{NOTES: If your plans are to read the entire N.T., start in Mark. You should read the 'Definitions' Section and other non-bible sections. In this translation Old Testament names will be in their Old Testament form.}
1:1 The book of lineage of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: 1:2 Abraham fathered Isaac; and Isaac fathered Jacob; and Jacob fathered Judah and his brethren; 1:3 and Judah fathered Perez and Zerah from Tamar; and Perez fathered Hezron; and Hezron fathered Ram; 1:4 and Ram fathered Amminadab; and Amminadab fathered Nahshon; and Nahshon fathered Salmon; 1:5 and Salmon fathered Boaz from Rahab; and Boaz fathered Obed from Ruth; and Obed fathered Jesse; 1:6 and Jesse fathered David, the king.
And David, the king, fathered Solomon from the widow of Uriah; 1:7 and Solomon fathered Rehoboam; and Rehoboam fathered Abijah; and Abijah fathered Asa; 1:8 and Asa fathered Jehoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat fathered Jehoram; and Jehoram fathered Uzziah; 1:9 and Uzziah fathered Jotham; and Jotham fathered Ahaz; and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah; 1:10 and Hezekiah fathered Manasseh; and Manasseh fathered Amon; and Amon fathered Josiah; 1:11 and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brethren, at the time of the exile of Babylon.
1:12 And after the exile of Babylon, Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel; and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel; 1:13 and Zerubbabel fathered Abiud; and Abiud fathered Eliakim; and Eliakim fathered Azor; 1:14 and Azor fathered Sadoc; and Sadoc fathered Achim; and Achim fathered Eliud; 1:15 and Eliud fathered Eleazar; and Eleazar fathered Matthan; and Matthan fathered Jacob; 1:16 and Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called* the Christ.
{Mat 1:1-17 & Luk 3:23-28 Mary's Genealogy.}
1:17 Therefore, all the generations from Abraham until David were fourteen generations; and from David until the exile of Babylon, were fourteen generations; and from the exile of Babylon until the Christ, were fourteen generations.
{Mat 1:18-25 Nazareth 5 BC; no parallel.}
1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: for* his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found holding a child in her womb {i.e. pregnant} from the Holy Spirit. 1:19 Now Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man and not willing to disgrace her, planned to divorce her secretly. 1:20 But when he was contemplating these things, behold, a messenger of the Lord appeared to him according to a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary to you, as your wife for* what was born {Or: conceived} in her is from the Holy Spirit. 1:21 Now she will be bearing a son, and you will call his name Jesus, for* he will be saving his people from their sins. 1:22 Now this whole thing has happened, in order that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, 1:23 'Behold, the virgin will be holding a child in her womb {i.e. pregnant}, and will be bearing a son, and they will call his name Immanuel'; which is, after being translated, 'God with us.' {Isa 7:14, 8:8, 10} 1:24 Now having been awakened from his sleep, Joseph did* as the messenger of the Lord commanded him and took his wife to him; 1:25 and did not know her intimately until she bore her firstborn son, and he called his name Jesus.
{Mat 2:1-12 Jerusalem & Bethlehem 4 BC; no parallel.}
2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise-men {Persian Magi; v7 & v16} from the east came* into Jerusalem, 2:2 saying, Where is he who was born the King of the Jews? For* we saw his star in the east and came to worship him. 2:3 Now after Herod the king heard it, he was disturbed and everyone in Jerusalem with him. 2:4 And having gathered together all the high-priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring with them where the Christ should be born.
2:5 Now they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea; for* thus it has been written through the prophet, 2:6 'And Bethlehem, a land of Judah, you are by no means least among the governors of Judah; for* a leader will be coming forth from you, who will be shepherding my people Israel.' {Mic 5:2, 2Sam 5:2}
2:7 Then Herod, having called the wise-men secretly, ascertained accurately with them the time of the star's appearing. 2:8 And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, When traveling on, probe* out accurately the things concerning the young child. And whenever you* find him, report* to me, *that after I have gone there, I also may worship him. 2:9 Now having heard the king, they traveled away. And behold, the star, which they saw in the east, was preceding them until it came and stood above where the young child was. 2:10 Now having seen the star, they rejoiced with extremely great joy. 2:11 And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother. They fell down and worshiped him. Having opened their treasures, they brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh to him. {Isa 60:6, Psa 72:10, 15} 2:12 And having been divinely-warned according to a dream not to revisit Herod, they departed into their own region through another way.
{Mat 2:13-18 Leaving for Egypt 4 BC; no parallel.}
2:13 Now after they themselves departed, behold, a messenger of the Lord appears to Joseph according to a dream, saying, After you have raised yourself up, take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I should speak to you again, for* Herod is about to seek the young child to destroy him. 2:14 Now having raised himself up, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt; 2:15 and they were there until the end of Herod; in order that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, 'I called my son out of Egypt.' {Hos. 11:1} 2:16 Then Herod, having seen that he was mocked by the wise-men, was exceedingly furious, and sent forth soldiers and assassinated all the boys who were in Bethlehem, and in all her borders, from two years and downward, according to the time which he had ascertained accurately with the wise-men. 2:17 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, 2:18 'A voice was heard in Ramah, mourning, and weeping, and much anguish, Rachel weeping for her children. And she did not wish to be comforted, because they are not there.' {Jer 31:15}
{Mat 2:19-23 & Luk 2:39b Egypt & Nazareth 4 BC.}
2:19 But after Herod died*, behold, a messenger of the Lord appears according to a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 2:20 saying, After you have raised yourself up, take the young child and his mother, and travel into the land of Israel, for* those seeking the young child's life have died. 2:21 Now he raised himself up and took the young child and his mother and came into the land of Israel. 2:22 But after he heard that Archelaus is reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and having been divinely-warned according to a dream, he departed into the parts of Galilee, 2:23 and he came and dwelt in a city called* Nazareth; *that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, that he will be called a Nazarene.
{Mar 1:1-8 & Mat 3:1-12 & Luk 3:1-18. Judea near Jordan River 25 or 26 AD.}
3:1 Now in those days John the Immerser* comes*, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 3:2 and saying, Repent*; for* the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near. 3:3 For* this one is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'A voice is crying in the wilderness, prepare* the way of the Lord, make** his paths straight.' {Isa 40:3} 3:4 Now John himself had his outer clothing made from camel's hair and a leather belt around his loin, and his nourishment was locusts and wild honey. 3:5 Then Jerusalem and everyone in Judea and everyone from the region around the Jordan were traveling out to him. 3:6 And they were being immersed* by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. 3:7 But after he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming upon his immersion*, he said to them, Offsprings of vipers, who warned you* to flee from the future wrath? 3:8 Therefore produce* fruit worthy of repentance. 3:9 Do* not think to say among yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for* I say to you*, that God is able to lift up children out of these stones for Abraham. 3:10 But even already, the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which is not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
3:11 I indeed immerse* you* in water toward repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not sufficient to bear. He will immerse* you* in the Holy Spirit; 3:12 whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will be thoroughly cleansing his threshing floor, and he will be gathering his grain into the barn, but the chaff he will be burning up with unquenchable fire.
{Mar 1:9-11, Mat 3:13-17, Luk 3:21-22, Joh 1:29-34? Jordan east of Jericho, Spring 27 AD.}
3:13 Then Jesus comes* from Galilee to John, to be immersed* by him in the Jordan. 3:14 But John was preventing him, saying, I have need to be immersed* by you and you are coming to me?
3:15 But Jesus answered and said to him, Allow it now; for* thus it is suitable for us to fulfill every righteousness. Then he allows him.
3:16 And Jesus, after he was immersed*, came-up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him; 3:17 and behold, a voice came out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am delighted.
{Mar 1:12-13 & Mat 4:1-11 & Luk 4:1-13.}
4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 4:2 And having fasted forty days and forty nights, later he hungered. 4:3 And the Tempter came near and said to him, If you are the Son of God, speak, in order that these stones may become bread.
4:4 But he answered and said, It has been written, 'Man will not be living on bread alone, but upon every declaration that travels through the mouth of God!' {Deu 8:3}
4:5 Then the devil takes him into the holy city. And he stands him upon the pinnacle of the temple, 4:6 and says to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself downward; for* it has been written that, 'He will be commanding the messengers concerning you, and they will be lifting you up upon their hands, lest you hit your foot against a stone.' {Psa 91:11-12}
4:7 Jesus said to him, Again it has been written, 'Do not test the Lord, your God.' {Deu 6:16}
4:8 Again, the devil takes him to an exceedingly high mountain, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 4:9 and he says to him, I will be giving you all these things, if you worship me, when you have fallen short.
4:10 Then Jesus says to him, Proceed behind me, Adversary! For* it has been written, 'You will worship the Lord your God and you will give-divine service to him only.' {Deu 6:13} 4:11 Then the devil leaves him, and behold, messengers came and were serving him.
{Mar 1:14a & Mat 4:12 & Luk 3:19-20 & Joh 4:1-4 Judea to Galilee.}
4:12 Now Jesus, having heard that John was given up, departed into Galilee.
{Mat 4:13-16 Capernaum.}
4:13 And having left Nazareth, he came and dwelt at Capernaum, the area by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali; 4:14 in order that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, 4:15 'The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond-that of the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, 4:16 the people who sit in darkness saw a great light and to the ones who sit in the region and shadow of death, light rose up for them.' {Isa 9:1-2}
{Mar 1:14b-15 & Mat 4:17 & Luk 4:14b-15.}
4:17 From then onward, Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent*; for* the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.
{Mar 1:16-20 & Mat 4:18-22 & Luk 5:1-11 Sea of Galilee near Capernaum.}
4:18 Now walking beside the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called* Peter and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for* they were fishermen. 4:19 And he says to them, Come-here* after me and I will make* you* fishermen of men. 4:20 Now immediately, they left the nets and followed him. 4:21 And having advanced from there, he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee and John, his brother, in the ship with Zebedee, their father, mending their nets. And he called them. 4:22 Now immediately they followed him having left the ship and their father.
{Mar 1:35-39 & Mat 4:23-25 & Luk 4:42-44 Preaching through Galilee.}
4:23 And Jesus was proceeding around the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good-news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every illness among the people. 4:24 And the report of him went forth into the whole of Syria and they brought to him all who were ill, holding various diseases and being held by torments and being demon-possessed and being epileptic and paralytics, and he healed them. 4:25 And large crowds followed him from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond-that of the Jordan.
{Mat 5:1 & Luk 6:17-20. Sermon on the mountain.}
5:1 Now having seen the crowds, he went-up into the mountain. And after he sat down, his disciples came to him.
{Mat 5:2-12 & Luk 6:20-26.}
5:2 And he opened his mouth and was teaching them, saying: 5:3 The poor in spirit are fortunate, because theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. 5:4 Those who are mourning are fortunate, because they will be comforted. 5:5 The meek are fortunate, because they will inherit the earth. 5:6 Those who hunger and are thirsty for righteousness are fortunate, because they will be fully-fed. 5:7 The merciful are fortunate, because they will be shown-mercy. 5:8 The clean in heart are fortunate, because they will be seeing God. 5:9 The peacemakers are fortunate, because they will be called sons of God. 5:10 Those who have been persecuted because of righteousness are fortunate, because theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. 5:11 You* are fortunate whenever they reproach and persecute you* and say every evil word against you*– lying, because of me. 5:12 Rejoice* and be* glad, because your* reward is much in the heavens; for* thus, they persecuted the prophets who were before you*.
{Mat 5:13-16; no parallel.}
5:13 You* are the salt of the earth, but if the salt is flavorless, then with* what will it be salted? It is still not strong-enough to be used *for anything, except to be cast outside and to be trampled down by men. 5:14 You* are the light of the world. A city laying upon a mountain is not able to be hidden. 5:15 Nor are they burning a lamp and placing it under a peck-container, but upon the lamp-stand, and it is shining to all who are in the house. 5:16 So let your* light shine before men, *that they may see your* good works and may glorify your* Father, the one in the heavens.
{Mat 5:17-48 & Luk 6:27-36.}
5:17 Do* not suppose that I came to tear-down the law or the prophets; I did not come to tear-down, but to fulfill. 5:18 For* assuredly I am saying to you*, Until heaven and earth should pass away, one iota or one serif should never pass away from the law, until all things should become fulfilled.
5:19 Therefore, whoever loosens one of these least commandments and may teach men to do so, will be called least in the kingdom of the heavens, but whoever practices and should teach them, this one will be called great in the kingdom of the heavens. 5:20 For* I am saying to you*, that if your* righteousness does not abound more-than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you* should never enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
5:21 You* have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'Do not murder,' but 'whoever murders will be liable to the judgment.' {Exo 20:13 & Deu 5:17} 5:22 But I am saying to you*, that everyone who is vainly angry toward his brother will be liable to the judgment, and whoever says to his brother, You, empty-head, will be liable to the council, but whoever says, You fool, will be liable to the hell of fire.
{Hell (Gehenna) is listed under Definitions section.}
{Vainly can be: with emptiness (without cause or reason; i.e. to further one's own vanity)}
{The words here in Mat 5:22 don't matter, but the way in which they are expressed or meant. Empty-head is an expression of contempt. The Greek here could be simply 'fool' said as an expression of condemnation or could be a transliteration of 'Moreh' which is a Hebrew expression of condemnation.}
5:23 Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar, and while you are there, you should remember that your brother has something against you, 5:24 leave your gift there before the altar and proceed away. First be reconciled to your brother and then when you have come back, offer your gift. 5:25 Be agreeable with your opponent quickly, until which time you are with him on the road; lest the opponent should give you to the judge and the judge should give you to the attendant and you will be cast into prison. 5:26 Assuredly I am saying to you, You should never come out from there, until you should repay the last copper-coin.
5:27 You* have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' {Exo 20:14 & Deu 5:18} 5:28 But I am saying to you*, that everyone who is looking at a woman {Or wife} in order to lust-after her already committed adultery with her in his heart. 5:29 Now if your right eye is offending you, pluck it out and cast it from you*; for* it is advantageous for you, that* one of your members should perish and not that* your whole body should be cast into hell. 5:30 And if your right hand is offending you, cut it off and cast it away from you*; for* it is advantageous for you, that* one of your members should perish and not that* your whole body should be cast into hell.
5:31 Now it was also said that, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a document of divorcement.' {Deu 24:1, 3} 5:32 But I am saying to you*, that whoever divorces his wife, except-for the reason of fornication, is making* her commit adultery and whoever marries her who has been divorced is committing adultery.
{Mat 19:9, Luk 16:18}{Once betrothed, once the couple leave the parents house, (Mat 1:19), with or without all the pomp and ceremony, they were married.
We have a 'separation' and 'a legal separation' in English, the Jews had no such thing, nor did most of the world before the 20th century. The Jews only had divorce (release, disband, dismiss). 'Put away' was a kindness to mean divorce, similar to our 'he passed on' vs. 'he is dead'. Once you separated, or moved out or was put out, you were divorced.}
5:33 Again, you* have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'You will not perjure yourself, but will be giving your oaths to the Lord.' {Lev 19:12, Num 30:2, Deu 23:21} 5:34 But I am saying to you*, Literally not to swear; neither in the heaven, because it is the throne of God; 5:35 nor in the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet; nor toward Jerusalem, because it is the city of the Great King, 5:36 nor should you swear in your head, because you are not able to make* one hair white or black. 5:37 But let your* word be, a Yes, yes; a No, no; and whatever is more-than these, is from the evil one.
5:38 You* have heard that it was said, An eye in exchange-for an eye and a tooth in exchange-for a tooth. {Exo 21:24, Lev 24:20, Deu 19:21} 5:39 But I am saying to you*, Not to stand against an evil man, but whoever will slap you upon your right jaw, turn also the other to him. 5:40 And to him, who is willing to have a lawsuit against you and wants to take away your tunic, then also allow for him to take your* outer garment. 5:41 And the one who will compel you to go one mile, proceed with him two. 5:42 Give to the one who asks you and do not turn away from the one who wishes to borrow from you.
5:43 You* have heard that it was said, 'You will love* your neighbor and hate your enemy.' {Lev 19:18} 5:44 But I am saying to you*, Love** your* enemies, speak* well of the ones who curse you*, do** good things to the ones who hate you* and pray* on behalf of the ones who are railing at you* and are persecuting you*. 5:45 Do this *that you* may become sons of your* Father who is in the heavens, because his sun rises upon the evil and the good and it rains upon the righteous and the unrighteous. 5:46 For* if you* love* the ones who love* you*, what reward do you* have? Do not even the tax collectors do* the same? 5:47 And if you* only greet your* friends, what are you* doing* more-than others? Are not even the tax collectors doing* so? 5:48 Therefore you* will be complete, just-like your* Father is complete, the one in the heavens.
{Mat 6:1-34; no parallel.}
6:1 Take-heed* not to do* your* charity before men, in order to be seen by them, but otherwise you* have no reward from your* Father, the one in the heavens.
6:2 Therefore, whenever you are doing* charity, do not sound a trumpet before you just-like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the lanes, *that they may be glorified by men. Assuredly I am saying to you*, They are fully having their reward. 6:3 But when you are doing* charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing*, 6:4 *that your charity may be in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will be repaying you openly himself.
6:5 And whenever you* pray, do not be just-like the hypocrites, because they love to pray, standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets, *that they may appear devout to men. Assuredly I am saying to you*, that they are fully having their reward. 6:6 But you, whenever you pray, enter into your storeroom, and after you have locked your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will be repaying you openly. 6:7 And while praying, do* not be repetitious just-like the Gentiles; for* they think that they will be heard in their many words. 6:8 Therefore, do* not be similar to them, for* your* Father knows what things you* have need of before you* ask him.
{The example prayer. The Lord's prayer is for unity in John 17. Also see 6:11 note.}
6:9 Therefore you*, pray* thus: our Father, the one in the heavens, let your name be made holy. 6:10 Let your kingdom come. Let your will happen as in heaven, also upon the earth. 6:11 Give our {F} needful bread to us today. 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 6:13 And do not bring us into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one, because it is your kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen. 6:14 For* if you* forgive men their trespasses, your* heavenly Father will also be forgiving you*. 6:15 But if you* do* not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your* Father be forgiving your* trespasses.
{Footnotes: Mat 6:11, no one knows for sure what the original word means. It is only in the N.T. twice and no where else.}
6:16 Now whenever you* fast, do* not become just-like the hypocrites, with a gloomy face; for* they disfigure their faces, *that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly I am saying to you*, They are fully having their reward. 6:17 But as for you, when you are fasting, anoint your head and wash your face 6:18 *that you should not appear to be fasting to men, but to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will be repaying you.
6:19 Do* not store up treasures for yourselves upon the earth, where moth and rust ingest, and where thieves burrow through your* wall and steal. 6:20 But store* up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust ingest, and where thieves do not burrow through nor steal. 6:21 For* where your* treasure is, your* heart will also be there.
6:22 The lamp of the body is the eye, therefore if your eye is clear, your whole body will be radiant. 6:23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. Therefore, if the light which is in you is darkness, how-much greater is the darkness!
6:24 No one is able to serve* two lords, for* either he will hate the one and will love* the other; or he will hold to one and will despise the other. You* are not able to serve* God and money {Money as in God of Money,' aka 'The Almighty Dollar.'}
6:25 Because of this, I am saying to you*, Do* not be anxious for your* life, what you* may eat and what you* may drink; nor for what you* may clothe your* body with. Is not the life worth more-than the nourishment and the body worth more-than the clothing? 6:26 Look* at the birds of the heaven, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and your* heavenly Father is nourishing them. Are you* not rather carrying much more-value-than them? 6:27 Now who out of you* is able to add one cubit upon his stature by being anxious? 6:28 And why are you* anxious concerning clothing? Learn* from the lilies of the field, somehow they are growing; they are not laboring, nor spinning. 6:29 But I am saying to you*, that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. 6:30 But if God so dresses-up the grass of the field, which is here today and the next-day is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you*? You* of small faith!
6:31 Therefore do* not be anxious, saying, What should we eat? or, What should we drink? or, What should we dress ourselves with? 6:32 For* the Gentiles are seeking after all these things; for* your* heavenly Father knows that you* have needs of all these things. 6:33 But first seek* the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you*. 6:34 Therefore do* not be anxious *for the next-day; for* the next-day will be anxious enough for the things of itself. Its evil is enough for the one day.
{Mat 7:1-6 & Luk 6:37-42; similar Joh 5:30, 7:24; Lev 19:15.}
7:1 Do* not judge, in order that you* might not be judged! 7:2 For* in what judgment you* judge, you* will be judged and in what measure you* measure, it will be measured to you*. 7:3 And why are you looking at the speck, the one in your brother's eye, but do not consider the beam in your own eye? 7:4 Or how will you say to your brother, Allow me, that I may cast out the speck from your eye, and behold, the beam in your own eye? 7:5 You hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see precisely to cast out the speck from your brother's eye.
7:6 Do* not give the holy things to the dogs, nor cast your* pearls before the swine, lest they trample them down with* their feet and having turned, they may rip at you*.
{Mat 7:7-11; no parallel.}
7:7 Ask* and it will be given to you*; seek* and you* will be finding; knock* and it will be opened to you*. 7:8 For* everyone who is asking, receives; and the one who is seeking, finds; and to the one who is knocking, it will be opened. 7:9 Or what man is there out of you*, who, if his son asks him for a loaf he will not give him a stone, will he? 7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a serpent, will he? 7:11 Therefore if you*, being evil, know how to give good presents to your* children, how-much more will your* Father, the one in the heavens, be giving good things to the ones who are asking him?
{Mat 7:12 & Luk 6:31.}
7:12 Therefore, all things, as many as you* would wish that* men should do* for you*, so do** also to them; for* this is the law and the prophets.
{Mat 7:13-23 & Luk 6:43-45.}
7:13 Enter* in through the narrow gate, because wide is the gate and broad is the way, which leads to destruction and there are many who are entering through it. 7:14 Why is it? Narrow is the gate and pressed is the way, which is leading to life and few are the ones who are finding it.
7:15 But take-heed*, stay away from false prophets, who are coming to you* in sheep's clothing, but inside are ravening wolves. 7:16 You* will fully know them from their fruits. They do not collect a grape-cluster from thorns or figs from thistles, do they? 7:17 Thus every good tree produces good fruits, but the rotten tree produces evil fruits. 7:18 A good tree is not able to produce evil fruits, nor is a rotten tree able to produce good fruits. 7:19 Every tree which is not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. 7:20 Consequently*, you* will fully know them from their fruits. 7:21 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who is practicing the will of my Father, the one in the heavens. 7:22 Many will be saying to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not: prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and practiced many miracles in your name? 7:23 And then I will confess to them, I never knew you*. Depart* from me, you* who are working lawlessness.
{Mat 7:24-29 & Luk 6:46-49.}
7:24 Therefore, everyone who hears these words from me and practices them, he will be similar to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock; 7:25 and the rain descended and the rivers came up and the winds blew and fell down upon that house, and it did not fall; for* it had been founded upon the rock. 7:26 And everyone hearing these words from me and who is not doing* them, will be similar to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand; 7:27 and the rain descended and the rivers came up and the winds blew and hit that house and it fell and great was its fall.
7:28 And it happened, when Jesus completed these words, the crowds were being astounded upon the basis of his teaching; 7:29 for* he was teaching them like one having authority and not like the scribes.
{Mat 8:1, 8:5-13 & Luk 7:1-10 Capernaum.}
8:1 Now he came-down from the mountain; large crowds followed him.
{Mar 1:40-45 & Mat 8:2-4 & Luk 5:12-16.}
8:2 And behold, a leper came to him, was worshiping him, saying, Lord, if you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.
8:3 And Jesus, having stretched out his hand, touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 8:4 And Jesus says to him, See that you should speak to no one, but proceed on, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, *for a testimony to them. {Lev 13:49, 14:2-4}
{Mat 8:1, 8:5-13 & Luk 7:1-10 Capernaum.}
8:5 Now after he {i.e. Jesus} entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, pleading with him, 8:6 and saying, Lord, my young-servant, a paralytic, has been put in the house, terribly tormented.
8:7 And Jesus says to him, I will heal him, after I have gone there.
8:8 And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not sufficient that* you should enter under my roof, but only speak by word and my young-servant will be healed. 8:9 For* I am a man also under authority, having soldiers under myself and I say to this one, Travel on and he travels on, and to another, Come and he comes, and to my bondservant, Do* this and he does* it.
8:10 Now after Jesus heard it, he marveled and said to the ones who are following, Assuredly I am saying to you*, I did not find so-great a faith, {Or: belief; and throughout the N.T.} not even in Israel. 8:11 But I am saying to you*, that many will be coming from the east and the west, and will be reclined with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens; 8:12 but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there. 8:13 Now Jesus said to the centurion, Proceed on, and as you have believed, let it happen for you. And his young-servant was healed in that hour.
{Mar 1:29-34 & Mat 8:14-17 & Luk 4:38-41 Capernaum.}
8:14 And after Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw that his mother-in-law had been put in bed and fevered. 8:15 And he touched her hand and the fever left her, and she arose and was serving him. 8:16 Now after it became evening, they brought to him many demon-possessed and he cast out the spirits by word and healed all who holding an illness; 8:17 *that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, 'He himself took our weaknesses and bore our diseases.' {Isa 53:4}
{Mar 4:35-41 & Mat:8:18-27 & Luk 8:22-25 Sea of Galilee.}
8:18 Now after Jesus saw large crowds around him, he commanded them to go away beyond-that area. 8:19 And one scribe came near to him, and said, Teacher, I will be following you wherever you go.
8:20 And Jesus says to him, The foxes have burrows and the birds of the heaven have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere he may bow his head.
8:21 Now a different one of his disciples said to him, Lord, permit me first to go away and bury my father.
8:22 But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
8:23 And having stepped into the ship, his disciples followed him. 8:24 And behold, a great squall happened in the sea, so-as for the ship to be hidden by the waves, but he was sleeping. 8:25 And the disciples having gone to him, awakened him, saying, Save us Lord! We are perishing!
8:26 And he says to them, Why are you* cowardly? You* of small faith! Then he raised himself up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm.
8:27 Now the men marveled, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea are obeying* him?
{Mar 5:1-21 & Mat 8:28-34 & Luk 8:26-40 Gergesa.}
8:28 And he came to the area beyond-that into the region of the Gergesenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming forth out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so-then not anyone was able to prevail or to pass through that way. 8:29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What is this thing with us and with you, Jesus, Son of God? Did you come here to torment us before the time? 8:30 Now a herd of many swine was being fed from afar, away from them. 8:31 And the demons were pleading with him, saying, If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.
8:32 And he said to them, Proceed* away! Now they came out and went into the herd of swine and behold, all the herd of swine rushed down the cliff into the sea and died in the waters. 8:33 Now the ones who are feeding them fled and went away into the city and reported all things and what had happened to the ones who were demon-possessed. 8:34 And behold, all the city came out *for a meeting with Jesus and after they saw him, they pleaded with him *that he should go-away from their borders.
9:1 And he stepped into the ship and ferried over and came into his own city.
{Mar 2:1-12 & Mat 9:2-8 & Luk 5:17-26.}
9:2 And behold, they were bringing a paralytic to him, having been put upon a cot, and Jesus saw their faith said to the paralytic, Child, have courage; your sins have been forgiven to you.
9:3 And behold, some of the scribes said among themselves, This one is blaspheming.
9:4 And Jesus, having seen their contemplations said, Why are you* contemplating evil in your* hearts? 9:5 For* what is easier, to say, Your sins have been forgiven; or to say, Lift yourself up and walk? 9:6 But in order that you* may know that the Son of Man has authority upon the earth to forgive sins (then he says to the paralytic), After you have raised yourself up, lift up your cot and proceed away to your house. 9:7 And having raised himself up, he went away to his house. 9:8 Now after the crowds saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who gave such authority to men.
{Mar 2:13-14 & Mat 9:9 & Luk 5:27-28 At or near Capernaum.}
9:9 And passing by from there, Jesus saw a man, called* Matthew, sitting at a tax-office and he says to him, Follow me. And he stood up and followed him.
{Mar 2:15-22 & Mat 9:10-17 & Luk 5:29-39 Capernaum.}
9:10 And it happened, while he was reclining at a meal in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and reclined together with Jesus and his disciples. 9:11 And after the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why is your* teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?
9:12 But Jesus having heard it, said to them, Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but the ones who are ill. 9:13 Now when traveling on, learn* what is meant by, 'I will to have mercy and not sacrifice.' {Hos 6:6} For* I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
9:14 Then the disciples of John come near to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?
9:15 And Jesus said to them, The sons of the bridal-party {companions or guests} are not able to mourn, inasmuch as the bridegroom is with them, are they? But the days will come, whenever the bridegroom is taken away from them and then they will be fasting. 9:16 But no one puts a patch of unshrunk fabric upon an old garment; for* its fullness shrinks and lifts away from the garment and a worse split happens. 9:17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst and the wine is poured out and the wineskins will be destroyed, but they put new wine into new wineskins and both are protected together.
{Mar 5:22-43 & Mat 9:18-26 & Luk 8:41-56 Capernaum.}
9:18 While speaking these things to them, behold, one ruler came to him and was worshiping him, saying, My daughter just now died*. But after you have gone to her, lay your hand upon her and she will live. 9:19 And Jesus and his disciples raised themselves up and followed him.
9:20 And behold, a woman, having had a flow of blood for twelve years, came near, behind him and touched the hem of his garment; 9:21 for* she was saying in herself, 'If only I touch his garment; I will be cured.
9:22 Now Jesus having turned, saw her, and said, Daughter, have courage; your faith has cured you. And the woman was cured from that hour.
9:23 And after Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the flute-players and the crowd being in an uproar, 9:24 he says to them, Depart*; for* the girl has not died, but is sleeping. And they were laughing at him. 9:25 But when the crowd was cast out, having entered, he took-hold of her hand, and the girl arose. 9:26 And this fame went forth into that whole land.
{Mat 9:27-34 Probably Capernaum; no parallel.}
9:27 And Jesus passing by from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, Show-mercy to us, son of David!
9:28 Now he came into the house, the blind men came to him and Jesus says to them, You* believe that I am able to do* this?
They say to him, Yes, Lord.
9:29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, Let it happen for you* according to your* faith. 9:30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus scolded them, saying, See* that you* let no one know it. 9:31 But they went forth and broadcasted about him in that whole land.
9:32 Now while they are going forth, behold, they brought a demon-possessed mute man to him. 9:33 And after the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke and the crowds marveled, saying, This was never so manifested in Israel.
9:34 But the Pharisees were saying, He is casting out demons in the power of the ruler of the demons.
{Mar 6:6b-13 & Mat 9:35-10:42 & Luk 9:1-6 Third circuit of Galilee.}
9:35 And Jesus was proceeding around all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good-news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every illness among the people. 9:36 But after he saw the crowds, he had compassion concerning them, because they were being bothered in spirit and were being tossed about, like sheep not having a shepherd. 9:37 Then he says to his disciples, The harvest is indeed large, but the workers are few. 9:38 Therefore beseech* from the Lord of the harvest, *that he should put out workers into his harvest.
10:1 And having called his twelve disciples, he gave to them authority over unclean spirits, so-then they are able to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every illness.
10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: the first is Simon, who is called* Peter and Andrew his brother; James and John his brother, the sons of Zebedee; 10:3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus who was surnamed Thaddaeus; 10:4 Simon the Canaanite {Or: zealot. See Luk 6:15, Acts 1:13.} and Judas the Iscariot, who gave him up to the Jews.
10:5 Jesus sent forth these twelve apostles and commanded them, saying, Do* not go into any road of the Gentiles and do* not enter into any city of the Samaritans; 10:6 but travel* rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 10:7 Now while you* are traveling, preach*, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn near. 10:8 Heal* the sick; cleanse* the lepers; cast* out demons; you* received freely; give* freely. 10:9 Do* not procure gold, nor silver, nor brass coins *for your* money belts; 10:10 no knapsack *for your* journey, neither two tunics nor shoes nor staffs; for* the worker is worthy of his nourishment. 10:11 Now into whatever city or village you* enter, probe* out who is worthy in it, and abide* there until you* should go. 10:12 Now while entering into the house, greet* it. 10:13 And if indeed the house is worthy, let your* peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your* peace be returned to you*. 10:14 And whoever did not accept you*, nor heard your* words, while you* are going forth from that house or that city, shake-off* the dust from your* feet. 10:15 Assuredly I am saying to you*, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
10:16 Behold, I am sending you* forth like sheep in the midst of wolves; therefore, become* prudent like serpents and harmless like doves. 10:17 But take-heed*, stay away from men; for* they will be giving you* up to councils, and they will be scourging you* in their synagogues; 10:18 and you* will also be led in front of governors and kings because of me, *for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. 10:19 But whenever they give you* up, do* not be anxious how or what you* should speak; for* it will be given to you* in that hour what you* will be speaking. 10:20 For* you* are not the one speaking, but the Spirit of your* Father who speaks in you*. 10:21 Now brother will be giving up brother to death and the father his child and children will be standing up against parents and will be slaying them. 10:22 And you* will be hated by all men because of my name. But he who has endured to the end, this one will be saved. 10:23 But whenever they persecute you* in this city, flee* into another; for* assuredly I am saying to you*, You* should never complete the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man should come.
10:24 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a bondservant above his lord. 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that* he should become like his teacher and the bondservant like his lord. If they called the householder Beelzebub, how-much more the kinfolk! 10:26 Therefore do* not fear them; for* nothing is being hidden, which will not be revealed, and nothing secret, which will not be known. 10:27 What I am speaking to you* in the darkness, speak* in the light, and what you* hear in your* ear, preach* upon the housetops. 10:28 And do* not be afraid, preaching away from the ones who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 10:29 Are two sparrows not sold for a copper-coin? And not one out of them will be falling upon the earth without your* Father knowing it; 10:30 but even the hairs of your* head are all being numbered. 10:31 Therefore do* not fear, because you* are carrying more-value-than many sparrows. 10:32 Therefore, everyone who will confess to be in me before men, I will also confess to be in him before my Father, who is in the heavens. 10:33 But whoever denies me before men, I will also be denying him before my Father who is in the heavens.
10:34 Do* not suppose that I came to cast peace upon the earth; I did not come to cast peace, but a sword. 10:35 For* I came to pit man against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 10:36 and, 'A man's enemies will be his own kinfolk.' {Mic 7:6} 10:37 He who loves his father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves his son or daughter above me is not worthy of me. 10:38 Now he who is not taking up his cross and following after me, is not worthy of me. 10:39 He who has found his life will be losing it, and he who has lost his life because of me will be finding it.
10:40 He who accepts you*, accepts me; and he who receives me, receives the one who sent me. 10:41 He who accepts a prophet in the name of a prophet, will be receiving a prophet's reward, and he who accepts a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, will be receiving a righteous man's reward. 10:42 And whoever delivers only a cup of cold water to drink to one of these little ones, in the name of a disciple, assuredly I am saying to you*, He should never lose his reward.
11:1 And it happened when Jesus had completed commanding his twelve disciples, he went-away from there to teach and to preach in their cities.
{Mat 11:2-30 & Luk 7:18-35 Galilee.}
11:2 Now after John heard the works of the Christ while in prison, he sent two of his disciples 11:3 and said to him, Are you the one who is coming, or should we expect a different one?
11:4 And Jesus answered and said to them, After traveling back, report* to John what you* hear and see: 11:5 the blind recover their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised and the poor have the good-news proclaimed to them. 11:6 And whoever is not offended at me is fortunate.
11:7 Now while these disciples are traveling on, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What did you* go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 11:8 But what did you* go out to see? A man who has been dressed-up in soft garments? Behold, the ones who are wearing soft garments are in royal houses. 11:9 But why did you* go out? To see a prophet? I am saying to you*, Yes, and one who is more-than a prophet. 11:10 For* this is he, concerning whom it has been written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will be preparing your way before you.' {Mal 3:1} 11:11 Assuredly I am saying to you*, A greater man has not been raised up among those born from women than John the Immerser*. But he who is least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he. 11:12 But from the days of John the Immerser* until now the kingdom of the heavens suffers-violently and the violent ones seize it. 11:13 For* all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 11:14 And if you* are willing to accept it, he himself is Elijah, who is the one about to come. 11:15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
11:16 But to what will be similar to this generation? It is similar to children sitting in the marketplaces and shouting to their comrades 11:17 and saying, We piped to you* and you* did not dance. We mourned for you* and yet you* did not grieve for yourselves. 11:18 For* John came neither eating nor drinking and they say, He has a demon. 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they say, Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom was made righteous from her children.
11:20 Then he began to reproach the cities in which most of his miracles had happened, because they did not repent. 11:21 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Because if the miracles which happened in Tyre and Sidon which have happened in you*, they would have repented long-ago in sackcloth and ashes. 11:22 However I say to you*, It will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you*. 11:23 And you, Capernaum, who was exalted to heaven, you will be descending insofar as Hades, because if the miracles which happened in Sodom, which have happened in you, it would have remained until today. 11:24 However I say to you*, that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.
11:25 Jesus answered and said at that time, I profess you, O Father, Lord of heaven and the earth, that you hid these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants. 11:26 Yes, Father, because thus it became a delight before you. 11:27 All things were given to me by my Father and no one fully knows the Son, except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father fully, except the Son and he to whomever the Son wills to reveal him. 11:28 Come-here* to me, all you* who labor and have been loaded down, and I will be giving-rest to you*. 11:29 Take* my yoke upon you* and learn* from me, because I am meek and humble in heart and you* will be finding rest for your* souls. 11:30 For* my yoke is easy and my load is light.
{Mar 2:23-28 & Mat 12:1-8 & Luk 6:1-5 Jerusalem to Galilee.}
12:1 Jesus traveled on the Sabbath through the grain-fields at that time, and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck the tops and to eat them. 12:2 But the Pharisees, having seen it, said to him, Behold, your disciples are doing* what is not legal to practice on the Sabbath.
12:3 But he said to them, Did you* not read what David did*, when he himself and those with him were hungry; 12:4 how he entered into the house of God and ate the showbread, which was not legal for him to eat, nor those with him, unlawful except for the priests only? 12:5 Or did you* not read in the law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and yet are crimeless? {1Sam 21:6} 12:6 But I am saying to you*, that a greater thing than the temple is here. 12:7 But if you* had known what is meant by this, 'I will to have mercy and not sacrifice,' {Hos 6:6} You* would not have sentenced the crimeless. 12:8 For* the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.
{Mar 3:1-6 & Mat 12:9-14 & Luk 6:6-11 Probably Galilee.}
12:9 And having gone-away from there, he went into their synagogue. 12:10 And behold, there was a man who has a dried up hand. And they asked him, in order that they might accuse him, saying, Is it legal if one was to heal on the Sabbath?
12:11 But he said to them, What man will there be out of you*, who will have one sheep and if this one falls into a ditch on the Sabbath, will he not take-hold of it and lift it up? 12:12 Therefore how-much more-value does a man carry than a sheep? So-then is it legal to do* good on the Sabbath?
12:13 Then he says to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and it was restored as healthy as the other. 12:14 But the Pharisees having gone out, took a council against him, *that they should destroy him.
{Mar 3:7-12 & Mat 12:15-21 Sea of Galilee.}
12:15 But Jesus having known it, departed from there and large crowds followed him, and he healed them all, 12:16 and rebuked them, in order that they should not make* him apparent; 12:17 *that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, 12:18 'Behold, my young-servant whom I selected. My beloved in whom my soul is delighted. I will be placing my Spirit upon him and he will be proclaiming judgment to the Gentiles.' 12:19 'He will not have selfish ambition, nor will he cry-out; nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. 12:20 He will not fracture a bruised reed and he will not quench a smoking wick, until he should cast out the judgment to victory. 12:21 And the Gentiles will hope in his name.' {Isa 42:1-3}
{Mar 3:19b-30 & Mat 12:22-37.}
12:22 Then a demon-possessed man was brought to him, blind and mute and he healed him, so-then the blind and mute man both are able to speak and to see. 12:23 And all the crowds were astonished and were saying, This is not the son of David, is it?
12:24 But after the Pharisees heard it, they said, This one is not casting out demons, except in Beelzebub the ruler of the demons.
12:25 But Jesus knowing their contemplations said to them, Every kingdom which was divided against itself is made desolate, and every city or house which was divided against itself will not be established. 12:26 And if the Adversary casts out the Adversary, he was divided against himself. Therefore how will his kingdom be established? 12:27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, in whom do your* sons cast them out? They will be your* judges because of this. 12:28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God; consequently*, the kingdom of God has arrived-unexpectedly upon you*. 12:29 Or how is anyone able to enter into the house of the strong man, and to be ravening through his goods, if he does not first bind the strong man? And then he will be ravening through his house. 12:30 He who is not with me is against me and he who is not gathering with me scatters. 12:31 Because of this, I am saying to you*, Every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit will not be forgiven to men. 12:32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, not in the age which is now, nor in the future one. 12:33 Either make** the tree good and its fruit good; or make** the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for* the tree is known from its fruit. 12:34 Offsprings of vipers! How are you*, being evil, able to speak good things? For* out of the abundance of the heart the mouth is speaking. 12:35 The good man out of his good treasure is casting out good things and the evil man out of his evil treasure is casting out evil things. 12:36 But I am saying to you*, that every idle declaration, whatever men speak, they will be giving an account in the day of judgment concerning it. 12:37 For* you will be made righteous from your words and you will be sentenced from your words.
{Mat 12:38-45; no parallel.}
12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.
12:39 But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation is seeking after a sign, and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet; 12:40 for* just-like Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea-creature; so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
12:41 The men of the Ninevites will be standing up with this generation in the judgment and will be condemning it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, more-than Jonah is here. 12:42 The queen of the south will be arisen with this generation in the judgment and will be condemning it, because she came from the limits of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, more-than Solomon is here.
12:43 But the unclean spirit, whenever it goes away from the man, it goes through waterless places, seeking rest and does not find it. 12:44 Then it says, I will return into my house from where I came out, and having gone back, it finds it unoccupied, having been swept and adorned. 12:45 Then it travels and takes with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself and when they have entered again, dwell there and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So it will also be to this evil generation.
{Mar 3:31-35 & Mat 12:46-50 & Luk 8:19-21.}
12:46 But while he is still speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brethren stood outside, seeking to speak to him. 12:47 Now someone said to him, Behold, your mother and your brethren are standing outside, seeking to speak to you.
12:48 But he answered and said to the one who spoke to him, Who is my mother? And who are my brethren? 12:49 And he stretched out his hand at the disciples and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren! 12:50 For* whoever practices the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother and sister and mother.
{Mar 4:1-25 & Mat 13:1-23 & Luk 8:4-18 Sea of Galilee.}
13:1 Now in that day, Jesus went away from the house and was sitting beside the sea. 13:2 And large crowds were gathered to see him, so-then he stepped onto a ship to sit, and all the crowd stood upon the beach.
13:3 And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Behold, the sower went forth to sow; 13:4 and while* he sowed, some fell beside the road and the birds came and devoured them.
13:5 Now others fell upon the rocky-areas, where they did not have much soil and immediately they rose up because they had no depth of soil; 13:6 and after the sun rose, they were burnt, and they dried up because they have no root.
13:7 Now others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns shot-up and choked them.
13:8 But now, others fell upon the good soil and were giving fruit, which some was a hundred times, but some was sixty, but some thirty.
13:9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
13:10 And the disciples came near and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables?
13:11 But he answered and said to them, It has been given to you* to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but it has not been given to those men. 13:12 For* whoever has, to him will be given and he will abound, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13:13 Because of this, I speak to them in parables, because seeing, they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, nor do they understand. 13:14 And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in them, which says, 'In hearing you* will hear and should never understand, and seeing you* will see and should never know; 13:15 for* the heart of this people became-callous and they have selectively heard with their ears and they closed their eyes; lest they should see with their eyes and should hear with their ears and should understand with their heart and should turn again and I will be healing them.' {Isa 6:9-10} 13:16 But your* eyes are fortunate, because they are seeing, and your* ears, because they are hearing. 13:17 For* assuredly I am saying to you*, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things you* are seeing and did not see them, and to hear the things you* are hearing and did not hear them.
13:18 Therefore you*, hear* the parable of the sower: 13:19 everyone hearing the word of the kingdom and not understanding it, then the evil one comes and seizes what has been sown in his heart. This is he who was sown beside the road.
13:20 And he who was sown upon the rocky-areas, this is he who hears the word and immediately is receiving it with joy; 13:21 but he does not have root in himself, but is temporary, and after affliction or persecution has happened to him because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
13:22 And he who was sown into the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the anxiety of this age and the deception of riches, choke the word and he becomes unfruitful.
13:23 Now he who was sown upon the good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it; who bears-fruit and produces some a hundred times, and some sixty, and some thirty!
{Mat 13:24-30; no parallel.}
13:24 He placed another parable before them, saying: The kingdom of the heavens was compared to a man who sows good seed in his field; 13:25 but while* the men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnels between the stalks of the wheat and went away. 13:26 But when the blade sprouted and produced fruit, then the darnels also appeared. 13:27 Now the bondservants of the householder came near and said to him, Lord, did you not sow good seed in your field? Therefore from where have the darnels come?
13:28 Now he said to them, A man, an enemy, did* this.
Now the bondservants said to him, Therefore do you wish that after we have gone away, that we will collect them?
13:29 But he said, No; lest while collecting up the darnels, you* may uproot the wheat at the same time with them. 13:30 Allow* both to be grown together till the harvest, and I will be saying to the reapers in the time of the harvest, Collect* first the darnels and bind* them in bundles in order to burn them, but gather* the wheat into my barn.
{Mar 4:30-34 & Mat 13:31-35.}
13:31 He placed another parable before them, saying: The kingdom of the heavens is similar to a kernel of a mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; 13:32 which indeed is least compared to all of the other seeds, but whenever it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so-then the birds of the heaven come and nest in its branches.
13:33 He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is similar to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three three-gallon-containers of flour, until it was entirely leavened.
13:34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds, and he was not speaking to them without a parable; 13:35 *that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, 'I will open my mouth in parables. I will be uttering things which have been hidden from the conception of the world.' {Psa 78:2}
{Mat 13:36-53; no parallel.}
13:36 Then Jesus, having left the crowds, went into the house and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnels of the field.
13:37 Now he answered and said to them, He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man; 13:38 and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, and the darnels are the sons of the evil one; 13:39 and the enemy that sowed them is the devil and the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are messengers. 13:40 Therefore, just-like the darnels are collected and burned in fire; so it will be in the end of this world. 13:41 The Son of Man will be sending forth his messengers and they will be collecting out of his kingdom all the offenses and the ones who are practicing lawlessness, 13:42 and will be casting them into the furnace of fire– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there. 13:43 Then the righteous will be shining out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
13:44 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is similar to a treasure that has been hidden in the field; which a man found and hid, and he proceeds away and sells all his things from his joy, as many things as he has and buys that field.
13:45 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is similar to a man, who is a merchant, seeking beautiful pearls; 13:46 who found one very precious pearl, went and has sold* all his things, as many things as he had, and bought it.
13:47 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is similar to a dragnet, that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every variety; 13:48 which, when it was filled, they hauled it up upon the beach. And having sat down, they collected the good into containers, but they cast the rotten outside. 13:49 So it will be in the end of the world; the messengers will be going out and separate* the evil from the midst of the righteous, 13:50 and will be casting them into the furnace of fire– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.
13:51 And Jesus says to them, Did you* understood all these things?
They say to him, Yes, Lord.
13:52 Now he said to them, Because of this, every scribe who was made a disciple to the kingdom of the heavens is similar to a man who is a householder, who casts forth out of his treasure, new and old things.
13:53 And it happened, when Jesus had completed these parables, he took off from there.
{Mar 6:1-6a & Mat 13:54-58 Nazareth.}
13:54 And after he came into his fatherland, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so-then for them to be astounded and to say, From where did this one receive the wisdom and the miracles? 13:55 Is this not the carpenter's son? Is his mother not called* Mary? And his brethren, James and Joses and Simon and Jude? 13:56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Therefore from where did this one receive all these things? 13:57 And they were being offended at him.
But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland and in his own house. 13:58 And he did not do* many miracles there because of their unbelief.
{Mar 6:14-29 & Mat 14:1-12 & Luk 9:7-9.}
14:1 Herod the Tetrarch heard the report of Jesus at that time, 14:2 and said to his young-servants, This is John the Immerser*; he was raised from the dead, and because of this, these powers are working in him. 14:3 For* Herod having taken-hold of John, bound him and placed him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
14:4 For* John said to him, It is not legal for you to have her.
14:5 And wishing to kill him, but he feared the crowd, because they held him as a prophet.
14:6 Now Herod's birthday-festivities being brought* together, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst of the court and pleased Herod; 14:7 from where he confessed with an oath to give her whatever she should ask for.
14:8 Now having been pushed forward by her mother, she says, Give me the head of John the Immerser* upon a platter here.
14:9 And the king was sorrowful, but because of his oaths and of the ones who were reclining at the meal together with him, he commanded it to be given. 14:10 And he sent and beheaded John in the prison. 14:11 And his head was carried upon a platter, and given to the girl, and she carried it to her mother. 14:12 And his disciples came near and lifted up the body, and buried it, and they went and reported to Jesus.
{Mar 6:30-32 & Mat 14:13 & Luk 9:10 & Joh 6:1 East shore of Galilee.}
14:13 And after Jesus heard it, he departed from there in a ship, privately to a desolate place, and after the crowds heard of it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
{Mar 6:33-44 & Mat 14:14-21 & Luk 9:11-17 & Joh 6:2-14.}
14:14 And after Jesus went out, he saw a large crowd, and he had compassion upon them and healed their sick. 14:15 Now after it became evening, his disciples came near to him, saying, The place is desolate and the hour has already passed away; dismiss the crowds, in order that after they have gone away into the villages, they might buy various foods for themselves.
14:16 But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go away; you*, give* them food to eat!
14:17 But they say to him, We do not have anything here except five loaves and two fish.
14:18 Now he said, Bring* them here to me. 14:19 And he commanded the crowds to recline upon the grass, and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looked up to heaven, he gave-thanks and broke them. He gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples then gave to the crowds. 14:20 And they all ate and were fully-fed, and they took up what was leftover of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. 14:21 Now those eating were approximately five thousand men, plus women and children.
{Mar 6:45-56 & Mat 14:22-36 & Joh 6:15-21.}
14:22 And immediately, Jesus urged the disciples to step into the ship, and to precede him to the area beyond-that, until he should dismiss the crowds. 14:23 And having dismissed the crowds, he went-up into the mountain privately to pray. Now after it became evening, he was alone there. 14:24 But the ship was already in the midst of the sea, and was being tormented by the waves; for* the wind was adverse. 14:25 Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking upon the sea. 14:26 And after the disciples saw him walking upon the sea, they were disturbed, saying, It is an apparition, and they cried out from their fear.
14:27 But Jesus immediately spoke to them, saying, Have* courage; I am here; do* not be afraid.
14:28 Now Peter answered to him, and said, Lord, if you are here, command me to come to you upon the waters.
14:29 Now he said, Come.
And Peter descended from the ship, and walked upon the waters to go toward Jesus. 14:30 But he was afraid, seeing the strong wind, and began to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me!
14:31 Now Jesus immediately stretched out his hand, and grabbed him, and says to him, You of small faith, why were you skeptical?
14:32 And after they stepped into the ship, the wind paused. 14:33 Now those in the ship came to him and, worshiped him, saying, You are truly the Son of God.
14:34 And having ferried over, they came to the land of Gennesaret. 14:35 And after the men of that place recognized him, they sent word into the whole region around that place and brought to him all the ones who have an illness, 14:36 and they were pleading with him in order that they might only touch the hem of his garment and as many as touched it, were cured.
{Mar 7:1-23 & Mat 15:1-20 & Joh 7:1 Galilee, probably Capernaum Spring 29 AD.}
15:1 Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come to Jesus, saying, 15:2 Why are your disciples transgressing the tradition of the elders? For* they do not wash their hands whenever they eat bread.
15:3 But he answered and said to them, Why do you* also transgress the commandment of God because of your* tradition? 15:4 For* God commanded, saying, 'Honor your father and your mother.' {Exo 20:12 & Deu 5:16} And, 'He who is speaking evil of their father or mother, let him be ended by the sentence of death.' {Exo 21:17 & Lev 20:9} 15:5 But you* say, Whoever says to his father or his mother, in whatever you might be profited from me, it is a gift to God, and then should never honor his father and mother, 15:6 and thus you* invalidated the commandment of God because of your* tradition. 15:7 You* hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied well concerning you*, saying, 15:8 'This people are drawing near to me with their mouth, and are honoring me with their lips, but their heart is distant, faraway from me. 15:9 But they are worshiping me in futility, teaching as their teachings– the commandments of men.' {Isa 29:13}
15:10 And having called to him the crowd, he said to them, Hear* and understand*! 15:11 Not what enters into the mouth desecrates the man, but what is traveling from the mouth, this desecrates the man.
15:12 Then the disciples came near to him and said, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this speech?
15:13 He answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly father did not plant will be uprooted. 15:14 Leave* them! They are blind guides of the blind. Now if the blind guide the blind, both will be falling into a ditch.
15:15 Now Peter answered and said to him, Explain to us this parable.
15:16 Now Jesus said, Are you* also without understanding at this point? 15:17 Are you* not yet perceiving, that everything which travels into the mouth makes room in the belly, and is cast out into the sewer? 15:18 But these things which are traveling from the mouth, come out from the heart, and they desecrate the man. 15:19 For* out of the heart comes forth evil reasonings, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. 15:20 These things are what is desecrating the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not desecrate the man.
{Mar 7:24 & Mat 15:21.}
15:21 And Jesus went out from there, and departed into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
{Mar 7:25-30 & Mat 15:22-28 Tyre and Sidon.}
15:22 And behold, a woman from Canaan went out from those borders, and cried-out to him, saying, Show-mercy to me, O Lord, you the son of David. My daughter is evilly demon-possessed. 15:23 But he answered her not a word.
And his disciples came near and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, because she is crying behind us.
15:24 But he answered and said, I was not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
15:25 But she came and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.
15:26 Now he answered and said, It is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to the puppies.
15:27 But she said, Yes, Lord; for* even the puppies eat from the crumbs which are falling from the table of their lords.
15:28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith. Let it happen for you as you will it. And her daughter was healed from that hour.
{Mar 7:31 & Mat 15:29 Avoiding Herod's territory.}
15:29 And Jesus, having gone-away from there, went beside the sea of Galilee, and he went-up into the mountain and was sitting there.
{Mar 7:32-37 & Mat 15:30-31 Magadan and Bethsaida Summer 29 AD.}
15:30 And large crowds came to him there, having their own lame, blind, mute, crippled and many others with them. They tossed them beside the feet of Jesus, and he healed them; 15:31 so-then for the crowds to marvel, seeing the mute speaking; the crippled healthy; the lame walking; and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
{Mar 8:1-8:9 & Mat 15:32-38.}
15:32 Now Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion upon the crowd because they already remain with me three days, and do not have what they might eat, and I am not willing to dismiss them starving, lest they might faint on the road.
15:33 And his disciples say to him, From where can we buy so-many loaves for us in the wilderness, so-then to fully-feed so-great a crowd?
15:34 And Jesus says to them, How-many loaves do you* have?
But they said, Seven and a few small-fish.
15:35 And he commanded the crowds to lean-back upon the soil. 15:36 And he took the seven loaves and the few fish, and he gave-thanks and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave to the crowd. 15:37 And they all ate and were fully-fed, and they took up what was leftover of the broken pieces, seven baskets full. 15:38 Now those eating were approximately four thousand men, plus women and children.
{Mar 8:10-26 & Mat 15:39-16:12 Near Caesarea Philippi Summer 29 AD.}
15:39 And having dismissed the crowds, he stepped into the ship, and went into the borders of Magadan.
16:1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came near, testing him, and asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 16:2 But having answered, he said to them, After it became evening, you* say, It will be fair-weather; for* the heaven is red. 16:3 And in the morning, There will be a storm today; for* the heaven is red and dismal. Hypocrites! You* indeed know how to discern the face of the heaven, but you* are not able to discern the signs of the times. 16:4 An evil and adulterous generation is seeking after a sign, and no sign will be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet. And he left them and went away.
16:5 And his disciples came to the area beyond-that, and forgot to take bread. 16:6 Now Jesus said to them, Behold* and take-heed*, stay away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!
16:7 Now they were reasoning among themselves, saying, It is because we took no bread.
16:8 Now Jesus having known it, said to them, You* of small faith, why are you* reasoning among yourselves, because you* took no bread? 16:9 Do you* not yet perceive, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how-many baskets you* took up? 16:10 Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how-many baskets you* took up? 16:11 How is it that you* do not perceive that I did not speak to you* concerning bread, but to take-heed, stay away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? 16:12 Then they understood that he did not say to take-heed, stay away from the leaven of bread, but stay away from the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
{Mar 8:27-30 & Mat 16:13-20 & Luk 9:18-21 Caesarea Philippi.}
16:13 Now after Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say me (the Son of Man) to be {i.e. I am}?
16:14 Now they said, Some say John the Immerser*; others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.
16:15 He says to them, But who do you* say that I am?
16:16 Now Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
16:17 And Jesus answered and said to him, You are fortunate, Simon, Son-of-Jonah, because flesh and blood did not revealed it to you, but my Father, the one in the heavens. 16:18 But I also say to you, that you are Peter {Pebble} and upon this, the rock {i.e. rock foundation}, I will be building my congregation* of believers, and the gates of Hades will not be prevailing against her. 16:19 I will be giving to you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatever you bind upon the earth will have already been bound in the heavens, and whatever you loose upon the earth will have already been loosed in the heavens. 16:20 Then he ordered the disciples in order that they should speak to no one that he was Jesus, the Christ.
{Footnotes: Mat 16:18, these words are different in Greek. Peter translated is a 'pebble' and the other word is 'rock' as in 'a massive rock or rock foundation,' the kind of rock that the wise man built his house on in Mat 7:24-25.}
{Mar 8:31-9:1 & Mat 16:21-28 & Luk 9:22-27 Caesarea Philippi.}
16:21 Jesus began to show to his disciples from then on, that it is essential for him to go to Jerusalem and to suffer many things from the elders and high-priests and scribes, and to be killed, and to be raised in the third day. 16:22 And Peter took him and began to rebuke him, saying, God will be lenient to you, Lord. This will never be happening to you.
16:23 But he turned and said to Peter, Proceed behind me, adversary! You are an offense to me, because you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.
16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If anyone is willing to come after me, let him deny himself and let him lift up his cross and let him follow me. 16:25 For* whoever wishes to save his life, will be losing it, and whoever should lose his life because of me will be finding it. 16:26 For* what is a man profited, if he gains the whole world, and his soul should be forfeited? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his soul? 16:27 For* the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his messengers, and then he will be giving to each one according to his practice. 16:28 Assuredly I am saying to you*, There are some who are standing here should never taste of death, until they should see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
{Mar 9:2-13 & Mat 17:1-13 & Luk 9:28-36 Caesarea Philippi.}
17:1 And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter and James and John his brother, and privately brings them up into a high mountain. 17:2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shined like the sun, and his garments became white like the light. 17:3 And behold, Moses and Elijah was seen with them, speaking together with him.
17:4 Now Peter answered and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you will it. Should we make* three tabernacles here; one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah?
17:5 While he is still speaking, behold, a radiant cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am delighted; hear* him!
17:6 And after the disciples heard it, they fell upon their face, and were extremely afraid. 17:7 And Jesus came near and touched them and said, Arise*, do* not be afraid. 17:8 Now having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus only.
17:9 And while coming-down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of Man should rise* from the dead.
17:10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Therefore why do the scribes say that it is essential for Elijah to come first?
17:11 Now Jesus answered and said to them, Indeed Elijah comes first and will be restoring all things. 17:12 But I am saying to you*, that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did* to him as many things as they wished. So the Son of Man is also about to suffer by them. 17:13 Then the disciples understood that he said this to them concerning John the Immerser*.
{Mar 9:14-29 & Mat 17:14-21 & Luk 9:37-43 Region of Caesarea Philippi.}
17:14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came near to him, kneeling down to him, 17:15 and saying, Lord, show-mercy to my son, because he is epileptic, and suffers evilly; for* he often falls into the fire and often into the water. 17:16 And I brought him to your disciples, and they were not able to heal him.
17:17 But Jesus answered and said, O unbelieving and perverse generation, until when will I be with you*? Until when will I tolerate you*? Bring* him here to me. 17:18 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the boy was healed from that hour.
17:19 Then the disciples came near to Jesus privately and said, Why were we not able to cast it out?
17:20 Now Jesus said to them, Because of your* unbelief. For* assuredly I am saying to you*, If you* have faith like a kernel of a mustard-seed, you* will say to this mountain, Go-away from here to over there, and it will go-away, and nothing will be impossible for you*. 17:21 But this variety of demon does not travel out except in prayer and fasting.
{Mar 9:30-32 & Mat 17:22-23 & Luk 9:43-45 Return to Galilee.}
17:22 Now while turning themselves back to Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of Man is about to be given up into the hands of men; 17:23 and they will be killing him, and he will be arisen in the third day. And they were extremely sorrowful.
{Mat 17:24-27 Capernaum Sept. 29 AD; no parallel.}
17:24 Now they went to Capernaum, the ones who receive the four-denarii tax came to Peter and said, Does your* teacher not pay the four-denarii tax?
17:25 He says, Yes.
And when he entered into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What do you think, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom do they receive taxes or tribute? From their sons or from the aliens?
17:26 And Peter says to him, From aliens.
Jesus said to him, Consequently*, the sons are free. 17:27 But in order that we might not offend them, after traveling to the sea, cast a fishhook, and lift out the fish that ascends first, and after you have opened its mouth, you will find a four-denarii-coin. After you have taken it out, give it to them in exchange-for you and me.
{Mar 9:33-50 & Mat 18:1-14 & Luk 9:46-50 Sept. 29 AD.}
18:1 The disciples came to Jesus in that hour, saying, Who then is greater in the kingdom of the heavens?
18:2 And Jesus, having called to him a child, stood it in the midst of them, 18:3 and said, Assuredly I am saying to you*, If you* do not turn and become like little children, you* should never enter into the kingdom of the heavens. 18:4 Therefore, who will be humbling himself like this little child, this one is the greater one in the kingdom of the heavens. 18:5 And whoever accepts one such child in my name, accepts me. 18:6 But whoever offends one of these little ones who believes in me, it is more advantageous for him that* a millstone, the ones rotated by a donkey, should be hung at his neck, and that* he should be sunk in the deep-sea of the sea.
18:7 Woe to the world from the coming offenses! For* it is a necessity for the offenses to come; however, woe to that man through whom the offense comes! 18:8 Now if your hand or your foot is offending you, cut both of them off and cast them from you. It is good for you to enter into life lame or crippled, rather than to be cast into the everlasting fire, having two hands or two feet. 18:9 And if your eye is offending you, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is good for you to enter into life one-eyed, rather than having two eyes, and to be cast into the hell of fire.
18:10 See* that you* do not despise one of these little ones; for* I say to you*, that in the heavens their messengers are always looking at the face of my Father who is in the heavens. 18:11 For* the Son of Man came to save what has been lost.
{Similar: Mat 18:12-14, Luk 15:3-7}
18:12 What are you* thinking? If there should happen to be any man who has a hundred sheep, and one out of them might be misled, does he not seek the one which is misled, having left the ninety nine, traveling upon the mountains? 18:13 And if he happens to find it, assuredly I am saying to you*, He rejoices over it more than over the ninety nine which have not been misled. 18:14 So it is also not the will before your* Father who is in the heavens, that* one of these little ones should perish.
{Mat 18:15-35; no parallel.}
18:15 Now if your brother sins against {Greek: at or toward} you, proceed away and reprove him, the sin is between you and him only; if he hears you, you have gained your brother. 18:16 But if he does not hear you, take with you one or two more, in order that, 'at the mouth of two or three witnesses every declaration should be established.' {Deu 19:15} 18:17 But if he should refuse to hear them, tell it to the congregation*, and if he also should refuse to hear the congregation*, let him be just-like the Gentile and the tax collector to you.
18:18 Assuredly, I am saying to you* again, As many things as you* would bind upon the earth will have already been bound in heaven, and as many things as you* would loose upon earth will have already been loosed in heaven. 18:19 Assuredly I say to you* again, that assuredly if two out of you* agree together upon the earth concerning any matter, whatever they ask, it will happen for them from my Father who is in the heavens. 18:20 For* where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there in the midst of them.
18:21 Then Peter came near to him and said, Lord, how-often will my brother sin against {Greek: at or toward} me and I will forgive him? Until seven-times?
18:22 Jesus says to him, I do not say to you, Until seven times, but, until seventy-times seven-times. 18:23 Because of this, the kingdom of the heavens was compared to a man: a king who wished to settle the account with his bondservants. 18:24 Now having begun to settle the account, one man was brought to him, a debtor of ten-thousand silver talants {170 million dollars US}. 18:25 But he did not have anything to repay him with, so his lord commanded him and his wife and children and all things, as many things as he was holding, to be sold* and the money to be repaid to him.
18:26 Therefore the bondservant having fallen down, was worshiping him, saying, Lord, have patience upon me, and I will be repaying all of it to you. 18:27 But the lord of that bondservant, having compassion on him, released him and forgave him the loan.
18:28 But that bondservant went out and found one of his fellow bondservants who owed him a hundred denarii, and he took-hold of him, and was choking him, saying, Repay if you are owing me anything.
18:29 Therefore his fellow bondservant, having fallen at his feet, was pleading with him, saying, Have patience upon me and I will be repaying you. 18:30 But he did not wish to, but having gone away he cast him into prison, until he should repay what is owed. 18:31 But his fellow bondservants, having seen the things which had happened, were extremely sorrowful. And they came to their own lord, and they told all the things which had happened.
18:32 Then his lord called him, and says to him, You evil bondservant, I forgave you all that debt, since you pleaded with me. 18:33 Was it not essential for you to show-mercy also on your fellow bondservant, like I also showed-mercy to you. 18:34 And his lord was angry, and gave him to the torturers until he should repay everything which is owed to him. 18:35 So my heavenly Father will also be doing* to you*, if each of you* does not forgive his brother his trespasses from your* hearts.
{Mar 10:1-12 & Mat 19:1-12.}
19:1 And it happened, when Jesus had completed these words, he took off from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond-that of the Jordan; 19:2 and large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
19:3 And the Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying to him, Is it legal if a man was to divorce his wife according to every cause?
19:4 But he answered and said to them, Did you* not read, He who made* them, made* them male and female from the beginning. {Gen 1:27, 5:2} 19:5 And said, Because of this, a man will be leaving his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will be jointed into one flesh. {Gen 2:24} 19:6 So-then they are no more two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God yoked together; let man not separate.
19:7 They say to him, Therefore why did Moses command us to give a document of divorcement and to release her? {Deu 24:1-4}
19:8 He says to them, Moses permitted you* to divorce your* wives for your* hardness of heart, but from the beginning it has not become so. 19:9 But I am saying to you*, Whoever divorces his wife not over {Greek: upon. Or: upon the basis of} fornication, and should marry another, is committing adultery, and he who has married her who has been divorced is committing adultery. {Mat 5:32, Luk 16:18}
19:10 His disciples say to him, If thus is the case of the man with his wife, it is not advantageous to marry.
19:11 But he said to them, Not all people will make room for this word in their hearts, but they to whom it has been given: 19:12 for* there are eunuchs who were born so out of their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs because of the kingdom of the heavens. He who is able to make room in his heart {i.e. accept this} for it, let him make room for it.
{Mar 10:13-16 & Mat 19:13-15 & Luk 18:15-17 Peraea.}
19:13 Then little children were brought to him, in order that he might lay his hands on them and might pray for them, and the disciples rebuked them. 19:14 But Jesus said, Allow* the little children, and do* not forbid them to come to me; for* of such is the kingdom of the heavens. 19:15 And having laid his hands on them, he traveled from there.
{Mar 10:17-31 & Mat 19:16-20:16 & Luk 18:18-30 Peraea.}
19:16 And behold, one man came near to him and said to him, Good teacher, what good thing should I practice in order that I may have everlasting life?
19:17 Now he said to him, Why do you call* me good? No one is good except one– God, but if you wish to enter into everlasting life, keep the commandments.
19:18 He says to him, What ones?
Now Jesus said, Do not murder; Do not commit adultery; Do not steal; Do not falsely testify, 19:19 Honor your father and mother. {Exo 20:12-16 & Deu 5:16-20} And, You will love* your neighbor like yourself. {Lev 19:18}
19:20 The young-man says to him, I have observed all these things from my youth. So what am I still lacking?
19:21 Jesus said to him, If you are willing to be complete, proceed away, sell your possessions and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven and come-here. Follow me. 19:22 But after the young-man heard the word, he went away, being sorrowful; for* he was holding many properties.
19:23 Now Jesus said to his disciples, Assuredly I am saying to you*, A rich man will hardly enter into the kingdom of the heavens. 19:24 But again I am saying to you*, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
19:25 Now after his disciples heard it, they were being extremely astounded, saying, Who then is able to be saved?
19:26 But Jesus, looked at them and said to them, This is impossible with men, but all things are possible with God.
19:27 Then Peter answered and said to him, Behold, we left all and followed you; what then will be left for us?
19:28 But Jesus said to them, Assuredly I am saying to you*, that you* who have followed me, whenever the Son of Man sits upon the throne of his glory in the regeneration*, you* will also sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 19:29 And everyone who has left houses or brethren or sisters, or their father or mother or wife, or children or fields, because of my name, will be receiving a hundred-times that, and will be inheriting everlasting life. 19:30 But many will be last who are first, and first who are last.
20:1 For* the kingdom of the heavens is similar to a man who is a householder, who went out at the same time every morning to hire workers into his vineyard. 20:2 And having agreed together with the workers at a denarius a day {a standard day's pay}, he sent them into his vineyard. 20:3 And he went out around the third hour {i.e. 9:00 AM} and saw others standing idle in the marketplace; 20:4 and he said to those men, You* also, proceed* into the vineyard and I will be giving you* whatever is just. And they went. 20:5 Again, they went out around the sixth {i.e. Noon} and the ninth hour; {i.e. 3:00 PM} and he did* likewise*. 20:6 Now around the eleventh hour, {i.e. 5:00 PM} he went out and found others standing idle, and he says to them, Why are you* standing here idle the whole day?
20:7 They say to him, Because no one hired us.
So he says to them, You* also, proceed* into the vineyard and you* will be receiving whatever is just. 20:8 Now after it became evening, the lord of the vineyard says to his commissioner, Call the workers and after you have begun from the last until the first, give to them their wages,. 20:9 And after those hired around the eleventh hour {i.e. 5:00 PM} came, they each received a denarius apiece. 20:10 Now after the first came, they supposed that they will be receiving more, but they themselves also received a denarius apiece.
20:11 But having received it, they were murmuring against the householder, 20:12 saying, These last ones did* only one hour of work, and you made* them equal to us, who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat.
20:13 But he answered and said to one of them, Comrade, I am not wronging you. Did you not agree together with me for a denarius? 20:14 Take up the thing which is yours and proceed away. It is my will to give to this last one, as I also did to you. 20:15 Or is it not legal for me to do* what I will in the things which are mine? Or should your eye be evil, because I am good? 20:16 So the last will be first, and the first last; for* many are invited but few are chosen.
{Mar 10:32-45 & Mat 20:17-28 & Luk 18:31-34; Peraea or Judea, near Jordan.}
20:17 And while going-up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples privately by the road and he said to them, 20:18 Behold, we go-up into Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be given up to the high-priests and scribes, and they will be condemning him to death, 20:19 and they will be giving him to the Gentiles, *that* they should mock and scourge and crucify him, and he will rise* again in the third day.
20:20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, came to him, worshiping him, and asking something from him. 20:21 But he said to her, What do you wish?
She says to him, Say that* these, my two sons, may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left hand in your kingdom.
20:22 But Jesus answered and said, You* do not know what you* ask. Are you* able to drink the cup which I am about to drink, or to be immersed* with the immersion* to which I am about to be immersed*?
They say to him, We are able.
20:23 And he says to them, Indeed, you* will be drinking my cup and you* will be immersed* with the immersion* to which I am immersed*, but to sit at my right and at my left, is not mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father. 20:24 And having heard this, the ten were indignant concerning the two brothers.
20:25 But Jesus called them and said, You* know that the rulers of the Gentiles are lording it over them, and their great ones wield authority over them. 20:26 But it will not be so among you*, but whoever wishes to become great among you*, he will be your* servant; 20:27 and whoever wishes to be first among you*, let him be your* bondservant; 20:28 just-like the Son of Man did not come to be served to, but to serve and to give his life as a redemption in exchange-for many.
{Mar 10:46-52 & Mat 20:29-34 & Luk 18:35-43; Jericho.}
20:29 And while they are traveling out from Jericho, a large crowd followed him. 20:30 And behold, two blind men sitting beside the road, having heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, saying, Lord, son of David, show-mercy to us! 20:31 But the crowd rebuked them, in order that they should be silent, but they were crying out the greatest, saying, Lord, son of David, show-mercy to us!
20:32 And Jesus stood and summoned them, and said, What do you* will that I might do* for you*?
20:33 They say to him, Lord, that* our eyes might be opened. 20:34 Now Jesus, having compassion, touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes recovered their sight and they followed him.
{The week of Jesus' crucifixion. Mar 11:1-11 & Mat 21:1-12, 14-17 & Luk 19:29-44 & Joh 12:12-19 Bethany to Jerusalem and back Sun., April 2, 30 AD.}
21:1 And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, toward the Mountain of Olives, Jesus then sent two disciples, 21:2 saying to them, Travel* into the village which is in front of you*, and immediately you* will be finding a donkey that has been tied and a young-donkey {i.e. a foal} with her. When you* have loosed them, lead* them to me. 21:3 And if anyone says anything to you*, You* will say, The Lord has need of them, and immediately he will be sending them. 21:4 Now this whole thing has happened, in order that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, 21:5 'Say* to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King is coming to you, meek and has been mounted upon a donkey and a young-donkey, the son of a donkey.' {Isa 62:11 & Zec 9:9} 21:6 Now the disciples traveling on, did* just-as Jesus commanded them, 21:7 they led the donkey and the young-donkey and placed their garments upon them, and he sat upon them. 21:8 But most of the crowd spread their garments in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.
21:9 Now the crowds who precede him and who are following him, were crying, saying, 'Hosanna to the son of David! He who is coming in the name of the Lord has been blessed!' Hosanna in the highest!' {Psa 118:25-26} 21:10 And when he entered into Jerusalem, all the city was shaken up, saying, Who is this one?
21:11 But the crowds were saying, This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.
{Mar 11:12-18 & Mat 21:18, 19, 12, 13 & Luk 19:45-48 Road from Bethany to Jerusalem Mon.}
21:12 And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all the ones who are selling and buying in the temple, and turned over the tables of the brokers and the chairs of those selling the doves; 21:13 and he says to them, It has been written, My house will be called a house of prayer, but you* made* it a den of robbers. {Isa 56:7 & Jer 7:11}
21:14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 21:15 But after the high-priests and the scribes saw the marvelous things which he did*, and the boys crying out in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David!
They were indignant, 21:16 and said to him, Do you hear what these are saying?
But Jesus says to them, Yes. Did you* never read, 'You completed for yourself praise out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies.' {Psa 8:2} 21:17 And having left them, he went forth outside the city to Bethany, and camped there.
21:18 Now in the morning, while leading them back to the city, he hungered. 21:19 And having seen one fig tree upon the road, he came upon it and found nothing in it, except foliage only, and he says to it, Let it happen that there is no fruit from you any longer, forever. And instantly the fig tree dried up.
{Mar 11:19-26 & Mat 21:20-22 & Luk 21:37-38 Road from Bethany to Jerusalem Tues.}
21:20 And after the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How did the fig tree instantly dry up?
21:21 Now Jesus answered and said to them, Assuredly I am saying to you*, If you* have faith and do not doubt, you* will not only be doing* the miracle of the fig tree, but even if you* say to this mountain, Be lifted up and cast yourself into the sea, it will happen. 21:22 And all things, as many things as you* would ask in prayer, and believing, you* will be receiving.
{Mar 11:27-33 & Mat 21:23-27 & Luk 20:1-8 Courtyard of the Temple, Tues.}
21:23 And he came by himself into the temple, the high-priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, saying, By what authority are you doing* these things? And who gave you this authority?
21:24 But Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask you* one question, which if you* tell me, then I will also tell you* by what authority I am doing* these things. 21:25 The immersion* of John, where was it from, from heaven or from men?
Now they were reasoning with themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Therefore why did you* not believe him? 21:26 But if we say, From men; we fear the crowd; for* all are holding John up like a prophet. 21:27 And they answered Jesus and said, We do not know.
He also said to them, Nor do I tell you* by what authority I am doing* these things.
{Mat 21:28-32; no parallel.}
21:28 But what do you* think? A man had two children, and he came near to the first and said, Child, proceed on, work today in my vineyard.
21:29 But he answered and said, I am not willing, but later he regretted it and went.
21:30 And he came to the second and said likewise*. But he answered and said, I will go lord, and did not go. 21:31 Who out of the two did* the will of his father?
They say to him, The first.
Jesus says to them, Assuredly I am saying to you*, that the tax collectors and the prostitutes will precede you* into the kingdom of God. 21:32 For* John came to you* in the way of righteousness, and you* did not believe in him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed in him, and then having seen it, you* did not even regret it later, that you* might believe in him.
{Mar 12:1-12 & Mat 21:33-46 & Luk 20:9-19.}
21:33 Hear* another parable: there was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard and placed a fence around it, and shoveled a winepress in it, and built a tower and rented it out to farmers, and went-abroad. 21:34 Now when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his bondservants to the farmers, to receive his fruits. 21:35 And then the farmers took his bondservants and whipped one, and killed one and stoned one. 21:36 Again, he sent other bondservants, more-than the first, and they did* to them likewise*. 21:37 But later he sent to them his son, saying, They will revere my son. 21:38 But the farmers, after they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir. Come-here*. We should kill him, and we might hold-onto his inheritance. 21:39 And having taken him, they cast him forth outside the vineyard, and killed him. 21:40 Therefore, whenever the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do* to those farmers?
21:41 They say to him, He will evilly be destroying those evil men, and will be renting the vineyard to other farmers, who will be giving to him the fruits at their seasons.
21:42 Jesus says to them, Did you* never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected*, this became the head of the corner; this came* from the Lord and it is marvelous in our eyes? {Psa 118:22-23} 21:43 Because of this, I am saying to you*, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you*, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it. 21:44 And he who has fallen upon this stone, will be shattered, but upon whomever it falls, it will be smashing him. 21:45 And after the high-priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he is speaking concerning them. 21:46 And seeking to take-hold of him, but they feared the crowds, since they were holding him up like a prophet.
{Mat 22:1-14; no parallel.}
22:1 And Jesus answered and spoke again to them in parables, saying: 22:2 The kingdom of the heavens was compared to a man: a king who made* a marriage-festivities for his son, 22:3 and sent forth his bondservants to call to the ones who have been invited to the marriage-festivities, and they were not willing to come. 22:4 Again he sent forth other bondservants, saying, Say* to the ones who have been invited, Behold, I prepared my meal; my oxen and my fattened calves have been sacrificed, and all things are prepared. Come-here* to the marriage-festivities. 22:5 But having neglected it, they went away, one to his own field, another to his merchandise; 22:6 and the rest took-hold of his bondservants, and abused them and killed them. 22:7 And that king, having heard it, was angry, and after having sent his armies, he destroyed those murderers and scorched their city.
22:8 Then he says to his bondservants, The marriage is indeed prepared, but the ones who have been invited were not worthy. 22:9 Therefore, travel* upon the thoroughfares of the roads, and as many as you* would find, invite* to the marriage-festivities. 22:10 And those bondservants, having gone out into the roads, gathered together all things, as many people as they found, both evil and good and the marriage was filled with people reclining at the table.
22:11 But after the king entered to look at those reclining at the table, he saw a man there who has not clothed himself in marriage attire; 22:12 and he says to him, Comrade, how did you enter here not having on your marriage attire? Now he was dumbfounded. 22:13 Then the king said to the servants, After you have bound him hands and feet, take* him away and cast* him out into the outer darkness– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there. 22:14 For* many are invited, but few are chosen.
{Mar 12:13-17 & Mat 22:15-22 & Luk 20:20-26 Courtyard of the Temple, Tues.}
22:15 Then the Pharisees traveling away, took a council on how they might ensnare him in his speech. 22:16 And they send their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God in truth, and do not care concerning one's appearance; for* you do not look at the countenance of men. 22:17 Therefore tell us, What do you think? Is it legal to give tribute to Caesar or not?
22:18 But Jesus, having known their wickedness, said, Why are you* testing me, you* hypocrites? 22:19 Show* me the tribute coin. Now they brought to him a denarius. 22:20 And he says to them, Whose face is this image and inscription? 22:21 They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Therefore give* to Caesar, the things which are Caesar's, and to God, the things which are God's. 22:22 And having heard it, they marveled. And they went away, having left him.
{Mar 12:18-27 & Mat 22:23-33 & Luk 20:27-39.}
22:23 The Sadducees came to him in that day, the ones who are saying, There is to be no resurrection, and they asked him, 22:24 saying, Teacher, Moses said, If anyone dies, having no children, his brother will marry his wife and will be raising* up seed to his brother. {Deu 25:5} 22:25 Now seven brethren were with us, and the first having married, but after he died*, his wife had no seed left to his brother; 22:26 likewise also the second and the third, until the seventh. 22:27 But after them all, the woman also died. 22:28 Therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven in the resurrection? For* they all had her as a wife.
22:29 But Jesus answered and said to them, You* are being misled, by not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. 22:30 For* they neither marry, nor are betrothed in the resurrection, but are like messengers of God in heaven. 22:31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, did you* not read what was said to you* by God, saying, 22:32 I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? {Exo 3:6} God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. 22:33 And after the crowds heard it, they were being astounded over his teaching.
{Mar 12:28-34 & Mat 22:34-40 & Luk 20:40.}
22:34 But the Pharisees, having heard that he had hushed the Sadducees, were gathered together upon the same ground. 22:35 And one out of them, a professor of the law, asked a question, testing him and saying, 22:36 Teacher, what is the great commandment in the law?
22:37 Now Jesus said to him, You will love* the Lord your God in your whole heart and in your whole soul and in your whole mind. {Deu 6:5} 22:38 This is the first and the great commandment. 22:39 And the second commandment is similar to it, You will love* your neighbor like yourself. {Lev 19:18} 22:40 The whole law and the prophets are hung together in these two commandments.
{Mar 12:35-37 & Mat 22:41-46 & Luk 20:41-44.}
22:41 Now the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 22:42 saying, What do you* think concerning the Christ? Whose son is he?
They say to him, David's.
22:43 He says to them, Therefore how does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, 22:44 The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right, until I should place your enemies as the footstool of your feet? {Psa 110:1} 22:45 Therefore, if David calls him Lord, how is he his son? 22:46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day forth to ask him anymore questions.
{Mar 12:38-40 & Mat 23:1-39 & Luk 20:45-47 Courts of the Temple, Tues.}
23:1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, 23:2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sat upon the seat of Moses. 23:3 Therefore, all things, as many things as they would say for you* to keep, keep* and do**, but do** not do them according to their works; for* they say and are not doing*. 23:4 For* they bind burdensome and unbearable loads, and place them upon men's shoulders, but they are not willing to move them even with their finger. 23:5 And they are practicing all their works in order to be seen by men. And they widen their phylacteries and magnify the hems of their garments, 23:6 and they love the foremost-place in the suppers and the foremost seats in the synagogues, 23:7 and the greetings in the marketplaces and to be called by men, Rabbi, rabbi. 23:8 But do* not be called rabbi; for* only one is your* leader, the Christ, and you* are all brethren. 23:9 Now do* not call anyone your* father upon the earth; for* only one is your* Father, the one in the heavens; 23:10 nor be called leaders; for* only one is your* leader– the Christ. 23:11 But the greater of you* will be your* servant. 23:12 But if he exalts himself– he will be humbling himself. And whoever humbles himself– he will be exalting himself.
{Footnotes: Mat 23:13 & 23:14 are flipped in various Greek texts.}
23:13 Woe to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* are devouring widows' houses, and praying long prayers for a pretext, because of this, you* will be receiving even-more condemnation.
23:14 But woe to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* lock the kingdom of the heavens before men; for* you* are not entering in yourselves, nor are you* allowing those who are entering in, to enter either.
23:15 Woe to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* proceed all around the sea and the dry land to make* one Jewish-convert, and whenever he has become one, you* are making* him double the son of hell as you* are yourselves.
23:16 Woe to you*, you* blind guides, that say, Whoever should swear by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever should swear by the gold of the temple, he is obligated. 23:17 You are foolish and blind; for* what is greater, the gold, or the temple that makes the gold holy? 23:18 And, Whoever should swear by the altar, it is nothing, but whoever should swear by the gift which is upon it, he is obligated. 23:19 You* are foolish and blind; for* what is greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift holy? 23:20 Therefore, he who has sworn by the altar, swears by it, and by all things upon it. 23:21 And he who has sworn by the temple, swears by it, and in the one who dwelt in it. 23:22 And he who has sworn by the heaven, swears by the throne of God, and in the one who is sitting upon it.
23:23 Woe to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* tithe the mint and the dill and the cumin, and yet you* left behind the weighty things of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. It was essential for you* to practice these, and not to leave those undone. 23:24 You* blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!
23:25 Woe to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* cleanse the outside of the cup and the plate, but they are full from ravening and unrighteousness inside. 23:26 Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the cup from within and the plate, in order that the outside of them might also become clean.
23:27 Woe to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* are similar to whitewashed burial chambers, which on the outside indeed appear beautiful, but inside are full of dead men's bones, and full of all uncleanness. 23:28 So on the outside you* indeed appear also righteous to men, but inside, you* are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
23:29 Woe to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* build the burial chambers of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the righteous, 23:30 and say, If we were in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in the blood of the prophets. 23:31 So-then you* are testifying to yourselves, that you* are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 23:32 And you*, fill* up the measure of your* fathers. 23:33 Serpents, offsprings of vipers! How may you* flee from the judgment of hell? 23:34 Because of this, behold, I am sending to you* prophets and wise men and scribes, and you* will be killing and will be crucifying some out of them, and you* will be scourging in your* synagogues and will be persecuting from city to city some out of them, 23:35 so *that upon you* may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous {Gen 4:8} until the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you* murdered between the temple and the altar. {Zec 1:7 (?)} 23:36 Assuredly I am saying to you*, All these things will be coming upon this generation.
23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How-often I willed to gather together your children in the manner a bird gathers together its brood under her own wings, and you* did not will it! 23:38 Behold, your* house is left to you* desolate; 23:39 for* I say to you*, You* should never see me from now on, until you* should say, He who is coming in the name of the Lord has been blessed. {Psa 118:26}
{It is best to always read Luke 21 first. See also: Luk 19:41-44 & Luk 23:28-31. Mat 24:1-26, 28 & Mar 13:1-23 & Luk 21:5-24 Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD.}
24:1 And Jesus went out, and was traveling away from the temple, and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 24:2 But Jesus said to them, Do you* not see all these things? Assuredly I am saying to you*, One stone may not be left here upon another stone, which will not be torn-down.
24:3 Now while seating himself upon the Mountain of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your presence and of the end of the world?
24:4 And Jesus answered and said to them, Beware*, do* not let anyone mislead you*. 24:5 For* many will be coming in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and will be misleading many. 24:6 But you* will be about to hear of wars and reports of wars; behold*, do* not be alarmed; for* it is essential for all these things to happen, but the end is not yet. 24:7 For* nation will be raised against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and plagues and earthquakes in different places. 24:8 But all these things are the beginning of travails. 24:9 Then they will be giving you* up to affliction and will be killing you*, and you* will be hated by all the nations because of my name. 24:10 And then many will be offended, and will be giving up one another and will be hating one another. 24:11 And many false prophets will be raised and will be misleading many. 24:12 And because of the multiplying lawlessness, the love* of the many will be cold. 24:13 But he who has endured to the end, this one will be saved. 24:14 And this good-news of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited-earth, *for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will be coming.
24:15 Therefore, whenever you* see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, stopping in the holy place, (let the one who is reading perceive), {Da 9:27 & 11:31 & 12:11 the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, see Luke 21.} 24:16 then let* those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; 24:17 let the one who is upon the housetop not go-down to take the things out of his house, 24:18 and let the one who is in the field not turn behind to take his garments. 24:19 But woe to those who are holding a child in their womb {i.e. pregnant} and to those who are nursing in those days! 24:20 But pray* in order that your* flight might not happen in the winter, nor on a Sabbath. 24:21 For* then will be great affliction, such-as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor should never happen again. 24:22 And except those days were shortened, not any flesh would have been saved, but because of the chosen, those days will be shortened. 24:23 Then if anyone says to you*, Behold, here is the Christ; or, over here is the Christ. Do* not believe it. 24:24 For* false Christs and false prophets will be raised and will be giving great signs and wonders; so-then to mislead, if possible, even the chosen. 24:25 Behold, I have spoken to you* beforehand. 24:26 Therefore if they say to you*, Behold, he is in the wilderness; do* not go. Behold, he is in the storerooms; do* not believe it.
24:27 For* just-like the lightning comes from the east and appears insofar as the west; so also will be the presence of the Son of Man.
24:28 For* wherever the corpse is, the vultures will be gathered together there.
{Mat 24:27, 24:29-31 & Mar 13:24-37 & Luk 21:25-28 & Acts 1:11 & 1Th 4:13-17 & 2Th 1:7-9 & 1Co 15:51-15:58 & Rev 1:7 Second Coming.}
24:29 But immediately after the affliction of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not be giving her radiance, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; 24:30 and then the sign of the Son of Man will be appearing in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will be grieving, and they will be seeing the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and with much glory. 24:31 And he will be sending forth his messengers with a loud voice of a trumpet, and they will be gathering together his chosen from the four winds, from the tips of the heavens insofar as the tips of them.
{Mat 24:32-35 & Mar 13:28-31 & Luk 21:29-33 Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70.}
24:32 Now learn* from the fig tree its parable: whenever her branch already becomes tender and whenever its foliage may spring forth, you* know that the summer is near; 24:33 so also you*, whenever you* see all these things, know* that it is near, even at the doors. 24:34 Assuredly I am saying to you*, This generation should never pass away, until all these things should happen. 24:35 The heaven and the earth will be passing away, but my words should never pass away.
{Mat 24:36-44 & Mar 13:32-37 & Luk 21:34-36 Second Coming.}
24:36 But concerning that day and hour, no one knows, neither the messengers of the heavens, except my Father only. 24:37 But just-like the days of Noah were, so will the presence of the Son of Man also be. 24:38 For* just-like in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and betrothing, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, 24:39 and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away; so also will be the presence of the Son of Man. 24:40 Then two men will be in the field; the one is taken and the one is left. 24:41 Two women will be grinding in the mill-house; the one is taken and the one is left. 24:42 Therefore watch*, because you* do not know in what hour your* Lord is coming. 24:43 But know* this, that if the householder knew in what watch the thief is coming, he would have watched and would have not permitted his house roof to be burrowed through. 24:44 Because of this, you* also, become* prepared, because the Son of Man is coming in an hour you* do not think.
{Mat 24:45-51 & Luk 21:37.} {Mat 25:1-46 Mountain of Olives, Tues.}
24:45 Who then is the faithful and prudent bondservant, whom his lord designated over his bondservants, to give them their nourishment in season? 24:46 That fortunate bondservant, whom, when his lord had come, will find him doing* so. 24:47 Assuredly I am saying to you*, that he will be designating him over all his possessions. 24:48 But if that evil bondservant says in his heart, My lord is delaying to come; 24:49 and may begin to beat his fellow bondservants and to eat and drink with the drunken; 24:50 the lord of that bondservant will be coming in a day in which he is not expecting him, and in an hour which he does not know, 24:51 and will flog him, and will place his part with the hypocrites– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.
25:1 Then the kingdom of the heavens will be similar to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went forth to the encounter of the bridegroom. 25:2 Now five out of them were prudent and five were foolish. 25:3 Those who were foolish, having taken their own lamps, took no oil with them; 25:4 but the prudent took oil in their containers with their lamps. 25:5 Now the bridegroom while he was delaying, they all slumbered and were sleeping. 25:6 But in the middle of the night, there has become an outcry, Behold, the bridegroom is coming! Go* forth to the encounter of him. 25:7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 25:8 Now the foolish said to the prudent, Give* us some oil from your* oil, because our lamps are quenched. 25:9 But the prudent answered, saying, No, lest it might not be enough for us and you* too, but rather, travel* to those who sell and buy* for yourselves. 25:10 But while going away from them to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were prepared entered with him to the marriage-festivities, and the door was locked. 25:11 But later the rest of the virgins also come, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 25:12 But he answered and said, Assuredly I am saying to you*, I do not know you*. 25:13 Therefore watch*, because you* do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
25:14 For* it is just-like a man, going-abroad, who called his own bondservants and gave to them his possessions. 25:15 And he gave to one five silver talants {84,000 dollars US}, but two to another, and one to another; to each according to his own ability, and immediately went-abroad. 25:16 Now he who received the five talants traveling away, took them and worked with* them, and made* another five talants. 25:17 Likewise*, he who also received the two also gained another two. 25:18 But he who received the one, having gone away, shoveled in the soil and hid his lord's silver. 25:19 Now after a long time, the lord of those bondservants comes back, and settles the account with them. 25:20 And he who received the five talants came near and brought the other five talants, saying, Lord, You gave to me five talants. Behold, I gained another five talants over them.
25:21 But his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful bondservant. You were faithful over a few things, I will be designating you over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.
25:22 Now he who also received the two talants came near and said, Lord, You gave to me two talants. Behold, I gained another two talants over them.
25:23 His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful bondservant. You were faithful over a few things, I will be designating you over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.
25:24 Now he who also had received the one talant came near and said, Lord, I knew you, that you are a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter; 25:25 and I was afraid and went away and hid your talant in the soil. Behold, you have your own.
25:26 But his lord answered and said to him, You evil and lazy bondservant, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter? 25:27 Therefore, it was essential for you to put my silver with the bankers, and when I came back, I would get back my own together with interest. 25:28 Therefore, take* away the talant from him and give* it to the one who has the ten talants. 25:29 For* to everyone who has, will be given more, and he will abound, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 25:30 And cast* out the useless bondservant into the outer darkness– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.
25:31 But whenever the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the holy messengers with him. Then he will be sitting upon the throne of his glory; 25:32 and all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will be separating* them one from another, like the shepherd separates* the sheep from the young-goats; 25:33 and he will indeed stand the sheep at his right, but the young-goats at the left. 25:34 Then the King will be saying to those at his right, Come-here*, those who have been blessed from my Father, inherit* the kingdom which has been prepared for you* from the conception of the world: 25:35 for* I was hungry and you* gave me food to eat; I was thirsty and you* delivered to me a drink; I was a stranger and you* brought* me in; 25:36 I was naked and you* dressed me; I was sick and you* visited me; I was in prison and you* came to me.
25:37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and nourish you? Or thirsty and delivered to you a drink? 25:38 But when did we see you as a stranger and we brought* you in? Or naked and dressed you? 25:39 But when did we see you sick or in prison and came to you?
25:40 And when the King has answered, he will say to them, Assuredly I am saying to you*, Inasmuch as you* did* it to one of these, my brethren, even the least, you* did* it to me. 25:41 Then he will also say to them at the left, Travel* away from me, you* those who have been cursed into the everlasting fire which has been prepared for the devil and his messengers: 25:42 for* I was hungry and you* did not give me anything to eat; I was thirsty and you* delivered to me nothing to drink; 25:43 I was a stranger and you* did not bring* me in; naked and you* did not dress me; sick and in prison and you* did not visit me.
25:44 Then they will also answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, or as a stranger or naked, or sick or in prison, and did not serve you?
25:45 Then he will answer them, saying, Assuredly I am saying to you*, Inasmuch as you* did* it not to one of these, the least, neither did* you* do it to me. 25:46 And these will be going away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.
{Mar 14:1-2 & Mat 26:1-5 & Luk 22:1-2 mountain Olives, Bethany, Jerusalem, Tues Evening, Wed. for the Jews.}
26:1 And it happened, when Jesus had completed all these words, he said to his disciples, 26:2 You* know that after two days the Passover happens and the Son of Man is given up, *that* he might be crucified.
26:3 Then the high-priests and the scribes and the elders of the people were gathered together to the courtyard of the high-priest, who was called* Caiaphas; 26:4 and they planned together in order that they might take-hold of Jesus with treachery, and might kill him. 26:5 But they were saying, Not at the feast, in order that an uproar among the people might not happen.
{Mar 14:3-9 & Mat 26:6-13.}
26:6 Now after Jesus came* into Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 26:7 a woman came to him, having an alabaster flask of precious perfume, and she poured it upon his head when he was reclining at the table. 26:8 But after his disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 26:9 For* this perfume was able to be sold* for much and given to the poor.
26:10 But Jesus having known, said to them, Why are you* harassing the woman? For* she has worked a good work *for me. 26:11 For* you* always have the poor with yourselves, but you* do not always have me. 26:12 For* in that having put this perfume upon my body, she did* it in order to bury me. 26:13 Assuredly I am saying to you*, Wherever this good-news is preached in the whole world, what this woman did*, will also be spoken of *for a memorial of her.
{Mar 14:10-11 & Mat 26:14-16 & Luk 22:3-6 & Joh 12:2-8.}
26:14 Then one of the twelve, who was called* Judas Iscariot, traveling on to the high-priests 26:15 and said, What are you* willing to give me and I will be giving him to you*? Now they weighed out thirty pieces of silver for him. 26:16 And he was seeking an opportunity from then onward in order that he might give him to them.
{Mar 14:12-17 & Mat 26:17-20 & Luk 22:7-18, 22:24-30 Bethany to Jerusalem Thur. Evening.}
26:17 Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, Where do you wish that we will prepare the Passover for you to eat?
26:18 Now he said, Proceed* into the city to a certain-person, and say* to him, The Teacher says, My time is near. I will make* the Passover with you at your house with my disciples. 26:19 And the disciples did* as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the Passover.
{Mar 14:18-21, 14:27-31 & Mat 26:21-25, 26:31-35 & Luk 22:21-23, 22:31-38 & Joh 13:21-38.}
26:20 Now after it became evening, he was reclining at the table with the twelve.
26:21 And while eating with them, he said, Assuredly I am saying to you*, that one out of you will be giving me up.
26:22 And they were extremely sorrowful, and each of them began to say to him, I am not the one, am I, Lord?
26:23 But he answered and said, He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, this one will be giving me up to the Jews. 26:24 The Son of Man indeed is proceeding away, just-as it has been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is given up! It was {i.e. would be} good for him if that man had not been born. {Psa 22:1-31?}
26:25 Now Judas, (who is giving him up to the Jews), answered and said, I am not the one, am I rabbi?
He says to him, You have said so.
{Mar 14:22-25 & Mat 26:26-29 & Luk 22:19-20, 1Co 11:23-26.}
26:26 Now while they are eating, Jesus, took the bread. Having given-thanks, he broke it, and was giving it to the disciples and said, Take*, eat*; this is my body. 26:27 And having taken the cup and given-thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink* from it, all of you*; 26:28 for* this is my blood of the new covenant*, which is poured out concerning many into the forgiveness of sins. 26:29 But I am saying to you*, I should never drink from this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day whenever I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
{Mar 14:26, 14:32-42 & Mat 26:30, 26:36-46 & Luk 22:39-46 & Joh 18:1 Garden between Stream of Kidron and Mountain of Olives, Late Thur. night.}
26:30 And having sung a hymn, they went out to the Mountain of Olives.
{See Mat 26:31-35 above.}
26:31 Then Jesus says to them, All of you* will be offended at me this night; for* it has been written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. {Zec 13:7} 26:32 But after I am raised, I will be preceding you* into Galilee.
26:33 But Peter answered and said to him, If all will be offended at you; but I will never be offended.
26:34 Jesus said to him, Assuredly I am saying to you that in this night, before the rooster is to crow, you will be denying me three-times.
26:35 Peter says to him, Even if it is essential for me to die together with you, I should never deny you. And all the disciples said likewise.
{See Mat 26:30 above.}
26:36 Then Jesus comes to a parcel of ground with them, called* Gethsemane, and says to his disciples, Sit* over there, until which time I have gone and might pray there*. 26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and disheartened. 26:38 Then Jesus says to them, My soul is very sorrowful until death. Remain* here and watch* with me.
26:39 And having gone a little further, he fell upon his face, praying and saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; however, not as I will, but as you will.
26:40 And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping and says to Peter, So, were you* not strong-enough to watch with me one hour? 26:41 Watch* and pray*, in order that you* may not enter into temptation. The spirit is indeed eager, but the flesh is weak.
26:42 Having gone away again a second-time, he prayed, saying, My Father, if this cup is not able to pass from me, if I do not drink it– let your will happen.
26:43 And he came again and finds them sleeping, for* their eyes were heavy. 26:44 And having left them again, he went away and prayed a third-time, and said again the same speech.
26:45 Then he comes to his disciples and says to them, Are you* furthermore sleeping the time away and resting yourselves? Behold, the hour has drawn near, and the Son of Man is given up into the hands of sinners. 26:46 Arise*, we should be proceeding. Behold, he who is giving me up to the Jews has drawn near.
{Mar 14:43-52 & Mat 26:47-56 & Luk 22:47-53 & Joh 18:2-11 Gethsemane, Fri. a few hours before dawn.}
26:47 And while still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came and with him, a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the high-priests and elders of the people. 26:48 Now he who is giving him up, gave them a sign, saying, Whomever I kiss; he is the one; take-hold* of him. 26:49 And immediately he came near to Jesus and said, Hail, rabbi. And he kissed him.
26:50 But Jesus said to him, Comrade, to what purpose are you here? Then they came near and put hands upon Jesus and took-hold of him. 26:51 And behold, one of those who was with Jesus stretched out his hand and pulled his sword, and struck the bondservant of the high-priest, and took off his ear.
26:52 Then Jesus says to him, Return your sword into its place; for* all those who have taken up the sword will be dying with* the sword. 26:53 Or do you think that I am not able now to plead with my Father and he will not stand beside me with more than twelve legions of messengers? 26:54 Therefore how might the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it is essential to happen as thus?
26:55 Jesus said to the crowds in that hour, Why did you* come out with swords and clubs to take me, like against a robber? I was sitting daily with you* in the temple, teaching, and you* did not take-hold of me. 26:56 But this whole thing has happened, in order that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him and fled.
{Mar 14:53 & Mat 26:57 & Luk 22:54a & Joh 18:24 Palace of Caiaphas, before dawn.}
26:57 Now those who took-hold of Jesus led him away to the house of Caiaphas the high-priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
{Mar 14:54 & Mat 26:58 & Luk 22:54b-62 & Joh 18:15-18 Courtyard of High Priest's residence, Fri. around dawn.}
26:58 But Peter was following him from afar until the courtyard of the high-priest, and entered inside, and was sitting with the attendants, to see the end.
{Mar 14:55-65 & Mat 26:59-68 & Luk 22:63-65.}
26:59 Now the high-priests and the elders and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus, how they might slay him; 26:60 and they did not find any, even though many false witnesses came. Still, they did not find any. 26:61 But later, two false witnesses came near and were saying, This one said, I am able to tear-down the temple of God and to build it again in three days.
26:62 And the high-priest, having stood up, said to him, Are you answering nothing? What are these witnesses testifying against you? 26:63 But Jesus was silent. And the high-priest answered and said to him, I implore you by the living God, in order that you should tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God?
26:64 Jesus said to him, You have said so. However I am saying to you*, From now on, you* will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming upon the clouds of heaven.
26:65 Then the high-priest ripped his garments, saying, He blasphemed. Why do we still have need of witnesses? Behold, now you* have heard his blasphemy. 26:66 What are you* thinking?
They answered and said, He is liable for death. 26:67 Then they spat at his face and battered him, and some slapped him, 26:68 saying, Prophesy to us, you Christ. Who is he who struck you?
{Mar 14:66-72 & Mat 26:69-75 & Luk 22:55-62 & Joh 18:25-27.}
26:69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and one maidservant came to him, saying, You were also with Jesus the Galilean.
26:70 But he denied it before them all, saying, I do not know what you are saying.
26:71 Now having gone out into the gate area, another one saw him, and says to them there, This one was also with Jesus of the Nazarenes.
26:72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
26:73 Now after a little while, those who are standing by, came near and said to Peter, You truly also are one out of them; for* even your speech makes* it evident.
26:74 Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. Now immediately, the rooster crowed. 26:75 And Peter was reminded of the declaration which Jesus had said to him, Before the rooster is to crow, you will be denying me three-times. And having gone outside, he wept bitterly.
{Mar 15:1 & Mat 27:1-2 Luk 22:66-23:1 Joh 18:28a Jerusalem early Fri. morning.}
27:1 Now after it became morning, all the high-priests and the elders of the people took a council against Jesus so-as to slay him; 27:2 and they bound him and led him away and gave him up to Pontius Pilate the governor.
{Mat 27:3-10 & Acts 1:18-19 Fri. morning and toward the future.}
27:3 Then Judas, (the one giving him up), after he saw that he was condemned, regretted and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the high-priests and the elders, 27:4 saying, I sinned, having given up innocent blood.
But they said, What is that to us? You will see. 27:5 And having tossed the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed. And having gone away, he hung himself.
27:6 Now the high-priests took the pieces of silver and said, It is not legal to put them into the depository, since it is the price of blood. 27:7 Now they took a council and bought from them the potter's field, *for the burial of strangers. 27:8 Hence until today, that field was called, The Field of Blood. 27:9 Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, 'And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one who had been priced, whom some of the sons from Israel priced for themselves; 27:10 and they gave them *for the potter's field, just-as the Lord commanded me.' {Jer 32:6-9}
{Mar 15:2-5 & Mat 27:11-14 & Luk 23:2-5 & Joh 18:28b-38 Jerusalem early Fri. morning.}
27:11 Now Jesus stood before the governor and the governor asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews?
Now Jesus said to him, You speak it correctly. 27:12 And while* he was accused by the high-priests and the elders, he answered nothing.
27:13 Then Pilate says to him, Do you not hear how-many things they are testifying against you? 27:14 And he did not answer him, not even with one word; so-then making the governor to marvel exceedingly.
{Mar 15:6-19 & Mat 27:15-30 & Joh 18:39-19:16 Fri., April 7, 30AD.}
27:15 Now the governor had been accustomed at the feast to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they willed. 27:16 Now then they were holding a notable prisoner called* Barabbas. 27:17 Therefore, having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom do you* wish that I may release to you*? Barabbas or Jesus who is called* Christ? 27:18 For* he knew that they gave him up because of envy.
27:19 Now while sitting upon the judicial-seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing between you and that righteous man; for* I suffered many things today in a dream because of him.
27:20 Now the high-priests and the elders persuaded the crowds in order that they should ask for Barabbas and should destroy Jesus. 27:21 But the governor answered and said to them, Whom do you* will that I may release to you* from the two?
But they said, Barabbas!
27:22 Pilate says to them, Therefore what should I do* to Jesus who is called* Christ?
They all say to him, Let him be crucified!
27:23 But the governor said, For* what evil did he do*?
But they were crying out even-more, saying, Let him be crucified!
27:24 Pilate saw he is profiting nothing, but rather that an uproar is happening, took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, I am innocent from the blood of this righteous man; you* will see to it.
27:25 And all the people answered and said, His blood is upon us and upon our children.
27:26 Then he released to them Barabbas, but having scourged Jesus, he gave him up in order that he should be crucified.
27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the palace and gathered together the whole cohort {600 soldiers} upon him. 27:28 And having stripped him, they placed a scarlet cloak around him. 27:29 And having braided a crown from thorns, they placed it upon his head and a reed upon his right hand, and they knelt down before him and were mocking him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 27:30 And having spat at him, they took the reed and were beating it into his head.
{Mar 15:20-23 & Mat 27:31-34 & Luk 23:26-33 & Joh 19:17 Road to the Cross, Fri. morning.}
27:31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped the cloak off him and clothed him with his own garments and led him away, *that* they should crucify him.
27:32 Now while going out, they found a man from Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this one to go with them, in order that he might lift up his cross.
27:33 And they came to a place called* Golgotha, which is to say, the place of a skull, 27:34 they gave him vinegar to drink, having been mixed with gall. And having tasted it, he was not willing to drink it.
{Mar 15:24-32 & Mat 27:35-44 & Luk 23:33-43 & Joh 19:18-27 9:00 until Noon, Fri.}
27:35 Now having crucified him, 'they divided his garments among them, casting a lot'; {T} in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, 'They divided my garments among them and they cast a lot for my garment.' {Psa 22.18} 27:36 And sitting down, they were guarding him there. 27:37 And they placed above his head an accusation that had been written, This Jesus is the King of the Jews. 27:38 Then two robbers are crucified together with him, one at the right and one at the left. 27:39 Now those who traveled by were blaspheming him, wagging their heads, 27:40 and saying, He who tears-down the temple and builds it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come-down from the cross.
27:41 Now likewise, also the high-priests with the scribes and elders and Pharisees, mocking him, and were saying, 27:42 He saved others, yet he is not able to save himself. If he is the King of Israel; let him come-down now from the cross and we will believe in him. 27:43 He has confidence upon God. Let him rescue him now, if he is willing to save him; for* he said, I am the Son of God. 27:44 Now the robbers who were also crucified together with him were reproaching him with the same thing.
{Mar 15:34 & Mat 27:45 & Luk 23:44 around Noon.}
27:45 Now there became darkness upon all the earth from the sixth hour until the ninth hour {i.e. Noon until 3:00 PM; Amos 8:8–9?}.
{Mar 15:34-41 & Mat 27:46-56 & Luk 23:45-49 & Joh 19:28-30 around 5:00 PM.}
27:46 Now around the ninth hour {i.e. 3:00 PM} Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is, 'My God, my God, why did you forsake me?' {Psa 22:1}
27:47 But some of them standing there, after they heard it, were saying, This one is summoning Elijah. 27:48 And immediately one out of them ran, took a sponge and filled it from the vinegar vessel and placed it around a reed and was delivering a drink to him.
27:49 But the rest were saying, Allow it, that we may see if Elijah comes; he will save him.
27:50 Now Jesus, having cried again with a loud voice, his spirit left. 27:51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was split-apart into two pieces, from the top to the bottom, and the earth shook, and the rocks were split-apart; 27:52 and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the holy-ones who had fallen-asleep were raised.
27:53 And having gone forth out of the tombs after his awakening, they entered into the holy city and were manifesting themselves to many.
27:54 Now the centurion and those guarding Jesus with him, having seen the earthquake and the things which happened, were extremely afraid, saying, This one truly was the Son of God. 27:55 Now many women were there viewing from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him: 27:56 among whom was Mary the Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joses and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
{Mar 15:42-47 & Mat 27:57-66 & Luk 23:50-56 & Joh 19:31-42 Before The Sabbath.}
27:57 Now after it became evening, a rich man came from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also made himself a disciple to Jesus. 27:58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up. 27:59 And Joseph took the body and entwined it in a clean linen cloth, 27:60 and placed it in his own new tomb, which he had hewed out in the rock and he rolled a great stone in the doorway of the tomb and went away. 27:61 Now Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting in front of the burial chamber.
27:62 Now on the next-day, which is the day after the Preparation, the high-priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate, 27:63 saying, Lord, we have remembered what that misleader said while still living, I will be raised after three days. 27:64 Therefore, command that the burial chamber be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, might steal him away and might say to the people, He was raised from the dead and the last deceit will be worse than the first.
27:65 Now Pilate said to them, You* have a sentry. Proceed* away, make* it as secure as you* know how. 27:66 Now traveling away, they secured the burial chamber, having sealed the stone, and with the sentry.
{Mar 16:1-8 & Mat 28:1-8 & Luk 24:1-8, 12 & Joh 20:1-10 Dawn and very early Sun.}
28:1 Now after the Sabbath, as it was dawning toward the first daylight of the week, Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary came to view the burial chamber. 28:2 And behold, there became a great earthquake; for* a messenger of the Lord descended out of heaven, who came near and rolled away the stone from the door and was sitting upon it. 28:3 His form was like lightning and his clothing was white like snow; 28:4 and those who are guarding the door, were shaken from the fear of him and became like dead men.
28:5 Now the messenger answered and said to the women, Do* not be afraid; for* I know that you* are seeking Jesus, who has been crucified. 28:6 He is not here; for* he was raised, just-as he said. Come-here*, behold* the place where the Lord was laying. 28:7 And traveling quickly, say* to his disciples, He was raised from the dead, and behold, he is preceding you* into Galilee; you* will be seeing him there. Behold, I have said this to you*.
28:8 And having gone out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to report to his disciples.
{Mar 16:9-11 & Mat 28:9-10 & Luk 24:9-11 & Joh 20:11-18.}
28:9 Now as they were traveling to also report it to his disciples, behold, Jesus encountered them, saying, Rejoice*! But they came and took-hold of his feet and worshiped him. 28:10 Then Jesus says to them, Do* not be afraid. Proceed* away; report* to my brethren in order that they might go into Galilee and they will be seeing me there.
{Mat 28:11-15 Sun. Morning; no parallel.}
28:11 Now while they are traveling, behold, some of the sentry came into the city and reported to the high-priests all the things which had happened. 28:12 And having been gathered together with the elders and having taken council, they gave a considerable amount of silver to the soldiers, 28:13 saying, Say*: after we had fallen-asleep, his disciples came of the night and stole him away. 28:14 And if this is heard of over the governor, we will be persuading him and will be making* you* carefree. 28:15 So they took the silver and did* like they were taught and this speech was broadcasted with the Jews and is continuing till today.
{Mat 28:16-17 & 1Co 15:6 Mountain in Galilee.}
28:16 But the eleven disciples traveled into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed to them. 28:17 And having seen him, they worshiped him, but some were skeptical.
{Mar 16:15-18 & Mat 28:18-20 & Luk 24:46-47 Mountain in Galilee; The Great Commission.}
28:18 And Jesus came near to them and spoke to them, saying, All authority was given to me in heaven and upon earth.
28:19 When traveling, make* disciples of all the nations, immersing* them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 28:20 teaching them to observe all things, as many things as I commanded you*, and behold, I am with you* all the days until the end of the world.
Amen.
{{ Introduction to Mark 45-52 AD.
The book of Mark, better titled as 'The Good-news According to Mark,' was written for a Roman audience. The author of the book does not identify himself, but the early Christian congregations attributed the authorship to John Mark, cousin of Barnabas and possibly Peter's son. It is fast paced and should have been the first book of the New Testament. With this in mind, many feel this gospel was written primarily to the Romans who were very industrious and proud of their achievements. Jesus' heroic service to others and His willingness to die for others would attract Roman attention too. The Romans were not interested in lots of extra details, nor were they too concerned about prophecies contained in Jewish writings from hundreds of years earlier (Mark only quotes three Old Testament prophecies). Mark even disregards many instances of special Jewish interest and explains Jewish customs and language for non-Jewish readers (5:41; 7:34; 15:34). Mark gives us one of the three reasons for Jesus' death: A ransom for many - 10:45. For the forgiveness of sins - Matthew 26:28. For the sheep - John 10:11. Isaiah 52:13-53:12 is the very relevant background for this Good-news book. The events in Mark are held by scholars to be in chronological order. Starting from His immersion (baptism) Mark portrays Jesus as a Man constantly on the move for God, with the word 'immediately' appearing 42 times in this book, the shortest of the Good-news accounts. Percentage-wise, Mark spends more time dealing with the final week of Jesus' life than any of the other Good-news writers. The final instructions given by Jesus after His resurrection, in this biography, are to 'preach the good-news to the whole creation. He who believes and is immersed will be saved, but he who disbelieves will be condemned' (Mark 16:15-16).}}
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