it shineth unto all that are in the house.
16 Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
17 Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to
destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall
teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever
shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the
righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the
kingdom of heaven.
21 Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and
whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
22 but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in
danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be
in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger
of the hell of fire.
23 If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest
that thy brother hath aught against thee,
24 leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to
thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art with him in the way; lest
haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the
officer, and thou be cast into prison.
26 Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou
have paid the last farthing.
27 Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28 but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her
hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from
thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and
not thy whole body be cast into hell.
30 And if thy right hand causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from
thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and
not thy whole body go into hell.
31 It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a
writing of divorcement:
32 but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the
cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her
when she is put away committeth adultery.
33 Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not
forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
34 but I say unto you, swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the
throne of God;
35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for
it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white
or black.
37 But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these
is of the evil one.
38 Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 but I say unto you, resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee
on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him
have thy cloak also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not
thou away.
43 Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine
enemy:
44 but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
45 that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to
rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
46 For if ye love them that love you, what reward have ye? do not even the
publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even
the Gentiles the same?
48 Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 6
1 Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them:
else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
2 When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the
hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of
men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand
doeth:
4 that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall
recompense thee.
5 And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand
and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be
seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut
thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in
secret shall recompense thee.
7 And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think
that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8 Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have
need of, before ye ask him.
9 After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be
thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also
forgive you.
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive
your trespasses.
16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for
they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say
unto you, They have received their reward.
17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
18 that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and
thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust
consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.
22 The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole
body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If
therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the
other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God
and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or
what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the
life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?
26 Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor
gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much
more value than they?
27 And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his
life?
28 And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like
one of these.
30 But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and
to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of
little faith?
31 Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink?
or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you.
34 Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for
itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 7
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye
mete, it shall be measured unto you.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest
not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine
eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt
thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the
swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall
be opened unto you:
8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will
give him a stone;
10 or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how
much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask
him?
12 All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so
do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.
13 Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way,
that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.
14 For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and
few are they that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly
are ravening wolves.
16 By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs
of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree
bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring
forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the
fire.
20 Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of
heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name,
and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that
work iniquity.
24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall
be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:
25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat
upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.
26 And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be
likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:
27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote
upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, the multitudes were
astonished at his teaching:
29 for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
Matthew 8
1 And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
2 And behold, there came to him a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if
thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
3 And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying,
I will; be thou made
clean. And straightway his leprosy was cleansed.
4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go, show thyself to the
priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
5 And when he was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion,
beseeching him,
6 and saying, Lord, my servant lieth in the house sick of the palsy, grievously
tormented.
7 And he saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
8 And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest
come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
9 For I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say
to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my
servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
10 And when Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed,
Verily
I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
11 And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and
shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:
12 but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness:
there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so be
it done unto thee. And the servant was healed in that hour.
14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying
sick of a fever.
15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and
ministered unto him.
16 And when even was come, they brought unto him many possessed with demons: and
he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick:
17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet,
saying: Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.
18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandments to depart
unto the other side.
19 And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow thee
whithersoever thou goest.
20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven
have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
21 And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and
bury my father.
22 But Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own
dead.
23 And when he was entered into a boat, his disciples followed him.
24 And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the boat
was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
25 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Save, Lord; we perish.
26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he
arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
27 And the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the
winds and the sea obey him?
28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes,
there met him two possessed with demons, coming forth out of the tombs,
exceeding fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.
29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, thou Son of
God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
30 Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.
31 And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into
the herd of swine.
32 And he said unto them, Go. And they came out, and went into the swine: and
behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in the
waters.
33 And they that fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told
everything, and what was befallen to them that were possessed with demons.
34 And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they
besought him that he would depart from their borders.
Matthew 9
1 And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.
2 And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and
Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer;
thy sins are forgiven.
3 And behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man
blasphemeth.
4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
5 For which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and
walk?
6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive
sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy bed, and
go unto thy house.
7 And he arose, and departed to his house.
8 But when the multitudes saw it, they were afraid, and glorified God, who had
given such authority unto men.
9 And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at
the place of toll: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed
him.
10 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans
and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your
Teacher with the publicans and sinners?
12 But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a
physician, but they that are sick.
13 But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
14 Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees
fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as
the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall
be taken away from them, and then will they fast.
16 And no man putteth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that
which should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is made.
17 Neither do men put new wine into old wine-skins: else the skins burst, and
the wine is spilled, and the skins perish: but they put new wine into fresh
wine-skins, and both are preserved.
18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a ruler, and
worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand
upon her, and she shall live.
19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.
20 And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him,
and touched the border of his garment:
21 for she said within herself, If I do but touch his garment, I shall be made
whole.
22 But Jesus turning and seeing her said, Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith
hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute-players, and
the crowd making a tumult,
24 he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they
laughed him to scorn.
25 But when the crowd was put forth, he entered in, and took her by the hand;
and the damsel arose.
26 And the fame hereof went forth into all that land.
27 And as Jesus passed by from thence, two blind men followed him, crying out,
and saying, Have mercy on us, thou son of David.
28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus
saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say unto him, Yea,
Lord.
29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it done unto
you.
30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charged them, saying,
See that
no man know it.
31 But they went forth, and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
32 And as they went forth, behold, there was brought to him a dumb man possessed
with a demon.
33 And when the demon was cast out, the dumb man spake: and the multitudes
marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
34 But the Pharisees said, By the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.
35 And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of
disease and all manner of sickness.
36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them,
because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd.
37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the
laborers are few.
38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into
his harvest.
Matthew 10
1 And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over
unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all
manner of sickness.
2 Now 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;
3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of
Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
4 Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into any way
of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans:
6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye
received, freely give.
9 Get you no gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses;
10 no wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the
laborer is worthy of his food.
11 And into whatsoever city or village ye shall enter, search out who in it is
worthy; and there abide till ye go forth.
12 And as ye enter into the house, salute it.
13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not
worthy, let your peace return to you.
14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out
of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.
15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and
Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore
wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in theirs
synagogues they will scourge you;
18 yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a
testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
19 But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak: for
it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak.
20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in
you.
21 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and
children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to
the end, the same shall be saved.
23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I
say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son
of man be come.
24 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as
his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more
them of his household!
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be
revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in
the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.
28 And be not afraid of them that 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.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them shall fall on the
ground without your Father:
30 but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
32 Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess
before my Father who is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father
who is in heaven.
34 Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace,
but a sword.
35 For I came 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:
36 and a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that
loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38 And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.
39 He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my
sake shall find it.
40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him
that sent me.
41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a
prophet's reward: and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a
righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold
water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you he shall in no wise
lose his reward.
Matthew 11
1 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples,
he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.
2 Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his
disciples
3 and said unto him, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye
hear and see:
5 the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and
the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings
preached to them.
6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.
7 And as these went their way, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning
John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the
wind?
8 But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that
wear soft raiment are in king's houses.
9 But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much
more than a prophet.
10 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy
face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.
11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not
arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is but little in the kingdom
of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if ye are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, that is to come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting
in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows
17 and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not
mourn.
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon.
19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous
man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified
by her works.
20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were
done, because they repented not.
21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works
had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented
long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22 But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day
of judgment than for you.
23 And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down
unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in
thee, it would have remained until this day.
24 But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in
the day of judgment, than for thee.
25 At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and
understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes:
26 yea, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.
27 All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the
Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to
whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him.
28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and
ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Matthew 12
1 At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his
disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat.
2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do
that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry,
and they that were with him;
4 how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not
lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the
priests?
5 Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the
temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?
6 But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here.
7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye
would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.
9 And he departed thence, and went into their synagogue:
10 and behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it
lawful to heal on the sabbath day? that they might accuse him.
11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be of you, that shall have one
sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on
it, and lift it out?
12 How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to
do good on the sabbath day.
13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth;
and it was restored whole, as the other.
14 But the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they might
destroy him.
15 And Jesus perceiving it withdrew from thence: and many followed him; and he
healed them all,
16 and charged them that they should not make him known:
17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet,
saying,
18 Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well
pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, And he shall declare judgment to the
Gentiles.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in
the streets.
20 A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till
he send forth judgment unto victory.
21 And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.
22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb: and he
healed him, insomuch that the dumb man spake and saw.
23 And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Can this be the son of David?
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man doth not cast out
demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.
25 And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against
itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself
shall not stand:
26 and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall
his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out?
therefore shall they be your judges.
28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God
come upon you.
29 Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods,
except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
30 He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth.
31 Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men;
but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.
32 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven
him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven
him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.
33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and
its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.
34 Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of
the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the
evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36 And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall
give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be
condemned.
38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we
would see a sign from thee.
39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh
after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the
prophet:
40 for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so
shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and
shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a
greater than Jonah is here.
42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation,
and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom
of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
43 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through
waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.
44 Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is
come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than
himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man
becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil
generation.
46 While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his
brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.
47 And one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without,
seeking to speak to thee.
48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who
are my brethren?
49 And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said,
Behold, my
mother and my brethren!
50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my
brother, and sister, and mother.
Matthew 13
1 On that day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
2 And there were gathered unto him great multitudes, so that he entered into a
boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach.
3 And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went
forth to sow;
4 and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and
devoured them:
5 and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and
straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6 and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root,
they withered away.
7 And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them:
8 and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold,
some sixty, some thirty.
9 He that hath ears, let him hear.
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in
parables?
11 And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but
whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.
13 Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and
hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye
shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall
in no wise perceive:
15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their
eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn
again, And I should heal them.
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
17 For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to
see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye
hear, and heard them not.
18 Hear then ye the parable of the sower.
19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then
cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart.
This is he that was sown by the way side.
20 And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word,
and straightway with joy receiveth it;
21 yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when
tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.
22 And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and
the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he
becometh unfruitful.
23 And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word,
and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a
hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
24 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened
unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:
25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and
went away.
26 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares
also.
27 And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou
not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares?
28 And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto
him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the
wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I
will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to
burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.
31 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like
unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
32 which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is
grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of
the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.
33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto
leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all
leavened.
34 All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a
parable spake he nothing unto them:
35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I
will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation
of the world.
36 Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came
unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
37 And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38 and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the
kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;
39 and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the
world; and the reapers are angels.
40 As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be
in the end of the world.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his
kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,
42 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and
the gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their
Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.
44 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a
man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and
buyeth that field.
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking
goodly pearls:
46 and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had,
and bought it.
47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea,
and gathered of every kind:
48 which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach; and they sat down, and
gathered the good into vessels, but the bad they cast away.
49 So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and
sever the wicked from among the righteous,
50 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and
the gnashing of teeth.
51 Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea.
52 And he said unto them, Therefore every scribe who hath been made a disciple
to the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, who bringeth
forth out of his treasure things new and old.
53 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed
thence.
54 And coming into his own country he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch
that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these
mighty works?
55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his
brethren, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?
56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all
these things?
57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them,
A prophet is not
without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.
58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
Matthew 14
1 At that season Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,
2 and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the
dead; and therefore do these powers work in him.
3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the
sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they
counted him as a prophet.
6 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst,
and pleased Herod.
7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.
8 And she, being put forward by her mother, saith, Give me here on a platter the
head of John the Baptist.
9 And the king was grieved; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat
at meat with him, he commanded it to be given;
10 and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.
11 And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the damsel: and she
brought it to her mother.
12 And his disciples came, and took up the corpse, and buried him; and they went
and told Jesus.
13 Now when Jesus heard it, he withdrew from thence in a boat, to a desert place
apart: and when the multitudes heard thereof, they followed him on foot from the
cities.
14 And he came forth, and saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them,
and healed their sick.
15 And when even was come, the disciples came to him, saying, The place is
desert, and the time is already past; send the multitudes away, that they may go
into the villages, and buy themselves food.
16 But Jesus said unto them, They have no need to go away; give ye them to eat.
17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
18 And he said, Bring them hither to me.
19 And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the
five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake
and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
20 And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over
of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.
21 And they that did eat were about five thousand men, besides women and
children.
22 And straightway he constrained the disciples to enter into the boat, and to
go before him unto the other side, till he should send the multitudes away.
23 And after he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain apart
to pray: and when even was come, he was there alone.
24 But the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves; for
the wind was contrary.
25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came unto them, walking upon the sea.
26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled,
saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out for fear.
27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying Be of good cheer; it is I; be
not afraid.
28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee
upon the waters.
29 And he said, Come. And Peter went down from the boat, and walked upon the
waters to come to Jesus.
30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out,
saying, Lord, save me.
31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him, and
saith unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
32 And when they were gone up into the boat, the wind ceased.
33 And they that were in the boat worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art
the Son of God.
34 And when they had crossed over, they came to the land, unto Gennesaret.
35 And when the men of that place knew him, they sent into all that region round
about, and brought unto him all that were sick,
36 and they besought him that they might only touch the border of his garment:
and as many as touched were made whole.
Matthew 15
1 Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not
their hands when they eat bread.
3 And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment
of God because of your tradition?
4 For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of
father or mother, let him die the death.
5 But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his
mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God,
6 he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because
of your tradition.
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.
9 But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of
men.
10 And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
11 Not that which entereth into the mouth defileth the man; but that which
proceedeth out of the mouth, this defileth the man.
12 Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees
were offended, when they heard this saying?
13 But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not,
shall be rooted up.
14 Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both
shall fall into a pit.
15 And Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us the parable.
16 And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?
17 Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth into the mouth passeth into the belly,
and is cast out into the draught?
18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart;
and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
20 these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands
defileth not the man.
21 And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried,
saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously
vexed with a demon.
23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him,
saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24 But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house
of Israel.
25 But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26 And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread and
cast it to the dogs.
27 But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from
their masters' table.
28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it
done unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.
29 And Jesus departed thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and he went
up into the mountain, and sat there.
30 And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind,
dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at this feet; and he
healed them:
31 insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the
maimed whole, and lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God
of Israel.
32 And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I
have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days
and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they
faint on the way.
33 And the disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a
desert place as to fill so great a multitude?
34 And Jesus said unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and
a few small fishes.
35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;
36 and he took the seven loaves and the fishes; and he gave thanks and brake,
and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
37 And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over
of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.
38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.
39 And he sent away the multitudes, and entered into the boat, and came into the
borders of Magadan.
Matthew 16
1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a
sign from heaven.
2 But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be
fair weather: for the heaven is red.
3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and
lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern
the signs of the times.
4 An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no
sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.
5 And the disciples came to the other side and forgot to take bread.
6 And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
and Sadducees.
7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, We took no bread.
8 And Jesus perceiving it said, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among
yourselves, because ye have no bread?
9 Do ye not yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand,
and how many baskets ye took up?
10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took
up?
11 How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread?
But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
12 Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but
of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his
disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is?
14 And they said, Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah,
or one of the prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But who say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living
God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jonah: for
flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
18 And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will
build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
19 I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on
earth shall be loosed in heaven.
20 Then charged he the disciples that they should tell no man that he was the
Christ.
21 From that time began Jesus to show unto his disciples, that he must go unto
Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes,
and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
22 And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee,
Lord: this shall never be unto thee.
23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a
stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things
of men.
24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
25 For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his
life for my sake shall find it.
26 For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and
forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and
then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.
28 Verily I say unto you, there are some of them that stand here, who shall in
no wise taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
Matthew 17
1 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John his
brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart:
2 and he was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and
his garments became white as the light.
3 And behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elijah talking with him.
4 And Peter answered, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here:
if thou wilt, I will make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for
Moses, and one for Elijah.
5 While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and
behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am
well pleased; hear ye him.
6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore
afraid.
7 And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, save Jesus only.
9 And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying,
Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen from the dead.
10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah
must first come?
11 And he answered and said, Elijah indeed cometh, and shall restore all things:
12 but I say unto you, that Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but
did unto him whatsoever they would. Even so shall the Son of man also suffer of
them.
13 Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling
to him, and saying,
15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and suffereth grievously;
for oft-times he falleth into the fire, and oft-times into the water.
16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
17 And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long
shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him hither to me.
18 And Jesus rebuked him; and the demon went out of him: and the boy was cured
from that hour.
19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast it
out?
20 And he saith unto them, Because of your little faith: for verily I say unto
you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this
mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall
be impossible unto you.
22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall
be delivered up into the hands of men;
23 and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised up. And they
were exceeding sorry.
24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received the half-shekel came
to Peter, and said, Doth not your teacher pay the half-shekel?
25 He saith, Yea. And when he came into the house, Jesus spake first to him,
saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they
receive toll or tribute? from their sons, or from strangers?
26 And when he said, From strangers, Jesus said unto him, Therefore the sons are
free.
27 But, lest we cause them to stumble, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and
take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a shekel: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Matthew 18
1 In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in
the kingdom of heaven?
2 And he called to him a little child, and set him in the midst of them,
3 and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little
children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the
greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me:
6 But whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble,
it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck,
and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.
7 Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be
that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh!
8 And if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it
from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed or halt, rather than
having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
9 And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee:
it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes
to be cast into the hell of fire.
10 See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in
heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.
12 How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone
astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and
seek that which goeth astray?
13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth over it
more than over the ninety and nine which have not gone astray.
14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these
little ones should perish.
15 And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and
him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
16 But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of
two witnesses or three every word may be established.
17 And if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to
hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican.
18 Verily I say unto you, what things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be
bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed
in heaven.
19 Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching
anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in
heaven.
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the
midst of them.
21 Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against
me, and I forgive him? until seven times?
22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until
seventy times seven.
23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would
make a reckoning with his servants.
24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten
thousand talents.
25 But forasmuch as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be
sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
26 The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have
patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
27 And the lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and
forgave him the debt.
28 But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him
a hundred shillings: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat,
saying, Pay what thou owest.
29 So his fellow-servant fell down and besought him, saying, Have patience with
me, and I will pay thee.
30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that
which was due.
31 So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were exceeding sorry, and
came and told unto their lord all that was done.
32 Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I
forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me:
33 shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had
mercy on thee?
34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should
pay all that was due.
35 So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his
brother from your hearts.
Matthew 19
1 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from
Galilee, and came into the borders of Judaea beyond the Jordan;
2 and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
3 And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a
man to put away his wife for every cause?
4 And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the
beginning made them male and female,
5 and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall
cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?
6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined
together, let not man put asunder.
7 They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement,
and to put her away?
8 He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away
your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.
9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication,
and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she
is put away committeth adultery.
10 The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is
not expedient to marry.
11 But he said unto them, Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom
it is given.
12 For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother's womb: and there
are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made
themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive
it, let him receive it.
13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should lay his
hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
14 But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto
me: for to such belongeth the kingdom of heaven.
15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
16 And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do,
that I may have eternal life?
17 And he said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One
there is who is good: but if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the
commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not
commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19 Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I observed: what lack I
yet?
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou
hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come,
follow me.
22 But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful; for he was
one that had great possessions.
23 And Jesus said unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, It is hard for a
rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's
eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
25 And when the disciples heard it, they were astonished exceedingly, saying,
Who then can be saved?
26 And Jesus looking upon them said to them, With men this is impossible; but
with God all things are possible.
27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Lo, we have left all, and followed
thee; what then shall we have?
28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye who have followed
me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his
glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of
Israel.
29 And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or
mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold,
and shall inherit eternal life.
30 But many shall be last that are first; and first that are last.
Matthew 20
1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went
out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
2 And when he had agreed with the laborers for a shilling a day, he sent them
into his vineyard.
3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing in the
marketplace idle;
4 and to them he said, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I
will give you. And they went their way.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye
also into the vineyard.
8 And when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call
the laborers, and pay them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received
every man a shilling.
10 And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they
likewise received every man a shilling.
11 And when they received it, they murmured against the householder,
12 saying, These last have spent but one hour, and thou hast made them equal
unto us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.
13 But he answered and said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst
not thou agree with me for a shilling?
14 Take up that which is thine, and go thy way; it is my will to give unto this
last, even as unto thee.
15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye
evil, because I am good?
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last.
17 And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples apart,
and on the way he said unto them,
18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the
chief priests and scribes; and they shall condemn him to death,
19 and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to
crucify: and the third day he shall be raised up.
20 Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping
him, and asking a certain thing of him.
21 And he said unto her, What wouldest thou? She saith unto him, Command that
these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in
thy kingdom.
22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink
the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.
23 He saith unto them, My cup indeed ye shall drink: but to sit on my right
hand, and on my left hand, is not mine to give; but it is for them for whom it
hath been prepared of my Father.
24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation concerning the
two brethren.
25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the rulers of the
Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
26 Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you
shall be your minister;
27 and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant:
28 even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and
to give his life a ransom for many.
29 And as they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
30 And behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus
was passing by, cried out, saying, Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of David.
31 And the multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace: but they
cried out the more, saying, Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of David.
32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I should
do unto you?
33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34 And Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and straightway
they received their sight, and followed him.
Matthew 21
1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage, unto the
mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 saying unto them, Go into the village that is over against you, and
straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and
bring them unto me.
3 And if any one say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them;
and straightway he will send them.
4 Now this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through
the prophet, saying,
5 Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, Meek, and
riding upon an ass, And upon a colt the foal of an ass.
6 And the disciples went, and did even as Jesus appointed them,
7 and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their garments; and he sat
thereon.
8 And the most part of the multitude spread their garments in the way; and
others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the way.
9 And the multitudes that went before him, and that followed, cried, saying,
Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord;
Hosanna in the highest.
10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, Who is
this?
11 And the multitudes said, This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of
Galilee.
12 And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and
bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the
seats of them that sold the doves;
13 and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of
prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.
14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he
did, and the children that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the
son of David; they were moved with indignation,
16 and said unto him, Hearest thou what these are saying? And Jesus saith unto
them, Yea: did ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou has
perfected praise?
17 And he left them, and went forth out of the city to Bethany, and lodged
there.
18 Now in the morning as he returned to the city, he hungered.
19 And seeing a fig tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing
thereon, but leaves only; and he saith unto it, Let there be no fruit from thee
henceforward for ever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.
20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How did the fig tree
immediately wither away?
21 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have
faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do what is done to the fig tree, but
even if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea,
it shall be done.
22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall
receive.
23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the
people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou
these things? and who gave thee this authority?
24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one question,
which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these
things.
25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven or from men? And they
reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto
us, Why then did ye not believe him?
26 But if we shall say, From men; we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a
prophet.
27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We know not. He also said unto them,
Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
28 But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said,
Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.
29 And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented himself, and
went.
30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go,
sir: and went not.
31 Which of the two did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith
unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the
kingdom of God before you.
32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not;
but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, did not
even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.
33 Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a
vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a
tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
34 And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the
husbandmen, to receive his fruits.
35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and
stoned another.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them in
like manner.
37 But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
38 But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the
heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.
39 And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto
those husbandmen?
41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will
let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in
their seasons.
42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which
the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from
the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?
43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you,
and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44 And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on
whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
45 And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they
perceived that he spake of them.
46 And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because
they took him for a prophet.
Matthew 22
1 And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying,
2 The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage
feast for his son,
3 and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage
feast: and they would not come.
4 Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold,
I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things
are ready: come to the marriage feast.
5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another
to his merchandise;
6 and the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated them shamefully, and
killed them.
7 But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers,
and burned their city.
8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden
were not worthy.
9 Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall
find, bid to the marriage feast.
10 And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as
many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.
11 But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had
not on a wedding-garment:
12 and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a
wedding-garment? And he was speechless.
13 Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out
into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few chosen.
15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in his
talk.
16 And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we
know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not
for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men.
17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto
Caesar, or not?
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why make ye trial of me, ye
hypocrites?
19 Show me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a denarius.
20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto
Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
22 And when they heard it, they marvelled, and left him, and went away.
23 On that day there came to him Sadducees, they that say that there is no
resurrection: and they asked him,
24 saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother
shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased,
and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;
26 in like manner the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27 And after them all, the woman died.
28 In the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they
all had her.
29 But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures,
nor the power of God.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but
are as angels in heaven.
31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was
spoken unto you by God, saying,
32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is
not the God of the dead, but of the living.
33 And when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
34 But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence,
gathered themselves together.
35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, trying him:
36 Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the great and first commandment.
39 And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
40 On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.
41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
42 saying, What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The
son of David.
43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
44 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I put thine
enemies underneath thy feet?
45 If David then calleth him Lord, how is he his son?
46 And no one was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day
forth ask him any more questions.
Matthew 23
1 Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples,
2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses seat:
3 all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not
ye after their works; for they say, and do not.
4 Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's
shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.
5 But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their
phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
6 and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
7 and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi.
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.
9 And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who
is in heaven.
10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, even the Christ.
11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall
humble himself shall be exalted.
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the
kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye
them that are entering in to enter.
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land
to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son
of hell than yourselves.
16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple,
it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a
debtor.
17 Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath
sanctified the gold?
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall
swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.
19 Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the
gift?
20 He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things
thereon.
21 And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth
therein.
22 And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him
that sitteth thereon.
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise
and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and
mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the
other undone.
24 Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!
25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside
of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and
excess.
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter,
that the outside thereof may become clean also.
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited
sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead
men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full
of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres
of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,
30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been
partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the
prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of
hell?
34 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some
of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your
synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the
blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom
ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.
36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are
sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a
hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say,
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Matthew 24
1 And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his
disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
2 But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say
unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be
thrown down.
3 And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately,
saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy
coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many
astray.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for
these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there
shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places.
8 But all these things are the beginning of travail.
9 Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye
shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.
10 And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate
one another.
11 And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.
12 And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax
cold.
13 But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a
testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.
15 When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of
through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth
understand),
16 then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:
17 let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in
his house:
18 and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
19 But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those
days!
20 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath:
21 for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning
of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but
for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe
it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great
signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
25 Behold, I have told you beforehand.
26 If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not
forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe it not.
27 For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the
west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
28 Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 But immediately 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:
30 and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall
all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on
the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send forth 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.
32 Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become
tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;
33 even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, even
at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these
things be accomplished.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven,
neither the Son, but the Father only.
37 And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
38 For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into
the ark,
39 and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be
the coming of the Son of man.
40 Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:
41 two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the
thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house
to be broken through.
44 Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man
cometh.
45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his
household, to give them their food in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.
48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;
49 and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the
drunken;
50 the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an
hour when he knoweth not,
51 and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there
shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 25
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their
lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
3 For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:
4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet
him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are
going out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us
and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were
ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
13 Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
14 For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own servants,
and delivered unto them his goods.
15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each
according to his several ability; and he went on his journey.
16 Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and
made other five talents.
17 In like manner he also that received the two gained other two.
18 But he that received the one went away and digged in the earth, and hid his
lord's money.
19 Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a
reckoning with them.
20 And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents,
saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: lo, I have gained other
five talents.
21 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into
the joy of thy lord.
22 And he also that received the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents.
23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into
the joy of thy lord.
24 And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee
that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where
thou didst not scatter;
25 and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou
hast thine own.
26 But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant,
thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter;
27 thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming
I should have received back mine own with interest.
28 Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath
the ten talents.
29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but
from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away.
30 And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall
be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
31 But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him,
then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:
32 and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them
one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;
33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink;
I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and
ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry,
and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink?
38 And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed
thee?
39 And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch
as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed,
into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave
me no drink;
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick,
and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or
athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister
unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did
it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me.
46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into
eternal life.
Matthew 26
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these words, he said unto his
disciples,
2 Ye know that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of man is
delivered up to be crucified.
3 Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people,
unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;
4 and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and
kill him.
5 But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among
the people.
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7 there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious
ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.
8 But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose
is this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10 But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she
hath wrought a good work upon me.
11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
12 For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me
for burial.
13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole
world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of
her.
14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief
priests,
15 and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you?
And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.
16 And from that time he sought opportunity to deliver him unto them.
17 Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying,
Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee to eat the passover?
18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Teacher saith, My time is at hand; I keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
19 And the disciples did as Jesus appointed them; and they made ready the
passover.
20 Now when even was come, he was sitting at meat with the twelve disciples;
21 and as they were eating, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you
shall betray me.
22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began to say unto him every one, Is it
I, Lord?
23 And he answered and said, He that dipped his hand with me in the dish, the
same shall betray me.
24 The Son of man goeth, even as it is written of him: but woe unto that man
through whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had not
been born.
25 And Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Is it I, Rabbi? He saith unto
him, Thou hast said.
26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it; and he
gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
27 And he took a cup, and gave thanks, and gave to them, saying,
Drink ye all of
it;
28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto
remission of sins.
29 But I say unto you, I shall not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine,
until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended in me this night: for it
is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be
scattered abroad.
32 But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.
33 But Peter answered and said unto him, If all shall be offended in thee, I
will never be offended.
34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that this night, before the cock
crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
35 Peter saith unto him, Even if I must die with thee, yet will I not deny thee.
Likewise also said all the disciples.
36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto
his disciples, Sit ye here, while I go yonder and pray.
37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be
sorrowful and sore troubled.
38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death:
abide ye here, and watch with me.
39 And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My
Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as
I will, but as thou wilt.
40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto
Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak.
42 Again a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, My Father, if this
cannot pass away, except I drink it, thy will be done.
43 And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
44 And he left them again, and went away, and prayed a third time, saying again
the same words.
45 Then cometh he to the disciples, and saith unto 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.
46 Arise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that betrayeth me.
47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a
great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priest and elders of the
people.
48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss,
that is he: take him.
49 And straightway he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him.
50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, do that for which thou art come. Then they
came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
51 And behold, one of them that were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew
his sword, and smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.
52 Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place: for all
they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
53 Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall even now send
me more than twelve legions of angels?
54 How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be?
55 In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a
robber with swords and staves to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching,
and ye took me not.
56 But all this is come to pass, that the scriptures of the prophets might be
fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
57 And they that had taken Jesus led him away to the house of Caiaphas the high
priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
58 But Peter followed him afar off, unto the court of the high priest, and
entered in, and sat with the officers, to see the end.
59 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against
Jesus, that they might put him to death;
60 and they found it not, though many false witnesses came. But afterward came
two,
61 and said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build
it in three days.
62 And the high priest stood up, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what
is it which these witness against thee?
63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by
the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God.
64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Henceforth
ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on
the clouds of heaven.
65 Then the high priest rent his garments, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy:
what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy:
66 what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.
67 Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the
palms of their hands,
68 saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ: who is he that struck thee?
69 Now Peter was sitting without in the court: and a maid came unto him, saying,
Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilaean.
70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.
71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and saith unto
them that were there, This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.
72 And again he denied with an oath, I know not the man.
73 And after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter, Of a
truth thou also art one of them; for thy speech maketh thee known.
74 Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the
cock crew.
75 And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, Before the cock crow,
thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
Matthew 27
1 Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people
took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
2 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pilate the
governor.
3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented
himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and
elders,
4 saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What
is that to us? see thou to it.
5 And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he
went away and hanged himself.
6 And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to
put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.
7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury
strangers in.
8 Wherefore that field was called, the field of blood, unto this day.
9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was priced,
whom certain of the children of Israel did price;
10 and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art
thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
12 And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
13 Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness
against thee?
14 And he gave him no answer, not even to one word: insomuch that the governor
marvelled greatly.
15 Now at the feast the governor was wont to release unto the multitude one
prisoner, whom they would.
16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
17 When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will
ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?
18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up.
19 And while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him,
saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered
many things this day in a dream because of him.
20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they
should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
21 But the governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two will ye that I
release unto you? And they said, Barabbas.
22 Pilate saith unto them, What then shall I do unto Jesus who is called Christ?
They all say, Let him be crucified.
23 And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly,
saying, Let him be crucified.
24 So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was
arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am
innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye to it.
25 And all the people answered and said, His blood be on us, and on our
children.
26 Then released he unto them Barabbas; but Jesus he scourged and delivered to
be crucified.
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and
gathered unto him the whole band.
28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
29 And they platted a crown of thorns and put it upon his head, and a reed in
his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail,
King of the Jews!
30 And they spat upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.
31 And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the robe, and put on him
his garments, and led him away to crucify him.
32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they
compelled to go with them, that he might bear his cross.
33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, The place of
a skull,
34 they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted it, he
would not drink.
35 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments among them, casting
lots;
36 and they sat and watched him there.
37 And they set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING
OF THE JEWS.
38 Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one
on the left.
39 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads,
40 and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.
41 In like manner also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and
elders, said,
42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him
now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him.
43 He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said,
I am the Son of God.
44 And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same
reproach.
45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth
hour.
46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?
47 And some of them that stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calleth
Elijah.
48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with
vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
49 And the rest said, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to save him.
50 And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
51 And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the
bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent;
52 and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen
asleep were raised;
53 and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into
the holy city and appeared unto many.
54 Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw
the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, Truly
this was the Son of God.
55 And many women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from
Galilee, ministering unto him:
56 among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and
the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
57 And when even was come, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph,
who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
58 this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate
commanded it to be given up.
59 And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60 and 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 tomb, and departed.
61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the
sepulchre.
62 Now on the morrow, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief priests
and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate,
63 saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive,
After three days I rise again.
64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest
haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is
risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.
65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a guard: go, make it as sure as ye can.
66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being
with them.
Matthew 28
1 Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the
week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended
from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.
3 His appearance was as lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
4 and for fear of him the watchers did quake, and became as dead men.
5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye; for I know that
ye seek Jesus, who hath been crucified.
6 He is not here; for he is risen, even as he said. Come, see the place where
the Lord lay.
7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples, He is risen from the dead; and lo, he
goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
8 And they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to
bring his disciples word.
9 And behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and took hold of
his feet, and worshipped him.
10 Then saith Jesus unto them, Fear not: go tell my brethren that they depart
into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
11 Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city, and
told unto the chief priests all the things that were come to pass.
12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they
gave much money unto the soldiers,
13 saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we
slept.
14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and rid you of
care.
15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying was
spread abroad among the Jews, and continueth until this day.
16 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had
appointed them.
17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted.
18 And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been
given unto me in heaven and on earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am
with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Mark 1
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2 Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send
my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way;
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord,
Make his paths straight;
4 John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of
repentance unto remission of sins.
5 And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of
Jerusalem; and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their
sins.
6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leathern girdle about his
loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.
7 And he preached, saying, There cometh after me he that is mightier than I, the
latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
8 I baptized you in water; but he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee,
and was baptized of John in the Jordan.
10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder,
and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:
11 and a voice came out of the heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am
well pleased.
12 And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness.
13 And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; and he was with the
wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
14 Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the
gospel of God,
15 and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent
ye, and believe in the gospel.
16 And passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother
of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishers.
17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become
fishers of men.
18 And straightway they left the nets, and followed him.
19 And going on a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his
brother, who also were in the boat mending the nets.
20 And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the
boat with the hired servants, and went after him.
21 And they go into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered
into the synagogue and taught.
22 And they were astonished at his teaching: for he taught them as having
authority, and not as the scribes.
23 And straightway there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit;
and he cried out,
24 saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? art thou come to
destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
26 And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of
him.
27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves,
saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he commandeth even the
unclean spirits, and they obey him.
28 And the report of him went out straightway everywhere into all the region of
Galilee round about.
29 And straightway, when they were come out of the synagogue, they came into the
house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
30 Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever; and straightway they tell him
of her:
31 and he came and took her by the hand, and raised her up; and the fever left
her, and she ministered unto them.
32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were sick,
and them that were possessed with demons.
33 And all the city was gathered together at the door.
34 And he healed many that were sick with divers diseases, and cast out many
demons; and he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him.
35 And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and
departed into a desert place, and there prayed.
36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him;
37 and they found him, and say unto him, All are seeking thee.
38 And he saith unto them, Let us go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may
preach there also; for to this end came I forth.
39 And he went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and
casting out demons.
40 And there cometh to him a leper, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him,
and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
41 And being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched
him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou made clean.
42 And straightway the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.
43 And he strictly charged him, and straightway sent him out,
44 and saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go show thyself to
the priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a
testimony unto them.
45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to spread abroad the
matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was
without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
Mark 2
1 And when he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was noised that
he was in the house.
2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them,
no, not even about the door: and he spake the word unto them.
3 And they come, bringing unto him a man sick of the palsy, borne of four.
4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the
roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon
the sick of the palsy lay.
5 And Jesus seeing their faith saith unto the sick of the palsy,
Son, thy sins
are forgiven.
6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their
hearts,
7 Why doth this man thus speak? he blasphemeth: who can forgive sins but one,
even God?
8 And straightway Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within
themselves, saith unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
9 Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are forgiven; or to
say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive
sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy),
11 I say unto thee, Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thy house.
12 And he arose, and straightway took up the bed, and went forth before them
all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw
it on this fashion.
13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto
him, and he taught them.
14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the place of
toll, and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
15 And it came to pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house, and many
publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were
many, and they followed him.
16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the
sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and
drinketh with publicans and sinners?
17 And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need
of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but
sinners.
18 And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting: and they come and say
unto him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but
thy disciples fast not?
19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the
bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they
cannot fast.
20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them,
and then will they fast in that day.
21 No man seweth a piece of undressed cloth on an old garment: else that which
should fill it up taketh from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is
made.
22 And no man putteth new wine into old wineskins; else the wine will burst the
skins, and the wine perisheth, and the skins: but they put new wine into fresh
wine-skins.
23 And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the
grainfields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears.
24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that
which is not lawful?
25 And he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need,
and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?
26 How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate
the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also
to them that were with him?
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the
sabbath:
28 so that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.
Mark 3
1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there who had his
hand withered.
2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they
might accuse him.
3 And he saith unto the man that had his hand withered, Stand forth.
4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do
harm? to save a life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the
hardening of their heart, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he
stretched it forth; and his hand was restored.
6 And the Pharisees went out, and straightway with the Herodians took counsel
against him, how they might destroy him.
7 And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from
Galilee followed; and from Judaea,
8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and about Tyre
and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came unto him.
9 And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because
of the crowd, lest they should throng him:
10 for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him
that they might touch him.
11 And the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell down before him,
and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
12 And he charged them much that they should not make him known.
13 And he goeth up into the mountain, and calleth unto him whom he himself
would; and they went unto him.
14 And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send
them forth to preach,
15 and to have authority to cast out demons:
16 and Simon he surnamed Peter;
17 and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and them he
surnamed Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:
18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James
the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean,
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. And he cometh into a house.
20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as
eat bread.
21 And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they
said, He is beside himself.
22 And the scribes that came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and,
By the prince of the demons casteth he out the demons.
23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables,
How can Satan
cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to
stand.
26 And if Satan hath risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand,
but hath an end.
27 But no one can enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods,
except he first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
28 Verily I say unto you, All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men,
and their blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
29 but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness,
but is guilty of an eternal sin:
30 because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 And there come his mother and his brethren; and, standing without, they sent
unto him, calling him.
32 And a multitude was sitting about him; and they say unto him, Behold, thy
mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33 And he answereth them, and saith, Who is my mother and my brethren?
34 And looking round on them that sat round about him, he saith,
Behold, my
mother and my brethren!
35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister,
and mother.
Mark 4
1 And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a
very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and
all the multitude were by the sea on the land.
2 And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his
teaching,
3 Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:
4 and it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by the way side, and the
birds came and devoured it.
5 And other fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and
straightway it sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth:
6 and when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it
withered away.
7 And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it
yielded no fruit.
8 And others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and
increasing; and brought forth, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.
9 And he said, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him
the parables.
11 And he said unto them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God:
but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables:
12 that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and
not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven
them.
13 And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all
the parables?
14 The sower soweth the word.
15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; and when they
have heard, straightway cometh Satan, and taketh away the word which hath been
sown in them.
16 And these in like manner are they that are sown upon the rocky places, who,
when they have heard the word, straightway receive it with joy;
17 and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when
tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they
stumble.
18 And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they that have
heard the word,
19 and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of
other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
20 And those are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the
word, and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a
hundredfold.
21 And he said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put
under the bushel, or under the bed, and not to be put on the stand?
22 For there is nothing hid, save that it should be manifested; neither was
anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
23 If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.
24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete it
shall be measured unto you; and more shall be given unto you.
25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall
be taken away even that which he hath.
26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the
earth;
27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and
grow, he knoweth not how.
28 The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the
full grain in the ear.
29 But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because
the harvest is come.
30 And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall
we set it forth?
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth,
though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,
32 yet when it is sown, groweth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and
putteth out great branches; so that the birds of the heaven can lodge under the
shadow thereof.
33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to
hear it;
34 and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own
disciples he expounded all things.
35 And on that day, when even was come, he saith unto them,
Let us go over unto
the other side.
36 And leaving the multitude, they take him with them, even as he was, in the
boat. And other boats were with him.
37 And there ariseth a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat,
insomuch that the boat was now filling.
38 And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion: and they awake him,
and say unto him, Teacher, carest thou not that we perish?
39 And he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea,
Peace, be still.
And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful? have ye not yet faith?
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, Who then is this, that
even the wind and the sea obey him?
Mark 5
1 And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.
2 And when he was come out of the boat, straightway there met him out of the
tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
3 who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not
with a chain;
4 because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains
had been rent asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: and no man had
strength to tame him.
5 And always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying
out, and cutting himself with stones.
6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him;
7 and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee,
Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.
8 For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man.
9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion;
for we are many.
10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
11 Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine feeding.
12 And they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into
them.
13 And he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered into
the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, in number about two
thousand; and they were drowned in the sea.
14 And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And
they came to see what it was that had come to pass.
15 And they come to Jesus, and behold him that was possessed with demons
sitting, clothed and in his right mind, even him that had the legion: and they
were afraid.
16 And they that saw it declared unto them how it befell him that was possessed
with demons, and concerning the swine.
17 And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.
18 And as he was entering into the boat, he that had been possessed with demons
besought him that he might be with him.
19 And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy
friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he
had mercy on thee.
20 And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus
had done for him: and all men marvelled.
21 And when Jesus had crossed over again in the boat unto the other side, a
great multitude was gathered unto him; and he was by the sea.
22 And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and
seeing him, he falleth at his feet,
23 and beseecheth him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death:
I pray thee, that thou come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be made
whole, and live.
24 And he went with him; and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged
him.
25 And a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years,
26 and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she
had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
27 having heard the things concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and
touched his garment.
28 For she said, If I touch but his garments, I shall be made whole.
29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her
body that she was healed of her plague.
30 And straightway Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power proceeding from
him had gone forth, turned him about in the crowd, and said,
Who touched my
garments?
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and
sayest thou, Who touched me?
32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came
and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace,
and be whole of thy plague.
35 While he yet spake, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's house saying,
Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Teacher any further?
36 But Jesus, not heeding the word spoken, saith unto the ruler of the
synagogue, Fear not, only believe.
37 And he suffered no man to follow with him, save Peter, and James, and John
the brother of James.
38 And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he beholdeth a
tumult, and many weeping and wailing greatly.
39 And when he was entered in, he saith unto them, Why make ye a tumult, and
weep? the child is not dead, but sleepeth.
40 And they laughed him to scorn. But he, having put them all forth, taketh the
father of the child and her mother and them that were with him, and goeth in
where the child was.
41 And taking the child by the hand, he saith unto her, Talitha cumi; which is,
being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, Arise.
42 And straightway the damsel rose up, and walked; for she was twelve years old.
And they were amazed straightway with a great amazement.
43 And he charged them much that no man should know this: and he commanded that
something should be given her to eat.
Mark 6
1 And he went out from thence; and he cometh into his own country; and his
disciples follow him.
2 And when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many
hearing him were astonished, saying, Whence hath this man these things? and,
What is the wisdom that is given unto this man, and what mean such mighty works
wrought by his hands?
3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses,
and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were
offended in him.
4 And Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own
country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few
sick folk, and healed them.
6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the
villages teaching.
7 And he calleth unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and
two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits;
8 and he charged them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a
staff only; no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse;
9 but to go shod with sandals: and, said he, put not on two coats.
10 And he said unto them, Wheresoever ye enter into a house, there abide till ye
depart thence.
11 And whatsoever place shall not receive you, and they hear you not, as ye go
forth thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony unto
them.
12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and
healed them.
14 And king Herod heard thereof; for his name had become known: and he said,
John the Baptizer is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in
him.
15 But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even as one
of the prophets.
16 But Herod, when he heard thereof, said, John, whom I beheaded, he is risen.
17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in
prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he had married
her.
18 For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's
wife.
19 And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could
not;
20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept
him safe. And when he heard him, he was much perplexed; and he heard him gladly.
21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper
to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;
22 and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased
Herod and them that sat at meat with him; and the king said unto the damsel, Ask
of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee,
unto the half of my kingdom.
24 And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said,
The head of John the Baptizer.
25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I
will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.
26 And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them
that sat at meat, he would not reject her.
27 And straightway the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to
bring his head: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
28 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel
gave it to her mother.
29 And when his disciples heard thereof, they came and took up his corpse, and
laid it in a tomb.
30 And the apostles gather themselves together unto Jesus; and they told him all
things, whatsoever they had done, and whatsoever they had taught.
31 And he saith unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a
desert place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and
they had no leisure so much as to eat.
32 And they went away in the boat to a desert place apart.
33 And the people saw them going, and many knew them, and they ran together
there on foot from all the cities, and outwent them.
34 And he came forth and saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them,
because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them
many things.
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said,
The place is desert, and the day is now far spent;
36 send them away, that they may go into the country and villages round about,
and buy themselves somewhat to eat.
37 But he answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto
him, Shall we go and buy two hundred shillings' worth of bread, and give them to
eat?
38 And he saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they
knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
39 And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green
grass.
40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
41 And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he
blessed, and brake the loaves; and he gave to the disciples to set before them;
and the two fishes divided he among them all.
42 And they all ate, and were filled.
43 And they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the fishes.
44 And they that ate the loaves were five thousand men.
45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to enter into the boat, and to
go before him unto the other side to Bethsaida, while he himself sendeth the
multitude away.
46 And after he had taken leave of them, he departed into the mountain to pray.
47 And when even was come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on
the land.
48 And seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them,
about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking on the sea; and
he would have passed by them:
49 but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost,
and cried out;
50 for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he straightway spake with them,
and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
51 And he went up unto them into the boat; and the wind ceased: and they were
sore amazed in themselves;
52 for they understood not concerning the loaves, but their heart was hardened.
53 And when they had crossed over, they came to the land unto Gennesaret, and
moored to the shore.
54 And when they were come out of the boat, straightway the people knew him,
55 and ran round about that whole region, and began to carry about on their beds
those that were sick, where they heard he was.
56 And wheresoever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the
country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they
might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him
were made whole.
Mark 7
1 And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the
scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,
2 and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is,
unwashen, hands.
3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently,
eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;
4 and when they come from the market-place, except they bathe themselves, they
eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold,
washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.)
5 And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples
according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled
hands?
6 And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is
written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from
me.
7 But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of
men.
8 Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.
9 And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye
may keep your tradition.
10 For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil
of father or mother, let him die the death:
11 but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith
thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God;
12 ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;
13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and
many such like things ye do.
14 And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them,
Hear me all of
you, and understand:
15 there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him;
but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
17 And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples
asked of him the parable.
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye
not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, it cannot defile him;
19 because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into
the draught? This he said, making all meats clean.
20 And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed,
fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
22 covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride,
foolishness:
23 all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.
24 And from thence he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon.
And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it; and he could not be
hid.
25 But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having
heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him
that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.
27 And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to
take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
28 But she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord; even the dogs under the table
eat of the children's crumbs.
29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the demon is gone out of
thy daughter.
30 And she went away unto her house, and found the child laid upon the bed, and
the demon gone out.
31 And again he went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto
the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.
32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his
speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him.
33 And he took him aside from the multitude privately, and put his fingers into
his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue;
34 and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him,
Ephphatha, that is,
Be opened.
35 And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake
plain.
36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged
them, so much the more a great deal they published it.
37 And they were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things
well; he maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Mark 8
1 In those days, when there was again a great multitude, and they had nothing to
eat, he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them,
2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three
days, and have nothing to eat:
3 and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way; and
some of them are come from far.
4 And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to fill these men
with bread here in a desert place?
5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
6 And he commandeth the multitude to sit down on the ground: and he took the
seven loaves, and having given thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, to
set before them; and they set them before the multitude.
7 And they had a few small fishes: and having blessed them, he commanded to set
these also before them.
8 And they ate, and were filled: and they took up, of broken pieces that
remained over, seven baskets.
9 And they were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
10 And straightway he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into
the parts of Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him
a sign from heaven, trying him.
12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek
a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this
generation.
13 And he left them, and again entering into the boat departed to the other
side.
14 And they forgot to take bread; and they had not in the boat with them more
than one loaf.
15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
and the leaven of Herod.
16 And they reasoned one with another, saying, We have no bread.
17 And Jesus perceiving it saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no
bread? do ye not yet perceive, neither understand? have ye your heart hardened?
18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not
remember?
19 When I brake the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full
of broken pieces took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
20 And when the seven among the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken
pieces took ye up? And they say unto him, Seven.
21 And he said unto them, Do ye not yet understand?
22 And they come unto Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man, and beseech
him to touch him.
23 And he took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the
village; and when he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands upon him, he asked
him, Seest thou aught?
24 And he looked up, and said, I see men; for I behold them as trees, walking.
25 Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes; and he looked stedfastly, and was
restored, and saw all things clearly.
26 And he sent him away to his home, saying, Do not even enter into the village.
27 And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea
Philippi: and on the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them,
Who do men
say that I am?
28 And they told him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others,
One of the prophets.
29 And he asked them, But who say ye that I am? Peter answereth and saith unto
him, Thou art the Christ.
30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and
be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be
killed, and after three days rise again.
32 And he spake the saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
33 But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and saith,
Get
thee behind me, Satan; for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of
men.
34 And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them,
If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow me.
35 For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his
life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.
36 For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
37 For what should a man give in exchange for his life?
38 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and
sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh
in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Mark 9
1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There are some here of them that
stand by, who shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God
come with power.
2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and
bringeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was
transfigured before them;
3 and his garments became glistering, exceeding white, so as no fuller on earth
can whiten them.
4 And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses: and they were talking with
Jesus.
5 And Peter answereth and saith to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here:
and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for
Elijah.
6 For he knew not what to answer; for they became sore afraid.
7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the
cloud, This is my beloved Son: hear ye him.
8 And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any more, save Jesus only
with themselves.
9 And as they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them that they
should tell no man what things they had seen, save when the Son of man should
have risen again from the dead.
10 And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the rising again
from the dead should mean.
11 And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must
first come?
12 And he said unto them, Elijah indeed cometh first, and restoreth all things:
and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and
be set at nought?
13 But I say unto you, that Elijah is come, and they have also done unto him
whatsoever they would, even as it is written of him.
14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great multitude about them,
and scribes questioning with them.
15 And straightway all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed,
and running to him saluted him.
16 And he asked them, What question ye with them?
17 And one of the multitude answered him, Teacher, I brought unto thee my son,
who hath a dumb spirit;
18 and wheresoever it taketh him, it dasheth him down: and he foameth, and
grindeth his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they
should cast it out; and they were not able.
19 And he answereth them and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be
with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him unto me.
20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit
tare him grievously; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
21 And he asked his father, How long time is it since this hath come unto him?
And he said, From a child.
22 And oft-times it hath cast him both into the fire and into the waters, to
destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.
23 And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that
believeth.
24 Straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, I believe; help thou
mine unbelief.
25 And when Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the
unclean spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come
out of him, and enter no more into him.
26 And having cried out, and torn him much, he came out: and the boy became as
one dead; insomuch that the more part said, He is dead.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.
28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, How
is it that we could not cast it out?
29 And he said unto them, This kind can come out by nothing, save by prayer.
30 And they went forth from thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not
that any man should know it.
31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered
up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after
three days he shall rise again.
32 But they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
33 And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house he asked them,
What
were ye reasoning on the way?
34 But they held their peace: for they had disputed one with another on the way,
who was the greatest.
35 And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he saith unto them,
If any man
would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.
36 And he took a little child, and set him in the midst of them: and taking him
in his arms, he said unto them,
37 Whosoever shall receive one of such little children in my name, receiveth me:
and whosoever receiveth me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
38 John said unto him, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in thy name; and
we forbade him, because he followed not us.
39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man who shall do a mighty
work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.
40 For he that is not against us is for us.
41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink, because ye are
Christ's, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
42 And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to
stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck,
and he were cast into the sea.
43 And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to
enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into
the unquenchable fire.
45 And if thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to
enter into life halt, rather than having thy two feet to be cast into hell.
47 And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for thee to
enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be
cast into hell;
48 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
49 For every one shall be salted with fire.
50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye
season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.
Mark 10
1 And he arose from thence and cometh into the borders of Judaea and beyond the
Jordan: and multitudes come together unto him again; and, as he was wont, he
taught them again.
2 And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to
put away his wife? trying him.
3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her
away.
5 But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this
commandment.
6 But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to
his wife;
8 and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one
flesh.
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
10 And in the house the disciples asked him again of this matter.
11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:
12 and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.
13 And they were bringing unto him little children, that he should touch them:
and the disciples rebuked them.
14 But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said unto them,
Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.
15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a
little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.
16 And he took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.
17 And as he was going forth into the way, there ran one to him, and kneeled to
him, and asked him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal
life?
18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good save one,
even God.
19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not
steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.
20 And he said unto him, Teacher, all these things have I observed from my
youth.
21 And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him,
One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt
have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
22 But his countenance fell at the saying, and he went away sorrowful: for he
was one that had great possessions.
23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples,
How hardly shall
they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and
saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter
into the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to
enter into the kingdom of God.
26 And they were astonished exceedingly, saying unto him, Then who can be saved?
27 Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God:
for all things are possible with God.
28 Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
29 Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or
brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake,
and for the gospel's sake,
30 but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren,
and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the
world to come eternal life.
31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
32 And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before
them: and they were amazed; and they that followed were afraid. And he took
again the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were to happen unto
him,
33 saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered
unto the chief priests and the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and
shall deliver him unto the Gentiles:
34 and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and
shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.
35 And there come near unto him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying unto
him, Teacher, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall ask of
thee.
36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
37 And they said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand,
and one on thy left hand, in thy glory.
38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the
cup that I drink? or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
39 And they said unto him, We are able. And Jesus said unto them,
The cup that I
drink ye shall drink; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be
baptized:
40 but to sit on my right hand or on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is
for them for whom it hath been prepared.
41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be moved with indignation concerning
James and John.
42 And Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they who are
accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great ones
exercise authority over them.
43 But it is not so among you: but whosoever would become great among you, shall
be your minister;
44 and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.
45 For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and
to give his life a ransom for many.
46 And they come to Jericho: and as he went out from Jericho, with his disciples
and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was
sitting by the way side.
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and
say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
48 And many rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out the
more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
49 And Jesus stood still, and said, Call ye him. And they call the blind man,
saying unto him, Be of good cheer: rise, he calleth thee.
50 And he, casting away his garment, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
51 And Jesus answered him, and said, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?
And the blind man said unto him, Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.
52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And
straightway he received his sight, and followed him in the way.
Mark 11
1 And when they draw nigh unto Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the
mount of Olives, he sendeth two of his disciples,
2 and saith unto them, Go your way into the village that is over against you:
and straightway as ye enter into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man
ever yet sat; loose him, and bring him.
3 And if any one say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye, The Lord hath need of
him; and straightway he will send him back hither.
4 And they went away, and found a colt tied at the door without in the open
street; and they loose him.
5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the
colt?
6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had said: and they let them go.
7 And they bring the colt unto Jesus, and cast on him their garments; and he sat
upon him.
8 And many spread their garments upon the way; and others branches, which they
had cut from the fields.
9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, Hosanna; Blessed is
he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
10 Blessed is the kingdom that cometh, the kingdom of our father David: Hosanna
in the highest.
11 And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple; and when he had looked round
about upon all things, it being now eventide, he went out unto Bethany with the
twelve.
12 And on the morrow, when they were come out from Bethany, he hungered.
13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find
anything thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it
was not the season of figs.
14 And he answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit from thee henceforward for
ever. And his disciples heard it.
15 And they come to Jerusalem: and he entered into the temple, and began to cast
out them that sold and them that bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables
of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold the doves;
16 and he would not suffer that any man should carry a vessel through the
temple.
17 And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be
called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of
robbers.
18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might
destroy him: for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished at his
teaching.
19 And every evening he went forth out of the city.
20 And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away
from the roots.
21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree
which thou cursedst is withered away.
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken
up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe
that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it.
24 Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25 And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one;
that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there
come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders;
28 and they said unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? or who
gave thee this authority to do these things?
29 And Jesus said unto them, I will ask of you one question, and answer me, and
I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? answer me.
31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; He
will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
32 But should we say, From men--they feared the people: for all verily held John
to be a prophet.
33 And they answered Jesus and say, We know not. And Jesus saith unto them,
Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Mark 12
1 And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set
a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let
it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive
from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.
3 And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and him they wounded in the head,
and handled shamefully.
5 And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and
killing some.
6 He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will
reverence my son.
7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us
kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.
9 What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the
husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10 Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected,
The same was made the head of the corner;
11 This was from the Lord, And it is marvellous in our eyes?
12 And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they
perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went
away.
13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that
they might catch him in talk.
14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Teacher, we know that thou art
true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not the person of men, but
of a truth teachest the way of God: Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or
not?
15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said
unto them, Why make ye trial of me? bring me a denarius, that I may see it.
16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and
superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
17 And Jesus said unto them, Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's,
and unto God the things that are God's. And they marvelled greatly at him.
18 And there come unto him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and
they asked him, saying,
19 Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave a wife behind
him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up
seed unto his brother.
20 There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;
21 and the second took her, and died, leaving no seed behind him; and the third
likewise:
22 and the seven left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.
23 In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to
wife.
24 Jesus said unto them, Is it not for this cause that ye err, that ye know not
the scriptures, nor the power of God?
25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in
marriage; but are as angels in heaven.
26 But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book
of Moses, in the place concerning the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I am
the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.
28 And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing
that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?
29 Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is
one:
30 and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.
31 The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none
other commandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said that
he is one; and there is none other but he:
33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with
all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all
whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him,
Thou art
not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any
question.
35 And Jesus answered and said, as he taught in the temple,
How say the scribes
that the Christ is the son of David?
36 David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou
on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
37 David himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the common
people heard him gladly.
38 And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in
long robes, and to have salutations in the marketplaces,
39 and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts:
40 they that devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these
shall receive greater condemnation.
41 And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast
money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42 And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a
farthing.
43 And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them,
Verily I say unto
you, This poor widow cast in more than all they that are casting into the
treasury:
44 for they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her want did cast
in all that she had, even all her living.
Mark 13
1 And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him,
Teacher, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings!
2 And Jesus said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be
left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat on the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James
and John and Andrew asked him privately,
4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when these
things are all about to be accomplished?
5 And Jesus began to say unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray.
6 Many shall come in my name, saying, I am he; and shall lead many astray.
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled: these
things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall
be earthquakes in divers places; there shall be famines: these things are the
beginning of travail.
9 But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and
in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and before governors and kings shall ye stand
for my sake, for a testimony unto them.
10 And the gospel must first be preached unto all the nations.
11 And when they lead you to judgment, and deliver you up, be not anxious
beforehand what ye shall speak: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour,
that speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.
12 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and
children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to
the end, the same shall be saved.
14 But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not
(let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judaea flee unto
the mountains:
15 and let him that is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take
anything out of his house:
16 and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
17 But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those
days!
18 And pray ye that it be not in the winter.
19 For those days shall be tribulation, such as there hath not been the like
from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall
be.
20 And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved;
but for the elect's sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.
21 And then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ; or, Lo,
there; believe it not:
22 for there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show signs
and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the
moon shall not give her light,
25 and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the
heavens shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and
glory.
27 And then shall he send forth the angels, and shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part
of heaven.
28 Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become
tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;
29 even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that he is
nigh, even at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these
things be accomplished.
31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32 But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven,
neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 It is as when a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house,
and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the
porter to watch.
35 Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether
at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;
36 lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Mark 14
1 Now after two days was the feast of the passover and the unleavened bread: and
the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtlety,
and kill him:
2 for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the
people.
3 And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at
meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very
costly; and she brake the cruse, and poured it over his head.
4 But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what
purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made?
5 For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and
given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
6 But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good
work on me.
7 For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them
good: but me ye have not always.
8 She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for the
burying.
9 And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever the gospel shall be preached throughout
the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a
memorial of her.
10 And Judas Iscariot, he that was one of the twelve, went away unto the chief
priests, that he might deliver him unto them.
11 And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. And
he sought how he might conveniently deliver him unto them.
12 And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the passover,
his disciples say unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and make ready that thou
mayest eat the passover?
13 And he sendeth two of his disciples, and saith unto them,
Go into the city,
and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him;
14 and wheresoever he shall enter in, say to the master of the house, The
Teacher saith, Where is my guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my
disciples?
15 And he will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready: and
there make ready for us.
16 And the disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had
said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
17 And when it was evening he cometh with the twelve.
18 And as they sat and were eating, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of
you shall betray me, even he that eateth with me.
19 They began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I?
20 And he said unto them, It is one of the twelve, he that dippeth with me in
the dish.
21 For the Son of man goeth, even as it is written of him: but woe unto that man
through whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had not
been born.
22 And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it,
and gave to them, and said, Take ye: this is my body.
23 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them: and they
all drank of it.
24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out
for many.
25 Verily I say unto you, I shall no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until
that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out unto the mount of Olives.
27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended: for it is written, I
will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad.
28 Howbeit, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.
29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.
30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that thou to-day, even this
night, before the cock crow twice, shalt deny me thrice.
31 But he spake exceeding vehemently, If I must die with thee, I will not deny
thee. And in like manner also said they all.
32 And they come unto a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith unto his
disciples, Sit ye here, while I pray.
33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly
amazed, and sore troubled.
34 And he saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death: abide
ye here, and watch.
35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it
were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; remove this cup
from me: howbeit not what I will, but what thou wilt.
37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter,
Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour?
38 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak.
39 And again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words.
40 And again he came, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy;
and they knew not what to answer him.
41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take
your rest: it is enough; the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed
into the hands of sinners.
42 Arise, let us be going: behold, he that betrayeth me is at hand.
43 And straightway, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and
with him a multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the
scribes and the elders.
44 Now he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall
kiss, that is he; take him, and lead him away safely.
45 And when he was come, straightway he came to him, and saith, Rabbi; and
kissed him.
46 And they laid hands on him, and took him.
47 But a certain one of them that stood by drew his sword, and smote the servant
of the high priest, and struck off his ear.
48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a robber,
with swords and staves to seize me?
49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but this is
done that the scriptures might be fulfilled.
50 And they all left him, and fled.
51 And a certain young man followed with him, having a linen cloth cast about
him, over his naked body: and they lay hold on him;
52 but he left the linen cloth, and fled naked.
53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and there come together with him
all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
54 And Peter had followed him afar off, even within, into the court of the high
priest; and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light
of the fire.
55 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against Jesus to
put him to death; and found it not.
56 For many bare false witness against him, and their witness agreed not
together.
57 And there stood up certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in
three days I will build another made without hands.
59 And not even so did their witness agree together.
60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest
thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him,
and saith unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right
hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.
63 And the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What further need have we of
witnesses?
64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be
worthy of death.
65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and
to say unto him, Prophesy: and the officers received him with blows of their
hands.
66 And as Peter was beneath in the court, there cometh one of the maids of the
high priest;
67 and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and saith, Thou also
wast with the Nazarene, even Jesus.
68 But he denied, saying, I neither know, nor understand what thou sayest: and
he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
69 And the maid saw him, and began again to say to them that stood by, This is
one of them.
70 But he again denied it. And after a little while again they that stood by
said to Peter, of a truth thou art one of them; for thou art a Galilaean.
71 But he began to curse, and to swear, I know not this man of whom ye speak.
72 And straightway the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the
word, how that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny
me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
Mark 15
1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes,
and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him
away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering saith
unto him, Thou sayest.
3 And the chief priests accused him of many things.
4 And Pilate again asked him, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many
things they accuse thee of.
5 But Jesus no more answered anything; insomuch that Pilate marvelled.
6 Now at the feast he used to release unto them one prisoner, whom they asked of
him.
7 And there was one called Barabbas, lying bound with them that had made
insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
8 And the multitude went up and began to ask him to do as he was wont to do unto
them.
9 And Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of
the Jews?
10 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release
Barabbas unto them.
12 And Pilate again answered and said unto them, What then shall I do unto him
whom ye call the King of the Jews?
13 And they cried out again, Crucify him.
14 And Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out
exceedingly, Crucify him.
15 And Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released unto them Barabbas,
and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
16 And the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and
they call together the whole band.
17 And they clothe him with purple, and platting a crown of thorns, they put it
on him;
18 and they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
19 And they smote his head with a reed, and spat upon him, and bowing their
knees worshipped him.
20 And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the purple, and put on
him his garments. And they lead him out to crucify him.
21 And they compel one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the
father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.
22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The
place of a skull.
23 And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
24 And they crucify him, and part his garments among them, casting lots upon
them, what each should take.
25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE
JEWS.
27 And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his
left.
29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha!
Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
30 save thyself, and come down from the cross.
31 In like manner also the chief priests mocking him among themselves with the
scribes said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may
see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.
33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land
until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama
sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
me?
35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth
Elijah.
36 And one ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave
him to drink, saying, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to take him down.
37 And Jesus uttered a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
38 And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.
39 And when the centurion, who stood by over against him, saw that he so gave up
the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
40 And there were also women beholding from afar: among whom were both Mary
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him; and many
other women that came up with him unto Jerusalem.
42 And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day
before the sabbath,
43 there came Joseph of Arimathaea, a councillor of honorable estate, who also
himself was looking for the kingdom of God; and he boldly went in unto Pilate,
and asked for the body of Jesus.
44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the
centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
45 And when he learned it of the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.
46 And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen
cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a
stone against the door of the tomb.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
Mark 16
1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James,
and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
2 And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when the
sun was risen.
3 And they were saying among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from
the door of the tomb?
4 and looking up, they see that the stone is rolled back: for it was exceeding
great.
5 And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side,
arrayed in a white robe; and they were amazed.
6 And he saith unto them, Be not amazed: ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who hath
been crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold, the place where they laid
him!
7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, He goeth before you into Galilee: there
shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
8 And they went out, and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had
come upon them: and they said nothing to any one; for they were afraid.
9 Now when he was risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to
Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
10 She went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
11 And they, when they heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her,
disbelieved.
12 And after these things he was manifested in another form unto two of them, as
they walked, on their way into the country.
13 And they went away and told it unto the rest: neither believed they them.
14 And afterward he was manifested unto the eleven themselves as they sat at
meat; and he upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because
they believed not them that had seen him after he was risen.
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the
whole creation.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth
shall be condemned.
17 And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast
out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in
no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, was received up into
heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
20 And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and
confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
Luke 1
1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those
matters which have been fulfilled among us,
2 even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses
and ministers of the word,
3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately
from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;
4 that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things wherein thou wast
instructed.
5 There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named
Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron,
and her name was Elisabeth.
6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and
ordinances of the Lord blameless.
7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were
now well stricken in years.
8 Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest's office before God in the
order of his course,
9 according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the
temple of the Lord and burn incense.
10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of
incense.
11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side
of the altar of incense.
12 And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is
heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his
name John.
14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine
nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his
mother's womb.
16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn unto the Lord their God.
17 And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn
the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the
wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.
18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old
man, and my wife well stricken in years.
19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the
presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good
tidings.
20 And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that
these things shall come to pass, because thou believedst not my words, which
shall be fulfilled in their season.
21 And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marvelled while he
tarried in the temple.
22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that
he had seen a vision in the temple: and he continued making signs unto them, and
remained dumb.
23 And it came to pass, when the days of his ministration were fulfilled, he
departed unto his house.
24 And after these days Elisabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five
months, saying,
25 Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon me, to
take away my reproach among men.
26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of
Galilee, named Nazareth,
27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David;
and the virgin's name was Mary.
28 And he came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the
Lord is with thee.
29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and cast in her mind what manner
of salutation this might be.
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with
God.
31 And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt
call his name JESUS.
32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord
God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there
shall be no end.
34 And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon
thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the
holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.
36 And behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old
age; and this is the sixth month with her that was called barren.
37 For no word from God shall be void of power.
38 And Mary said, Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to
thy word. And the angel departed from her.
39 And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into
a city of Judah;
40 and entered into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth.
41 And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe
leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit;
42 and she lifted up her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed art thou among
women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come unto me?
44 For behold, when the voice of thy salutation came into mine ears, the babe
leaped in my womb for joy.
45 And blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the
things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.
46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaid: For behold, from
henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; And holy is his name.
50 And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.
51 He hath showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the
imagination of their heart.
52 He hath put down princes from their thrones, And hath exalted them of low
degree.
53 The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty
away.
54 He hath given help to Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy
55 (As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.
56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house.
57 Now Elisabeth's time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she
brought forth a son.
58 And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his
mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.
59 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the
child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this
name.
62 And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
63 And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And
they marvelled all.
64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake,
blessing God.
65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were
noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
66 And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then shall
this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.
67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied,
saying,
68 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; For he hath visited and wrought
redemption for his people,
69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of his servant
David
70 (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),
71 Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
72 To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;
73 The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father,
74 To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies
Should serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou
shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;
77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people In the remission of their
sins,
78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high
shall visit us,
79 To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our
feet into the way of peace.
80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till
the day of his showing unto Israel.
Luke 2
1 Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar
Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled.
2 This was the first enrolment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
3 And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into
Judaea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the
house and family of David;
5 to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.
6 And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she
should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling
clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the
inn.
8 And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping
watch by night over their flock.
9 And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round
about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good
tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people:
11 for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is
Christ the Lord.
12 And this is the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling
clothes, and lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well
pleased.
15 And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the
shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this
thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
16 And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying
in the manger.
17 And when they saw it, they made known concerning the saying which was spoken
to them about this child.
18 And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by
the shepherds.
19 But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things
that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them.
21 And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called
JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
22 And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were
fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord
23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb
shall be called holy to the Lord),
24 and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the
Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man
was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy
Spirit was upon him.
26 And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see
death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in
the child Jesus, that they might do concerning him after the custom of the law,
28 then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
29 Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;
30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;
32 A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.
33 And his father and his mother were marvelling at the things which were spoken
concerning him;
34 and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is
set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is
spoken against;
35 yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of
many hearts may be revealed.
36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe
of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from
her virginity,
37 and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed
not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.
38 And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks unto God, and spake of him to
all them that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.
39 And when they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of
the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
40 And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of
God was upon him.
41 And his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.
42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of the feast;
43 and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus
tarried behind in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not;
44 but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey; and they
sought for him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance:
45 and when they found him not, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking for him.
46 And it came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting
in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions:
47 and all that heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
48 And when they saw him, they were astonished; and his mother said unto him,
Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I sought thee
sorrowing.
49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must
be in my Father's house?
50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto
them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
52 And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
Luke 3
1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate
being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother
Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch
of Abilene,
2 in the highpriesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John
the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
3 And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism
of repentance unto remission of sins;
4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of
one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths
straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought
low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth;
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
7 He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye
offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within
yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able
of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
9 And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore
that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
10 And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?
11 And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to
him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise.
12 And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him,
Teacher, what must we do?
13 And he said unto them, Extort no more than that which is appointed you.
14 And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said
unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse any one wrongfully;
and be content with your wages.
15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts
concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ;
16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but
there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not
worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:
17 whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to
gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with
unquenchable fire.
18 With many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings unto the
people;
19 but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother's
wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
20 added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
21 Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also
having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a
voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
23 And Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years of age,
being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai,
the son of Joseph,
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli,
the son of Naggai,
26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech,
the son of Joda,
27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of
Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the
son of Er,
29 the son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat,
the son of Levi,
30 the son of Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the
son of Eliakim,
31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan,
the son of David,
32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the
son of Nahshon,
33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez,
the son of Judah,
34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the
son of Nahor,
35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son
of Shelah,
36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the
son of Lamech,
37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of
Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
Luke 4
1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in
the Spirit in the wilderness
2 during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those
days: and when they were completed, he hungered.
3 And the devil said unto him, if thou art the Son of God, command this stone
that it become bread.
4 And Jesus answered unto him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone.
5 And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of
time.
6 And the devil said unto him, To thee will I give all this authority, and the
glory of them: for it hath been delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I
give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship before me, it shall all be thine.
8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, It is written, Thou shalt worship the
Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
9 And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and
said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
10 for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to guard
thee:
11 and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot
against a stone.
12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not make trial of
the Lord thy God.
13 And when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him for a
season.
14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and a fame went
out concerning him through all the region round about.
15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he entered, as his
custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he
opened the book, and found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good
tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And
recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
20 And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down: and
the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled in
your ears.
22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded
out of his mouth: and they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
23 And he said unto them, Doubtless ye will say unto me this parable, Physician,
heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in thine
own country.
24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own
country.
25 But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days
of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there
came a great famine over all the land;
26 and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of
Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and
none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.
28 And they were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these
things;
29 and they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city, and led him unto the
brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might throw him down
headlong.
30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way.
31 And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on
the sabbath day:
32 and they were astonished at his teaching; for his word was with authority.
33 And in the synagogue there was a man, that had a spirit of an unclean demon;
and he cried out with a loud voice,
34 Ah! what have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Nazarene? art thou come to
destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when
the demon had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him, having done him
no hurt.
36 And amazement came upon all, and they spake together, one with another,
saying, What is this word? for with authority and power he commandeth the
unclean spirits, and they come out.
37 And there went forth a rumor concerning him into every place of the region
round about.
38 And he rose up from the synagogue, and entered into the house of Simon. And
Simon's wife's mother was holden with a great fever; and they besought him for
her.
39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and
immediately she rose up and ministered unto them.
40 And when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases
brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed
them.
41 And demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Son
of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew that
he was the Christ.
42 And when it was day, he came out and went into a desert place: and the
multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that
he should not go from them.
43 But he said unto them, I must preach the good tidings of the kingdom of God
to the other cities also: for therefore was I sent.
44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
Luke 5
1 Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him and heard the word
of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;
2 and he saw two boats standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out of
them, and were washing their nets.
3 And he entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put
out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the multitudes out of the
boat.
4 And when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and
let down your nets for a draught.
5 And Simon answered and said, Master, we toiled all night, and took nothing:
but at thy word I will let down the nets.
6 And when they had done this, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes; and
their nets were breaking;
7 and they beckoned unto their partners in the other boat, that they should come
and help them. And they came, and filled both the boats, so that they began to
sink.
8 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart
from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
9 For he was amazed, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes
which they had taken;
10 and so were also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with
Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch
men.
11 And when they had brought their boats to land, they left all, and followed
him.
12 And it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of
leprosy: and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying,
Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
13 And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying,
I will; be thou
made clean. And straightway the leprosy departed from him.
14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go thy way, and show thyself to the
priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a
testimony unto them.
15 But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him: and great
multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities.
16 But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.
17 And it came to pass on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there
were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who were come out of every
village of Galilee and Judaea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was with
him to heal.
18 And behold, men bring on a bed a man that was palsied: and they sought to
bring him in, and to lay him before him.
19 And not finding by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude,
they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his couch
into the midst before Jesus.
20 And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that
speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
22 But Jesus perceiving their reasonings, answered and said unto them,
Why
reason ye in your hearts?
23 Which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and
walk?
24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive
sins (he said unto him that was palsied), I say unto thee, Arise, and take up
thy couch, and go unto thy house.
25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and
departed to his house, glorifying God.
26 And amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God; and they were filled
with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day.
27 And after these things he went forth, and beheld a publican, named Levi,
sitting at the place of toll, and said unto him, Follow me.
28 And he forsook all, and rose up and followed him.
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his house: and there was a great multitude
of publicans and of others that were sitting at meat with them.
30 And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying,
Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?
31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are in health have no need of a
physician; but they that are sick.
32 I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
33 And they said unto him, The disciples of John fast often, and make
supplications; likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and
drink.
34 And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast,
while the bridegroom is with them?
35 But the days will come; and when the bridegroom shall be taken away from
them, then will they fast in those days.
36 And he spake also a parable unto them: No man rendeth a piece from a new
garment and putteth it upon an old garment; else he will rend the new, and also
the piece from the new will not agree with the old.
37 And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the new wine will burst
the skins, and itself will be spilled, and the skins will perish.
38 But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins.
39 And no man having drunk old wine desireth new; for he saith, The old is good.
Luke 6
1 Now it came to pass on a sabbath, that he was going through the grainfields;
and his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
2 But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do
on the sabbath day?
3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read even this, what David did,
when he was hungry, he, and they that were with him;
4 how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the showbread, and gave
also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat save for the
priests alone?
5 And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.
6 And it came to pass on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and
taught: and there was a man there, and his right hand was withered.
7 And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the
sabbath; that they might find how to accuse him.
8 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man that had his hand withered,
Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
9 And Jesus said unto them, I ask you, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good,
or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?
10 And he looked round about on them all, and said unto him,
Stretch forth thy
hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored.
11 But they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they
might do to Jesus.
12 And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to
pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.
13 And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve,
whom also he named apostles:
14 Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John,
and Philip and Bartholomew,
15 and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was
called the Zealot,
16 and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor;
17 and he came down with them, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude
of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judaea and
Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be
healed of their diseases;
18 and they that were troubled with unclean spirits were healed.
19 And all the multitude sought to touch him; for power came forth from him, and
healed them all.
20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are ye poor:
for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that
weep now: for ye shall laugh.
22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you
from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the
Son of man's sake.
23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for behold, your reward is great in
heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
25 Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you, ye
that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner
did their fathers to the false prophets.
27 But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate
you,
28 bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.
29 To him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and from him
that taketh away thy cloak withhold not thy coat also.
30 Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask
them not again.
31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
32 And if ye love them that love you, what thank have ye? for even sinners love
those that love them.
33 And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have ye? for even
sinners do the same.
34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? even
sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much.
35 But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your
reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind
toward the unthankful and evil.
36 Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
37 And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not
be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:
38 give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken
together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure
ye mete it shall be measured to you again.
39 And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall
they not both fall into a pit?
40 The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected
shall be as his teacher.
41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest
not the beam that is in thine own eye?
42 Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast out the mote that
is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own
eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then
shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
43 For there is no good tree that bringeth forth corrupt fruit; nor again a
corrupt tree that bringeth forth good fruit.
44 For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather
figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
45 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which
is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is
evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
47 Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will
show you to whom he is like:
48 he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a
foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that
house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.
49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the
earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it
fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.
Luke 7
1 After he had ended all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into
Capernaum.
2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick and at the
point of death.
3 And when he heard concerning Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews,
asking him that he would come and save his servant.
4 And they, when they came to Jesus, besought him earnestly, saying, He is
worthy that thou shouldest do this for him;
5 for he loveth our nation, and himself built us our synagogue.
6 And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the
centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself; for I
am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof:
7 wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say the word,
and my servant shall be healed.
8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I
say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to
my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
9 And when Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned and said
unto the multitude that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great
faith, no, not in Israel.
10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole.
11 And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain; and
his disciples went with him, and a great multitude.
12 Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, there was carried out
one that was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much
people of the city was with her.
13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her,
Weep
not.
14 And he came nigh and touched the bier: and the bearers stood still. And he
said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his
mother.
16 And fear took hold on all: and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is
arisen among us: and, God hath visited his people.
17 And this report went forth concerning him in the whole of Judaea, and all the
region round about.
18 And the disciples of John told him of all these things.
19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, saying,
Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?
20 And when the men were come unto him, they said, John the Baptist hath sent us
unto thee, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?
21 In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and on
many that were blind he bestowed sight.
22 And he answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye have
seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings
preached to them.
23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.
24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to say unto the
multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a
reed shaken with the wind?
25 But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that
are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
26 But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more
than a prophet.
27 This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy
face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.
28 I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater than
John: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
29 And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being
baptized with the baptism of John.
30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God,
being not baptized of him.
31 Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they
like?
32 They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to
another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did
not weep.
33 For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say,
He hath a demon.
34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous
man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35 And wisdom is justified of all her children.
36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he
entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
37 And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he
was sitting at meat in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster cruse of
ointment,
38 and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her
tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and
anointed them with the ointment.
39 Now when the Pharisee that had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself,
saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what manner
of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner.
40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee.
And he saith, Teacher, say on.
41 A certain lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred shillings, and
the other fifty.
42 When they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them
therefore will love him most?
43 Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he
said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
44 And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon, Seest
thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gavest me no water for my feet:
but she hath wetted my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.
45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but she, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to
kiss my feet.
46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with
ointment.
47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she
loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is
this that even forgiveth sins?
50 And he said unto the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
Luke 8
1 And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and
villages, preaching and bringing the good tidings of the kingdom of God, and
with him the twelve,
2 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary
that was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
3 and Joanna the wife of Chuzas Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others,
who ministered unto them of their substance.
4 And when a great multitude came together, and they of every city resorted unto
him, he spake by a parable:
5 The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way
side; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.
6 And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because
it had no moisture.
7 And other fell amidst the thorns; and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.
8 And other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit a
hundredfold. As he said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let
him hear.
9 And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.
10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of
God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they
may not understand.
11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
12 And those by the way side are they that have heard; then cometh the devil,
and taketh away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be
saved.
13 And those on the rock are they who, when they have heard, receive the word
with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of
temptation fall away.
14 And that which fell among the thorns, these are they that have heard, and as
they go on their way they are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this
life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
15 And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart,
having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
16 And no man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or
putteth it under a bed; but putteth it on a stand, that they that enter in may
see the light.
17 For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest;
nor anything secret, that shall not be known and come to light.
18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given;
and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he thinketh
he hath.
19 And there came to him his mother and brethren, and they could not come at him
for the crowd.
20 And it was told him, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to
see thee.
21 But he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that
hear the word of God, and do it.
22 Now it came to pass on one of those days, that he entered into a boat,
himself and his disciples; and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other
side of the lake: and they launched forth.
23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the
lake; and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy.
24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. And
he awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and
there was a calm.
25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And being afraid they marvelled,
saying one to another, Who then is this, that he commandeth even the winds and
the water, and they obey him?
26 And they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is over against
Galilee.
27 And when he was come forth upon the land, there met him a certain man out of
the city, who had demons; and for a long time he had worn no clothes, and abode
not in any house, but in the tombs.
28 And when he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a
loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High
God? I beseech thee, torment me not.
29 For he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For
oftentimes it had seized him: and he was kept under guard, and bound with chains
and fetters; and breaking the bands asunder, he was driven of the demon into the
deserts.
30 And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons
were entered into him.
31 And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the
abyss.
32 Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they
entreated him that he would give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them
leave.
33 And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the
herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were drowned.
34 And when they that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and told it
in the city and in the country.
35 And they went out to see what had come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and
found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his
right mind, at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.
36 And they that saw it told them how he that was possessed with demons was made
whole.
37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes round about asked him to
depart from them, for they were holden with great fear: and he entered into a
boat, and returned.
38 But the man from whom the demons were gone out prayed him that he might be
with him: but he sent him away, saying,
39 Return to thy house, and declare how great things God hath done for thee. And
he went his way, publishing throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had
done for him.
40 And as Jesus returned, the multitude welcomed him; for they were all waiting
for him.
41 And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the
synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him to come into his
house;
42 for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying.
But as he went the multitudes thronged him.
43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her
living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any,
44 came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately the
issue of her blood stanched.
45 And Jesus said, Who is it that touched me? And when all denied, Peter said,
and they that were with him, Master, the multitudes press thee and crush thee.
46 But Jesus said, Some one did touch me; for I perceived that power had gone
forth from me.
47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling
down before him declared in the presence of all the people for what cause she
touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
48 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house,
saying, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Teacher.
50 But Jesus hearing it, answered him, Fear not: only believe, and she shall be
made whole.
51 And when he came to the house, he suffered not any man to enter in with him,
save Peter, and John, and James, and the father of the maiden and her mother.
52 And all were weeping, and bewailing her: but he said, Weep not; for she is
not dead, but sleepeth.
53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
54 But he, taking her by the hand, called, saying, Maiden, arise.
55 And her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately: and he commanded that
something be given her to eat.
56 And her parents were amazed: but he charged them to tell no man what had been
done.
Luke 9
1 And he called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all
demons, and to cure diseases.
2 And he sent them forth to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor
wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats.
4 And into whatsoever house ye enter, there abide, and thence depart.
5 And as many as receive you not, when ye depart from that city, shake off the
dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
6 And they departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the gospel, and
healing everywhere.
7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done: and he was much perplexed,
because that it was said by some, that John was risen from the dead;
8 and by some, that Elijah had appeared; and by others, that one of the old
prophets was risen again.
9 And Herod said, John I beheaded: but who is this, about whom I hear such
things? And he sought to see him.
10 And the apostles, when they were returned, declared unto him what things they
had done. And he took them, and withdrew apart to a city called Bethsaida.
11 But the multitudes perceiving it followed him: and he welcomed them, and
spake to them of the kingdom of God, and them that had need of healing he cured.
12 And the day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said unto him, Send
the multitude away, that they may go into the villages and country round about,
and lodge, and get provisions: for we are here in a desert place.
13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more
than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this
people.
14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples,
Make
them sit down in companies, about fifty each.
15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.
16 And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he
blessed them, and brake; and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
17 And they ate, and were all filled: and there was taken up that which remained
over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.
18 And it came to pass, as he was praying apart, the disciples were with him:
and he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am?
19 And they answering said, John the Baptist; but others say, Elijah; and
others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
20 And he said unto them, But who say ye that I am? And Peter answering said,
The Christ of God.
21 But he charged them, and commanded them to tell this to no man;
22 saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders
and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
23 And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
24 For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his
life for my sake, the same shall save it.
25 For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit
his own self?
26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of
man be ashamed, when he cometh in his own glory, and the glory of the Father,
and of the holy angels.
27 But I tell you of a truth, There are some of them that stand here, who shall
in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
28 And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, that he took with
him Peter and John and James, and went up into the mountain to pray.
29 And as he was praying, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his
raiment became white and dazzling.
30 And behold, there talked with him two men, who were Moses and Elijah;
31 who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he was about to
accomplish at Jerusalem.
32 Now Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: but when they
were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
33 And it came to pass, as they were parting from him, Peter said unto Jesus,
Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for
thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah: not knowing what he said.
34 And while he said these things, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them:
and they feared as they entered into the cloud.
35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my Son, my chosen: hear ye
him.
36 And when the voice came, Jesus was found alone. And they held their peace,
and told no man in those days any of the things which they had seen.
37 And it came to pass, on the next day, when they were come down from the
mountain, a great multitude met him.
38 And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I beseech thee
to look upon my son; for he is mine only child:
39 and behold, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth
him that he foameth, and it hardly departeth from him, bruising him sorely.
40 And I besought thy disciples to cast it out; and they could not.
41 And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long
shall I be with you, and bear with you? bring hither thy son.
42 And as he was yet a coming, the demon dashed him down, and tare him
grievously. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave
him back to his father.
43 And they were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were
marvelling at all the things which he did, he said unto his disciples,
44 Let these words sink into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered up
into the hands of men.
45 But they understood not this saying, and it was concealed from them, that
they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
46 And there arose a reasoning among them, which of them was the greatest.
47 But when Jesus saw the reasoning of their heart, he took a little child, and
set him by his side,
48 and said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this little child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he
that is least among you all, the same is great.
49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy
name; and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us.
50 But Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against you is
for you.
51 And it came to pass, when the days were well-nigh come that he should be
received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
52 and sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a
village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he were going to
Jerusalem.
54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou
that we bid fire to come down from heaven, and consume them?
55 But he turned, and rebuked them.
56 And they went to another village.
57 And as they went on the way, a certain man said unto him, I will follow thee
whithersoever thou goest.
58 And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven
have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go
and bury my father.
60 But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and
publish abroad the kingdom of God.
61 And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me to bid
farewell to them that are at my house.
62 But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking
back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Luke 10
1 Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two
and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself was about
to come.
2 And he said unto them, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are
few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into
his harvest.
3 Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
4 Carry no purse, no wallet, no shoes; and salute no man on the way.
5 And into whatsoever house ye shall enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
6 And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him: but if not, it
shall turn to you again.
7 And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give:
for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as
are set before you:
9 and heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is
come nigh unto you.
10 But into whatsoever city ye shall enter, and they receive you not, go out
into the streets thereof and say,
11 Even the dust from your city, that cleaveth to our feet, we wipe off against
you: nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh.
12 I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for
that city.
13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works
had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would have
repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for
you.
15 And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought
down unto Hades.
16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and
he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.
17 And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject
unto us in thy name.
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.
19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and
over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.
20 Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but
rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said,
I thank thee, O
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the
wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it
was well-pleasing in thy sight.
22 All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth who
the Son is, save the Father; and who the Father is, save the Son, and he to
whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him.
23 And turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed are the eyes which
see the things that ye see:
24 for I say unto you, that many prophets and kings desired to see the things
which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard
them not.
25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher,
what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy
neighbor as thyself.
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
30 Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to
Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and
departed, leaving him half dead.
31 And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him,
he passed by on the other side.
32 And in like manner a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him,
passed by on the other side.
33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw
him, he was moved with compassion,
34 and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine; and
he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35 And on the morrow he took out two shillings, and gave them to the host, and
said, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, I, when I come back
again, will repay thee.
36 Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbor unto him that fell among
the robbers?
37 And he said, He that showed mercy on him. And Jesus said unto him,
Go, and do
thou likewise.
38 Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a
certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet, and heard
his word.
40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving; and she came up to him, and said,
Lord, dost thou not care that my sister did leave me to serve alone? bid her
therefore that she help me.
41 But the Lord answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and
troubled about many things:
42 but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not
be taken away from her.
Luke 11
1 And it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain place, that when he
ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John
also taught his disciples.
2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy
kingdom come.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is
indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.
5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him
at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set
before him;
7 and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut,
and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee?
8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend,
yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth.
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give
him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how
much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
14 And he was casting out a demon that was dumb. And it came to pass, when the
demon was gone out, the dumb man spake; and the multitudes marvelled.
15 But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out
demons.
16 And others, trying him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against
itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
18 And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.
19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out?
therefore shall they be your judges.
20 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God
come upon you.
21 When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in
peace:
22 but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh
from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
23 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth.
24 The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless
places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house
whence I came out.
25 And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.
26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more evil than himself;
and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse
than the first.
27 And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the
multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare
thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck.
28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep
it.
29 And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say,
This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall
no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
30 For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of
man be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this
generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to
hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
32 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and
shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a
greater than Jonah is here.
33 No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under
the bushel, but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light.
34 The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body
also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35 Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.
36 If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall
be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee
light.
37 Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and
sat down to meat.
38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed
himself before dinner.
39 And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the
cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and
wickedness.
40 Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?
41 But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are
clean unto you.
42 But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and
pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not
to leave the other undone.
43 Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and
the salutations in the marketplaces.
44 Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk
over them know it not.
45 And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou
reproachest us also.
46 And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous
to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
47 Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed
them.
48 So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they
killed them, and ye build their tombs.
49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and
apostles; and some of them they shall kill and persecute;
50 that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the
world, may be required of this generation;
51 from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the
altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this
generation.
52 Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not
in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
53 And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to
press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;
54 laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
Luke 12
1 In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered
together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his
disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is
hypocrisy.
2 But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that
shall not be known.
3 Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light;
and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed
upon the housetops.
4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and
after that have no more that they can do.
5 But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed
hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? and not one of them is forgotten in
the sight of God.
7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more
value than many sparrows.
8 And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him shall the
Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
9 but he that denieth me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence
of the angels of God.
10 And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit it shall not
be forgiven.
11 And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the
authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.
13 And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide
the inheritance with me.
14 But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness:
for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he
possesseth.
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man
brought forth plentifully:
17 and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not
where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater;
and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years;
take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of
thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for
your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
23 For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.
24 Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no
store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than
the birds!
25 And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his
life?
26 If then ye are not able to do even that which is least, why are ye anxious
concerning the rest?
27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet
I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
28 But if God doth so clothe the grass in the field, which to-day is, and
to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more shall he clothe you, O ye of
little faith?
29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of
doubtful mind.
30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek
after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31 Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the
kingdom.
33 Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax
not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth
near, neither moth destroyeth.
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
36 and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall
return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may
straightway open unto him.
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching:
verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to
meat, and shall come and serve them.
38 And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them
so blessed are those servants.
39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the
thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be
broken through.
40 Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
41 And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even unto all?
42 And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord
shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.
45 But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and
shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink,
and to be drunken;
46 the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an
hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion
with the unfaithful.
47 And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did
according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;
48 but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with
few stripes. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and
to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.
49 I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already
kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be
accomplished!
51 Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but
rather division:
52 for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against
two, and two against three.
53 They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother
against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her
daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.
54 And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west,
straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.
55 And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat;
and it cometh to pass.
56 Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven;
but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?
57 And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58 For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way
give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and
the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee
into prison.
59 I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid
the very last mite.
Luke 13
1 Now there were some present at that very season who told him of the Galilaeans,
whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 And he answered and said unto them, Think ye that these Galilaeans were
sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they have suffered these things?
3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.
4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think
ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?
5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
6 And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his
vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.
7 And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking
fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the
ground?
8 And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I
shall dig about it, and dung it:
9 and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.
10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day.
11 And behold, a woman that had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she
was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up.
12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, Woman, thou art
loosed from thine infirmity.
13 And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight, and
glorified God.
14 And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because Jesus
had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six
days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not
on the day of the sabbath.
15 But the Lord answered him, and said, Ye hypocrites, doth not each one of you
on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to
watering?
16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound,
lo, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?
17 And as he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame: and all
the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
18 He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall
I liken it?
19 It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his
own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged
in the branches thereof.
20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
21 It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal,
till it was all leavened.
22 And he went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and journeying
on unto Jerusalem.
23 And one said unto him, Lord, are they few that are saved? And he said unto
them,
24 Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek
to enter in, and shall not be able.
25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and
ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us;
and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;
26 then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou
didst teach in our streets;
27 and he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all
ye workers of iniquity.
28 There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and
yourselves cast forth without.
29 And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and
shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
30 And behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall
be last.
31 In that very hour there came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Get thee out,
and go hence: for Herod would fain kill thee.
32 And he said unto them, Go and say to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and
perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am perfected.
33 Nevertheless I must go on my way to-day and to-morrow and the day following:
for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are
sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a
hen gathereth her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!
35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and I say unto you, Ye shall
not see me, until ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the
Lord.
Luke 14
1 And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the
Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.
2 And behold, there was before him a certain man that had the dropsy.
3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying,
Is it lawful
to heal on the sabbath, or not?
4 But they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.
5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a
well, and will not straightway draw him up on a sabbath day?
6 And they could not answer again unto these things.
7 And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they
chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,
8 When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief
seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,
9 and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place;
and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.
10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he
that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.
11 For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth
himself shall be exalted.
12 And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a
supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich
neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.
13 But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
14 and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not wherewith to recompense
thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.
15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said
unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
16 But he said unto him, A certain man made a great supper; and he bade many:
17 and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden,
Come; for all things are now ready.
18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him,
I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me
excused.
19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I
pray thee have me excused.
20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21 And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the
house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes
of the city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.
22 And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is
room.
23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and
constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled.
24 For I say unto you, that none of those men that were bidden shall taste of my
supper.
25 Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them,
26 If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and
wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he
cannot be my disciple.
27 Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my
disciple.
28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and
count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?
29 Lest haply, when he hath laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all
that behold begin to mock him,
30 saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31 Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down
first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that
cometh against him with twenty thousand?
32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and
asketh conditions of peace.
33 So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he
cannot be my disciple.
34 Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savor, wherewith
shall it be seasoned?
35 It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: men cast it out. He that
hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Luke 15
1 Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.
2 And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth
sinners, and eateth with them.
3 And he spake unto them this parable, saying,
4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not
leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost,
until he find it?
5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors,
saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.
7 I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no
repentance.
8 Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not
light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?
9 And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors,
saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost.
10 Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God
over one sinner that repenteth.
11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12 and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of
thy substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his
journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous
living.
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and
he began to be in want.
15 And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he
sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did
eat: and no man gave unto him.
17 But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father's
have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have
sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:
19 I am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired
servants.
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his
father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck,
and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy
sight: I am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth quickly the best robe, and
put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
23 and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:
24 for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And
they began to be merry.
25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the
house, he heard music and dancing.
26 And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what these things
might be.
27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the
fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
28 But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated
him.
29 But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee,
and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a
kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30 but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.
31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.
32 But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and
is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Luke 16
1 And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a
steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods.
2 And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render
the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.
3 And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am
ashamed.
4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may
receive me into their houses.
5 And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How
much owest thou unto my lord?
6 And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond,
and sit down quickly and write fifty.
7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred
measures of wheat. He saith unto him, Take thy bond, and write fourscore.
8 And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for
the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the
light.
9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of
unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal
tabernacles.
10 He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is
unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.
11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will
commit to your trust the true riches?
12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give
you that which is your own?
13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love
the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve
God and mammon.
14 And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they
scoffed at him.
15 And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of
men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an
abomination in the sight of God.
16 The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the gospel of the
kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it.
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of
the law to fall.
18 Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth
adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth
adultery.
19 Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine
linen, faring sumptuously every day:
20 and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table;
yea, even the dogs come and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by
the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.
23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar
off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus,
that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in
anguish in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good
things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted and
thou art in anguish.
26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that
they that would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may cross
over from thence to us.
27 And he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my
father's house;
28 for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come
into this place of torment.
29 But Abraham saith, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they
will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will
they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.
Luke 17
1 And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of
stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come!
2 It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were
thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones
to stumble.
3 Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent,
forgive him.
4 And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn again
to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say
unto this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea; and
it would obey you.
7 But who is there of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will
say unto him, when he is come in from the field, Come straightway and sit down
to meat;
8 and will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird
thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt
eat and drink?
9 Doth he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded?
10 Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded
you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty
to do.
11 And it came to pass, as they were on their way to Jerusalem, that he was
passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.
12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were
lepers, who stood afar off:
13 and they lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go and show yourselves unto the
priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, with a loud
voice glorifying God;
16 and he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a
Samaritan.
17 And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
18 Were there none found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger?
19 And he said unto him, Arise, and go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
20 And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered
them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21 neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is
within you.
22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to
see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
23 And they shall say to you, Lo, there! Lo, here! go not away, nor follow after
them:
24 for as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part under the
heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall the Son of man be in
his day.
25 But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation.
26 And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the
days of the Son of man.
27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the
day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank,
they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from
heaven, and destroyed them all:
30 after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.
31 In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house,
let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise
not return back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
33 Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose
his life shall preserve it.
34 I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one
shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the
other shall be left.
37 And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them,
Where
the body is, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.
Luke 18
1 And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray,
and not to faint;
2 saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man:
3 and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge
me of mine adversary.
4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I
fear not God, nor regard man;
5 yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out
by her continual coming.
6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge saith.
7 And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he
is longsuffering over them?
8 I say unto you, that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son
of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
9 And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that
they were righteous, and set all others at nought:
10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a
publican.
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am
not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this
publican.
12 I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.
13 But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes
unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinner.
14 I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the
other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that
humbleth himself shall be exalted.
15 And they were bringing unto him also their babes, that he should touch them:
but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
16 But Jesus called them unto him, saying, Suffer the little children to come
unto me, and forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.
17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a
little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.
18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to
inherit eternal life?
19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one,
even God.
20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not
steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother.
21 And he said, All these things have I observed from my youth up.
22 And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell
all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure
in heaven: and come, follow me.
23 But when he heard these things, he became exceeding sorrowful; for he was
very rich.
24 And Jesus seeing him said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into
the kingdom of God!
25 For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a
rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26 And they that heard it said, Then who can be saved?
27 But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
28 And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee.
29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left
house, or wife, or brethren, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God's
sake,
30 who shall not receive manifold more in this time, and in the world to come
eternal life.
31 And he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to
Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets shall be
accomplished unto the Son of man.
32 For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and
shamefully treated, and spit upon:
33 and they shall scourge and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
34 And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hid from them,
and they perceived not the things that were said.
35 And it came to pass, as he drew nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by
the way side begging:
36 and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant.
37 And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
39 And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he
cried out the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was
come near, he asked him,
41 What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may
receive my sight.
42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight; thy faith hath made thee whole.
43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and
all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
Luke 19
1 And he entered and was passing through Jericho.
2 And behold, a man called by name Zacchaeus; and he was a chief publican, and
he was rich.
3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he
was little of stature.
4 And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he
was to pass that way.
5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and said unto him,
Zacchaeus,
make haste, and come down; for to-day I must abide at thy house.
6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone in to lodge with a
man that is a sinner.
8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my
goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man, I
restore fourfold.
9 And Jesus said unto him, To-day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as
he also is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was
nigh to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was
immediately to appear.
12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for
himself a kingdom, and to return.
13 And he called ten servants of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said unto
them, Trade ye herewith till I come.
14 But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will
not that this man reign over us.
15 And it came to pass, when he was come back again, having received the
kingdom, that he commanded these servants, unto whom he had given the money, to
be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.
16 And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten pounds
more.
17 And he said unto him, Well done, thou good servant: because thou wast found
faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
18 And the second came, saying, Thy pound, Lord, hath made five pounds.
19 And he said unto him also, Be thou also over five cities.
20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I kept laid
up in a napkin:
21 for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which
thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.
22 He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked
servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not
down, and reaping that which I did not sow;
23 then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming
should have required it with interest?
24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take away from him the pound, and give
it unto him that hath the ten pounds.
25 And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.
26 I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him
that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him.
27 But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring
hither, and slay them before me.
28 And when he had thus spoken, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem.
29 And it came to pass, when he drew nigh unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the
mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples,
30 saying, Go your way into the village over against you; in which as ye enter
ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat: loose him, and bring
him.
31 And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say, The Lord hath
need of him.
32 And they that were sent went away, and found even as he had said unto them.
33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why
loose ye the colt?
34 And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they threw their garments upon the colt,
and set Jesus thereon.
36 And as he went, they spread their garments in the way.
37 And as he was now drawing nigh, even at the descent of the mount of Olives,
the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud
voice for all the mighty works which they had seen;
38 saying, Blessed is the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in
heaven, and glory in the highest.
39 And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, Teacher, rebuke
thy disciples.
40 And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace,
the stones will cry out.
41 And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it,
42 saying, If thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things which belong
unto peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
43 For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank
about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
44 and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they
shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the
time of thy visitation.
45 And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold,
46 saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but
ye have made it a den of robbers.
47 And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the
scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him:
48 and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him,
listening.
Luke 20
1 And it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the
temple, and preaching the gospel, there came upon him the chief priests and the
scribes with the elders;
2 and they spake, saying unto him, Tell us: By what authority doest thou these
things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
3 And he answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a question; and tell
me:
4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?
5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he
will say, Why did ye not believe him?
6 But if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are
persuaded that John was a prophet.
7 And they answered, that they knew not whence it was.
8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these
things.
9 And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard,
and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.
10 And at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that they should
give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him
away empty.
11 And he sent yet another servant: and him also they beat, and handled him
shamefully, and sent him away empty.
12 And he sent yet a third: and him also they wounded, and cast him forth.
13 And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved
son; it may be they will reverence him.
14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This
is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
15 And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore
will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
16 He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto
others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
17 But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The
stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?
18 Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on
whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
19 And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very
hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable
against them.
20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who feigned themselves to be
righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to
the rule and to the authority of the governor.
21 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest
rightly, and acceptest not the person of any, but of a truth teachest the way of
God:
22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them,
24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription hath it? And they said,
Caesar's.
25 And he said unto them, Then render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's,
and unto God the things that are God's.
26 And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they
marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
27 And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they that say that there is
no resurrection;
28 and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man's
brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the
wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died
childless;
30 and the second:
31 and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and
died.
32 Afterward the woman also died.
33 In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven
had her to wife.
34 And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in
marriage:
35 but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the
resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
36 for neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and
are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the place concerning the
Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob.
38 Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
39 And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.
40 For they durst not any more ask him any question.
41 And he said unto them, How say they that the Christ is David's son?
42 For David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,
43 Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
44 David therefore calleth him Lord, and how is he his son?
45 And in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples,
46 Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations
in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at
feasts;
47 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall
receive greater condemnation.
Luke 21
1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the
treasury.
2 And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than they
all:
4 for all these did of their superfluity cast in unto the gifts; but she of her
want did cast in all the living that she had.
5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and
offerings, he said,
6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall
not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
7 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, when therefore shall these things be? and
what shall be the sign when these things are about to come to pass?
8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my
name, saying, I am he; and, The time is at hand: go ye not after them.
9 And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified: for these things
must needs come to pass first; but the end is not immediately.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom;
11 and there shall be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and
pestilences; and there shall be terrors and great signs from heaven.
12 But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall
persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you
before kings and governors for my name's sake.
13 It shall turn out unto you for a testimony.
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to answer:
15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not
be able to withstand or to gainsay.
16 But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and
friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
18 And not a hair of your head shall perish.
19 In your patience ye shall win your souls.
20 But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her
desolation is at hand.
21 Then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains; and let them that
are in the midst of her depart out; and let not them that are in the country
enter therein.
22 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be
fulfilled.
23 Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into
all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the
times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
25 And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth
distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;
26 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on
the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great
glory.
28 But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads;
because your redemption draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable: Behold the fig tree, and all the trees:
30 when they now shoot forth, ye see it and know of your own selves that the
summer is now nigh.
31 Even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the
kingdom of God is nigh.
32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all things
be accomplished.
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
34 But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with
surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you
suddenly as a snare:
35 for so shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.
36 But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to
escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of
man.
37 And every day he was teaching in the temple; and every night he went out, and
lodged in the mount that is called Olivet.
38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear
him.
Luke 22
1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
2 And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death;
for they feared the people.
3 And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, being of the number of
the twelve.
4 And he went away, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he
might deliver him unto them.
5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
6 And he consented, and sought opportunity to deliver him unto them in the
absence of the multitude.
7 And the day of unleavened bread came, on which the passover must be
sacrificed.
8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make ready for us the passover,
that we may eat.
9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we make ready?
10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall
meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house whereinto
he goeth.
11 And ye shall say unto the master of the house, The Teacher saith unto thee,
Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
12 And he will show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the
passover.
14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the apostles with him.
15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with
you before I suffer:
16 for I say unto you, I shall not eat it, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom
of God.
17 And he received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said,
Take this, and
divide it among yourselves:
18 for I say unto you, I shall not drink from henceforth of the fruit of the
vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
19 And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to
them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of
me.
20 And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant
in my blood, even that which is poured out for you.
21 But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
22 For the Son of man indeed goeth, as it hath been determined: but woe unto
that man through whom he is betrayed!
23 And they began to question among themselves, which of them it was that should
do this thing.
24 And there arose also a contention among them, which of them was accounted to
be greatest.
25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them; and
they that have authority over them are called Benefactors.
26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become
as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
27 For which is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he
that sitteth at meat? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth.
28 But ye are they that have continued with me in my temptations;
29 and I appoint unto you a kingdom, even as my Father appointed unto me,
30 that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on
thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
31 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as
wheat:
32 but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when
once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.
33 And he said unto him, Lord, with thee I am ready to go both to prison and to
death.
34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, until thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
35 And he said unto them, When I sent you forth without purse, and wallet, and
shoes, lacked ye anything? And they said, Nothing.
36 And he said unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and
likewise a wallet; and he that hath none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a
sword.
37 For I say unto you, that this which is written must be fulfilled in me, And
he was reckoned with transgressors: for that which concerneth me hath fulfilment.
38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It
is enough.
39 And he came out, and went, as his custom was, unto the mount of Olives; and
the disciples also followed him.
40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into
temptation.
41 And he was parted from them about a stone's cast; and he kneeled down and
prayed,
42 saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not
my will, but thine, be done.
43 And there appeared unto him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.
44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it
were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
45 And when he rose up from his prayer, he came unto the disciples, and found
them sleeping for sorrow,
46 and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation.
47 While he yet spake, behold, a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of
the twelve, went before them; and he drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
49 And when they that were about him saw what would follow, they said, Lord,
shall we smite with the sword?
50 And a certain one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and struck
off his right ear.
51 But Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye them thus far. And he touched his ear,
and healed him.
52 And Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and
elders, that were come against him, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with
swords and staves?
53 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands
against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
54 And they seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest's
house. But Peter followed afar off.
55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and had sat down
together, Peter sat in the midst of them.
56 And a certain maid seeing him as he sat in the light of the fire, and looking
stedfastly upon him, said, This man also was with him.
57 But he denied, saying, Woman, I know him not.
58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou also art one of
them. But Peter said, Man, I am not.
59 And after the space of about one hour another confidently affirmed, saying,
Of a truth this man also was with him; for he is a Galilaean.
60 But Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he
yet spake, the cock crew.
61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of
the Lord, how that he said unto him, Before the cock crow this day thou shalt
deny me thrice.
62 And he went out, and wept bitterly.
63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and beat him.
64 And they blindfolded him, and asked him, saying, Prophesy: who is he that
struck thee?
65 And many other things spake they against him, reviling him.
66 And as soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was
gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away into
their council, saying,
67 If thou art the Christ, tell us. But he said unto them, If I tell you, ye
will not believe:
68 and if I ask you, ye will not answer.
69 But from henceforth shall the Son of man be seated at the right hand of the
power of God.
70 And they all said, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye
say that I am.
71 And they said, What further need have we of witness? for we ourselves have
heard from his own mouth.
Luke 23
1 And the whole company of them rose up, and brought him before Pilate.
2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation,
and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a
king.
3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered
him and said, Thou sayest.
4 And Pilate said unto the chief priests and the multitudes, I find no fault in
this man.
5 But they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching
throughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place.
6 But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.
7 And when he knew that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him unto Herod,
who himself also was at Jerusalem in these days.
8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was of a long time
desirous to see him, because he had heard concerning him; and he hoped to see
some miracle done by him.
9 And he questioned him in many words; but he answered him nothing.
10 And the chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
11 And Herod with his soldiers set him at nought, and mocked him, and arraying
him in gorgeous apparel sent him back to Pilate.
12 And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for before
they were at enmity between themselves.
13 And Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
14 and said unto them, Ye brought unto me this man, as one that perverteth the
people: and behold, I having examined him before you, found no fault in this man
touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
15 no, nor yet Herod: for he sent him back unto us; and behold, nothing worthy
of death hath been done by him.
16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
18 But they cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, and release unto
us Barabbas: --
19 one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast
into prison.
20 And Pilate spake unto them again, desiring to release Jesus;
21 but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him.
22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath this man done? I
have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him and release
him.
23 But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And
their voices prevailed.
24 And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done.
25 And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into
prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.
26 And when they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon of Cyrene, coming
from the country, and laid on him the cross, to bear it after Jesus.
27 And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who
bewailed and lamented him.
28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me,
but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29 For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the
barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills,
Cover us.
31 For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
32 And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
33 And when they came unto the place which is called The skull, there they
crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on the
left.
34 And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And
parting his garments among them, they cast lots.
35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying,
He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen.
36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, offering him vinegar,
37 and saying, If thou art the King of the Jews, save thyself.
38 And there was also a superscription over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39 And one of the malefactors that were hanged railed on him, saying, Art not
thou the Christ? save thyself and us.
40 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, Dost thou not even fear God,
seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this
man hath done nothing amiss.
42 And he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom.
43 And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in
Paradise.
44 And it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land
until the ninth hour,
45 the sun's light failing: and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
46 And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commend
my spirit: and having said this, he gave up the ghost.
47 And when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly
this was a righteous man.
48 And all the multitudes that came together to this sight, when they beheld the
things that were done, returned smiting their breasts.
49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed with him from Galilee,
stood afar off, seeing these things.
50 And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a councillor, a good and righteous
man
51 (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), a man of Arimathaea, a city
of the Jews, who was looking for the kingdom of God:
52 this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb
that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain.
54 And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
55 And the women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and
beheld the tomb, and how his body was laid.
56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the sabbath they
rested according to the commandment.
Luke 24
1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came unto the tomb,
bringing the spices which they had prepared.
2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it came to pass, while they were perplexed thereabout, behold, two men
stood by them in dazzling apparel:
5 and as they were affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said
unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet
in Galilee,
7 saying that the Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men,
and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
8 And they remembered his words,
9 and returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and to
all the rest.
10 Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James: and
the other women with them told these things unto the apostles.
11 And these words appeared in their sight as idle talk; and they disbelieved
them.
12 But Peter arose, and ran unto the tomb; and stooping and looking in, he seeth
the linen cloths by themselves; and he departed to his home, wondering at that
which was come to pass.
13 And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus,
which was threescore furlongs from Jerusalem.
14 And they communed with each other of all these things which had happened.
15 And it came to pass, while they communed and questioned together, that Jesus
himself drew near, and went with them.
16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
17 And he said unto them, What communications are these that ye have one with
another, as ye walk? And they stood still, looking sad.
18 And one of them, named Cleopas, answering said unto him, Dost thou alone
sojourn in Jerusalem and not know the things which are come to pass there in
these days?
19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, The things
concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before
God and all the people:
20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to
death, and crucified him.
21 But we hoped that it was he who should redeem Israel. Yea and besides all
this, it is now the third day since these things came to pass.
22 Moreover certain women of our company amazed us, having been early at the
tomb;
23 and when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen
a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
24 And certain of them that were with us went to the tomb, and found it even so
as the women had said: but him they saw not.
25 And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all
that the prophets have spoken!
26 Behooved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his
glory?
27 And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in
all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they were going: and he made as
though he would go further.
29 And they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening,
and the day is now far spent. And he went in to abide with them.
30 And it came to pass, when he had sat down with them to meat, he took the
bread and blessed; and breaking it he gave to them.
31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their
sight.
32 And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he
spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?
33 And they rose up that very hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the
eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
34 saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
35 And they rehearsed the things that happened in the way, and how he was known
of them in the breaking of the bread.
36 And as they spake these things, he himself stood in the midst of them, and
saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they beheld a
spirit.
38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do questionings
arise in your heart?
39 See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a
spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye behold me having.
40 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
41 And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said unto them,
Have ye here anything to eat?
42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish.
43 And he took it, and ate before them.
44 And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was
yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the
law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
45 Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures;
46 and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and
rise again from the dead the third day;
47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto
all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48 Ye are witnesses of these things.
49 And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in
the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high.
50 And he led them out until they were over against Bethany: and he lifted up
his hands, and blessed them.
51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was
carried up into heaven.
52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
53 and were continually in the temple, blessing God.
John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that
hath been made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all
might believe through him.
8 He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light.
9 There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into
the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew
him not.
11 He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of
God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of
man, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory
as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
15 John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said,
He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.
16 For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus
Christ.
18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom
of the Father, he hath declared him.
19 And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem
priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou?
20 And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art
thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
22 They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to
them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the
way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
24 And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art
not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth
one whom ye know not,
27 even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to
unloose.
28 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was
baptizing.
29 On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of
God, that taketh away the sin of the world!
30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for
he was before me.
31 And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this
cause came I baptizing in water.
32 And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove
out of heaven; and it abode upon him.
33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me,
Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the
same is he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit.
34 And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.
35 Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples;
36 and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God!
37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 And Jesus turned, and beheld them following, and saith unto them,
What seek
ye? And they said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher),
where abidest thou?
39 He saith unto them, Come, and ye shall see. They came therefore and saw where
he abode; and they abode with him that day: it was about the tenth hour.
40 One of the two that heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon
Peter's brother.
41 He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the
Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
42 He brought him unto Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, and said,
Thou art Simon
the son of John: thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation,
Peter).
43 On the morrow he was minded to go forth into Galilee, and he findeth Philip:
and Jesus saith unto him, Follow me.
44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom
Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip
saith unto him, Come and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite
indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said
unto him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw
thee.
49 Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of
Israel.
50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee
underneath the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than
these.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye shall see the
heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of
man.
John 2
1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of
Jesus was there:
2 and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage.
3 And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no
wine.
4 And Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not
yet come.
5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
6 Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of
purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.
7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up
to the brim.
8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the ruler of the feast.
And they bare it.
9 And when the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and knew not
whence it was (but the servants that had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the
feast calleth the bridegroom,
10 and saith unto him, Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when men
have drunk freely, then that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until
now.
11 This beginning of his signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his
glory; and his disciples believed on him.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren,
and his disciples; and there they abode not many days.
13 And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the
changers of money sitting:
15 and he made a scourge of cords, and cast all out of the temple, both the
sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their
tables;
16 and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my
Father's house a house of merchandise.
17 His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me
up.
18 The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto
us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I
will raise it up.
20 The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and
wilt thou raise it up in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he
spake this; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, many believed
on his name, beholding his signs which he did.
24 But Jesus did not trust himself unto them, for that he knew all men,
25 and because he needed not that any one should bear witness concerning man;
for he himself knew what was in man.
John 3
1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art
a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except
God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one
be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a
second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water
and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit
is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.
8 The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but
knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born
of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear
witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I
tell you heavenly things?
13 And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven,
even the Son of man, who is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of
man be lifted up;
15 that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the
world should be saved through him.
18 He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been
judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten
Son of God.
19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men
loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light,
lest his works should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made
manifest, that they have been wrought in God.
22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and
there he tarried with them, and baptized.
23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much
water there: and they came, and were baptized.
24 For John was not yet cast into prison.
25 There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a
Jew about purifying.
26 And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond
the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all
men come to him.
27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given
him from heaven.
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I
am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom,
that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's
voice: this my joy therefore is made full.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the
earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
32 What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth
his witness.
33 He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is
true.
34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the
Spirit by measure.
35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
36 He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the
Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
John 4
1 When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was
making and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (although Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples),
3 he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.
4 And he must needs pass through Samaria.
5 So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground
that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:
6 and Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey,
sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her,
Give me
to drink.
8 For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.
9 The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that thou, being a
Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? (For Jews have no dealings
with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered and said unto unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and
who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him,
and he would have given thee living water.
11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well
is deep: whence then hast thou that living water?
12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank
thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?
13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall
thirst again:
14 but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst;
but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water
springing up unto eternal life.
15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither
come all the way hither to draw.
16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
17 The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto
her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband:
18 for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy
husband: this hast thou said truly.
19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the
place where men ought to worship.
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in
this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.
22 Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for
salvation is from the Jews.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the
Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh (he that is called
Christ): when he is come, he will declare unto us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
27 And upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled that he was speaking
with a woman; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with
her?
28 So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the
people,
29 Come, see a man, who told me all things that ever I did: can this be the
Christ?
30 They went out of the city, and were coming to him.
31 In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat.
32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not.
33 The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him aught
to eat?
34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to
accomplish his work.
35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold, I
say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white
already unto harvest.
36 He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that
he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
37 For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and
ye are entered into their labor.
39 And from that city many of the Samaritans believed on him because of the word
of the woman, who testified, He told me all things that ever I did.
40 So when the Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them:
and he abode there two days.
41 And many more believed because of his word;
42 and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for
we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the
world.
43 And after the two days he went forth from thence into Galilee.
44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honor in his own country.
45 So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all
the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the
feast.
46 He came therefore again unto Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine.
And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto
him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son; for he was at
the point of death.
48 Jesus therefore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will in no
wise believe.
49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. The man believed the word
that Jesus spake unto him, and he went his way.
51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, saying, that his son
lived.
52 So he inquired of them the hour when he began to amend. They said therefore
unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
53 So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said unto him, Thy
son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
54 This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judaea into
Galilee.
John 5
1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem.
2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew
Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered.
5 And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his
infirmity.
6 When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that
case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole?
7 The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to
put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
8 Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk.
9 And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it
was the sabbath on that day.
10 So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not
lawful for thee to take up thy bed.
11 But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up
thy bed, and walk.
12 They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and
walk?
13 But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself
away, a multitude being in the place.
14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,
Behold, thou
art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee.
15 The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him
whole.
16 And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on
the sabbath.
17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.
18 For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not
only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal
with God.
19 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what
things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner.
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth:
and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel.
21 For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also
giveth life to whom he will.
22 For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment
unto the Son;
23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth
not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him
that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed
out of death into life.
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead
shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.
26 For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to
have life in himself:
27 and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs
shall hear his voice,
29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of
life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.
30 I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous;
because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
32 It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which
he witnesseth of me is true.
33 Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.
34 But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things,
that ye may be saved.
35 He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for
a season in his light.
36 But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the works
which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear
witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
37 And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither
heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe
not.
39 Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life;
and these are they which bear witness of me;
40 and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
41 I receive not glory from men.
42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.
43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come
in his own name, him ye will receive.
44 How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that
cometh from the only God ye seek not?
45 Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth
you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope.
46 For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me.
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
John 6
1 After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee,
which is the sea of Tiberias.
2 And a great multitude followed him, because they beheld the signs which he did
on them that were sick.
3 And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
4 Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
5 Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh
unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?
6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
7 Philip answered him, Two hundred shillings' worth of bread is not sufficient
for them, that every one may take a little.
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
9 There is a lad here, who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are
these among so many?
10 Jesus said, Make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place.
So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 Jesus therefore took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to
them that were set down; likewise also of the fishes as much as they would.
12 And when they were filled, he saith unto his disciples, Gather up the broken
pieces which remain over, that nothing be lost.
13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from
the five barley loaves, which remained over unto them that had eaten.
14 When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a
truth the prophet that cometh into the world.
15 Jesus therefore perceiving that they were about to come and take him by
force, to make him king, withdrew again into the mountain himself alone.
16 And when evening came, his disciples went down unto the sea;
17 and they entered into a boat, and were going over the sea unto Capernaum. And
it was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
18 And the sea was rising by reason of a great wind that blew.
19 When therefore they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they
behold Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the boat: and they were
afraid.
20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
21 They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat: and straightway the
boat was at the land whither they were going.
22 On the morrow the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that
there was no other boat there, save one, and that Jesus entered not with his
disciples into the boat, but that his disciples went away alone
23 (howbeit there came boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they ate
the bread after the Lord had given thanks):
24 when the multitude therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his
disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking
Jesus.
25 And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him,
Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not
because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.
27 Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto
eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even
God, hath sealed.
28 They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of
God?
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe
on him whom he hath sent.
30 They said therefore unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may
see, and believe thee? what workest thou?
31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them
bread out of heaven to eat.
32 Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not
Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true
bread out of heaven.
33 For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life
unto the world.
34 They said therefore unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
35 Jesus said unto them. I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not
hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
36 But I said unto you, that ye have seen me, and yet believe not.
37 All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh
to me I will in no wise cast out.
38 For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him
that sent me.
39 And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all that which he hath
given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
40 For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and
believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last
day.
41 The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread
which came down out of heaven.
42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother
we know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?
43 Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
44 No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will
raise him up in the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every one
that hath heard from the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he that is from God, he hath seen
the Father.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life.
48 I am the bread of life.
49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
50 This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat
thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this
bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh,
for the life of the world.
52 The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us
his flesh to eat?
53 Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat
the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.
54 He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will
raise him up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56 He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.
57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.
58 This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and
died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.
59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard
saying; who can hear it?
61 But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said unto
them, Doth this cause you to stumble?
62 What then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before?
63 It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words
that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.
64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning
who they were that believed not, and who it was that should betray him.
65 And he said, For this cause have I said unto you, that no man can come unto
me, except it be given unto him of the Father.
66 Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67 Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, Would ye also go away?
68 Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of
eternal life.
69 And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of God.
70 Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you the twelve, and one of you is a
devil?
71 Now he spake of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he it was that should
betray him, being one of the twelve.
John 7
1 And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in
Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2 Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that
thy disciples also may behold thy works which thou doest.
4 For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly.
If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.
5 For even his brethren did not believe on him.
6 Jesus therefore saith unto them, My time is not yet come; but your time is
always ready.
7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its
works are evil.
8 Go ye up unto the feast: I go not up unto this feast; because my time is not
yet fulfilled.
9 And having said these things unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
10 But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also up, not
publicly, but as it were in secret.
11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
12 And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: some said,
He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray.
13 Yet no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
14 But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and
taught.
15 The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having
never learned?
16 Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that
sent me.
17 If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it
is of God, or whether I speak from myself.
18 He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the
glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you doeth the law? Why seek
ye to kill me?
20 The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel because
thereof.
22 Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the
fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.
23 If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not
be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the
sabbath?
24 Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
25 Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to
kill?
26 And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the
rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?
27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one
knoweth whence he is.
28 Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying,
Ye both know me,
and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true,
whom ye know not.
29 I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.
30 They sought therefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him, because
his hour was not yet come.
31 But of the multitude many believed on him; and they said, When the Christ
shall come, will he do more signs than those which this man hath done?
32 The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and
the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.
33 Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him
that sent me.
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.
35 The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go that we
shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach
the Greeks?
36 What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and
where I am, ye cannot come?
37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried,
saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall
flow rivers of living water.
39 But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to
receive: for the Spirit was not yet given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
40 Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is
of a truth the prophet.
41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come
out of Galilee?
42 Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and
from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
43 So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
45 The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said
unto them, Why did ye not bring him?
46 The officers answered, Never man so spake.
47 The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray?
48 Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?
49 But this multitude that knoweth not the law are accursed.
50 Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to him before, being one of them),
51 Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he
doeth?
52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see
that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
John 8
53 [And they went every man unto his own house:
1 but Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people
came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
3 And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having
set her in the midst,
4 they say unto him, Teacher, this woman hath been taken in adultery, in the
very act.
5 Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her?
6 And this they said, trying him, that they might have whereof to accuse him.
But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
7 But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them,
He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
8 And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
9 And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest,
even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in
the midst.
10 And Jesus lifted up himself, and said unto her, Woman, where are they? did no
man condemn thee?
11 And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn thee: go thy
way; from henceforth sin no more.]
12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world:
he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of
life.
13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy
witness is not true.
14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my
witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not
whence I come, or whither I go.
15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
16 Yea and if I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the
Father that sent me.
17 Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.
18 I am he that beareth witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth
witness of me.
19 They said therefore unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered,
Ye know
neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye would know my Father also.
20 These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man
took him; because his hour was not yet come.
21 He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall
die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.
22 The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go,
ye cannot come?
23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this
world; I am not of this world.
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye
believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
25 They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? Jesus said unto them,
Even that
which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning.
26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent
me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.
27 They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father.
28 Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye
know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me,
I speak these things.
29 And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always
the things that are pleasing to him.
30 As he spake these things, many believed on him.
31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him,
If ye abide in my
word, then are ye truly my disciples;
32 and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33 They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in
bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.
35 And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for
ever.
36 If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word
hath not free course in you.
38 I speak the things which I have seen with my Father: and ye also do the
things which ye heard from your father.
39 They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto
them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard
from God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of
fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came
forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will
to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his
own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
45 But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.
46 Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me?
47 He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear them not,
because ye are not of God.
48 The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a
Samaritan, and hast a demon?
49 Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor
me.
50 But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see
death.
52 The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and
the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of
death.
53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died:
whom makest thou thyself?
54 Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father
that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God;
55 and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him
not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.
57 The Jews therefore said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast
thou seen Abraham?
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was
born, I am.
59 They took up stones therefore to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went
out of the temple.
John 9
1 And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his
parents, that he should be born blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works
of God should be made manifest in him.
4 We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh,
when no man can work.
5 When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle,
and anointed his eyes with the clay,
7 and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by interpretation,
Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
8 The neighbors therefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was a
beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
9 Others said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.
10 They said therefore unto him, How then were thine eyes opened?
11 He answered, The man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes,
and said unto me, Go to Siloam, and wash: so I went away and washed, and I
received sight.
12 And they said unto him, Where is he? He saith, I know not.
13 They bring to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
14 Now it was the sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his
eyes.
15 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. And
he said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see.
16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he
keepeth not the sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such
signs? And there was division among them.
17 They say therefore unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, in that
he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
18 The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind,
and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had
received his sight,
19 and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then
doth he now see?
20 His parents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was
born blind:
21 but how he now seeth, we know not; or who opened his eyes, we know not: ask
him; he is of age; he shall speak for himself.
22 These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had
agreed already, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be
put out of the synagogue.
23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
24 So they called a second time the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give
glory to God: we know that this man is a sinner.
25 He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know,
that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
26 They said therefore unto him, What did he to thee? How opened he thine eyes?
27 He answered them, I told you even now, and ye did not hear; wherefore would
ye hear it again? would ye also become his disciples?
28 And they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are disciples
of Moses.
29 We know that God hath spoken unto Moses: but as for this man, we know not
whence he is.
30 The man answered and said unto them, Why, herein is the marvel, that ye know
not whence he is, and yet he opened mine eyes.
31 We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God,
and do his will, him he heareth.
32 Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a
man born blind.
33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost
thou teach us? And they cast him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, he said,
Dost thou
believe on the Son of God?
36 He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and he it is that speaketh with
thee.
38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
39 And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not
may see; and that they that see may become blind.
40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto
him, Are we also blind?
41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say,
We see: your sin remaineth.
John 10
1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold
of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his
own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow
him: for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not
the voice of strangers.
6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they
were which he spake unto them.
7 Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the
door of the sheep.
8 All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear
them.
9 I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in
and go out, and shall find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came
that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
12 He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf
snatcheth them, and scattereth them:
13 he fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,
15 even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life
for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring,
and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.
17 Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may
take it again.
18 No one taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to
lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment received I from
my Father.
19 There arose a division again among the Jews because of these words.
20 And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?
21 Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a
demon open the eyes of the blind?
22 And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem:
23 it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24 The Jews therefore came round about him, and said unto him, How long dost
thou hold us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in
my Father's name, these bear witness of me.
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one
shall snatch them out of my hand.
29 My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is
able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
30 I and the Father are one.
31 The Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for
which of those works do ye stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy;
and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods?
35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture
cannot be broken),
36 say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38 But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may
know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.
39 They sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand.
40 And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the
first baptizing; and there he abode.
41 And many came unto him; and they said, John indeed did no sign: but all
things whatsoever John spake of this man were true.
42 And many believed on him there.
John 11
1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her
sister Martha.
2 And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet
with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3 The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest
is sick.
4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the
glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in
the place where he was.
7 Then after this he saith to the disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
8 The disciples say unto him, Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone
thee; and goest thou thither again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the
day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in
him.
11 These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them,
Our friend Lazarus
is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12 The disciples therefore said unto him, Lord, if he is fallen asleep, he will
recover.
13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that he spake of taking
rest in sleep.
14 Then Jesus therefore said unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may
believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said unto his fellow-disciples, Let
us also go, that we may die with him.
17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;
19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning
their brother.
20 Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but
Mary still sat in the house.
21 Martha therefore said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother
had not died.
22 And even now I know that, whatsoever thou shalt ask of God, God will give
thee.
23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at
the last day.
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth
on me, though he die, yet shall he live;
26 and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou
this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I have believed that thou art the Christ, the
Son of God, even he that cometh into the world.
28 And when she had said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister
secretly, saying, The Teacher is here, and calleth thee.
29 And she, when she heard it, arose quickly, and went unto him.
30 (Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but was still in the place
where Martha met him.)
31 The Jews then who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when
they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing
that she was going unto the tomb to weep there.
32 Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his
feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with
her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
34 and said, Where have ye laid him? They say unto him, Lord, come and see.
35 Jesus wept.
36 The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him!
37 But some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of him that
was blind, have caused that this man also should not die?
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the tomb. Now it was a
cave, and a stone lay against it.
39 Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time the body decayeth; for he hath been dead four
days.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou believedst, thou
shouldest see the glory of God?
41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said,
Father,
I thank thee that thou heardest me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the multitude that
standeth around I said it, that they may believe that thou didst send me.
43 And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice,
Lazarus, come forth.
44 He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his
face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let
him go.
45 Many therefore of the Jews, who came to Mary and beheld that which he did,
believed on him.
46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which
Jesus had done.
47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said,
What do we? for this man doeth many signs.
48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will
come and take away both our place and our nation.
49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said unto
them, Ye know nothing at all,
50 nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die
for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
51 Now this he said not of himself: but, being high priest that year, he
prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;
52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one
the children of God that are scattered abroad.
53 So from that day forth they took counsel that they might put him to death.
54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed thence
into the country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there
he tarried with the disciples.
55 Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out
of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.
56 They sought therefore for Jesus, and spake one with another, as they stood in
the temple, What think ye? That he will not come to the feast?
57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any
man knew where he was, he should show it, that they might take him.
John 12
1 Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus
was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.
2 So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of
them that sat at meat with him.
3 Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and
anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was
filled with the odor of the ointment.
4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that should betray him, saith,
5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the
poor?
6 Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a
thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.
7 Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.
8 For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
9 The common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and they
came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he
had raised from the dead.
10 But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death;
11 because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on
Jesus.
12 On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard
that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried
out, Hosanna: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, even the King
of Israel.
14 And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereo