MAT 1:1
The book of the genealogy of
Jesus Christ, the son of David,
the son of Abraham.
MAT 1:2 To Abraham was
born Isaac; and to Isaac, Jacob;
and to Jacob, Judah and his
brothers;
MAT 1:3 and to Judah were
born Perez and Zerah by Tamar;
and to Perez was born Hezron;
and to Hezron, Ram;
MAT 1:4 and to Ram was
born Amminadab; and to Amminadab,
Nahshon; and to Nahshon, Salmon;
MAT 1:5 and to Salmon was
born Boaz by Rahab; and to Boaz
was born Obed by Ruth; and to
Obed, Jesse;
MAT 1:6 and to Jesse was
born David the king. And to
David was born Solomon by her
who had been the wife of Uriah;
MAT 1:7 and to Solomon
was born Rehoboam; and to
Rehoboam, Abijah; and to Abijah,
Asa;
MAT 1:8 and to Asa was
born Jehoshaphat; and to
Jehoshaphat, Joram; and to Joram,
Uzziah;
MAT 1:9 and to Uzziah was
born Jotham; and to Jotham, Ahaz;
and to Ahaz, Hezekiah;
MAT 1:10 and to Hezekiah
was born Manasseh; and to
Manasseh, Amon; and to Amon,
Josiah;
MAT 1:11 and to Josiah
were born Jeconiah and his
brothers, at the time of the
deportation to Babylon.
MAT 1:12 And after the
deportation to Babylon, to
Jeconiah was born Shealtiel; and
to Shealtiel, Zerubbabel;
MAT 1:13 and to
Zerubbabel was born Abihud; and
to Abihud, Eliakim; and to
Eliakim, Azor;
MAT 1:14 and to Azor was
born Zadok; and to Zadok, Achim;
and to Achim, Eliud;
MAT 1:15 and to Eliud was
born Eleazar; and to Eleazar,
Matthan; and to Matthan, Jacob;
MAT 1:16 and to Jacob was
born Joseph the husband of Mary,
by whom was born Jesus, who is
called Christ.
MAT 1:17 Therefore all
the generations from Abraham to
David are fourteen generations;
and from David to the
deportation to Babylon fourteen
generations; and from the
deportation to Babylon to the
time of Christ fourteen
generations.
MAT 1:18 Now the birth of
Jesus Christ was as follows.
When His mother Mary had been
betrothed to Joseph, before they
came together she was found to
be with child by the Holy
Spirit.
MAT 1:19 And Joseph her
husband, being a righteous man,
and not wanting to disgrace her,
desired to put her away
secretly.
MAT 1:20 But when he had
considered this, behold, an
angel of the Lord appeared to
him in a dream, saying, "Joseph,
son of David, do not be afraid
to take Mary as your wife; for
that which has been conceived in
her is of the Holy Spirit.
MAT 1:21 "And she will
bear a Son; and you shall call
His name Jesus, for it is He who
will save His people from their
sins."
MAT 1:22 Now all this
took place that what was spoken
by the Lord through the prophet
might be fulfilled, saying,
MAT 1:23 "Behold, the
virgin shall be with child, and
shall bear a Son, and they shall
call His name Immanuel," which
translated means, "God with us."
MAT 1:24 And Joseph arose
from his sleep, and did as the
angel of the Lord commanded him,
and took her as his wife,
MAT 1:25 and kept her a
virgin until she gave birth to a
Son; and he called His name
Jesus.
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MAT 2:1
Now after Jesus was born in
Bethlehem of Judea in the days
of Herod the king, behold, magi
from the east arrived in
Jerusalem, saying,
MAT 2:2 "Where is He who
has been born King of the Jews?
For we saw His star in the east,
and have come to worship Him."
MAT 2:3 And when Herod
the king heard it, he was
troubled, and all Jerusalem with
him.
MAT 2:4 And gathering
together all the chief priests
and scribes of the people, he
began to inquire of them where
the Christ was to be born.
MAT 2:5 And they said to
him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for
so it has been written by the
prophet,
MAT 2:6 'And you,
Bethlehem, land of Judah, Are by
no means least among the leaders
of Judah; For out of you shall
come forth a Ruler, Who will
shepherd My people Israel.' "
MAT 2:7 Then Herod
secretly called the magi, and
ascertained from them the time
the star appeared.
MAT 2:8 And he sent them
to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and
make careful search for the
Child; and when you have found
Him, report to me, that I too
may come and worship Him."
MAT 2:9 And having heard
the king, they went their way;
and lo, the star, which they had
seen in the east, went on before
them, until it came and stood
over where the Child was.
MAT 2:10 And when they
saw the star, they rejoiced
exceedingly with great joy.
MAT 2:11 And they came
into the house and saw the Child
with Mary His mother; and they
fell down and worshiped Him; and
opening their treasures they
presented to Him gifts of gold
and frankincense and myrrh.
MAT 2:12 And having been
warned by God in a dream not to
return to Herod, they departed
for their own country by another
way.
MAT 2:13 Now when they
had departed, behold, an angel
of the Lord appeared to Joseph
in a dream, saying, "Arise and
take the Child and His mother,
and flee to Egypt, and remain
there until I tell you; for
Herod is going to search for the
Child to destroy Him."
MAT 2:14 And he arose and
took the Child and His mother by
night, and departed for Egypt;
MAT 2:15 and was there
until the death of Herod, that
what was spoken by the Lord
through the prophet might be
fulfilled, saying, "Out of Egypt
did I call My Son."
MAT 2:16 Then when Herod
saw that he had been tricked by
the magi, he became very
enraged, and sent and slew all
the male children who were in
Bethlehem and in all its
environs, from two years old and
under, according to the time
which he had ascertained from
the magi.
MAT 2:17 Then that which
was spoken through Jeremiah the
prophet was fulfilled, saying,
MAT 2:18 "A voice was
heard in Ramah, Weeping and
great mourning, Rachel weeping
for her children; And she
refused to be comforted, Because
they were no more."
MAT 2:19 But when Herod
was dead, behold, an angel of
the Lord appeared in a dream to
Joseph in Egypt, saying,
MAT 2:20 "Arise and take
the Child and His mother, and go
into the land of Israel; for
those who sought the Child's
life are dead."
MAT 2:21 And he arose and
took the Child and His mother,
and came into the land of
Israel.
MAT 2:22 But when he
heard that Archelaus was
reigning over Judea in place of
his father Herod, he was afraid
to go there. And being warned by
God in a dream, he departed for
the regions of Galilee,
MAT 2:23 and came and
resided in a city called
Nazareth, that what was spoken
through the prophets might be
fulfilled, "He shall be called a
Nazarene."
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MAT 3:1
Now in those days John the
Baptist came, preaching in the
wilderness of Judea, saying,
MAT 3:2 "Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand."
MAT 3:3 For this is the
one referred to by Isaiah the
prophet, saying, "The voice of
one crying in the wilderness,
'Make ready the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight!'"
MAT 3:4 Now John himself
had a garment of camel's hair,
and a leather belt about his
waist; and his food was locusts
and wild honey.
MAT 3:5 Then Jerusalem
was going out to him, and all
Judea, and all the district
around the Jordan;
MAT 3:6 and they were
being baptized by him in the
Jordan River, as they confessed
their sins.
MAT 3:7 But when he saw
many of the Pharisees and
Sadducees coming for baptism, he
said to them, "You brood of
vipers, who warned you to flee
from the wrath to come?
MAT 3:8 "Therefore bring
forth fruit in keeping with
repentance;
MAT 3:9 and do not
suppose that you can say to
yourselves,' We have Abraham for
our father'; for I say to you,
that God is able from these
stones to raise up children to
Abraham.
MAT 3:10 "And the axe is
already laid at the root of the
trees; every tree therefore that
does not bear good fruit is cut
down and thrown into the fire.
MAT 3:11 "As for me, I
baptize you with water for
repentance, but He who is coming
after me is mightier than I, and
I am not fit to remove His
sandals; He will baptize you
with the Holy Spirit and fire.
MAT 3:12 "And His
winnowing fork is in His hand,
and He will thoroughly clear His
threshing floor; and He will
gather His wheat into the barn,
but He will burn up the chaff
with unquenchable fire."
MAT 3:13 Then Jesus
arrived from Galilee at the
Jordan coming to John, to be
baptized by him.
MAT 3:14 But John tried
to prevent Him, saying, "I have
need to be baptized by You, and
do You come to me?"
MAT 3:15 But Jesus
answering said to him,
"Permit it
at this time; for in this way it
is fitting for us to fulfill all
righteousness." Then he
permitted Him.
MAT 3:16 And after being
baptized, Jesus went up
immediately from the water; and
behold, the heavens were opened,
and he saw the Spirit of God
descending as a dove, and coming
upon Him,
MAT 3:17 and behold, a
voice out of the heavens,
saying, "This is My beloved Son,
in whom I am well-pleased."
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MAT 4:1
Then Jesus was led up by the
Spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted by the devil.
MAT 4:2 And after He had
fasted forty days and forty
nights, He then became hungry.
MAT 4:3 And the tempter
came and said to Him, "If You
are the Son of God, command that
these stones become bread."
MAT 4:4 But He answered
and said,
"It is written, 'Man shall not
live on bread alone, but on
every word that proceeds out of
the mouth of God.'"
MAT 4:5 Then the devil
took Him into the holy city; and
he had Him stand on the pinnacle
of the temple,
MAT 4:6 and 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, Lest You strike
Your foot against a stone.'"
MAT 4:7 Jesus said to
him, "On
the other hand, it is written,
'You shall not put the Lord your
God to the test.'"
MAT 4:8 Again, the devil
took Him to a very high
mountain, and showed Him all the
kingdoms of the world, and their
glory;
MAT 4:9 and he said to
Him, "All these things will I
give You, if You fall down and
worship me."
MAT 4:10 Then Jesus said
to him, "Begone,
Satan! For it is written, 'You
shall worship the Lord your God,
and serve Him only.'"
MAT 4:11 Then the devil
left Him; and behold, angels
came and began to minister to
Him.
MAT 4:12 Now when He
heard that John had been taken
into custody, He withdrew into
Galilee;
MAT 4:13 and leaving
Nazareth, He came and settled in
Capernaum, which is by the sea,
in the region of Zebulun and
Naphtali.
MAT 4:14 This was to
fulfill what was spoken through
Isaiah the prophet, saying,
MAT 4:15 "The land of
Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
By the way of the sea, beyond
the Jordan, Galilee of the
Gentiles - -
MAT 4:16 "The people who
were sitting in darkness saw a
great light, And to those who
were sitting in the land and
shadow of death, Upon them a
light dawned."
MAT 4:17 From that time
Jesus began to preach and say,
"Repent,
for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand."
MAT 4:18 And walking by
the Sea of Galilee, He saw two
brothers, Simon who was called
Peter, and Andrew his brother,
casting a net into the sea; for
they were fishermen.
MAT 4:19 And He said to
them,
"Follow Me, and I will make you
fishers of men."
MAT 4:20 And they
immediately left the nets, and
followed Him.
MAT 4:21 And going 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; and
He called them.
MAT 4:22 And they
immediately left the boat and
their father, and followed Him.
MAT 4:23 And Jesus was
going about in all Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues,
and proclaiming the gospel of
the kingdom, and healing every
kind of disease and every kind
of sickness among the people.
MAT 4:24 And the news
about Him went out into all
Syria; and they brought to Him
all who were ill, taken with
various diseases and pains,
demoniacs, epileptics,
paralytics; and He healed them.
MAT 4:25 And great
multitudes followed Him from
Galilee and Decapolis and
Jerusalem and Judea and from
beyond the Jordan.
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MAT 5:1
And when He saw the multitudes,
He went up on the mountain; and
after He sat down, His disciples
came to Him.
MAT 5:2 And opening His
mouth He began to teach them,
saying,
MAT 5:3
"Blessed
are the poor in spirit, for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
MAT 5:4
"Blessed
are those who mourn, for they
shall be comforted.
MAT 5:5
"Blessed
are the gentle, for they shall
inherit the earth.
MAT 5:6
"Blessed
are those who hunger and thirst
for righteousness, for they
shall be satisfied.
MAT 5:7
"Blessed
are the merciful, for they shall
receive mercy.
MAT 5:8
"Blessed
are the pure in heart, for they
shall see God.
MAT 5:9
"Blessed
are the peacemakers, for they
shall be called sons of God.
MAT 5:10
"Blessed
are those who have been
persecuted for the sake of
righteousness, for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
MAT 5:11
"Blessed
are you when men cast insults at
you, and persecute you, and say
all kinds of evil against you
falsely, on account of Me.
MAT 5:12
"Rejoice,
and be glad, for your reward in
heaven is great, for so they
persecuted the prophets who were
before you.
MAT 5:13
"You are
the salt of the earth; but if
the salt has become tasteless,
how will it be made salty again?
It is good for nothing anymore,
except to be thrown out and
trampled under foot by men.
MAT 5:14
"You are
the light of the world. A city
set on a hill cannot be hidden.
MAT 5:15
"Nor do
men light a lamp, and put it
under the peck-measure, but on
the lampstand; and it gives
light to all who are in the
house.
MAT 5:16
"Let your
light shine before men in such a
way that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father
who is in heaven.
MAT 5:17
"Do not
think that I came to abolish the
Law or the Prophets; I did not
come to abolish, but to fulfill.
MAT 5:18
"For truly
I say to you, until heaven and
earth pass away, not the
smallest letter or stroke shall
pass away from the Law, until
all is accomplished.
MAT 5:19
"Whoever
then annuls one of the least of
these commandments, and so
teaches others, shall be called
least in the kingdom of heaven;
but whoever keeps and teaches
them, he shall be called great
in the kingdom of heaven.
MAT 5:20
"For I say
to you, that unless your
righteousness surpasses that of
the scribes and Pharisees, you
shall not enter the kingdom of
heaven.
MAT 5:21
"You have
heard that the ancients were
told, 'You shall not commit
murder' and 'Whoever commits
murder shall be liable to the
court.'
MAT 5:22
"But I say
to you that everyone who is
angry with his brother shall be
guilty before the court; and
whoever shall say to his
brother, 'Raca,' shall be guilty
before the supreme court; and
whoever shall say, 'You fool,'
shall be guilty enough to go
into the fiery hell.
MAT 5:23
"If
therefore you are presenting
your offering at the altar, and
there remember that your brother
has something against you,
MAT 5:24
leave your
offering there before the altar,
and go your way; first be
reconciled to your brother, and
then come and present your
offering.
MAT 5:25
"Make
friends quickly with your
opponent at law while you are
with him on the way, in order
that your opponent may not
deliver you to the judge, and
the judge to the officer, and
you be thrown into prison.
MAT 5:26
"Truly I
say to you, you shall not come
out of there, until you have
paid up the last cent.
MAT 5:27
"You have
heard that it was said, 'You
shall not commit adultery';
MAT 5:28
but I say
to you, that everyone who looks
on a woman to lust for her has
committed adultery with her
already in his heart.
MAT 5:29
"And if
your right eye makes you
stumble, tear it out, and throw
it from you; for it is better
for you that one of the parts of
your body perish, than for your
whole body to be thrown into
hell.
MAT 5:30
"And if
your right hand makes you
stumble, cut it off, and throw
it from you; for it is better
for you that one of the parts of
your body perish, than for your
whole body to go into hell.
MAT 5:31
"And it
was said, 'Whoever sends his
wife away, let him give her a
certificate of divorce';
MAT 5:32
but I say
to you that everyone who
divorces his wife, except for
the cause of unchastity, makes
her commit adultery; and whoever
marries a divorced woman commits
adultery.
MAT 5:33
"Again,
you have heard that the ancients
were told, 'You shall not make
false vows, but shall fulfill
your vows to the Lord.'
MAT 5:34
"But I say
to you, make no oath at all,
either by heaven, for it is the
throne of God,
MAT 5:35
or by the
earth, for it is the footstool
of His feet, or by Jerusalem,
for it is the city of the great
King.
MAT 5:36
"Nor shall
you make an oath by your head,
for you cannot make one hair
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MAT 5:37
"But let
your statement be, 'Yes, yes' or
'No, no'; and anything beyond
these is of evil.
MAT 5:38
"You have
heard that it was said, 'An eye
for an eye, and a tooth for a
tooth.'
MAT 5:39
"But I say
to you, do not resist him who is
evil; but whoever slaps you on
your right cheek, turn to him
the other also.
MAT 5:40
"And if
anyone wants to sue you, and
take your shirt, let him have
your coat also.
MAT 5:41
"And
whoever shall force you to go
one mile, go with him two.
MAT 5:42
"Give to
him who asks of you, and do not
turn away from him who wants to
borrow from you.
MAT 5:43
"You have
heard that it was said, 'You
shall love your neighbor, and
hate your enemy.'
MAT 5:44
"But I say
to you, love your enemies, and
pray for those who persecute you
MAT 5:45
in order
that you may be sons of your
Father who is in heaven; for He
causes His sun to rise on the
evil and the good, and sends
rain on the righteous and the
unrighteous.
MAT 5:46
"For if
you love those who love you,
what reward have you? Do not
even the tax-gatherers do the
same?
MAT 5:47
"And if
you greet your brothers only,
what do you do more than others?
Do not even the Gentiles do the
same?
MAT 5:48
"Therefore
you are to be perfect, as your
heavenly Father is perfect.
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MAT 6:1
"Beware of
practicing your righteousness
before men to be noticed by
them; otherwise you have no
reward with your Father who is
in heaven.
MAT 6:2
"When
therefore you give alms, do not
sound a trumpet before you, as
the hypocrites do in the
synagogues and in the streets,
that they may be honored by men.
Truly I say to you, they have
their reward in full.
MAT 6:3
"But when
you give alms, do not let your
left hand know what your right
hand is doing
MAT 6:4
that your
alms may be in secret; and your
Father who sees in secret will
repay you.
MAT 6:5
"And when
you pray, you are not to be as
the hypocrites; for they love to
stand and pray in the synagogues
and on the street corners, in
order to be seen by men. Truly I
say to you, they have their
reward in full.
MAT 6:6
"But you,
when you pray, go into your
inner room, and when you have
shut your door, pray to your
Father who is in secret, and
your Father who sees in secret
will repay you.
MAT 6:7
"And when
you are praying, do not use
meaningless repetition, as the
Gentiles do, for they suppose
that they will be heard for
their many words.
MAT 6:8
"Therefore
do not be like them; for your
Father knows what you need,
before you ask Him.
MAT 6:9
"Pray,
then, in this way: 'Our Father
who art in heaven, Hallowed be
Thy name.
MAT 6:10
'Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
MAT 6:11
'Give us
this day our daily bread.
MAT 6:12
'And
forgive us our debts, as we also
have forgiven our debtors.
MAT 6:13
'And do
not lead us into temptation, but
deliver us from evil. For Thine
is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, forever. Amen.'
MAT 6:14
"For if
you forgive men for their
transgressions, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you.
MAT 6:15
"But if
you do not forgive men, then
your Father will not forgive
your transgressions.
MAT 6:16
"And
whenever you fast, do not put on
a gloomy face as the hypocrites
do, for they neglect their
appearance in order to be seen
fasting by men. Truly I say to
you, they have their reward in
full.
MAT 6:17
"But you,
when you fast, anoint your head,
and wash your face
MAT 6:18
so that
you may not be seen fasting by
men, but by your Father who is
in secret; and your Father who
sees in secret will repay you.
MAT 6:19
"Do not
lay up for yourselves treasures
upon earth, where moth and rust
destroy, and where thieves break
in and steal.
MAT 6:20
"But lay
up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where neither moth nor
rust destroys, and where thieves
do not break in or steal;
MAT 6:21
for where
your treasure is, there will
your heart be also.
MAT 6:22
"The lamp
of the body is the eye; if
therefore your eye is clear,
your whole body will be full of
light.
MAT 6:23
"But if
your eye is bad, your whole body
will be full of darkness. If
therefore the light that is in
you is darkness, how great is
the darkness!
MAT 6:24
"No one
can serve two masters; for
either he will hate the one and
love the other, or he will hold
to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and mammon.
MAT 6:25
"For this
reason I say to you, do not be
anxious for your life, as to
what you shall eat, or what you
shall drink; nor for your body,
as to what you shall put on. Is
not life more than food, and the
body than clothing?
MAT 6:26
"Look at
the birds of the air, that they
do not sow, neither do they
reap, nor gather into barns, and
yet your heavenly Father feeds
them. Are you not worth much
more than they?
MAT 6:27
"And which
of you by being anxious can add
a single cubit to his life's
span?
MAT 6:28
"And why
are you anxious about clothing?
Observe how the lilies of the
field grow; they do not toil nor
do they spin,
MAT 6:29
yet I say
to you that even Solomon in all
his glory did not clothe himself
like one of these.
MAT 6:30
"But if
God so arrays the grass of the
field, which is alive today and
tomorrow is thrown into the
furnace, will He not much more
do so for you, O men of little
faith?
MAT 6:31
"Do not be
anxious then, saying, 'What
shall we eat?' or 'What shall we
drink?' or 'With what shall we
clothe ourselves?'
MAT 6:32
"For all
these things the Gentiles
eagerly seek; for your heavenly
Father knows that you need all
these things.
MAT 6:33
"But seek
first His kingdom and His
righteousness; and all these
things shall be added to you.
MAT 6:34
"Therefore
do not be anxious for tomorrow;
for tomorrow will care for
itself. Each day has enough
trouble of its own.
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MAT 7:1
"Do not
judge lest you be judged.
MAT 7:2
"For in
the way you judge, you will be
judged; and by your standard of
measure, it will be measured to
you.
MAT 7:3
"And why
do you look at the speck that is
in your brother's eye, but do
not notice the log that is in
your own eye?
MAT 7:4
"Or how
can you say to your brother,
'Let me take the speck out of
your eye,' and behold, the log
is in your own eye?
MAT 7:5
"You
hypocrite, first take the log
out of your own eye, and then
you will see clearly to take the
speck out of your brother's eye.
MAT 7:6
"Do not
give what is holy to dogs, and
do not throw your pearls before
swine, lest they trample them
under their feet, and turn and
tear you to pieces.
MAT 7:7
"Ask, and
it shall be given to you; seek,
and you shall find; knock, and
it shall be opened to you.
MAT 7:8
"For
everyone who asks receives, and
he who seeks finds, and to him
who knocks it shall be opened.
MAT 7:9
"Or what
man is there among you, when his
son shall ask him for a loaf,
will give him a stone?
MAT 7:10
"Or if he
shall ask for a fish, he will
not give him a snake, will he?
MAT 7:11
"If you
then, being evil, know how to
give good gifts to your
children, how much more shall
your Father who is in heaven
give what is good to those who
ask Him!
MAT 7:12
"Therefore, however you want
people to treat you, so treat
them, for this is the Law and
the Prophets.
MAT 7:13
"Enter by
the narrow gate; for the gate is
wide, and the way is broad that
leads to destruction, and many
are those who enter by it.
MAT 7:14
"For the
gate is small, and the way is
narrow that leads to life, and
few are those who find it.
MAT 7:15
"Beware of
the false prophets, who come to
you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly are ravenous wolves.
MAT 7:16
"You will
know them by their fruits.
Grapes are not gathered from
thorn bushes, nor figs from
thistles, are they?
MAT 7:17
"Even so,
every good tree bears good
fruit; but the bad tree bears
bad fruit.
MAT 7:18
"A good
tree cannot produce bad fruit,
nor can a bad tree produce good
fruit.
MAT 7:19
"Every
tree that does not bear good
fruit is cut down and thrown
into the fire.
MAT 7:20
"So then,
you will know them by their
fruits.
MAT 7:21
"Not
everyone who says to Me, 'Lord,
Lord,' will enter the kingdom of
heaven; but he who does the will
of My Father who is in heaven.
MAT 7:22
"Many will
say to Me on that day, 'Lord,
Lord, did we not prophesy in
Your name, and in Your name cast
out demons, and in Your name
perform many miracles?'
MAT 7:23
"And then
I will declare to them, 'I never
knew you; depart from Me, you
who practice lawlessness.'
MAT 7:24
"Therefore
everyone who hears these words
of Mine, and acts upon them, may
be compared to a wise man, who
built his house upon the rock.
MAT 7:25
"And the
rain descended, and the floods
came, and the winds blew, and
burst against that house; and
yet it did not fall, for it had
been founded upon the rock.
MAT 7:26
"And
everyone who hears these words
of Mine, and does not act upon
them, will be like a foolish
man, who built his house upon
the sand.
MAT 7:27
"And the
rain descended, and the floods
came, and the winds blew, and
burst against that house; and it
fell, and great was its fall."
MAT 7:28 The result was
that when Jesus had finished
these words, the multitudes were
amazed at His teaching;
MAT 7:29 for He was
teaching them as one having
authority, and not as their
scribes.
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MAT 8:1
And when He had come down from
the mountain, great multitudes
followed Him.
MAT 8:2 And behold, a
leper came to Him, and bowed
down to Him, saying, "Lord, if
You are willing, You can make me
clean."
MAT 8:3 And He stretched
out His hand and touched him,
saying, "I
am willing; be cleansed."
And immediately his leprosy was
cleansed.
MAT 8:4 And Jesus said to
him, "See
that you tell no one; but go,
show yourself to the priest, and
present the offering that Moses
commanded, for a testimony to
them."
MAT 8:5 And when He had
entered Capernaum, a centurion
came to Him, entreating Him,
MAT 8:6 and saying,
"Lord, my servant is lying
paralyzed at home, suffering
great pain."
MAT 8:7 And He said to
him, "I
will come and heal him."
MAT 8:8 But the centurion
answered and said, "Lord, I am
not worthy for You to come under
my roof, but just say the word,
and my servant will be healed.
MAT 8:9 "For I, too, am a
man under authority, with
soldiers under me; and I say to
this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and
to another, 'Come!' and he
comes, and to my slave, 'Do
this!' and he does it."
MAT 8:10 Now when Jesus
heard this, He marveled, and
said to those who were
following,
"Truly I say to you, I have not
found such great faith with
anyone in Israel.
MAT 8:11
"And I say
to you, that many shall come
from east and west, and recline
at the table with Abraham, and
Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom
of heaven;
MAT 8:12
but the
sons of the kingdom shall be
cast out into the outer
darkness; in that place there
shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth."
MAT 8:13 And Jesus said
to the centurion,
"Go your
way; let it be done to you as
you have believed." And
the servant was healed that very
hour.
MAT 8:14 And when Jesus
had come to Peter's home, He saw
his mother-in-law lying sick in
bed with a fever.
MAT 8:15 And He touched
her hand, and the fever left
her; and she arose, and waited
on Him.
MAT 8:16 And when evening
had come, they brought to Him
many who were demon-possessed;
and He cast out the spirits with
a word, and healed all who were
ill
MAT 8:17 in order that
what was spoken through Isaiah
the prophet might be fulfilled,
saying, "He Himself took our
infirmities, and carried away
our diseases."
MAT 8:18 Now when Jesus
saw a crowd around Him, He gave
orders to depart to the other
side.
MAT 8:19 And a certain
scribe came and said to Him,
"Teacher, I will follow You
wherever You go."
MAT 8:20 And Jesus said
to him,
"The foxes have holes, and the
birds of the air have nests; but
the Son of Man has nowhere to
lay His head."
MAT 8:21 And another of
the disciples said to Him,
"Lord, permit me first to go and
bury my father."
MAT 8:22 But Jesus said
to him,
"Follow Me; and allow the dead
to bury their own dead."
MAT 8:23 And when He got
into the boat, His disciples
followed Him.
MAT 8:24 And behold,
there arose a great storm in the
sea, so that the boat was
covered with the waves; but He
Himself was asleep.
MAT 8:25 And they came to
Him, and awoke Him, saying,
"Save us, Lord; we are
perishing!"
MAT 8:26 And He said to
them, "Why
are you timid, you men of little
faith?" Then He arose,
and rebuked the winds and the
sea; and it became perfectly
calm.
MAT 8:27 And the men
marveled, saying, "What kind of
a man is this, that even the
winds and the sea obey Him?"
MAT 8:28 And when He had
come to the other side into the
country of the Gadarenes, two
men who were demon-possessed met
Him as they were coming out of
the tombs; they were so
exceedingly violent that no one
could pass by that road.
MAT 8:29 And behold, they
cried out, saying, "What do we
have to do with You, Son of God?
Have You come here to torment us
before the time?"
MAT 8:30 Now there was at
a distance from them a herd of
many swine feeding.
MAT 8:31 And the demons
began to entreat Him, saying,
"If You are going to cast us
out, send us into the herd of
swine."
MAT 8:32 And He said to
them, "Begone!" And they came
out, and went into the swine,
and behold, the whole herd
rushed down the steep bank into
the sea and perished in the
waters.
MAT 8:33 And the herdsmen
ran away, and went to the city,
and reported everything,
including the incident of the
demoniacs.
MAT 8:34 And behold, the
whole city came out to meet
Jesus; and when they saw Him,
they entreated Him to depart
from their region.
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MAT 9:1
And getting into a boat, He
crossed over, and came to His
own city.
MAT 9:2 And behold, they
were bringing to Him a
paralytic, lying on a bed; and
Jesus seeing their faith said to
the paralytic,
"Take
courage, My son, your sins are
forgiven."
MAT 9:3 And behold, some
of the scribes said to
themselves, "This fellow
blasphemes."
MAT 9:4 And Jesus knowing
their thoughts said,
"Why are
you thinking evil in your
hearts?
MAT 9:5
"For which
is easier, to say, 'Your sins
are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise,
and walk'?
MAT 9:6
"But in
order that you may know that the
Son of Man has authority on
earth to forgive sins" -
- then He said to the paralytic
- - "Rise,
take up your bed, and go home."
MAT 9:7 And he rose, and
went home.
MAT 9:8 But when the
multitudes saw this, they were
filled with awe, and glorified
God, who had given such
authority to men.
MAT 9:9 And as Jesus
passed on from there, He saw a
man, called Matthew, sitting in
the tax office; and He said to
him,
"Follow Me!" And he rose,
and followed Him.
MAT 9:10 And it happened
that as He was reclining at the
table in the house, behold many
tax-gatherers and sinners came
and were dining with Jesus and
His disciples.
MAT 9:11 And when the
Pharisees saw this, they said to
His disciples, "Why is your
Teacher eating with the
tax-gatherers and sinners?"
MAT 9:12 But when He
heard this, He said,
"It is not
those who are healthy who need a
physician, but those who are
sick.
MAT 9:13
"But go
and learn what this means, 'I
desire compassion, and not
sacrifice,' for I did not come
to call the righteous, but
sinners."
MAT 9:14 Then the
disciples of John came to Him,
saying, "Why do we and the
Pharisees fast, but Your
disciples do not fast?"
MAT 9:15 And Jesus said
to them,
"The attendants of the
bridegroom cannot mourn as long
as the bridegroom is with them,
can they? But the days will come
when the bridegroom is taken
away from them, and then they
will fast.
MAT 9:16
"But no
one puts a patch of unshrunk
cloth on an old garment; for the
patch pulls away from the
garment, and a worse tear
results.
MAT 9:17
"Nor do
men put new wine into old
wineskins; otherwise the
wineskins burst, and the wine
pours out, and the wineskins are
ruined; but they put new wine
into fresh wineskins, and both
are preserved."
MAT 9:18 While He was
saying these things to them,
behold, there came a synagogue
official, and bowed down before
Him, saying, "My daughter has
just died; but come and lay Your
hand on her, and she will live."
MAT 9:19 And Jesus rose
and began to follow him, and so
did His disciples.
MAT 9:20 And behold, a
woman who had been suffering
from a hemorrhage for twelve
years, came up behind Him and
touched the fringe of His cloak;
MAT 9:21 for she was
saying to herself, "If I only
touch His garment, I shall get
well."
MAT 9:22 But Jesus
turning and seeing her said,
"Daughter,
take courage; your faith has
made you well." And at
once the woman was made well.
MAT 9:23 And when Jesus
came into the official's house,
and saw the flute-players, and
the crowd in noisy disorder,
MAT 9:24 He began to say,
"Depart;
for the girl has not died, but
is asleep." And they
began laughing at Him.
MAT 9:25 But when the
crowd had been put out, He
entered and took her by the
hand; and the girl arose.
MAT 9:26 And this news
went out into all that land.
MAT 9:27 And as Jesus
passed on from there, two blind
men followed Him, crying out,
and saying, "Have mercy on us,
Son of David!"
MAT 9:28 And after He had
come into the house, the blind
men came up to Him, and Jesus
said to them,
"Do you
believe that I am able to do
this?" They said to Him,
"Yes, Lord."
MAT 9:29 Then He touched
their eyes, saying,
"Be it
done to you according to your
faith."
MAT 9:30 And their eyes
were opened. And Jesus sternly
warned them, saying,
"See here,
let no one know about this!"
MAT 9:31 But they went
out, and spread the news about
Him in all that land.
MAT 9:32 And as they were
going out, behold, a dumb man,
demon-possessed, was brought to
Him.
MAT 9:33 And after the
demon was cast out, the dumb man
spoke; and the multitudes
marveled, saying, "Nothing like
this was ever seen in Israel."
MAT 9:34 But the
Pharisees were saying, "He casts
out the demons by the ruler of
the demons."
MAT 9:35 And Jesus was
going about all the cities and
the villages, teaching in their
synagogues, and proclaiming the
gospel of the kingdom, and
healing every kind of disease
and every kind of sickness.
MAT 9:36 And seeing the
multitudes, He felt compassion
for them, because they were
distressed and downcast like
sheep without a shepherd.
MAT 9:37 Then He said to
His disciples,
"The
harvest is plentiful, but the
workers are few.
MAT 9:38
"Therefore
beseech the Lord of the harvest
to send out workers into His
harvest."
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MAT 10:1
And having summoned His twelve
disciples, He gave them
authority over unclean spirits,
to cast them out, and to heal
every kind of disease and every
kind of sickness.
MAT 10:2 Now the names of
the twelve apostles are these:
The first, Simon, who is called
Peter, and Andrew his brother;
and James the son of Zebedee,
and John his brother;
MAT 10:3 Philip and
Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew
the tax-gatherer; James the son
of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
MAT 10:4 Simon the
Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the
one who betrayed Him.
MAT 10:5 These twelve
Jesus sent out after instructing
them, saying,
"Do not go
in the way of the Gentiles, and
do not enter any city of the
Samaritans;
MAT 10:6
but rather
go to the lost sheep of the
house of Israel.
MAT 10:7
"And as
you go, preach, saying, 'The
kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
MAT 10:8
"Heal the
sick, raise the dead, cleanse
the lepers, cast out demons;
freely you received, freely
give.
MAT 10:9
"Do not
acquire gold, or silver, or
copper for your money belts,
MAT 10:10
or a bag
for your journey, or even two
tunics, or sandals, or a staff;
for the worker is worthy of his
support.
MAT 10:11
"And into
whatever city or village you
enter, inquire who is worthy in
it; and abide there until you go
away.
MAT 10:12
"And as
you enter the house, give it
your greeting.
MAT 10:13
"And if
the house is worthy, let your
greeting of peace come upon it;
but if it is not worthy, let
your greeting of peace return to
you.
MAT 10:14
"And
whoever does not receive you,
nor heed your words, as you go
out of that house or that city,
shake off the dust of your feet.
MAT 10:15
"Truly I
say to you, it will be more
tolerable for the land of Sodom
and Gomorrah in the day of
judgment, than for that city.
MAT 10:16
"Behold, I
send you out as sheep in the
midst of wolves; therefore be
shrewd as serpents, and innocent
as doves.
MAT 10:17
"But
beware of men; for they will
deliver you up to the courts,
and scourge you in their
synagogues;
MAT 10:18
and you
shall even be brought before
governors and kings for My sake,
as a testimony to them and to
the Gentiles.
MAT 10:19
"But when
they deliver you up, do not
become anxious about how or what
you will speak; for it shall be
given you in that hour what you
are to speak.
MAT 10:20
"For it is
not you who speak, but it is the
Spirit of your Father who speaks
in you.
MAT 10:21
"And
brother will deliver up brother
to death, and a father his
child; and children will rise up
against parents, and cause them
to be put to death.
MAT 10:22
"And you
will be hated by all on account
of My name, but it is the one
who has endured to the end who
will be saved.
MAT 10:23
"But
whenever they persecute you in
this city, flee to the next; for
truly I say to you, you shall
not finish going through the
cities of Israel, until the Son
of Man comes.
MAT 10:24
"A
disciple is not above his
teacher, nor a slave above his
master.
MAT 10:25
"It is
enough for the disciple that he
become as his teacher, and the
slave as his master. If they
have called the head of the
house Beelzebul, how much more
the members of his household!
MAT 10:26
"Therefore
do not fear them, for there is
nothing covered that will not be
revealed, and hidden that will
not be known.
MAT 10:27
"What I
tell you in the darkness, speak
in the light; and what you hear
whispered in your ear, proclaim
upon the housetops.
MAT 10:28
"And do
not fear those who kill the
body, but are unable to kill the
soul; but rather fear Him who is
able to destroy both soul and
body in hell.
MAT 10:29
"Are not
two sparrows sold for a cent?
And yet not one of them will
fall to the ground apart from
your Father.
MAT 10:30
"But the
very hairs of your head are all
numbered.
MAT 10:31
"Therefore
do not fear; you are of more
value than many sparrows.
MAT 10:32
"Everyone
therefore who shall confess Me
before men, I will also confess
him before My Father who is in
heaven.
MAT 10:33
"But
whoever shall deny Me before
men, I will also deny him before
My Father who is in heaven.
MAT 10:34
"Do not
think that I came to bring peace
on the earth; I did not come to
bring peace, but a sword.
MAT 10:35
"For I
came to set a man against his
father, and a daughter against
her mother, and a
daughter-in-law against her
mother-in-law;
MAT 10:36
and a
man's enemies will be the
members of his household.
MAT 10:37
"He who
loves father or mother more than
Me is not worthy of Me; and he
who loves son or daughter more
than Me is not worthy of Me.
MAT 10:38
"And he
who does not take his cross and
follow after Me is not worthy of
Me.
MAT 10:39
"He who
has found his life shall lose
it, and he who has lost his life
for My sake shall find it.
MAT 10:40
"He who
receives you receives Me, and he
who receives Me receives Him who
sent Me.
MAT 10:41
"He who
receives a prophet in the name
of a prophet shall receive a
prophet's reward; and he who
receives a righteous man in the
name of a righteous man shall
receive a righteous man's
reward.
MAT 10:42
"And
whoever in the name of a
disciple gives to one of these
little ones even a cup of cold
water to drink, truly I say to
you he shall not lose his
reward."
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MAT 11:1
And it came about that when
Jesus had finished giving
instructions to His twelve
disciples, He departed from
there to teach and preach in
their cities.
MAT 11:2 Now when John in
prison heard of the works of
Christ, he sent word by his
disciples,
MAT 11:3 and said to Him,
"Are You the Expected One, or
shall we look for someone else?"
MAT 11:4 And Jesus
answered and said to them,
"Go and
report to John what you hear and
see:
MAT 11:5
the blind
receive sight and the lame walk,
the lepers are cleansed and the
deaf hear, and the dead are
raised up, and the poor have the
gospel preached to them.
MAT 11:6
"And
blessed is he who keeps from
stumbling over Me."
MAT 11:7 And as these
were going away, Jesus began to
speak to the multitudes about
John,
"What did you go out into the
wilderness to look at? A reed
shaken by the wind?
MAT 11:8
"But what
did you go out to see? A man
dressed in soft clothing?
Behold, those who wear soft
clothing are in kings' palaces.
MAT 11:9
"But why
did you go out? To see a
prophet? Yes, I say to you, and
one who is more than a prophet.
MAT 11:10
"This is
the one about whom it is
written, 'Behold, I send My
messenger before Your face, Who
will prepare Your way before
You.'
MAT 11:11
"Truly, I
say to you, among those born of
women there has not arisen
anyone greater than John the
Baptist; yet he who is least in
the kingdom of heaven is greater
than he.
MAT 11:12
"And from
the days of John the Baptist
until now the kingdom of heaven
suffers violence, and violent
men take it by force.
MAT 11:13
"For all
the prophets and the Law
prophesied until John.
MAT 11:14
"And if
you care to accept it, he
himself is Elijah, who was to
come.
MAT 11:15
"He who
has ears to hear, let him hear.
MAT 11:16
"But to
what shall I compare this
generation? It is like children
sitting in the market places,
who call out to the other
children,
MAT 11:17
and say,'
We played the flute for you, and
you did not dance; we sang a
dirge, and you did not mourn.'
MAT 11:18
"For John
came neither eating nor
drinking, and they say, 'He has
a demon!'
MAT 11:19
"The Son
of Man came eating and drinking,
and they say, 'Behold, a
gluttonous man and a drunkard, a
friend of tax-gatherers and
sinners!' Yet wisdom is
vindicated by her deeds."
MAT 11:20 Then He began
to reproach the cities in which
most of His miracles were done,
because they did not repent.
MAT 11:21
"Woe to
you, Chorazin! Woe to you,
Bethsaida! For if the miracles
had occurred in Tyre and Sidon
which occurred in you, they
would have repented long ago in
sackcloth and ashes.
MAT 11:22
"Nevertheless I say to you, it
shall be more tolerable for Tyre
and Sidon in the day of
judgment, than for you.
MAT 11:23
"And you,
Capernaum, will not be exalted
to heaven, will you? You shall
descend to Hades; for if the
miracles had occurred in Sodom
which occurred in you, it would
have remained to this day.
MAT 11:24 "Nevertheless I
say to you that it shall be more
tolerable for the land of Sodom
in the day of judgment, than for
you."
MAT 11:25 At that time
Jesus answered and said,
"I praise
Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven
and earth, that Thou didst hide
these things from the wise and
intelligent and didst reveal
them to babes.
MAT 11:26
"Yes,
Father, for thus it was
well-pleasing in Thy sight.
MAT 11:27
"All
things have been handed over to
Me by My Father; and no one
knows the Son, except the
Father; nor does anyone know the
Father, except the Son, and
anyone to whom the Son wills to
reveal Him.
MAT 11:28
"Come to
Me, all who are weary and
heavy-laden, and I will give you
rest.
MAT 11:29
"Take My
yoke upon you, and learn from
Me, for I am gentle and humble
in heart; and you shall find
rest for your souls.
MAT 11:30
"For My
yoke is easy, and My load is
light."
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MAT 12:1
At that time Jesus went on the
Sabbath through the grainfields,
and His disciples became hungry
and began to pick the heads of
grain and eat.
MAT 12:2 But when the
Pharisees saw it, they said to
Him, "Behold, Your disciples do
what is not lawful to do on a
Sabbath."
MAT 12:3 But He said to
them,
"Have you not read what David
did, when he became hungry, he
and his companions;
MAT 12:4 how he entered
the house of God, and they ate
the consecrated bread, which was
not lawful for him to eat, nor
for those with him, but for the
priests alone?
MAT 12:5
"Or have
you not read in the Law, that on
the Sabbath the priests in the
temple break the Sabbath, and
are innocent?
MAT 12:6
"But I say
to you, that something greater
than the temple is here.
MAT 12:7
"But if
you had known what this means,
'I desire compassion, and not a
sacrifice,' you would not have
condemned the innocent.
MAT 12:8
"For the
Son of Man is Lord of the
Sabbath."
MAT 12:9 And departing
from there, He went into their
synagogue.
MAT 12:10 And behold,
there was a man with a withered
hand. And they questioned Him,
saying, "Is it lawful to heal on
the Sabbath?" - - in order that
they might accuse Him.
MAT 12:11 And He said to
them,
"What man shall there be among
you, who shall have one sheep,
and if it falls into a pit on
the Sabbath, will he not take
hold of it, and lift it out?
MAT 12:12
"Of how
much more value then is a man
than a sheep! So then, it is
lawful to do good on the
Sabbath."
MAT 12:13 Then He said to
the man,
"Stretch out your hand!"
And he stretched it out, and it
was restored to normal, like the
other.
MAT 12:14 But the
Pharisees went out, and
counseled together against Him,
as to how they might destroy
Him.
MAT 12:15 But Jesus,
aware of this, withdrew from
there. And many followed Him,
and He healed them all,
MAT 12:16 and warned them
not to make Him known,
MAT 12:17 in order that
what was spoken through Isaiah
the prophet, might be fulfilled,
saying,
MAT 12:18 "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
proclaim justice to the
Gentiles.
MAT 12:19 "He will not
quarrel, nor cry out; Nor will
anyone hear His voice in the
streets.
MAT 12:20 "A battered
reed He will not break off, And
a smoldering wick He will not
put out, Until He leads justice
to victory.
MAT 12:21 "And in His
name the Gentiles will hope."
MAT 12:22 Then there was
brought to Him a demon-possessed
man who was blind and dumb, and
He healed him, so that the dumb
man spoke and saw.
MAT 12:23 And all the
multitudes were amazed, and
began to say, "This man cannot
be the Son of David, can he?"
MAT 12:24 But when the
Pharisees heard it, they said,
"This man casts out demons only
by Beelzebul the ruler of the
demons."
MAT 12:25 And knowing
their thoughts He said to them,
"Any
kingdom divided against itself
is laid waste; and any city or
house divided against itself
shall not stand.
MAT 12:26
"And if
Satan casts out Satan, he is
divided against himself; how
then shall his kingdom stand?
MAT 12:27
"And if I
by Beelzebul cast out demons, by
whom do your sons cast them out?
Consequently they shall be your
judges.
MAT 12:28
"But if I
cast out demons by the Spirit of
God, then the kingdom of God has
come upon you.
MAT 12:29
"Or how
can anyone enter the strong
man's house and carry off his
property, unless he first binds
the strong man? And then he will
plunder his house.
MAT 12:30
"He who is
not with Me is against Me; and
he who does not gather with Me
scatters.
MAT 12:31
"Therefore
I say to you, any sin and
blasphemy shall be forgiven men,
but blasphemy against the Spirit
shall not be forgiven.
MAT 12:32
"And
whoever shall speak a word
against the Son of Man, it shall
be forgiven him; but whoever
shall speak against the Holy
Spirit, it shall not be forgiven
him, either in this age, or in
the age to come.
MAT 12:33
"Either
make the tree good, and its
fruit good; or make the tree
bad, and its fruit bad; for the
tree is known by its fruit.
MAT 12:34
"You brood
of vipers, how can you, being
evil, speak what is good? For
the mouth speaks out of that
which fills the heart.
MAT 12:35
"The good
man out of his good treasure
brings forth what is good; and
the evil man out of his evil
treasure brings forth what is
evil.
MAT 12:36
"And I say
to you, that every careless word
that men shall speak, they shall
render account for it in the day
of judgment.
MAT 12:37
"For by
your words you shall be
justified, and by your words you
shall be condemned."
MAT 12:38 Then some of
the scribes and Pharisees
answered Him, saying, "Teacher,
we want to see a sign from You."
MAT 12:39 But He answered
and said to them,
"An evil
and adulterous generation craves
for a sign; and yet no sign
shall be given to it but the
sign of Jonah the prophet;
MAT 12:40
for just
as Jonah was three days and
three nights in the belly of the
sea monster, so shall the Son of
Man be three days and three
nights in the heart of the
earth.
MAT 12:41
"The men
of Nineveh shall stand up with
this generation at the judgment,
and shall condemn it because
they repented at the preaching
of Jonah; and behold, something
greater than Jonah is here.
MAT 12:42
"The Queen
of the South shall rise up with
this generation at the judgment
and shall condemn it, because
she came from the ends of the
earth to hear the wisdom of
Solomon; and behold, something
greater than Solomon is here.
MAT 12:43
"Now when
the unclean spirit goes out of a
man, it passes through waterless
places, seeking rest, and does
not find it.
MAT 12:44
"Then it
says, 'I will return to my house
from which I came'; and when it
comes, it finds it unoccupied,
swept, and put in order.
MAT 12:45
"Then it
goes, and takes along with it
seven other spirits more wicked
than itself, and they go in and
live there; and the last state
of that man becomes worse than
the first. That is the way it
will also be with this evil
generation."
MAT 12:46 While He was
still speaking to the
multitudes, behold, His mother
and brothers were standing
outside, seeking to speak to
Him.
MAT 12:47 And someone
said to Him, "Behold, Your
mother and Your brothers are
standing outside seeking to
speak to You."
MAT 12:48 But He answered
the one who was telling Him and
said, "Who
is My mother and who are My
brothers?"
MAT 12:49 And stretching
out His hand toward His
disciples, He said,
"Behold,
My mother and My brothers!
MAT 12:50
"For
whoever does the will of My
Father who is in heaven, he is
My brother and sister and
mother."
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MAT 13:1
On that day Jesus went out of
the house, and was sitting by
the sea.
MAT 13:2 And great
multitudes gathered to Him, so
that He got into a boat and sat
down, and the whole multitude
was standing on the beach.
MAT 13:3 And He spoke
many things to them in parables,
saying,
"Behold, the sower went out to
sow;
MAT 13:4
and as he
sowed, some seeds fell beside
the road, and the birds came and
ate them up.
MAT 13:5
"And
others fell upon the rocky
places, where they did not have
much soil; and immediately they
sprang up, because they had no
depth of soil.
MAT 13:6
"But when
the sun had risen, they were
scorched; and because they had
no root, they withered away.
MAT 13:7
"And
others fell among the thorns,
and the thorns came up and
choked them out.
MAT 13:8
"And
others fell on the good soil,
and yielded a crop, some a
hundredfold, some sixty, and
some thirty.
MAT 13:9
"He who
has ears, let him hear."
MAT 13:10 And the
disciples came and said to Him,
"Why do You speak to them in
parables?"
MAT 13:11 And He answered
and said to them,
"To you it
has been granted to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of
heaven, but to them it has not
been granted.
MAT 13:12
"For
whoever has, to him shall more
be given, and he shall have an
abundance; but whoever does not
have, even what he has shall be
taken away from him.
MAT 13:13
"Therefore
I speak to them in parables;
because while seeing they do not
see, and while hearing they do
not hear, nor do they
understand.
MAT 13:14
"And in
their case the prophecy of
Isaiah is being fulfilled, which
says, 'You will keep on hearing,
but will not understand; And you
will keep on seeing, but will
not perceive;
MAT 13:15
For the
heart of this people has become
dull, And with their ears they
scarcely hear, And they have
closed their eyes Lest they
should see with their eyes, And
hear with their ears, And
understand with their heart and
return, And I should heal them.'
MAT 13:16
"But
blessed are your eyes, because
they see; and your ears, because
they hear.
MAT 13:17
"For truly
I say to you, that many prophets
and righteous men desired to see
what you see, and did not see
it; and to hear what you hear,
and did not hear it.
MAT 13:18
"Hear then
the parable of the sower.
MAT 13:19
"When
anyone hears the word of the
kingdom, and does not understand
it, the evil one comes and
snatches away what has been sown
in his heart. This is the one on
whom seed was sown beside the
road.
MAT 13:20
"And the
one on whom seed was sown on the
rocky places, this is the man
who hears the word, and
immediately receives it with
joy;
MAT 13:21
yet he has
no firm root in himself, but is
only temporary, and when
affliction or persecution arises
because of the word, immediately
he falls away.
MAT 13:22
"And the
one on whom seed was sown among
the thorns, this is the man who
hears the word, and the worry of
the world, and the deceitfulness
of riches choke the word, and it
becomes unfruitful.
MAT 13:23
"And the
one on whom seed was sown on the
good soil, this is the man who
hears the word and understands
it; who indeed bears fruit, and
brings forth, some a
hundredfold, some sixty, and
some thirty."
MAT 13:24 He presented
another parable to them, saying,
"The
kingdom of heaven may be
compared to a man who sowed good
seed in his field.
MAT 13:25
"But while
men were sleeping, his enemy
came and sowed tares also among
the wheat, and went away.
MAT 13:26
"But when
the wheat sprang up and bore
grain, then the tares became
evident also.
MAT 13:27
"And the
slaves of the landowner came and
said to him, 'Sir, did you not
sow good seed in your field? How
then does it have tares?'
MAT 13:28
"And he
said to them, 'An enemy has done
this!' And the slaves said to
him, 'Do you want us, then, to
go and gather them up?'
MAT 13:29
"But he
said, 'No; lest while you are
gathering up the tares, you may
root up the wheat with them.
MAT 13:30
'Allow
both to grow together until the
harvest; and in the time of the
harvest I will say to the
reapers, "First gather up the
tares and bind them in bundles
to burn them up; but gather the
wheat into my barn." ' "
MAT 13:31 He presented
another parable to them, saying,
"The
kingdom of heaven is like a
mustard seed, which a man took
and sowed in his field;
MAT 13:32
and this
is smaller than all other seeds;
but when it is full grown, it is
larger than the garden plants,
and becomes a tree, so that the
birds of the air come and nest
in its branches."
MAT 13:33 He spoke
another parable to them,
"The
kingdom of heaven is like
leaven, which a woman took, and
hid in three pecks of meal,
until it was all leavened."
MAT 13:34 All these
things Jesus spoke to the
multitudes in parables, and He
did not speak to them without a
parable,
MAT 13:35 so that what
was spoken through the prophet
might be fulfilled, saying, "I
will open My mouth in parables;
I will utter things hidden since
the foundation of the world."
MAT 13:36 Then He left
the multitudes, and went into
the house. And His disciples
came to Him, saying, "Explain to
us the parable of the tares of
the field."
MAT 13:37 And He answered
and said,
"The one who sows the good seed
is the Son of Man,
MAT 13:38
and the
field is the world; and as for
the good seed, these are the
sons of the kingdom; and the
tares are the sons of the evil
one;
MAT 13:39
and the
enemy who sowed them is the
devil, and the harvest is the
end of the age; and the reapers
are angels.
MAT 13:40
"Therefore
just as the tares are gathered
up and burned with fire, so
shall it be at the end of the
age.
MAT 13:41
"The Son
of Man will send forth His
angels, and they will gather out
of His kingdom all stumbling
blocks, and those who commit
lawlessness,
MAT 13:42
and will
cast them into the furnace of
fire; in that place there shall
be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.
MAT 13:43
"Then the
righteous will shine forth as
the sun in the kingdom of their
Father. He who has ears, let him
hear.
MAT 13:44
"The
kingdom of heaven is like a
treasure hidden in the field,
which a man found and hid; and
from joy over it he goes and
sells all that he has, and buys
that field.
MAT 13:45
"Again,
the kingdom of heaven is like a
merchant seeking fine pearls,
MAT 13:46
and upon
finding one pearl of great
value, he went and sold all that
he had, and bought it.
MAT 13:47
"Again,
the kingdom of heaven is like a
dragnet cast into the sea, and
gathering fish of every kind;
MAT 13:48
and when
it was filled, they drew it up
on the beach; and they sat down,
and gathered the good fish into
containers, but the bad they
threw away.
MAT 13:49
"So it
will be at the end of the age;
the angels shall come forth, and
take out the wicked from among
the righteous,
MAT 13:50
and will
cast them into the furnace of
fire; there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.
MAT 13:51
"Have you
understood all these things?"
They said to Him, "Yes."
MAT 13:52 And He said to
them,
"Therefore every scribe who has
become a disciple of the kingdom
of heaven is like a head of a
household, who brings forth out
of his treasure things new and
old."
MAT 13:53 And it came
about that when Jesus had
finished these parables, He
departed from there.
MAT 13:54 And coming to
His home town He began teaching
them in their synagogue, so that
they became astonished, and
said, "Where did this man get
this wisdom, and these
miraculous powers?
MAT 13:55 "Is not this
the carpenter's son? Is not His
mother called Mary, and His
brothers, James and Joseph and
Simon and Judas?
MAT 13:56 "And His
sisters, are they not all with
us? Where then did this man get
all these things?"
MAT 13:57 And they took
offense at Him. But Jesus said
to them,
"A prophet is not without honor
except in his home town, and in
his own household."
MAT 13:58 And He did not
do many miracles there because
of their unbelief.
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MAT 14:1
At that time Herod the tetrarch
heard the news about Jesus,
MAT 14:2 and said to his
servants, "This is John the
Baptist; he has risen from the
dead; and that is why miraculous
powers are at work in him."
MAT 14:3 For when Herod
had John arrested, he bound him,
and put him in prison on account
of Herodias, the wife of his
brother Philip.
MAT 14:4 For John had
been saying to him, "It is not
lawful for you to have her."
MAT 14:5 And although he
wanted to put him to death, he
feared the multitude, because
they regarded him as a prophet.
MAT 14:6 But when Herod's
birthday came, the daughter of
Herodias danced before them and
pleased Herod.
MAT 14:7 Thereupon he
promised with an oath to give
her whatever she asked.
MAT 14:8 And having been
prompted by her mother, she
said, "Give me here on a platter
the head of John the Baptist."
MAT 14:9 And although he
was grieved, the king commanded
it to be given because of his
oaths, and because of his dinner
guests.
MAT 14:10 And he sent and
had John beheaded in the prison.
MAT 14:11 And his head
was brought on a platter and
given to the girl; and she
brought it to her mother.
MAT 14:12 And his
disciples came and took away the
body and buried it; and they
went and reported to Jesus.
MAT 14:13 Now when Jesus
heard it, He withdrew from there
in a boat, to a lonely place by
Himself; and when the multitudes
heard of this, they followed Him
on foot from the cities.
MAT 14:14 And when He
went ashore, He saw a great
multitude, and felt compassion
for them, and healed their sick.
MAT 14:15 And when it was
evening, the disciples came to
Him, saying, "The place is
desolate, and the time is
already past; so send the
multitudes away, that they may
go into the villages and buy
food for themselves."
MAT 14:16 But Jesus said
to them,
"They do not need to go away;
you give them something to eat!"
MAT 14:17 And they said
to Him, "We have here only five
loaves and two fish."
MAT 14:18 And He said,
"Bring
them here to Me."
MAT 14:19 And ordering
the multitudes to recline on the
grass, He took the five loaves
and the two fish, and looking up
toward heaven, He blessed the
food, and breaking the loaves He
gave them to the disciples, and
the disciples gave to the
multitudes,
MAT 14:20 and they all
ate, and were satisfied. And
they picked up what was left
over of the broken pieces,
twelve full baskets.
MAT 14:21 And there were
about five thousand men who ate,
aside from women and children.
MAT 14:22 And immediately
He made the disciples get into
the boat, and go ahead of Him to
the other side, while He sent
the multitudes away.
MAT 14:23 And after He
had sent the multitudes away, He
went up to the mountain by
Himself to pray; and when it was
evening, He was there alone.
MAT 14:24 But the boat
was already many stadia away
from the land, battered by the
waves; for the wind was
contrary.
MAT 14:25 And in the
fourth watch of the night He
came to them, walking on the
sea.
MAT 14:26 And when the
disciples saw Him walking on the
sea, they were frightened,
saying, "It is a ghost!" And
they cried out for fear.
MAT 14:27 But immediately
Jesus spoke to them, saying,
"Take
courage, it is I; do not be
afraid."
MAT 14:28 And Peter
answered Him and said, "Lord, if
it is You, command me to come to
You on the water."
MAT 14:29 And He said,
"Come!"
And Peter got out of the boat,
and walked on the water and came
toward Jesus.
MAT 14:30 But seeing the
wind, he became afraid, and
beginning to sink, he cried out,
saying, "Lord, save me!"
MAT 14:31 And immediately
Jesus stretched out His hand and
took hold of him, and said to
him, "O
you of little faith, why did you
doubt?"
MAT 14:32 And when they
got into the boat, the wind
stopped.
MAT 14:33 And those who
were in the boat worshiped Him,
saying, "You are certainly God's
Son!"
MAT 14:34 And when they
had crossed over, they came to
land at Gennesaret.
MAT 14:35 And when the
men of that place recognized
Him, they sent into all that
surrounding district and brought
to Him all who were sick;
MAT 14:36 and they began
to entreat Him that they might
just touch the fringe of His
cloak; and as many as touched it
were cured.
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MAT 15:1
Then some Pharisees and scribes
came to Jesus from Jerusalem,
saying,
MAT 15:2 "Why do Your
disciples transgress the
tradition of the elders? For
they do not wash their hands
when they eat bread."
MAT 15:3 And He answered
and said to them,
"And why
do you yourselves transgress the
commandment of God for the sake
of your tradition?
MAT 15:4
"For God
said, 'Honor your father and
mother,' and, 'He who speaks
evil of father or mother, let
him be put to death.'
MAT 15:5
"But you
say, 'Whoever shall say to his
father or mother," Anything of
mine you might have been helped
by has been given to God, "
MAT 15:6
he is not
to honor his father or his
mother.' And thus you
invalidated the word of God for
the sake of your tradition.
MAT 15:7
"You
hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah
prophesy of you, saying,
MAT 15:8
'This
people honors Me with their
lips, But their heart is far
away from Me.
MAT 15:9
'But in
vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the
precepts of men.' "
MAT 15:10 And after He
called the multitude to Him, He
said to them,
"Hear, and
understand.
MAT 15:11
"Not what
enters into the mouth defiles
the man, but what proceeds out
of the mouth, this defiles the
man."
MAT 15:12 Then the
disciples came and said to Him,
"Do You know that the Pharisees
were offended when they heard
this statement?"
MAT 15:13 But He answered
and said,
"Every plant which My heavenly
Father did not plant shall be
rooted up.
MAT 15:14
"Let them
alone; they are blind guides of
the blind. And if a blind man
guides a blind man, both will
fall into a pit."
MAT 15:15 And Peter
answered and said to Him,
"Explain the parable to us."
MAT 15:16 And He said,
"Are you
still lacking in understanding
also?
MAT 15:17
"Do you
not understand that everything
that goes into the mouth passes
into the stomach, and is
eliminated?
MAT 15:18
"But the
things that proceed out of the
mouth come from the heart, and
those defile the man.
MAT 15:19
"For out
of the heart come evil thoughts,
murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts, false
witness, slanders.
MAT 15:20
"These are
the things which defile the man;
but to eat with unwashed hands
does not defile the man."
MAT 15:21 And Jesus went
away from there, and withdrew
into the district of Tyre and
Sidon.
MAT 15:22 And behold, a
Canaanite woman came out from
that region, and began to cry
out, saying, "Have mercy on me,
O Lord, Son of David; my
daughter is cruelly
demon-possessed."
MAT 15:23 But He did not
answer her a word. And His
disciples came to Him and kept
asking Him, saying, "Send her
away, for she is shouting out
after us."
MAT 15:24 But He answered
and said,
"I was sent only to the lost
sheep of the house of Israel."
MAT 15:25 But she came
and began to bow down before
Him, saying, "Lord, help me!"
MAT 15:26 And He answered
and said,
"It is not good to take the
children's bread and throw it to
the dogs."
MAT 15:27 But she said,
"Yes, Lord; but even the dogs
feed on the crumbs which fall
from their masters' table."
MAT 15:28 Then Jesus
answered and said to her,
"O woman,
your faith is great; be it done
for you as you wish." And her
daughter was healed at once.
MAT 15:29 And departing
from there, Jesus went along by
the Sea of Galilee, and having
gone up to the mountain, He was
sitting there.
MAT 15:30 And great
multitudes came to Him, bringing
with them those who were lame,
crippled, blind, dumb, and many
others, and they laid them down
at His feet; and He healed them,
MAT 15:31 so that the
multitude marveled as they saw
the dumb speaking, the crippled
restored, and the lame walking,
and the blind seeing; and they
glorified the God of Israel.
MAT 15:32 And Jesus
called His disciples to Him, and
said, "I
feel compassion for the
multitude, because they have
remained with Me now three days
and have nothing to eat; and I
do not wish to send them away
hungry, lest they faint on the
way."
MAT 15:33 And the
disciples said to Him, "Where
would we get so many loaves in a
desolate place to satisfy such a
great multitude?"
MAT 15:34 And Jesus said
to them,
"How many loaves do you have?"
And they said, "Seven, and a few
small fish."
MAT 15:35 And He directed
the multitude to sit down on the
ground;
MAT 15:36 and He took the
seven loaves and the fish; and
giving thanks, He broke them and
started giving them to the
disciples, and the disciples in
turn, to the multitudes.
MAT 15:37 And they all
ate, and were satisfied, and
they picked up what was left
over of the broken pieces, seven
large baskets full.
MAT 15:38 And those who
ate were four thousand men,
besides women and children.
MAT 15:39 And sending
away the multitudes, He got into
the boat, and came to the region
of Magadan.
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MAT 16:1
And the Pharisees and Sadducees
came up, and testing Him asked
Him to show them a sign from
heaven.
MAT 16:2 But He answered
and said to them,
"When it
is evening, you say, 'It will be
fair weather, for the sky is
red.'
MAT 16:3
"And in
the morning, 'There will be a
storm today, for the sky is red
and threatening.' Do you know
how to discern the appearance of
the sky, but cannot discern the
signs of the times?
MAT 16:4
"An evil
and adulterous generation seeks
after a sign; and a sign will
not be given it, except the sign
of Jonah." And He left
them, and went away.
MAT 16:5 And the
disciples came to the other side
and had forgotten to take bread.
MAT 16:6 And Jesus said
to them,
"Watch out and beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees and
Sadducees."
MAT 16:7 And they began
to discuss among themselves,
saying, "It is because we took
no bread."
MAT 16:8 But Jesus, aware
of this, said,
"You men
of little faith, why do you
discuss among yourselves that
you have no bread?
MAT 16:9
"Do you
not yet understand or remember
the five loaves of the five
thousand, and how many baskets
you took up?
MAT 16:10
"Or the
seven loaves of the four
thousand, and how many large
baskets you took up?
MAT 16:11
"How is it
that you do not understand that
I did not speak to you
concerning bread? But beware of
the leaven of the Pharisees and
Sadducees."
MAT 16:12 Then they
understood that He did not say
to beware of the leaven of
bread, but of the teaching of
the Pharisees and Sadducees.
MAT 16:13 Now when Jesus
came into the district of
Caesarea Philippi, He began
asking His disciples, saying,
"Who do
people say that the Son of Man
is?"
MAT 16:14 And they said,
"Some say John the Baptist; and
others, Elijah; but still
others, Jeremiah, or one of the
prophets."
MAT 16:15 He said to
them, "But
who do you say that I am?"
MAT 16:16 And Simon Peter
answered and said, "Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living
God."
MAT 16:17 And Jesus
answered and said to him,
"Blessed
are you, Simon Barjona, because
flesh and blood did not reveal
this to you, but My Father who
is in heaven.
MAT 16:18
"And I
also say to you that you are
Peter, and upon this rock I will
build My church; and the gates
of Hades shall not overpower it.
MAT 16:19
"I will
give you the keys of the kingdom
of heaven; and whatever you
shall bind on earth shall be
bound in heaven, and whatever
you shall loose on earth shall
be loosed in heaven."
MAT 16:20 Then He warned
the disciples that they should
tell no one that He was the
Christ.
MAT 16:21 From that time
Jesus Christ began to show His
disciples that He must go to
Jerusalem, and suffer many
things from the elders and chief
priests and scribes, and be
killed, and be raised up on the
third day.
MAT 16:22 And Peter took
Him aside and began to rebuke
Him, saying, "God forbid it,
Lord! This shall never happen to
You."
MAT 16:23 But 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
God's interests, but man's."
MAT 16:24 Then Jesus said
to His disciples,
"If anyone
wishes to come after Me, let him
deny himself, and take up his
cross, and follow Me.
MAT 16:25
"For
whoever wishes to save his life
shall lose it; but whoever loses
his life for My sake shall find
it.
MAT 16:26
"For what
will a man be profited, if he
gains the whole world, and
forfeits his soul? Or what will
a man give in exchange for his
soul?
MAT 16:27
"For the
Son of Man is going to come in
the glory of His Father with His
angels; and will then recompense
every man according to his
deeds.
MAT 16:28
"Truly I
say to you, there are some of
those who are standing here who
shall not taste death until they
see the Son of Man coming in His
kingdom."
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MAT 17:1
And six days later Jesus took
with Him Peter and James and
John his brother, and brought
them up to a high mountain by
themselves.
MAT 17:2 And He was
transfigured before them; and
His face shone like the sun, and
His garments became as #663300
as light.
MAT 17:3 And behold,
Moses and Elijah appeared to
them, talking with Him.
MAT 17:4 And Peter
answered and said to Jesus,
"Lord, it is good for us to be
here; if You wish, I will make
three tabernacles here, one for
You, and one for Moses, and one
for Elijah."
MAT 17:5 While he was
still speaking, behold, a bright
cloud overshadowed them; and
behold, a voice out of the
cloud, saying, "This is My
beloved Son, with whom I am
well-pleased; listen to Him!"
MAT 17:6 And when the
disciples heard this, they fell
on their faces and were much
afraid.
MAT 17:7 And Jesus came
to them and touched them and
said,
"Arise, and do not be afraid."
MAT 17:8 And lifting up
their eyes, they saw no one,
except Jesus Himself alone.
MAT 17:9 And as they were
coming down from the mountain,
Jesus commanded them, saying,
"Tell the
vision to no one until the Son
of Man has risen from the dead."
MAT 17:10 And His
disciples asked Him, saying,
"Why then do the scribes say
that Elijah must come first?"
MAT 17:11 And He answered
and said,
"Elijah is coming and will
restore all things;
MAT 17:12
but I say
to you, that Elijah already
came, and they did not recognize
him, but did to him whatever
they wished. So also the Son of
Man is going to suffer at their
hands."
MAT 17:13 Then the
disciples understood that He had
spoken to them about John the
Baptist.
MAT 17:14 And when they
came to the multitude, a man
came up to Him, falling on his
knees before Him, and saying,
MAT 17:15 "Lord, have
mercy on my son, for he is a
lunatic, and is very ill; for he
often falls into the fire, and
often into the water.
MAT 17:16 "And I brought
him to Your disciples, and they
could not cure him."
MAT 17:17 And Jesus
answered and said,
"O
unbelieving and perverted
generation, how long shall I be
with you? How long shall I put
up with you? Bring him here to
Me."
MAT 17:18 And Jesus
rebuked him, and the demon came
out of him, and the boy was
cured at once.
MAT 17:19 Then the
disciples came to Jesus
privately and said, "Why could
we not cast it out?"
MAT 17:20 And He said to
them,
"Because of the littleness of
your faith; for truly I say to
you, if you have faith as a
mustard seed, you shall say to
this mountain, 'Move from here
to there,' and it shall move;
and nothing shall be impossible
to you.
MAT 17:21
"But this
kind does not go out except by
prayer and fasting."
MAT 17:22 And while they
were gathering together in
Galilee, Jesus said to them,
"The Son
of Man is going to be delivered
into the hands of men;
MAT 17:23
and they
will kill Him, and He will be
raised on the third day."
And they were deeply grieved.
MAT 17:24 And when they
had come to Capernaum, those who
collected the two-drachma tax
came to Peter, and said, "Does
your teacher not pay the
two-drachma tax?"
MAT 17:25 He said, "Yes."
And when he came into the house,
Jesus spoke to him first,
saying,
"What do you think, Simon? From
whom do the kings of the earth
collect customs or poll-tax,
from their sons or from
strangers?"
MAT 17:26 And upon his
saying, "From strangers," Jesus
said to him,
"Consequently the sons are
exempt.
MAT 17:27
"But, lest
we give them offense, go to the
sea, and throw in a hook, and
take the first fish that comes
up; and when you open its mouth,
you will find a stater. Take
that and give it to them for you
and Me."
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MAT 18:1
At that time the disciples came
to Jesus, saying, "Who then is
greatest in the kingdom of
heaven?"
MAT 18:2 And He called a
child to Himself and set him
before them,
MAT 18:3 and said,
"Truly I
say to you, unless you are
converted and become like
children, you shall not enter
the kingdom of heaven.
MAT 18:4
"Whoever
then humbles himself as this
child, he is the greatest in the
kingdom of heaven.
MAT 18:5
"And
whoever receives one such child
in My name receives Me;
MAT 18:6
but
whoever causes one of these
little ones who believe in Me to
stumble, it is better for him
that a heavy millstone be hung
around his neck, and that he be
drowned in the depth of the sea.
MAT 18:7
"Woe to
the world because of its
stumbling blocks! For it is
inevitable that stumbling blocks
come; but woe to that man
through whom the stumbling block
comes!
MAT 18:8
"And if
your hand or your foot causes
you to stumble, cut it off and
throw it from you; it is better
for you to enter life crippled
or lame, than having two hands
or two feet, to be cast into the
eternal fire.
MAT 18:9
"And if
your eye causes you to stumble,
pluck it out, and throw it from
you. It is better for you to
enter life with one eye, than
having two eyes, to be cast into
the fiery hell.
MAT 18:10
"See that
you do not despise one of these
little ones, for I say to you,
that their angels in heaven
continually behold the face of
My Father who is in heaven.
MAT 18:11
"For the
Son of Man has come to save that
which was lost.
MAT 18:12
"What do
you think? If any man has a
hundred sheep, and one of them
has gone astray, does he not
leave the ninety-nine on the
mountains and go and search for
the one that is straying?
MAT 18:13
"And if it
turns out that he finds it,
truly I say to you, he rejoices
over it more than over the
ninety-nine which have not gone
astray.
MAT 18:14
"Thus it
is not the will of your Father
who is in heaven that one of
these little ones perish.
MAT 18:15
"And if
your brother sins, go and
reprove him in private; if he
listens to you, you have won
your brother.
MAT 18:16
"But if he
does not listen to you, take one
or two more with you, so that by
the mouth of two or three
witnesses every fact may be
confirmed.
MAT 18:17
"And if he
refuses to listen to them, tell
it to the church; and if he
refuses to listen even to the
church, let him be to you as a
Gentile and a tax-gatherer.
MAT 18:18
"Truly I
say to you, whatever you shall
bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven; and whatever you loose
on earth shall be loosed in
heaven.
MAT 18:19
"Again I
say to you, that if two of you
agree on earth about anything
that they may ask, it shall be
done for them by My Father who
is in heaven.
MAT 18:20
"For where
two or three have gathered
together in My name, there I am
in their midst."
MAT 18:21 Then Peter came
and said to Him,
"Lord, how
often shall my brother sin
against me and I forgive him? Up
to seven times?"
MAT 18:22 Jesus said to
him, "I do
not say to you, up to seven
times, but up to seventy times
seven.
MAT 18:23
"For this
reason the kingdom of heaven may
be compared to a certain king
who wished to settle accounts
with his slaves.
MAT 18:24
"And when
he had begun to settle them,
there was brought to him one who
owed him ten thousand talents.
MAT 18:25
"But since
he did not have the means to
repay, his lord commanded him to
be sold, along with his wife and
children and all that he had,
and repayment to be made.
MAT 18:26
"The slave
therefore falling down,
prostrated himself before him,
saying, 'Have patience with me,
and I will repay you
everything.'
MAT 18:27
"And the
lord of that slave felt
compassion and released him and
forgave him the debt.
MAT 18:28
"But that
slave went out and found one of
his fellow slaves who owed him a
hundred denarii; and he seized
him and began to choke him,
saying, 'Pay back what you owe.'
MAT 18:29
"So his
fellow slave fell down and began
to entreat him, saying, 'Have
patience with me and I will
repay you.'
MAT 18:30
"He was
unwilling however, but went and
threw him in prison until he
should pay back what was owed.
MAT 18:31
"So when
his fellow slaves saw what had
happened, they were deeply
grieved and came and reported to
their lord all that had
happened.
MAT 18:32
"Then
summoning him, his lord said to
him, 'You wicked slave, I
forgave you all that debt
because you entreated me.
MAT 18:33
'Should
you not also have had mercy on
your fellow slave, even as I had
mercy on you?'
MAT 18:34
"And his
lord, moved with anger, handed
him over to the torturers until
he should repay all that was
owed him.
MAT 18:35
"So shall
My heavenly Father also do to
you, if each of you does not
forgive his brother from your
heart."
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MAT 19:1
And it came about that when
Jesus had finished these words,
He departed from Galilee, and
came into the region of Judea
beyond the Jordan;
MAT 19:2 and great
multitudes followed Him, and He
healed them there.
MAT 19:3 And some
Pharisees came to Him, testing
Him, and saying, "Is it lawful
for a man to divorce his wife
for any cause at all?"
MAT 19:4 And He answered
and said,
"Have you not read, that He who
created them from the beginning
made them male and female,
MAT 19:5
and said,'
For this cause a man shall leave
his father and mother, and shall
cleave to his wife; and the two
shall become one flesh'?
MAT 19:6
"Consequently they are no longer
two, but one flesh. What
therefore God has joined
together, let no man separate."
MAT 19:7 They said to
Him, "Why then did Moses command
to give her a certificate of
divorce and send her away?"
MAT 19:8 He said to them,
"Because
of your hardness of heart, Moses
permitted you to divorce your
wives; but from the beginning it
has not been this way.
MAT 19:9
"And I say
to you, whoever divorces his
wife, except for immorality, and
marries another woman commits
adultery."
MAT 19:10 The disciples
said to Him, "If the
relationship of the man with his
wife is like this, it is better
not to marry."
MAT 19:11 But He said to
them, "Not
all men can accept this
statement, but only those to
whom it has been given.
MAT 19:12
"For there
are eunuchs who were born that
way from their mother's womb;
and there are eunuchs who were
made eunuchs by men; and there
are also eunuchs who made
themselves eunuchs for the sake
of the kingdom of heaven. He who
is able to accept this, let him
accept it."
MAT 19:13 Then some
children were brought to Him so
that He might lay His hands on
them and pray; and the disciples
rebuked them.
MAT 19:14 But Jesus said,
"Let the
children alone, and do not
hinder them from coming to Me;
for the kingdom of heaven
belongs to such as these."
MAT 19:15 And after
laying His hands on them, He
departed from there.
MAT 19:16 And behold, one
came to Him and said, "Teacher,
what good thing shall I do that
I may obtain eternal life?"
MAT 19:17 And He said to
him, "Why
are you asking Me about what is
good? There is only One who is
good; but if you wish to enter
into life, keep the
commandments."
MAT 19:18 He said to Him,
"Which ones?" And Jesus said,
"You shall
not commit murder; You shall not
commit adultery; You shall not
steal; You shall not bear false
witness;
MAT 19:19
Honor your
father and mother; and You shall
love your neighbor as yourself."
MAT 19:20 The young man
said to Him, "All these things I
have kept; what am I still
lacking?"
MAT 19:21 Jesus said to
him, "If
you wish to be complete, go and
sell your possessions and give
to the poor, and you shall have
treasure in heaven; and come,
follow Me."
MAT 19:22 But when the
young man heard this statement,
he went away grieved; for he was
one who owned much property.
MAT 19:23 And Jesus said
to His disciples,
"Truly I
say to you, it is hard for a
rich man to enter the kingdom of
heaven.
MAT 19:24
"And again
I say to you, it is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a
needle, than for a rich man to
enter the kingdom of God."
MAT 19:25 And when the
disciples heard this, they were
very astonished and said, "Then
who can be saved?"
MAT 19:26 And looking
upon them Jesus said to them,
"With men
this is impossible, but with God
all things are possible."
MAT 19:27 Then Peter
answered and said to Him,
"Behold, we have left everything
and followed You; what then will
there be for us?"
MAT 19:28 And Jesus said
to them,
"Truly I say to you, that you
who have followed Me, in the
regeneration when the Son of Man
will sit on His glorious throne,
you also shall sit upon twelve
thrones, judging the twelve
tribes of Israel.
MAT 19:29
"And
everyone who has left houses or
brothers or sisters or father or
mother or children or farms for
My name's sake, shall receive
many times as much, and shall
inherit eternal life.
MAT 19:30
"But many
who are first will be last; and
the last, first.
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MAT 20:1
"For the
kingdom of heaven is like a
landowner who went out early in
the morning to hire laborers for
his vineyard.
MAT 20:2
"And when
he had agreed with the laborers
for a denarius for the day, he
sent them into his vineyard.
MAT 20:3
"And he
went out about the third hour
and saw others standing idle in
the market place;
MAT 20:4
and to
those he said,' You too go into
the vineyard, and whatever is
right I will give you.' And so
they went.
MAT 20:5
"Again he
went out about the sixth and the
ninth hour, and did the same
thing.
MAT 20:6
"And about
the eleventh hour he went out,
and found others standing; and
he said to them, 'Why have you
been standing here idle all day
long?'
MAT 20:7
"They said
to him, 'Because no one hired
us.' He said to them, 'You too
go into the vineyard.'
MAT 20:8
"And when
evening had come, the owner of
the vineyard said to his
foreman, 'Call the laborers and
pay them their wages, beginning
with the last group to the
first.'
MAT 20:9
"And when
those hired about the eleventh
hour came, each one received a
denarius.
MAT 20:10
"And when
those hired first came, they
thought that they would receive
more; and they also received
each one a denarius.
MAT 20:11
"And when
they received it, they grumbled
at the landowner,
MAT 20:12
saying,'
These last men have worked only
one hour, and you have made them
equal to us who have borne the
burden and the scorching heat of
the day.'
MAT 20:13
"But he
answered and said to one of
them, 'Friend, I am doing you no
wrong; did you not agree with me
for a denarius?
MAT 20:14
'Take what
is yours and go your way, but I
wish to give to this last man
the same as to you.
MAT 20:15
'Is it not
lawful for me to do what I wish
with what is my own? Or is your
eye envious because I am
generous?'
MAT 20:16
"Thus the
last shall be first, and the
first last."
MAT 20:17 And as Jesus
was about to go up to Jerusalem,
He took the twelve disciples
aside by themselves, and on the
way He said to them,
MAT 20:18
"Behold,
we are going up to Jerusalem;
and the Son of Man will be
delivered to the chief priests
and scribes, and they will
condemn Him to death,
MAT 20:19
and will
deliver Him to the Gentiles to
mock and scourge and crucify
Him, and on the third day He
will be raised up."
MAT 20:20 Then the mother
of the sons of Zebedee came to
Him with her sons, bowing down,
and making a request of Him.
MAT 20:21 And He said to
her, "What
do you wish?" She said to
Him, "Command that in Your
kingdom these two sons of mine
may sit, one on Your right and
one on Your left."
MAT 20:22 But Jesus
answered and said,
"You do
not know what you are asking
for. Are you able to drink the
cup that I am about to drink?"
They said to Him, "We are able."
MAT 20:23 He said to
them, "My
cup you shall drink; but to sit
on My right and on My left, this
is not Mine to give, but it is
for those for whom it has been
prepared by My Father."
MAT 20:24 And hearing
this, the ten became indignant
with the two brothers.
MAT 20:25 But Jesus
called them to Himself, and
said, "You
know that the rulers of the
Gentiles lord it over them, and
their great men exercise
authority over them.
MAT 20:26
"It is not
so among you, but whoever wishes
to become great among you shall
be your servant,
MAT 20:27
and
whoever wishes to be first among
you shall be your slave;
MAT 20:28
just as
the Son of Man did not come to
be served, but to serve, and to
give His life a ransom for
many."
MAT 20:29 And as they
were going out from Jericho, a
great multitude followed Him.
MAT 20:30 And behold, two
blind men sitting by the road,
hearing that Jesus was passing
by, cried out, saying, "Lord,
have mercy on us, Son of David!"
MAT 20:31 And the
multitude sternly told them to
be quiet; but they cried out all
the more, saying, "Lord, have
mercy on us, Son of David!"
MAT 20:32 And Jesus
stopped and called them, and
said,
"What do you want Me to do for
you?"
MAT 20:33 They said to
Him, "Lord, we want our eyes to
be opened."
MAT 20:34 And moved with
compassion, Jesus touched their
eyes; and immediately they
regained their sight and
followed Him.
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MAT 21:1
And when they had approached
Jerusalem and had come to
Bethphage, to the Mount of
Olives, then Jesus sent two
disciples,
MAT 21:2 saying to them,
"Go into
the village opposite you, and
immediately you will find a
donkey tied there and a colt
with her; untie them, and bring
them to Me.
MAT 21:3
"And if
anyone says something to you,
you shall say, 'The Lord has
need of them,' and immediately
he will send them."
MAT 21:4 Now this took
place that what was spoken
through the prophet might be
fulfilled, saying,
MAT 21:5 "Say to the
daughter of Zion, 'Behold your
King is coming to you, Gentle,
and mounted on a donkey, Even on
a colt, the foal of a beast of
burden.'"
MAT 21:6 And the
disciples went and did just as
Jesus had directed them,
MAT 21:7 and brought the
donkey and the colt, and laid on
them their garments, on which He
sat.
MAT 21:8 And most of the
multitude spread their garments
in the road, and others were
cutting branches from the trees,
and spreading them in the road.
MAT 21:9 And the
multitudes going before Him, and
those who followed after were
crying out, saying, "Hosanna to
the Son of David; Blessed is He
who comes in the name of the
Lord; Hosanna in the highest!"
MAT 21:10 And when He had
entered Jerusalem, all the city
was stirred, saying, "Who is
this?"
MAT 21:11 And the
multitudes were saying, "This is
the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth
in Galilee."
MAT 21:12 And Jesus
entered the temple and cast out
all those who were buying and
selling in the temple, and
overturned the tables of the
moneychangers and the seats of
those who were selling doves.
MAT 21:13 And He said to
them, "It
is written, 'My house shall be
called a house of prayer'; but
you are making it a robbers'
den."
MAT 21:14 And the blind
and the lame came to Him in the
temple, and He healed them.
MAT 21:15 But when the
chief priests and the scribes
saw the wonderful things that He
had done, and the children who
were crying out in the temple
and saying, "Hosanna to the Son
of David," they became
indignant,
MAT 21:16 and said to
Him, "Do
You hear what these are saying?"
And Jesus said to them, "Yes;
have you never read, 'Out of the
mouth of infants and nursing
babes Thou hast prepared praise
for Thyself'?"
MAT 21:17 And He left
them and went out of the city to
Bethany, and lodged there.
MAT 21:18 Now in the
morning, when He returned to the
city, He became hungry.
MAT 21:19 And seeing a
lone fig tree by the road, He
came to it, and found nothing on
it except leaves only; and He
said to it,
"No longer
shall there ever be any fruit
from you." And at once
the fig tree withered.
MAT 21:20 And seeing
this, the disciples marveled,
saying, "How did the fig tree
wither at once?"
MAT 21:21 And Jesus
answered and said to them,
"Truly I
say to you, if you have faith,
and do not doubt, you shall not
only do what was done to the fig
tree, but even if you say to
this mountain, 'Be taken up and
cast into the sea,' it shall
happen.
MAT 21:22
"And all
things you ask in prayer,
believing, you shall receive."
MAT 21:23 And when He had
come into the temple, the chief
priests and the elders of the
people came to Him as He was
teaching, and said, "By what
authority are You doing these
things, and who gave You this
authority?"
MAT 21:24 And Jesus
answered and said to them,
"I will
ask you one thing too, which if
you tell Me, I will also tell
you by what authority I do these
things.
MAT 21:25
"The
baptism of John was from what
source, from heaven or from
men?" And they began
reasoning among themselves,
saying, "If we say, 'From
heaven,' He will say to us,
'Then why did you not believe
him?'
MAT 21:26 "But if we say,
'From men,' we fear the
multitude; for they all hold
John to be a prophet."
MAT 21:27 And answering
Jesus, they said, "We do not
know." He also said to them,
"Neither
will I tell you by what
authority I do these things.
MAT 21:28
"But what
do you think? A man had two
sons, and he came to the first
and said, 'Son, go work today in
the vineyard.'
MAT 21:29
"And he
answered and said, 'I will,
sir'; and he did not go.
MAT 21:30
"And he
came to the second and said the
same thing. But he answered and
said, 'I will not'; yet he
afterward regretted it and went.
MAT 21:31
"Which of
the two did the will of his
father?" They said, "The
latter." Jesus said to them,
"Truly I
say to you that the
tax-gatherers and harlots will
get into the kingdom of God
before you.
MAT 21:32
"For John
came to you in the way of
righteousness and you did not
believe him; but the
tax-gatherers and harlots did
believe him; and you, seeing
this, did not even feel remorse
afterward so as to believe him.
MAT 21:33
"Listen to
another parable. There was a
landowner who planted a vineyard
and put a wall around it and dug
a wine press in it, and built a
tower, and rented it out to
vine-growers, and went on a
journey.
MAT 21:34
"And when
the harvest time approached, he
sent his slaves to the
vine-growers to receive his
produce.
MAT 21:35
"And the
vine-growers took his slaves and
beat one, and killed another,
and stoned a third.
MAT 21:36
"Again he
sent another group of slaves
larger than the first; and they
did the same thing to them.
MAT 21:37
"But
afterward he sent his son to
them, saying, 'They will respect
my son.'
MAT 21:38
"But when
the vine-growers saw the son,
they said among themselves,
'This is the heir; come, let us
kill him, and seize his
inheritance.'
MAT 21:39
"And they
took him, and threw him out of
the vineyard, and killed him.
MAT 21:40
"Therefore
when the owner of the vineyard
comes, what will he do to those
vine-growers?"
MAT 21:41 They said to
Him, "He will bring those
wretches to a wretched end, and
will rent out the vineyard to
other vine-growers, who will pay
him the proceeds at the proper
seasons."
MAT 21:42 Jesus said to
them, "Did
you never read in the
Scriptures, 'The stone which the
builders rejected, This became
the chief corner stone; This
came about from the Lord, And it
is marvelous in our eyes'?
MAT 21:43
"Therefore
I say to you, the kingdom of God
will be taken away from you, and
be given to a nation producing
the fruit of it.
MAT 21:44
"And he
who falls on this stone will be
broken to pieces; but on
whomever it falls, it will
scatter him like dust."
MAT 21:45 And when the
chief priests and the Pharisees
heard His parables, they
understood that He was speaking
about them.
MAT 21:46 And when they
sought to seize Him, they feared
the multitudes, because they
held Him to be a prophet.
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MAT 22:1
And Jesus answered and spoke to
them again in parables, saying,
MAT 22:2
"The
kingdom of heaven may be
compared to a king, who gave a
wedding feast for his son.
MAT 22:3
"And he
sent out his slaves to call
those who had been invited to
the wedding feast, and they were
unwilling to come.
MAT 22:4
"Again he
sent out other slaves saying,
'Tell those who have been
invited," Behold, I have
prepared my dinner; my oxen and
my fattened livestock are all
butchered and everything is
ready; come to the wedding
feast."'
MAT 22:5
"But they
paid no attention and went their
way, one to his own farm,
another to his business,
MAT 22:6
and the
rest seized his slaves and
mistreated them and killed them.
MAT 22:7
"But the
king was enraged and sent his
armies, and destroyed those
murderers, and set their city on
fire.
MAT 22:8
"Then he
said to his slaves, 'The wedding
is ready, but those who were
invited were not worthy.
MAT 22:9
'Go
therefore to the main highways,
and as many as you find there,
invite to the wedding feast.'
MAT 22:10
"And those
slaves went out into the
streets, and gathered together
all they found, both evil and
good; and the wedding hall was
filled with dinner guests.
MAT 22:11
"But when
the king came in to look over
the dinner guests, he saw there
a man not dressed in wedding
clothes,
MAT 22:12
and he
said to him,' Friend, how did
you come in here without wedding
clothes?' And he was speechless.
MAT 22:13
"Then the
king said to the servants, 'Bind
him hand and foot, and cast him
into the outer darkness; in that
place there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.'
MAT 22:14
"For many
are called, but few are chosen."
MAT 22:15 Then the
Pharisees went and counseled
together how they might trap Him
in what He said.
MAT 22:16 And they sent
their disciples to Him, along
with the Herodians, saying,
"Teacher, we know that You are
truthful and teach the way of
God in truth, and defer to no
one; for You are not partial to
any.
MAT 22:17 "Tell us
therefore, what do You think? Is
it lawful to give a poll-tax to
Caesar, or not?"
MAT 22:18 But Jesus
perceived their malice, and
said, "Why
are you testing Me, you
hypocrites?
MAT 22:19
"Show Me
the coin used for the poll-tax."
And they brought Him a denarius.
MAT 22:20 And He said to
them,
"Whose likeness and inscription
is this?"
MAT 22:21 They said to
Him, "Caesar's." Then He said to
them,
"Then render to Caesar the
things that are Caesar's; and to
God the things that are God's."
MAT 22:22 And hearing
this, they marveled, and leaving
Him, they went away.
MAT 22:23 On that day
some Sadducees (who say there is
no resurrection) came to Him and
questioned Him,
MAT 22:24 saying,
"Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man
dies, having no children, his
brother as next of kin shall
marry his wife, and raise up an
offspring to his brother.'
MAT 22:25 "Now there were
seven brothers with us; and the
first married and died, and
having no offspring left his
wife to his brother;
MAT 22:26 so also the
second, and the third, down to
the seventh.
MAT 22:27 "And last of
all, the woman died.
MAT 22:28 "In the
resurrection therefore whose
wife of the seven shall she be?
For they all had her."
MAT 22:29 But Jesus
answered and said to them,
"You are
mistaken, not understanding the
Scriptures, or the power of God.
MAT 22:30
"For in
the resurrection they neither
marry, nor are given in
marriage, but are like angels in
heaven.
MAT 22:31
"But
regarding the resurrection of
the dead, have you not read that
which was spoken to you by God,
saying,
MAT 22:32
'I am the
God of Abraham, and the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He
is not the God of the dead but
of the living."
MAT 22:33 And when the
multitudes heard this, they were
astonished at His teaching.
MAT 22:34 But when the
Pharisees heard that He had put
the Sadducees to silence, they
gathered themselves together.
MAT 22:35 And one of
them, a lawyer, asked Him a
question, testing Him,
MAT 22:36 "Teacher, which
is the great commandment in the
Law?"
MAT 22:37 And He said to
him, "'You
shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart, and with
all your soul, and with all your
mind.'
MAT 22:38
"This is
the great and foremost
commandment.
MAT 22:39
"The
second is like it, 'You shall
love your neighbor as yourself.'
MAT 22:40
"On these
two commandments depend the
whole Law and the Prophets."
MAT 22:41 Now while the
Pharisees were gathered
together, Jesus asked them a
question,
MAT 22:42 saying,
"What do
you think about the Christ,
whose son is He?" They
said to Him, "The son of David."
MAT 22:43 He said to
them,
"Then how does David in the
Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying,
MAT 22:44
'The Lord
said to my Lord, "Sit at My
right hand, Until I put Thine
enemies beneath Thy feet"'?
MAT 22:45
"If David
then calls Him 'Lord,' how is He
his son?"
MAT 22:46 And no one was
able to answer Him a word, nor
did anyone dare from that day on
to ask Him another question.
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MAT 23:1
Then Jesus spoke to the
multitudes and to His disciples,
MAT 23:2 saying,
"The
scribes and the Pharisees have
seated themselves in the chair
of Moses;
MAT 23:3
therefore
all that they tell you, do and
observe, but do not do according
to their deeds; for they say
things, and do not do them.
MAT 23:4
"And they
tie up heavy loads, and lay them
on men's shoulders; but they
themselves are unwilling to move
them with so much as a finger.
MAT 23:5
"But they
do all their deeds to be noticed
by men; for they broaden their
phylacteries, and lengthen the
tassels of their garments.
MAT 23:6
"And they
love the place of honor at
banquets, and the chief seats in
the synagogues,
MAT 23:7
and
respectful greetings in the
market places, and being called
by men, Rabbi.
MAT 23:8
"But do
not be called Rabbi; for One is
your Teacher, and you are all
brothers.
MAT 23:9
"And do
not call anyone on earth your
father; for One is your Father,
He who is in heaven.
MAT 23:10
"And do
not be called leaders; for One
is your Leader, that is, Christ.
MAT 23:11
"But the
greatest among you shall be your
servant.
MAT 23:12
"And
whoever exalts himself shall be
humbled; and whoever humbles
himself shall be exalted.
MAT 23:13
"But woe
to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites, because you shut off
the kingdom of heaven from men;
for you do not enter in
yourselves, nor do you allow
those who are entering to go in.
MAT 23:14
"Woe to
you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites, because you devour
widows' houses, even while for a
pretense you make long prayers;
therefore you shall receive
greater condemnation.
MAT 23:15
"Woe to
you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites, because you travel
about on sea and land to make
one proselyte; and when he
becomes one, you make him twice
as much a son of hell as
yourselves.
MAT 23:16
"Woe to
you, blind guides, who say,
'Whoever swears by the temple,
that is nothing; but whoever
swears by the gold of the
temple, he is obligated.'
MAT 23:17
"You fools
and blind men; which is more
important, the gold, or the
temple that sanctified the gold?
MAT 23:18
"And,
'Whoever swears by the altar,
that is nothing, but whoever
swears by the offering upon it,
he is obligated.'
MAT 23:19
"You blind
men, which is more important,
the offering or the altar that
sanctifies the offering?
MAT 23:20
"Therefore
he who swears by the altar,
swears both by the altar and by
everything on it.
MAT 23:21
"And he
who swears by the temple, swears
both by the temple and by Him
who dwells within it.
MAT 23:22
"And he
who swears by heaven, swears
both by the throne of God and by
Him who sits upon it.
MAT 23:23
"Woe to
you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you tithe mint
and dill and cummin, and have
neglected the weightier
provisions of the law: justice
and mercy and faithfulness; but
these are the things you should
have done without neglecting the
others.
MAT 23:24
"You blind
guides, who strain out a gnat
and swallow a camel!
MAT 23:25
"Woe to
you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you clean the
outside of the cup and of the
dish, but inside they are full
of robbery and self-indulgence.
MAT 23:26
"You blind
Pharisee, first clean the inside
of the cup and of the dish, so
that the outside of it may
become clean also.
MAT 23:27
"Woe to
you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you are like
#663300washed tombs which on the
outside appear beautiful, but
inside they are full of dead
men's bones and all uncleanness.
MAT 23:28
"Even so
you too outwardly appear
righteous to men, but inwardly
you are full of hypocrisy and
lawlessness.
MAT 23:29
"Woe to
you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you build the
tombs of the prophets and adorn
the monuments of the righteous,
MAT 23:30
and say,'
If we had been living in the
days of our fathers, we would
not have been partners with them
in shedding the blood of the
prophets.'
MAT 23:31
"Consequently you bear witness
against yourselves, that you are
sons of those who murdered the
prophets.
MAT 23:32
"Fill up
then the measure of the guilt of
your fathers.
MAT 23:33
"You
serpents, you brood of vipers,
how shall you escape the
sentence of hell?
MAT 23:34
"Therefore, behold, I am sending
you prophets and wise men and
scribes; some of them you will
kill and crucify, and some of
them you will scourge in your
synagogues, and persecute from
city to city,
MAT 23:35
that upon
you may fall the guilt of all
the righteous blood shed on
earth, from the blood of
righteous Abel to the blood of
Zechariah, the son of Berechiah,
whom you murdered between the
temple and the altar.
MAT 23:36
"Truly I
say to you, all these things
shall come upon this generation.
MAT 23:37
"O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills
the prophets and stones those
who are sent to her! How often I
wanted to gather your children
together, the way a hen gathers
her chicks under her wings, and
you were unwilling.
MAT 23:38
"Behold,
your house is being left to you
desolate!
MAT 23:39
"For I say
to you, from now on you shall
not see Me until you say,
'Blessed is He who comes in the
name of the Lord!'"
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MAT 24:1
And Jesus came out from the
temple and was going away when
His disciples came up to point
out the temple buildings to Him.
MAT 24:2 And He answered
and said to them,
"Do you
not see all these things? Truly
I say to you, not one stone here
shall be left upon another,
which will not be torn down."
MAT 24:3 And as He was
sitting on the Mount of Olives,
the disciples came to Him
privately, saying, "Tell us,
when will these things be, and
what will be the sign of Your
coming, and of the end of the
age?"
MAT 24:4 And Jesus
answered and said to them,
"See to it
that no one misleads you.
MAT 24:5
"For many
will come in My name, saying, 'I
am the Christ,' and will mislead
many.
MAT 24:6
"And you
will be hearing of wars and
rumors of wars; see that you are
not frightened, for those things
must take place, but that is not
yet the end.
MAT 24:7
"For
nation will rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom, and
in various places there will be
famines and earthquakes.
MAT 24:8
"But all
these things are merely the
beginning of birth pangs.
MAT 24:9
"Then they
will deliver you to tribulation,
and will kill you, and you will
be hated by all nations on
account of My name.
MAT 24:10
"And at
that time many will fall away
and will deliver up one another
and hate one another.
MAT 24:11
"And many
false prophets will arise, and
will mislead many.
MAT 24:12
"And
because lawlessness is
increased, most people's love
will grow cold.
MAT 24:13
"But the
one who endures to the end, he
shall be saved.
MAT 24:14
"And this
gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in the whole world for
a witness to all the nations,
and then the end shall come.
MAT 24:15
"Therefore
when you see the abomination of
desolation which was spoken of
through Daniel the prophet,
standing in the holy place
(let the reader understand),
MAT 24:16
then let
those who are in Judea flee to
the mountains;
MAT 24:17
let him
who is on the housetop not go
down to get the things out that
are in his house;
MAT 24:18
and let
him who is in the field not turn
back to get his cloak.
MAT 24:19
"But woe
to those who are with child and
to those who nurse babes in
those days!
MAT 24:20
"But pray
that your flight may not be in
the winter, or on a Sabbath;
MAT 24:21
for then
there will be a great
tribulation, such as has not
occurred since the beginning of
the world until now, nor ever
shall.
MAT 24:22
"And
unless those days had been cut
short, no life would have been
saved; but for the sake of the
elect those days shall be cut
short.
MAT 24:23
"Then if
anyone says to you, 'Behold,
here is the Christ,' or 'There
He is,' do not believe him.
MAT 24:24
"For false
Christs and false prophets will
arise and will show great signs
and wonders, so as to mislead,
if possible, even the elect.
MAT 24:25
"Behold, I
have told you in advance.
MAT 24:26
"If
therefore they say to you,
'Behold, He is in the
wilderness,' do not go forth,
or, 'Behold, He is in the inner
rooms,' do not believe them.
MAT 24:27
"For just
as the lightning comes from the
east, and flashes even to the
west, so shall the coming of the
Son of Man be.
MAT 24:28
"Wherever
the corpse is, there the
vultures will gather.
MAT 24:29
"But
immediately after the
tribulation of those days the
sun will be darkened, and the
moon will not give its light,
and the stars will fall from the
sky, and the powers of the
heavens will be shaken,
MAT 24:30
and then
the sign of the Son of Man will
appear in the sky, and then all
the tribes of the earth will
mourn, and they will see the Son
of Man coming on the clouds of
the sky with power and great
glory.
MAT 24:31
"And He
will send forth His angels with
a great trumpet and they will
gather together His elect from
the four winds, from one end of
the sky to the other.
MAT 24:32
"Now learn
the parable from the fig tree:
when its branch has already
become tender, and puts forth
its leaves, you know that summer
is near;
MAT 24:33
even so
you too, when you see all these
things, recognize that He is
near, right at the door.
MAT 24:34
"Truly I
say to you, this generation will
not pass away until all these
things take place.
MAT 24:35
"Heaven
and earth will pass away, but My
words shall not pass away.
MAT 24:36
"But of
that day and hour no one knows,
not even the angels of heaven,
nor the Son, but the Father
alone.
MAT 24:37
"For the
coming of the Son of Man will be
just like the days of Noah.
MAT 24:38
"For as in
those days which were before the
flood they were eating and
drinking, they were marrying and
giving in marriage, until the
day that Noah entered the ark,
MAT 24:39
and they
did not understand until the
flood came and took them all
away; so shall the coming of the
Son of Man be.
MAT 24:40
"Then
there shall be two men in the
field; one will be taken, and
one will be left.
MAT 24:41
"Two women
will be grinding at the mill;
one will be taken, and one will
be left.
MAT 24:42
"Therefore
be on the alert, for you do not
know which day your Lord is
coming.
MAT 24:43
"But be
sure of this, that if the head
of the house had known at what
time of the night the thief was
coming, he would have been on
the alert and would not have
allowed his house to be broken
into.
MAT 24:44
"For this
reason you be ready too; for the
Son of Man is coming at an hour
when you do not think He will.
MAT 24:45
"Who then
is the faithful and sensible
slave whom his master put in
charge of his household to give
them their food at the proper
time?
MAT 24:46
"Blessed
is that slave whom his master
finds so doing when he comes.
MAT 24:47
"Truly I
say to you, that he will put him
in charge of all his
possessions.
MAT 24:48
"But if
that evil slave says in his
heart, 'My master is not coming
for a long time,'
MAT 24:49
and shall
begin to beat his fellow slaves
and eat and drink with
drunkards;
MAT 24:50
the master
of that slave will come on a day
when he does not expect him and
at an hour which he does not
know,
MAT 24:51
and shall
cut him in pieces and assign him
a place with the hypocrites;
weeping shall be there and the
gnashing of teeth.
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MAT 25:1
"Then the
kingdom of heaven will be
comparable to ten virgins, who
took their lamps, and went out
to meet the bridegroom.
MAT 25:2
"And five
of them were foolish, and five
were prudent.
MAT 25:3
"For when
the foolish took their lamps,
they took no oil with them,
MAT 25:4
but the
prudent took oil in flasks along
with their lamps.
MAT 25:5
"Now while
the bridegroom was delaying,
they all got drowsy and began to
sleep.
MAT 25:6
"But at
midnight there was a shout,
'Behold, the bridegroom! Come
out to meet him.'
MAT 25:7
"Then all
those virgins rose, and trimmed
their lamps.
MAT 25:8
"And the
foolish said to the prudent,
'Give us some of your oil, for
our lamps are going out.'
MAT 25:9
"But the
prudent answered, saying, 'No,
there will not be enough for us
and you too; go instead to the
dealers and buy some for
yourselves.'
MAT 25:10
"And while
they were going away to make the
purchase, the bridegroom came,
and those who were ready went in
with him to the wedding feast;
and the door was shut.
MAT 25:11
"And later
the other virgins also came,
saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for
us.'
MAT 25:12
"But he
answered and said, 'Truly I say
to you, I do not know you.'
MAT 25:13
"Be on the
alert then, for you do not know
the day nor the hour.
MAT 25:14
"For it is
just like a man about to go on a
journey, who called his own
slaves, and entrusted his
possessions to them.
MAT 25:15
"And to
one he gave five talents, to
another, two, and to another,
one, each according to his own
ability; and he went on his
journey.
MAT 25:16
"Immediately the one who had
received the five talents went
and traded with them, and gained
five more talents.
MAT 25:17
"In the
same manner the one who had
received the two talents gained
two more.
MAT 25:18
"But he
who received the one talent went
away and dug in the ground, and
hid his master's money.
MAT 25:19
"Now after
a long time the master of those
slaves came and settled accounts
with them.
MAT 25:20
"And the
one who had received the five
talents came up and brought five
more talents, saying, 'Master,
you entrusted five talents to
me; see, I have gained five more
talents.'
MAT 25:21
"His
master said to him, 'Well done,
good and faithful slave; you
were faithful with a few things,
I will put you in charge of many
things, enter into the joy of
your master.'
MAT 25:22
"The one
also who had received the two
talents came up and said,
'Master, you entrusted to me two
talents; see, I have gained two
more talents.'
MAT 25:23
"His
master said to him, 'Well done,
good and faithful slave; you
were faithful with a few things,
I will put you in charge of many
things; enter into the joy of
your master.'
MAT 25:24
"And the
one also who had received the
one talent came up and said,
'Master, I knew you to be a hard
man, reaping where you did not
sow, and gathering where you
scattered no seed.
MAT 25:25
'And I was
afraid, and went away and hid
your talent in the ground; see,
you have what is yours.'
MAT 25:26
"But his
master answered and said to him,
'You wicked, lazy slave, you
knew that I reap where I did not
sow, and gather where I
scattered no seed.
MAT 25:27
'Then you
ought to have put my money in
the bank, and on my arrival I
would have received my money
back with interest.
MAT 25:28
'Therefore
take away the talent from him,
and give it to the one who has
the ten talents.'
MAT 25:29
"For to
everyone who has shall more be
given, and he shall have an
abundance; but from the one who
does not have, even what he does
have shall be taken away.
MAT 25:30
"And cast
out the worthless slave into the
outer darkness; in that place
there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.
MAT 25:31
"But when
the Son of Man comes in His
glory, and all the angels with
Him, then He will sit on His
glorious throne.
MAT 25:32
"And all
the nations will be gathered
before Him; and He will separate
them from one another, as the
shepherd separates the sheep
from the goats;
MAT 25:33
and He
will put the sheep on His right,
and the goats on the left.
MAT 25:34
"Then the
King will say to those on His
right, 'Come, you who are
blessed of My Father, inherit
the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the
world.
MAT 25:35
'For I was
hungry, and you gave Me
something to eat; I was thirsty,
and you gave Me drink; I was a
stranger, and you invited Me in;
MAT 25:36
naked, and
you clothed Me; I was sick, and
you visited Me; I was in prison,
and you came to Me.'
MAT 25:37
"Then the
righteous will answer Him,
saying, 'Lord, when did we see
You hungry, and feed You, or
thirsty, and give You drink?
MAT 25:38
'And when
did we see You a stranger, and
invite You in, or naked, and
clothe You?
MAT 25:39
'And when
did we see You sick, or in
prison, and come to You?'
MAT 25:40
"And the
King will answer and say to
them, 'Truly I say to you, to
the extent that you did it to
one of these brothers of Mine,
even the least of them, you did
it to Me.'
MAT 25:41
"Then He
will also say to those on His
left, 'Depart from Me, accursed
ones, into the eternal fire
which has been prepared for the
devil and his angels;
MAT 25:42
for I was
hungry, and you gave Me nothing
to eat; I was thirsty, and you
gave Me nothing to drink;
MAT 25:43
I was a
stranger, and you did not invite
Me in; naked, and you did not
clothe Me; sick, and in prison,
and you did not visit Me.'
MAT 25:44
"Then they
themselves also will answer,
saying, 'Lord, when did we see
You hungry, or thirsty, or a
stranger, or naked, or sick, or
in prison, and did not take care
of You?'
MAT 25:45
"Then He
will answer them, saying, 'Truly
I say to you, to the extent that
you did not do it to one of the
least of these, you did not do
it to Me.'
MAT 25:46
"And these
will go away into eternal
punishment, but the righteous
into eternal life."
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MAT 26:1
And it came about that when
Jesus had finished all these
words, He said to His disciples,
MAT 26:2
"You know
that after two days the Passover
is coming, and the Son of Man is
to be delivered up for
crucifixion."
MAT 26:3 Then the chief
priests and the elders of the
people were gathered together in
the court of the high priest,
named Caiaphas;
MAT 26:4 and they plotted
together to seize Jesus by
stealth, and kill Him.
MAT 26:5 But they were
saying, "Not during the
festival, lest a riot occur
among the people."
MAT 26:6 Now when Jesus
was in Bethany, at the home of
Simon the leper,
MAT 26:7 a woman came to
Him with an alabaster vial of
very costly perfume, and she
poured it upon His head as He
reclined at the table.
MAT 26:8 But the
disciples were indignant when
they saw this, and said, "Why
this waste?
MAT 26:9 "For this
perfume might have been sold for
a high price and the money given
to the poor."
MAT 26:10 But Jesus,
aware of this, said to them,
"Why do
you bother the woman? For she
has done a good deed to Me.
MAT 26:11
"For the
poor you have with you always;
but you do not always have Me.
MAT 26:12
"For when
she poured this perfume upon My
body, she did it to prepare Me
for burial.
MAT 26:13
"Truly I
say to you, wherever this gospel
is preached in the whole world,
what this woman has done shall
also be spoken of in memory of
her."
MAT 26:14 Then one of the
twelve, named Judas Iscariot,
went to the chief priests,
MAT 26:15 and said, "What
are you willing to give me to
deliver Him up to you?" And they
weighed out to him thirty pieces
of silver.
MAT 26:16 And from then
on he began looking for a good
opportunity to betray Him.
MAT 26:17 Now on the
first day of Unleavened Bread
the disciples came to Jesus,
saying, "Where do You want us to
prepare for You to eat the
Passover?"
MAT 26:18 And He said,
"Go into
the city to a certain man, and
say to him, 'The Teacher says,"
My time is at hand; I am to keep
the Passover at your house with
My disciples."'"
MAT 26:19 And the
disciples did as Jesus had
directed them; and they prepared
the Passover.
MAT 26:20 Now when
evening had come, He was
reclining at the table with the
twelve disciples.
MAT 26:21 And as they
were eating, He said,
"Truly I
say to you that one of you will
betray Me."
MAT 26:22 And being
deeply grieved, they each one
began to say to Him, "Surely not
I, Lord?"
MAT 26:23 And He answered
and said,
"He who dipped his hand with Me
in the bowl is the one who will
betray Me.
MAT 26:24
"The Son
of Man is to go, just as it is
written of Him; but woe to that
man by whom the Son of Man is
betrayed! It would have been
good for that man if he had not
been born."
MAT 26:25 And Judas, who
was betraying Him, answered and
said, "Surely it is not I,
Rabbi?" He said to him,
"You have
said it yourself."
MAT 26:26 And while they
were eating, Jesus took some
bread, and after a blessing, He
broke it and gave it to the
disciples, and said,
"Take,
eat; this is My body."
MAT 26:27 And when He had
taken a cup and given thanks, He
gave it to them, saying,
"Drink
from it, all of you;
MAT 26:28
for this
is My blood of the covenant,
which is poured out for many for
forgiveness of sins.
MAT 26:29
"But I say
to you, I will not drink of this
fruit of the vine from now on
until that day when I drink it
new with you in My Father's
kingdom."
MAT 26:30 And after
singing a hymn, they went out to
the Mount of Olives.
MAT 26:31 Then Jesus said
to them,
"You will all fall away because
of Me this night, for it is
written, 'I will strike down the
shepherd, and the sheep of the
flock shall be scattered.'
MAT 26:32
"But after
I have been raised, I will go
before you to Galilee."
MAT 26:33 But Peter
answered and said to Him, "Even
though all may fall away because
of You, I will never fall away."
MAT 26:34 Jesus said to
him,
"Truly I say to you that this
very night, before a cock crows,
you shall deny Me three times."
MAT 26:35 Peter said to
Him, "Even if I have to die with
You, I will not deny You." All
the disciples said the same
thing too.
MAT 26:36 Then Jesus came
with them to a place called
Gethsemane, and said to His
disciples,
"Sit here while I go over there
and pray."
MAT 26:37 And He took
with Him Peter and the two sons
of Zebedee, and began to be
grieved and distressed.
MAT 26:38 Then He said to
them, "My
soul is deeply grieved, to the
point of death; remain here and
keep watch with Me."
MAT 26:39 And He went a
little beyond them, and fell on
His face and prayed, saying,
"My
Father, if it is possible, let
this cup pass from Me; yet not
as I will, but as Thou wilt."
MAT 26:40 And He came to
the disciples and found them
sleeping, and said to Peter,
"So, you
men could not keep watch with Me
for one hour?
MAT 26:41
"Keep
watching and praying, that you
may not enter into temptation;
the spirit is willing, but the
flesh is weak."
MAT 26:42 He went away
again a second time and prayed,
saying,
"My Father, if this cannot pass
away unless I drink it, Thy will
be done."
MAT 26:43 And again He
came and found them sleeping,
for their eyes were heavy.
MAT 26:44 And He left
them again, and went away and
prayed a third time, saying the
same thing once more.
MAT 26:45 Then He came to
the disciples, and said to them,
"Are you
still sleeping and taking your
rest? Behold, the hour is at
hand and the Son of Man is being
betrayed into the hands of
sinners.
MAT 26:46
"Arise,
let us be going; behold, the one
who betrays Me is at hand!"
MAT 26:47 And while He
was still speaking, behold,
Judas, one of the twelve, came
up, accompanied by a great
multitude with swords and clubs,
from the chief priests and
elders of the people.
MAT 26:48 Now he who was
betraying Him gave them a sign,
saying, "Whomever I shall kiss,
He is the one; seize Him."
MAT 26:49 And immediately
he went to Jesus and said,
"Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed Him.
MAT 26:50 And Jesus said
to him,
"Friend, do what you have come
for." Then they came and
laid hands on Jesus and seized
Him.
MAT 26:51 And behold, one
of those who were with Jesus
reached and drew out his sword,
and struck the slave of the high
priest, and cut off his ear.
MAT 26:52 Then Jesus said
to him,
"Put your sword back into its
place; for all those who take up
the sword shall perish by the
sword.
MAT 26:53
"Or do you
think that I cannot appeal to My
Father, and He will at once put
at My disposal more than twelve
legions of angels?
MAT 26:54
"How then
shall the Scriptures be
fulfilled, that it must happen
this way?"
MAT 26:55 At that time
Jesus said to the multitudes,
"Have you
come out with swords and clubs
to arrest Me as against a
robber? Every day I used to sit
in the temple teaching and you
did not seize Me.
MAT 26:56
"But all
this has taken place that the
Scriptures of the prophets may
be fulfilled." Then all
the disciples left Him and fled.
MAT 26:57 And those who
had seized Jesus led Him away to
Caiaphas, the high priest, where
the scribes and the elders were
gathered together.
MAT 26:58 But Peter also
was following Him at a distance
as far as the courtyard of the
high priest, and entered in, and
sat down with the officers to
see the outcome.
MAT 26:59 Now the chief
priests and the whole Council
kept trying to obtain false
testimony against Jesus, in
order that they might put Him to
death;
MAT 26:60 and they did
not find any, even though many
false witnesses came forward.
But later on two came forward,
MAT 26:61 and said, "This
man stated, 'I am able to
destroy the temple of God and to
rebuild it in three days.'"
MAT 26:62 And the high
priest stood up and said to Him,
"Do You make no answer? What is
it that these men are testifying
against You?"
MAT 26:63 But Jesus kept
silent. And the high priest said
to Him, "I adjure You by the
living God, that You tell us
whether You are the Christ, the
Son of God."
MAT 26:64 Jesus said to
him, "You
have said it yourself;
nevertheless I tell you,
hereafter you shall see the Son
of Man sitting at the right hand
of Power, and coming on the
clouds of heaven."
MAT 26:65 Then the high
priest tore his robes, saying,
"He has blasphemed! What further
need do we have of witnesses?
Behold, you have now heard the
blasphemy;
MAT 26:66 what do you
think? "They answered and said,"
He is deserving of death! "
MAT 26:67 Then they spat
in His face and beat Him with
their fists; and others slapped
Him,
MAT 26:68 and said,
"Prophesy to us, You Christ; who
is the one who hit You?"
MAT 26:69 Now Peter was
sitting outside in the
courtyard, and a certain
servant-girl came to him and
said, "You too were with Jesus
the Galilean."
MAT 26:70 But he denied
it before them all, saying, "I
do not know what you are talking
about."
MAT 26:71 And when he had
gone out to the gateway, another
servant-girl saw him and said to
those who were there, "This man
was with Jesus of Nazareth."
MAT 26:72 And again he
denied it with an oath, "I do
not know the man."
MAT 26:73 And a little
later the bystanders came up and
said to Peter, "Surely you too
are one of them; for the way you
talk gives you away."
MAT 26:74 Then he began
to curse and swear, "I do not
know the man!" And immediately a
cock crowed.
MAT 26:75 And Peter
remembered the word which Jesus
had said,
"Before a cock crows, you will
deny Me three times." And
he went out and wept bitterly.
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MAT 27:1
Now when morning had come, all
the chief priests and the elders
of the people took counsel
against Jesus to put Him to
death;
MAT 27:2 and they bound
Him, and led Him away, and
delivered Him up to Pilate the
governor.
MAT 27:3 Then when Judas,
who had betrayed Him, saw that
He had been condemned, he felt
remorse and returned the thirty
pieces of silver to the chief
priests and elders,
MAT 27:4 saying, "I have
sinned by betraying innocent
blood." But they said, "What is
that to us? See to that
yourself!"
MAT 27:5 And he threw the
pieces of silver into the
sanctuary and departed; and he
went away and hanged himself.
MAT 27:6 And the chief
priests took the pieces of
silver and said, "It is not
lawful to put them into the
temple treasury, since it is the
price of blood."
MAT 27:7 And they
counseled together and with the
money bought the Potter's Field
as a burial place for strangers.
MAT 27:8 For this reason
that field has been called the
Field of Blood to this day.
MAT 27:9 Then that which
was spoken through Jeremiah the
prophet was fulfilled, saying,
"And they took the thirty pieces
of silver, the price of the one
whose price had been set by the
sons of Israel;
MAT 27:10 and they gave
them for the Potter's Field, as
the Lord directed me."
MAT 27:11 Now Jesus stood
before the governor, and the
governor questioned Him, saying,
"Are You the King of the Jews?"
And Jesus said to him,
"It is as
you say."
MAT 27:12 And while He
was being accused by the chief
priests and elders, He made no
answer.
MAT 27:13 Then Pilate
said to Him, "Do You not hear
how many things they testify
against You?"
MAT 27:14 And He did not
answer him with regard to even a
single charge, so that the
governor was quite amazed.
MAT 27:15 Now at the
feast the governor was
accustomed to release for the
multitude any one prisoner whom
they wanted.
MAT 27:16 And they were
holding at that time a notorious
prisoner, called Barabbas.
MAT 27:17 When therefore
they were gathered together,
Pilate said to them, "Whom do
you want me to release for you?
Barabbas, or Jesus who is called
Christ?"
MAT 27:18 For he knew
that because of envy they had
delivered Him up.
MAT 27:19 And while he
was sitting on the judgment
seat, his wife sent to him,
saying, "Have nothing to do with
that righteous Man; for last
night I suffered greatly in a
dream because of Him."
MAT 27:20 But the chief
priests and the elders persuaded
the multitudes to ask for
Barabbas, and to put Jesus to
death.
MAT 27:21 But the
governor answered and said to
them, "Which of the two do you
want me to release for you?" And
they said, "Barabbas."
MAT 27:22 Pilate said to
them, "Then what shall I do with
Jesus who is called Christ?"
They all said, "Let Him be
crucified!"
MAT 27:23 And he said,
"Why, what evil has He done?"
But they kept shouting all the
more, saying, "Let Him be
crucified!"
MAT 27:24 And when Pilate
saw that he was accomplishing
nothing, but rather that a riot
was starting, he took water and
washed his hands in front of the
multitude, saying, "I am
innocent of this Man's blood;
see to that yourselves."
MAT 27:25 And all the
people answered and said, "His
blood be on us and on our
children!"
MAT 27:26 Then he
released Barabbas for them; but
after having Jesus scourged, he
delivered Him to be crucified.
MAT 27:27 Then the
soldiers of the governor took
Jesus into the Praetorium and
gathered the whole Roman cohort
around Him.
MAT 27:28 And they
stripped Him, and put a scarlet
robe on Him.
MAT 27:29 And after
weaving a crown of thorns, they
put it on His head, and a reed
in His right hand; and they
kneeled down before Him and
mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King
of the Jews!"
MAT 27:30 And they spat
on Him, and took the reed and
began to beat Him on the head.
MAT 27:31 And after they
had mocked Him, they took His
robe off and put His garments on
Him, and led Him away to crucify
Him.
MAT 27:32 And as they
were coming out, they found a
man of Cyrene named Simon, whom
they pressed into service to
bear His cross.
MAT 27:33 And when they
had come to a place called
Golgotha, which means Place of a
Skull,
MAT 27:34 they gave Him
wine to drink mingled with gall;
and after tasting it, He was
unwilling to drink.
MAT 27:35 And when they
had crucified Him, they divided
up His garments among
themselves, casting lots;
MAT 27:36 and sitting
down, they began to keep watch
over Him there.
MAT 27:37 And they put up
above His head the charge
against Him which read, "THIS IS
JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS."
MAT 27:38 At that time
two robbers were crucified with
Him, one on the right and one on
the left.
MAT 27:39 And those
passing by were hurling abuse at
Him, wagging their heads,
MAT 27:40 and saying,
"You who are going to destroy
the temple and rebuild it in
three days, save Yourself! If
You are the Son of God, come
down from the cross."
MAT 27:41 In the same way
the chief priests also, along
with the scribes and elders,
were mocking Him, and saying,
MAT 27:42 "He saved
others; He cannot save Himself.
He is the King of Israel; let
Him now come down from the
cross, and we shall believe in
Him.
MAT 27:43 "He trusts in
God; let Him deliver Him now, if
He takes pleasure in Him; for He
said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
MAT 27:44 And the robbers
also who had been crucified with
Him were casting the same insult
at Him.
MAT 27:45 Now from the
sixth hour darkness fell upon
all the land until the ninth
hour.
MAT 27:46 And about the
ninth hour Jesus cried out with
a loud voice, saying,
"Eli, Eli,
lama sabachthani?" that is, "My
God, My God, why hast Thou
forsaken Me?"
MAT 27:47 And some of
those who were standing there,
when they heard it, began
saying, "This man is calling for
Elijah."
MAT 27:48 And immediately
one of them ran, and taking a
sponge, he filled it with sour
wine, and put it on a reed, and
gave Him a drink.
MAT 27:49 But the rest of
them said, "Let us see whether
Elijah will come to save Him."
MAT 27:50 And Jesus cried
out again with a loud voice, and
yielded up His spirit.
MAT 27:51 And behold, the
veil of the temple was torn in
two from top to bottom, and the
earth shook; and the rocks were
split,
MAT 27:52 and the tombs
were opened; and many bodies of
the saints who had fallen asleep
were raised;
MAT 27:53 and coming out
of the tombs after His
resurrection they entered the
holy city and appeared to many.
MAT 27:54 Now the
centurion, and those who were
with him keeping guard over
Jesus, when they saw the
earthquake and the things that
were happening, became very
frightened and said, "Truly this
was the Son of God!"
MAT 27:55 And many women
were there looking on from a
distance, who had followed Jesus
from Galilee, ministering to
Him,
MAT 27:56 among whom was
Mary Magdalene, along with Mary
the mother of James and Joseph,
and the mother of the sons of
Zebedee.
MAT 27:57 And when it was
evening, there came a rich man
from Arimathea, named Joseph,
who himself had also become a
disciple of Jesus.
MAT 27:58 This man went
to Pilate and asked for the body
of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it
to be given over to him.
MAT 27:59 And Joseph took
the body and wrapped it in a
clean linen cloth,
MAT 27:60 and laid it in
his own new tomb, which he had
hewn out in the rock; and he
rolled a large stone against the
entrance of the tomb and went
away.
MAT 27:61 And Mary
Magdalene was there, and the
other Mary, sitting opposite the
grave.
MAT 27:62 Now on the next
day, which is the one after the
preparation, the chief priests
and the Pharisees gathered
together with Pilate,
MAT 27:63 and said, "Sir,
we remember that when He was
still alive that deceiver said,
'After three days I am to rise
again.'
MAT 27:64 "Therefore,
give orders for the grave to be
made secure until the third day,
lest the disciples come and
steal Him away and say to the
people, 'He has risen from the
dead,' and the last deception
will be worse than the first."
MAT 27:65 Pilate said to
them, "You have a guard; go,
make it as secure as you know
how."
MAT 27:66 And they went
and made the grave secure, and
along with the guard they set a
seal on the stone.
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MAT 28:1
Now after the Sabbath, as it
began to dawn toward the first
day of the week, Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary came to look
at the grave.
MAT 28:2 And behold, a
severe earthquake had occurred,
for an angel of the Lord
descended from heaven and came
and rolled away the stone and
sat upon it.
MAT 28:3 And his
appearance was like lightning,
and his garment as #663300 as
snow;
MAT 28:4 and the guards
shook for fear of him, and
became like dead men.
MAT 28:5 And the angel
answered and said to the women,
"Do not be afraid; for I know
that you are looking for Jesus
who has been crucified.
MAT 28:6 "He is not here,
for He has risen, just as He
said. Come, see the place where
He was lying.
MAT 28:7 "And go quickly
and tell His disciples that He
has risen from the dead; and
behold, He is going before you
into Galilee, there you will see
Him; behold, I have told you."
MAT 28:8 And they
departed quickly from the tomb
with fear and great joy and ran
to report it to His disciples.
MAT 28:9 And behold,
Jesus met them and greeted them.
And they came up and took hold
of His feet and worshiped Him.
MAT 28:10 Then Jesus said
to them,
"Do not be afraid; go and take
word to My brethren to leave for
Galilee, and there they shall
see Me."
MAT 28:11 Now while they
were on their way, behold, some
of the guard came into the city
and reported to the chief
priests all that had happened.
MAT 28:12 And when they
had assembled with the elders
and counseled together, they
gave a large sum of money to the
soldiers,
MAT 28:13 and said, "You
are to say, 'His disciples came
by night and stole Him away
while we were asleep.'
MAT 28:14 "And if this
should come to the governor's
ears, we will win him over and
keep you out of trouble."
MAT 28:15 And they took
the money and did as they had
been instructed; and this story
was widely spread among the
Jews, and is to this day.
MAT 28:16 But the eleven
disciples proceeded to Galilee,
to the mountain which Jesus had
designated.
MAT 28:17 And when they
saw Him, they worshiped Him; but
some were doubtful.
MAT 28:18 And Jesus came
up and spoke to them, saying,
"All
authority has been given to Me
in heaven and on earth.
MAT 28:19
"Go
therefore and make disciples of
all the nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father and
the Son and the Holy Spirit,
MAT 28:20
teaching
them to observe all that I
commanded you; and lo, I am with
you always, even to the end of
the age."
