1:1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 1:2Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers. 1:3Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram. 1:4Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon. 1:5Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse. 1:6Jesse became the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah. 1:7Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa. 1:8Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah. 1:9Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah. 1:10Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah. 1:11Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon. 1:12After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel. 1:13Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor. 1:14Azor became the father of Sadoc. Sadoc became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud. 1:15Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob. 1:16Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 1:17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.
1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; because when his mother, Mary, had been engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. 1:19Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly. 1:20But when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take to yourself Mary, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 1:21She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."
1:22Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
1:23"Behold, the virgin shall be with child,
And shall bring forth a son.
They shall call his name Immanuel;" which is, being interpreted, "God with us."
1:24Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife to himself; 1:25and didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He named him Jesus.
2:1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, 2:2"Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him." 2:3When Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 2:4Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born. 2:5They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written through the prophet,
2:6'You Bethlehem, land of Judah,
Are in no way least among the princes of Judah:
For out of you shall come forth a governor,
Who shall shepherd my people, Israel.'"
2:7Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared. 2:8He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."
2:9They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was. 2:10When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 2:11They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 2:12Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
2:13Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."
2:14He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt, 2:15and 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 I called my son."
2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent forth, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem, and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men. 2:17Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
2:18"A voice was heard in Ramah,
Lamentation, weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
She wouldn't be comforted,
Because they are no more."
2:19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, 2:20"Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."
2:21He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. 2:22But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee, 2:23and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."
3:1In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, 3:2"Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!" 3:3For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Make ready the way of the Lord,
Make his paths straight."
3:4Now John himself had clothing made of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. 3:5Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him. 3:6They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 3:8Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance! 3:9Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
3:10Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. 3:11I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit. 3:12His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire."
3:13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 3:14But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?"
3:15But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him. 3:16Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. 3:17Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
4:1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 4:2When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward. 4:3The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."
4:4But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" 4:5Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple, 4:6and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will give his angels charge concerning you.' and,
'On their hands they will bear you up,
So that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"
4:7Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"
4:8Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory. 4:9He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."
4:10Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"
4:11Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him. 4:12Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee. 4:13Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, 4:14that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
4:15"The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles,
4:16The people who sat in darkness saw a great light,
To those who sat in the region and shadow of death,
To them light has dawned."
4:17From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."
4:18Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 4:19He said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers for men."
4:20They immediately left their nets and followed him. 4:21Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with Zebedee, their father, mending their nets. He called them. 4:22They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
4:23Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. 4:24The report about him went forth into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them. 4:25Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
5:1Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto a mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. 5:2He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
5:3"Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
5:4Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall be comforted.
5:5Blessed are the humble,
For they shall inherit the earth.
5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness,
For they shall be filled.
5:7Blessed are the merciful,
For they shall obtain mercy.
5:8Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.
5:9Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.
5:10Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake,
For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
5:11"Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 5:12Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
5:13You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. 5:14You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill can't be hidden. 5:15Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. 5:16Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
5:17Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill. 5:18For most assuredly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished. 5:19Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. 5:20For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
5:21"You have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.' 5:22But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
5:23If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, 5:24leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 5:25Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. 5:26Most assuredly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.
5:27"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery;' 5:28but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. 5:29If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. For it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. 5:30If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be cast into Gehenna.
5:31"It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,' 5:32but I tell you that whoever who puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
5:33"Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,' 5:34but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; 5:35nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 5:36Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black. 5:37But let your speech be, 'Yes, yes; No, no.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
5:38"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' 5:39But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. 5:40If any man would go to law with you and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. 5:41Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. 5:42Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
5:43"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.' 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 5:45that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. 5:46For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same? 5:47If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same? 5:48Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
6:1"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. 6:2Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward. 6:3But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does, 6:4so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
6:5"When you pray, you 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 by men. Most assuredly, I tell you, they have received their reward. 6:6But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. 6:7In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. 6:8Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him. 6:9Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. 6:10May your kingdom come. May your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. 6:11Give us this day our daily bread. 6:12Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever. Amen.'
6:14For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 6:15But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
6:16"Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward. 6:17But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; 6:18that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
6:19"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; 6:20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break through and steal; 6:21for where your treasure is, your heart will be there also.
6:22"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light. 6:23But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
6:24"No one 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. You can't serve both God and Mammon. 6:25Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will put on. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 6:26See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?
6:27"Which of you, by being anxious, can add one cubit to the measure of his life? 6:28Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin, 6:29yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. 6:30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
6:31"Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?' 6:32For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 6:33But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be added to you. 6:34Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.
7:1"Don't judge, so that you won't be judged. 7:2For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. 7:3Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye? 7:4Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye? 7:5You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.
7:6"Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
7:7"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you. 7:8For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. 7:9Or what man is there of you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 7:10Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent? 7:11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! 7:12Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
7:13"Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. 7:14How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
7:15"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. 7:16By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? 7:17Even so, every good tree brings forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. 7:18A good tree can't bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 7:19Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. 7:20Therefore, by their fruits you will know them. 7:21Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 7:22Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy by your name, by your name cast out demons, and by your name do many mighty works?' 7:23Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
7:24"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.7:25The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock. 7:26Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. 7:27The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell -- and great was its fall."
7:28It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, 7:29for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
8:1When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 8:2Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
8:3Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 8:4Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
8:5When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him, 8:6and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented."
8:7Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."
8:8The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8:9For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
8:10When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, "Most assuredly I tell you, I haven't found so great a faith, not even in Israel. 8:11I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven, 8:12but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth." 8:13Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you as you have believed." His servant was healed in that hour.
8:14When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick of a fever. 8:15He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him. 8:16When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick; 8:17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases." 8:18Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.
8:19A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
8:20Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
8:21Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."
8:22But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
8:23When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him. 8:24Behold, a great tempest arose in the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep. 8:25They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!"
8:26He said to them, "Why are you fearful, oh you of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.
8:27The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
8:28When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming forth out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man could pass by that way. 8:29Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" 8:30Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them. 8:31The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."
8:32He said to them, "Go!"
They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water. 8:33Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons. 8:34Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.
9:1He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city. 9:2Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you."
9:3Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man blasphemes."
9:4Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? 9:5For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Get up, and walk?' 9:6But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house."
9:7He arose and departed to his house. 9:8But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
9:9As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him. 9:10It happened as he reclined in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples. 9:11When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
9:12When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do. 9:13But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
9:14Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
9:15Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 9:16No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. 9:17Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."
9:18While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."
9:19Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples. 9:20Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the tassels of his garment; 9:21for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."
9:22But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.
9:23When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder, 9:24he said to them, "Make room, because the young lady isn't dead, but sleeping."
They were ridiculing him. 9:25But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the young lady arose. 9:26The report of this went forth into all that land. 9:27As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David!"
9:28When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"
They told him, "Yes, Lord."
9:29Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you." 9:30Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly charged them, saying, "See that no one knows about this." 9:31But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
9:32As they went forth, behold, there was brought to him a mute man who was demon possessed. 9:33When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"
9:34But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons."
9:35Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, as sheep without a shepherd. 9:37Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 9:38Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send forth laborers into his harvest."
10:1He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness. 10:2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother; 10:3Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew, the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; 10:4Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
10:5Jesus sent these twelve forth, and charged them, saying, "Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the Samaritans. 10:6Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 10:7As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!' 10:8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give. 10:9Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts. 10:10Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food. 10:11Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on. 10:12As you enter into the household, greet it. 10:13If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you. 10:14Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet. 10:15Most assuredly I tell you, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
10:16"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you. 10:18Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. 10:19But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say. 10:20For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
10:21"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. 10:22You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved. 10:23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most assuredly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.
10:24"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. 10:25It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household! 10:26Therefore don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known. 10:27What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. 10:28Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
10:29"Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will, 10:30but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 10:31Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows. 10:32Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven. 10:33But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
10:34"Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword. 10:35For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 10:36A man's foes will be those of his own household. 10:37He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me. 10:38He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me. 10:39He who finds his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. 10:40He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 10:41He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward: and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. 10:42Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most assuredly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
11:1It happened that when Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed there to teach and preach in their cities. 11:2Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples 11:3and said to him, "Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?"
11:4Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: 11:5the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. 11:6Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me."
11:7As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 11:8But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses. 11:9But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet. 11:10For this is he, of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.' 11:11Most assuredly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he. 11:12From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. 11:13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 11:14If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come. 11:15He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
11:16"But what will I compare this generation to? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions 11:17and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.' 11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."
11:20Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works were done, because they didn't repent. 11:21"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, 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. 11:22But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. 11:23You, Capernaum, who are exalted to Heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day. 11:24But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment, than for you."
11:25At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants. 11:26Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight. 11:27All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son wants to reveal him.
11:28"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. 11:29Take my yoke on you, and learn from me, for I am humble and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. 11:30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
12:1At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 12:2But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
12:3But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him; 12:4how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 12:5Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless? 12:6But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here. 12:7But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless. 12:8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
12:9He departed there, and went into their synagogue. 12:10And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.
12:11He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out? 12:12How much, then, is a man of more value than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day." 12:13Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other. 12:14But the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him. 12:15Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all, 12:16and charged them that they should not make him known: 12:17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
12:18"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen;
My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased:
I will put my Spirit on him.
He will declare judgment to the Gentiles.
12:19He will not strive, nor shout;
Neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
12:20He won't break a bruised reed.
He won't quench a smoking flax,
Until he sends forth judgment to victory.
12:21In his name, the Gentiles will hope."
12:22Then there was brought to him one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. 12:23All the multitudes were amazed, and said, "Can this be the son of David?" 12:24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
12:25Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. 12:26If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 12:27If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 12:28But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come on you. 12:29Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
12:30"He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't gather with me, scatters. 12:31Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 12:32Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.
12:33"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. 12:34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. 12:35The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things. 12:36I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 12:37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
12:38Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."
12:39But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will no sign be given it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet. 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 12:41The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here. 12:42The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here. 12:43But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it. 12:44Then he says, 'I will return into my house whence I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 12:45Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."
12:46While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him. 12:47One said to him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you."
12:48But he answered him who told him, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?" 12:49He stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers! 12:50For whoever will do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."
13:1On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside. 13:2Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach. 13:3He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went forth to sow. 13:4As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them. 13:5Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. 13:6When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away. 13:7Others fell on thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them: 13:8and others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times, some sixty, and some thirty. 13:9He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
13:10The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
13:11He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them. 13:12For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has. 13:13Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand. 13:14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says,
'By hearing you will hear,
And will in no way understand;
Seeing you will see,
And will in no way perceive:
13:15For this people's heart has grown callous,
Their ears are dull of hearing,
Their eyes they have closed;
Or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their heart,
And should turn again;
And I would heal them.'
13:16"But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. 13:17For most assuredly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.
13:18"Hear, then, the parable of the farmer. 13:19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside. 13:20What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; 13:21yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 13:22What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. 13:23What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most assuredly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times, some sixty, some thirty."
13:24He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, 13:25but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel also among the wheat, and went away. 13:26But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel appeared also. 13:27The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'
13:28"He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.'
"The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'
13:29"But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel, you root up the wheat with them. 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"
13:31He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field; 13:32which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."
13:33He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened."
13:34Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them, 13:35that 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."
13:36Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field."
13:37He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, 13:38the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the darnel are the sons of the evil one. 13:39The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 13:40As therefore the darnel is gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be in the end of this age. 13:41The Son of Man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity, 13:42and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 13:43Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
13:44"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
13:45"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls, 13:46who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
13:47"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind, 13:48which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away. 13:49So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous, 13:50and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth." 13:51Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?"
They answered him, "Yes, Lord."
13:52He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple to the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure new and old things."
13:53It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there. 13:54Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so much that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works? 13:55Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? 13:56Aren't all of his sisters with us? Where, then did this man get all of these things?" 13:57They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house." 13:58He didn't do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
14:1At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, 14:2and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him." 14:3For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 14:4For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." 14:5When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. 14:6But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod. 14:7Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask. 14:8She, being put forward by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer."
14:9The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given, 14:10and he sent and beheaded John in the prison. 14:11His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it to her mother. 14:12His disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it; and they went and told Jesus. 14:13Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a desert place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
14:14Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick. 14:15When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, "This place is a desert, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food."
14:16But Jesus said to them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."
14:17They told him, "We only have here five loaves and two fish."
14:18He said, "Bring them here to me." 14:19He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. 14:20They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces. 14:21Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
14:22Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 14:23After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain apart to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone. 14:24But the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. 14:25In the fourth watch of the night Jesus came to them, walking on the sea. 14:26When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It is a ghost!" and they cried out for fear. 14:27But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying "Cheer up! I AM! Don't be afraid."
14:28Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters."
14:29He said, "Come!"
Peter went down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus. 14:30But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"
14:31Immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" 14:32When they got up into the boat, the wind ceased. 14:33Those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, "You are truly the Son of God!"
14:34When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret. 14:35When the men of that place recognized him, they sent into all that region round about, and brought to him all who were sick, 14:36and they begged him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
15:1Then Pharisees and scribes come to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, 15:2"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."
15:3He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? 15:4For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' 15:5But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God," 15:6he will not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition. 15:7You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
15:8'These people draw near to me with their mouth,
And honor me with their lips;
But their heart is far from me.
15:9But in vain do they worship me,
Teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"
15:10He called the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear, and understand. 15:11That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."
15:12Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"
15:13But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted. 15:14Let them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
15:15Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."
15:16So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand? 15:17Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body? 15:18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart, and they defile the man. 15:19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies. 15:20These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man."
15:21Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon. 15:22Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely demonized!"
15:23But he answered her not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away; for she cries after us."
15:24But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
15:25But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."
15:26But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 15:27But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
15:28Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
15:29Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there. 15:30There came to him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them, 15:31so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing -- and they glorified the God of Israel.
15:32Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
15:33The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude?"
15:34Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?"
They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
15:35He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; 15:36and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. 15:37They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over. 15:38Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 15:39He sent away the multitudes, and entered into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.
16:1The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 16:2But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' 16:3In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times. 16:4An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah."
He left them, and departed. 16:5The disciples came to the other side and forgot to take bread. 16:6Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
16:7They reasoned among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread."
16:8Jesus, perceiving it, said, "Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, 'because you have brought no bread?' 16:9Don't you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? 16:10Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? 16:11How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
16:12Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 16:13Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"
16:14They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."
16:15He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
16:16Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
16:17Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 16:18I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. 16:19I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you will bind on earth will be bound in heaven; and whatever you will loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." 16:20Then he charged the disciples that they should tell no man that he is Jesus the Christ. 16:21From that time, Jesus began to show to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
16:22Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."
16:23But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but the things of men." 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If any man desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 16:25For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. 16:26For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life? 16:27For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds. 16:28Most assuredly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
17:1After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. 17:2He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light. 17:3Behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah talking with him. 17:4Peter answered, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let's make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
17:5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."
17:6When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid. 17:7Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up, and don't be afraid." 17:8Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone. 17:9As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Don't tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead."
17:10His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?
17:11Jesus answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things, 17:12but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so will the Son of Man also suffer by them." 17:13Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
17:14When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling to him, saying, 17:15"Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. 17:16So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."
17:17Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me." 17:18Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
17:19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't we able to cast it out?"
17:20He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most assuredly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. 17:21But this kind doesn't go out except by prayer and fasting."
17:22While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men, 17:23and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up."
They were exceedingly sorry. 17:24When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachmas came to Peter, and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?" 17:25He said, "Yes."
When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their sons, or from strangers?"
17:26Peter said to him, "From strangers."
Jesus said to him, "Therefore the sons are exempt. 17:27But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened his mouth, you will find a stater. Take that, and give it to them for me and you."
18:1In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"
18:2Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the midst of them, 18:3and said, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. 18:4Whoever therefore will humble himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. 18:5Whoever will receive one such little child in my name receives me, 18:6but whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.
18:7"Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes! 18:8If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. 18:9If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire. 18:10See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. 18:11For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.
18:12"What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray? 18:13If he happens to find it, most assuredly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray. 18:14Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
18:15"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. 18:16But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 18:17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector. 18:18Most assuredly I tell you, whatever things you will bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever things you will loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 18:19Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.