{ "name": "jesus", "lang": "eng", "title": "Jesus", "description": "An abridg­ment of the Gos­pel of Marcion fo­cus­ing on the Tri­ple Tra­di­tion", "sample-verse": "2:6", "books": [ { "sections": [ { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "4:31", "translation": "Jesus went down to Capharnaum, a city in Gal­i­lee by the sea, in the ter­ri­to­ry of Zebulon and Naphtali. And he was teach­ing them on the Sabbath days." }, { "ref": "4:32", "translation": "And all were as­ton­ished at his teach­ing, be­cause he spoke with au­thor­i­ty." }, { "ref": "4:33", "translation": "And in the syn­a­gogue there was a man who had the spir­it of an un­clean de­mon; and he cried out with a loud voice," }, { "ref": "4:34", "translation": "say­ing, “What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazara? Have you come to de­stroy us? I know who you are, the Ho­ly One of God!”" }, { "ref": "4:35", "translation": "And Jesus re­buked him, say­ing, “Be si­lent and come out of him!” And the de­mon, hav­ing thrown him in­to the mid­dle, came out of him with­out harming him." }, { "ref": "4:36", "translation": "And great amazement came over them all and they were talking with one an­oth­er, say­ing, “What kind of speech is this, that with au­thor­i­ty and pow­er he commands the un­clean spirits and they come out?”" }, { "ref": "4:37", "translation": "And news about him kept spreading to eve­ry place in the sur­round­ing re­gion." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "4:16", "translation": "When he came to Nazara, he entered the syn­a­gogue on the Sabbath day." }, { "ref": "4:22", "translation": "They said, “Is­nʼt this Josephʼs son?”" }, { "ref": "4:23", "translation": "He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to me, ‘Doc­tor, cure your­self! The things we have heard were done in Capharnaum, do al­so here in your home­town.’”" }, { "ref": "4:24", "translation": "But he said, “Tru­ly I tell you that no proph­et is ac­cept­a­ble in his home­town.”" }, { "ref": "4:28", "translation": "Then all in the syn­a­gogue were filled with an­ger," }, { "ref": "4:29", "translation": "and they rose up and threw him out of the city. They led him to the brow of the moun­tain on which their city had been built, in or­der to throw him down." }, { "ref": "4:30", "translation": "But he passed through their midst and went on his way." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "4:40", "translation": "He left Nazara and went and lived in Capharnaum by the sea. As the sun was set­ting, all those who had peo­ple sick with var­i­ous diseases brought them to him. He laid his hands on each of them and cured them." }, { "ref": "4:41", "translation": "Demons al­so came out of many, cry­ing out and say­ing, “You are the Son of God!” Rebuking them, he would­nʼt al­low them to speak, be­cause they knew he was the Christ." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "4:44", "translation": "And he con­tin­ued preaching in the syn­a­gogues of Gal­i­lee." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "5:1", "translation": "Once while he was stand­ing be­side the Lake of Gennesaret, the crowd was press­ing in on him and hear­ing the word of God." }, { "ref": "5:3", "translation": "He got in­to a boat, which was Simonʼs, and asked him to put out a lit­tle way from the shore. Then he sat down in the boat and taught the crowds." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "5:10", "translation": "James and John, Zebedeeʼs sons, were part­ners with Simon. He said to them, “Come on! You are no long­er fishermen of fish, for I will make you fishermen of peo­ple.”" }, { "ref": "5:11", "translation": "But when they heard that, they left eve­ry­thing on the shore and followed him." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "5:12", "translation": "When he was in one of the cit­ies, there was a lep­er. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown, say­ing, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”" }, { "ref": "5:13", "translation": "He stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I want to. Be made clean.” Im­me­di­ate­ly the lep­ro­sy left him." }, { "ref": "5:14", "translation": "He ordered him to tell no one, “But go, show your­self to the priest, and of­fer the gift that Mo­ses commanded, so that this may be a tes­ti­mo­ny to you.” But he went out and be­gan to pro­claim and to spread the word, so that he could no long­er en­ter a city openly, but was out­side in de­sert­ed places. And they came to him, and he went again to Capharnaum." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "5:17", "translation": "One day while he was teach­ing, the Pharisees and scribes came to­geth­er. They had come to­geth­er from eve­ry vil­lage of Gal­i­lee and Judea, so that they would be healed." }, { "ref": "5:18", "translation": "Just then, men came car­ry­ing a paralyzed man on a stretcher, and they were try­ing to bring him in and place him be­fore him." }, { "ref": "5:19", "translation": "But find­ing no way to bring him in be­cause of the crowd, they climbed up on the roof, re­moved the tiles where he was, and let the stretcher with the par­a­lyt­ic down in front of Jesus." }, { "ref": "5:20", "translation": "When he saw their faith, he says to the par­a­lyt­ic, “Man, your sins are for­giv­en.”" }, { "ref": "5:21", "translation": "Then the scribes and the Pharisees be­gan to rea­son in their hearts, say­ing, “What blas­phe­mies does this one speak? Who forgives sins but God a­lone?”" }, { "ref": "5:22", "translation": "But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he an­swered them, “What evil do you contemplate in your hearts?" }, { "ref": "5:23", "translation": "Which is eas­i­er, to say ‘Your sins are for­giv­en,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?" }, { "ref": "5:24", "translation": "But so that you may know that the Son of Man has au­thor­i­ty to for­give sins on earth,” he said to the par­a­lyt­ic, “Get up, take your stretcher, and go to your home.”" }, { "ref": "5:25", "translation": "Im­me­di­ate­ly he stood up be­fore them, took his stretcher, and went to his home, glorifying God." }, { "ref": "5:26", "translation": "They were filled with fear, say­ing, “We have seen incredible things to­day.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "5:27", "translation": "When he returned again to the sea and a crowd followed him, he taught. In pass­ing, he saw Levi, son of Al­phae­us, sit­ting at the tax of­fice, and said to him, “Fol­low me.”" }, { "ref": "5:28", "translation": "He left eve­ry­thing, got up, and followed him." }, { "ref": "5:29", "translation": "Then Levi made a great ban­quet for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others re­clin­ing at the ta­ble with them." }, { "ref": "5:30", "translation": "The Pharisees and their scribes were com­plain­ing to his dis­ci­ples, say­ing, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors?”" }, { "ref": "5:31", "translation": "Jesus an­swered them, “Those who are healthy donʼt need a physician, but those who are sick do." }, { "ref": "5:32", "translation": "I have­nʼt come to call the right­eous.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "5:33", "translation": "They said to him, “Why do the dis­ci­ples of John and the dis­ci­ples of the Pharisees fast fre­quent­ly and of­fer prayers, but yours eat and drink?”" }, { "ref": "5:34", "translation": "He said to them, “Can the wed­ding guests possibly fast as long as the bridegroom is with them?" }, { "ref": "5:35", "translation": "But days will come when the bridegroom will be tak­en a­way from them, then they will fast in those days." }, { "ref": "5:37", "translation": "New wine is not poured in­to old wineskins; oth­er­wise, the new wine will burst the skins, then the wine is lost and al­so the skins." }, { "ref": "5:38", "translation": "But new wine is put in­to new wineskins, and both re­main pre­served." }, { "ref": "5:36", "translation": "No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth onto an old cloak; oth­er­wise, it all tears, and it will be of no use for the old. For it will result in a larg­er tear.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "6:1", "translation": "On the Sabbath, he went through the grain fields, and his dis­ci­ples plucked the heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them." }, { "ref": "6:2", "translation": "But the Pharisees said to him, “See, why are your dis­ci­ples do­ing what is not law­ful on the Sabbath?”" }, { "ref": "6:3", "translation": "Jesus an­swered, “Have you nev­er read what David did?" }, { "ref": "6:4", "translation": "He entered in­to the house of God, ate the bread off the al­tar, and gave some to those with him, which is not law­ful to eat ex­cept for the priests on­ly?”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "6:6", "translation": "On the Sabbath, he again entered in­to the syn­a­gogue, in which there was a man who had a withered hand." }, { "ref": "6:7", "translation": "The Pharisees were watching him closely to see wheth­er he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could ac­cuse him." }, { "ref": "6:8", "translation": "But he knew their reasoning, and he said to him who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand in the mid­dle.” He got up and stood there." }, { "ref": "6:9", "translation": "Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you: Is it law­ful to do good things on the Sabbath, or not? To redeem a life, or to de­stroy it?” But they were si­lent." }, { "ref": "6:10", "translation": "Af­ter looking a­round at all of them with an­ger, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was re­stored exactly as the oth­er." }, { "ref": "6:5", "translation": "He said to them, “The son of man is lord e­ven of the Sabbath.”" }, { "ref": "6:11", "translation": "But they were filled with senseless rage, and they discussed with one an­oth­er how they could de­stroy him." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "6:12", "translation": "He went up the moun­tain and spent the night in pray­er." }, { "ref": "6:13", "translation": "When day came, he called his dis­ci­ples and chose twelve of them, whom he al­so named apos­tles." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "6:17", "translation": "He came down with them and stood on a lev­el place, and a great crowd of his dis­ci­ples and a great mul­ti­tude of the peo­ple from all Judea and the oth­er shore and from oth­er cit­ies" }, { "ref": "6:18", "translation": "came to hear him and to be healed from their diseases. And those troubled with un­clean spirits were healed." }, { "ref": "6:19", "translation": "The whole crowd was try­ing to tou­ch him." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "6:20", "translation": "He looked up at his dis­ci­ples, and said:" }, { "ref": "6:37", "translation": "“Donʼt judge, and you wonʼt be judged. Donʼt con­demn, and you wonʼt be condemned. For­give, and you will be for­giv­en." }, { "ref": "6:38", "translation": "Give, and it will be giv­en to you. They will place in­to your lap a good meas­ure, pressed down and over­flow­ing. With the meas­ure that you meas­ure out, it will be meas­ured to you.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "7:17", "translation": "News about Jesus spread through­out all Judea, e­ven to John the Bap­tist." }, { "ref": "7:18", "translation": "When John heard of his deeds, he took of­fense. He summoned two of his dis­ci­ples," }, { "ref": "7:19", "translation": "say­ing, “Go say to him, ‘Are you the one who co­mes, or should we ex­pect an­oth­er?’”" }, { "ref": "7:20", "translation": "When the men came to him, they said, “John the Bap­tist has sent us to you, say­ing, ‘Are you the one who co­mes, or should we ex­pect an­oth­er?’”" }, { "ref": "7:22", "translation": "He an­swered them, “Go and tell John what your eyes have seen and your ears have heard: the blind see again, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news preached to them." }, { "ref": "7:23", "translation": "Bless­ed are you, if you take no of­fense at me!”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "7:24", "translation": "When Johnʼs messengers had gone, he be­gan to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out in­to the wil­der­ness to see? A reed shak­en by the wind?" }, { "ref": "7:25", "translation": "What, then, did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft garments? Be­hold, those who live in splen­did cloth­ing and in lux­u­ry are in roy­al palaces." }, { "ref": "7:26", "translation": "What, then, did you go out to see? A proph­et? Yes, I tell you, and more than a proph­et. For a­mong those born of wom­en there is no greater proph­et than John the Bap­tist." }, { "ref": "7:27", "translation": "He is the one about whom it is writ­ten, ‘Be­hold, I am sending my mes­sen­ger ahead of you, who will pre­pare the way for you.’" }, { "ref": "7:28", "translation": "But the least in the king­dom of God is greater than he.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "7:36", "translation": "Now one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him. He went in­to the Phariseeʼs house and re­clined at the ta­ble." }, { "ref": "7:37", "translation": "Be­hold, a wom­an, a sin­ner in the city," }, { "ref": "7:38", "translation": "stood be­hind him at his feet. She bathed his feet with her tears and anointed him with perfumed oil." }, { "ref": "7:39", "translation": "See­ing this, Simon Pe­ter said to him­self, “If this man were a proph­et, he would know who and what kind of wom­an this is who is touching him, that she is a sin­ner.”" }, { "ref": "7:44", "translation": "Turn­ing to the wom­an, he said to Simon, “Do you see this wom­an? She has wet my feet with her tears." }, { "ref": "7:46", "translation": " She has anointed" }, { "ref": "7:45", "translation": " and kissed me." }, { "ref": "7:47", "translation": "There­fore, I tell you, her many sins are for­giv­en, for she loved much.”" }, { "ref": "7:48", "translation": "He said to her, “Your sins are for­giv­en.”" }, { "ref": "7:49", "translation": "Those re­clin­ing at the ta­ble with him be­gan to say a­mong them­selves, “Who is this who e­ven forgives sins?”" }, { "ref": "7:50", "translation": "But he said to the wom­an, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "8:4", "translation": "When a large crowd was gath­er­ing, and peo­ple from town af­ter town were com­ing to him, he spoke by means of a par­a­ble:" }, { "ref": "8:5", "translation": "“A sower went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell alongside the path, and it was trampled, and the birds ate it up." }, { "ref": "8:6", "translation": "Some fell on the rock, and when it grew, it withered, be­cause it had no moisture." }, { "ref": "8:7", "translation": "Some fell a­mong thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it." }, { "ref": "8:8", "translation": "Some fell on good soil, and when it grew, it pro­duced one hun­dred times as much fruit.” As he said these things, he called out, “If you have ears, then lis­ten!”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "8:9", "translation": "His dis­ci­ples asked him what this par­a­ble meant." }, { "ref": "8:10", "translation": "He said, “To you it has been giv­en to know the secrets of Godʼs King­dom." }, { "ref": "8:18", "translation": "So pay at­ten­tion to how you lis­ten, for who­ev­er has, will be giv­en more; and who­ev­er does­nʼt have, e­ven what he seems to have will be tak­en a­way." }, { "ref": "8:10", "translation": "But to the rest, it will not be giv­en ex­cept in a par­a­ble, so that ‘see­ing they may not per­ceive, and listening they may not un­der­stand.’" }, { "ref": "8:11", "translation": "Now the par­a­ble is this: The seed is the word of God." }, { "ref": "8:12", "translation": "Those alongside the path are those who have heard, then the dev­il co­mes and takes a­way the word from their hearts, so that they may not be­lieve and be saved." }, { "ref": "8:13", "translation": "Those on the rock are the ones who re­ceive the word with joy when they hear it, but these have no root. They be­lieve for a while, but in a time of testing, they fall a­way." }, { "ref": "8:14", "translation": "Those a­mong thorns are the ones who have heard, but through worries, rich­es, and pleasures of life, they are choked and they bring noth­ing to ma­tur­i­ty." }, { "ref": "8:15", "translation": "Those on good soil are the ones who, hav­ing heard the word with a good heart, hold it tightly and bear fruit with en­dur­ance.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "8:16", "translation": "No one lights a lamp then co­vers it." }, { "ref": "8:17", "translation": "For noth­ing is hid­den that will not be disclosed, nor is any­thing se­cret that will not be­come known and come to light." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "8:20", "translation": "He was told that his moth­er and brothers are stand­ing out­side, and wishing to see him." }, { "ref": "8:21", "translation": "But he an­swered them, “Who is my moth­er and who are my brothers, if not those who hear my words and do them.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "8:22", "translation": "One day he and his dis­ci­ples got in­to a boat, and he said to them, “Letʼs cross to the oth­er side of the lake,” so they set sail." }, { "ref": "8:23", "translation": "While they were sailing, he fell a­sleep. A wind­storm descended on the lake, and the boat was fill­ing with wa­ter, and they were in dan­ger." }, { "ref": "8:24", "translation": "They went to him and woke him up, say­ing, “Teach­er, we are perishing!” Hav­ing been awakened, he re­buked the wind and the sea, and they ceased, and a calm set in." }, { "ref": "8:25", "translation": "Then he said to them, “Where is your faith?” They were filled with fear and were a­mazed, say­ing to one an­oth­er, “Who is this, that he commands e­ven the winds and the sea, and they o­bey him?”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "8:26", "translation": "They sailed to the re­gion of the Gerasenes, which is op­po­site Gal­i­lee." }, { "ref": "8:27", "translation": "As he stepped a­shore, he was met by a man from the city who had had demons for a considerable time. He wore no cloak and did not live in a house but in the tombs." }, { "ref": "8:28", "translation": "When he saw Jesus, he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? I beg you, donʼt tor­ment me!”" }, { "ref": "8:29", "translation": "For he had commanded the un­clean de­mon, \"Come out of this man.\" For it had of­ten seized him, and he was guard­ed while bound with chains and fetters, yet break­ing a­part the bonds, he was driv­en by the de­mon in­to the des­ert." }, { "ref": "8:30", "translation": "Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion is my name,” for there were many demons." }, { "ref": "8:31", "translation": "They kept begging him not to com­mand them to de­part in­to the abyss." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "8:32", "translation": "Now there was a herd of pigs feed­ing on the hill­side. They beg­ged him that they might en­ter in­to the pigs, and he permitted them." }, { "ref": "8:33", "translation": "When the demons came out of the man, they rushed in­to the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank in­to the lake and was drowned." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "8:34", "translation": "When the herders saw what had happened, they fled and reported it in the city and in the coun­try." }, { "ref": "8:35", "translation": "When those from the city came near and saw that the pos­sessed man was in his right mind and sit­ting at Jesusʼ feet, clothed, they were a­fraid." }, { "ref": "8:36", "translation": "Those who had seen it told them how the pos­sessed man had been healed." }, { "ref": "8:37", "translation": "All the peo­ple and the re­gion of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them be­cause they were gripped by great fear. He went aboard and returned." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "8:40", "translation": "When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him." }, { "ref": "8:41", "translation": "Be­hold, there came a man named Jairus, a lead­er of the syn­a­gogue. He fell down at Jesusʼ feet and beg­ged him to come to his house," }, { "ref": "8:42", "translation": "for his on­ly daugh­ter, about twelve years old, lay dy­ing. As he went to his house, the crowd al­most crushed him." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "8:43", "translation": "There was a wom­an who had a flow of blood for twelve years, and not a sin­gle per­son could heal her." }, { "ref": "8:44", "translation": "Hav­ing ap­proached, she touched his clothes, and im­me­di­ate­ly her flow of blood stopped." }, { "ref": "8:45", "translation": "When Jesus no­ticed that pow­er had gone out of him, he asked, “Who has touched me?” When all de­nied it, Pe­ter said, “Teach­er, the crowd hems you in and pushes against you.”" }, { "ref": "8:46", "translation": "But Jesus said, “Some­one has touched me. I well know that pow­er has gone out of me.”" }, { "ref": "8:47", "translation": "When the wom­an saw that she had not es­caped no­tice, she came forth trem­bling, and fell down be­fore him, and de­clared be­fore all the peo­ple the rea­son why she had touched him, and how she was im­me­di­ate­ly healed." }, { "ref": "8:48", "translation": "He said to her, “Daugh­ter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "8:49", "translation": "While he was still speak­ing, they came from the lead­er of the syn­a­gogue, say­ing, “Your daugh­ter is dead. Donʼt trou­ble the teach­er any long­er.”" }, { "ref": "8:50", "translation": "When Jesus heard this, he replied, “Donʼt be a­fraid. On­ly be­lieve, and she will be saved.”" }, { "ref": "8:51", "translation": "When he entered the house, he did­nʼt al­low any­one to en­ter with him ex­cept Pe­ter, John, James, the girlʼs fa­ther, and the moth­er." }, { "ref": "8:52", "translation": "Eve­ry­one was weep­ing and mourn­ing for her, but he said, “Stop weep­ing, for she did­nʼt die, but is sleep­ing.”" }, { "ref": "8:53", "translation": "And they were ridiculing him, be­cause they knew she had died." }, { "ref": "8:54", "translation": "Tak­ing her by the hand, he called out, “Child, get up.”" }, { "ref": "8:55", "translation": "Her spir­it returned, and she got up im­me­di­ate­ly, and he commanded that she be giv­en some­thing to eat." }, { "ref": "8:56", "translation": "Her par­ents were astounded, but he commanded them to tell no one what had happened." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "9:1", "translation": "He called his twelve dis­ci­ples to­geth­er and gave them pow­er and au­thor­i­ty over all the demons." }, { "ref": "9:2", "translation": "He sent out the dis­ci­ples to pro­claim Godʼs King­dom." }, { "ref": "9:3", "translation": "He said to them, “Take noth­ing for the jour­ney: no staff, no bag, no bread, no mon­ey, no extra tunic." }, { "ref": "9:4", "translation": "What­ev­er house you en­ter, stay there and leave from there." }, { "ref": "9:5", "translation": "And wher­ev­er peo­ple donʼt re­ceive you, when you leave that city, shake the dust from your feet as a tes­ti­mo­ny against them.”" }, { "ref": "9:6", "translation": "They de­part­ed and trav­eled through cit­ies and villages, proclaiming good news eve­ry­where." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "9:7", "translation": "When King Her­od heard what happened, he be­came per­plexed be­cause some were say­ing, “John has been raised from the dead,”" }, { "ref": "9:8", "translation": "and others, “Elijah has ap­peared,” and still others, “One of the an­cient prophets has arisen.”" }, { "ref": "9:9", "translation": "Her­od said, “I beheaded John. Who is this about whom I hear such things?” And he sought to see him." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "9:10", "translation": "The apos­tles returned and recounted to him all that they had done. He took them a­long and with­drew pri­vate­ly to a de­sert­ed place called Bethsaida." }, { "ref": "9:11", "translation": "But the crowds, hav­ing found out, followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about Godʼs King­dom, and healed all those who needed his heal­ing." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "9:12", "translation": "The day was com­ing to a close. The twelve came up and said to him, “Send the crowd a­way so that they may go in­to the sur­round­ing villages and coun­try­side to find lodging, be­cause out here weʼre in a de­sert­ed place.”" }, { "ref": "9:13", "translation": "But he said to them, “You give them some­thing to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, un­less we should go and buy food for all these peo­ple.”" }, { "ref": "9:14", "translation": "For they were about five thou­sand men. He said to his dis­ci­ples, “Make them sit down in groups of about fif­ty each.”" }, { "ref": "9:15", "translation": "They did so, and made them all sit down." }, { "ref": "9:16", "translation": "He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he bless­ed them, broke them, and gave them to the dis­ci­ples to set be­fore the mul­ti­tude." }, { "ref": "9:17", "translation": "They ate and were all filled. They gathered up twelve bas­kets of bro­ken pieces that were left over." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "9:18", "translation": "As he was praying a­lone, the dis­ci­ples were near him, and he asked them, “Who do the multitudes say that I am?”" }, { "ref": "9:19", "translation": "They an­swered, “‘John the Baptizer,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’ and others, that one of the old prophets has ris­en again.”" }, { "ref": "9:20", "translation": "He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Pe­ter an­swered, “The Christ of God.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "9:21", "translation": "But he warned them and commanded them to tell this to no one," }, { "ref": "9:22", "translation": "say­ing, “The Son of Man must suf­fer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "9:23", "translation": "He said to all, “If any­one desires to come af­ter me, let him de­ny him­self, take up his cross, and fol­low me." }, { "ref": "9:24", "translation": "For who­ev­er desires to save his life will lose it, but who­ev­er will lose his life for my sake will save it." }, { "ref": "9:25", "translation": "For what does it prof­it a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?" }, { "ref": "9:26", "translation": "For who­ev­er will be a­shamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be a­shamed when he co­mes in his glo­ry, and the glo­ry of the Fa­ther, and of the ho­ly an­gels." }, { "ref": "9:27", "translation": "But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here who will in no way taste of death un­til they see Godʼs King­dom.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "9:28", "translation": "About eight days af­ter these sayings, he took with him Pe­ter, John, and James, and went up onto the moun­tain to pray." }, { "ref": "9:29", "translation": "As he was praying, the ap­pear­ance of his face was altered, and his cloth­ing be­came white and dazzling." }, { "ref": "9:30", "translation": "Be­hold, two men were talking with him, who were Mo­ses and Elijah," }, { "ref": "9:33", "translation": "As they were parting from him, Pe­ter said to Jesus, “Mas­ter, it is good for us to be here. Letʼs make three tents: one for you, one for Mo­ses, and one for Elijah,” not know­ing what he said." }, { "ref": "9:34", "translation": "While he said these things, a cloud came and over­shad­owed them, and they were a­fraid as they entered in­to the cloud." }, { "ref": "9:35", "translation": "A voice came out of the cloud, say­ing, “This is my be­lov­ed Son. Lis­ten to him!”" }, { "ref": "9:36", "translation": "When the voice came, Jesus was found a­lone. They were si­lent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "9:37", "translation": "On the next day, when they had come down from the moun­tain, a great mul­ti­tude met him." }, { "ref": "9:38", "translation": "Be­hold, a man from the crowd called out, say­ing, “Teach­er, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my on­ly born child." }, { "ref": "9:39", "translation": "Be­hold, a spir­it takes him, he sud­den­ly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams; and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely." }, { "ref": "9:40", "translation": "I beg­ged your dis­ci­ples to cast it out, and they could­nʼt.”" }, { "ref": "9:41", "translation": "Jesus an­swered, “Faithless and per­verse gen­er­a­tion, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”" }, { "ref": "9:42", "translation": "While he was still com­ing, the de­mon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus re­buked the un­clean spir­it, healed the boy, and gave him back to his fa­ther." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "9:43", "translation": "They were all as­ton­ished at the maj­es­ty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his dis­ci­ples," }, { "ref": "9:44", "translation": "“Let these words sink in­to your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up in­to the hands of men.”" }, { "ref": "9:45", "translation": "But they did­nʼt un­der­stand this say­ing. It was concealed from them, that they should not per­ceive it, and they were a­fraid to ask him about this say­ing." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "9:46", "translation": "An argument a­rose a­mong them about which of them was the great­est." }, { "ref": "9:47", "translation": "Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a lit­tle child, and set him by his side," }, { "ref": "9:48", "translation": "and said to them, “Who­ev­er receives this lit­tle child in my name receives me. Who­ev­er receives me receives him who sent me. For who­ev­er is least a­mong you all, this one will be great.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "9:49", "translation": "John an­swered, “Mas­ter, we saw some­one cast­ing out demons in your name, and we for­bade him, be­cause he does­nʼt fol­low with us.”" }, { "ref": "9:50", "translation": "Jesus said to him, “Donʼt for­bid him, for he who is not against us is for us.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "10:25", "translation": "Be­hold, a cer­tain teach­er of the law stood up and tested him, say­ing, “Teach­er, what shall I do to in­her­it life?”" }, { "ref": "10:27", "translation": "He an­swered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind.”" }, { "ref": "10:28", "translation": "He said to him, “You have an­swered cor­rect­ly.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "11:14", "translation": "He was cast­ing out a de­mon, and it was mute. When the de­mon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes mar­veled." }, { "ref": "11:15", "translation": "But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”" }, { "ref": "11:16", "translation": "Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heav­en." }, { "ref": "11:17", "translation": "But he, know­ing their thoughts, said to them, “Eve­ry king­dom di­vid­ed against it­self is brought to desolation. A house di­vid­ed against it­self falls." }, { "ref": "11:18", "translation": "If Satan al­so is di­vid­ed against him­self, how will his king­dom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul." }, { "ref": "11:19", "translation": "But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your chil­dren cast them out? There­fore they will be your judges." }, { "ref": "11:20", "translation": "But if I by Godʼs finger cast out demons, then Godʼs King­dom has come to you." }, { "ref": "11:21", "translation": "When the strong man, ful­ly armed, guards his own dwell­ing, his goods are safe." }, { "ref": "11:22", "translation": "But when some­one stronger at­tacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole ar­mor in which he trusted, and divides his plun­der." }, { "ref": "11:23", "translation": "He who is not with me is against me. He who does­nʼt gath­er with me scatters.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "11:29", "translation": "When the multitudes were gath­er­ing to­geth­er to him, he be­gan to say, “This is an evil gen­er­a­tion. It seeks af­ter a sign. No sign will be giv­en to it.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "11:37", "translation": "Now as he spoke, a cer­tain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the ta­ble." }, { "ref": "11:38", "translation": "When the Pharisee saw it, he mar­veled that he had not first washed him­self be­fore dinner." }, { "ref": "11:39", "translation": "The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the out­side of the cup and of the plat­ter, but your in­ward part is full of extortion and wick­ed­ness." }, { "ref": "11:40", "translation": "You fool­ish ones, did­nʼt he who made the out­side make the in­side al­so?" }, { "ref": "11:41", "translation": "But give for gifts to the needy those things which are with­in, and be­hold, all things will be clean to you." }, { "ref": "11:42", "translation": "But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and eve­ry herb, but you bypass jus­tice and Godʼs love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the oth­er un­done." }, { "ref": "11:43", "translation": "Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the syn­a­gogues and the greetings in the mar­ket­places." }, { "ref": "11:44", "translation": "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hid­den graves, and the men who walk over them donʼt know it.”" }, { "ref": "11:45", "translation": "One of the lawyers an­swered him, “Teach­er, in say­ing this you in­sult us al­so.”" }, { "ref": "11:46", "translation": "He said, “Woe to you lawyers al­so! For you load men with burdens that are dif­fi­cult to car­ry, and you your­selves wonʼt e­ven lift one finger to help car­ry those burdens." }, { "ref": "11:47", "translation": "Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them." }, { "ref": "11:48", "translation": "So you tes­ti­fy and con­sent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs." }, { "ref": "11:52", "translation": "Woe to you lawyers! For you took a­way the key of knowl­edge. You did­nʼt en­ter in your­selves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”" }, { "ref": "11:53", "translation": "As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees be­gan to be terribly an­gry, and to draw many things out of him," }, { "ref": "11:54", "translation": "ly­ing in wait for him, and seek­ing to catch him in some­thing he might say, that they might ac­cuse him." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "12:1", "translation": "Meanwhile, when a mul­ti­tude of many thousands had gathered to­geth­er, so much so that they trampled on each oth­er, he be­gan to tell his dis­ci­ples first of all, “Be­ware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hy­poc­ri­sy." }, { "ref": "12:2", "translation": "But there is noth­ing cov­ered up that will not be revealed, nor hid­den that will not be known." }, { "ref": "12:3", "translation": "There­fore what­ev­er you have said in the dark­ness will be heard in the light. What you have spo­ken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "12:4", "translation": "“I tell you, my friends, donʼt be a­fraid of those who kill the body, and af­ter that have no more that they can do." }, { "ref": "12:5", "translation": "But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who af­ter he has killed, has pow­er to cast in­to Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him." }, { "ref": "12:8", "translation": "I tell you, eve­ry­one who confesses me be­fore men, the Son of Man will al­so con­fess be­fore the an­gels of God;" }, { "ref": "12:9", "translation": "but he who denies me in the pres­ence of men will be de­nied in the pres­ence of Godʼs an­gels." }, { "ref": "12:10", "translation": "Eve­ry­one who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be for­giv­en, but those who blaspheme against the Ho­ly Spir­it will not be for­giv­en." }, { "ref": "12:11", "translation": "When they bring you be­fore the syn­a­gogues, the rulers, and the authorities, donʼt be anx­ious how or what you will an­swer or what you will say;" }, { "ref": "12:12", "translation": "for the Ho­ly Spir­it will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "12:35", "translation": "“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burn­ing." }, { "ref": "12:36", "translation": "Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wed­ding feast, that when he co­mes and knocks, they may im­me­di­ate­ly o­pen to him." }, { "ref": "12:37", "translation": "Bless­ed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he co­mes. Most cer­tain­ly I tell you that he will dress him­self, make them recline, and will come and serve them." }, { "ref": "12:38", "translation": "They will be bless­ed if he co­mes in the second or third watch and finds them so." }, { "ref": "12:39", "translation": "But know this, that if the mas­ter of the house had known in what hour the thief was com­ing, he would have watched and not al­lowed his house to be bro­ken in­to." }, { "ref": "12:40", "translation": "There­fore be ready al­so, for the Son of Man is com­ing in an hour that you donʼt ex­pect him.”" }, { "ref": "12:41", "translation": "Pe­ter said to him, “Lord, are you tell­ing this par­a­ble to us, or to eve­ry­body?”" }, { "ref": "12:42", "translation": "The Lord said, “Who then is the faith­ful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his house­hold, to give them their por­tion of food at the right times?" }, { "ref": "12:43", "translation": "Bless­ed is that serv­ant whom his lord will find do­ing so when he co­mes." }, { "ref": "12:44", "translation": "Tru­ly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has." }, { "ref": "12:45", "translation": "But if that serv­ant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his com­ing,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and to be drunken," }, { "ref": "12:46", "translation": "then the lord of that serv­ant will come in a day when he is­nʼt expecting him and in an hour that he does­nʼt know, and will cut him in two, and place his por­tion with the unfaithful." }, { "ref": "12:47", "translation": "That serv­ant who knew his lordʼs will, and did­nʼt pre­pare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes," }, { "ref": "12:48", "translation": "but he who did­nʼt know, and did things wor­thy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is giv­en, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "13:18", "translation": "He said, “What is Godʼs King­dom like? To what shall I com­pare it?" }, { "ref": "13:19", "translation": "It is like a grain of mus­tard seed which a man took and put in his own gar­den. It grew and be­came a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”" }, { "ref": "13:20", "translation": "Again he said, “To what shall I com­pare Godʼs King­dom?" }, { "ref": "13:21", "translation": "It is like yeast, which a wom­an took and hid in three meas­ures of flour, un­til it was all leavened.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "14:34", "translation": "“Salt is good, but if the salt be­comes flat and tasteless, with what do you sea­son it?" }, { "ref": "14:35", "translation": "It is fit nei­ther for the soil nor for the ma­nure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "16:18", "translation": "“Eve­ry­one who divorces his wife and marries an­oth­er commits adul­tery. He who marries one who is divorced from a hus­band commits adul­tery. ”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "17:1", "translation": "He said to the dis­ci­ples, “It is im­pos­si­ble that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!" }, { "ref": "17:2", "translation": "It would be bet­ter for him if a mill­stone were hung a­round his neck, and he were thrown in­to the sea, rath­er than that he should cause one of these lit­tle ones to stum­ble.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "17:6", "translation": "The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mus­tard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would o­bey you.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "18:15", "translation": "They were al­so bring­ing their babies to him, that he might tou­ch them. But when the dis­ci­ples saw it, they re­buked them." }, { "ref": "18:16", "translation": "Jesus summoned them, say­ing, “Al­low the lit­tle chil­dren to come to me, and donʼt hin­der them, for Godʼs King­dom be­longs to such as these." }, { "ref": "18:17", "translation": "Most cer­tain­ly, I tell you, who­ev­er does­nʼt re­ceive Godʼs King­dom like a lit­tle child, he will in no way en­ter in­to it.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "18:18", "translation": "A cer­tain rul­er asked him, say­ing, “Good Teach­er, what shall I do to in­her­it e­ter­nal life?”" }, { "ref": "18:19", "translation": "Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, ex­cept one: God." }, { "ref": "18:20", "translation": "You know the com­mand­ments: ‘Donʼt com­mit adul­tery,’ ‘Donʼt mur­der,’ ‘Donʼt steal,’ ‘Donʼt give false tes­ti­mo­ny,’ ‘Hon­or your fa­ther and your moth­er.’”" }, { "ref": "18:21", "translation": "He said, “I have ob­served all these things from my youth up.”" }, { "ref": "18:22", "translation": "When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treas­ure in heav­en; then come, fol­low me.”" }, { "ref": "18:23", "translation": "But when he heard these things, he be­came very sad, for he was very rich." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "18:24", "translation": "Jesus, see­ing that he be­came very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have rich­es to en­ter in­to Godʼs King­dom!”" }, { "ref": "18:26", "translation": "Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”" }, { "ref": "18:27", "translation": "But he said, “The things which are im­pos­si­ble with men are pos­si­ble with God.”" }, { "ref": "18:28", "translation": "Pe­ter said, “Look, we have left eve­ry­thing and followed you.”" }, { "ref": "18:29", "translation": "He said to them, “Most cer­tain­ly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or par­ents, or chil­dren, for Godʼs Kingdomʼs sake," }, { "ref": "18:30", "translation": "who will not re­ceive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, e­ter­nal life.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "18:35", "translation": "As he came near Jericho, a cer­tain blind man sat by the road, begging." }, { "ref": "18:36", "translation": "Hear­ing a mul­ti­tude go­ing by, he asked what this meant." }, { "ref": "18:37", "translation": "They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was pass­ing by." }, { "ref": "18:38", "translation": "He cried out, “Jesus, you son of David, have mer­cy on me!”" }, { "ref": "18:40", "translation": "Stand­ing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him," }, { "ref": "18:41", "translation": "“What do you want me to do?” He said, “Lord, that I may see again.”" }, { "ref": "18:42", "translation": "Jesus said to him, “Re­ceive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”" }, { "ref": "18:43", "translation": "Im­me­di­ate­ly he re­ceived his sight and followed him, glorifying God. All the peo­ple, when they saw it, praised God." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "19:28", "translation": "Hav­ing said these things, he went on ahead, go­ing up to Je­ru­sa­lem." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "19:36", "translation": "As he went, they spread their cloaks on the road." }, { "ref": "19:37", "translation": "As he was now get­ting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole mul­ti­tude of the dis­ci­ples be­gan to re­joice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen," }, { "ref": "19:38", "translation": "say­ing, “Bless­ed is the King who co­mes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heav­en, and glo­ry in the highest!”" }, { "ref": "19:39", "translation": "Some of the Pharisees from the mul­ti­tude said to him, “Teach­er, re­buke your dis­ci­ples!”" }, { "ref": "19:40", "translation": "He an­swered them, “I tell you that if these were si­lent, the stones would cry out.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "20:1", "translation": "On one of those days, as he was teach­ing the peo­ple in the tem­ple and preaching the Good News, the priests and scribes came to him with the elders." }, { "ref": "20:2", "translation": "They asked him, “Tell us: by what au­thor­i­ty do you do these things? Or who is giv­ing you this au­thor­i­ty?”" }, { "ref": "20:3", "translation": "He an­swered them, “I al­so will ask you one ques­tion. Tell me:" }, { "ref": "20:4", "translation": "the bap­tism of John, was it from heav­en, or from men?”" }, { "ref": "20:5", "translation": "They reasoned with them­selves, say­ing, “If we say, ‘From heav­en,’ he will say, ‘Why did­nʼt you be­lieve him?’" }, { "ref": "20:6", "translation": "But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the peo­ple will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a proph­et.”" }, { "ref": "20:7", "translation": "They an­swered that they did­nʼt know where it was from." }, { "ref": "20:8", "translation": "Jesus said to them, “Nei­ther will I tell you by what au­thor­i­ty I do these things.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "20:19", "translation": "They sought to lay hands on him, but they were a­fraid." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "20:20", "translation": "They watched him and sent out spies, who pre­tend­ed to be right­eous, that they might trap him in some­thing he said, so as to de­liv­er him up to the pow­er and au­thor­i­ty of the gov­er­nor." }, { "ref": "20:21", "translation": "They asked him, “Teach­er, we know that you say and teach what is right, and arenʼt par­tial to any­one, but tru­ly teach the way of God." }, { "ref": "20:22", "translation": "Is it law­ful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”" }, { "ref": "20:23", "translation": "But he perceived their craft­i­ness, and said to them, “Why do you test me?" }, { "ref": "20:24", "translation": "Show me a de­nar­i­us. Whose im­age and in­scrip­tion are on it?” They an­swered, “Caesarʼs.”" }, { "ref": "20:25", "translation": "He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesarʼs, and to God the things that are Godʼs.”" }, { "ref": "20:26", "translation": "They werenʼt able to trap him in his words be­fore the peo­ple. They mar­veled at his an­swer and were si­lent." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "20:27", "translation": "Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who de­ny that there is a res­ur­rec­tion." }, { "ref": "20:28", "translation": "They asked him, “Teach­er, Mo­ses wrote to us that if a manʼs broth­er dies hav­ing a wife, and he is childless, his broth­er should take the wife and raise up chil­dren for his broth­er." }, { "ref": "20:29", "translation": "There were there­fore sev­en brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless." }, { "ref": "20:30", "translation": "The second took her as wife, and he died childless." }, { "ref": "20:31", "translation": "The third took her, and like­wise the sev­en all left no chil­dren, and died." }, { "ref": "20:32", "translation": "Af­ter­ward the wom­an al­so died." }, { "ref": "20:33", "translation": "There­fore in the res­ur­rec­tion whose wife of them will she be? For the sev­en had her as a wife.”" }, { "ref": "20:34", "translation": "Jesus said to them, “The chil­dren of this age mar­ry and are giv­en in mar­riage." }, { "ref": "20:35", "translation": "But those who are con­sid­ered wor­thy to at­tain to that age and the res­ur­rec­tion from the dead nei­ther mar­ry nor are giv­en in mar­riage." }, { "ref": "20:36", "translation": "For they canʼt die any more, for they are like the an­gels and are chil­dren of God, be­ing chil­dren of the res­ur­rec­tion.”" }, { "ref": "20:39", "translation": "Some of the scribes an­swered, “Teach­er, you speak well.”" }, { "ref": "20:40", "translation": "They did­nʼt dare to ask him any more questions." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "20:45", "translation": "In the hear­ing of all the peo­ple, he said to his dis­ci­ples," }, { "ref": "20:46", "translation": "“Be­ware of those scribes who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the mar­ket­places, the best seats in the syn­a­gogues, and the best places at feasts;" }, { "ref": "20:47", "translation": "who de­vour widowsʼ hous­es, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will re­ceive greater con­dem­na­tion.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "21:5", "translation": "As some were talking about the tem­ple and how it was dec­o­rat­ed with beau­ti­ful stones and gifts, he said," }, { "ref": "21:6", "translation": "“As for these things which you see, the days will come in which there will not be left here one stone on an­oth­er that will not be thrown down.”" }, { "ref": "21:7", "translation": "They asked him, “Teach­er, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to hap­pen?”" }, { "ref": "21:8", "translation": "He said, “Watch out that you donʼt get led a­stray, for many will come in my name, say­ing, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ There­fore donʼt fol­low them." }, { "ref": "21:9", "translation": "When you hear of wars and disturbances, donʼt be ter­ri­fied, for these things must hap­pen first, but the end wonʼt come im­me­di­ate­ly.”" }, { "ref": "21:10", "translation": "Then he said to them, “Na­tion will rise against na­tion, and king­dom against king­dom." }, { "ref": "21:11", "translation": "There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in var­i­ous places. There will be terrors and great signs from heav­en." }, { "ref": "21:12", "translation": "But be­fore all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will per­se­cute you, delivering you up to syn­a­gogues and prisons, bring­ing you be­fore kings and governors for my nameʼs sake." }, { "ref": "21:13", "translation": "It will turn out as a tes­ti­mo­ny for you." }, { "ref": "21:14", "translation": "Settle it there­fore in your hearts not to med­i­tate be­fore­hand how to an­swer," }, { "ref": "21:15", "translation": "for I will give you a mouth and wis­dom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict." }, { "ref": "21:16", "translation": "You will be hand­ed over e­ven by par­ents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death." }, { "ref": "21:17", "translation": "You will be hat­ed by all men for my nameʼs sake." }, { "ref": "21:19", "translation": "By your en­dur­ance you will win your lives.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "21:34", "translation": "“Be care­ful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you sud­den­ly." }, { "ref": "21:35", "translation": "For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth." }, { "ref": "21:36", "translation": "There­fore be watch­ful all the time, praying that you may be counted wor­thy to es­cape all these things that will hap­pen, and to stand be­fore the Son of Man.”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "22:1", "translation": "Now the feast of un­leav­ened bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching." }, { "ref": "22:2", "translation": "The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the peo­ple." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "22:3", "translation": "Ju­das, who was al­so called Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve," }, { "ref": "22:4", "translation": "went a­way and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might de­liv­er him to them." }, { "ref": "22:5", "translation": "They were glad, and agreed to give him mon­ey." }, { "ref": "22:6", "translation": "He consented and sought an op­por­tu­ni­ty to de­liv­er him to them in the absence of the mul­ti­tude." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "22:7", "translation": "The day of un­leav­ened bread came, on which the Passover must be sac­ri­ficed." }, { "ref": "22:8", "translation": "Jesus sent Pe­ter and John, say­ing, “Go and pre­pare the Passover for us, that we may eat.”" }, { "ref": "22:9", "translation": "They said to him, “Where do you want us to pre­pare?”" }, { "ref": "22:10", "translation": "He said to them, “Be­hold, when you have entered in­to the city, a man car­ry­ing a pitch­er of wa­ter will meet you. Fol­low him in­to the house which he enters." }, { "ref": "22:11", "translation": "Tell the mas­ter of the house, ‘The Teach­er says to you, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my dis­ci­ples?”’" }, { "ref": "22:12", "translation": "He will show you a large, furnished up­per room. Make preparations there.”" }, { "ref": "22:13", "translation": "They went, found things as Jesus had told them, and they pre­pared the Passover." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "22:14", "translation": "When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve apos­tles." }, { "ref": "22:15", "translation": "He said to them, “I have ear­nest­ly de­sired to eat this Passover with you be­fore I suf­fer.”" }, { "ref": "22:17", "translation": "He re­ceived a cup, and when he had giv­en thanks, he said, “Take this and share it a­mong your­selves," }, { "ref": "22:18", "translation": "for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, un­til Godʼs King­dom co­mes.”" }, { "ref": "22:19", "translation": "He took bread, and when he had giv­en thanks, he broke and gave it to them, say­ing, “This is my body." }, { "ref": "22:21", "translation": "But be­hold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the ta­ble." }, { "ref": "22:22", "translation": "The Son of Man in­deed goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!”" }, { "ref": "22:23", "translation": "They be­gan to ques­tion a­mong them­selves which of them it was who would do this thing." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "22:24", "translation": "A dis­pute al­so a­rose a­mong them, which of them was con­sid­ered to be great­est." }, { "ref": "22:25", "translation": "He said to them, “The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have au­thor­i­ty over them are called ‘benefactors.’" }, { "ref": "22:26", "translation": "But not so with you. Rath­er, the one who is greater a­mong you, let him be­come as the young­er, and one who is governing, as one who serves." }, { "ref": "22:27", "translation": "For who is greater, one who sits at the ta­ble, or one who serves? Is­nʼt it he who sits at the ta­ble? But I am a­mong you as one who serves.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "22:31", "translation": "The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, be­hold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat.”" }, { "ref": "22:33", "translation": "He said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to pris­on and to death!”" }, { "ref": "22:34", "translation": "He said, “I tell you, Pe­ter, the roost­er will by no means crow to­day un­til you de­ny that you know me three times.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "22:39", "translation": "He came out and went, as his cus­tom was, to the Mount of Olives. His dis­ci­ples al­so followed him." }, { "ref": "22:40", "translation": "When he was at the place, he said to them, “Pray that you donʼt en­ter in­to temp­ta­tion.”" }, { "ref": "22:41", "translation": "He was withdrawn from them about a stoneʼs throw, and he knelt down and prayed," }, { "ref": "22:42", "translation": "say­ing, “Fa­ther, if you are will­ing, re­move this cup from me. Nev­er­the­less, not my will, but yours, be done.”" }, { "ref": "22:45", "translation": "When he rose up from his pray­er, he came to the dis­ci­ples and found them sleep­ing be­cause of grief," }, { "ref": "22:46", "translation": "and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not en­ter in­to temp­ta­tion.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "22:47", "translation": "While he was still speak­ing, a crowd ap­peared. He who was called Ju­das, one of the twelve, was lead­ing them. He came near to Jesus to kiss him." }, { "ref": "22:48", "translation": "But Jesus said to him, “Ju­das, do you be­tray the Son of Man with a kiss?”" }, { "ref": "22:52", "translation": "Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the tem­ple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a rob­ber, with swords and clubs?" }, { "ref": "22:53", "translation": "When I was with you in the tem­ple dai­ly, you did­nʼt stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the pow­er of dark­ness.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "22:54", "translation": "They seized him and led him a­way, and brought him in­to the high priestʼs house. But Pe­ter followed from a dis­tance." }, { "ref": "22:55", "translation": "When they had kindled a fire in the mid­dle of the court­yard and had sat down to­geth­er, Pe­ter sat a­mong them." }, { "ref": "22:56", "translation": "A cer­tain serv­ant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, “This man al­so was with him.”" }, { "ref": "22:57", "translation": "He de­nied Jesus, say­ing, “Wom­an, I donʼt know him.”" }, { "ref": "22:58", "translation": "Af­ter a lit­tle while some­one else saw him and said, “You al­so are one of them!” But Pe­ter an­swered, “Man, I am not!”" }, { "ref": "22:59", "translation": "Af­ter about one hour passed, an­oth­er confidently affirmed, say­ing, “Tru­ly this man al­so was with him, for he is a Galilean!”" }, { "ref": "22:60", "translation": "But Pe­ter said, “Man, I donʼt know what you are talking about!” Im­me­di­ate­ly, while he was still speak­ing, a roost­er crowed." }, { "ref": "22:61", "translation": "The Lord turned and looked at Pe­ter. Then Pe­ter re­mem­bered the Lordʼs word, how he said to him, “Be­fore the roost­er crows you will de­ny me three times.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "22:63", "translation": "The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him." }, { "ref": "22:64", "translation": "Hav­ing blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, “Proph­e­sy! Who is the one who struck you?”" }, { "ref": "22:65", "translation": "They spoke many oth­er things against him, insulting him." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "22:66", "translation": "As soon as it was day, the as­sem­bly of the elders of the peo­ple were gathered to­geth­er, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him a­way in­to their coun­cil, say­ing," }, { "ref": "22:67", "translation": "“Are you the Christ?” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you wonʼt be­lieve." }, { "ref": "22:69", "translation": "From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the pow­er of God.”" }, { "ref": "22:70", "translation": "They all said, “Are you then the Son of God?” He said to them, “You say it, be­cause I am.”" }, { "ref": "22:71", "translation": "They said, “Why do we need any more wit­ness? For we our­selves have heard from his own mouth!”" } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "23:1", "translation": "The whole com­pa­ny of them rose up and brought him be­fore Pilate." }, { "ref": "23:2", "translation": "They be­gan to ac­cuse him, say­ing, “We found this man perverting the na­tion, and dissolving the law and the prophets, and forbidding to pay taxes, and turn­ing a­way the wives and the chil­dren, and say­ing that he him­self is Christ, a king.”" }, { "ref": "23:3", "translation": "Pilate asked him, “Are you the Christ?” He an­swered him, “So you say.”" }, { "ref": "23:4", "translation": "Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no ba­sis for a charge against this man.”" }, { "ref": "23:5", "translation": "But they insisted, say­ing, “He stirs up the peo­ple, teach­ing through­out all Judea, be­gin­ning from Gal­i­lee e­ven to this place.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "23:13", "translation": "Pilate called to­geth­er the chief priests, the rulers, and the peo­ple," }, { "ref": "23:14", "translation": "and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the peo­ple, and be­hold, hav­ing examined him be­fore you, I found no ba­sis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you ac­cuse him." }, { "ref": "23:15", "translation": "Nei­ther has Her­od, for I sent you to him, and see, noth­ing wor­thy of death has been done by him." }, { "ref": "23:16", "translation": "I will there­fore chastise him and re­lease him.”" }, { "ref": "23:18", "translation": "But they all cried out to­geth­er, say­ing, “A­way with this man! Re­lease to us Ba­rab­bas!” —" }, { "ref": "23:19", "translation": "one who was thrown in­to pris­on for a cer­tain revolt in the city, and for mur­der." }, { "ref": "23:17", "translation": "Now he had to re­lease one pris­on­er to them at the feast." }, { "ref": "23:20", "translation": "Then Pilate spoke to them again, want­ing to re­lease Jesus," }, { "ref": "23:21", "translation": "but they shouted, say­ing, “Cru­ci­fy! Cru­ci­fy him!”" }, { "ref": "23:22", "translation": "He said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will there­fore chastise him and re­lease him.”" }, { "ref": "23:23", "translation": "But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be cru­ci­fied. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed." }, { "ref": "23:24", "translation": "Pilate de­creed that what they asked for should be done." }, { "ref": "23:25", "translation": "He re­leased him who had been thrown in­to pris­on for in­sur­rec­tion and mur­der, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "23:26", "translation": "When they led him a­way, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, com­ing from the coun­try, and laid the cross on him to car­ry it af­ter Jesus." }, { "ref": "23:32", "translation": "There were al­so others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "23:33", "translation": "When they came to the place that is called “The Skull”, they cru­ci­fied him there with the criminals, one on the right and the oth­er on the left." }, { "ref": "23:35", "translation": "The peo­ple stood watching. The rulers with them al­so scoffed at him, say­ing, “He saved others. Let him save him­self, if this is the Christ of God, his cho­sen one!”" }, { "ref": "23:36", "translation": "The soldiers al­so mocked him, com­ing to him and of­fer­ing him vin­e­gar," }, { "ref": "23:37", "translation": "and say­ing, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they placed a crown of thorns on him." }, { "ref": "23:38", "translation": "An in­scrip­tion was al­so writ­ten over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”" } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "23:44", "translation": "It was now about the sixth hour, and dark­ness came over the whole land un­til the ninth hour." }, { "ref": "23:45", "translation": "The sun was darkened." }, { "ref": "23:46", "translation": "Jesus cried with a loud voice, and died; and the veil of the tem­ple was torn in two." }, { "ref": "23:47", "translation": "When the centurion saw what was done, he glo­ri­fied God, say­ing, “Cer­tain­ly this was a right­eous man.”" }, { "ref": "23:48", "translation": "All the multitudes that came to­geth­er to see this, when they saw the things that were done, they beat their chests and foreheads, and returned home say­ing, “Woe to us, this happened to­day becaues of our sins. For the de­struc­tion of Je­ru­sa­lem has come near.”" }, { "ref": "23:49", "translation": "All his acquaintances and the wom­en who followed with him from Gal­i­lee stood at a dis­tance, watching these things." } ] }, { "verses": [ { "ref": "23:50", "translation": "Be­hold, a man named Jo­seph," }, { "ref": "23:53", "translation": "took the body down and wrapped it in a lin­en cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone." }, { "ref": "23:54", "translation": "It was the day of the Preparation." }, { "ref": "23:55", "translation": "Two wom­en who had come with him out of Gal­i­lee followed af­ter, and saw the tomb." }, { "ref": "23:56", "translation": "The wom­en returned and kept the rest on the Sabbath." } ] } ] }, { "paragraphs": [ { "verses": [ { "ref": "24:1", "translation": "But on the first day of the week, at ear­ly dawn, they came to the tomb, bring­ing what they had pre­pared. They thought a­mong them­selves, “Who will roll a­way the stone, in­deed?”" }, { "ref": "24:2", "translation": "They found the stone rolled a­way from the tomb." }, { "ref": "24:3", "translation": "They entered in, and did­nʼt find the body." }, { "ref": "24:4", "translation": "While they were great­ly per­plexed about this, be­hold, two men stood by them in dazzling cloth­ing." }, { "ref": "24:5", "translation": "Be­com­ing ter­ri­fied, they bowed their faces down to the earth. The men said to them, “Why do you seek the liv­ing a­mong the dead?" }, { "ref": "24:6", "translation": "Re­mem­ber what he told you when he was still with you," }, { "ref": "24:7", "translation": "say­ing that the Son of Man must be delivered up?”" }, { "ref": "24:8", "translation": "They re­mem­bered his words," }, { "ref": "24:9", "translation": "returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the apos­tles and to all the rest." }, { "ref": "24:10", "translation": "Now they were Mary Mag­da­lene, Joanna, and Mary the moth­er of James." }, { "ref": "24:11", "translation": "These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they did­nʼt be­lieve them." } ] } ] } ] } ] }